Calgary Egmont

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Calgary-Egmont
Alberta electoral district


2004 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA       Jonathan Denis
Progressive Conservative
District created 1971
First contested 1971
Last contested 2008
Location of Calgary Egmont
Location of Calgary Egmont

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] Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

  Name Party Elected Left Office
     Merv Leitch Progressive Conservative 1971 1982
     David J. Carter Progressive Conservative 1982 1993
     Denis Herard Progressive Conservative 1993 2008
     Jonathan Denis Progressive Conservative 2008 Present

[edit] Election results

[edit] 2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election results Turnout ?%
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Progressive Conservative Jonathan Denis 5414 44%
     Liberal Cathie Williams 3257 23%
     NDP Jason Nishiyama 451 3%
     Wildrose Alliance Barry Chase 676 5%
     Green Mark McGillvray 579 4%
     Independent Craig Chandler 2637 20%
Total 13014 100%

[edit] 2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results[1] Turnout 41.27%
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Progressive Conservative Denis Herard 5,686 50.81%
     Liberal Michael Queenan 2,371 21.19%
     Alberta Alliance David Crutcher 1,658 14.82%
     Green George Read 875 7.82%
     NDP Christopher Dovey 599 5.36%
Total 11,189 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 64
27,265 Eligible Electors

[edit] 2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary Egmont[2] Turnout 41.25%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Votes % Ballots Rank
     Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 5,245 17.69% 54.95% 1
     Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 4,351 14.68% 45.58% 5
     Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 3,996 13.48% 41.87% 2
     Progressive Conservative David Usherwood 2,868 9.68% 30.05% 6
     Independent Link Byfield 2,789 9.41% 29.22% 4
     Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 2,650 8.94% 27.76% 3
     Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 2,036 6.87% 21.33% 8
     Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 1,959 6.61% 20.52% 7
     Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,933 6.52% 20.25% 9
     Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 1,816 6.12% 19.03% 10
Total Votes 29,643 100%
Total Ballots 9,545 3.11 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 1,703
27,265 Eligible Electors

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

[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] Alberta Student Vote 2004

Participating Schools[3]
Andrew Davison School
David Thompson Middle School
Fairview Junior High
Green Learning Academy
Willow Park School/ Milton Williams Creative Arts

On November 19, 2004 a Student Vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.

2004 Alberta Student Vote results[4]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Progressive Conservative Denis Herard 165 30.17%
     Green George Read 149 27.24%
     Liberal Michael Queenan 118 21.57%
     NDP Christopher Dovey 73 13.35%
     Alberta Alliance David Crutcher 42 7.67%
Total 547 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 28

[edit] References

  1. ^ Calgary-Egmont Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election. Elections Alberta. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
  2. ^ Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results. Elections Alberta. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
  3. ^ School by School results. Student Vote Canada. Retrieved on 2008-04-18.
  4. ^ Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates. Student Vote Canada. Retrieved on 2008-04-19.

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See also: Politics of Alberta · List of Alberta general elections · 2008 election