Lethbridge has had a centre-right MP at the federal level since the 1930s. The current MP for Lethbridge is Rachael Thomas, who was first elected to parliament in 2015 for the Conservatives and was re-elected in 2021 as a Conservative MP.
This riding was originally created in 1914 from parts of Macleod riding.
In 1977, it was renamed "Lethbridge—Foothills".
In 1987, Lethbridge—Foothills was abolished and replaced by a new "Lethbridge" riding. The new riding was created from most of Lethbridge—Foothills, along with parts of Macleod and Medicine Hat ridings.
It has been represented by centre-right MPs without interruption since 1930. As in most other federal Alberta ridings outside of Calgary and Edmonton, it usually supports the major right-wing party of the day by landslide margins. Since 1945, a non-conservative party has only won 30 percent of the vote three times. Lethbridge itself is somewhat friendlier to centre-left candidates, at least at the provincial level, which helps reduce the overall margins compared to surrounding ridings. The Alberta New Democratic Party (NDP) won both seats in the provincial legislature from the city in the 2015 provincial election, but in 2019 lost the Lethbridge East riding to the United Conservative Party (UCP). The city has occasionally elected provincial Liberals in the past as well. At the federal level, however, the NDP and the Liberals are no match for the overwhelming conservative bent of the more rural areas.[citation needed]
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Graph of election results in Lethbridge (1914-1977), Lethbridge—Foothills, Lethbridge (1987-present) (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
Lethbridge, 1987–presentedit
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Graph of election results in Lethbridge (1987-present) (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election. Social Credit vote is compared to New Democracy vote in 1940 election.
Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election. New Democracy vote is compared to Social Credit vote in 1935 election.
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For other uses see Lethbridge disambiguation Lethbridge formerly known as Lethbridge Foothills is a federal electoral district in Alberta Canada that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1917 It incorporates the City of Lethbridge and Lethbridge County LethbridgeAlberta electoral districtLethbridge in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order Federal electoral districtLegislatureHouse of CommonsMP Rachael ThomasConservativeDistrict created1987First contested1988Last contested2021District webpageprofile mapDemographicsPopulation 2011 1 105 999Electors 2019 88 226Area km 2 3 028Pop density per km 35Census division s Division No 2 Division No 3Census subdivision s Lethbridge Lethbridge County CoaldaleLethbridge has had a centre right MP at the federal level since the 1930s The current MP for Lethbridge is Rachael Thomas who was first elected to parliament in 2015 for the Conservatives and was re elected in 2021 as a Conservative MP Contents 1 History 1 1 Historical boundaries 1 2 Members of Parliament 1 3 Current member of Parliament 2 Demographics 3 Election results 3 1 Lethbridge 1987 present 3 2 Lethbridge Foothills 1977 1987 3 3 Lethbridge 1914 1977 4 See also 5 References 5 1 Notes 6 External linksHistory editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed February 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message This riding was originally created in 1914 from parts of Macleod riding In 1977 it was renamed Lethbridge Foothills In 1987 Lethbridge Foothills was abolished and replaced by a new Lethbridge riding The new riding was created from most of Lethbridge Foothills along with parts of Macleod and Medicine Hat ridings It has been represented by centre right MPs without interruption since 1930 As in most other federal Alberta ridings outside of Calgary and Edmonton it usually supports the major right wing party of the day by landslide margins Since 1945 a non conservative party has only won 30 percent of the vote three times Lethbridge itself is somewhat friendlier to centre left candidates at least at the provincial level which helps reduce the overall margins compared to surrounding ridings The Alberta New Democratic Party NDP won both seats in the provincial legislature from the city in the 2015 provincial election but in 2019 lost the Lethbridge East riding to the United Conservative Party UCP The city has occasionally elected provincial Liberals in the past as well At the federal level however the NDP and the Liberals are no match for the overwhelming conservative bent of the more rural areas citation needed This riding lost territory to Medicine Hat Cardston Warner and Foothills during the 2012 electoral redistribution Historical boundaries edit nbsp 1914 representation order nbsp 1924 representation order nbsp 1933 representation order nbsp 1952 representation order nbsp 1966 representation order nbsp 1976 representation order nbsp 1987 representation order nbsp 1996 representation order nbsp 2003 representation order nbsp 2013 representation order Members of Parliament edit Parliament Years Member PartyLethbridgeRiding created from Macleod13th 1917 1921 William Ashbury Buchanan Government Unionist 14th 1921 1925 Lincoln Henry Jelliff Progressive15th 1925 192616th 1926 1930 United Farmers17th 1930 1935 John Smith Stewart Conservative18th 1935 1940 John Horne Blackmore Social Credit19th 1940 194520th 1945 194921st 1949 195322nd 1953 195723rd 1957 195824th 1958 1962 Deane Gundlock Progressive Conservative25th 1962 196326th 1963 196527th 1965 196828th 1968 197229th 1972 1974 Kenneth Earl Hurlburt30th 1974 1979Lethbridge Foothills31st 1979 1980 Blaine Thacker Progressive Conservative32nd 1980 198433rd 1984 1988Lethbridge34th 1988 1993 Blaine Thacker Progressive Conservative35th 1993 1997 Raymond Speaker Reform36th 1997 2000 Rick Casson 2000 2000 Alliance37th 2000 2003 2003 2004 Conservative38th 2004 200639th 2006 200840th 2008 201141st 2011 2015 Jim Hillyer42nd 2015 2019 Rachael Thomas43rd 2019 202144th 2021 presentCurrent member of Parliament edit Its member of Parliament is Rachael Thomas She was first elected in 2015 She is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada Demographics editPanethnic groups in Lethbridge 2011 2021 Panethnic group 2021 3 2016 4 2011 5 Pop Pop Pop European a 96 470 80 06 95 430 83 77 90 940 88 48 Indigenous 7 240 6 01 6 135 5 39 4 370 4 25 East Asian b 3 415 2 83 3 030 2 66 3 135 3 05 Southeast Asian c 3 220 2 67 2 465 2 16 1 210 1 18 African 3 220 2 67 1 925 1 69 855 0 83 South Asian 3 075 2 55 2 135 1 87 965 0 94 Latin American 2 390 1 98 1 665 1 46 710 0 69 Middle Eastern d 755 0 63 740 0 65 235 0 23 Other multiracial e 725 0 6 390 0 34 365 0 36 Total responses 120 500 97 3 113 920 97 04 102 780 96 96 Total population 123 847 100 117 394 100 105 999 100 Notes Totals greater than 100 due to multiple origin responses Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries Election results editGraphs are unavailable due to technical issues There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki org Graph of election results in Lethbridge 1914 1977 Lethbridge Foothills Lethbridge 1987 present minor parties that never got 2 of the vote or didn t run consistently are omitted Lethbridge 1987 present edit Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki org Graph of election results in Lethbridge 1987 present minor parties that never got 2 of the vote or didn t run consistently are omitted 2021 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes ExpendituresConservative Rachael Harder 32 817 55 38 10 07 74 582 67New Democratic Elaine Perez 11 386 19 22 4 48 649 51Liberal Devon Hargreaves 8 928 15 07 1 41 22 887 05People s Kimmie Hovan 4 097 6 91 5 45 3 238 34Independent Kim Siever 1 179 1 99 0 00Christian Heritage Geoffrey Capp 566 0 96 0 13 7 470 57Total valid votes Expense limit 58 973 118 112 55Total rejected ballots 282Turnout 66 13 2 96Eligible voters 89 663Conservative hold Swing 7 28Source Elections Canada 6 vte2019 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes ExpendituresConservative Rachael Harder 40 713 65 79 9 03 81 336 37New Democratic Shandi Bleiken 9 110 14 72 5 78 none listedLiberal Amy Bronson 8 443 13 64 4 86 39 899 72Green Stephnie Watson 1 939 3 13 0 56 none listedPeople s Grant Hepworth 1 007 1 63 none listedChristian Heritage Marc Slingerland 670 1 08 0 23 none listedTotal valid votes expense limit 61 882 99 46Total rejected ballots 335 0 54Turnout 62 217 69 09Eligible voters 90 051Conservative hold Swing 7 42Source Elections Canada 7 8 vte2015 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes ExpendituresConservative Rachael Harder 32 321 56 76 4 25 120 662 32New Democratic Cheryl Meheden 11 674 20 50 9 45 115 672 18Liberal Mike Pyne 10 532 18 50 9 36 34 405 68Green Kas MacMillan 1 461 2 57 1 92 2 377 70Christian Heritage Geoffrey Capp 746 1 31 2 61 13 993 12Rhinoceros Solly Krygier Paine 209 0 37 Total valid votes expense limit 56 943 100 00 218 320 12Total rejected ballots 158 0 28 Turnout 57 101 69 42 Eligible voters 82 225Conservative hold Swing 6 85Source Elections Canada 9 10 2011 federal election redistributed results 11 Party Vote Conservative 21 617 52 51 New Democratic 12 329 29 95 Liberal 3 759 9 13 Green 1 845 4 48 Christian Heritage 1 614 3 92vte2011 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes ExpendituresConservative Jim Hillyer 27 173 56 51 10 45 72 625New Democratic Mark Sandilands 13 097 27 24 13 02 36 703Liberal Michael Cormican 4 030 8 38 0 92 23 067Green Cailin Bartlett 2 095 4 36 2 86 0Christian Heritage Geoffrey Capp 1 716 3 57 1 26 14 727Total valid votes expense limit 48 086 100 00Total rejected ballots 307 0 63 0 34Turnout 48 393 54 20 1Eligible voters 89 280 vte2008 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes ExpendituresConservative Rick Casson 31 714 66 96 0 34 78 789New Democratic Mark Sandilands 6 733 14 22 0 52 18 476Liberal Michael Cormican 4 404 9 30 1 95 21 463Green Amanda Swagar 3 420 7 22 3 68Christian Heritage Geoffrey Capp 1 094 2 31 0 49 13 529Total valid votes expense limit 47 365 100 00 94 223Total rejected ballots 138 0 29 0 04Turnout 47 503 53 9vte2006 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes ExpendituresConservative Rick Casson 35 061 67 30 4 68 New Democratic Melanee Thomas 7 135 13 70 3 98Liberal Michael Cormican 5 859 11 25 10 31 Green Andrea Sheridan 1 846 3 54 0 89Christian Heritage Marc Slingerland 1 458 2 80 0 53Independent Howard Forsyth 735 1 41 N ATotal valid votes 52 094 100 00Total rejected ballots 132 0 25 0 03Turnout 52 226 63 7 4 0vte2004 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes ExpendituresConservative Rick Casson 29 765 62 62 12 22 68 346Liberal Ken Nicol 10 250 21 56 4 62 34 339New Democratic Melanee Thomas 4 623 9 72 3 97 10 460Green Erin Marie Matthews 1 262 2 65 0 78 32Christian Heritage Ken Vanden Broek 1 079 2 27 16 322Marijuana Dustin Sobie 553 1 16 Total valid votes 47 532 100 00Total rejected ballots 135 0 28 0 07Turnout 47 667 61 74 0 19Note Conservative vote is compared to the total of Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance vote in 2000 vte2000 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes ExpendituresAlliance Rick Casson 30 380 66 02 10 49 61 765Liberal Vaughan Hartigan 7 797 16 94 2 24 10 339Progressive Conservative Kimberly Denise Budd 4 062 8 82 9 26 3 506New Democratic Garth Hardy 2 648 5 75 0 38 6 135Green Don C Ferguson 864 1 87 1 324Canadian Action Dan Lamden 264 0 57 0 22 739Total valid votes 46 015 100 00Total rejected ballots 163 0 35 0 16Turnout 46 178 61 93 2 26Note Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 vte1997 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes ExpendituresReform Rick Casson 22 828 55 53 2 97 63 487Liberal John McGee 7 887 19 18 6 29 47 656Progressive Conservative Greg Weadick 7 436 18 08 2 86 40 649New Democratic Victor Lough 2 211 5 37 2 56 3 877Christian Heritage Nellie Slingerland 418 1 01 1 944Canadian Action J C Lessard 326 0 79 9 690Total valid votes 41 106 100 00Total rejected ballots 79 0 19Turnout 41 185 59 67vte1993 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Reform Ray Speaker 24 565 52 56 45 76Liberal John William McGee 11 905 25 47 6 89Progressive Conservative Dean Lien 7 113 15 22 43 19National Carson Tannant 1 592 3 41New Democratic Doug Petherbridge 1 313 2 81 6 99Natural Law Cliff Kinzel 247 0 53Total valid votes 46 735 100 00vte1988 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Blaine Thacker 26 750 58 41 8 97Liberal Robert Grbavac 8 513 18 59 7 15New Democratic Don Ferguson 4 489 9 80 4 88Reform Phil Connolly 3 116 6 80Christian Heritage Charles Cavilla 2 932 6 40Total valid votes 45 800 100 00Lethbridge Foothills 1977 1987 edit Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki org Graph of election results in Lethbridge Foothills minor parties that never got 2 of the vote or didn t run consistently are omitted 1984 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Blaine Thacker 31 316 67 38 1 22New Democratic Connie Credico 6 822 14 68 4 69Liberal Shaun Ward 5 315 11 44 5 85Independent Steven V Pinchak 2 145 4 61Social Credit Rod W Start 456 0 98 1 61Confederation of Regions Cyril Baranosky 426 0 92Total valid votes 46 480 100 001980 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Blaine Thacker 27 307 68 60 1 30Liberal Shaun G Ward 6 882 17 29 0 37New Democratic Dave Porteous 3 974 9 98 1 04Social Credit D Willard Paxman 1 031 2 59 0 49Independent Peter Jones 482 1 21Communist David Wallis 132 0 33 0 09Total valid votes 39 808 100 001979 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Blaine Thacker 29 069 69 89 6 37Liberal Jim Gladstone 7 345 17 66 4 15New Democratic Roger Rickwood 3 720 8 94 1 32Social Credit Wagner Saende 1 282 3 08 1 32Communist David Wallis 174 0 42Total valid votes 41 590 100 00Lethbridge 1914 1977 edit Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki org Graph of election results in Lethbridge 1914 1977 minor parties that never got 2 of the vote or didn t run consistently are omitted 1974 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Kenneth Earl Hurlburt 20 602 63 52 5 72Liberal Sven Ericksen 7 075 21 81 1 50New Democratic Bessie Annand 3 329 10 26 1 82Social Credit Vern Young 1 428 4 40 2 40Total valid votes 32 434 100 001972 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Kenneth Earl Hurlburt 18 845 57 80 12 85Liberal Andy Russell 7 601 23 31 7 63New Democratic Hal Hoffman 3 941 12 09 2 86Social Credit Keith L Hancock 2 219 6 81 8 08Total valid votes 32 606 100 001968 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Deane Gundlock 11 901 44 95 3 92Liberal John I Boras 8 193 30 94 11 21Social Credit Ernest R Patterson 3 941 14 88 17 59New Democratic George Edward Orchard 2 442 9 22 2 46Total valid votes 26 477 100 001965 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Deane Gundlock 10 147 41 02 2 28Social Credit Wallace C Strom 8 032 32 47 2 51Liberal Frank Sherring 4 882 19 74 3 57New Democratic Frances Joyce Grantham 1 673 6 76 1 95Total valid votes 24 734 100 001963 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Deane Gundlock 11 475 43 30 0 77Social Credit Steve Kapcsos 9 271 34 98 0 49Liberal Martin Hoyt 4 284 16 17 1 90New Democratic Peter Uganecz 1 277 4 82 2 35Independent John Arthur Spencer 193 0 73Total valid votes 26 500 100 001962 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Deane Gundlock 11 105 44 07 14 26Social Credit Steve Kapcsos 8 693 34 50 6 25Liberal Mark Reed Stringam 3 595 14 27 2 42New Democratic Milo Douglas 1 806 7 17Total valid votes 25 199 100 001958 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Progressive Conservative Deane Gundlock 13 364 58 33 43 55Social Credit John Horne Blackmore 6 471 28 25 24 77Liberal Clarence G Yanosik 2 714 11 85 20 36Independent SC Ervin D Olsen 361 1 58Total valid votes 22 910 100 001957 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Social Credit John Horne Blackmore 10 910 53 02 3 61Liberal Asael E Palmer 6 627 32 20 0 80Progressive Conservative John Arthur Spencer 3 041 14 78 4 41Total valid votes 20 578 100 001953 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Social Credit John Horne Blackmore 9 737 56 62 9 64Liberal Ernest Roderick McFarland 5 676 33 01 2 53Progressive Conservative James Erle Carr 1 783 10 37 2 65Total valid votes 17 196 100 001949 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Social Credit John Horne Blackmore 8 880 46 98 3 46Liberal Louis Sherman Turcotte 5 760 30 47 7 54Progressive Conservative John Arthur Jardine 2 460 13 02 4 90Co operative Commonwealth William Wesley Scott 1 801 9 53 3 47Total valid votes 18 901 100 001945 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Social Credit John Horne Blackmore 7 250 43 52 2 49Liberal Louis Sherman Turcotte 3 820 22 93 12 79Progressive Conservative Philip Baker 2 985 17 92 5 33Co operative Commonwealth William Wesley Scott 2 165 13 00Labor Progressive William Henry Childress 439 2 64Total valid votes 16 659 100 00Note Progressive Conservative vote is compared to National Government vote in 1940 election Social Credit vote is compared to New Democracy vote in 1940 election 1940 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes New Democracy John Horne Blackmore 6 362 41 03 9 97Liberal Lynden Eldon Fairbairn 5 538 35 72 19 21National Government John Smith Stewart 3 605 23 25 0 15Total valid votes 15 505 100 00Note National Government vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election New Democracy vote is compared to Social Credit vote in 1935 election 1935 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Social Credit John Horne Blackmore 6 516 51 00Conservative John Smith Stewart 2 990 23 40 15 43Liberal Lynden Eldon Fairbairn 2 109 16 51 13 67Co operative Commonwealth John Albert Johansen 737 5 77 25 22Reconstruction A Gladstone Virtue 425 3 33Total valid votes 12 777 100 00Note CCF vote is compared to Progressive vote in 1930 election 1930 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Conservative John Smith Stewart 4 863 38 84 1 23Progressive Thomas Owen King 3 880 30 99 28 95Liberal Arthur George Baalim 3 779 30 18Total valid votes 12 522 100 00Note Progressive vote is compared to UFA vote in 1926 election 1926 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes United Farmers of Alberta Lincoln Henry Jelliff 5 138 59 93 6 24Conservative Andrew Bryden Hogg 3 435 40 07 6 24Total valid votes 8 573 100 00Note UFA vote is compared to Progressive vote in 1925 election 1925 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Progressive Lincoln Henry Jelliff 5 399 53 69 4 45Conservative John Smith Stewart 4 656 46 31 33 12Total valid votes 10 055 100 001921 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Progressive Lincoln Henry Jelliff 4 961 49 25Labour Martin Francis Finn 3 170 31 47Conservative William Sargent Ball 1 328 13 18 55 05Liberal James Edward Lovering 615 6 10Total valid votes 10 074 100 001917 Canadian federal electionParty Candidate Votes Government Unionist William Ashbury Buchanan 5 302 68 24 Opposition Labour Lambert L Pack 2 468 31 76Total valid votes 7 770 100 00See also editList of Canadian federal electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of CanadaReferences edit Lethbridge federal electoral district Code 48019 Census Profile 2011 census Government of Canada Statistics Canada Retrieved March 6 2011 Notes edit Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity Statistic includes total responses of Chinese Korean and Japanese under visible minority section on census Statistic includes total responses of Filipino and Southeast Asian under visible minority section on census Statistic includes total responses of West Asian and Arab under visible minority section on census Statistic includes total responses of Visible minority n i e and Multiple visible minorities under visible minority section on census Statistics Canada 2012 Statistics Canada 2012 Government of Canada Statistics Canada October 26 2022 Census Profile 2021 Census of Population www12 statcan gc ca Retrieved July 2 2023 Government of Canada Statistics Canada October 27 2021 Census Profile 2016 Census www12 statcan gc ca Retrieved July 2 2023 Government of Canada Statistics Canada November 27 2015 NHS Profile www12 statcan gc ca Retrieved July 2 2023 September 20 2021 General Election Election Results Elections Canada Retrieved September 22 2021 List of confirmed candidates Elections Canada Retrieved October 4 2019 Official Voting Results Elections Canada Retrieved September 22 2021 October 19 2015 Election Results Lethbridge Validated results Elections Canada October 23 2015 Retrieved November 4 2015 Elections Canada Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015 08 15 at the Wayback Machine Pundits Guide to Canadian ElectionsExternal links editRiding history for Lethbridge 1914 1977 from the Library of Parliament Riding history for Lethbridge Foothills 1977 1987 from the Library of Parliament Riding history for Lethbridge 1987 present from the Library of Parliament Expenditures 2008 Expenditures 2004 Expenditures 2000 Expenditures 1997 Elections Canada Website of the Parliament of Canada Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lethbridge federal electoral district amp oldid 1200951465, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
