Calgary Varsity
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 Alberta electoral district |
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| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
| MLA | Harry Chase Liberal |
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| District created | 1993 | |
| First contested | 1993 | |
| Last contested | 2008 | |
Calgary Varsity is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It is comprised of the communities of Varsity, Dalhousie, Brentwood, Banff Trail and Charlewood (part of the Triwood community which also includes Collingwood west of 19th St NW, located in the provincial electoral district of Calgary North Hill).
The Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) currently representing Calgary Varsity As of August 2005 is Harry B. Chase of the Alberta Liberal Party.
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[edit] Election results
[edit] 2004 general election
| 2004 Alberta general election results[1] | Turnout 54.31% | |||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Liberal | Harry Chase | 6,347 | 44.64% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Michael Smyth | 5,591 | 39.32% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Ronald Beniger | 765 | 5.38% | |
| Green | Richard Larson | 761 | 5.35% | |
| NDP | Mark Gabruch | 637 | 4.48% | |
| Social Credit | Len Skowronski | 118 | 0.83% | |
| Total | 14,219 | 100% | ||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 75 | |||
[edit] 2004 Senate nominee election district results
| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary Varsity[2] | Turnout 54.44% | |||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % Votes | % Ballots | Rank |
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| Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 5,387 | 16.92% | 49.83% | 1 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 4,891 | 15.36% | 45.25% | 5 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 4,072 | 12.79% | 37.67% | 2 | |
| Independent | Link Byfield | 3,812 | 11.97% | 35.26% | 4 | |
| Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 2,920 | 9.17% | 27.01% | 9 | |
| Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 2,682 | 8.42% | 24.81% | 6 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 2,536 | 7.96% | 23.46% | 3 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 2,105 | 6.61% | 19.47% | 8 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 1,895 | 5.95% | 17.53% | 7 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 1,547 | 4.61% | 14.31% | 10 | |
| Total Votes | 31,847 | 100% | ||||
| Total Ballots | 10,810 | 2.95 Votes Per Ballot | ||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 3,517 | |||||
Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot
[edit] 2004 Student Vote
| Participating Schools[3] |
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| Banff Trail School |
| Brentwood Elementary |
| Ecole Varsity Acres School |
| F. E. Osborne Junior High School |
| H.D. Cartwright Junior High School |
| Jerry Potts Elementary |
| Sir William Van Horne High School |
| William Aberhart High 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 | % | |
| Liberal | Harry Chase | 424 | 30.44% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Michael Smyth | 373 | 26.78% | |
| Green | Richard Larson | 282 | 20.24% | |
| NDP | Mark Gabruch | 203 | 14.57% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Ronald Beniger | 60 | 4.31% | |
| Social Credit | Len Skowronski | 51 | 3.66% | |
| Total | 1,393 | 100% | ||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 95 | |||
[edit] References
- ^ Calgary-Varsity Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election. Elections Alberta. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
- ^ Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results. Elections Alberta. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
- ^ School by School results. Student Vote Canada. Retrieved on 2008-04-18.
- ^ Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates. Student Vote Canada. Retrieved on 2008-04-19.
