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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.

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

1909 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Ashbury Buchanan 529 44.12% –
Conservative William Carlos Ives 456 38.03% –
Dominion 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

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 Joseph 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

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

References

  1. ^ "Election results for Lethbridge City". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  2. ^ "Socialist in Lethbridge". The Edmonton Bulletin. March 25, 1913. p. 6.

Further reading

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