Calgary-West

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For the federal riding, see Calgary West.

Calgary-West

Alberta electoral district

2010 boundaries

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

Legislative Assembly of Alberta

MLA

Ken Hughes
Progressive Conservative

District created

1957

First contested

1959

Last contested

2012

Calgary-West formerly styled Calgary West from 1957 to 1971 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, Aspen Woods, West Springs, Springhaven, |Montreaux, Spring Hill, Richmond Hill, Wentworth, Patterson, Glamorgan, Glenbrook and Christie Park.

History

The electoral district was first created in 1957 and used in 1959 as part of the original boundary redistribution for Calgary after the Social Credit government decided to return to the first past the post method of voting.

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw significant changes to the riding. It lost all land east of Sarcee Trail to Calgary-Currie and all land north of Bow Trail to Calgary-Bow.

Boundary history

24 Calgary-West 2003 Boundaries^[1]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Calgary-Bow	Calgary-Bow Calgary-Currie and Calgary-Elbow	Foothills-Rocky View	Foothills-Rocky View
riding map goes here
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the intersection of the west Calgary city boundary and the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 28, Twp. 24, Rge. 2 W5; then 1. east along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 28, 27 and 26 in Twp. 24, Rge. 2 W5 to its intersection with Sarcee Trail NW; 2. southeast and south along Sarcee Trail SW to the westerly extension of 26 Avenue SW; 3. east along 26 Avenue SW to 43 Street SW; 4. south along 43 Street SW to 28 Avenue SW; 5. east along 28 Avenue SW to 40 Street SW; 6. north along 40 Street SW to 26 Avenue SW; 7. east along 26 Avenue SW to 37 Street SW; 8. south along 37 Street SW to Richmond Road SW; 9. southwest along Richmond Road SW to Sarcee Trail SW; 10. south along Sarcee Trail SW to the south Calgary city boundary (50 Avenue SW); 11. west and north along the Calgary city boundary to the starting point.
Note:

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

Note: Boundary descriptions were not used in the 2010 redistribution

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-West
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Calgary electoral district from 1921-1959
14th	1959–1963		Donald Fleming	Social Credit
15th	1963–1967		Donald Fleming	Social Credit
16th	1967–1971		Peter Lougheed	Progressive Conservative
17th	1971–1975
18th	1975–1979
19th	1979–1982
20th	1982–1986
20th	1986		Vacant
21st	1986–1989		Elaine McCoy	Progressive Conservative
22nd	1989–1993		Elaine McCoy	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1993–1997		Danny Dalla-Longa	Liberal
24th	1997–2001		Karen Kryczka	Progressive Conservative
25th	2001–2004		Karen Kryczka
26th	2004–2008		Ron Liepert
27th	2008–2012		Ron Liepert
28th	2012–present		Ken Hughes	Progressive Conservative

The electoral district was first contested in the 1959 general election returned Social Credit candidate Donald Fleming. He won just over half of the popular vote in the new seat to pick it up for his party. Fleming faced a stiff challenge running in his second term in the 1963 election from Progressive Conservative leader Milt Harradence. Although Fleming won, he tallied under half the popular vote and only held off Harradence by just over a thousand votes.

The 1967 election would see Calgary West swing to the Progressive Conservatives. Fleming was defeated by Harradence's successor as PC leader, Peter Lougheed, who won the seat with a near landslide majority. He would go on to become Leader of the Opposition after he and five other candidates were elected.

Lougheed ran for his second term in the 1971 general election and won easily. His party would go on to form government in the province for the first time ever, and Lougheed became Premier. Lougheed would easily hold the district for the next three terms winning landslide majorities. He won his highest popular vote in the riding for the 1982 election as well as the highest number of seats in Alberta's history. Lougheed retired as Premier in 1985 and vacated Calgary-West on February 28, 1986.

The electoral district remained vacant for about two months until the 1986 general election which occurred in May of that year. The third representative for the riding was Progressive Conservative candidate Elaine McCoy who held the district losing almost half of the popular vote that Lougheed had won in 1982. She was appointed to the cabinet under Lougheed's successor, Don Getty.

McCoy won re-election in the 1989 election with a reduced majority. In 1992 she ran for leadership of the Progressive Conservative Association after Getty retired. She failed in her bid for leader losing to Ralph Klein. She did not run for a third term in 1993 and retired from the Legislature.

The 1993 election would see Calgary-West won by Liberal candidate Danny Dalla-Longa who won with a strong door knocking campaign over Progressive Conservative candidate Ron Leigh who had served as an Alderman on Calgary City Council. Dalla-Longa would only serve a single term in office retiring in 1997.

After Dalla-Longa retired the riding returned to the Progressive Conservative party selecting candidate Karen Kryczka in the 1997 election. She would be re-elected in 2001 winning a higher raw popular vote than Lougheed won in 1982. Kryczka retired at dissolution in 2004.

The current member of the legislature is Ron Liepert who won his first term in the 2004 election. He would be appointed to the cabinet in 2006 under the government of Ed Stelmach. He won his second term in office in 2008 with a larger majority.

Legislature results

1959 general election

1959 Alberta general election results^[3]			Turnout 55.53%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Social Credit	Donald Fleming	5,060	50.15%	*
	Progressive Conservative	Roy Deyell	3,392	33.61%	*
	Liberal	Ted Duncan	1,397	13.84%	*
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ken Tory	242	2.40%	*
Total			10,091	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			32
18,231 Eligible Electors
	Social Credit pickup new district				Swing N/A

1963 general election

1963 Alberta general election results^[4]			Turnout 53.78%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Social Credit	Donald Fleming	5,183	42.80%	-7.35%
	Progressive Conservative	Milt Harradence	4,109	33.93%	0.32%	*
	Liberal	Ted Duncan	2,250	18.58%	4.74%
	NDP	Jack Peters	568	4.69%	2.29%	*
Total			12,110	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			12
22,540 Eligible Electors
	Social Credit hold				Swing -3.84%

1967 general election

1967 Alberta general election results^[5]			Turnout 69.63%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Lougheed	8,548	61.74%	27.81%	*
	Social Credit	Donald Fleming	4,028	29.09%	-13.71%
	NDP	Allan Early	868	6.27%	1.58%	*
	Liberal	Natalie Chapman	402	2.90%	-15.68%	*
Total			13,846	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			70
19,986 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative pickup from Social Credit				Swing 20.76%

1971 general election

1971 Alberta general election results^[6]			Turnout 76.12%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Lougheed	7,049	55.21%	-6.53%
	Social Credit	Charles Grey	4,319	33.83%	4.74%	*
	NDP	Joe Yanchula	1,066	8.35%	2.08%	*
	Liberal	Brian Stevenson	333	2.61%	-0.29%	*
Total			12,767	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			58
16,848 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing -5.64%

1975 general election

1975 Alberta general election results^[7]			Turnout 65.12%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Lougheed	8,983	78.56%	23.35%
	Social Credit	Charles Grey	1,213	10.61%	-23.22%
	NDP	Neil Ellison	674	5.90%	-2.45%	*
	Liberal	Steve Shaw	564	4.93%	2.32%	*
Total			11,434	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			42
17,624 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing 23.29%

1979 general election

1979 Alberta general election results^[8]			Turnout 60.70%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Lougheed	7,825	72.90%	-5.66%
	Social Credit	Frank Cottingham	930	8.66%	-1.95%	*
	Liberal	Barb Scott	874	8.14%	3.21%	*
	NDP	Ed Smith	699	6.51%	0.61%	*
	Independent Christian	Jacob Binnema	406	3.79%	*
Total			10,734	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			68
17,796 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing -3.81%

1982 general election

1982 Alberta general election results^[9]			Turnout 65.34%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Lougheed	11,668	78.85%	5.95%
	NDP	Ed Smith	1,175	7.94%	1.43%
	Western Canada Concept	Bruce Roper	1,106	7.47%	*
	Liberal	Barb Scott	598	4.04%	-4.10%
	Social Credit	Leonard Petterson	251	1.70%	-6.96%	*
Total			14,798	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			82
22,774 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing 3.69%

1986 general election

1986 Alberta general election results^[10]			Turnout 44.11%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Elaine McCoy	6,846	64.65%	-14.20%	*
	NDP	Joseph Yanchula	2,354	22.23%	14.29%	*
	Liberal	George Francom	1,390	13.12%	9.08%	*
Total			10,590	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			52
24,129 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing -14.25%

1989 general election

1989 Alberta general election results^[11]			Turnout 52.04%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Elaine McCoy	6,133	46.30%	-18.35%
	Liberal	Bernie Myers	4,550	34.35%	21.23%	*
	NDP	Joseph Yanchula	2,564	19.35%	-2.88%
Total			13,247	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			50
25,551 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing -19.79%

1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election results^[12]			Turnout 64.24%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Liberal	Danny Dalla-Longa	6,927	47.04%	12.69%	*
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Leigh	6,532	44.36%	-1.94%	*
	NDP	Nabil Hantes	584	3.97%	-15.38%	*
	Social Credit	Sharon Whitehead	548	3.72%	*
	Natural Law	Phil Morin	135	0.92%	*
Total			14,726	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			23
22,959 Eligible Electors
	Liberal pickup from Progressive Conservative				Swing 7.32%

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election results^[13]			Turnout 56.00%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Karen Kryczka	8,478	56.23%	11.87%	*
	Liberal	Paul Adams	4,995	33.13%	-13.91%	*
	Social Credit	Craig Chandler	1,070	7.10%	3.38%	*
	NDP	Rudy Rogers	534	3.54%	0.43%	*
Total			15,077	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			13
26,946 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative pickup from Liberal				Swing 12.89%

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election results^[14]			Turnout 54.66%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Karen Kryczka	12,866	73.15%	16.92%
	Liberal	Lorne Neudorf	3,459	19.67%	-13.46%	*
	NDP	Greg Klassen	1,263	7.18%	3.64%	*
Total			17,588	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			67
32,302 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing 15.19%

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results^[15]			Turnout 42.38%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Liepert	6,969	52.08%	-21.07%	*
	Liberal	Derek Smith	4,284	32.02%	12.35%	*
	Alberta Alliance	John Keyes	989	7.39%	*
	Greens	James Kohut	731	5.46%	*
	NDP	Chantelle Dubois	408	3.05%	-4.13%	*
Total			13,381	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			70
31,736 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing -16.71%

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election results^[16]			Turnout 39.78%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Liepert	8,428	47.97%	-4.11%
	Liberal	Beth Gignac	5,693	32.41%	0.39%	*
	Wildrose Alliance	Bob Babcock	2,273	12.94%	5.55%	*
	Greens	James Kohut	773	4.40%	-1.06%
	NDP	Chantelle Dubois	401	2.28%	-0.77%
Total			17,568	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			58
44,306 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing -2.25%

2012 general election

2012 Alberta general election			Turnout %		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Hughes	8,148	49.95%	%	*
	Wildrose	Andrew Constantinidis	6,090	37.33%	%	*
	Liberal	Wilson Mccutchan	1,217	7.46%	%	*
	NDP	Mary Nokleby	491	3.01%	%	*
	Evergreen	Karen Huggins	209	1.28%	*
	Alberta Party	Pam Crosby	158	0.97%
Total			'	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			'
Eligible Electors
					Swing %

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-West^[17]					Turnout 43.63%
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	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

2012 Senate nominee election district results

Student Vote results

2004 election

Participating Schools^[18]
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^[19]
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Liepert	158	44.13%
	Greens	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

2012 election

2012 Alberta Student Vote results
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative			%
	Wildrose	Andrew Constantinidis		%
	Liberal	Wilson Mccutchan		%
	Alberta Party			%
	NDP	Mary Nokleby		%
Total			'	100%

References

↑ "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 15.
↑ "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010.
↑ "Calgary West results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
↑ "Calgary West results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
↑ "Calgary West results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
↑ "Calgary-West results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
↑ "Calgary-West results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
↑ "Calgary-West results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
↑ "Calgary-West results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
↑ "Calgary-West results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
↑ "Calgary-West results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
↑ "Calgary-West results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
↑ "1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
↑ "Calgary-West Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
↑ "Calgary-West Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
↑ The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 264–267.
↑ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results". Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 1, 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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