Lethbridge District

Lethbridge District

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1909
District abolished	1913
First contested	1909
Last contested	1910

Lethbridge District 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 1913.^[1]

History

The Lethbridge District was created prior to the 1909 Provincial election from the Lethbridge electoral district, which was split into Lethbridge City and the Lethbridge district. At the 1909 Liberal convention, Dr. John H. Rivers, the Mayor of Raymond was selected as the Liberal candidate over W. W. Douglas, the Mayor of Taber.^[2]

Lethbridge District was short-lived, however, when prior to the 1913 Alberta general election, it was split into Little Bow and Taber electoral districts.

Election results

1909

v t e 1909 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Liberal	Archibald J. McLean	791	56.06%	–
	Liberal	John H. Rivers	620	43.94%	–
Total			1,411	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			N/A	N/A	–
Source(s) Source: "Lethbridge District Official Results 1909 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1910 by-election

v t e Alberta provincial by-election, June 22, 1910 Ministerial by-election upon Archibald J. McLean's appointment as Provincial Secretary on June 1, 1910
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Archibald J. McLean	Acclaimed	–	–
Total			N/A	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			N/A	N/A	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		–
Source(s) "By-elections". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 26, 2020.

By-election reasons

• June 22, 1910—Sitting member A.J. McLean accepted office in provincial ministry, crossed the floor to the Liberal party.

See also

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts

References

1. "Election results for Lethbridge District". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
2. "Mayor Rivers, to be the Liberal Candidate". Raymond Rustler. March 5, 1909. p. 1.

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 May 25, 2020.

External links

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta