Lethbridge-East

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Lethbridge-East
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Lethbridge-East 2017.svg
Lethbridge-East within the City of Lethbridge, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 
 
Nathan Neudorf
United Conservative
District created1971
First contested 1971
Last contested 2023
Demographics
Census subdivision(s) Lethbridge

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.

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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

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Lethbridge-East [3]
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
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
2004Vacant
26th 2004–2008 Bridget Pastoor Liberal
27th 2008–2011
2011–2012Progressive
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.

Legislative election results

1971

1971 Alberta general election results [4] Turnout 75.40%Swing
AffiliationCandidateVotes%PartyPersonal
Social Credit John Anderson 5,34150.77%
Progressive Conservative Richard Barton4,37441.58%
New Democratic Douglas Poile8057.65%
Total10,520
Rejected, spoiled and declined105
Eligible electors / Turnout14,092 %
Social Credit gain Swing N/A

1975

1975 Alberta general election results [5] Turnout 64.09%Swing
AffiliationCandidateVotes%PartyPersonal
Progressive Conservative Archibald Johnston 7,23366.98%16.21%
Social Credit John Anderson 1,91517.73%-33.04%
New Democratic Bessie Annand1,0069.32%1.67%
  Liberal Shirley Wilson6455.97%*
Total10,799
Rejected, spoiled and declined26
Eligible electors / Turnout16,891 %
Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit Swing 24.63%

1979

1979 Alberta general election results [6] Turnout 62.04%Swing
AffiliationCandidateVotes%PartyPersonal
Progressive Conservative Archibald Johnston 5,87059.74%-7.24%
 Independent ConservativeKen Kotkas1,37513.99%*
Social Credit Roxie McCallum1,22312.45%-5.28%
New Democratic Roger Rickwood6927.04%-2.28%
Liberal Frank Merkl6666.78%0.81%
Total9,826
Rejected, spoiled and declined64
Eligible electors / Turnout15,941 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -10.62%

1982

1982 Alberta general election results [7] Turnout 69.52%Swing
AffiliationCandidateVotes%PartyPersonal
Progressive Conservative Archibald Johnston 8,71669.72%9.98%
New Democratic Ed McRae1,36910.95%3.91%
Western Canada Concept Mike Bennison1,0548.43%*
Liberal John Boras9627.70%0.92%
  Alberta Reform Movement Paul Belanger4003.20%*
Total12,501
Rejected, spoiled and declined27
Eligible electors / Turnout18,020 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 6.95%

1986

1986 Alberta general election results [8] Turnout 46.18%Swing
AffiliationCandidateVotes%PartyPersonal
Progressive Conservative Archibald Johnston 4,56752.11%-17.61%
New Democratic Sylvia Campbell2,18824.97%14.02%
  Liberal John Boras2,00922.92%15.22%
Total8,764
Rejected, spoiled and declined22
Eligible electors / Turnout19,024 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -15.82%

1989

1989 Alberta general election results [9] Turnout 46.18%Swing
AffiliationCandidateVotes%PartyPersonal
Progressive Conservative Archibald Johnston 4,99349.26%-2.85%
  Liberal John Boras2,97329.33%6.41%
New Democratic Sylvia Campbell2,17021.41%-3.56%
Total10,136
Rejected, spoiled and declined18
Eligible electors / Turnout18,970 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -4.63%

1993

1993 Alberta general election results [10] Turnout 50.97%Swing
AffiliationCandidateVotes%PartyPersonal
Liberal Ken Nicol 6,11448.14%18.81%
Progressive Conservative Patricia Bunn5,09240.09%-9.17%
New Democratic Larry Conley1,49511.77%-9.64%
Total12,701
Rejected, spoiled and declined75
Eligible electors / Turnout22,124 %
 Liberal pickup from Progressive ConservativeSwing 13.99%

1997

1997 Alberta general election results [11] Turnout 55.29%Swing
AffiliationCandidateVotes%PartyPersonal
  Liberal Ken Nicol 7,57858.66%10.52%
Progressive Conservative Leah Waters3,81329.52%-10.57%
Social Credit Jonathan Williams8536.60%
New Democratic Inga Jesswein6745.22%-6.55%
Total12,918
Rejected, spoiled and declined75
Eligible electors / Turnout23,413 %
 Liberal holdSwing 10.55%

2001

2001 Alberta general election results [12] Turnout 53.14%Swing
AffiliationCandidateVotes%PartyPersonal
  Liberal Ken Nicol 6,93954.47%-4.19%
Progressive Conservative Ron Carroll4,70436.93%7.41%
Alberta First Mark Ogden5544.35%
New Democratic Gaye Metz5424.25%-0.97%
Total12,739
Rejected, spoiled and declined35
Eligible electors / Turnout24,040 %
 Liberal holdSwing -5.80%

2004

2004 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bridget Pastoor 5,33841.93%−12.54%
Progressive Conservative Rod Fong4,70336.94%0.01%
Alberta Alliance Brian Stewart1,47211.56%*
New Democratic Gaye Metz6064.76%0.51%
Green Erin Matthews3602.83%*
Social Credit Derin Popik2521.98%*
Total12,731100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined84
Eligible Electors / turnout26,43048.49%
Liberal hold Swing −6.28%
Source: "Lethbridge-East Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 29, 2010.

2008

2008 Alberta general election results [13] Turnout 35.37%Swing
AffiliationCandidateVotes%PartyPersonal
  Liberal Bridget Pastoor 5,58246.42%4.49%
Progressive Conservative Jason Herasemluk4,71539.21%2.27%
Wildrose Alliance Grant Shaw7486.22%-5.34%
New Democratic Tom Moffat6875.71%0.95%
Green Helen McMenamin2922.44%-0.39%*
Total12,024
Rejected, spoiled, and declined70
Eligible electors / Turnout34,190 %
 Liberal holdSwing 3.38%

2012

2012 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Bridget Pastoor 6,59940.95+1.74
Wildrose Kent Prestage5,14631.93+25.71
Liberal Rob Miyashiro2,36414.67-31.75
New Democratic Tom Moffatt2,00712.45+6.74
Total valid votes16,11699.00
Rejected, spoiled, and declined1631.00
Registered electors / turnout31,81751.16 +15.79
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing -11.99

2015

2015 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Maria Fitzpatrick 8,91847.49+35.04
Progressive Conservative Tammy Perlich4,74325.26-15.69
Wildrose Kent Prestage3,91820.86-11.07
Liberal Bill West1,2016.40-8.27
Total valid votes18,78099.58
Rejected, spoiled, and declined800.42 -0.58
Registered electors / turnout35,22453.54 +2.38
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +25.37

2019

2019 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Conservative Nathan Neudorf 11,88352.40+6.28
New Democratic Maria Fitzpatrick 8,77538.70-8.79
Alberta Party Ally Taylor1,0544.65--
Liberal Devon Hargreaves5122.26-4.14
  Independence John W. McCanna4532.00--
Total valid votes22,67799.20
Rejected, spoiled, and declined1830.80+0.38
Turnout22,86066.91+13.36
Eligible voters 34,167
United Conservative gain from New Democratic Swing +7.54

2023

2023 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Conservative Nathan Neudorf 10,99850.34-2.06
New Democratic Rob Miyashiro10,36247.43+8.73
Liberal Helen McMenamin4882.23-0.02
Total21,84899.26
Rejected and declined1630.74
Turnout22,01157.70
Eligible voters38,150
United Conservative hold Swing -5.40
Source(s)

Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results: Lethbridge-East [15] Turnout 48.48%
AffiliationCandidateVotes% votes% ballotsRank
Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 3,58613.65%37.45%1
 Independent Link Byfield 3,17912.10%33.20%4
Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 2,92111.12%30.50%2
 Independent Tom Sindlinger 2,87610.95%30.03%9
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough2,5289.62%26.40%8
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth2,5259.61%26.37%7
Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 2,3238.84%24.26%3
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan2,2128.42%23.10%10
Progressive Conservative David Usherwood2,0947.97%21.87%6
Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 2,0277.72%21.17%5
Total votes26,271100%
Total ballots9,5762.74 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined3,236

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

2012

Student vote results

2004

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]
AffiliationCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Rod Fong 69035.53%
  Liberal Bridget Pastoor 35118.07%
  NDP Gaye Metz27514.16%
Alberta Alliance Brian Stewart26913.85%
Green Erin Matthews24912.82%
Social Credit Derin Popik1085.57%
Total1,942100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined72

2012

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