Lethbridge — Canadian Federal Election Results

Lethbridge was won by Conservative at the 2021 general election, with a margin of 21,431 votes over NDP. This page covers every general election in Lethbridge from 1917 to 2021.

Full Election History, 1917–2021

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1917 Unionist Unionist 5,302 68.2% Labour (2,468) 2,834 (36.5 pts)
1921 Progressive Progressive 4,961 49.2% Labour (3,170) 1,791 (17.8 pts)
1925 Progressive Progressive 5,399 53.7% Conservative (4,656) 743 (7.4 pts)
1926 United Farmers United Farmers 5,138 59.9% Conservative (3,435) 1,703 (19.9 pts)
1930 Conservative Conservative 4,863 38.8% Progressive (3,880) 983 (7.9 pts)
1935 Social Credit Social Credit 6,516 51.0% Conservative (2,990) 3,526 (27.6 pts)
1940 New Democracy New Democracy 6,362 41.0% Liberal (5,538) 824 (5.3 pts)
1945 Social Credit Social Credit 7,250 43.5% Liberal (3,820) 3,430 (20.6 pts)
1949 Social Credit Social Credit 8,880 47.0% Liberal (5,760) 3,120 (16.5 pts)
1953 Social Credit Social Credit 9,737 56.6% Liberal (5,676) 4,061 (23.6 pts)
1957 Social Credit Social Credit 10,910 53.0% Liberal (6,627) 4,283 (20.8 pts)
1958 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 13,364 58.3% Social Credit (6,471) 6,893 (30.1 pts)
1962 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 11,105 44.1% Social Credit (8,693) 2,412 (9.6 pts)
1963 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 11,475 43.3% Social Credit (9,271) 2,204 (8.3 pts)
1965 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 10,147 41.0% Social Credit (8,032) 2,115 (8.6 pts)
1968 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 11,901 44.9% Liberal (8,193) 3,708 (14.0 pts)
1972 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 18,845 57.8% Liberal (7,601) 11,244 (34.5 pts)
1974 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 20,602 63.5% Liberal (7,075) 13,527 (41.7 pts)
1988 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 26,750 58.4% Liberal (8,513) 18,237 (39.8 pts)
1993 Reform Reform 24,530 52.6% Liberal (11,870) 12,660 (27.2 pts)
1997 Reform Reform 22,828 55.5% Liberal (7,887) 14,941 (36.3 pts)
2000 Canadian Alliance Canadian Alliance 30,380 66.0% Liberal (7,797) 22,583 (49.1 pts)
2004 Conservative Conservative 29,765 62.6% Liberal (10,250) 19,515 (41.1 pts)
2006 Conservative Conservative 35,061 67.3% NDP (7,135) 27,926 (53.6 pts)
2008 Conservative Conservative 31,714 67.0% NDP (6,733) 24,981 (52.7 pts)
2011 Conservative Conservative 27,173 56.5% NDP (13,072) 14,101 (29.3 pts)
2015 Conservative Conservative 32,321 56.8% NDP (11,674) 20,647 (36.3 pts)
2019 Conservative Conservative 40,713 65.8% NDP (9,110) 31,603 (51.1 pts)
2021 Conservative Conservative 32,817 55.6% NDP (11,386) 21,431 (36.3 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1917

PartyVotesShare
Unionist5,30268.2%
Labour2,46831.8%

1921

PartyVotesShare
Progressive4,96149.2%
Labour3,17031.5%
Conservative1,32813.2%
Liberal6156.1%

1925

PartyVotesShare
Progressive5,39953.7%
Conservative4,65646.3%

1926

PartyVotesShare
United Farmers5,13859.9%
Conservative3,43540.1%

1930

PartyVotesShare
Conservative4,86338.8%
Progressive3,88031.0%
Liberal3,77930.2%

1935

PartyVotesShare
Social Credit6,51651.0%
Conservative2,99023.4%
Liberal2,10916.5%
CCF7375.8%
Reconstruction4253.3%

1940

PartyVotesShare
New Democracy6,36241.0%
Liberal5,53835.7%
National Government3,60523.3%

1945

PartyVotesShare
Social Credit7,25043.5%
Liberal3,82022.9%
Progressive Conservative2,98517.9%
CCF2,16513.0%
Labor-Progressive4392.6%

1949

PartyVotesShare
Social Credit8,88047.0%
Liberal5,76030.5%
Progressive Conservative2,46013.0%
CCF1,8019.5%

1953

PartyVotesShare
Social Credit9,73756.6%
Liberal5,67633.0%
Progressive Conservative1,78310.4%

1957

PartyVotesShare
Social Credit10,91053.0%
Liberal6,62732.2%
Progressive Conservative3,04114.8%

1958

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative13,36458.3%
Social Credit6,47128.2%
Liberal2,71411.8%
Independent Social Credit3611.6%

1962

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative11,10544.1%
Social Credit8,69334.5%
Liberal3,59514.3%
NDP1,8067.2%

1963

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative11,47543.3%
Social Credit9,27135.0%
Liberal4,28416.2%
NDP1,2774.8%
Independent1930.7%

1965

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative10,14741.0%
Social Credit8,03232.5%
Liberal4,88219.7%
NDP1,6736.8%

1968

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative11,90144.9%
Liberal8,19330.9%
Social Credit3,94114.9%
NDP2,4429.2%

1972

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative18,84557.8%
Liberal7,60123.3%
NDP3,94112.1%
Social Credit2,2196.8%

1974

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative20,60263.5%
Liberal7,07521.8%
NDP3,32910.3%
Social Credit1,4284.4%

1988

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative26,75058.4%
Liberal8,51318.6%
NDP4,4899.8%
Reform3,1166.8%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada2,9326.4%

1993

PartyVotesShare
Reform24,53052.6%
Liberal11,87025.5%
Progressive Conservative7,09215.2%
National Party of Canada1,5863.4%
NDP1,2832.8%
Natural Law Party of Canada2470.5%

1997

PartyVotesShare
Reform22,82855.5%
Liberal7,88719.2%
Progressive Conservative7,43618.1%
NDP2,2115.4%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada4181.0%
Canadian Action Party3260.8%

2000

PartyVotesShare
Canadian Alliance30,38066.0%
Liberal7,79716.9%
Progressive Conservative4,0628.8%
NDP2,6485.8%
Green8641.9%
Canadian Action Party2640.6%

2004

PartyVotesShare
Conservative29,76562.6%
Liberal10,25021.6%
NDP4,6239.7%
Green1,2622.7%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada1,0792.3%
Marijuana Party5531.2%

2006

PartyVotesShare
Conservative35,06167.3%
NDP7,13513.7%
Liberal5,85911.2%
Green1,8463.5%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada1,4582.8%
Independent7351.4%

2008

PartyVotesShare
Conservative31,71467.0%
NDP6,73314.2%
Liberal4,4049.3%
Green3,4207.2%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada1,0942.3%

2011

PartyVotesShare
Conservative27,17356.5%
NDP13,07227.2%
Liberal4,0308.4%
Green2,0954.4%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada1,7163.6%

2015

PartyVotesShare
Conservative32,32156.8%
NDP11,67420.5%
Liberal10,53218.5%
Green1,4612.6%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada7461.3%
Rhinoceros2090.4%

2019

PartyVotesShare
Conservative40,71365.8%
NDP9,11014.7%
Liberal8,44313.6%
Green1,9393.1%
People's Party1,0071.6%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada6701.1%

2021

PartyVotesShare
Conservative32,81755.6%
NDP11,38619.3%
Liberal8,92815.1%
People's Party4,0976.9%
Independent1,1792.0%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada5661.0%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each contested election, coloured by the winning party. Acclaimed elections (no opposing candidate) aren't plotted since there's no margin to measure.

1917: Unionist margin 36.5 pts 1921: Progressive margin 17.8 pts 1925: Progressive margin 7.4 pts 1926: United Farmers margin 19.9 pts 1930: Conservative margin 7.9 pts 1935: Social Credit margin 27.6 pts 1940: New Democracy margin 5.3 pts 1945: Social Credit margin 20.6 pts 1949: Social Credit margin 16.5 pts 1953: Social Credit margin 23.6 pts 1957: Social Credit margin 20.8 pts 1958: Progressive Conservative margin 30.1 pts 1962: Progressive Conservative margin 9.6 pts 1963: Progressive Conservative margin 8.3 pts 1965: Progressive Conservative margin 8.6 pts 1968: Progressive Conservative margin 14.0 pts 1972: Progressive Conservative margin 34.5 pts 1974: Progressive Conservative margin 41.7 pts 1988: Progressive Conservative margin 39.8 pts 1993: Reform margin 27.2 pts 1997: Reform margin 36.3 pts 2000: Canadian Alliance margin 49.1 pts 2004: Conservative margin 41.1 pts 2006: Conservative margin 53.6 pts 2008: Conservative margin 52.7 pts 2011: Conservative margin 29.3 pts 2015: Conservative margin 36.3 pts 2019: Conservative margin 51.1 pts 2021: Conservative margin 36.3 pts 1917 1921 1925 1926 1930 1935 1940 1945 1949 1953 1957 1958 1962 1963 1965 1968 1972 1974 1988 1993 1997 2000 2004 2006 2008 2011 2015 2019 2021

Trend

Lethbridge has been contested at 29 general elections on record since 1917. Winning parties over that span: Unionist, Progressive, United Farmers, Conservative, Social Credit, New Democracy, Progressive Conservative, Reform, Canadian Alliance.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Lethbridge in the 2021 general election?

Conservative won Lethbridge in 2021 with 32,817 votes (55.6%), a margin of 21,431 votes over NDP in second place.

Which parties have won Lethbridge since 1917?

Since 1917, Lethbridge has been won by: Canadian Alliance, Conservative, New Democracy, Progressive, Progressive Conservative, Reform, Social Credit, Unionist, United Farmers.

What was the closest result in Lethbridge?

The closest contested result on record for Lethbridge was 1940, when New Democracy beat Liberal by 824 votes (5.3 percentage points).

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