Lethbridge (electoral district)

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Profile
Lethbridge in relation to the other Alberta ridings
Population, 2001	106,132
Electors	76,987
Area (km2)
Population density (people per km2)

Lethbridge (formerly known as Lethbridge—Foothills) is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1917. It represents the counties of Lethbridge, Warner and Cardston.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Members of Parliament 1.2 Current Member of Parliament 2 Election results 2.1 Lethbridge, 1988 - present 2.2 Lethbridge—Foothills, 1979 - 1988 2.3 Lethbridge, 1917 - 1979 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] History

This riding was originally created in 1914 from parts of Macleod riding.

In 1977, it was re-named "Lethbridge—Foothills".

In 1987, Lethbridge—Foothills was abolished and replaced by a new "Lethbridge" riding. the new riding was created from parts of Lethbridge—Foothills, Macleod and Medicine Hat ridings.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:

• 1993-1997: Ray Speaker - Reform
• 1997-present: Rick Casson - Reform (1997-2000), Canadian Alliance(2000-2003), Conservative (2003-present)

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Rick Casson, a former manager of printing services. He was first elected in 1997. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada. In the last parliamentary session, he served as vice-chair on the 'Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs'.

[edit] Election results

[edit] Lethbridge, 1988 - present

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Rick Casson	35,061	67.30%
	New Democratic Party	Melanee Thomas	7,135	13.70%
	Liberal	Michael Cormican	5,859	11.25%
	Green	Andrea Sheridan	1,846	3.54%
	Christian Heritage	Marc Slingerland	1,458	2.80%
	Independent	Howard Forsyth	735	1.41%	N/A
Total valid votes			52,094	100.0%
Total rejected ballots			132	0.25%
Turnout			52,226	63.7%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Rick Casson	29,765	62.62%		$68,346
	Liberal	Ken Nicol	10,250	21.56%		$34,339
	New Democratic Party	Melanee Thomas	4,623	9.72%		$10,460
	Green	Erin Marie Matthews	1,262	2.65%		$32
	Christian Heritage	Ken Vanden Broek	1,079	2.27%		$16,322
	Marijuana	Dustin Sobie	553	1.16%
Total valid votes			47,532	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			135	0.28%
Turnout			47,667	61.74%

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Canadian Alliance	Rick Casson	30,380	66.02%		$61,765
	Liberal	Vaughan Hartigan	7,797	16.94%		$10,339
	Progressive Conservative	Kimberly Denise Budd	4,062	8.82%		$3,506
	New Democratic Party	Garth Hardy	2,648	5.75%		$6,135
	Green	Don C. Ferguson	864	1.87%		$1,324
	Canadian Action	Dan Lamden	264	0.57%		$739
Total valid votes			46,015	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			163	0.35%
Turnout			46,178	61.93%

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Rick Casson	22,828	55.53%		$63,487
	Liberal	John McGee	7,887	19.18%		$47,656
	Progressive Conservative	Greg Weadick	7,436	18.08%		$40,649
	New Democratic Party	Victor Lough	2,211	5.37%		$3,877
	Christian Heritage	Nellie Slingerland	418	1.01%		$1,944
	Canadian Action	J-C Lessard	326	0.79%		$9,690
Total valid votes			41,106	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			79	0.19%
Turnout			41,185	59.67%

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Reform	Ray Speaker	24,565
	Liberal	John William McGee	11,905
	Progressive Conservative	Dean Lien	7,113
	National	Carson Tannant	1,592
	New Democrat	Doug Petherbridge	1,313
	Natural Law	Cliff Kinzel	247

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Blaine Thacker	26,750
	Liberal	Robert Grbavac	8,513
	New Democrat	Don Ferguson	4,489
	Reform	Phil Connolly	3,116
	Christian Heritage	Charles Cavilla	2,932

[edit] Lethbridge—Foothills, 1979 - 1988

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Blaine Thacker	31,316
	New Democrat	Connie Credico	6,822
	Liberal	Shaun Ward	5,315
	Not affiliated	Steven V. Pinchak	2,145
	Social Credit	Rod W. Start	456
	Confederation of Regions	Cyril Baranosky	426

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Blaine Thacker	27,307
	Liberal	Shaun G. Ward	6,882
	New Democrat	Dave Porteous	3,974
	Social Credit	D. Willard Paxman	1,031
	Not affiliated	Peter Jones	482
	Communist	David Wallis	132

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Blaine Thacker	29,069
	Liberal	Jim Gladstone	7,345
	New Democrat	Roger Rickwood	3,720
	Social Credit	Wagner Saende	1,282
	Communist	David Wallis	174

[edit] Lethbridge, 1917 - 1979

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Hulburt	20,602
	Liberal	Sven Ericksen	7,075
	New Democrat	Bessie Annand	3,329
	Social Credit	Vern Young	1,428

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Hulburt	18,845
	Liberal	Andy Russell	7,601
	New Democrat	Hal Hoffman	3,941
	Social Credit	Keith L. Hancock	2,219

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Deane Gundlock	11,901
	Liberal	John I. Boras	8,193
	Social Credit	Ernest R. Patterson	3,941
	New Democrat	George Edward Orchard	2,442

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Deane Gundlock	10,147
	Social Credit	Wallace C. Strom	8,032
	Liberal	Frank Sherring	4,882
	New Democrat	Frances Joyce Grantham	1,673

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Deane Gundlock	11,475
	Social Credit	Steve Kapcsos	9,271
	Liberal	Martin Hoyt	4,284
	New Democrat	Peter Uganecz	1,277
	Independent	John Arthur Spencer	193

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Deane Gundlock	11,105
	Social Credit	Steve Kapcsos	8,693
	Liberal	Mark Reed Stringam	3,595
	New Democrat	Milo Douglas	1,806

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Deane Gundlock	13,364
	Social Credit	John Horne Blackmore	6,471
	Liberal	Clarence G. Yanosik	2,714
	Ind. Social Credit	Ervin D. Olsen	361

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	John Horne Blackmore	10,910
	Liberal	Asael E. Palmer	6,627
	Progressive Conservative	John Arthur Spencer	3,041

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	John Horne Blackmore	9,737
	Liberal	Ernest Roderick McFarland	5,676
	Progressive Conservative	James Erle Carr	1,783

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	John Horne Blackmore	8,880
	Liberal	Louis Sherman Turcotte	5,760
	Progressive Conservative	John Arthur Jardine	2,460
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Wesley Scott	1,801

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	John Horne Blackmore	7,250
	Liberal	Louis Sherman Turcotte	3,820
	Progressive Conservative	Philip Baker	2,985
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Wesley Scott	2,165
	Labour-Progressive	William Henry Childress	439

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democracy	John Horne Blackmore	6,362
	Liberal	Lynden Eldon Fairbairn	5,538
	National Government	John Smith Stewart	3,605

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	John Horne Blackmore	6,516
	Conservative	John Smith Stewart	2,990
	Liberal	Lynden Eldon Fairbairn	2,109
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John Albert Johansen	737
	Reconstruction	A. Gladstone Virtue	425

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Smith Stewart	4,863
	Progressive	Thomas Owen King	3,880
	Liberal	Arthur George Baalim	3,779

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	United Farmers	Lincoln Henry Jelliff	5,138
	Conservative	Andrew Bryden Hogg	3,435

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Lincoln Henry Jelliff	5,399
	Conservative	John Smith Stewart	4,656

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Lincoln Henry Jelliff	4,961
	Labour	Martin Francis Finn	3,170
	Conservative	William Sargent Ball	1,328
	Liberal	James Edward Lovering	615

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government	William Ashbury Buchanan	5,302
	Opposition-Labour	"L". Lambert Pack	2,468

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Alberta federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile (1914-1977)
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile (1977-1987)
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile (1987-present)
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures - 1997
• Elections Canada
• Website of the Parliament of Canada

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