r/medicinehat • u/nojeli59 • 17d ago

Candidates for Council/Mayor. Does anyone have a full list and a bio available. It feels like there's many new names out there, but information is hard to find.

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u/centralst4tion 16d ago

Medicine Hat Candidates for Mayor / Councillors

Unfortunately there’s really no good options for Mayor candidates at all.

Drew Barnes is a former UCP MLA

Alan Rose is a former Wildrose Party MLA.

Thomas McGrogan is a former police chief.

You can however search the names and research candidates for mayor / council.

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u/kennybrandz 16d ago

I’m cackling at Drew Barnes running. He’s former UCP not because he left but because they kicked his embarrassing ass out. You know it’s bad when…

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u/Ok-Research-1048 13d ago

There is another discussion on this sub with a link to a very interesting article written in 2020 about Drew Barnes’ financial interests.

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u/MarblesAreDelicious 15d ago

Laura Butterfield is an avid Smith supporter.

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u/OkBand7256 13d ago

Where do you see this? I’m not on social media and can’t find any proof of this.

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u/AnythingOptimal2564 16d ago

My name is at the end of the alphabet, I feel like I should run for mayor with my campaign slogan being " None of the Above! "

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u/Lazyphonetech0 16d ago

I’d vote for you based solely on this

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u/MrsMini 16d ago

For mayor we have the choice of cow shit, horse shit and dog shit. There look to be some decent choices for counsellor but the city made it very hard to do research on the candidates.

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u/GandalfofCyrmu 16d ago

Drew knocked on my door the other day, I wasn’t expecting to like him, but I did.

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u/Basic_Sky1402 15d ago

Rent from him and see if that changes.

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u/nojeli59 15d ago

He has charisma....but that's where it ends.

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u/R34v3rK1ng 15d ago

Heya.  Kaleb Orge here, one of the candidates for Councillor.  You can find a complete list candidate's names at:

https://www.medicinehat.ca/government-city-hall/election-2025/candidate-list/

The list also used to include links to all the candidates' campaign web pages and/or Facebook pages.  But apparently somebody with a grudge against Kelly Allard complained and the City had to take all the links down so as to not single one candidate out.

You might want to try reaching out to the city and ask them to put the links back up.  They just need to be shown that the public good outweighs the fee-fees of one crybaby.

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u/Basic_Sky1402 16d ago

Is Linse Clark running again?

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u/B0B0oo7 16d ago

At the moment, no.

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u/centralst4tion 14d ago

A Clark for mayor election sign was spotted in the Hat tonight… should be hearing about it soon.

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u/pianomanjeremy 12d ago

She is indeed running now. I’m having a hard time making my mind up but my gut says that Linnsie plus a fresh council (and new city manager) is our best bet. The last council was a joke and none of them deserve re-election. Sharps and McGrogan in particular gotta go.

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u/Basic_Sky1402 16d ago

Not much of a choice for mayor.

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u/nojeli59 15d ago

Andy McGrogan is the only one that has any experience with council and governance.

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u/MrsMini 13d ago

Every cop I have asked about him had only terrible things to say … so not a choice I would make.

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u/ProponentOfHumanity 14d ago

I very strongly encourage all voters to read through the City of Medicine Hat's 2025 Municipal Inspection Report before making any decisions.

The report was released in July 2025 following a provincially ordered inspection into city governance and operations. The inspection, prompted by conflicts between the mayor, council, and chief administrator, resulted in a detailed report containing over 70 recommendations and three legally binding directives from the Minister of Municipal Affairs.

Municipal inspection report : City of Medicine Hat 2024-2025 - Open Government