Bob Tarleck
Encyclopedia
Robert D. Tarleck is a Canadian
politician, who served as the 24th mayor of Lethbridge
, Alberta
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Tarleck spent his career as an educator, spending many years in the public school system and as a professor at the University of Lethbridge
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Tarleck and his wife Angela have two daughters and two grandsons.
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.
Canada
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politician, who served as the 24th mayor of Lethbridge
Lethbridge
Lethbridge is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada, and the largest city in southern Alberta. It is Alberta's fourth-largest city by population after Calgary, Edmonton and Red Deer, and the third-largest by area after Calgary and Edmonton. The nearby Canadian Rockies contribute to the city's...
, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
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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
University of Lethbridge
The University of Lethbridge is a publicly-funded comprehensive academic and research university, founded in the liberal education tradition, located in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, with two other urban campuses in Calgary and Edmonton. The main building sits among the coulees on the west side of...
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Tarleck and his wife Angela have two daughters and two grandsons.
Political career
From 1974–1992, Tarleck served on the Lethbridge City Council as an alderman. He temporarily retired from municipal politics for nine years until David B. Carpenter announced in 2001 he was not seeking a fifth term as mayor. The opening attracted four other candidates: Mike Pierzchala, Mark Switzer, Greg WeadickGreg Weadick
Greg Weadick is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Lethbridge-West as a Progressive Conservative.-Early life:...
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.