Lethbridge District


Lethbridge District was a Provinces and [territories of Canada|provincial] electoral [district |electoral district] in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single Member of the [Legislative Assembly|member] to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting from 1909 to 1913.

History

The Lethbridge District was created prior to the 1909 [Alberta general election|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.
Lethbridge District was short-lived, however, when prior to the 1913 Alberta general election, it was split into Little [Bow |Little Bow] and Taber electoral districts.

Election results

1909

1910 by-election

By-election reasons