Robert Seiko Miyashiro is a Canadian politician who was elected Member of the

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for Lethbridge-West in

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. A member of the

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. He previously served as a member of the

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from

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to 2021. Miyashiro was a candidate for the Alberta NDP in the 2023 Alberta provincial election in the neighbouring riding of Lethbridge-East, where he lost to incumbent cabinet minister Nathan Neudorf by 636 votes. He also ran as a candidate for the

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in the

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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 is a third-generation Japanese-Canadian and Okinawan-Canadian. His mother was a school teacher and his father was a sheet metal worker. Miyashiro was born in Lethbridge and raised in nearby Taber, Alberta. He attended the

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Electoral history

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Alberta New Democratic Party MLAs Living people Canadian people of Japanese descent 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta People from Taber, Alberta Lethbridge city councillors 1962 births {{Alberta-MLA-stub