Editing Lethbridge (section)

== Government ==
{{See also|Lethbridge City Council}}
[[File:Lethbridge City Hall.jpg|thumb|left|Lethbridge City Hall]]

{|class="wikitable" style="float:right; width:400; font-size:90%; margin-left:1em;"
|+'''Lethbridge federal election results'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=rep/off/44gedata&document=bypro&lang=e |title=Official Voting Results Raw Data (poll by poll results in Lethbridge)|date=April 7, 2022 |publisher=Elections Canada |access-date=November 2, 2023}}</ref>
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Year
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[New Democratic Party|New Democratic]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Green Party of Canada|Green]]
|-
| rowspan="2" style="width: 0.25em; background-color: {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}|
! [[2021 Canadian federal election|2021]]
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} | 17%
| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| ''8,040''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} | '''52%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#6495ED;"| ''24,537''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} | 22%
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| ''10,085''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} | 0%
| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| ''0''
|-
! [[2019 Canadian federal election|2019]]
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} | 16%
| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| ''7,705''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} | '''62%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#6495ED;"| ''30,935''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} | 17%
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| ''8,261''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} | 3%
| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| ''1,677''
|-
|}
{|class="wikitable" style="float:right; width:400; font-size:90%; margin-left:1em;"
|+ Lethbridge provincial election results<ref>{{cite web |url=https://officialresults.elections.ab.ca/orResultsPGE.cfm?EventId=60 |title=Official Voting Results by polling station (poll by poll results in Lethbridge)|publisher=Elections Alberta |access-date=November 2, 2023}}</ref>
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Year
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[United Conservative Party|United Cons.]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Alberta New Democratic Party|New Democratic]]
|-
| style="width: 0.25em; background-color: {{Canadian party colour|AB|UCP}}|
! [[2023 Alberta general election|2023]]
| {{Canadian party colour|AB|UCP|background}} | <span style="color:#FFFFFF">46%</span>
| style="text-align:right; background:#005D7C;"| <span style="color:#FFFFFF">''20,523''</span>
| {{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}} | '''50%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| ''22,444''
|-
| style="width: 0.25em; background-color: {{Canadian party colour|AB|UCP}}|
! [[2019 Alberta general election|2019]]
| {{Canadian party colour|AB|UCP|background}} | <span style="color:#FFFFFF">'''48%'''</span>
| style="text-align:right; background:#005D7C;"| <span style="color:#FFFFFF">''22,673''</span>
| {{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}} | 42%
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| ''19,791''
|-
| style="width: 0.25em; background-color: {{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP}}|
! [[2015 Alberta general election|2015]]
| {{Canadian party colour|AB|UCP|background}} | <span style="color:#FFFFFF">23%</span>
| style="text-align:right; background:#005D7C;"| <span style="color:#FFFFFF">''8,681''</span>
| {{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}} | '''53%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| ''20,062''
|}{{Clear}}

Eight councillors and a [[List of mayors of Lethbridge|mayor]] make up the [[Lethbridge City Council]]. City voters elect a new government every four years. The last election was [[2021 Lethbridge municipal election|October 18, 2021, Lethbridge municipal election]]. Lethbridge does not have a [[Ward (electoral subdivision)|ward system]], so the mayor and all councillors are elected at large.<ref name="council">{{cite web|title=City Council |publisher=City of Lethbridge |url=http://www.lethbridge.ca/home/City+Hall/City+Council/ |access-date=October 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20060525090259/http://www.lethbridge.ca/home/City+Hall/City+Council/ |archive-date=May 25, 2006}}</ref> The 2009–2011 operating budget of the City of Lethbridge was {{CAD|250}}–278&nbsp;million, more than half of which came from [[property tax]].<ref>[http://www.lethbridge.ca/City-Government/Financial-Documents/Documents/Budget/2009%20-%202011%20Operating%20Budget.pdf 2009–2011 Operating Budget] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306075903/http://www.lethbridge.ca/City-Government/Financial-Documents/Documents/Budget/2009%20-%202011%20Operating%20Budget.pdf |date=March 6, 2016}}, City of Lethbridge</ref> One member of parliament (MP) representing [[Lethbridge (federal electoral district)|federal electoral district of Lethbridge]] sits in the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]] in [[Ottawa]], and two members of [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta|Alberta's legislative assembly]] (MLAs), representing [[Lethbridge-East]] ([[United Conservative Party|UCP]]) and [[Lethbridge-West]] ([[Alberta New Democratic Party|NDP]]), sit in the [[Alberta Legislature Building]] in [[Edmonton]].

Traditionally, political leanings in Lethbridge have been [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]]. Federally, from 1917 to 1930, Lethbridge voters switched between various federal parties,<ref name="elect1914">{{cite web | title = Lethbridge, Alberta (1914–1977) | work = History of Federal Ridings since 1867 | publisher = Parliament of Canada | url = http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=394 | archive-url = https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20121025054153/http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/FederalRidingsHistory/hfer.asp?Include%3DY%26Language%3DE%26rid%3D394%26Search%3DDet | archive-date = October 25, 2012 | access-date = October 15, 2007}}</ref> but from 1935 to 1957, they voted [[Social Credit Party of Canada|Social Credit]] in each election.<ref name="elect1914" /> [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservatives]] held office from [[1958 Canadian federal election|1958]] until [[1993 Canadian federal election|1993]], when the [[Reform Party of Canada]] was formed.<ref name="elect1914" /><ref>{{cite web | title = Lethbridge—Foothills, Alberta (1977–1987) | work = History of Federal Ridings since 1867 | publisher = Parliament of Canada | url = http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=395 | archive-url = https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20121025054200/http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/FederalRidingsHistory/hfer.asp?Include%3DY%26Language%3DE%26rid%3D395%26Search%3DDet | archive-date = October 25, 2012 | access-date = October 15, 2007}}</ref><ref name="elect1987">{{cite web | title = Lethbridge, Alberta (1987 -) | work = History of Federal Ridings since 1867 | publisher = Parliament of Canada | url = http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=917 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130101060910/http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=917 | url-status = dead | archive-date = January 1, 2013 | access-date = October 15, 2007}}</ref> The Reform party and its various subsequent incarnations such as the current [[Conservative Party of Canada]] have dominated the polls since.<ref name="elect1987" /> The city's two provincial electoral districts are represented by one government MLA, [[Nathan Neudorf]] for [[Lethbridge-East]],<ref>{{cite web |title=71 - LETHBRIDGE-EAST |url=https://officialresults.elections.ab.ca/orResultsED.cfm?ED=71&EventId=101 |website=Election Results: Provincial General Election May 29 2023 |publisher=Elections Alberta |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref> and one opposition MLA, [[Rob Miyashiro]] for [[Lethbridge-West]] (following a by-election to replace Shannon Phillips).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pulido-Guzman |first1=Alejandra |title=DP holds Lethbridge West; Miyashiro edges Middleton-Hope by 1,150 votes |date=December 19, 2024 |url=https://lethbridgeherald.com/news/lethbridge-news/2024/12/19/ndp-holds-lethbridge-west-miyashiro-edges-middleton-hope-by-1150-votes/ |publisher=Lethbridge Herald |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref>

[[Alberta Health Services]], the provincial health authority that plans and delivers health services on behalf of the [[Ministry of Health (Alberta)|Ministry of Health]], administers public health services in Lethbridge. Chinook Health oversees facilities in southwestern Alberta, such as the [[Chinook Regional Hospital]] and [[St. Michael's Health Centre]].