Check in here to see the full results of the 2025 municipal election in Lethbridge. (Photo: Lethbridge News Now)

By David Opinko

update #5: ballot correction & school board

Election Results: Lethbridge

Oct 21, 2025 | 11:04 AM

The first batches of ballots are continuing to be counted in Lethbridge for the 2025 municipal election.

The City of Lethbridge says a total of 17,102 people cast a ballot out of 88,647 eligible voters, meaning that turnout was around 19.3 per cent.

UPDATE #6 (8:50 a.m. Thursday)

The City of Lethbridge has confirmed the full unofficial results of the 2025 municipal elections.

Use the link below to see all of the projected winners in the races for mayor, city council, and the two local school boards.

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UPDATE #5 (2:10 p.m. Wednesday)

READ MORE: Some mayoral votes entered twice in Lethbridge, Holy Spirit trustee results

The City of Lethbridge says it has discovered that some ballots were entered into the system twice.

They say that this has been corrected, and that it did not affect the outcome of the mayoral race.

Most of the votes have now been counted in the race for school board trustee in the Holy Spirit Catholic School Division, Ward 2.

UPDATE #4 (10:30 p.m. Tuesday)

READ MORE: Blaine Hyggen projected to win re-election as Lethbridge mayor

With all polls now reporting, Blaine Hyggen is projected to have won with an estimated 7,591 votes, or approximately 44.5 per cent.

He is set to serve a second term as mayor after two terms on city council.

Ryan Mennie was projected to come in at second place with 6,716 ballots, or 37.9 per cent.

Quentin Carlson is projected to be in third place with 1,864 votes, or 10.5 per cent, while Michael Petraks had 698 votes or 3.9 per cent.

UPDATE #3 (6:30 p.m. Tuesday)

More ballots in the race for Lethbridge City Council have been counted.

A total of 18 out of 20 polls have reported their unofficial counts.

Eight seats are up for grabs, and currently, the leading candidates are Belinda Crowson, Jenn Schmidt-Rempel, Rajko Dodic, Al Beeber, Ryan Wolfe, Rufa Doria, Mark Campbell, and Ryan Parker.

The unofficial vote counts for Lethbridge City Council as of 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 21. 18 out of 20 polls are reporting results. (Photo: City of Lethbridge / LNN)

There have been no further updates to vote counting for the mayor’s race or school board trustee.

UPDATE #2 (2:30 p.m. Tuesday)

The City of Lethbridge has provided the first update on the race for city council.

With 10 out of 20 polls reporting, here is how the 18 candidates are faring so far:

Unofficial city council election results with 10 of 20 polls reporting. As of 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 21. (City of Lethbridge / LNN)

There are eight seats on Lethbridge City Council.

There have been no further updates to vote counting for the mayor’s race.

UPDATE #1 (10:30 a.m. Tuesday)

With 13 out of 20 polls reporting, incumbent Blaine Hyggen is currently leading the mayoral race with an estimated 42.54 per cent (5,040).

Ryan Mennie is in second place with 38.46 per cent of the votes (4,557) counted so far.

Quentin Carlson is third with 10.28 per cent (1,218), while Michael Petrakis is fourth with 4.14 per cent (490).

Vote counters have rejected 543 ballots, representing about 4.58 per cent.

There are no results for the city council and school board races at this time.

The City is expecting to publish further results at 1:00 p.m., 5:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. Tuesday.

Full results for the election in Lethbridge are also available at Lethbridge.ca

More coverage of the municipal elections in southern Alberta here.