2025 Lethbridge municipal election

2025 Lethbridge municipal election

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Mayor and 8 councillors to Lethbridge City Council
QC Candidate Blaine Hyggen Ryan Mennie Quentin Carlson Popular vote 7,365 6,476 1,810 Percentage 42.95% 37.76% 10.55%
Mayor before election Blaine Hyggen Elected mayor Blaine Hyggen

The 2025 Lethbridge municipal election was held on October 20, 2025, to elect the mayor, eight councillors (at-large), the seven Lethbridge School Division trustees and five of the Holy Spirit Catholic School Division's nine trustees (as Ward 2). ^[1]

Voting stations were open from October 8 to 11, 15 to 18, and 20. ^[2]

Mayor Blaine Hyggen, elected in 2021, sought reelection and won a second term. ^[3]

Results

Bold indicates elected, and incumbents are marked with an (X).

88,647 eligible voters

17,152 voted

Voter turn-out: 19.35% ^[4]

Mayor

Candidates

Candidate [5]	Vote	%
Blaine E. Hyggen (X)	7,365	42.95
Ryan Mennie	6,476	37.76
Quentin Carlson	1,810	10.55
Michael Petrakis	680	3.97

• Quentin Carlson, university student. ^[6]
• Blaine Hyggen, incumbent Mayor since 2021.
• Ryan Mennie, former city councillor in Campbell River, British Columbia. ^[7]
• Michael Petrakis

Councillors

Despite voters having voted for a ward system in a referendum in the 2021 election, Lethbridge City Council voted against pursuing the idea. ^[8] 18 candidates will contest the race to fill the 8 at-large councillor seats on Lethbridge City Council. ^[9]

Candidates

Top eight candidates are elected at large

Candidate	Vote	%
Belinda Crowson (X)	8,508	8.86
Jenn Schmidt-Rempel (X)	7,854	8.18
Rajko Dodic (X)	6,841	7.13
Ryan Wolfe	6,395	6.66
Al Beeber	6,347	6.61
Rufa Doria	6,272	6.53
Mark Campbell (X)	6,203	6.46
Ryan Parker (X)	6,001	6.25
Kelti Baird	5,663	5.90
John Middleton-Hope (X)	5,406	5.63
Mike Schmidtler	5,398	5.62
Tom Roulston	5,038	5.25
Tevi Legge	4,609	4.80
Robin James	4,499	4.69
Kaitte Aurora	3,942	4.11
Gerry Saguin	2,876	3.00
Suketu Shah	1,978	2.06
Margaret (Magie) Matulic	1,955	2.03

See also

• 2025 Alberta municipal elections
• 2025 Calgary municipal election
• 2025 Edmonton municipal election

References

1. Patterson, Kass (September 24, 2025). "Lethbridge confirms candidate list for upcoming election". My Lethbridge Now. Retrieved September 24, 2025.
2. Opinko, David. "Finalized list of candidates for Lethbridge's municipal elections".
3. Wood, Damien (May 16, 2025). "Hyggen says he will seek another term as Lethbridge's mayor". CTVNews.
4. City of Lethbridge 2025 Election Unofficial Results
5. "Election Candidates" . Retrieved October 8, 2025.
6. "University student Quentin Carlson makes his political debut on Lethbridge mayoral ballot - Lethbridge". Global News. Retrieved October 26, 2025.
7. Opinko, David. "Ryan Mennie running for mayor of Lethbridge". LethbridgeNewsNow.
8. "Lethbridge council won't explore ward system, proposes different electoral model" . Retrieved October 8, 2025.
9. "Election Candidates". City of Lethbridge.