Lethbridge (provincial electoral district)

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Lethbridge is was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada.

The riding has existed twice. The first incarnation was in 1905 when Alberta first became a province. Lethbridge covered a large patch of southern Alberta, It was broken into Lethbridge District and Lethbridge City in 1909. After Lethbridge District was broken up into Taber and Little Bow in 1913, Lethbridge City was all that remained, using the Lethbridge name, in 1921 Lethbridge was reformed after City was dropped from the name. In 1971 Lethbridge was split into two districts: Lethbridge East and Lethbridge West.

The riding was named after the Southern Alberta city of Lethbridge.

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[edit] Election results 1905–1906, 1921–1967

[edit] First past the post, 1948–1967

Party 1967 1963 1959 1955 1952 1948
Liberal John Boras
2,237
Allen Cullen
3,786
Robery Jeacock
1,525
A.J. Cullen
3,361
Rex Tennant
1,901
H.B. McLaughlin
1,768
Conservative / Progressive Conservative Wilfred Bowns
4,128
Thomas Spanos
2,917
C.J. Black
883
Social Credit John Landeryou
6,155
John Landeryou
6,975
John Landeryou
7,250
John Landeryou
4,788
John Landeryou
4,975
John Landeryou
3,829
C.C.F. / N.D.P. Klaas Buijert
1,335
James Taylor
820
James Helwig
490
Emil Vaselenak
1,441

[edit] Single transferable vote, 1926–1940, 1944

[edit] 1944

Year Count Candidate Party Votes
1944 2nd John Landeryou Social Credit 2,692
2nd D.H. Elton Independent 2,388
1944 1st John Landeryou Social Credit 2,367
1st D.H. Elton Independent 2,247
1st B.F. Tanner Cooperative Commonwealth 1,464
1st Eugene Scully Progressive Labour 219

[edit] 1926 - 1930

Year Count Candidate Party Votes Year Count Candidate Party Votes
1930 2nd Andrew Smeaton Labour 2,238 1926 2nd Andrew Smeaton Labour 1,962
2nd W.D.L. Hardie Independent 1,978 2nd R.R. Davidson Conservative 1,713
1930 1st Andrew Smeaton Labour 2,036 1930 1st Andrew Smeaton Labour 1,584
1st W.D.L. Hardie Independent 1,598 1st R.R. Davidson Conservative 1,459
1st Robert Barrowman Independent 1,005 1st W.S. Galbraith Liberal 1,225

[edit] First past the post, 1905 - 1906, 1921, 1935 - 1940

Party 1940 1937 1935 1921 1906 1905
Liberal Robert Barrowman
1,946
William Simmons
543
Leverett DeVeber
639
Conservative G.W. Green
341
A.E. Keffer
231
William Ives
491
Social Credit A.E. Smith
2,760
A.J. Burnap
3,279
Hans Wight
3,700
Labour Andrew Smeaton
654
John Marsh
1,374
T.H. Sherman
463
Unity Peter M. Campbell
4,099
Independent Peter M. Campbell
4,318
John Smith Stewart
2,252

[edit] Plebiscite results

[edit] 1948 Electrification Plebiscite

District results from the first province wide plebiscite on electricity regulation.

Option A Option B
Are you in favour of the generation and distribution of electricity being continued by the Power Companies? Are you in favour of the generation and distribution of electricity being made a publicly owned utility administered by the Alberta Government Power Commission?
4,237     64.90% 2,291     35.10%
Province wide result: Option A passed.

[edit] By-election reasons

  • April 12, 1906—Appointment of Mr. Leverett DeVeber to the Canadian Senate
  • December 2, 1937—Resignation of Hans Wight

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