Calgary North (provincial electoral district)
For the provincial electoral district 1913-1921, see North Calgary. For the federal electoral district, see Calgary North.
 Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1957 |
| District abolished | 1971 |
| First contested | 1959 |
| Last contested | 1967 |
Calgary North provincial electoral district was a single member electoral district in the northwest and northeast parts of Calgary, Alberta. The electoral district existed from 1959 to 1971 before it was abolished. After being abolished the area of Calgary North became part of Calgary McKnight.
Calgary North history
Boundary history
| Calgary North 1957 Boundaries[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bordering Districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Banff-Cochrane | Calgary North East | Calgary Bowness, Calgary West | Calgary Centre |
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 1957, An Act to amend The Legislative Assembly Act. | |||
| riding map goes here | map in relation to other districts in Calgary goes here | ||
| "Electoral Division of Calgary North, the boundary whereof is as follows: Commencing at the intersection of the centre line of Centre Street in the City of Calgary with the left bank of the Bow River; thence in a generally westerly direction along the said left bank to the west limit of Fourteenth Street North West in the City of Calgary; thence northerly along the west limit of Fourteenth Street North West of the fifth meridian; thence easterly along the north boundaries of sections 9 and 10 in the said township; thence westerly along the north boundary of section 34, township 24 range 1, west of the fifth meridian to the centre line of Centre Street aforesaid; thence southerly along the centre line of Centre Street to the point of commencement. | |||
| Note: Boundaries came into force in 1959. | |||
| Calgary North 1961 Boundaries[2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bordering Districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Banff-Cochrane | Calgary East | Calgary Queens Park | Calgary Centre |
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 1961, An Act to amend The Legislative Assembly Act and The Election Act. | |||
| riding map goes here | map in relation to other districts in Calgary goes here | ||
| "Electoral Division of Calgary North, the boundary whereof is as follows: Commencing at the north-east corner of section 10, township 25, range 1, west of the 5th meridian to the centre line of the Calgary-Edmonton Branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway; thence in a general south-easterly direction along the said centre line to the centre line of the Edmonton Trail; thence in a general south-westerly and southerly direction along the said centre line to the centre line of the 4th street bridge; thence in a general south-westerly direction along the said centre line to the right bank of the Bow River; thence upstream along the said right bank to the centre line of the Louise Bridge; thence in a general north-westerly direction along the said centre line to the centre line of 10th street north west; thence in ageneral northerly direction along the said centre line to the centre line of 16th avenue north west; thence easterly along the said centrea line to the centre line of 4th street north west; thence northerly along the said centre line to the westerly production of the centre line of Blackthorn Road; thence westerly along the said production to the east boundary of section 9, township 25, range 1 west of the 5th meridian, to the north-east corner of said section; thence easterly along the north boundary of section 10, township 25, range 1, west of the 5th meridian, to the point of commencement. | |||
| Note: Boundaries lasted until the district was abolished in 1971. | |||
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary North[3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Calgary 1921-1959 | ||||
| 14th | 1959–1963 | Rose Wilkinson | Social Credit | |
| 15th | 1963–1967 | Robert Simpson | ||
| 16th | 1967–1971 | |||
| See Calgary-McKnight 1971-1993, Calgary-North Hill and Calgary-Mountain View 1971–present | ||||
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 Glenmore, Calgary North East, Calgary South East.[1]
Electoral history
The first election held in 1959 would end up having two incumbents from the old Calgary electoral district facing each other Rose Wilkinson and Grant MacEwan, plus a third MLA Aylmer Liesemer who was defeated in the 1955 Alberta general election. Wilkinson would handily win and serve her final term representing the district.
The second election held in 1963 would see Social Credit keep the seat under MLA Robert Simpson. He would win a second term in 1967 and hold the district until it was abolished in 1971.
Election results
1959 general election
| 1959 Alberta general election results[4] | Turnout 62.63% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Social Credit | Rose Wilkinson | 6,655 | 51.82% | * | ||
| Progressive Conservative | James Macdonald | 3,385 | 26.36% | * | ||
| Liberal | Grant MacEwan | 2,429 | 18.91% | * | ||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Aylmer Liesemer | 374 | 2.91% | * | ||
| Total | 12,843 | 100% | ||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 34 | |||||
| 20,562 Eligible Electors | ||||||
| Social Credit pickup new district | Swing N/A | |||||
1963 general election
| 1963 Alberta general election results[5] | Turnout 52.49% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Social Credit | Robert Simpson | 4,713 | 56.94% | 5.12% | * | |
| Progressive Conservative | Larry Nugent | 2,123 | 25.65% | -0.71% | * | |
| Liberal | Robert Goss | 794 | 9.59% | -9.32% | * | |
| NDP | Steven Galan | 647 | 7.82% | 4.91%1 | * | |
| Total | 8,277 | 100% | ||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 18 | |||||
| 15,804 Eligible Electors | ||||||
| Social Credit hold | Swing 2.92% | |||||
- Party percent change compared to the Cooperative Commonwealth 1959 results.
1967 general election
| 1967 Alberta general election results[6] | Turnout 62.44% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Social Credit | Robert Simpson | 4,308 | 43.00% | -13.94% | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Henry Beaumont | 3,915 | 39.08% | 13.43% | * | |
| NDP | Walter Siewert | 1,157 | 11.55% | 3.73% | * | |
| Liberal | Charles Loughridge | 638 | 6.37% | -3.22% | * | |
| Total | 10,018 | 100% | ||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 62 | |||||
| 16,143 Eligible Electors | ||||||
| Social Credit hold | Swing -13.69% | |||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "41". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 1957. p. 184.
- ↑ "43". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 1961. p. 226.
- ↑ "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved 2009-05-20.
- ↑ "Calgary North results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
- ↑ "Calgary North results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
- ↑ "Calgary North results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 2009-05-08.