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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 contested2023
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 to 2019, Liberal-turned-PC Bridget Pastoor from 2004 to 2015 and Liberal Ken Nicol from 1993 to 2004. Progressive Conservatives and Social Credit representatives have also held this district in the past.

History

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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

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Representation history

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Lethbridge-East
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Lethbridge
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
 2004–2004     Vacant Vacant
26th  2004–2008     Bridget Pastoor Liberal
27th  2008–2011
 2011–2012     Progressive Conservative
28th  2012–2015
28th  2015–2019     Maria Fitzpatrick New Democratic
30th  2019–2023     Nathan Neudorf United Conservative
31st  2023–Present

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.

Legislative election results

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1971

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1971 Alberta general election results[3] 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

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1975 Alberta general election results[4] 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

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1979 Alberta general election results[5] 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

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1982 Alberta general election results[6] 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

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1986 Alberta general election results[7] 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

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1989 Alberta general election results[8] 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

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1993 Alberta general election results[9] 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

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1997 Alberta general election results[10] 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

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2001 Alberta general election results[11] 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

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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

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2008 Alberta general election results[12] 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

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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

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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

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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".

2023

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2023 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Conservative Nathan Neudorf 10,998 50.34 -2.06
New Democratic Rob Miyashiro 10,362 47.43 +8.73
Liberal Helen McMenamin 488 2.23 -0.02
Total 21,848 99.26 –
Rejected and declined 163 0.74
Turnout 22,011 57.70
Eligible voters 38,150
United Conservative hold Swing -5.40
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[13]

Senate nominee election results

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2004

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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 four candidates on the ballot

2012

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Student vote results

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2004

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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

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References

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  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. ^ "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)
  4. ^ "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)
  5. ^ "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)
  6. ^ "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)
  7. ^ "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)
  8. ^ "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)
  9. ^ "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)
  10. ^ "1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
  11. ^ "Lethbridge-East Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
  12. ^ The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 498–471.
  13. ^ "71 - Lethbridge-East". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  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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