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Elections Alberta has released its report on the 2024 by-election in Lethbridge-West.

The vote was required after former MLA Shannon Phillips resigned in June 2024.

Three candidates stepped up to fill her seat – Rob Miyashiro with the Alberta NDP, the United Conservative Party’s John Middleton-Hope, and Layton Veverka with the Alberta Party.

The general election day was Dec. 18, 2024.

Miyashiro would go on to become the riding’s new provincial representative, securing 7,238 votes, or 53.3 per cent of the 13,568 ballots that were cast.

Middleton-Hope garnered 6,093 votes (44.9 per cent) while Veverka won the hearts of 237 people (1.7 per cent).

Voter turnout was 36 per cent of the 37,828 eligible electors.

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