A proposal from UCP Lethbridge-East MLA Nathan Neudorf to reshape Lethbridge into three or four new ridings is being criticized by his crosstown rival, NDP Lethbridge-West MLA Rob Miyashiro, who says it would represent "textbook gerrymandering."

"Gerrymandering" refers to the partisan drawing of electoral boundary lines so as to benefit one political side in an election.

"My worry long-term, if something like this were to be approved, is that you're definitely going to erode the representation fo…