Calgary-Egmont

Calgary-Egmont
Alberta electoral district

2004 boundaries
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created 1971
District abolished 2012
First contested 1971
Last contested 2008

Calgary-Egmont was a provincial electoral district in Alberta. The district was one of 83 current districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.

The district covering southeast Calgary was created in 1971 boundary distribution out of most of the Calgary South and Calgary Glenmore districts. The riding covered the neighborhoods of Riverbend, Acadia, Fairview, Willowpark, Mapleridge and Ramsay, Kingsland and Manchester. The riding included a large swath of industrial land including the Highfield Industrial area.

The district was a stronghold for electing Progressive Conservative candidates since its creation in 1971. There were four representatives in the district.

The district was named after Frederick George Moore Perceval, 11th Earl of Egmont who lived in the Calgary area until he died in 2001. His family had at one time 600 acres of ranch land in south Calgary.

History

Boundary history

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Egmont[2]
Assembly Years Member Party
See Calgary Glenmore 1959-1971 and Calgary South 1963-1971
17th 1971–1975 Merv Leitch Progressive Conservative
18th 1975–1979
19th 1979–1982
20th 1982–1986 David Carter
21st 1986–1989
22nd 1989–1993
23rd 1993–1997 Denis Herard
24th 1997–2001
25th 2001–2004
26th 2004–2008
27th 2008–2012 Jonathan Denis

The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution. The first election held that year saw a hotly contested battle between Progressive Conservative candidate Merv Leitch and Social Credit candidate Pat O'Byrne. Leitch edged out O'Byrne to pick up the new district for his party.

Premier Peter Lougheed appointed Leitch to his first cabinet shortly after the election. He ran for a second term in the 1975 general election and won with a super majority of over 75%. He was re-elected to his third and final term in the 1979 general election. Leitch retired his seat in the legislature and from cabinet at dissolution in 1982.

The second representative of the district was Calgary-Millican MLA David Carter who switched districts in the 1982 general election. Carter won the district handily taking over 75% of the vote. He won his second term in the district and third term in the assembly in the 1986 general election. Carter was elected Speaker of the House afterwords. He won re-election the 1989 general election with a reduced majority and retired from the assembly at dissolution in 1993.

Progressive Conservative candidate Denis Herard became the districts third representative when he won in 1993. He faced a strong challenge from Liberal candidate Dick Nichols who polled the strongest non Progressive Conservative vote since 1971. Herard was re-elected three more times winning in 1997, 2001 and 2004. He was appointed to the cabinet briefly in 2006 and retired from office in 2008.

The last representative was Jonathan Dennis who won the district for the first time in the 2008 general election after facing a hotly contested and controversial nomination battle against Craig Chandler.

Election results

1971 general election

1971 Alberta general election results[3] Turnout 72.32% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Progressive Conservative Merv Leitch 6,791 50.85% *
     Social Credit Pat O'Byrne 5,503 41.21% *
     NDP Ron Stuart 1,060 7.94% *
Total 13,354 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 89
18,589 Eligible Electors
     Progressive Conservative pickup new district Swing N/A

1975 general election

1975 Alberta general election results[4] Turnout 55.92% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Progressive Conservative Merv Leitch 10,867 75.82% 24.97%
     Liberal Jack Haggarty 1,634 11.40% *
     Social Credit Lloyd Downey 1,119 7.81% -33.40% *
     NDP Maureen McCutcheon 712 4.97% -2.97% *
Total 14,332 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 24
25,674 Eligible Electors
     Progressive Conservative hold Swing 18.19%

1979 general election

1979 Alberta general election results[5] Turnout 54.08% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Progressive Conservative Merv Leitch 8,083 73.45% -2.37%
     Social Credit Albert Downton 1,245 11.31% 3.50% *
     NDP Muriel McCreary 844 7.67% 2.70% *
     Liberal Marta Coldham 833 7.57% -3.83% *
Total 11,005 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 22
20,392 Eligible Electors
     Progressive Conservative hold Swing -2.94%

1982 general election

1982 Alberta general election results[6] Turnout 64.26% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Progressive Conservative David Carter 10,331 78.34% 4.89% *
Western Canada ConceptRichard Langen 1,174 8.90% *
     NDP Leroy Thompson 1,128 8.56% 0.89% *
     Liberal Bernie Tanner 396 3.00% -4.57% *
     Alberta Reform Movement Victor Lenko 158 1.20% *
Total 13,187 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 28
20,565 Eligible Electors
     Progressive Conservative hold Swing 6.90%

1986 general election

1986 Alberta general election results[7] Turnout 41.43% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Progressive Conservative David Carter 5,781 67.04% -11.30%
     NDP Tom Chesterman 1,740 20.18% 11.62% *
     Liberal Bernie Tanner 1,102 12.78% 9.78%
Total 8,623 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 18
20,857 Eligible Electors
     Progressive Conservative hold Swing -11.46%

1989 general election

1989 Alberta general election results[8] Turnout 49.14% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Progressive Conservative David Carter 5,272 52.49% -14.55%
     Liberal Clive Mallory 2,907 28.95% 16.17% *
     NDP Vinay Dey 1,864 18.56% -1.62% *
Total 10,043 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 28
20,494 Eligible Electors
     Progressive Conservative hold Swing -15.36%

1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election results[9] Turnout 59.63% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Progressive Conservative Denis Herard 9,846 58.12% 5.63% *
     Liberal Dick Nichols 5,332 31.48% 2.53% *
     NDP Ken Sahil 1,063 6.27% -12.29% *
AllianceLes Kaluzny 543 3.21%
     Natural Law Linda Fritz 156 0.92% *
Total 16,940 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 53
28,498 Eligible Electors
     Progressive Conservative hold Swing 4.08%

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election results[10] Turnout 50.79% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Progressive Conservative Denis Herard 8,842 64.69% 6.57%
     Liberal Pam York 3,336 24.41% -7.07% *
     Social Credit Douglas Cooper 836 6.12% *
     NDP Larry Kowalchuk 654 4.78% -1.49% *
Total 13,668 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 45
27,001 Eligible Electors
     Progressive Conservative hold Swing 6.82%

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election results[11] Turnout 52.20% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Progressive Conservative Denis Herard 10,338 74.28% 9.59%
     Liberal Wayne Lenhardt 2,613 18.78% -5.63% *
     NDP Shawn Christie 567 4.07% -0.71% *
     Independent Bradley Lang 399 2.87% *
Total 13,917 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 47
26,749 Eligible Electors
     Progressive Conservative hold Swing 7.61%

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results[12] Turnout 41.27% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Progressive Conservative Denis Herard 5,686 50.81% -23.47%
     Liberal Michael Queenan 2,371 21.19% 2.41% *
Alberta AllianceDavid Crutcher 1,658 14.82% *
Green George Read 875 7.82% *
     NDP Christopher Dovey 599 5.36% 1.29% *
Total 11,189
Rejected, spoiled and declined 64
Eligible electors / Turnout 27,265 %
     Progressive Conservative hold Swing -12.94%

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Egmont[13] Turnout 41.25%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Votes % Ballots Rank
     Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 5,245 17.69% 54.95% 1
     Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 4,351 14.68% 45.58% 5
     Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 3,996 13.48% 41.87% 2
     Progressive Conservative David Usherwood 2,868 9.68% 30.05% 6
     Independent Link Byfield 2,789 9.41% 29.22% 4
     Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 2,650 8.94% 27.76% 3
Alberta AllianceVance Gough 2,036 6.87% 21.33% 8
Alberta AllianceMichael Roth 1,959 6.61% 20.52% 7
     Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,933 6.52% 20.25% 9
Alberta AllianceGary Horan 1,816 6.12% 19.03% 10
Total Votes 29,643 100%
Total Ballots 9,545 3.11 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 1,703
27,265 Eligible Electors

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

2008 general election

Alberta general election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeJonathan Denis 5,415 43.61% -7.20%
LiberalCathie Williams 3,289 26.49% 5.30%
IndependentCraig Chandler 2,008 16.17%
Wildrose AllianceBarry Chase 676 5.44% -9.38%
GreenMark McGillvray 582 4.69% -3.13%
New DemocraticJason Nishiyama 447 3.60% -1.76%
Total 12,417
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 69
Eligible electors / Turnout 33,97036.76%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -6.25%
The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 198–201. 

Alberta Student Vote 2004

Participating Schools[14]
Andrew Davison School
David Thompson Middle School
Fairview Junior High
Green Learning Academy
Willow Park School/ Milton Williams Creative Arts

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[15]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Progressive Conservative Denis Herard 165 30.17%
Green George Read 149 27.24%
     Liberal Michael Queenan 118 21.57%
New DemocraticChristopher Dovey 73 13.35%
Alberta AllianceDavid Crutcher 42 7.67%
Total 547
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 28

References

  1. ↑ "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. pp. 8–9.
  2. ↑ "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Calgary-Egmont Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 11, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Calgary-Egmont Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 11, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Calgary-Egmont Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 11, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Calgary-Egmont Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 11, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Calgary-Egmont Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 11, 2010.
  8. ↑ "Calgary-Egmont Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 11, 2010.
  9. ↑ "Calgary-Egmont Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 11, 2010.
  10. ↑ "Calgary-Egmont Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 11, 2010.
  11. ↑ "Calgary-East Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 9, 2010.
  12. ↑ "Calgary-Egmont Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved April 11, 2010.
  13. ↑ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  14. ↑ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  15. ↑ "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

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