Rob Miyashiro

Rob Miyashiro
MLA
Miyashiro in 2023
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Lethbridge-West
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 18, 2024
Preceded byShannon Phillips
Lethbridge City Councillor
In office
October 28, 2013 – October 25, 2021
Personal details
Born1960
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Political partyNDP (since 2021)
Liberal (until 2012)
Children3[1]
ResidenceLethbridge
EducationUniversity of Lethbridge
OccupationExecutive director, politician

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]

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

Miyashiro 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

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 37,096 -25.21%
New Democratic hold Swing -0.5
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

  1. ^ https://robmiyashiro.albertandp.ca/
  2. ^ "Lethbridge-West byelection results: NDP claim victory, Rob Miyashiro to become MLA". CBC News. December 18, 2024. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
  3. ^ "Rob Miyashiro". Alberta's NDP. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
  4. ^ "71 - Lethbridge-East". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
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