2007 Medicine Hat municipal election

The 2007 Medicine Hat municipal election was held Monday, October 15, 2007. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold triennial elections. The citizens of Medicine Hat elected one mayor, eight aldermen (all at large), the five Medicine Hat School District No. 76 trustees (at large), and four of the Medicine Hat Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 20's five trustees (four from Ward Medicine Hat). The incumbent mayor Garth Valley, did not run. There was a voter turnout of 47.5%, and an average 5.8 aldermen per ballot.

Results

Bold indicates elected, and incumbents are italicized.

Mayor

Mayor^[1]
Candidate	Votes	%
Normand Boucher	10,551	55.6%
Ted Grimm	4,471	23.6%
Bill Cocks	2,112	11.1%
Stewart Boyd	1,580	8.3%
Dave R. B. MacLean	268	1.4%

Aldermen

Aldermen^[1]
Candidate	Votes	%	Candidate	Votes	%
Julie Friesen	9,680	8.78%	Leslie Martin	4,174	3.79%
John Hamill	9,134	8.29%	Desmond (Des) Grant	3,502	3.18%
Ty Schneider	8,379	7.60%	Scott Cowan	3,152	2.86%
Graham Kelly	8,102	7.35%	Tyler Hoffman	2,788	2.53%
Ted Clugston	7,681	6.97%	Jim Ogston	2,632	2.39%
Robert C. Dumanowski	7,592	6.89%	Marco Luciano Franchetto	1,800	1.63%
Jeremy O. Thompson	7,229	6.56%	Stu Holland	1,456	1.32%
Jamie White	6,141	5.57%	Carl Pattison	1,448	1.31%
Les Pearson	5,964	5.41%	Fred McFall	1,392	1.26%
Brian Varga	5,834	5.29%	Robert Tudor	846	0.77%
Betty Staples	5,540	5.03%	Richard Frederick Burtt	638	0.58%
Harv Speers	5,121	4.65%

Public School Trustees

Medicine Hat School District No. 76^[1]
Candidate	Votes	%
Gitta Hashizume	7,108	21.1%
Roy Wilson	5,904	17.5%
Deborah Forbes	5,702	16.9%
Terry Riley	4,503	13.3%
Greg Bender	4,006	11.9%
Tom Rooke	3,654	10.8%
Lilas Litousky	2,862	8.5%

Separate School Trustees

Medicine Hat Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 20^[1]
Ward Medicine Hat			Ward Bow Island
Candidate	Votes	%	Candidate	Votes	%
Stan Aberle	3,449	20.87%	Kelly Van Ham	Acclaimed
Jodi Churla	2,180	13.19%
Peter Grad	1,935	11.71%
Ken Arthur	1,638	9.91%
Mike Tivadar	1,351	8.17%
Howard Snodgrass	1,282	7.76%
Immanuel Moritz	1,100	6.66%
Mario Rossetto	973	5.89%
Anita Ross	726	4.39%
Robyn Watz	711	4.30%
Rob McCrea	651	3.94%
Maurice A. (Butch) Ganzer	532	3.21%

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d City of Medicine Hat: Overall Results Archived 2010-11-26 at the Wayback Machine

[results-1] City of Medicine Hat: Overall Results Archived 2010-11-26 at the Wayback Machine

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