Calgary Shaw
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Calgary Shaw is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.
This highly Conservative riding covers the central southern portion of Calgary, and has seen its borders change numerous times since it was created in 1986, when it was carved out of Calgary Fish Creek. The riding has a long tradition of crushing Progressive Conservative wins.
The riding contains the neighborhoods of Midnapore, Shawnessy, Somerset, Lake Sundance and Lake Chaparral.
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[edit] Boundaries
As defined in the Electoral Divisions Act 2003
Northeast Boundary
The north eastern boundary weaves its way along the edge of Fish Creek Provincial Park from the city limits to Macleod Trail. The border moves south along Macleod Trail and turns west at Shawnessy Blvd and continues to James McKevitt Road SW.
Calgary Hays, borders to the east Calgary Fish Creek borders to the north and Calgary Lougheed borders to the north and west.
West boundary
The west boundary travels south down James McKevitt Road and continues down 14 Street SW until it reaches the city limits.
Foothills-Rocky View borders the Southwestern edge of the district.
South boundary
The South boundary follows the city limits back to Fish Creek Provincial Park.
Highwood borders the riding to the south.
[edit] Demographics
Total Population
38,366
49.7% Male
50.3% Female
45.8% Married
20.4% Single never married
Population by Age
- 0-4 2,730 7.1%
- 5-19 10,365 27.1%
- 20-24 2,160 5.7%
- 25-44 13,260 34.7%
- 45-64 7,885 20.6%
- 65-74 1,225 3.2%
- 75+ 575 1.5%
Total Registered Voters
26,120
Source Alberta Government
[edit] Local Issues
- Lack of access to Schools and Health Care.
- High Property Taxes
- Significant growth is putting extreme pressure on transportation infrastructure.
- Spruce Meadows is fighting the city on surronding land use.
- Highway 22x bridge twining
[edit] Election Results 1986 - present
[edit] 1997 - 2004
| 2004 Results | 2001 Results | 1997 Results | ||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Progressive Conservative | Cindy Ady | 6,735 | 63.44% | Progressive Conservative | Cindy Ady | 20,306 | 80.72% | Progressive Conservative | Jon Havelock | 12,304 | 78.28% | |||
| Liberal | John Roggeveen | 2,410 | 22.70% | Liberal | Jim McPhearson | 3,595 | 14.29% | Liberal | Sharon Howe | 2,860 | 18.20% | |||
| Alberta Alliance | Barry Chase | 620 | 5.84% | N.D.P. | Ryan Falkenberg | 729 | 2.90% | N.D.P. | Shawn Keown | 485 | 3.09% | |||
| Green | Rick Papineau | 381 | 3.59% | Alberta First | Peter Singleton | 222 | 0.88% | Natural Law | Almas Waldon | 69 | 0.44% | |||
| N.D.P. | Jarrett Young | 300 | 2.83% | Independent | Keven Agar | 153 | 0.61% | |||||||
| Separation | Daniel Doherty | 170 | 1.60% | Independent | Derin Popik | 151 | 0.60% | |||||||
[edit] 1986 - 1993
| 1993 Results | 1989 Results | 1986 Results | ||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Progressive Conservative | Jon Havelock | 9,328 | 59.88% | Progressive Conservative | Jim Dinning | 7,412 | 52.92% | Progressive Conservative | Jim Dinning | 6,694 | 61.50% | |||
| Liberal | Bill Walker | 4,963 | 31.86% | Liberal | Robert Crump | 4,865 | 34.74% | Liberal | Brendan Dunphy | 2,727 | 25.05% | |||
| Social Credit | Michael Roth | 624 | 4.01% | N.D.P. | Gordon Christie | 1,728 | 12.34% | N.D.P. | Len Curle | 1,166 | 10.71% | |||
| N.D.P. | Jason Ness | 526 | 3.38% | Representative | Byron Chenger | 295 | 2.74% | |||||||
| Natural Law | Ken Nielsen | 136 | 0.87% | |||||||||||
[edit] 2004 Senator in waiting district results
| 2004 Senator in Waiting Results: Calgary Hays | |||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Rank |
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| Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 5,117 | 18% | 2 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 4,117 | 14% | 1 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 4,093 | 14% | 5 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 3,296 | 12% | 3 | |
| Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 3,007 | 11% | 6 | |
| Independent | Link Byfield | 2,311 | 8% | 4 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 1,850 | 6% | 8 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 1,683 | 6% | 7 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 1,590 | 6% | 10 | |
| Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,544 | 5% | 9 | |
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 Shaw
- Bishop O'Byrne High School
- Centennial High School
[edit] Student Vote 2004 Results
| 2004 Student Vote Results | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Progressive Conservative | Cindy Ady | 44 | 52.4% | |
| Green | Rick Papineau | 16 | 19.0% | |
| Liberal | John Roggeveen | 10 | 11.9% | |
| N.D.P. | Jarrett Young | 9 | 10.7% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Barry Chase | 4 | 4.8% | |
| Separation | Daniel Doherty | 1 | 1.2% | |
[edit] External links
- Electoral Divisions Act 2003
- Demographics for Calgary Shaw
- Riding Map for Calgary Shaw
- Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
- Student Vote Alberta
