NDP’s Miyashiro wins Lethbridge West by-election
The Lethbridge West riding will remain orange. The NDP’s Rob Miyashiro won with 53 per cent of the vote during Wednesday night’s by-election. He beat out John Middleton-Hope of the UCP by 1150 votes. In total 13,561 votes were cast. The Alberta Party’s Layton Veverka finished a distant third with 233 votes. Lethbridge West has not had a representative in the legislature since the NDP’s Shannon Phillips resigned last July.