Lethbridge City was a provincial electoral district in

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, mandated to return a single

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to the

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using the

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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 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. History The Lethbridge Distr ...

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

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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.

Election results

1909 general election

1911 by-election

1913 general election

1917 general election

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''

References

External links

Elections AlbertaThe Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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