Calgary Egmont

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Calgary Egmont is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.

Calgary Egmont was created in 1971 out of most of the old Calgary South riding.

The riding covers central southeast Calgary, in the older neighborhoods of Riverbend, Acadia, Fairview, Willowpark, Mapleridge and Ramsay, Kingsland and Manchester The riding includes a large swath of industrial land including the Highfield Industrial area. Bonnybrook and the Sewage Treatment Plant. The neighborhoods in the north part of the riding are blue collar working class, while the south contains more upscale neighborhoods.

Calgary Egmont has had three Progressive Conservatives MLA's since its creation in 1971. The Progressive Conservatives only strong challenge came in 1971 coming from Pat O'Byrne of the Social Credit party. No by-elections have taken place. The Progressive Conservatives have never had less than 50% of the popular vote in this riding.

Calgary Egmont is considered one of the most conservative ridings especially in the south part of the riding which tends to anchor the strong wins, while the north tends to split votes among all parties. The right wing Alberta Alliance pulled out 15%, the Alliance's best showing in all of Calgary.

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[edit] Boundaries

As defined in the Electoral Division Act 2003

North and East Boundary

Starting at the intersection of the left bank of the Elbow River with the Canadian Pacific Railway line then southeast to the right bank of the Bow River in a generally southerly direction along the right bank of the Bow River to Glenmore Trail SE then southeast along Glenmore Trail SE to Barlow Trail SE then south along Barlow Trail SE to the north boundary of Sec. 16, Twp. 23, Rge. 29 W4 then west along Sec.13, Twp. 23, Rge. 1 W5 to the right bank of the Bow River then south along the Bow River to Deerfoot Trail SE.

Calgary Buffalo borders to the north. Calgary Fort and Calgary Hays border to the east.

South Boundary

The boundary moves west along Deerfoot Trail to Anderson Road SE then west Light Rail Transit line.

Calgary Fish Creek borders to the south.

West Boundary

The boundary moves north along the LRT Line to Heritage Drive SW then west to Elbow Drive SW then north to Glenmore Trail SW then east to Macleod Trail S then north along Macleod Trail S to the left bank of the Elbow River then southeast and northeast along the Elbow River to the starting point.

Calgary Glenmore and Calgary Elbow border to the west.

Note:

  • Boundary information has been condensed from description in the Act.

[edit] Demographics

Total Population
39,531

50.0% Male
50.0% Female

40.8% Married
28.3% Single never married

Population by Age

  • 0-4 2,050 5.2%
  • 5-19 6,630 16.9%
  • 20-24 2,745 7.0%
  • 25-44 13,950 35.5%
  • 45-64 8,980 22.8%
  • 65-74 3,180 8.1%
  • 75+ 1,800 4.6%

Registered Voters
26,988

Source Alberta Government

[edit] Local issues

  • High property taxes
  • Crime in the industrial areas

[edit] Current riding associations

4 Associations Registered with Elections Alberta

[edit] Election results 1971 - 2004

[edit] 2004

2004 Results
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Progressive Conservative Dennis Herard 5,961 51.83%
     Liberal Michael Queenan 2,371 20.61%
     Alberta Alliance David Crutcher 1,657 14.41%
     Green George Read 914 7.95%
     N.D.P. Christopher Dovey 599 5.20%

[edit] 1993 - 2001

2001 Results 1997 Results 1993 Results
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Affiliation Candidate Votes % Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Progressive Conservative Denis Herard 10,338 72.72%     Progressive Conservative Denis Herard 8,842 73.89%     Progressive Conservative Denis Herard 9,846 73.76%
     Liberal Wayne Lenhardt 2,913 20.49% Liberal Pam York 1,634 13.66% Liberal Dick Nichols 1,740 13.04%
     N.D.P. Shawn Christie 567 3.99% Social Credit Doulgas Cooper 836 6.99% N.D.P. Ken Sahil 1,063 7.96%
     Independent Bradley Lang 399 2.80% N.D.P. Larry Kowalchuk 654 5.46% Alliance Alberta Les Kaluzny 543 4.07%
Natural Law Party Linda Fritz 156 1.17%

[edit] 1982 - 1989

1989 Results 1986 Results 1982 Results
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Affiliation Candidate Votes % Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Progressive Conservative David J. Carter 5,272 52.49%     Progressive Conservative David J. Carter 5,781 67.88%     Progressive Conservative David J. Carter 10,331 75.27%
     Liberal Clive Mallory 2,907 28.95% N.D.P. Tom Chesterman 1,634 19.19% Western Canada Concept Richard Langen 1,740 12.68%
     N.D.P. Vinay Dey 1,864 7.67% Liberal B.C. Tanner 1,102 18.56% N.D.P. Leroy Thompson 1,128 8.22%
Liberal Bernie Tanner 369 2.69%
Alberta Reform Movement Victor Lenko 158 1.14%

[edit] 1971 - 1979

1979 Results 1975 Results 1971 Results
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Affiliation Candidate Votes % Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Progressive Conservative Merv Leitch 8,083 73.45%     Progressive Conservative Merv Leitch 10,867 75.82%     Progressive Conservative Merv Leitch 6,791 50.85%
     Social Credit Albert Downton 1,245 11.31% Liberal Jack Haggarty 1,634 11.40% Social Credit Pat O'Byrne 5,503 41.21%
     N.D.P. Muriel McCreary 844 7.67% Social Credit Lloyd Downey 1,119 7.81% N.D.P. Ron Stuart 1,060 7.94%
     Liberal Marta Coldham 833 7.57% N.D.P. Maureen McCutcheon 712 4.97%

[edit] 2004 Senator in waiting district results

2004 Senator in Waiting Results: Calgary Egmont
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Rank
     Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 5,142 18% 2
     Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 4,231 15% 5
     Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 3,908 14% 1
     Independent Link Byfield 2,673 9% 4
     Progressive Conservative David Usherwood 2,794 10% 6
     Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 2,550 9% 3
     Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 1,992 7% 8
     Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 1,902 7% 7
     Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,894 7% 9
     Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 1,771 6% 10

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

[edit] 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 Egmont

  • Andrew Davison School
  • David Thompson Middle School
  • Fairview Junior High
  • Green Learning Academy
  • Willow Park School / Milton Williams Creative Arts

[edit] Student Vote 2004 Results

2004 Student Vote Results
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Progressive Conservative Dennis Herard 165 30.2%
     Green George Read 149 27.2%
     Liberal Michael Queenan 118 21.6%
     N.D.P. Christopher Dovey 73 13.3%
     Alberta Alliance David Crutcher 42 7.7%

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