Calgary—Nose Hill

Calgary—Nose Hill is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented by Diane Ablonczy in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.

Geography

It consists of the part of the City of Calgary described as follows: north and west of a line drawn (from north to south) from the northern limit of the city along: Centre Street North, the proposed northern extension of Harvest Hills Boulevard North, Beddington Trail NW, Berkshire Boulevard NW, 14 Street NW, John Laurie Boulevard NW, Shaganappi Trail NW, Crowchild Trail NW (Highway No. 1A) to the western limit of the said city.

History

This riding was created in 1996 from Calgary North and Wild Rose ridings.

In 2003, parts of this electoral district were transferred to Calgary Centre-North riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
36th	1997–2000	Diane Ablonczy	Reform
36th	2000		Canadian Alliance
37th	2000–2003		Canadian Alliance
37th	2003–2004		Conservative
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Diane Ablonczy, a former lawyer and teacher. She was first elected in 1993. She is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. She is the Minister of State of Foreign Affairs (Americas and Consular Affairs) and was previously the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Diane Ablonczy	40,384	70.17	+0.54	$60,393
	New Democratic	Collin Anderson	7,189	12.49	+4.63
	Liberal	Margaret McLeod	6,501	11.30	-1.93	$34,065
	Green	Tony Hajj	3,480	6.05	-3.23	$10,363
Total valid votes/Expense limit			57,554	100.00	–	$101,293
Total rejected ballots			169	0.29	–
Turnout			57,723	57.35	–
Eligible voters			100,656	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Diane Ablonczy	35,029	69.63	+1.15	$53,757
	Liberal	Anoush Newman	6,653	13.23	-3.87	$9,605
	Green	Tony Hajj	4,669	9.28	+2.81	$6,945
	New Democratic	Stephanie Sundberg	3,953	7.86	-0.08	$853
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,304	100.00	$93,719
Total rejected ballots			–
Turnout			–

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Diane Ablonczy	37,815	68.48	+4.10	$56,089
	Liberal	Ted Haney	9,443	17.10	-5.78	$59,767
	New Democratic Party	Bruce Kaufman	4,385	7.94	+1.21	$6,417
	Green	Juliet Burgess	3,573	6.47	+0.47	$606
Total valid votes			55,216	100.00
Total rejected ballots			130	0.23
Turnout			55,346	63.83

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Diane Ablonczy	31,088	64.38	-10.30	$56,902
	Liberal	Ted Haney	11,051	22.88	+3.46	$49,767
	New Democratic Party	Vinay Dey	3,250	6.73	+3.01	$4,146
	Green	Richard Larson	2,898	6.00	+4.18	$570
Total valid votes			48,287	100.00
Total rejected ballots			131	0.27
Turnout			48,418	61.21

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Canadian Alliance	Diane Ablonczy	35,904	60.12	+8.33	$59,338
	Liberal	Brian Thiessen	11,602	19.42	-5.81	$20,306
	Progressive Conservative	James F. McArdle	8,696	14.56	-2.86	$5,320
	New Democratic Party	Jon Adams	2,227	3.72	-0.06	$893
	Green	Andrew Pickles	1,092	1.82	+0.55	$2,410
	Canadian Action	Maureen Ann Roberts	194	0.32	N/A	$2,411
Total valid votes			59,715	100.00
Total rejected ballots			123	0.21
Turnout			59,838	59.51

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Reform	Diane Ablonczy	25,788	51.79		$64,740
	Liberal	James Maxim	12,565	25.23		$47,359
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Murray	8,678	17.42		$53,211
	New Democratic Party	Andrea Garnier	1,883	3.78		$1,278
	Green	Frank Young	637	1.27	–	$1,631
	Natural Law	Gloria Hansen	237	0.47		$103
Total valid votes			49,788	100.00
Total rejected ballots			102	0.20
Turnout			49,890	64.88

Adjacent ridings

References

"(Code 48005) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
Library of Parliament Riding Profile
Expenditures - 2008
Expenditures - 2004
Expenditures - 2000
Expenditures - 1997

Notes

↑ Stastistics Canada: 2012
↑ Stastistics Canada: 2012

External links

Elections Canada
Website of the Parliament of Canada

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Coordinates: 51°06′47″N 114°09′36″W / 51.113°N 114.160°W / 51.113; -114.160

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