Lethbridge-West

Template:Short description Template:Distinguish Template:Use Canadian English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox Canada electoral district 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 Member of the Legislative Assembly for this district is New Democrat Rob Miyashiro.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution from the old electoral district of Lethbridge when it was split in half. It also took in territory from the riding of Macleod from west of the Oldman River.

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

65 Lethbridge-East 2003 boundaries<ref name="2003bound">Template:Cite book</ref>
Bordering districts
North	East	West	South
Little Bow	Lethbridge-East	Livingstone-Macleod	Little Bow
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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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69 Lethbridge-West 2010 boundaries
Bordering districts
North	East	West	South
Little Bow	Lethbridge-East	Cardston-Taber-Warner	Little Bow
File:LethbridgeWest in Lethbridge.jpg
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.
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Representation history

Template:Align 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, and was re-elected in 2012, but was defeated in the 2015 general election by Shannon Phillips of the NDP. In 2019, Phillips held onto the riding with a reduced margin of victory over the second-place finishing UCP candidate with just 45% of the popular vote.

Legislative election results

Elections in the 2020s

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Elections in the 2000s

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Elections in the 1990s

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Elections in the 1980s

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Elections in the 1970s

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Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results: Lethbridge-West<ref name="senresults2004">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation					CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Turnout 45.59%
	Candidate	Votes	% votes	% ballots	Rank	Independent	Link Byfield	2,946	12.08%	34.89%	4	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	2,741	11.24%	32.46%	9	Vance Gough	2,263	9.28%	26.80%	8	Michael Roth	2,205	9.04%	26.11%	7	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 four candidates on the ballot

Student vote results

2004

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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.

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	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Liberal	Bal Boora	133	24.77%	NDP	Mark Sandilands	75	13.97%	Andrew Sheridan	61	11.36%	Social Credit	Scott Sawatsky	44	8.19%
Total			537	100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined			19

See also

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

External links

• Legislative Assembly of Alberta