Calgary-North Hill

Calgary-North Hill

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

The district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution out of Calgary Bowness and a small sliver on the south end of Calgary Queens Park and Calgary North. The riding covered central portion of north Calgary.

Since 1971 the district returned Progressive Conservative candidates. Some elections saw some very competitive races with other party candidates coming close to winning.

Calgary-North Hill history

Boundary history

19 Calgary-North Hill 2003 Boundaries[1]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Calgary-McCall, Calgary-Nose Hill	Calgary-East	Calgary-Varsity	Calgary-East Calgary-Mountain View
riding map goes here		map in relation to other districts in Alberta goes here
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the intersection of 19 Street NW with John Laurie Boulevard NW; then 1. southeast along John Laurie Boulevard NW to 14 Street NW; 2. northeasterly along 14 Street NW to North Haven Drive NW; 3. southeast and south along North Haven Drive NW to 48 Avenue NW; 4. east along 48 Avenue NW, McKnight Boulevard NW and McKnight Boulevard NE to Deerfoot Trail NE; 5. south along Deerfoot Trail NE to 32 Avenue NE; 6. east along 32 Avenue NE to Barlow Trail NE; 7. south along Barlow Trail NE to 16 Avenue NE; 8. west along 16 Avenue NE to 19 Street NE; 9. south along 19 Street NE to 8 Avenue NE; 10. west along 8 Avenue NE to Deerfoot Trail NE; 11. north along Deerfoot Trail NE to 16 Avenue NE; 12. west along 16 Avenue NE and 16 Avenue NW to 19 Street NW; 13. north along 19 Street NW to the starting point.
Note:

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-North Hill[2]
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See: Calgary Bowness 1959-1971, Calgary Queens Park 1963-1971 and Calgary North 1959-1971
17th	1971–1975		Roy Farran	Progressive Conservative
18th	1975–1979
19th	1979–1982	Ed Oman
20th	1982–1986
21st	1986–1989	Fred Stewart
22nd	1989–1993
23rd	1993–1997	Richard Magnus
24th	1997–2001
25th	2001–2004
26th	2004–2008
27th	2008–2012	Kyle Fawcett

Electoral history

The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution. The first election held in the district that year saw a hotly contested race with former Calgary Alderman Roy Farran running as a candidate for the Progressive Conservatives against incumbent Social Credit MLA Robert Simpson and future NDP MLA Barry Pashak. Farran won the race by 61 votes over Simpson to pick up the district for his party.

Premier Peter Lougheed appointed Farran to his cabinet in 1973. He ran for a second term in office in the 1975 general election with ministerial advantage against Simpson for the second time. This time Farran would defeat him in a landslide. Farran would remain in cabinet until he retired at dissolution in 1979.

The 1979 general election saw Progressive Conservative candidate Ed Oman hold the seat with a landslide. He was re-elected to a second term in 1982 winning the biggest popular vote of any candidate in the history of the district. Oman retired at dissolution in 1986.

Progressive Conservative candidate Fred Stewart became the third representative of the district winning election for the first time in the 1986 election. He was re-elected to a second term in the 1989 general election facing a strong challenge from both the Liberal and NDP candidates. He retired at from provincial politics at the end of his second term in 1993.

Richard Magnus became the fourth representative for the district in the 1993 general election. He faced a strong challenge from Liberal candidate Tom Dixon but still won a comfortable plurality to hold the district for his party. Magnus was re-elected three more times in 1997, 2001 and 2004 before retiring from office in the 2008 general election.

The last representative was Progressive Conservative MLA Kyle Fawcett who was elected for the first time in the 2008 general election in a hotly contested race over Liberal candidate Pat Murray.

Election results

1971 general election

1971 Alberta general election results[3]			Turnout 71.06%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Roy Farran	4,961	43.81%	*
	Social Credit	Robert Simpson	4,900	43.28%	*
	NDP	Barry Pashak	1,341	11.84%	*
	Independent	Carl Reich	121	1.07%	*
Total			11,323
Rejected, spoiled and declined			104
Eligible electors / Turnout			16,080	%
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district				Swing N/A

1975 general election

1975 Alberta general election results[4]			Turnout 61.63%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Roy Farran	6,673	70.96%	27.15%
	Social Credit	Robert Simpson	1,364	14.50%	-28.78%
	NDP	Joan Ryan	723	7.69%	-4.15%	*
	Liberal	Dorothy Groves	584	6.21%	*
	Communist	Stephen Whitefield	60	0.64%	*
Total			9,404
Rejected, spoiled and declined			60
Eligible electors / Turnout			15,357	%
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing 27.97%

1979 general election

1979 Alberta general election results[5]			Turnout 55.29%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Ed Oman	6,760	64.82%	-6.14%	*
	Social Credit	Dennis Shupe	1,799	17.25%	2.75%	*
	NDP	Agnes Middleton	1,052	10.09%	2.40%	*
	Liberal	Dorothy Groves	747	7.16%	0.95%
	Independent	John Jasienczyk	71	0.68%	*
Total			10,429
Rejected, spoiled and declined			66
Eligible electors / Turnout			18,983	%
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing -4.45%

1982 general election

1982 Alberta general election results[6]			Turnout 63.34%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Ed Oman	9,168	72.82%	8.00%
	NDP	Agnes Middleton	1,753	13.92%	3.83%	*
	Western Canada Concept	Gordon Kennard	968	7.69%	*
	Liberal	Dorothy Groves	701	5.57%	-1.59%
Total			12,590
Rejected, spoiled and declined			55
Eligible electors / Turnout			19,965	%
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing 5.92%

1986 general election

1986 Alberta general election results[7]			Turnout 43.91%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Fred Stewart	5,545	54.44%	-18.38%	*
	NDP	Noel Jantzie	2,940	28.87%	14.95%	*
	Liberal	Pauline Kay	1,189	11.67%	6.10%	*
	Representative	Tom Gorman	511	5.02%
Total			10,185
Rejected, spoiled and declined			34
Eligible electors / Turnout			23,274	%
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing -16.67%

1989 general election

1989 Alberta general election results[8]			Turnout 48.09%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Fred Stewart	4,918	44.72%	-9.72%
	Liberal	Pauline Kay	3,030	27.56%	15.89%
	NDP	Emily Drzymala	2,720	24.74%	4.13%	*
	Independent	John Jasienczyk	328	2.98%	*
Total			10,996	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			33
22,933 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing -12.81%

1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election results[9]			Turnout 56.11%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Magnus	6,756	50.02%	5.30%	*
	Liberal	Tom Dixon	4,262	31.55%	3.99%	*
	NDP	Wendy Charlton	1,935	14.32%	-10.42%	*
	Independent	Michael O'Malley	394	2.92%	*
	Natural Law	Joyce Gregson	160	1.19%	*
Total			13,507	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			40
24,143 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing 4.65%

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election results[10]			Turnout 48.53%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Magnus	6,379	58.75%	8.73%
	Liberal	John Schmale	3,297	30.36%	-1.19%	*
	NDP	Jason Ness	1,183	10.89%	-3.43%	*
Total			10,859
Rejected, spoiled and declined			71
Eligible electors / Turnout			22,524	%
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing 4.96%

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election results[11]			Turnout 48.94%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Magnus	7,034	63.75%	5.00%
	Liberal	Darryl Hawkins	2,529	22.92%	-7.44%	*
	NDP	Christine McGregor	1,067	9.67%	-1.22%	*
	Green	Darcy Kraus	404	3.66%	*
Total			11,034
Rejected, spoiled and declined			41
Eligible electors / Turnout			22,630	%
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing 6.22%

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results[12]			Turnout 44.31%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Magnus	4,369	43.21%	-20.54%
	Liberal	Pat Murray	3,212	31.76%	8.84%	*
	Green	Susan Stratton	1,261	12.47%	8.81%	*
	NDP	Aileen Machell	643	6.36%	-3.31%	*
	Alberta Alliance	Brent Best	627	6.20%	*
Total			10,112
Rejected, spoiled and declined			74
Eligible electors / Turnout			22,987	%
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing -14.69%

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-North Hill[13]					Turnout 44.31%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	3,890	16.36%	48.52%	1
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	3,463	14.57%	43.19%	5
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	3,004	12.64%	37.47%	2
	Independent	Link Byfield	2,796	11.76%	34.87%	4
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	2,285	9.61%	28.50%	9
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	2,034	8.56%	25.37%	6
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	1,870	7.87%	23.32%	3
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	1,605	6.75%	20.02%	8
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	1,506	6.33%	18.78%	7
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	1,321	5.55%	16.48%	10
Total Votes			23,774	100%
Total Ballots			8,018	2.97 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			2,168

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election results[14]			Turnout 37.10%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Kyle Fawcett	4,281	38.32%	-4.89%	*
	Liberal	Pat Murray	3,573	31.99%	0.23%
	NDP	John Chan	1,381	12.36%	6.00%	*
	Wildrose Alliance	Jane Morgan	976	8.74%	2.54%	*
	Green	Kevin Maloney	732	6.55%	-5.92%	*
	Social Credit	Jim Wright	228	2.04%	*
Total			11,171
Rejected, spoiled and declined			63
Eligible electors / Turnout			30,277	%
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing -2.56%

2004 Student Vote

Participating Schools[15]
James Fowler High School
King George-Traditional Learning Centre
Rosemont Elementary
Saint Francis High School
Truth 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[16]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Magnus	160	35.48%
	Green	Susan Stratton	97	21.51%
	Liberal	Pat Murray	86	19.07%
	Alberta Alliance	Brent Best	60	13.30%
	NDP	Aileen Machell	48	10.64%
Total			451	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			6

References

1. "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 13.
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 February 27, 2010.
3. "Calgary-North Hill Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
4. "Calgary-North Hill Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
5. "Calgary-North Hill Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
6. "Calgary-North Hill Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
7. "Calgary-North Hill Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
8. "Calgary-North Hill Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
9. "Calgary-North Hill Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
10. "Calgary-North Hill Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
11. "Calgary-North Hill Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
12. "Calgary-North Hill Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
13. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
14. The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 242–245.
15. "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
16. "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

External links

• Riding Map for Calgary North Hill
• Government of Alberta Demographics of Calgary North Hill
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta