Proposed boundaries would split Lethbridge into one urban and three hybrid ridings, drawing pushback

Proposed electoral boundaries would give Lethbridge one riding of about 60,000 city residents and three hybrid ridings combining parts of the city with rural southern Alberta. The Independent Advisory Panel on Electoral Boundaries, which reported Nov. 2, recommended 91 seats, up from 87, for the October 2027 election. The governing United Conservatives endorsed the changes, but the legislature has not yet passed them. Former mayor Chris Spearman says urban and rural interests would be "diluted" and wants the city to keep its two urban seats. Former NDP MLA Shannon Phillips says the public had no input into the panel's report.