Lethbridge-East

Lethbridge-East

Alberta electoral district
2010 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA	Maria Fitzpatrick New Democratic
District created	1971
First contested	1971
Last contested	2015

Lethbridge-East is an 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 New Democrat Maria Fitzpatrick, who won her first term on May 5, 2015. Prior to her it was held by 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

64 Lethbridge-East 2003 Boundaries[2]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Little Bow	Little Bow	Lethbridge-West	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 intersection of 13 Street North and the north Lethbridge city boundary; then 1. generally east, south and west along the city boundary to the right bank of the Oldman River; 2. north along the right bank to the east boundary of Sec. 18 in Twp. 8, Rge. 21 W4; 3. north along the east boundary of Secs. 18, 19 and 30 in the Twp. to Scenic Drive; 4. northwest along Scenic Drive to 16 Avenue South; 5. east along 16 Avenue South to 13 Street South; 6. north along 13 Street South and 13 Street North to the starting point.
Note:

68 Lethbridge-East 2010 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Little Bow	Little Bow	Lethbridge-West	Little Bow
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.
Note:

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–present		Maria Fitzpatrick	New Democratic

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 Canadian House of Commons 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 both the 2008 and 2012 general elections. 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.

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

Alberta general election, 2004
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

Alberta general election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Bridget Pastoor	6,599	40.95%
	Wildrose	Kent Prestage	5,146	31.93%
	Liberal	Rob Miyashiro	2,364	14.67%
	New Democratic	Tom Moffatt	2,007	12.45%
Total			16,116

2015 general election

Alberta general election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Maria Fitzpatrick	8,913	47.57
	Progressive Conservative	Tammy Perlich	4,745	25.32
	Wildrose	Kent Prestage	3,881	20.71
	Liberal	Bill West	1,199	6.40
Total

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

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

References

1. "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. June 2010. p. 21. 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. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
5. "Lethbridge-East Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
6. "Lethbridge-East Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
7. "Lethbridge-East Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
8. "Lethbridge-East Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
9. "Lethbridge-East Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
10. "Lethbridge-East Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
11. "1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. 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. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
15. "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
16. "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta