List of mayors of Medicine Hat

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This is a list of mayors of Medicine Hat, Alberta .

Mayors

MayorTerm beganTerm endedRef
1William Bradley Marshall18991900 [1]
2 William Finlay 19001903 [2]
3Archibald Hawthorne19031904
4Thomas Hutchinson19041905 [3]
5Fred Forster19051907
6William Cousins19071909 [4]
7David Milne19091912 [5]
8 Nelson Spencer 19121914 [6]
9Mervyn Brown19141915 [7]
(3)Archibald Hawthorne19151917 [8]
10S. Cruikshank19171918 [9]
(9)Mervyn Brown19181921 [10]
11Walter Huckvale19211926 [11]
12Isaac Bullivant19261939 [12]
13 Hector Lang 19391947 [13]
14W. M. (Mac) Rae19471949 [14]
(13)Hector Lang19491950 [15]
15Wilson Riley19501952 [16]
16Harry Veiner19521966 [17]
17Chuck Meagher19661968 [18]
(16)Harry Veiner19681974 [19]
18Ted Grimm19741977 [20]
19Milt Reinhardt19771980 [21]
(18)Ted Grimm19802001 [22]
20Garth Vallely20012007 [23]
21Norm Boucher20072013 [24]
22Ted Clugston20132021 [25]
23Linnsie Clark2021March 2024 - when the mutiny occured: [26] [27]

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  2. ↑ Chambers, Ernest J., ed. (1909). The Canadian Parliamentary Guide. Ottawa: Mortimer Company Ltd. p. 437. ISBN   9781414401416. ISSN   0315-6168. OCLC   266967058 . Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Gas At Medicine Hat". Calgary Herald , June 20, 1904.
  4. ↑ "The Provincial Nominations". Calgary Herald , December 3, 1907.
  5. ↑ "Medicine Hat Nominations". Calgary Herald , December 9, 1908.
  6. ↑ "Municipal candidates nominated yesterday in many Western towns". Calgary Herald , December 5, 1911.
  7. ↑ "School Trustees Are To Hold Convention". Edmonton Journal , January 21, 1914.
  8. ↑ "Election Returns Throughout West". Edmonton Bulletin , December 15, 1914.
  9. ↑ "Women prodding Hat aldermen to take action". Calgary Herald , April 24, 1917.
  10. ↑ Sally Sehn, "Heritage in the Hat: Brown’s honour". Medicine Hat News , January 11, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Walter Huckvale Is Medicine Hat Mayor". Calgary Herald , December 14, 1921.
  12. ↑ "Leading Citizen: Mayor Isaac Bullivant". Calgary Herald , May 7, 1928.
  13. ↑ "Two Cities Elect Mayors". Calgary Herald , December 13, 1938.
  14. ↑ "Committees of Council Named". Lethbridge Herald , January 7, 1947.
  15. ↑ "Medicine Hat Voters Elect Four Aldermen". Calgary Herald , December 13, 1949.
  16. ↑ "Wilson Riley Elected Mayor of Medicine Hat". Calgary Herald , December 12, 1950.
  17. ↑ Eddie Olynuk, "Backstage: Is The Hat's Veiner world champ?". Maclean's , August 15, 1959.
  18. ↑ "Pharmacist in Medicine Hat ends Veiner's 14-year reign". Calgary Herald , October 20, 1966.
  19. ↑ "Veiner returns as mayor". Edmonton Journal , October 17, 1968.
  20. ↑ "Budget may hurt colleges". Red Deer Advocate , November 19, 1976.
  21. ↑ |Nuclear fuel recovery plant planned for Medicine Hat". Edmonton Journal , November 24, 1977.
  22. ↑ Jeff Sallot, "Tax inflames gas-brimmed Medicine Hat". The Globe and Mail , January 21, 1981.
  23. ↑ John Cotter, "Alberta elects new city councils". Peace River Block News , October 16, 2001.
  24. ↑ Geoffrey Scotton, "Former police chief new Medicine Hat mayor". Calgary Herald , October 16, 2007.
  25. ↑ "Nenshi re-elected as Calgary mayor, Iveson chosen by Edmonton voters". Canadian Press, October 22, 2013.
  26. ↑ Kelly Allard, "The Shitshow Continues". The TrashPanda Medicine Hat, March 23, 2024.
  27. ↑ Melissa Gilligan, "Medicine Hat elects first female mayor, 5 female councillors". CTV News Calgary, October 19, 2021.
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