Description

Join us for an engaging and informative evening as the City of Medicine Hat prepares for the upcoming Municipal General Election on October 20, 2025. This public forum offers businesses and residents a valuable opportunity to hear directly from candidates running for City Council and for Mayor and to ask questions about the issues that matter most to our community.

Why Attend? Learn about each candidate’s vision and priorities and how they respond to business-focused and community questions. Make informed decisions ahead of Election Day; let’s shape the future of Medicine Hat together. Your voice matters!

You can find additional election information and insights into the Chamber's Vote Prosperity 2025 Platform here

📅 Date: September 26, 2025

🕕 5:00 pm - Meet and Greet with Candidates

🕕 5:45 pm - Forum #3 Begins - Council Candidates Confirmed to Participate:

• Stephen Campbell
• Robert Dumanowski
• Don Fedoruk
• Brock Hale
• Pamela Kunz
• Immanuel Moritz
• Kaleb Orge
• Dan Reynish
• Kirby Schafer
• Kirsten Spek
• David Toth
• Brian Varga

🕕 7:15 pm - Intermission

🕕 7:30 pm - Forum #4 Begins Mayoral Candidates Confirmed to Participate:

• Drew Barnes
• Linnsie Clark
• Andy McGrogan
• Alan Rose
• Kris Samraj

🕕 9:00 pm - Election Forum Night 2 Concludes

📍 Location: The Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre
🎤 Format: Our Forum will include candidate introductions, a moderated Q&A & debate, along with concluding remarks

The forums will be streamed live on the Southeast Alberta Chamber of Commerce's YouTube page: https://youtube.com/live/-jJfaogDkig?feature=share

Having issue with the above link? Check out our YouTube channel directly: https://www.youtube.com/@se_chamber

Due to the number of candidates and the length of time we had, the forum did not provide adequate time to ask all the questions submitted. However, we accepted questions online and at the forum to provide to candidates following the forum, to be posted on our website as responses are received. You can view the Vote Prosperity 2025 Platform here as responses are received.

Questions asked at the election forums will be in priority order:
1. Questions based on the policies and positions of the Chamber of Commerce 
2. Questions submitted in advance by our members, which will be prioritized in the order they are received
3. Questions submitted in advance from the general public
4. Questions submitted at the forum

We ask that all questions be non-partisan in nature and be posed to all candidates in each category (Mayoral, Incumbent and New Candidates). If you have a question for a specific candidate, we ask that you contact those candidates directly, as questions posed to individual candidates will not be asked by the Chamber through the forum. You can learn more and find links to your municipality here: https://chamber.southeastalbertachamber.ca/advocacyinsights/Details/vote-prosperity-2025-284165 

Any questions that are not asked at the Chamber's forum, that meet the criteria above, will be compiled and distributed to all candidates for response to be publicly shared on the Chamber of Commerce Vote Prosperity page of our website.