Robert Seiko Miyashiro MLA is a Canadian politician who was elected Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Lethbridge-West in 2024. A member of the Alberta New Democratic Party, his election marked the first time a Japanese Canadian had been elected to Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He previously served as a member of the Lethbridge City Council from 2013 to 2021.[2]
Rob Miyashiro | |
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.jpg) Miyashiro in 2023 | |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Lethbridge-West | |
| Assumed office December 18, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Shannon Phillips |
| Lethbridge City Councillor | |
| In office October 28, 2013 – October 25, 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1960 Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada |
| Political party | NDP (since 2021) Liberal (until 2012) |
| Children | 3[1] |
| Residence | Lethbridge |
| Education | University of Lethbridge |
| Occupation | Executive director, politician |
Miyashiro was a candidate for the Alberta NDP in the 2023 Alberta provincial election in the neighbouring riding of Lethbridge-East, where he narrowly lost to incumbent cabinet minister Nathan Neudorf by 636 votes. He also ran as a candidate for the Alberta Liberal Party in the 2012 Alberta general election in Lethbridge-East, coming in third place.
Prior to entering politics, Miyashiro worked in the human services sector for over 40 years, and was most recently the executive director of the Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization.
Personal life
editMiyashiro was born in Lethbridge and raised in nearby Taber, Alberta. Miyashiro is a Sansei Japanese Canadian, his mother was a school teacher and his father was a sheet metal worker. He attended the University of Lethbridge. [3]
Electoral history
edit| Alberta provincial by-election, Lethbridge-West: December 18, 2024: Lethbridge-West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Rob Miyashiro | 7,239 | 53.4% | -0.5 | ||||
| United Conservative | John Middleton-Hope | 6,089 | 44.9% | +2.4 | ||||
| Alberta Party | Layton Veverka | 233 | 1.7% | -0.2 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 13,561 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | ||||||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 37,096 (-25.21%) | |||||||
| 2023 Alberta general election: Lethbridge-East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Nathan Neudorf | 10,998 | 50.34 | -2.06 | ||||
| New Democratic | Rob Miyashiro | 10,362 | 47.43 | +8.73 | ||||
| Liberal | Helen McMenamin | 488 | 2.23 | -0.02 | ||||
| Total | 21,848 | 99.26 | – | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 163 | 0.74 | ||||||
| Turnout | 22,011 | 57.70 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 38,150 | |||||||
| United Conservative hold | Swing | -5.40 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[4] | ||||||||
| 2012 Alberta general election: Lethbridge-East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bridget Pastoor | 6,599 | 40.95 | +1.74 | ||||
| Wildrose | Kent Prestage | 5,146 | 31.93 | +25.71 | ||||
| Liberal | Rob Miyashiro | 2,364 | 14.67 | -31.75 | ||||
| New Democratic | Tom Moffatt | 2,007 | 12.45 | +6.74 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 16,116 | 99.00 | ||||||
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 163 | 1.00 | ||||||
| Registered electors / turnout | 31,817 | 51.16 | +15.79 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | -11.99 | ||||||
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Electoral Division Results - Lethbridge-East". | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ https://robmiyashiro.albertandp.ca/
- ^ "Lethbridge-West byelection results: NDP claim victory, Rob Miyashiro to become MLA". CBC News. December 18, 2024. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
- ^ "Rob Miyashiro". Alberta's NDP. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
- ^ "71 - Lethbridge-East". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
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