Calgary-Varsity

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Calgary-Varsity
Alberta electoral district

2010 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Donna Kennedy-Glans
Progressive Conservative
District created 1993
First contested 1993
Last contested 2008

Calgary-Varsity is a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The district was created in 1993 and returns a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

It comprises the communities of Varsity, Dalhousie, Brentwood, Banff Trail, University Heights, Montgomery, and parts of Charleswood (part of the Triwood community which also includes Collingwood west of 19th St NW, located in the provincial electoral district of Calgary-Klein).

History

The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution out of parts of three electoral districts. They were Calgary-Foothills, Calgary-North Hill and Calgary-North West.

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw the district only slightly altered. It picked up some land from Calgary-Bow and Calgary-Mountain View when the south boundary was moved south to run completely along the Bow River and it also picked up a few blocks of houses from Calgary-North Hill when the east boundary between 17th Ave NW and 24 Ave NW was moved one block over to 18 Street NW

Boundary history

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Varsity
Assembly Years Member Party
See Calgary-Foothills 1971-1993, Calgary-North Hill 1971-1993
and Calgary-North West 1979-1993
23rd 1993-1997 Murray Smith Progressive Conservative
24th 1997-2001
25th 2001-2004
26th 2004-2008 Harry Chase Liberal
27th 2008-2012
28th 2012–Present Donna Kennedy-Glans Progressive Conservative

The electoral district was created in 1993 and comprised land that had existed in three electoral districts. The region at that era had returned a mixture of Liberal and Progressive Conservative representatives.

In the first election in the district held in 1993, the district saw a closely contested race between Progressive Conservative candidate Murray Smith and Liberal candidate Carrol Jaques. Smith would win with a plurality of 47%. Premier Ralph Klein appointed Smith to his first cabinet post as Minister of Economic Development and Tourism in 1994. He would be shuffled to the Labour portfolio in 1996.

Smith and Jaques faced each other again in the 1997 election with both candidates losing popular vote. Smith however won his second term by taking a majority of the ballots cast. After the election Smith kept his Labour portfolio until 1999 when he was shuffled to be the Minister of Gaming.

The 2001 election would see Jaques and Smith face each other for the third time. The result would be a near landslide in Smith's favour. After the election Smith would once again change cabinet portfolios this time becoming Minister of Energy until he retired at dissolution of the assembly in 2004.

Liberal candidate Harry Chase was elected as the second representative of the riding in the 2004 election with nearly 45% of the vote. He won his second term in 2008 with a slightly larger plurality.

Legislature results

1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election results[2] Turnout 64.74% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Progressive Conservative Murray Smith 8,520 47.88% *
     Liberal Carrol Jaques 6,860 38.55% *
     NDP Sharon Kimmel 1,785 10.03% *
Greens Mike Sawyer 531 2.98% *
     Natural Law Santo Esposito 99 0.56% *
Total 17,795 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 47
27,560 Eligible Electors
     Progressive Conservative pickup new district Swing N/A

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election results[3] Turnout 59.21% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Progressive Conservative Murray Smith 7,232 51.42% 3.54%
     Liberal Carrol Jaques 5,414 38.50% -0.05%
     Social Credit Mike Bressers 646 4.59% *
     NDP Dirk Huysman 640 4.55% 5.48% *
Greens Joel Ashworth 132 0.94% -2.04% *
Total 14,064 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 23
23,792 Eligible Electors
     Progressive Conservative hold Swing 1.80%

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election results[4] Turnout 59.45% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Progressive Conservative Murray Smith 8,173 59.42% 8.00%
     Liberal Carrol Jaques 3,938 28.63% -9.87%
     NDP Susan Scott 1,309 9.52% 4.97% *
Greens Tavis Du Preez 334 2.43% 1.49% *
Total 13,754 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 73
23,260 Eligible Electors
     Progressive Conservative hold Swing 8.94%

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results[5] Turnout 54.31% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Liberal Harry Chase 6,347 44.64% 16.01% *
     Progressive Conservative Michael Smyth 5,591 39.32% -20.10% *
     Alberta Alliance Ronald Beniger 765 5.38% *
Greens Richard Larson 761 5.35% 2.92% *
     NDP Mark Gabruch 637 4.48% -5.04% *
     Social Credit Len Skowronski 118 0.83% *
Total 14,219 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 75
26,318 Eligible Electors
     Liberal pickup from Progressive Conservative Swing 18.06%

2008 General Election

2008 Alberta general election results[6] Turnout 44.64% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Liberal Harry Chase 6,907 47.34% 2.70%
     Progressive Conservative Jennifer Diakiw 5,353 36.69% -2.63% *
     Wildrose Alliance Brennan Lytle 1,043 7.15% 1.77% *
Greens Sean Maw 758 5.19% -0.16% *
     NDP Tim Stock-Bateman 530 3.63% -0.85% *
Total 14,591 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 87
32,883 Eligible Electors
     Liberal hold Swing 2.67%

2012 general election

2012 Alberta general election Turnout % Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Progressive Conservative Donna Kennedy-Glans 8,099 %46 *
     Wildrose Rob Solinger 4,586 %26 *
     Liberal Bruce Payne 3,713 %21 *
     NDP Jackie Seidel 855 %5 *
     Alberta Party Alex McBrien 255 %1 *
Evergreen Carl Svoboda 234 %1 *
Total 17,742 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined '
Eligible Electors
     Progressive Conservative pickup from Liberal Swing %

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Varsity[7] Turnout 54.44%
Affiliation Votes % Votes % Ballots Rank
     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

2012 Senate nominee election district results

Student Vote results

2004 election

Participating Schools[8]
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[9]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Liberal Harry Chase 424 30.44%
     Progressive Conservative Michael Smyth 373 26.78%
Greens 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

2012 election

References

  1. ↑ "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 15. 
  2. ↑ "Calgary-Varsity results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 15, 2010. 
  3. ↑ "1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved January 26, 2012. 
  4. ↑ "Calgary-Varsity Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 27, 2010. 
  5. ↑ "Calgary-Varsity Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 3, 2012. 
  6. ↑ The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 260–263. 
  7. ↑ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results". Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 1, 2010. 
  8. ↑ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Retrieved 2008-04-18. 
  9. ↑ "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Retrieved 2008-04-19. 

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