Lethbridge-East
Lethbridge-East is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, covering the eastern half of the city of Lethbridge. The district is one of 87 in the province mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.
 Alberta electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Lethbridge-East within the City of Lethbridge, 2017 boundaries | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
| MLA |
United Conservative | ||
| District created | 1971 | ||
| First contested | 1971 | ||
| Last contested | 2023 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Census subdivision(s) | Lethbridge | ||
The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution when the old Lethbridge district was split into this district and Lethbridge-West.
The current representative for Lethbridge-East is United Conservative Nathan Neudorf, who won his first term on April 16, 2019. Prior to him it was held by New Democrat Maria Fitzpatrick, from 2015 to 2019, Liberal-turned-PC Bridget Pastoor from 2004 to 2015 and Liberal Ken Nicol from 1993 to 2004. Progressive Conservatives and Social Credit representatives have also held this district in the past.
History
The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution when the old electoral district of Lethbridge was split in half.
The 2010 boundary redistribution made some minor revisions to equalize the population between West and East. North of St. Edward Blvd the boundary was pushed west from 13 Street to Stafford Drive.[1]
Boundary history
| 64 Lethbridge-East 2003 Boundaries[2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bordering Districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Little Bow | Little Bow | Lethbridge-West | Little Bow |
| riding map goes here | map in relation to other districts in Alberta goes here | ||
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
| Starting at the intersection of 13 Street North and the north Lethbridge city boundary; then 1. generally east, south and west along the city boundary to the right bank of the Oldman River; 2. north along the right bank to the east boundary of Sec. 18 in Twp. 8, Rge. 21 W4; 3. north along the east boundary of Secs. 18, 19 and 30 in the Twp. to Scenic Drive; 4. northwest along Scenic Drive to 16 Avenue South; 5. east along 16 Avenue South to 13 Street South; 6. north along 13 Street South and 13 Street North to the starting point. | |||
| Note: | |||
| 68 Lethbridge-East 2010 Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bordering Districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Little Bow | Little Bow | Lethbridge-West | Little Bow |
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| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
| Note: | |||
Representation history
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Lethbridge-East[3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See: Lethbridge 1921-1971 | ||||
| 17th | 1971–1975 | John Anderson | Social Credit | |
| 18th | 1975–1979 | Archibald Johnston | Progressive Conservative | |
| 19th | 1979–1982 | |||
| 20th | 1982–1986 | |||
| 21st | 1986–1989 | |||
| 22nd | 1989–1993 | |||
| 23rd | 1993–1997 | Ken Nicol | Liberal | |
| 24th | 1997–2001 | |||
| 25th | 2001–2004 | |||
| 2004 | Vacant | |||
| 26th | 2004–2008 | Bridget Pastoor | Liberal | |
| 27th | 2008–2011 | |||
| 2011–2012 | Progressive Conservative | |||
| 28th | 2012–2015 | |||
| 29th | 2015–2019 | Maria Fitzpatrick | New Democratic | |
| 30th | 2019-2023 | Nathan Neudorf | United Conservative | |
| 31st | 2023–present | |||
The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution. The first election that year saw a hotly contested race between Social Credit candidate John Anderson and Progressive Conservative candidate Richard Barton. Anderson won by just under a thousand votes to pick up the new seat for his party despite Social Credit losing government that year.
Anderson would be defeated in the 1975 general election by Archibald Johnston who won in a landslide. He would be appointed to the provincial cabinet by Premier Peter Lougheed after the election. He was re-elected to his second term in the 1979 election with a smaller majority.
The 1982 general election saw Johnston win the biggest majority of his career and the history of the district. He was re-elected to a fourth term in the 1986 general election and a fifth term in the 1989 general election. He held a cabinet post until 1992 when Ralph Klein became Premier. He retired at dissolution of the assembly in 1993.
The 1993 general election saw Liberal candidate Ken Nicol elected here in a closely contested race. Nicol won re-election in 1997 with a larger majority. He held his seat for a third term in the 2001 election and became Liberal leader later that year. Nicol resigned on May 25, 2004, to run for a seat to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2004 Canadian federal election.
The 2004 election saw Liberal candidate Bridget Pastoor win a closely contested race over Rod Fong to hold the district for her party. She was re-elected in 2008 as a Liberal, but crossed the floor to the Tories in 2011 and was reelected as a Tory in 2012. In 2015, Pastoor announced she would not seek re-election in the 2015 general election.
The 2015 election saw Maria Fitzpatrick of the NDP elected as MLA for Lethbridge-East. However, she was defeated after one term in office by Nathan Neudorf of the United Conservative Party on April 16, 2019.
Legislature results
1971 general election
| 1971 Alberta general election results[4] | Turnout 75.40% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Social Credit | John Anderson | 5,341 | 50.77% | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Richard Barton | 4,374 | 41.58% | |||
| New Democratic | Douglas Poile | 805 | 7.65% | |||
| Total | 10,520 | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 105 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 14,092 | % | ||||
| Social Credit gain | Swing | N/A | ||||
1975 general election
| 1975 Alberta general election results[5] | Turnout 64.09% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Progressive Conservative | Archibald Johnston | 7,233 | 66.98% | 16.21% | ||
| Social Credit | John Anderson | 1,915 | 17.73% | -33.04% | ||
| New Democratic | Bessie Annand | 1,006 | 9.32% | 1.67% | ||
| Liberal | Shirley Wilson | 645 | 5.97% | * | ||
| Total | 10,799 | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 26 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 16,891 | % | ||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit | Swing | 24.63% | ||||
1979 general election
| 1979 Alberta general election results[6] | Turnout 62.04% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Progressive Conservative | Archibald Johnston | 5,870 | 59.74% | -7.24% | ||
| Independent Conservative | Ken Kotkas | 1,375 | 13.99% | * | ||
| Social Credit | Roxie McCallum | 1,223 | 12.45% | -5.28% | ||
| New Democratic | Roger Rickwood | 692 | 7.04% | -2.28% | ||
| Liberal | Frank Merkl | 666 | 6.78% | 0.81% | ||
| Total | 9,826 | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 64 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 15,941 | % | ||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -10.62% | ||||
1982 general election
| 1982 Alberta general election results[7] | Turnout 69.52% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Progressive Conservative | Archibald Johnston | 8,716 | 69.72% | 9.98% | ||
| New Democratic | Ed McRae | 1,369 | 10.95% | 3.91% | ||
| Western Canada Concept | Mike Bennison | 1,054 | 8.43% | * | ||
| Liberal | John Boras | 962 | 7.70% | 0.92% | ||
| Alberta Reform Movement | Paul Belanger | 400 | 3.20% | * | ||
| Total | 12,501 | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 27 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 18,020 | % | ||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 6.95% | ||||
1986 general election
| 1986 Alberta general election results[8] | Turnout 46.18% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Progressive Conservative | Archibald Johnston | 4,567 | 52.11% | -17.61% | ||
| New Democratic | Sylvia Campbell | 2,188 | 24.97% | 14.02% | ||
| Liberal | John Boras | 2,009 | 22.92% | 15.22% | ||
| Total | 8,764 | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 22 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 19,024 | % | ||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -15.82% | ||||
1989 general election
| 1989 Alberta general election results[9] | Turnout 46.18% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Progressive Conservative | Archibald Johnston | 4,993 | 49.26% | -2.85% | ||
| Liberal | John Boras | 2,973 | 29.33% | 6.41% | ||
| New Democratic | Sylvia Campbell | 2,170 | 21.41% | -3.56% | ||
| Total | 10,136 | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 18 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 18,970 | % | ||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -4.63% | ||||
1993 general election
| 1993 Alberta general election results[10] | Turnout 50.97% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Liberal | Ken Nicol | 6,114 | 48.14% | 18.81% | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Patricia Bunn | 5,092 | 40.09% | -9.17% | ||
| New Democratic | Larry Conley | 1,495 | 11.77% | -9.64% | ||
| Total | 12,701 | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 75 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 22,124 | % | ||||
| Liberal pickup from Progressive Conservative | Swing 13.99% | |||||
1997 general election
| 1997 Alberta general election results[11] | Turnout 55.29% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Liberal | Ken Nicol | 7,578 | 58.66% | 10.52% | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Leah Waters | 3,813 | 29.52% | -10.57% | ||
| Social Credit | Jonathan Williams | 853 | 6.60% | |||
| New Democratic | Inga Jesswein | 674 | 5.22% | -6.55% | ||
| Total | 12,918 | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 75 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 23,413 | % | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing 10.55% | |||||
2001 general election
| 2001 Alberta general election results[12] | Turnout 53.14% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Liberal | Ken Nicol | 6,939 | 54.47% | -4.19% | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Ron Carroll | 4,704 | 36.93% | 7.41% | ||
| Alberta First | Mark Ogden | 554 | 4.35% | |||
| New Democratic | Gaye Metz | 542 | 4.25% | -0.97% | ||
| Total | 12,739 | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 35 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 24,040 | % | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing -5.80% | |||||
2004 general election
| 2004 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Bridget Pastoor | 5,338 | 41.93% | −12.54% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rod Fong | 4,703 | 36.94% | 0.01% | ||||
| Alberta Alliance | Brian Stewart | 1,472 | 11.56% | * | ||||
| New Democratic | Gaye Metz | 606 | 4.76% | 0.51% | ||||
| Green | Erin Matthews | 360 | 2.83% | * | ||||
| Social Credit | Derin Popik | 252 | 1.98% | * | ||||
| Total | 12,731 | 100% | ||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 84 | |||||||
| Eligible Electors / turnout | 26,430 | 48.49% | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −6.28% | ||||||
| Source: "Lethbridge-East Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 29, 2010. | ||||||||
2008 general election
| 2008 Alberta general election results[13] | Turnout 35.37% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Liberal | Bridget Pastoor | 5,582 | 46.42% | 4.49% | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Jason Herasemluk | 4,715 | 39.21% | 2.27% | ||
| Wildrose Alliance | Grant Shaw | 748 | 6.22% | -5.34% | ||
| New Democratic | Tom Moffat | 687 | 5.71% | 0.95% | ||
| Green | Helen McMenamin | 292 | 2.44% | -0.39% | * | |
| Total | 12,024 | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 70 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 34,190 | % | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing 3.38% | |||||
2012 general election
| 2012 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bridget Pastoor | 6,599 | 40.95 | +1.74 | ||||
| Wildrose | Kent Prestage | 5,146 | 31.93 | +25.71 | ||||
| Liberal | Rob Miyashiro | 2,364 | 14.67 | -31.75 | ||||
| New Democratic | Tom Moffatt | 2,007 | 12.45 | +6.74 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 16,116 | 99.00 | ||||||
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 163 | 1.00 | ||||||
| Registered electors / turnout | 31,817 | 51.16 | +15.79 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | -11.99 | ||||||
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Electoral Division Results - Lethbridge-East". | ||||||||
2015 general election
| 2015 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Maria Fitzpatrick | 8,918 | 47.49 | +35.04 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tammy Perlich | 4,743 | 25.26 | -15.69 | ||||
| Wildrose | Kent Prestage | 3,918 | 20.86 | -11.07 | ||||
| Liberal | Bill West | 1,201 | 6.40 | -8.27 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 18,780 | 99.58 | ||||||
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 80 | 0.42 | -0.58 | |||||
| Registered electors / turnout | 35,224 | 53.54 | +2.38 | |||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +25.37 | ||||||
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Electoral Division Results - Lethbridge-East". | ||||||||
2019 general election
| 2019 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Nathan Neudorf | 11,883 | 52.40 | +6.28 | ||||
| New Democratic | Maria Fitzpatrick | 8,775 | 38.70 | -8.79 | ||||
| Alberta Party | Ally Taylor | 1,054 | 4.65 | -- | ||||
| Liberal | Devon Hargreaves | 512 | 2.26 | -4.14 | ||||
| Independence | John W. McCanna | 453 | 2.00 | -- | ||||
| Total valid votes | 22,677 | 99.20 | ||||||
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 183 | 0.80 | +0.38 | |||||
| Turnout | 22,860 | 66.91 | +13.36 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 34,167 | |||||||
| United Conservative gain from New Democratic | Swing | +7.54 | ||||||
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Electoral Division Results - Lethbridge-East". | ||||||||
2023 general election
| 2023 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Nathan Neudorf | 10,998 | 50.34 | -2.06 | ||||
| New Democratic | Rob Miyashiro | 10,362 | 47.43 | +8.73 | ||||
| Liberal | Helen McMenamin | 488 | 2.23 | -0.02 | ||||
| Total | 21,848 | 99.26 | – | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 163 | 0.74 | ||||||
| Turnout | 22,011 | 57.70 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 38,150 | |||||||
| United Conservative hold | Swing | -5.40 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[14] | ||||||||
Senate nominee results
2004 Senate nominee election district results
| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Lethbridge-East[15] | Turnout 48.48% | |||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % Votes | % Ballots | Rank | |
| Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 3,586 | 13.65% | 37.45% | 1 | |
| Independent | Link Byfield | 3,179 | 12.10% | 33.20% | 4 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 2,921 | 11.12% | 30.50% | 2 | |
| Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 2,876 | 10.95% | 30.03% | 9 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 2,528 | 9.62% | 26.40% | 8 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 2,525 | 9.61% | 26.37% | 7 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 2,323 | 8.84% | 24.26% | 3 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 2,212 | 8.42% | 23.10% | 10 | |
| Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 2,094 | 7.97% | 21.87% | 6 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 2,027 | 7.72% | 21.17% | 5 | |
| Total Votes | 26,271 | 100% | ||||
| Total Ballots | 9,576 | 2.74 Votes Per Ballot | ||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 3,236 | |||||
Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot
Student Vote results
2004 election
| Participating Schools[16] |
|---|
| Catholic Central High School |
| Emmanuel Christian School |
| Lethbridge Christian School |
| Lethbridge Collegiate Institute |
| Our Lady of the Assumption School |
| Winston Churchill High School |
On November 19, 2004, a Student Vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.
| 2004 Alberta Student Vote results[17] | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | Rod Fong | 690 | 35.53% | |
| Liberal | Bridget Pastoor | 351 | 18.07% | |
| NDP | Gaye Metz | 275 | 14.16% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Brian Stewart | 269 | 13.85% | |
| Green | Erin Matthews | 249 | 12.82% | |
| Social Credit | Derin Popik | 108 | 5.57% | |
| Total | 1,942 | 100% | ||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 72 | |||
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