Lethbridge City

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Lethbridge City
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1909
District abolished1921
First contested 1909
Last contested 1917

Lethbridge City was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting from 1909 to 1921. [1]

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History

The Lethbridge City electoral district was created after the Lethbridge electoral district was split into the Lethbridge District and Lethbridge City electoral district in 1909.

Lethbridge district was all the rural area surrounding the City of Lethbridge, which in 1913, was split into Little Bow and Taber.

After Lethbridge District was dissolved there was no need to differentiate itself, and thus "City" was dropped in 1921 and Lethbridge was re-formed.

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Lethbridge City
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Lethbridge electoral district from 1905-1909
2nd  1909–1911   William Ashbury Buchanan Liberal
 1911–1913   John Smith Stewart Conservative
3rd  1913–1917
4th  1917–1921
See Lethbridge electoral district from 1921-1971

Election results

1909

1909 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Ashbury Buchanan 52944.12%
Conservative William Carlos Ives 45638.03%
Dominion Labor Donald McNabb 21417.85%
Total1,199
Rejected, spoiled and declinedN/A
Eligible electors / turnout1,69870.61%
Liberal pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Lethbridge City Official Results 1909 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1911 by-election

Alberta provincial by-election, October 31, 1911
Upon the resignation of William Ashbury Buchanan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Smith Stewart 97855.16%
Liberal S. J. Shepherd79544.84%
Total valid votes1,773
Rejected, spoiled, and declined
Electors / turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing N/A
Source(s)
"By-elections". Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 26, 2020.

1913

1913 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Smith Stewart 1,37151.04%13.01%
Liberal J. O. Jones1,03338.46%-5.66%
Socialist Joseph R. Knight28210.50%
Total2,686
Rejected, spoiled and declinedN/A
Eligible electors / turnout4,11165.34%-5.28%
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Source(s)
Source: "Lethbridge City Official Results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. [2]

1917

1917 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Smith Stewart Acclaimed
TotalN/A
Rejected, spoiled and declinedN/A
Eligible electors / turnoutN/AN/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Source(s)
Source: "Lethbridge City Official Results 1917 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
One of eleven Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta acclaimed under The Elections Act Section 38, which stipulated that any member of the 3rd Alberta Legislative Assembly would be guaranteed re-election, with no contest held, if the member joined for wartime service in the First World War.
An Act amending The Election Act respecting Members of the Legislative Assembly on Active Service. , SA 1917, c. 38

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References

  1. "Election results for Lethbridge City". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  2. "Socialist in Lethbridge". The Edmonton Bulletin. March 25, 1913. p. 6.

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