Lethbridge-West

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Lethbridge-West
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Lethbridge-West 2017.svg
Lethbridge-West within the City of Lethbridge, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
  
Vacant
District created1971
First contested 1971
Last contested 2023
Demographics
Census division(s) Division No. 2
Census subdivision(s) Lethbridge

Lethbridge-West is an Alberta provincial electoral district, covering the western half of the city of Lethbridge, including all of West Lethbridge.

Contents

Under the Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution of 2004, 13 Street forms most of the dividing line between Lethbridge-East and Lethbridge West. Scenic Drive and 16 Avenue South form a small part of the boundary. Clockwise from Lethbridge-East, the constituency is bounded at the city limits by Little Bow, by Livingstone-Macleod and then again by Little Bow.

The previous Member of the Legislative Assembly for this district is New Democrat Shannon Phillips.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution from the old electoral district of Lethbridge when it 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-West
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See: Lethbridge 1921-1971
17th 1971–1975 Richard Gruenwald Social Credit
18th 1975–1979 John Gogo Progressive
Conservative
19th 1979–1982
20th 1982–1986
21st 1986–1989
22nd 1989–1993
23rd 1993–1997 Clint Dunford
24th 1997–2001
25th 2001–2004
26th 2004–2008
27th 2008–2012 Greg Weadick
28th 2012–2015
29th 2015–2019 Shannon Phillips New Democrat
30th 2019–2023
31st 2023–2024
2024Vacant

The electoral district was created in 1971 from the old Lethbridge district when it was split in half. Prior to 1971 the city returned candidates from a number of different banners. The first representative returned in the election held that year was Social Credit candidate Richard Gruenwald who won the district with well over half of the popular vote.

Gruenwald would run for a second term in the 1975 election and would be defeated finishing a distant second place behind Progressive Conservative candidate John Gogo who took almost 60% of the popular vote. Gogo would win his next two terms in 1979 and 1982 with increasing majorities achieving almost 70% of the popular vote.

Gogo would lose significant popularity upon re-election to his fourth term in 1986. He would fall from 70% the previous election to under half. He would hold his seat for a final term in 1989 when he took just over 45% of the popular vote. In his last term in office Premier Don Getty appointed Gogo as Minister of Advanced education He held that until 1992. Gogo retired from dissolution of the Assembly in 1993.

The 1993 election saw a hotly contested race between Progressive Conservative candidate Clint Dunford and Liberal candidate Michael Dietrich. Dunford won by a razor thin margin of just over 100 votes to hold the seat for his party and taking just over 41% of the popular vote.

Dunford was re-elected in 1997 winning a slightly higher plurality. After the election he was appointed to the provincial cabinet by Premier Ralph Klein as Minister of Advanced Education and Career Development. In 1999 he was shuffled to the Minister of Human Resources and Employment portfolio.

Dunford ran for his third term in 2001 increasing his plurality slightly taking 48% of the popular vote and kept his cabinet post. He ran for his fourth term in office in 2004 and fell to an all-time low holding his seat with just 39% of the popular vote. After that election he was shuffled to the Minister of Economic Development until 2006. Dunford retired from the legislature in 2008.

The fourth representative returned from the riding was Progressive Conservative candidate Greg Weadick who won his first term as MLA in 2008, and was re-elected in 2012, but was defeated in the 2015 general election by Shannon Phillips of the NDP. In 2019, Phillips held onto the riding with a reduced margin of victory over the second-place finishing UCP candidate with just 45% of the popular vote.

Legislative election results

Elections in the 1970s

1971 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Social Credit Richard Gruenwald 4,16954.93
Progressive Conservative R.J. Gray2,75136.24
New Democratic Klaas Buijert6708.83
Total valid votes7,590
Rejected, spoiled and declined75
Eligible electors / Turnout10,46473.25
Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s)
"Letbridge-West Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
1975 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative John Gogo 3,99159.42+23.18
Social Credit Richard Gruenwald 1,91428.49-26.44
New Democratic Ian Whishaw81212.09+3.26
Total valid votes6,717
Rejected, spoiled and declined133
Eligible electors / Turnout10,46464.50 -8.75
Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit Swing +24.81
Source(s)
"Letbridge-West Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
1979 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative John Gogo 5,68264.65+5.23
Social Credit Jerry Waldern1,62518.49-10.00
New Democratic Ron Clark97111.05-1.04
Liberal Bob Wilson5115.81
Total valid votes8,789
Rejected, spoiled and declined7
Eligible electors / Turnout10,46454.58-9.92
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +7.62%
Source(s)
"Letbridge-West Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

Elections in the 1980s

1982 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative John Gogo 8,30269.53+4.88
New Democratic Ian Whishaw1,84415.44+4.39
Western Canada Concept G.M. Genstad9387.86
Social Credit Jerry Waldern4804.02-14.47
Alberta Reform Movement Brenda Perkins3773.16
Total valid votes11,941
Rejected, spoiled and declined26
Eligible electors / Turnout11,967 61.68 +7.10
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +0.25
Source(s)
"Letbridge-West Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
1986 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative John Gogo 3,99948.64-20.89
New Democratic Ed Webking2,00624.40+8.96
Liberal Nora Galenzoski1,57919.20
Representative Douglas Pitt5326.47
Confederation of Regions Nora Galenzoski1061.29
Total valid votes8,222
Rejected, spoiled and declined23
Eligible electors / Turnout21,535 38.29 -23.39
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -14.93
Source(s)
"Letbridge-West Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
1989 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative John Gogo 4,74145.44-3.20
Liberal Rhonda Ruston3,21030.76+11.16
New Democratic Joyce Green2,48323.80-0.60
Total valid votes10,434
Rejected, spoiled and declined26
Eligible electors / Turnout21,80547.97 +9.68
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -7.18
Source(s)
"Letbridge-West Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

Elections in the 1990s

1993 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Clint Dunford 4,64341.92-3.52
Liberal Michael Dietrich4,53440.94+10.18
New Democratic Jacqueline Preyde9738.78-15.02
Independent Jason Kempt9268.36
Total11,076
Rejected, spoiled and declined49
Eligible electors / Turnout20,154 55.20 +7.23
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -6.85
Source(s)
"Letbridge-West Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
1997 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Clint Dunford 5,67945.31+3.39
Liberal Leslie Vaala4,76538.02-2.92
Social Credit Brian Stewart1,04+8.32
New Democratic Tom Hovan8066.43-1.93
Greens Don Ferguson2401.92
Total valid votes12,533
Rejected, spoiled and declined22
Eligible electors / Turnout22,549 55.68 +0.48
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +3.16
Source(s)
"1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2012.

Elections in the 2000s

2001 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Clint Dunford 6,68548.08+2.77
Liberal Leslie Vaala5,49639.52+1.50
New Democratic Mark Sandilands1,0627.64+1.21
Alberta First Brian Stewart6624.76-3.56
Total valid votes13,905
Rejected, spoiled, and declined38
Eligible electors / Turnout24,561 56.77 +1.09
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +0.64
Source(s)
"Lethbridge-West Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
2004 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Clint Dunford 4,41139.84-8.24
Liberal Bal Boora3,62932.78-6.74
New Democratic Mark Sandlands1,35712.26+4.62
Alberta Alliance Merle Terlesky9138.25
Greens Andrew Sheridan3853.48
Social Credit Scott Sawatsky3753.39
Total valid votes11,070
Rejected, spoiled and declined78
Registered electors / Turnout24,56145.56 -11.21
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -7.49%
Source(s)
"Lethbridge-West Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
2008 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Greg Weadick 5,00243.68+3.84
Liberal Bal Boora4,02235.13+2.35
New Democratic James Moore1,17910.30-1.96
Wildrose Matt Fox8557.47-2.83
Greens Brennan Tilley3923.42-0.06
Total votes11,450
Rejected, spoiled and declined47
Eligible electors / turnout33,93433.88-11.68
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +0.75
Source(s)
The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 472–475.

Elections in the 2010s

2012 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Greg Weadick 5,81036.66-7.02
New Democratic Shannon Phillips 4,74629.95+19.65
Wildrose Kevin Kinahan4,23526.72+19.25
Liberal Bal Boora8815.56-29.57
Alberta Party David Walters1771.11–
Total valid votes15,84998.97
Rejected, spoiled, and declined1651.03
Registered electors / turnout29,26754.72 +20.84
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -13.34
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Electoral Division Results - Lethbridge-West".
2015 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Shannon Phillips 11,11459.18+29.23
Progressive Conservative Greg Weadick 3,93820.97-15.69
Wildrose Ron Bain3,06316.31-10.41
Liberal Sheila Pyne6343.38-2.18
Total valid votes18,77999.05
Rejected, spoiled, and declined1810.95 -0.08
Registered electors / turnout34,14655.53 +0.81
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +22.46
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Electoral Division Results - Lethbridge-West".
2019 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Shannon Phillips 11,01645.2-13.98
United Conservative Karri Flatla10,79044.3+7.02
Alberta Party Zac Rhodenizer1,7637.2--
Liberal Patricia Chizek4601.9-1.48
  Independence Ben Maddison3321.4--
Total valid votes24,36199.42
Rejected, spoiled, and declined1430.58-0.37
Registered electors/Turnout37,86364.69.07
New Democratic hold Swing -14.88
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Electoral Division Results - Lethbridge-West".

Elections in the 2020s

2023 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Shannon Phillips 12,08253.92+8.70
United Conservative Cheryl Seaborn9,52542.51-1.78
Alberta Party Braham Luddu4251.90-5.34
Liberal Pat Chizek3751.67-0.21
Total22,40799.38–
Rejected and declined1400.62
Turnout22,54760.55
Eligible voters37,238
New Democratic hold Swing +5.24
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta [3]
Alberta provincial by-election, Lethbridge-West: TBD
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Rob Miyashiro
United Conservative
Total valid votes
Rejected, spoiled, and declined
Eligible electors / Turnout

Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results: Lethbridge-West [4] Turnout 45.59%
CandidateVotes% votes% ballotsRank
Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 3,23313.26%38.29%1
 Independent Link Byfield 2,94612.08%34.89%4
Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 2,90611.92%34.41%2
 Independent Tom Sindlinger 2,74111.24%32.46%9
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough2,2639.28%26.80%8
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth2,2059.04%26.11%7
Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 2,1698.90%25.69%3
Progressive Conservative David Usherwood2,0438.38%24.20%6
Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 1,9708.08%23.33%5
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan1,9057.82%22.56%10
Total votes24,381100%
Total ballots8,4442.89 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined2,712

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

2012

Student vote results

2004

Participating schools [5]
GS Lakie Middle 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 [6]
AffiliationCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Clint Dunford 18434.26%
  Liberal Bal Boora13324.77%
  NDP Mark Sandilands7513.97%
Green Andrew Sheridan6111.36%
  Social Credit Scott Sawatsky448.19%
Alberta Alliance Merle Terlesky407.45%
Total537100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined19

2012

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