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Lethbridge-East
Alberta electoral district
Lethbridge-East within the City of Lethbridge, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Nathan Neudorf
United Conservative
District created1971
First contested1971
Last contested2019
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.

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 2015-2019, Liberal-turned-PC Bridget Pastoor from 2004-2015 and Liberal Ken Nicol from 1993-2004. 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]
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- Nathan Neudorf United Conservative

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".

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Lethbridge-East[14] 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

2012 Senate nominee election district results

Student Vote results

2004 election

Participating Schools[15]
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[16]
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

2012 election

References

  1. ^ "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. June 2010. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
  2. ^ "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 56.
  3. ^ "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2010. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  4. ^ "Letbridge-East 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)
  5. ^ "Lethbridge-East 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)
  6. ^ "Lethbridge-East 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)
  7. ^ "Lethbridge-East 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)
  8. ^ "Lethbridge-East 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)
  9. ^ "Lethbridge-East Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 29, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. ^ "Lethbridge-East Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 29, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  11. ^ "1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
  12. ^ "Lethbridge-East Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
  13. ^ The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 498–471.
  14. ^ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
  15. ^ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 27, 2008.
  16. ^ "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2008.

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