Calgary Buffalo
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Calgary Buffalo is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.
The riding is comprised primarily of the downtown core of the city of Calgary. The riding has broad demographic diversity, and comprises the most transient population in Alberta.
The riding contains a mix of corporate office towers, luxury apartment buildings, Chinatown in the north part of the riding and lower income apartments in the south along the belt line. Calgary Buffalo is generally regarded as Calgary's only swing riding, and is traditionally less conservative then the rest of Calgary. The Liberals have won this riding five times, and the Progressive Conservatives six, while the Alberta Reform Movement was represented very briefly.
Due to the nature of the riding, candidates have a tougher time running a campaign in Calgary Buffalo, as traditional campaign methods have proven relatively ineffective — i.e., placement of lawn signs, door knocking, and voter identification have proven to be of limited usefulness.
The riding was created in 1971, largely out of the old Calgary Centre riding and a small portion of the eastern part of Calgary West.
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[edit] Boundaries
As defined in the Electoral Divisions Act 2003
North boundary
Starting at the intersection of the northerly extension of 37 Street SW with the right bank of the Bow River, the boundary moves east to the Left bank of the Elbow River.
Calgary Mountain View borders to the north.
East boundary
The east boundary moves south along the Left bank of the Elbow River, until it intersects with 1st street S.E.
Calgary Fort and Calgary Egmont border to the east.
South Boundary
The Boundary moves north along 1st street, then turns west along 17th ave until it turns north along 45th street S.W.
Calgary Elbow and Calgary Currie border to the south.
West boundary
The West boundary moves north from 17th avenue along 45th street, then it turns east on 8th avenue until it reaches 37 street S.W. then it moves north until it meets the right bank of the bow river.
Calgary Bow borders to the west.
[edit] Demographics
Total Population
39,357
52.8% Male
47.2% Female
25.1% Married
48.1% Single never married
Population by age
- 0-4 1,015 2.7%
- 5-19 2,960 7.8%
- 20-24 4,555 12.0%
- 25-44 16,910 44.5%
- 45-64 7,620 20.1%
- 65-74 2,575 6.8%
- 75+ 2,330 6.1%
Registered voters
24,098
Source: Alberta Government
[edit] Local issues
- Crime rates in the downtown core
- Homelessness and Vagrancy
- Vehicle traffic and construction detours in the core
- Parking
- Office tower and Apartment construction
- Stampede Park expansion
- East Village
[edit] Current riding associations
4 Associations Registered with Elections Alberta
- Alberta Alliance President Nadine Hunka
- Liberal, President Beth Candlish, nominated candidate Kent Hehr[1]
- New Democrat, President ??
- Progressive Conservative, President Randy Blott
[edit] Election results 1971 - present
[edit] 2001 - 2004
| 2004 Results | 2001 Results | ||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Progressive Conservative | Harvey Cenaiko | 3,370 | 43.89% | Progressive Conservative | Harvey Cenaiko | 5,582 | 54.18% | ||
| Liberal | Terry Taylor | 2,777 | 36.17% | Liberal | Brian Edy | 4,135 | 40.13% | ||
| Green | Grant Neufeld | 656 | 8.55% | New Democrat | Neil McKinnon | 473 | 4.59% | ||
| New Democrat | Cliff Hesby | 455 | 5.93% | Social Credit | Dave Schwartz | 113 | 1.10% | ||
| Alberta Alliance | Nadine Hunka | 290 | 3.78% | ||||||
| Social Credit | Elizabeth Fielding | 71 | 0.92% | ||||||
| Alberta Party | Carl Schwartz | 58 | 0.76% | ||||||
[edit] 1992 - 1997
| 1997 Results | 1993 Results | 1992 By-election results | ||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Liberal | Gary Dickson | 4,310 | 45.91% | Liberal | Gary Dickson | 4,826 | 45.42% | Liberal | Gary Dickson | 4,636 | 53.89% | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Terri-Lynn Bradford | 4,115 | 43.84% | Progressive Conservative | Steven Yu | 4,313 | 40.59% | New Democrat | Elaine Husband | 2,185 | 25.40% | |||
| New Democrat | Neil McKinnon | 547 | 5.83% | New Democrat | George Chatsis | 1,089 | 10.25% | Progressive Conservative | Rod Love | 1,312 | 15.25% | |||
| Social Credit | Raymond Neilson | 300 | 3.20% | Green | Rebecca Matiowsky | 212 | 2.00% | C.o.R. | Joseph Babineau | 268 | 3.12% | |||
| Natural Law | Ralph Holt | 115 | 1.22% | Natural Law | Ralph Holt | 185 | 1.74% | Green | Sol Candel | 201 | 2.34% | |||
[edit] 1982 - 1989
| 1989 Results | 1986 Results | 1982 Results | ||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Liberal | Sheldon Chumir | 7,014 | 61.03% | Liberal | Sheldon Chumir | 5,242 | 52.84% | Progressive Conservative | Brian Lee | 7,591 | 62.27% | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Kate Thrasher | 3,601 | 31.33% | Progressive Conservative | Brian Lee | 3,437 | 34.64% | Alberta Reform Movement | Tom Sindlinger | 2,649 | 21.73% | |||
| New Democrat | Iain Dunbar | 877 | 7.64% | New Democrat | George Chatsis | 1,089 | 10.98% | New Democrat | Barry Pashak | 1,211 | 9.93% | |||
| Representative | Colin Svendsen | 153 | 1.54% | Western Canada Concept | Anita Bozak | 739 | 6.07% | |||||||
[edit] 1971 - 1979
| 1979 Results | 1975 Results | 1971 Results | ||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Progressive Conservative | Tom Sindlinger | 6,481 | 64.02% | Progressive Conservative | Ron Ghitter | 6,525 | 70.88% | Progressive Conservative | Ron Ghitter | 5,705 | 46.35% | |||
| Social Credit | Jim Rocker | 1,432 | 14.15% | Liberal | Maria Eriksen | 962 | 10.45% | Social Credit | Don Luzzi | 5,238 | 42.56% | |||
| Liberal | Lloyd Hamilton | 1,096 | 10.83% | New Democrat | Paula Davies | 877 | 9.53% | New Democrat | Jane Summers | 1,364 | 11.09% | |||
| New Democrat | Brian Rees | 1,052 | 10.39% | Social Credit | Norman Ashmead | 786 | 8.54% | |||||||
| Communist | David Wallis | 62 | 0.61% | Communist | David Wallis | 55 | 0.60% | |||||||
[edit] By-election reasons
- July 21, 1992: Death of Sheldon Chumir
[edit] Floor crossings
- October 16, 1980: Tom Sindlinger leaves the Progressive Conservatives, to sit as an Independent Conservative.
- September 17, 1981: Tom Sindlinger gives up Independent Conservative status to start the Alberta Reform Movement.
[edit] 2004 Senator-in-waiting district results
| 2004 Senator-in-Waiting Results: Calgary Buffalo | |||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Rank |
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| Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 2,713 | 15% | 2 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 2,386 | 14% | 5 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 2,174 | 12% | 1 | |
| Independent | Link Byfield | 2,117 | 12% | 4 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 1,806 | 10% | 3 | |
| Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,764 | 10% | 9 | |
| Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 1,506 | 9% | 6 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 1,154 | 7% | 8 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 1,042 | 6% | 7 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 994 | 6% | 10 | |
Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot
[edit] Alberta Student Vote 2004
On November 19th 2004 a Student Vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools of all types, to parallel the 2004 Election results and to educate students about the electoral process. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 ridings.
[edit] Participating schools in Calgary Buffalo
- Ian Bazalgette Jr. High School
- Sherwood School
[edit] Student Vote 2004 results
| 2004 Student Vote Results | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Liberal | Terry Taylor | 62 | 34.4% | |
| Green | Grant Neufeld | 32 | 17.8% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Harvey Cenaiko | 22 | 12.2% | |
| New Democrat | Cliff Hesby | 18 | 10.0% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Nadine Hunka | 16 | 8.9% | |
| Alberta Party | Carl Schwartz | 16 | 8.9% | |
| Social Credit | Elizabeth Fielding | 14 | 7.8% | |
[edit] Plebiscite results
[edit] 1971 Daylight Savings Plebiscite
| Do you favour province-wide Daylight Saving Time? | |||
| For | Against | ||
| 9,363 76.80% | 2,828 23.20% | ||
| Province wide result: Passed | |||
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Electoral Divisions Act 2003
- Demographics for Calgary Buffalo
- Riding Map for Calgary Buffalo
- Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
- Student Vote Alberta 2004
