Lethbridge-West is an Alberta provincial electoral district, covering the western half of the city of Lethbridge, including all of West Lethbridge.
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 current 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
| 65 Lethbridge-East 2003 Boundaries[2] |
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| Bordering Districts |
| North |
East |
West |
South |
| Little Bow |
Lethbridge-East |
Livingstone-Macleod |
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 right bank of the Oldman River and the north Lethbridge city boundary; then 1. east along the city boundary to 13 Street North; 2. south along 13 Street North and 13 Street South to 16 Avenue South; 3. west along 16 Avenue South to Scenic Drive South; 4. southeast along Scenic Drive South to the east boundary of Sec. 30 in Twp. 8, Rge. 21 W4; 5. south along Secs. 30, 19 and 18 in the Twp. to the right bank of the Oldman River; 6. upstream along the right bank to the north boundary of Sec. 16, Twp. 8, Rge. 22 W4; 7. east along the north boundary to the west Lethbridge city boundary; 8. north, east and northeast along the west city boundary to the starting point. |
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Representation history
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, but was defeated in the 2015 general election by Shannon Phillips of the NDP, who is currently the ridings representative in the legislature.
Legislature results
1971 general election
1975 general election
1979 general election
1982 general election
1986 general election
1989 general election
1993 general election
1997 general election
2001 general election
2004 general election
2008 general election
| Alberta general election, 2008 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes | % | ∆% |
|
Progressive Conservative | Greg Weadick | 5,002 | 43.68% | 3.84% |
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Liberal | Bal Boora | 4,022 | 35.13% | 2.35% |
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New Democratic | James Moore | 1,179 | 10.30% | −1.96% |
|
Wildrose | Matt Fox | 855 | 7.47% | −2.83% |
|
Green | Brennan Tilley | 392 | 3.42% | −0.06% |
| Total votes |
11,450 |
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined |
47 |
| Eligible electors / Turnout |
33,934 | 33.88% |
| Source: The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 472–475. |
2012 general election
2015 general election
Senate nominee results
2004 Senate nominee election district results
| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Lethbridge-West[13] |
Turnout 45.59% |
|
Candidate |
Votes |
% Votes |
% Ballots |
Rank |
|
Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 3,233 | 13.26% | 38.29% | 1 |
| |
Independent |
Link Byfield |
2,946 |
12.08% |
34.89% |
4 |
|
Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 2,906 | 11.92% | 34.41% | 2 |
| |
Independent |
Tom Sindlinger |
2,741 |
11.24% |
32.46% |
9 |
|
Alberta Alliance |
Vance Gough |
2,263 |
9.28% |
26.80% |
8 |
|
Alberta Alliance |
Michael Roth |
2,205 |
9.04% |
26.11% |
7 |
|
Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 2,169 | 8.90% | 25.69% | 3 |
|
Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 2,043 | 8.38% | 24.20% | 6 |
|
Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 1,970 | 8.08% | 23.33% | 5 |
|
Alberta Alliance |
Gary Horan |
1,905 |
7.82% |
22.56% |
10 |
| Total Votes |
24,381 |
100% |
| Total Ballots |
8,444 |
2.89 Votes Per Ballot |
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined |
2,712 |
Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot
Student Vote results
2004 election
| Participating Schools[14] |
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| 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.
References
- ↑ "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. June 2010. p. 21. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
- ↑ "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 57.
- ↑ "Letbridge-West Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
- ↑ "Letbridge-West Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
- ↑ "Letbridge-West Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
- ↑ "Letbridge-West Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
- ↑ "Letbridge-West Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
- ↑ "Letbridge-West Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
- ↑ "Letbridge-West Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
- ↑ "1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
- ↑ "Lethbridge-West Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
- ↑ "Lethbridge-West Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
- ↑ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
- ↑ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
- ↑ "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
External links
Alberta electoral district