- Bob Tarleck
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footnotes =Robert D. (Bob) Tarleck is a Canadian politician, currently serving as the 27th
mayor ofLethbridge ,Alberta .Biography
In
1957 , Bob Tarleck won the Canadian record for the 100-yard-dash for boys fifteen and under. He was also the Vancouver city champion in 220-yard-dash, the 440-yard-dash and the hurdles the same year. He moved to Lethbridge nine years later.Tarleck spent his career as an educator, spending many years in the public school system and as a professor at the
University of Lethbridge .Tarleck and his wife Angela have two daughters and two grandsons.
Political career
From
1974 –1992 , Tarleck served on theLethbridge City Council as an alderman. He temporarily retired from municipal politics for nine years untilDavid B. Carpenter announced in2001 he was not seeking a fifth term as mayor. The opening attracted four other candidates: Mike Pierzchala, Mark Switzer,Greg Weadick and Frank Peta. Tarleck easily defeated runner-up Pierzchala.Tarleck garnered two thirds of the votes in the 2004 municipal election against his single opponent and former alderman, Joe Mauro. He was elected by acclamation in the 2007 election. [cite press release | title = Mayor Tarleck Elected By Acclamation | publisher = City of Lethbridge | date =
2007-09-17 | url = http://www.lethbridge.ca/home/City+Hall/Departments/Communications+Office/News+Releases/Previous+Year/Mayor+Tarleck+Elected+By+Acclamation.htm | accessdate = 2008-01-15]References
External links
* [http://www.lethbridge.ca/home/City+Hall/City+Council/Office+of+the+Mayor/Mayors+Welcome+and+Biography/Biography.htm City of Lethbridge - Mayor Biography]
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