Mayor, City Council and School Board Trustees Elected

Medicine Hat – The preliminary results for 2017 Medicine Hat Municipal and School Board Elections have been confirmed. Voter turnout is estimated to be 34.61%. A total of 17,308 votes were cast, including 1,618 at the advance polls.

The preliminary results* are as follows:

For the Office of Mayor:


TED CLUGSTON 9,317 votes or 56.64% of the votes cast for Mayor




For the Office of Councillor:


ROBERT DUMANOWSKI 8,356 votes
KRIS SAMRAJ 7,619 votes
PHIL TURNBULL 7,393 votes
JULIE CHRISTINE FRIESEN 7,056 votes
DARREN HIRSCH 6,957 votes
JIM TURNER 6,393 votes
BRIAN VARGA 6,115 votes
JAMIE MCINTOSH 6,083 votes




For the Office of Public School Board Trustee:


RICK MASSINI 5,585 votes
DEBORAH FORBES 5,103 votes
CATHERINE WILSON FRASER 5,048 votes
CELINA SYMMONDS 5,036 votes
CAROLYN FREEMAN 4,316 votes




For the Office of Separate (Catholic) School Board Trustee:


DAVID LEAHY 1,976 votes
ROBERT RISLING 1,857 votes
PETER GRAD 1,819 votes
KATHY GLASGO 1,802 votes
RICHARD (DICK) MASTEL 1,768 votes




Detailed preliminary results are available on the City of Medicine Hat website.

*Numbers provided are preliminary results. Official results will be declared Thursday, Oct. 19.



For further information, please contact:





Angela Cruickshank, Returning Officer

City of Medicine Hat

403.529.8234