Calgary Fort

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Calgary-Fort
Alberta electoral district


2004 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA       Wayne Cao
Progressive Conservative
District created 1997
First contested 1997
Last contested 2008
Location of Calgary Fort
Location of Calgary Fort

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

The Electoral District is named after historical Fort Calgary. The district lies in the Central SE of the city.

The first election in Calgary Fort was in 1997, it was created out of Calgary East. The Riding covers some of the cities older blue collar neighborhoods including Forest Lawn, Dover, Inglewood, Lynwood Ridge, Ogden, Erinwoods and the Foothills Industrial Park. The riding is largely broken with three distinct residential sections surrounded by industrial areas.

The riding has suffered from a number of environmental problems in recent years caused by heavy industry. Soil contamination from the old oil refinery in Lynwood Ridge has created a ghost town of houses in limbo. Canadian Pacific Railway has also been to blame for heavy soil contamination affecting residents along the tracks in Ogden by a chemical known as Trichloroethylene used as a track degreaser. In 1999 the Hub Oil refinery just east of Erin Woods exploded raining contamination on the neighborhood. The riding also has a quarantined site where the Inglewood Refinery used to be for soil contamination problems.

The riding has been a Progressive Conservative strong hold since its creation in 1997 and only held by Wayne Cao, however support dipped in the last election. The Liberals have managed to finish second in every election, but have lost significant votes in the last two. No candidate has run more than once to oppose the incumbent.



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[edit] Election Results

[edit] 2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results[1] Turnout 33.42%
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Progressive Conservative Wayne Cao 4,139 53.89%
     Liberal Gerry Hart 1,786 23.25%
     NDP Elizabeth Thomas 584 7.60%
     Alberta Alliance Travis Chase 524 6.82%
     Green Tyler Charkie 439 5.72%
     Separation Leo Ollenberger 211 2.72%
Total 7,681 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 95
23,271 Eligible Electors

[edit] 2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary Fort[2] Turnout 33.21%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Votes % Ballots Rank
     Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 3,587 16.92% 52.83% 1
     Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 2,797 13.19% 41.23% 2
     Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 2,665 12.57% 39.28% 5
     Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 2,274 10.73% 33.52% 3
     Progressive Conservative David Usherwood 2,028 9.57% 29.89% 6
     Independent Link Byfield 1,869 8.82% 27.55% 4
     Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,511 7.13% 22.27% 9
     Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 1,509 7.12% 22.24% 8
     Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 1,491 7.03% 21.98% 7
     Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 1,470 6.92% 21.67% 10
Total Votes 21,201 100%
Total Ballots 6,784 3.13 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 945
23,271 Eligible Electors

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

[edit] 2001 general election

2001 Results 1997 Results
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Progressive Conservative Wayne Cao 6,740 68.38%     Progressive Conservative Wayne Cao 4,410 48.82%
     Liberal Brian Huskins 2,004 20.39% Liberal Shirley-Anne Reuben 2,817 31.18%
     N.D.P. Vinay Dey 501 5.10% Social Credit Bren Blanchet 916 10.14%
     Social Credit Raymond Hurst 160 1.61% N.D.P. Ken Sahil 891 9.86%
     Green Michael Alvarez-Toye 121 1.27%
     Independent Metro Demchynski 102 1.04%
     Independent Brian Slater 100 1.02%
     Alberta First Wyatt McIntyre 99 1.01%

[edit] Alberta Student Vote 2004

Participating Schools[3]
Ian Bazalgette Jr. High School
Sherwood School

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 Wayne Cao 53 38.13%
     Green Tyler Charkie 40 28.78%
     Liberal Gerry Hart 25 17.99%
     Alberta Alliance Travis Chase 8 5.75%
     Separation Leo Ollenberger 7 5.04%
     NDP Elizabeth Thomas 6 4.31%
Total 139 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 0

[edit] References

  1. ^ Calgary-Fort 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.

[edit] External links

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