Lethbridge
Alberta electoral district
Lethbridge in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Rachael Thomas
Conservative
District created1987
First contested1988
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]105,999
Electors (2019)88,226
Area (km²)[2]3,028
Pop. density (per km²)35
Census division(s)Division No. 2, Division No. 3
Census subdivision(s)Lethbridge, Lethbridge County, Coaldale

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.

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.

History

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.

This riding lost territory to Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner and Foothills during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Historical boundaries

Members of Parliament

Parliament Years Member Party
Lethbridge
Riding created from Macleod
13th  1917–1921     William Ashbury Buchanan Government (Unionist)
14th  1921–1925     Lincoln Henry Jelliff Progressive
15th  1925–1926
16th  1926–1930     United Farmers
17th  1930–1935     John Smith Stewart Conservative
18th  1935–1940     John Horne Blackmore Social Credit
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949
21st  1949–1953
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962     Deane Gundlock Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
28th  1968–1972
29th  1972–1974 Kenneth Earl Hurlburt
30th  1974–1979
Lethbridge—Foothills
31st  1979–1980     Blaine Thacker Progressive Conservative
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988
Lethbridge
34th  1988–1993     Blaine Thacker Progressive Conservative
35th  1993–1997     Raymond Speaker Reform
36th  1997–2000 Rick Casson
 2000–2000     Alliance
37th  2000–2003
 2003–2004     Conservative
38th  2004–2006
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2015 Jim Hillyer
42nd  2015–2019 Rachael Thomas
43rd  2019–2021
44th  2021–present

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Rachael Thomas. She was first elected in 2015. She is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Lethbridge (2011−2021)
Panethnic group 2021[3] 2016[4] 2011[5]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
European[lower-alpha 1] 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[lower-alpha 2] 3,415 2.83% 3,030 2.66% 3,135 3.05%
Southeast Asian[lower-alpha 3] 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[lower-alpha 4] 755 0.63% 740 0.65% 235 0.23%
Other/multiracial[lower-alpha 5] 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

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, 1987present

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 election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeRachael Harder32,81755.38-10.07$74,582.67
New DemocraticElaine Perez11,38619.22+4.48$649.51
LiberalDevon Hargreaves8,92815.07+1.41$22,887.05
People'sKimmie Hovan4,0976.91+5.45$3,238.34
IndependentKim Siever1,1791.99$0.00
Christian HeritageGeoffrey Capp5660.96-0.13$7,470.57
Total valid votes/Expense limit 58,973$118,112.55
Total rejected ballots 282
Turnout 66.13-2.96
Eligible voters 89,663
Conservative hold Swing -7.28
Source: Elections Canada[6]
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeRachael Harder40,71365.79+9.03$81,336.37
New DemocraticShandi Bleiken9,11014.72-5.78none listed
LiberalAmy Bronson8,44313.64-4.86$39,899.72
GreenStephnie Watson1,9393.13+0.56none listed
People'sGrant Hepworth1,0071.63-none listed
Christian HeritageMarc Slingerland6701.08-0.23none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 61,88299.46
Total rejected ballots 3350.54
Turnout 62,21769.09
Eligible voters 90,051
Conservative hold Swing +7.42
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeRachael Harder32,32156.76+4.25$120,662.32
New DemocraticCheryl Meheden11,67420.50-9.45$115,672.18
LiberalMike Pyne10,53218.50+9.36$34,405.68
GreenKas MacMillan1,4612.57-1.92$2,377.70
Christian HeritageGeoffrey Capp7461.31-2.61$13,993.12
RhinocerosSolly Krygier-Paine2090.37
Total valid votes/expense limit 56,943100.00 $218,320.12
Total rejected ballots 1580.28
Turnout 57,10169.42
Eligible voters 82,225
Conservative hold Swing +6.85
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]
2011 federal election redistributed results[11]
Party Vote  %
  Conservative21,61752.51
  New Democratic12,32929.95
  Liberal3,7599.13
  Green1,8454.48
  Christian Heritage1,6143.92
2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeJim Hillyer27,17356.51-10.45$72,625
New DemocraticMark Sandilands13,09727.24+13.02$36,703
LiberalMichael Cormican4,0308.38-0.92$23,067
GreenCailin Bartlett2,0954.36-2.86$0
Christian HeritageGeoffrey Capp1,7163.57+1.26$14,727
Total valid votes/expense limit 48,086100.00
Total rejected ballots 307 0.63+0.34
Turnout 48,393 54.20+1
Eligible voters 89,280
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeRick Casson31,71466.96-0.34$78,789
New DemocraticMark Sandilands6,73314.22+0.52$18,476
LiberalMichael Cormican4,4049.30-1.95$21,463
GreenAmanda Swagar3,4207.22+3.68
Christian HeritageGeoffrey Capp1,0942.31-0.49$13,529
Total valid votes/expense limit 47,365100.00$94,223
Total rejected ballots 1380.29+0.04
Turnout 47,50353-9
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeRick Casson35,06167.30+4.68 
New DemocraticMelanee Thomas7,13513.70+3.98
LiberalMichael Cormican5,85911.25-10.31 
GreenAndrea Sheridan1,8463.54+0.89
Christian HeritageMarc Slingerland1,4582.80+0.53
IndependentHoward Forsyth7351.41N/A
Total valid votes 52,094100.00
Total rejected ballots 1320.25+0.03
Turnout 52,22663.7+4.0
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeRick Casson29,76562.62-12.22$68,346
LiberalKen Nicol10,25021.56+4.62$34,339
New DemocraticMelanee Thomas4,6239.72+3.97$10,460
GreenErin Marie Matthews1,2622.65+0.78$32
Christian HeritageKen Vanden Broek1,0792.27$16,322
MarijuanaDustin Sobie5531.16
Total valid votes 47,532100.00
Total rejected ballots 1350.28-0.07
Turnout 47,66761.74-0.19

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance vote in 2000.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
AllianceRick Casson30,38066.02+10.49$61,765
LiberalVaughan Hartigan7,79716.94-2.24$10,339
Progressive ConservativeKimberly Denise Budd4,0628.82-9.26$3,506
New DemocraticGarth Hardy2,6485.75+0.38$6,135
GreenDon C. Ferguson8641.87$1,324
Canadian ActionDan Lamden2640.57-0.22$739
Total valid votes 46,015100.00
Total rejected ballots 1630.35+0.16
Turnout 46,17861.93+2.26

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ReformRick Casson22,82855.53+2.97$63,487
LiberalJohn McGee7,88719.18-6.29$47,656
Progressive ConservativeGreg Weadick7,43618.08+2.86$40,649
New DemocraticVictor Lough2,2115.37+2.56$3,877
Christian HeritageNellie Slingerland4181.01$1,944
Canadian ActionJ-C Lessard3260.79$9,690
Total valid votes 41,106100.00
Total rejected ballots 790.19
Turnout 41,18559.67
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ReformRay Speaker24,56552.56+45.76
LiberalJohn William McGee11,90525.47+6.89
Progressive ConservativeDean Lien7,11315.22-43.19
NationalCarson Tannant1,5923.41
New DemocraticDoug Petherbridge1,3132.81-6.99
Natural LawCliff Kinzel2470.53
Total valid votes 46,735 100.00
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeBlaine Thacker26,75058.41-8.97
LiberalRobert Grbavac8,51318.59+7.15
New DemocraticDon Ferguson4,4899.80-4.88
ReformPhil Connolly3,1166.80
Christian HeritageCharles Cavilla2,9326.40
Total valid votes 45,800 100.00

Lethbridge—Foothills, 19771987

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 election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeBlaine Thacker31,31667.38-1.22
New DemocraticConnie Credico6,82214.68+4.69
LiberalShaun Ward5,31511.44-5.85
IndependentSteven V. Pinchak2,1454.61
Social CreditRod W. Start4560.98-1.61
Confederation of RegionsCyril Baranosky4260.92
Total valid votes 46,480 100.00
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeBlaine Thacker27,30768.60-1.30
LiberalShaun G. Ward6,88217.29-0.37
New DemocraticDave Porteous3,9749.98+1.04
Social CreditD. Willard Paxman1,0312.59-0.49
IndependentPeter Jones4821.21
CommunistDavid Wallis1320.33-0.09
Total valid votes 39,808 100.00
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeBlaine Thacker29,06969.89+6.37
LiberalJim Gladstone7,34517.66-4.15
New DemocraticRoger Rickwood3,7208.94-1.32
Social CreditWagner Saende1,2823.08-1.32
CommunistDavid Wallis1740.42
Total valid votes 41,590 100.00

Lethbridge, 19141977

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 election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeKenneth Earl Hurlburt20,60263.52+5.72
LiberalSven Ericksen7,07521.81-1.50
New DemocraticBessie Annand3,32910.26-1.82
Social CreditVern Young1,4284.40-2.40
Total valid votes 32,434 100.00
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeKenneth Earl Hurlburt18,84557.80+12.85
LiberalAndy Russell7,60123.31-7.63
New DemocraticHal Hoffman3,94112.09+2.86
Social CreditKeith L. Hancock2,2196.81-8.08
Total valid votes 32,606 100.00
1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeDeane Gundlock11,90144.95+3.92
LiberalJohn I. Boras8,19330.94+11.21
Social CreditErnest R. Patterson3,94114.88-17.59
New DemocraticGeorge Edward Orchard2,4429.22+2.46
Total valid votes 26,477 100.00
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeDeane Gundlock10,14741.02-2.28
Social CreditWallace C. Strom8,03232.47-2.51
LiberalFrank Sherring4,88219.74+3.57
New DemocraticFrances Joyce Grantham1,6736.76+1.95
Total valid votes 24,734 100.00
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeDeane Gundlock11,47543.30-0.77
Social CreditSteve Kapcsos9,27134.98+0.49
LiberalMartin Hoyt4,28416.17+1.90
New DemocraticPeter Uganecz1,2774.82-2.35
IndependentJohn Arthur Spencer1930.73
Total valid votes 26,500 100.00
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeDeane Gundlock11,10544.07-14.26
Social CreditSteve Kapcsos8,69334.506.25
LiberalMark Reed Stringam3,59514.27+2.42
New DemocraticMilo Douglas1,8067.17
Total valid votes 25,199 100.00
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeDeane Gundlock13,36458.33+43.55
Social CreditJohn Horne Blackmore6,47128.25-24.77
LiberalClarence G. Yanosik2,71411.85-20.36
Independent SCErvin D. Olsen3611.58
Total valid votes 22,910 100.00
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditJohn Horne Blackmore10,91053.02-3.61
LiberalAsael E. Palmer6,62732.20-0.80
Progressive ConservativeJohn Arthur Spencer3,04114.78+4.41
Total valid votes 20,578 100.00
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditJohn Horne Blackmore9,73756.62+9.64
LiberalErnest Roderick McFarland5,67633.01+2.53
Progressive ConservativeJames Erle Carr1,78310.37-2.65
Total valid votes 17,196 100.00
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditJohn Horne Blackmore8,88046.98+3.46
LiberalLouis Sherman Turcotte5,76030.47+7.54
Progressive ConservativeJohn Arthur Jardine2,46013.02-4.90
Co-operative CommonwealthWilliam Wesley Scott1,8019.53-3.47
Total valid votes 18,901 100.00
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditJohn Horne Blackmore7,25043.52+2.49
LiberalLouis Sherman Turcotte3,82022.93-12.79
Progressive ConservativePhilip Baker2,98517.92-5.33
Co-operative CommonwealthWilliam Wesley Scott2,16513.00
Labor–ProgressiveWilliam Henry Childress4392.64
Total valid votes 16,659 100.00

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.

1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocracyJohn Horne Blackmore6,36241.03-9.97
LiberalLynden Eldon Fairbairn5,53835.72+19.21
National GovernmentJohn Smith Stewart3,60523.25-0.15
Total valid votes 15,505 100.00

Note: "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 election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditJohn Horne Blackmore6,51651.00
ConservativeJohn Smith Stewart2,99023.40-15.43
LiberalLynden Eldon Fairbairn2,10916.51-13.67
Co-operative CommonwealthJohn Albert Johansen7375.77-25.22
ReconstructionA. Gladstone Virtue4253.33
Total valid votes 12,777 100.00

Note: CCF vote is compared to Progressive vote in 1930 election.

1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeJohn Smith Stewart4,86338.84-1.23
ProgressiveThomas Owen King3,88030.99-28.95
LiberalArthur George Baalim3,77930.18
Total valid votes 12,522 100.00

Note: Progressive vote is compared to UFA vote in 1926 election.

1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
United Farmers of AlbertaLincoln Henry Jelliff5,13859.93+6.24
ConservativeAndrew Bryden Hogg3,43540.07-6.24
Total valid votes 8,573 100.00

Note: UFA vote is compared to Progressive vote in 1925 election.

1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ProgressiveLincoln Henry Jelliff5,39953.69+4.45
ConservativeJohn Smith Stewart4,65646.31+33.12
Total valid votes 10,055 100.00
1921 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ProgressiveLincoln Henry Jelliff4,96149.25
LabourMartin Francis Finn3,17031.47
ConservativeWilliam Sargent Ball1,32813.18-55.05
LiberalJames Edward Lovering6156.10
Total valid votes 10,074 100.00
1917 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
Government (Unionist)William Ashbury Buchanan5,30268.24
  Opposition-Labour Lambert "L" Pack2,46831.76
Total valid votes 7,770 100.00

See also

References

  • "Lethbridge (federal electoral district) (Code 48019) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 6, 2011.

Notes

  1. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
  2. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
  3. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
  4. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
  5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.
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  2. Statistics Canada: 2012
  3. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  4. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  5. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
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  7. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  8. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
  9. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Lethbridge (Validated results)". Elections Canada. October 23, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
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