Calgary-Bow

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Calgary-Bow

Alberta electoral district

2010 boundaries

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

Legislative Assembly of Alberta

MLA

Alana DeLong
Progressive Conservative

District created

1971

First contested

1971

Last contested

2008

Calgary-Bow is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The electoral district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.

The electoral district has been a stronghold for right leaning parties. Social Credit briefly held the district from 1971 to 1975 and the Progressive Conservatives have held the district uninterrupted since.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution from Calgary West and Calgary Bowness.

The 2010 boundary redistribution significantly changed the riding. The western boundaries were altered to conform to the new Calgary city limits which had been expanded since 2003. The riding lost all land that was east of Sarcee Trail and North of the Bow River to the electoral districts of Calgary-Currie and Calgary-Varsity. The district was also expanded south into land that used to be in Calgary-West up to the new south boundary of Bow Trail / 12 Street SW.

Boundary history

2 Calgary-Bow 2003 Boundaries^[1]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Calgary-North West	Calgary-Buffalo, Calgary-Mountain View and Calgary-Varsity	Foothills-Rocky View	Calgary-Currie, Calgary-West
riding map goes here
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the intersection of Stoney Trail NW with Scenic Acres Link NW; then 1. northeast along Scenic Acres Link NW to the intersection with Scurfield Drive NW; 2. north and east along Scurfield Drive NW to the intersection with Scenic Acres Boulevard NW; 3. southeast along Scenic Acres Boulevard NW to the intersection with Nose Hill Drive NW; 4. north along Nose Hill Drive NW to the intersection with Crowchild Trail NW; 5. southeast along Crowchild Trail NW to the intersection with Silver Springs Gate NW; 6. south and west along Silver Springs Gate NW to the intersection with Silver Springs Boulevard NW; 7. south along Silver Springs Boulevard NW and its extension to the right bank of the Bow River; 8. south and east along the right bank of the Bow River to the westerly extension of 32 Avenue NW; 9. east along the extension and 32 Avenue NW to Shaganappi Trail NW; 10. south along Shaganappi Trail NW to the southeasterly extension of 23 Avenue NW; 11. northwest along the extension and 23 Avenue NW to the intersection with 48 Street NW; 12. southwest along 48 Street NW to its intersection with Bowness Road NW; 13. west along Bowness Road NW to its intersection with Home Road NW; 14. south along Home Road NW and its extension to the right bank of the Bow River; 15. southeast along the right bank of the Bow River to the northerly extension of 37 Street SW; 16. south along the extension and 37 Street SW to 8 Avenue SW; 17. west along 8 Avenue SW to 45 Street SW; 18. south along 45 Street SW to 17 Avenue SW; 19. west along 17 Avenue SW and its westerly extension to Sarcee Trail SW; 20. north and northwest along Sarcee Trail to the intersection with the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 26, Twp. 24, Rge. 2 W5; 21. west along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 26, 27 and 28 to the west Calgary city boundary; 22. north, west, north and east along the west city boundary to the left bank of the Bow River; 23. east along the left bank of the Bow River to its intersection with Stoney Trail NW; 24. north along Stoney Trail NW to the starting point.
Note:

4 Calgary-Bow 2010 Boundaries^[2]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Calgary-Hawkwood and Calgary-North West	Calgary-Currie and Calgary-Varsity	Chestermere-Rocky View	Calgary-West

Note: Boundary descriptions were not used in the 2010 redistribution

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Bow^[3]
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See: Calgary West 1959-1971 and Calgary Bowness 1959-1971
17th	1971-1975		Roy Wilson	Social Credit
18th	1975-1979		Neil Webber	Progressive Conservative
19th	1979-1982
20th	1982-1986
21st	1986-1989
22nd	1989-1993		Bonnie Laing
23rd	1993-1997
24th	1997-2001
25th	2001-2004		Alana DeLong
26th	2004-2008
27th	2008–present

The electoral district of Calgary-Bow was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution from the electoral districts of Calgary West and Calgary Bowness.

The election held that year was won by Social Credit candidate Roy Wilson. He won the district in a closely contested election over Progressive Conservative Bill Wearmouth taking just under half the popular vote. The win came despite the Social Credit party losing government that year. The race was reached a record for turnout in the district that hasn't been matched since.

Wilson ran for his second term in 1975 but was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Neil Webber. He would be re-elected with a landslide majority in 1979 and be appointed to the provincial cabinet under Peter Lougheed after the election.

Webber would be re-elected two more times in 1982 and 1986. He won the highest popular vote of his career and in the districts history in the 1982 election. Weber would keep his cabinet post after Don Getty became Premier in 1985 but he decided not to run for re-election and retired at dissolution.

After Wilson retired and the electoral district returned Progressive Conservative candidate Bonnie Laing who won a very close race over former Calgary Alderman Tim Bardsley in the 1986 election. She would hold the district for two more terms before retiring.

The current representative is Alana DeLong who was first elected to her first term in 2001 and has been returned twice more in the 2004 and 2008 elections.

Legislature results

1971 general election

1971 Alberta general election results^[4]			Turnout 68.00%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Social Credit	Roy Wilson	5,539	48.12%	*
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Wearmouth	4,563	39.65%	*
	NDP	Fred Spooner	1,407	12.23%	*
Total			11,509	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			68
17,026 Eligible Electors
	Social Credit pickup new district				Swing N/A

1975 general election

1975 Alberta general election results^[5]			Turnout 58.55%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Neil Webber	5,251	52.48%	12.83%	*
	Social Credit	Roy Wilson	3,537	35.21%	-12.91%
	NDP	Jack Dunbar	879	8.75%	-3.48%	*
	Liberal	Mike Prohaszka	314	3.13%	*
	Communist	David Whitefield	64	0.43%	*
Total			10,045	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			30
17,209 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative pickup from Social Credit				Swing 12.87%

1979 general election

1979 Alberta general election results^[6]			Turnout 53.07%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Neil Webber	7,042	64.67%	12.19%
	Social Credit	Jim Beale	1,816	16.68%	-18.53%	*
	NDP	Floyd Johnson	1,361	12.50%	3.75%	*
	Liberal	Clive Scott	633	5.81%	2.68%	*
	Communist	Adela Polancec	47	0.34%	-0.09%	*
Total			10,889	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			47
20,608 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing 15.36%

1982 general election

1982 Alberta general election results^[7]			Turnout 62.36%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Neil Webber	9,412	70.26%	5.59%
	NDP	Catherine Martini	2,293	17.12%	4.62%	*
	Western Canada Concept	Roy Rasmusen	1,059	7.91%	*
	Liberal	Floyd Allen	380	2.84%	-2.97%	*
	Social Credit	Douglas Williams	253	1.87%	-14.81%	*
Total			13,397	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			44
21,555 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing 5.11%

1986 general election

1986 Alberta general election results^[8]			Turnout 43.33%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Neil Webber	5,392	56.12%	-14.14%
	NDP	Scott Jeffrey	3,336	34.72%	17.60%	*
	Liberal	Annyteh Pezuolla	611	6.36%	3.52%	*
	Heritage	Douglas Attfield	269	2.80%	*
Total			9,608	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			49
22,287 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing 15.87%

1989 general election

1989 Alberta general election results^[9]			Turnout 52.12%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Bonnie Laing	3,968	34.89%	-21.23%	*
	Liberal	Tim Bardsley	3,892	34.22%	27.86%	*
	NDP	Scott Jeffrey	3,513	30.89%	-6.83%
Total			11,373	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			44
21,907 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing -24.55%

1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election results^[10]			Turnout 64.59%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Bonnie Laing	7,011	46.28%	11.39%
	Liberal	Rob Van Walleghem	5,369	35.44%	1.22%	*
	NDP	Anne McGrath	1,908	12.60%	-18.29%	*
	Social Credit	Patrick John Hudson	376	2.48%	*
	Greens	David Crowe	287	1.90%	*
	Confederation of Regions	Roberta McDonald	120	0.79%	*
	Natural Law	Alan Livingston	78	0.51%	*
Total			15,149	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			60
23,546 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing 6.31%

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election results^[11]			Turnout 55.96%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Bonnie Laing	6,664	54.43%	8.15%
	Liberal	Mark Dickerson	4,091	33.41%	-2.03%	*
	NDP	Brent Johner	1,144	9.34%	-3.26%	*
	Greens	David Crowe	187	1.53%	-0.37%
	Natural Law	Ronnie Shapka	158	1.29%	0.78%	*
Total			12,244	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			81
22,025 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing 5.09%

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election results^[12]			Turnout 55.15%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Alana DeLong	8,274	63.94%	9.51%	*
	Liberal	Kelly McDonnell	3,230	24.60%	-8.81%	*
	NDP	Jeff Bayliss	858	6.63%	-2.71%	*
	Greens	Jan Triska	394	3.05%	1.52%	*
	Independent	Margaret Askin	184	1.78%	*
Total			12,940	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			51
23,510 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing 9.16%

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results^[13]			Turnout 47.14%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Alana DeLong	6,097	48.20%	-15.74%
	Liberal	Kelly McDonnell	3,512	27.76%	3.16%
	NDP	Jennifer Banks	1,135	8.97%	2.34%	*
	Alberta Alliance	James Istvanffy	1,017	8.04%	*
	Greens	Marie Picken	714	5.64%	4.12%	*
	Social Credit	Douglas Picken	97	0.77%	*
	Independent	Margaret Askin	78	0.62%	*	-1.16%
Total			12,650	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			90
27,026 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing -9.45%

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election results^[14]			Turnout 42.55%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Alana DeLong	6,687	45.16%	-3.04%
	Liberal	Greg Flanagan	5,173	34.93%	7.17%	*
	Wildrose Alliance	Barry Holizki	1,425	9.62%	1.58%	*
	Greens	Randy Weeks	845	5.71%	0.07%	*
	NDP	Teale Bondaroff	507	3.42%	-5.55%	*
	Social Credit	Len Skowronski	171	1.16%	0.39%	*
Total			14,808	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			64
34,945 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing -5.11%

2012 general election

2012 Alberta general election			Turnout %		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Alana DeLong	6,997	47.2%	%	*
	Wildrose	Tim Dyck	5,700	38.4%	%	*
	Liberal	Stephanie Shewchuk	1,302	8.8%	%	*
	NDP	Jason Nishiyama	606	4.1%	%	*
	Alberta Party	Ellen Phillips	232	1.6%	%	*
Total			14,837	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			'
Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing %

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Bow^[15]					Turnout 47.11%
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	5,236	16.72%	50.55%	1
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	4,865	15.54%	46.96%	5
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	4,087	13.05%	39.45%	2
	Independent	Link Byfield	3,227	10.30%	31.15%	4
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	2,863	9.14%	27.64%	6
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	2,709	8.65%	26.15%	3
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	2,459	7.85%	23.74%	9
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	2,134	6.81%	20.60%	8
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	1,955	6.24%	18.87%	7
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	1,782	5.70%	17.20%	10
Total Votes			31,317	100%
Total Ballots			10,359	3.02 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			2,373
27,026 Eligible Electors

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

2012 Senate nominee election district results

Student Vote results

2004 election

Participating Schools^[16]
Bowcroft Elementary School
Thomas B. Riley 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^[17]
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Alana DeLong	99	31.03%
	Greens	Marie Picken	75	23.51%
	Liberal	Kelly McDonnell	51	15.99%
	NDP	Jennifer Banks	48	15.05%
	Alberta Alliance	James Istvanffy	17	5.33%
	Social Credit	Douglas Picken	16	5.02%
	Independent	Margaret Askin	13	4.07%
Total			319	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			9

2012 election

2012 Alberta Student Vote results
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Alana DeLong		%
	Wildrose	Tim Dyck		%
	Liberal	Stephanie Shewchuk		%
	Alberta Party	Ellen Phillips		%
	NDP	Jason Nishiyama		%
Total			'	100%

References

↑ "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 6.
↑ "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010.
↑ "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
↑ "Calgary-Bow Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
↑ "Calgary-Bow Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 9, 2010.
↑ "Calgary-Bow Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
↑ "Calgary Bow Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 9, 2010.
↑ "Calgary-Bow Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 9, 2010.
↑ "Calgary-Bow Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 9, 2010.
↑ "Calgary-Bow Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 9, 2010.
↑ "1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
↑ "Calgary-Bow Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 9, 2010.
↑ "Calgary-Bow Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 9, 2010.
↑ The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 174–177.
↑ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results". Elections Alberta. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
↑ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
↑ "Riding by Riding Results — the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

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