Calgary-Glenmore

Calgary Glenmore
Alberta electoral district
2004 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 
 
Paul Hinman
District created 1957
First contested 1959
Last contested By-election 2009

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

The electoral riding of Calgary Glenmore is one of two original Calgary ridings of the seven that still survives from the 1959 redistribution of the Calgary riding. The other riding is Calgary West.

This riding covers the mid south west portion of Calgary and contains the neighborhoods of Palliser, Pump Hill, Oakridge, Bayview, Southwood, Haysboro, Braeside and Cedarbrae.

The riding was named after the Glenmore Reservoir.

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Calgary-Glenmore History

Boundary history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Glenmore[12]
Assembly Years Member Party
See Calgary electoral district from 1921-1959
14th 1959–1963 Ernest Watkins Progressive Conservative
15th 1963–1967 Bill Dickie Liberal
16th 1967–1969
1969–1971 Progressive Conservative
17th 1971–1975
18th 1975–1979 Hugh Planche
19th 1979–1982
20th 1982–1986
21st 1986–1989 Dianne Mirosh
22nd 1989–1993
23rd 1993–1997
24th 1997–2001 Ron Stevens
25th 2001–2004
26th 2004–2008
27th 2008–2009
2009–present Paul Hinman Wildrose Alliance

1959 redistribution

The Alberta government decided to return to using the first past the post system of voting from Single Transferable Vote for the 1959 general election. The province redistributed the Calgary and Edmonton super riding's and standardized the voting system across the province.

Calgary-Glenmore was one of the six electoral districts created that year. The others were Calgary Bowness, Calgary Centre, Calgary West, Calgary North, Calgary North East, Calgary South East.[1]

Electoral history

The voters of the Calgary Glenmore electoral district differed from the Social Credit trend and elected Progressive Conservative candidate Ernest Watkins. Watkins was the only Progressive Conservative member elected in the 1959 election. After his election, Watkins became leader of the party until 1962. Watkins did not run again in 1963.

The riding continued its trend of opposition by electing Liberal Bill Dickie. Dickie was just one of two Liberals elected in the 1963 general election. He was re-elected as a Liberal and crossed the floor to the Progressive Conservatives on November 23, 1969. The voters of Glenmore re-elected him as a Progressive Conservative in 1971 as that party won its first term in Government.

Dickie served as the first member of cabinet for the district with the portfolio of Minister of Mines and Minerals. He retired in 1975 and was replaced by Hugh Planche who won some of the biggest majorities in his three terms representing Calgary-Glenmore. Planche served in cabinet as Minister of Economic Development from 1979 until his retirement in 1986.

The fourth member of the district Dianne Mirosh served in cabinet as Minister of Innovation and Science and later as Minister of Transportation during her time in office from 1986 to 1997. She had some tough electoral battles with Liberal candidate Brendan Dunphy as he almost managed to defeat Mirosh twice.

Ron Stevens became the districts MLA in 1997 serving until 2009. He served a number of cabinet portfolios. His first portfolio was Minister of Gaming starting in 2001. He then moved on to be the Minister of International and Intergovernmental Relations, then Attorney General and finally Deputy Premier. Stevens vacated his seat on May 15, 2009. On September 14, 2009 Paul Hinman of the Wildrose Alliance won the by-election to replace him.

Election results

1959 general election

1959 Alberta general election results[13] Turnout 54.64% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Progressive Conservative Ernest Watkins 4,893 42.59% *
     Social Credit Ross Lawson 4,681 40.74% *
     Liberal Reg Clarkson 1,916 16.67% *
Total 11,490 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 46
21,113 Eligible Electors
     Progressive Conservative pickup new district Swing N/A

1963 general election

1963 Alberta general election results[14] Turnout 53.67% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Liberal Bill Dickie 6,037 44.49% 27.82% *
     Social Credit Ross Lawson 4,268 31.45% -9.29%
     Progressive Conservative Ned Corrigal 2,891 21.30% -21.29% *
     NDP G.A.J. Otjes 374 2.76% *
Total 13,570 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 22
25,327 Eligible Electors
     Liberal pickup from Progressive Conservative Swing 24.56%

1967 general election

1967 Alberta general election results[15] Turnout 69.19% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Liberal Bill Dickie 5,743 41.20% -3.29%
     Social Credit Len Pearson 3,840 27.55% -3.90% *
     Progressive Conservative Ron Helmer 3,406 24.44% 3.14% *
     NDP Max Wolfe 950 6.81% 4.05% *
Total 13,939 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 60
20,234 Eligible Electors
     Liberal hold Swing -3.21%

1971 general election

1971 Alberta general election results[16] Turnout 77.01% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Progressive Conservative Bill Dickie 7,658 56.37% 31.93% 15.17%
     Social Credit Ray Kingsmith 5,122 37.70% 10.15% *
     NDP George McGuire 806 5.93% -0.88% *
Total 13,586 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 178
17,873 Eligible Electors
     Progressive Conservative hold from floor crossing Swing 21.04%

1975 general election

1975 Alberta general election results[17] Turnout 64.29% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Progressive Conservative Hugh Planche 10,641 65.92% 9.55% *
     Liberal Nicholas Taylor 4,166 25.81% *
     Social Credit Ralph Cameron 838 5.19% -32.51% *
     NDP Bill Peterson 498 3.08% -2.84% *
Total 16,143 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 16
25,133 Eligible Electors
     Progressive Conservative hold Swing 17.68%

1979 general election

1979 Alberta general election results[18] Turnout 58.89% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Progressive Conservative Hugh Planche 8,212 55.83% -10.09%
     Liberal Nicholas Taylor 4,774 32.46% 6.65%
     Social Credit Ernie Kaszas 1,280 8.70% 3.51% *
     NDP Neil Ellison 442 3.01% -0.07% *
Total 14,708 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 25
25,017 Eligible Electors
     Progressive Conservative hold Swing -8.37%

1982 general election

1982 Alberta general election results[19] Turnout 66.56% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Progressive Conservative Hugh Planche 13,835 77.91% 22.08%
     Western Canada Concept Brian McClung 1,864 10.50% *
     NDP George Yanchula 1,532 8.63% 5.62% *
     Alberta Reform Movement Barry Rust 526 2.96% *
Total 17,757 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 64
26,733 Eligible Electors
     Progressive Conservative hold Swing 16.29%

1986 general election

1986 Alberta general election results[20] Turnout 46.73% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Progressive Conservative Dianne Mirosh 5,718 60.37% -17.54% *
     Liberal Lois Cummings 2,033 21.46% *
     NDP Kelly Hegg 1,337 14.12% 5.49% *
     Independent Larry Heather 384 4.05% *
Total 9,472 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 30
20,333 Eligible Electors
     Progressive Conservative hold Swing -19.50%

1989 general election

1989 Alberta general election results[21] Turnout 54.70% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Progressive Conservative Dianne Mirosh 5,189 45.48% -14.89%
     Liberal Brendan Dunphy 4,587 40.20% 18.74% *
     NDP Barry Bristman 1,197 10.49% -3.63% *
     Independent Greg Pearson 437 3.83% *
Total 11,410 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 23
20,902 Eligible Electors
     Progressive Conservative hold Swing -16.82%

1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election results[22] Turnout 69.00% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Progressive Conservative Dianne Mirosh 7,972 48.63% 3.15%
     Liberal Brendan Dunphy 7,064 43.09% 2.89%
     NDP Noreen Murphy 603 3.68% -0.15% *
     Social Credit Stuart van der Lee 545 3.33% *
     Green Sol Candel 147 0.90% *
     Natural Law John Vrskovy 61 0.37% *
Total 16,392 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 33
23,806 Eligible Electors
     Progressive Conservative hold Swing 3.02%

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election results[23] Turnout 59.67% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Progressive Conservative Ron Stevens 8,247 58.14% 9.51% *
     Liberal Wayne Stewart 4,919 34.68% -8.41% *
     Social Credit Vernon Cook 583 4.11% 0.78% *
     NDP Grace Johner 435 3.07% -0.61% *
Total 14,184 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 29
23,818 Eligible Electors
     Progressive Conservative hold Swing 8.96%

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election results[24] Turnout 60.69% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Progressive Conservative Ron Stevens 9,678 67.71% 9.57%
     Liberal Michael Broadhurst 3,708 25.94% -8.74% *
     Green James Kohut 467 3.27% *
     NDP Jennifer Stewart 441 3.08% 0.01% *
Total 14,294 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 55
23,644 Eligible Electors
     Progressive Conservative hold Swing 9.15%

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results[25] Turnout 48.38% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Progressive Conservative Ron Stevens 6,263 50.47% -17.24%
     Liberal Avalon Roberts 4,364 35.17% 9.23% *
     Alberta Alliance Ernest McCutcheon 571 4.60% *
     NDP Holly Heffernan 553 4.46% 1.38% *
     Green Evan Sklarski 532 4.29% 1.02% *
     Social Credit Larry Heather 127 1.01% *
Total 12,410 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 67
25,788 Eligible Electors
     Progressive Conservative hold Swing -13.24%

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Glenmore[26] Turnout 48.38%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Votes % Ballots Rank
     Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 5,092 18.04% 52.78% 1
     Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 4,371 15.48% 45.31% 5
     Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 3,906 13.84% 40.49% 2
     Independent Link Byfield 2,807 9.94% 29.09% 4
     Progressive Conservative David Usherwood 2,783 9.86% 28.85% 6
     Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 2,384 8.45% 24.71% 3
     Independent Tom Sindlinger 2,031 7.20% 21.05% 9
     Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 1,711 6.06% 17.73% 8
     Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 1,643 5.82% 17.03% 7
     Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 1,502 5.31% 15.57% 10
Total Votes 28,230 100%
Total Ballots 9,648 2.93 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 2,829
25,788 Eligible Electors

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election results[27] Turnout 41.39% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Progressive Conservative Ron Stevens 6,436 50.67% 0.20%
     Liberal Avalon Roberts 4,213 33.17% -2.00%
     Wildrose Alliance Ryan Sadler 1,025 8.07% 3.47%1 *
     Green Arden Bonokoski 550 4.33% 0.04% *
     NDP Holly Heffernan 477 3.76% -0.70
Total 12,701 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 57
30,828 Eligible Electors
     Progressive Conservative hold Swing 1.1%
  1. Party percent change compared to the Alberta Alliance 2004 results.

2009 by-election

2009 by-election results[28] Turnout % Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Wildrose Alliance Paul Hinman 4,052 37%
     Liberal Avalon Roberts 3,776 34%
     Progressive Conservative Diane Colley-Urquhart 2,863 26%
     NDP Eric Carpendale 148 1%
     Social Credit Len Skowronski 118 1%
     Independent Antoni Grochowski 71 1%

The 2009 by-election was initiated by the resignation of incumbent Ron Stevens on 15 May 2009.[29] Stevens left office to accept a judicial post five days later on 20 May 2009.[30] Premier Stelmach had six months to call the election, however the election took place on 14 September 2009.[31]

The by-election attracted a few high profile candidates. The only person to announce running for the Progressive Conservative nomination was Calgary Ward 13 Alderman Diane Colley-Urquhart.[30] She was acclaimed as the candidate by the Progressive Conservative party on 5 June 2009.[32] The first candidate to announce his intention to run for the Alberta Liberal Party nomination was former Ontario NDP MPP George Dadamo. He served in the Bob Rae government from 1990 to 1995. A second candidate for the Liberal party announced on 1 June 2009, Corey Hogan a Liberal party insider. The result of Hogan running caused Dadamo to withdraw.[33] The Liberal nominating convention took place on 22 June 2009 and resulted with 2008 Liberal candidate Avalon Roberts winning.

The nominee for the Wildrose Alliance was former Cardston-Taber-Warner MLA and Leader of the party Paul Hinman. Hinman grew up in the community of Haysboro located in the constituency.[34] The Wildrose Alliance nomination convention was held on 23 June 2009 with Hinman receiving the nomination.[35] Social Credit was the first party to name an official candidate with Social Credit leader Len Skowronski running for the party. The New Democrats nominated Eric Carpendale. The Green Party under its leader Joe Anglin did not field a candidate.[32]

The election was a major test for all the political parties. The Liberals under new leader David Swann having taken the reins of the leadership in 2008 was be facing their first electoral test. The Progressive Conservatives popularity was tested for the first time after winning their massive majority under Premier Ed Stelmach in the 2008 general election. The Wildrose Alliance winning this by-election came as the first major electoral success for the party.[36]

Alberta Student Vote 2004

Participating Schools[37]
Bishop Grandin High School
Harold Panabaker Jr. High School
Henry Wise Wood Senior High School
John Ware Junior High

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[38]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Progressive Conservative Ron Stevens 306 31.55%
     Liberal Avalon Roberts 240 24.74%
     Green Evan Sklarski 178 18.35%
     NDP Holly Heffernan 174 17.94%
     Alberta Alliance Ernest McCutcheon 46 4.74%
     Social Credit Larry Heather 26 2.68%
Total 970 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 17

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