Lethbridge City

Lethbridge City was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting from 1909 to 1921.[1]

Lethbridge City

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1909
District abolished	1921
First contested	1909
Last contested	1917

History

The Lethbridge City electoral district was created after the Lethbridge electoral district was split into the Lethbridge District and Lethbridge City electoral district in 1909.

Lethbridge district was all the rural area surrounding the City of Lethbridge, which in 1913, was split into Little Bow and Taber.

After Lethbridge District was dissolved there was no need to differentiate itself, and thus "City" was dropped in 1921 and Lethbridge was re-formed.

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Lethbridge City
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Lethbridge electoral district from 1905-1909
2nd	1909–1911		William Ashbury Buchanan	Liberal
	1911–1913		John Smith Stewart	Conservative
3rd	1913–1917
4th	1917–1921
See Lethbridge electoral district from 1921-1971

Election results

1909 general election

1909 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Ashbury Buchanan	529	44.12%	–
	Conservative	William Carlos Ives	456	38.03%	–
	Labor	Donald McNabb	214	17.85%	–
Total			1,199	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			1,698	70.61%	–
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Lethbridge City Official Results 1909 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1911 by-election

Alberta provincial by-election, October 31, 1911 Upon the resignation of William Ashbury Buchanan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Smith Stewart	978	55.16%	–
	Liberal	S. J. Shepherd	795	44.84%	–
Total valid votes			1,773	–	–
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			–	–	–
Electors / turnout			–	–	–
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		N/A
Source(s) "By-elections". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 26, 2020.

1913 general election

1913 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Smith Stewart	1,371	51.04%	13.01%
	Liberal	J. O. Jones	1,033	38.46%	-5.66%
	Socialist	J. R. Knight	282	10.50%	–
Total			2,686	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			4,111	65.34%	-5.28%
	Conservative hold		Swing		N/A
Source(s) Source: "Lethbridge City Official Results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1917 general election

1917 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Smith Stewart	Acclaimed	–	–
Total			N/A	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			N/A	N/A	–
	Conservative hold		Swing		N/A
Source(s) Source: "Lethbridge City Official Results 1917 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. One of eleven Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta acclaimed under The Elections Act Section 38, which stipulated that any member of the 3rd Alberta Legislative Assembly would be guaranteed re-election, with no contest held, if the member joined for wartime service in the First World War. An Act amending The Election Act respecting Members of the Legislative Assembly on Active Service., SA 1917, c. 38

By-Election Reasons

• October 31, 1911 —Resignation of Mr. William Buchanan to run for House for Commons.

Floor crossings

• John Stewart became an Independent and ran for Re-election as an Independent in Lethbridge date not available

See also

• Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Lethbridge, Alberta, a city in Alberta, Canada

References

1. "Election results for Lethbridge City". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on 8 December 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2020.

Further reading

• Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005. The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

External links

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta