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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. 76trustees (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
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
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
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