Calgary West (provincial electoral district)
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| Provincial electoral district | ||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
| MLA | Ron Leipert Progressive Conservative |
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| District created | 1959 | |
| First contested | 1959 | |
| Last contested | 2008 | |
Calgary West is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.
The electoral riding of Calgary West is one of the two original Calgary ridings of the seven that has survived from the 1959 Redistribution of the Calgary riding. The other riding is Calgary Glenmore
This riding covers the central west portion of Calgary and contains the neighborhoods of Cougar Ridge, Coach Hill, Strathcona, Signal Hill, Discovery Ridge, Springbank Hill, Strathcona, Coach Hill, Apsen Woods, West Springs, Springhaven, Montreaux, Spring Hill, Richmond Hill, Wentworth, Patterson, Glamorgan, Glenbrook, and Christie Park.
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[edit] 1959 redistribution
The historic 1959 redistribution of the provincial ridings of Calgary and Edmonton marked the transition back to First Past the Post. From 1921 to 1959 Calgary and Edmonton members were elected by Single Transferable Vote. The redistribution created seven ridings in Calgary, two of those still exist today.
This transition was done in part to standardize the electoral system across the province and because Calgary and Edmonton were becoming too large to be a single riding. The other six ridings were Calgary Bowness, Calgary Centre, Calgary Glenmore, Calgary North, Calgary North East, Calgary South East.
[edit] Election results
[edit] 2004 general election
| 2004 Alberta general election results[1] | Turnout 42.39% | |||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Progressive Conservative | Ron Liepert | 6,969 | 52.08% | |
| Liberal | Derek Smith | 4,284 | 32.02% | |
| Alberta Alliance | John Keyes | 989 | 7.39% | |
| Green | James Kohut | 731 | 5.46% | |
| NDP | Chantelle Dubois | 408 | 3.05% | |
| Total | 13,381 | 100% | ||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 71 | |||
[edit] 2004 Senate nominee election district results
| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary West[2] | Turnout 43.63% | |||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % Votes | % Ballots | Rank |
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| Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 5,834 | 17.30% | 52.79% | 1 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 5,745 | 17.03% | 51.99% | 5 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 4,792 | 14.21% | 43.36% | 2 | |
| Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 3,446 | 10.22% | 31.18% | 6 | |
| Independent | Link Byfield | 3,176 | 9.42% | 28.74% | 4 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 3,095 | 9.18% | 28.01% | 3 | |
| Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 2,306 | 6.84% | 20.87% | 9 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 1,954 | 5.79% | 17.68% | 8 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 1,782 | 5.28% | 16.13% | 7 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 1,603 | 4.73% | 14.51% | 10 | |
| Total Votes | 33,733 | 100% | ||||
| Total Ballots | 11,051 | 3.05 Votes Per Ballot' | ||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 2,795 | |||||
Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot
[edit] 2004 - 1986
| Party | 2001 | 1997 | 1993 | 1989 | 1986 |
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| Liberal | Lorne Neudorf 3,459 |
Paul Adams 4,995 |
Danny Dalla-Longa 6,927 |
Bernie Myers 4,550 |
George Francom 1,390 |
| Progressive Conservative | Karen Kryczka 12,866 |
Karen Kryczka 8,478 |
Ron Leigh 6,532 |
Elaine McCoy 6,133 |
Elaine McCoy 6,846 |
| N. D. P. | Greg Klassen 1,263 |
Rudy Rogers 534 |
Nabil Hantes 584 |
Joseph Yanchula 2,564 |
Joseph Yanchula 2,354 |
| Social Credit | Craig Chandler 1,070 |
Sharon Whitehead 548 |
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| Natural Law defunct |
Phil Morin 135 |
[edit] 1982 - 1959
| Party | 1982 | 1979 | 1975 | 1971 | 1967 | 1963 | 1959 |
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| Liberal | Barb Scott 598 | Barb Scott 874 | Steve Shaw 564 |
Brian Stevenson 333 |
Natalie Chapman 402 |
Ted Duncan 2,250 |
Ted Duncan 1,397 |
| Progressive Conservative | Peter Lougheed 11,668 | Peter Lougheed 7,825 | Peter Lougheed 8,983 | Peter Lougheed 7,049 | Peter Lougheed 8,548 | Milt Harradence 4,189 |
Roy Deyell 3,392 |
| N. D. P. / C.C.F | Ed Smith 1,175 | Ed Smith 699 | Neil Ellison 674 |
Joe Yanchula 1,066 |
Allan Early 868 |
Jack Peters 568 |
Ken Tory 242 |
| Social Credit | Leonard Petterson 251 |
Frank Cottingham 930 |
Charles Grey 1,213 |
Charles Grey 4,319 |
Donald S. Fleming 4,028 |
Donald S. Fleming 5,183 |
Donald S. Fleming 5,060 |
| Western Canada Concept defunct |
Bruce Roper 1,106 | ||||||
| Independent Christian | Jacob Binnema 406 |
[edit] 2004 Student Vote
| Participating Schools[3] |
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| Calgary Academy |
| Brentwood Elementary |
| Glenbrook School |
| Menno Simons Christian School |
| Webber Academy |
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 | Ron Liepert | 158 | 44.13% | |
| Green | James Kohut | 98 | 27.37% | |
| Liberal | Derek Smith | 52 | 14.53% | |
| NDP | Chantelle Dubois | 27 | 7.54% | |
| Alberta Alliance | John Keyes | 23 | 6.43% | |
| Total | 358 | 100% | ||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 31 | |||
[edit] References
- ^ Calgary-West 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.
[edit] External links
- Demographics for Calgary West
- Riding Map for Calgary West
- Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
