Global News projects Conservative candidate Rachael Harder has won the seat in Lethbridge.
At 9:19 p.m. Monday, with 140 of 255 polls reporting, Harder had 53.4 per cent of the vote, 7,986 votes more than the next closest candidate, Elaine Perez of the NDP.
The Lethbridge riding in southwestern Alberta includes the city of Lethbridge and the surrounding rural Lethbridge County. Lethbridge is the largest city in southern Alberta and the fourth-largest city in the province.
Formerly the electoral district of Lethbridge—Foothills, the riding has consistently gone to conservative parties since it became the Lethbridge riding in 1987.
Conservative incumbent Rachael Harder was first elected in 2015 and was re-elected in 2019.
Candidates
Conservative: Rachael Harder (incumbent)
Liberal: Devon Hargreaves
NDP: Elaine Perez
People’s Party of Canada: Kimmie Hovan
Christian Heritage Party of Canada: Geoffrey Capp
Independent: Kim Siever