Spearman doubles Liberal votes over 2021
By Lethbridge Herald on April 29, 2025.
Alejandra Pulido-Guzman
Lethbridge Herald
Despite his loss, Liberal Party candidate and former Lethbridge mayor Chris Spearman, says he has no regrets and is grateful for all the support from his team, and everyone who voted for him.
With more than 19,000 votes tallied as of press time, Spearman’s total more than doubled that of Liberal candidate Devon Hargreaves in the 2021 election, who brought in just under 9,000/
While addressing the crowd, Spearman said that he is happy to see an increase of support for the Liberal Party locally, compared to previous elections and he thanked everyone in attendance, not only for being with him while results were coming in, but also for their support throughout the campaign.
Spearman said even though he was disappointed by the results, he had no regrets and would not change anything if he had to do it again.
“We did our best, it looks like things didn’t go our way tonight, but that’s just the way things are in a democracy. There are no guarantees,” said Spearman.
He added that even though they had an improvement in support, what is important moving forward is how the voice of Lethbridge will be heard.
“I think we want to end the divisiveness in Canada, we need to be united as a country. We need to make sure we are standing up for Canadians, for businesses, and we are standing for issues that matter,” said Spearman.
He added that he wanted to make sure the farmers of the area are protected from the impacts of the trade wars that are happening.
“I thought it was important to try and diversify our export markets. I am very concerned about the impact of selenium and coal in our river, and I will continue to raise that issue,” said Spearman.
He added that despite his loss, he will continue to reach out to government officials at every level to protect the river from contamination.
“There is no backup supply of water that we can use for drinking water and potable water in this area other than the oldman river, so we can’t allow a coal mine to go forward and contaminate the river,” said Spearman.
When looking at the results federally, Spearman was hopeful for the Liberal Party, but he was more concerned about the divisiveness the country has been experiencing and he said he hopes that would change.
“It looks like a minority government at best, and I hope that we will be able to have stability in this country. We need parties working together,” said Spearman.
15-14
While addressing the crowd, Spearman said that he is happy to see an increase of support for the Liberal Party locally, compared to previous elections and he thanked everyone in attendance, not only for being with him while results were coming in, but also for their support throughout the campaign.
I am pleased that the collapsed NDP decided to jump ship and support the Liberal party. Shows strong commitment to their former ideology and a nod to choosing power over their own candidate. Now if they continue to jump ship provincially it would be a blessing for Albertans and the liberal party.
There, fixed it for you.
nice – the losers with regard to the big picture can all assemble under the hay bale’s skirt here until the next election. she will continue to not serve our riding for another chunk of time, as alberta at large consistently shoots itself in the foot. but, i guess the thinking in our province is a hay bale in the hand is worth two in the bush.
You are getting old biff, can’t recognize the obvious. Liberal support fully shifted from the local NDP cabal. So Hargreaves gets 4500 and Spearman gets 9000 with an NDP endorsement. Shows the dippers just want power for their nationalization agenda. Good thing Singh tanked now Spearman and the dips can back on the no coal, selenium is gonna kill you and hate Smith train. Besides Spearman already has four or five
pensions. Maybe he is one of the rich you guys like to go after.
I suggest the NDP shift to the Liberals was mainly because the voters wanted to make sure the PC did not win the election. We voted for the Liberals this election but will support the NDP provincially. Typical example of anyone but the PC or UCP.