Tuesday October 19, 2021
12:15 a.m.: Dwight Kilpatrick has been returned as Mayor of the Town of Redcliff. He finished first with 656 votes, ahead of former town councillor Shawna Gale, at 363.
Former Mayor Ernie Reimer was third with 238 votes and Mark Payne had 105.
For Town Council, incumbent Chris Czember topped the polls with 956 votes.
Also returning to Redcliff council are incumbents Cathy Crozier (767), Jim Steinke (738) and Larry Leipert (706).
The fifth seat on Redcliff council goes to Matthew St. Pierre with 701 votes and the sixth seat to James Allen with 565.
Shawn Proulx (556 votes) and William Ranger (471) were not elected.
11:45 p.m.: There was only one contest on the Prairie Rose school board, with voters electing Pam Cursons and Shauna Vander Spruit to represent Ward 3 in Redcliff and Dunmore.
11:10 p.m.: There are no results available for the Town of Redcliff, or County of 40 Mile. We will get them as soon as we can.
There was no election in Bow Island as all candidates were acclaimed.
According to Lethbridge News Now, with all polling stations now reporting, Blaine Hyggen is projected to be that city’s mayor. Hes projected to have won 11,973 votes, or 42.79 per cent. Bridget Mearns was a close second at 40.97 per cent.
Jyoti Gondek is projected to be Calgary’s next mayor. At last count, she won 168,197 votes compared to second-place finisher Jeromy Farkas with 112,612.
Note that election results do not become official until Oct. 22 at noon.
That’s it for us for tonight. We’ll have much more on Tuesday.
11:01 p.m.: In the Village of Foremost, the following five people will form council: Bruce Hillis, Blake Klatt, Lorne Buis, Larry Robinson and Tyson Ormann. Hillis is a newcomer to council, the rest are incumbents. Stewart Payne lost his bid for re-election.
In Brooks, John Petrie is currently leading the mayoral race over Norman Gerestein 678 votes to 521. Both were councillors last term under Barry Morishita, who did not run for re-election.
Jon Nesbitt, Joel Goodnough, Marissa Wardrop, Bill Prentice, Ray Juska and Mohammed Idriss are in position to claim council seats, but there are still votes to be counted.
10:55 p.m.: The results for Cypress County are in. There were seven wards that had an election and three that were acclaimed.
In Ward 2 Blaine Brost has been declared the winner with 123 votes. He’s followed by Matthew Cole with 109 votes and Dustin Jones with 74
In Ward 3 Lloyd Want is the winner with 74 votes defeating incumbent Ernest Mudie with 44 votes.
Robin Kurpjuweit remains the councillor for Ward 4 after getting 159 votes Gerry Lentz’s 95 votes.
Reeve Dan Hamilton also remains the representative for Ward 5 with 202 votes to Della Burkitt’s 161.
For Ward 6, Dustin Vossler has been declared the winner with 193 votes. Travis Tubman had 71 votes.
And in Ward 7, current deputy reeve Richard Oster got 213 votes, beating out Garry Proctor, who had 144 votes.
10:34 p.m.: Medicine Hat voters gave their approval to the pair of provincial referendum questions on the ballot.
On the question of equalization, which read “Should Section 36(2) of the Constitution Act, 1982 –Parliament and the government of Canada’s commitment to the principle of making equalization payments – be removed from the Constitution?,” 12,846 Hatters voted “yes” and 5,667 voted “no.”
On the Daylight Saving Time question, which read “Do you want Alberta to adopt year-round Daylight Saving Time, which is summer hours, eliminating the need to change our clocks twice a year?,” the vote was 12,113 for “yes” and 7,473 for “no.”
Pam Davidson, Erika Barootes and Mykhailo Martyniouk were the top three vote-getters in Medicine Hat. All three represent the Conservative Party of Canada.
10:15 p.m.: Linnsie Clark has been elected mayor of Medicine Hat, earning 13,151 votes at the latest count, far ahead of incumbent two-term mayor Ted Clugston.
Clugston has 4,639 votes, followed by Alan Rose at 1,562 votes, Tony Leahy at 319 and Michael Starner at 126.
In the 2017 election, Clugston earned 9,317 votes. Second place finisher John Hamill had 4,119 votes.
READ MORE: Linnsie Clark projected to be next mayor of Medicine Hat
In the council race, the top eight are:
There are eight seats on council. Brian Varga (4,403), Phil Turnbull (4,253) and Mandi Campbell (4,226) round out the top 10.
10 p.m.: Four candidates are well out in front for the five seats on the Medicine Hat Public School Division’s board of trustees.
Former public school administrator Patrick Grisonich leads with 5,839 votes, followed by Rick Massini with 5,094, who was vice-chair in the past term. Incumbents Catherine Wilson and Deborah Forbes have 4,942 and 4,653 votes, respectively.
Yvonne Sissons has 3,154 votes, a lead of about 5,000 over Curtis Noble for the final seat.
For the Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education incumbents Kathy Glasgo, David Leahy, Dick Mastel and Robert Risling occupy the top four spots. Bernie Kinch at 1,303 and Alicia Doud at 1,288 are in a tight race for the final spot.
9:30 p.m.: A bit of separation is beginning to appear in the councillor race with a newcomer out in front.
Allison Knodel leads with 4,723 votes, followed by Andy McGrogan with 4,250 and Ramona Robins with 4,215.
Incumbents Robert Dumanowski and Darren Hirsch are also in the top eight, as are Alison Van Dyke, Cassi Hider and Shila Sharps.
9:20 p.m.: In the mayoral race Linnsie Clark continues to extend her lead over incumbent Ted Clugston.
Clark now has 5,230 votes to Clugston’s 2,048.
Alan Rose with 585 votes, Tony Leahy with 150 and Michael Starner with 74 are well back.
9:05 p.m.: At the most recent update Linnise Clark has nearly two-thirds of the more than 5,400 votes counted so far.
8:59 p.m.: A quick look at another mayoral race in southern Alberta.
In Calgary, Jyoti Gondek has 85,210 votes, quite far ahead of Jeromy Farkas at 65,220. Naheed Nenshi is not running for re-election.
8:45 p.m.: Linnsie Clark has extended her lead in the mayor’s race with the second batch of votes reported.
Clark has 1,007 votes compared to 421 for Ted Clugston. Alan Rose follows with 114 votes, Tony Leahy has 39 and Michael Starner 20.
When it comes to councillors, six-term councillor Robert Dumanowski leads with 665 votes, followed closely by political newcomer and former Medicine Hat chief of police Andy McGrogan at 659. Allison Knodel, also seeking her first term, has 645 votes.
8:26 p.m.: Voters are also choosing trustees for both the public and separate school divisions.
Early returns show incumbent public trustees Deborah Forbes, Catherine Alice Wilson and Rick Massini leading. Following close behind are Yvonne Sissons and Pat Grisonich.
Incumbents are also out to an early lead in the separate division. Kathy Glasgo, Robert Risling, David Leahy and Dick Mastel are out front early.
8:17 p.m.: The first votes have been counted. Linnsie Clark has the very early lead in the mayoral race.
In the council race, all four incumbents are in the top six.
8:07: p.m.: There will be at least four new faces around the council table when the new term begins in November. Councillors Julie Friesen, Jamie McIntosh and Kris Samraj decided not to run for re-election, and councillor Jim Turner passed away on Sept. 21. He had filed to run for re-election and his name is on the election ballot. The city explains, they “contacted the Minister of Municipal Affairs Office seeking immediate and urgent authorization to remove Councillor Turner’s name from the ballot but was unable to obtain authorization due to the lack of time available to consider the request.”
Five people put forth their name to run for mayor, and 33, including Turner, for eight councillor positions.
7:40 p.m.: CHAT News will have extensive election coverage tonight of results in Medicine Hat, Redcliff and the surrounding area when the polls close at 8 p.m.
We have a live election show from 8-10 p.m. including interviews with candidates, analysis and reaction.
Not in front of a TV? You can stream the show from this link – chatnewstoday.ca/live-stream
You can join the conversation on social media by using the hashtag #mhvotes.
Keep following this post for up-to-the-minute results and links to the biggest stories of the night.
