Lacombe Mayor Christie not seeking re-election
There will be a new mayor in Lacombe this fall.
Current mayor Steve Christie made the surprising announcement at Tuesday’s city council meeting that he will not be seeking a third term.
“We all have a shelf-life in elected office,” Christie said Wednesday. “I set some goals when I was first elected as a Councillor, then as mayor I set some new goals and a lot of those goals have come to fruition.”
A Lacombe resident for more than 20 years, Christie served on Lacombe town/city council for two terms before being elected to the mayor’s chair in 2010. He won a second term in 2013. Christie took a brief leave from office when he ran as the PC candidate for the Lacombe – Ponoka riding in the 2012 provincial election.