Lethbridge-East

Template:Short description Template:Use Canadian English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox Canada electoral district 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

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.<ref name="changes">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Boundary history

64 Lethbridge-East 2003 boundaries<ref name="2003bound">Template:Cite book</ref>
Bordering districts
North	East	West	South
Little Bow	Little Bow	Lethbridge-West	Little Bow
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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
File:LethbridgeEast in Lethbridge.jpg
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.
Note:

Representation history

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

1971

1971 Alberta general election results<ref name="1971 official">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation			CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Turnout 75.40%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal

1975

1975 Alberta general election results<ref name="1975 official">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation			CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Turnout 64.09%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal	Liberal	Shirley Wilson	645	5.97%	*

1979

1979 Alberta general election results<ref name="1979 official">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation			CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Turnout 62.04%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal	Independent Conservative	Ken Kotkas	1,375	13.99%	*

1982

1982 Alberta general election results<ref name="1982 official">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation			CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Turnout 69.52%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal	Alberta Reform Movement	Paul Belanger	400	3.20%	*

1986

1986 Alberta general election results<ref name="1986 official">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation			CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Turnout 46.18%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal	Liberal	John Boras	2,009	22.92%	15.22%

1989

1989 Alberta general election results<ref name="1989 official">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation			CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Turnout 46.18%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal	Liberal	John Boras	2,973	29.33%	6.41%

1993

1993 Alberta general election results<ref name="1993 official">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation			CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Turnout 50.97%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal	Liberal pickup from Progressive Conservative				Swing 13.99%

1997

1997 Alberta general election results<ref name="1997 official">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation			CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Turnout 55.29%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal	Liberal	Ken Nicol	7,578	58.66%	10.52%		Liberal hold				Swing 10.55%

2001

2001 Alberta general election results<ref name="2001 elec">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation			CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Turnout 53.14%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal	Liberal	Ken Nicol	6,939	54.47%	-4.19%		Liberal hold				Swing -5.80%

2008

2008 Alberta general election results<ref name="2008 official">Template:Cite book</ref>			Turnout 35.37%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal	Liberal	Bridget Pastoor	5,582	46.42%	4.49%		Helen McMenamin	292	2.44%	-0.39%	*	Liberal hold				Swing 3.38%

Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results: Lethbridge-East<ref name="senresults2004">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation					CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Turnout 48.48%
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	% votes	% ballots	Rank	Independent	Link Byfield	3,179	12.10%	33.20%	4	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	2,876	10.95%	30.03%	9	Vance Gough	2,528	9.62%	26.40%	8	Michael Roth	2,525	9.61%	26.37%	7	Gary Horan	2,212	8.42%	23.10%	10
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

Student vote results

2004

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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<ref name="stu2004">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation					CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Liberal	Bridget Pastoor	351	18.07%	NDP	Gaye Metz	275	14.16%	Erin Matthews	249	12.82%
Total			1,942	100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined			72

See also

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta