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
- Alberta Alliance, President David Crutcher
- Liberal, President ?
- NDP, President ?
- Progressive Conservative, President Judy Morris
[edit] Election results 1971 - 2004
[edit] 2004
| 2004 Results | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| 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 | % |
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| 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 | % |
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| 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 | % |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | % |
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| 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% | |
[edit] External links
- Electoral Divisions Act 2003
- Demographics for Calgary Egmont
- Riding Map for Calgary Egmont
- Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
- Student Vote Alberta 2004
