Lethbridge-East

Alberta electoral district

2010 boundaries

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

Legislative Assembly of Alberta

MLA

Maria Fitzpatrick
New Democratic

District created

1971

First contested

1971

Last contested

2015

Lethbridge-East is an provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, covering the eastern half of the city of Lethbridge. The district is one of 87 in the province mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.

The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution when the old Lethbridge district was split into this district and Lethbridge-West.

The current representative for Lethbridge-East is New Democrat Maria Fitzpatrick, who won her first term on May 5, 2015. Prior to her it was held by Liberal-turned-PC Bridget Pastoor from 2004-2015 and Liberal Ken Nicol from 1993-2004. Progressive Conservatives and Social Credit representatives have also held this district in the past.

The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution when the old electoral district of Lethbridge was split in half.

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.

The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution. The first election that year saw a hotly contested race between Social Credit candidate John Anderson and Progressive Conservative candidate Richard Barton. Anderson won by just under a thousand votes to pick up the new seat for his party despite Social Credit losing government that year.

Anderson would be defeated in the 1975 general election by Archibald Johnston who won in a landslide. He would be appointed to the provincial cabinet by Premier Peter Lougheed after the election. He was re-elected to his second term in the 1979 election with a smaller majority.

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