Calgary-Buffalo

Calgary-Buffalo
Alberta electoral district

2010 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 
 

Kathleen Ganley
New Democratic

District created 1971
First contested 1971
Last contested 2015

Calgary-Buffalo is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It is currently represented by NDP MLA Kathleen Ganley.

The riding comprises primarily the downtown core of the city of Calgary. The riding has broad demographic diversity, and comprises the most transient population in Alberta.

The riding contains a mix of corporate office towers, luxury apartment buildings, Chinatown in the north part of the riding and lower income apartments in the south along the Beltline community. The Liberals have won this riding six times, and the Progressive Conservatives six, while the Alberta Reform Movement was represented very briefly.

Due to the nature of the riding, candidates have a tougher time running a campaign in Calgary Buffalo, as traditional campaign methods have proven relatively ineffective — i.e., placement of lawn signs, door knocking, and voter identification have proven to be of limited usefulness.

The riding was created in 1971, largely out of the old Calgary Centre riding and a small portion of the eastern part of Calgary West.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution out of parts of Calgary Centre, Calgary Victoria Park Calgary West. The district has shifted boundaries many times over the years but has always covered the downtown core of Calgary. The 2010 boundary redistribution saw significant changes. The electoral district lost a huge portion of land to Calgary-Currie on the west boundary when it was cut from 37 Street to 14 Street SW. The East Village neighborhood and Fort Calgary were moved into Calgary-Fort on the west side and the south boundary was pushed from 17 Avenue into Lower Mount Royal to run along approximately 19 Avenue in land that used to be in Calgary-Currie.

Boundary history

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Buffalo
Assembly Years Member Party
See Calgary Centre 1959-1971, Calgary Victoria Park 1967-1971
and Calgary West 1959-1971
17th 1971-1975 Ron Ghitter Progressive Conservative
18th 1975-1979
19th 1979-1980 Tom Sindlinger
1980-1982 Independent Conservative
1982 Alberta Reform Movement
20th 1982-1986 Brian Lee Progressive Conservative
21st 1986-1989 Sheldon Chumir Liberal
22nd 1989-1992
1992 Vacant
1992-1993 Gary Dickson Liberal
23rd 1993-1997
24th 1997-2001
25th 2001-2004 Harvey Cenaiko Progressive Conservative
26th 2004-2008
27th 2008-2012 Kent Hehr Liberal
28th 2012–2015
29th 2015–present Kathleen Ganley New Democratic

The electoral district of Calgary-Buffalo was created in the boundary redistribution of 1971. The area it covered primarily consisted of three antecedent riding's Calgary Centre, Calgary Victoria Park and Calgary West. The riding primarily covers the City of Calgary's downtown core and belt line as well as some southwest inner city neighborhoods. The riding is one of Calgary's few swing ridings.

The Progressive Conservatives won the first election easily under Ron Ghitter who was later appointed to the Canadian Senate. The second member of the riding Tom Sindlinger who was elected in the 1979 general election. He was removed from the Progressive Conservative caucus on October 16, 1980 and sat as an Independent Conservative after calling for increased transparency with the Heritage Trust Fund.

Sindlinger formed the Alberta Reform Movement, a right wing party and became its leader on September 17, 1982. He was the first and only member of that party to form the Alberta Reform Movement caucus in the legislature. He was defeated in the 1982 general election in a landslide by Progressive Conservative Brian Lee.

Lee only held one term before being defeated by Liberal Sheldon Chumir in 1986. Chumir was re-elected with a landslide in 1989. He died on January 26, 1992. Liberal Gary Dickson won a by-election later that year and held the district for three terms before retiring.

The Progressive Conservatives won the seat back in 2001 with Harvey Cenaiko who was later given the cabinet portfolio of Solicitor General. He retired in 2008. Liberal candidate Kent Hehr won back the electoral district for his party in 2008. April 23, 2012, Kent Hehr was re-elected for a second term during the biggest percentage turnout of eligible voters since 1993. 2015 election, Kent Hehr decided to step up to the Federal Election which will be fall of 2015.

Along with a shocking Alberta Provincial win for the NDP, Kathleen Ganley helped by winning Calgary Buffalo Riding in May 2015. Like many Ridings in Calgary, Alberta, its the first time the NDP represents this riding in Alberta Political History.

Election results

1971 general election

1971 Alberta general election results[3] Turnout 66.33% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeRon Ghitter 5,705 46.35%
Social CreditDon Luzzi 5,238 42.56%
New DemocraticJane Summers 1,364 11.09%
Total 12,307
Rejected, spoiled and declined 72
Eligible electors / Turnout 18,664 %

1975 general election

1975 Alberta general election results[4] Turnout 50.67% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeRon Ghitter 6,525 70.88% 24.53%
     Liberal Maria Eriksen 962 10.45% *
New DemocraticPaula Davies 877 9.53% -1.56%
Social CreditNorman Ashmead 786 8.54% -34.02%
CommunistDavid Wallis 55 0.60% *
Total 9,205
Rejected, spoiled and declined 26
Eligible electors / Turnout 18,219 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 40.67%

1979 general election

1979 Alberta general election results[5] Turnout 42.18% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeTom Sindlinger 6,481 64.02% -6.86%
Social CreditJim Rocker 1,432 14.15% 5.61%
LiberalLloyd Hamilton 1,096 10.83% 0.38%
New DemocraticBrian Rees 1,052 10.39% 0.86%
CommunistDavid Wallis 62 0.61% 0.01%
Total 10,123
Rejected, spoiled and declined 39
Eligible electors / Turnout 24,091 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -6.24%

1982 general election

1982 Alberta general election results[6] Turnout 49.44% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeBrian Lee 7,591 62.27% -1.75%
     Alberta Reform Movement Tom Sindlinger 2,649 21.73% * -42.29%
New DemocraticBarry Pashak 1,211 9.93% -0.46%
Western Canada ConceptAnita Bozak 739 6.07% *
Total 12,190
Rejected, spoiled and declined 52
Eligible electors / Turnout 24,764 %
Progressive Conservative gain from Reform Movement Swing -22.02%

1986 general election

1986 Alberta general election results[7] Turnout 38.20% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Liberal Sheldon Chumir 5,242 52.84% *
Progressive ConservativeBrian Lee 3,437 34.64% -27.63%
New DemocraticGeorge Chatsis 1,089 10.98% 1.05%
RepresentativeColin Svendsen 153 1.54%
Total 9,921
Rejected, spoiled and declined 30
Eligible electors / Turnout 26,048 %
     Liberal pickup from Progressive Conservative Swing 40.24%

1989 general election

1989 Alberta general election results[8] Turnout 43.60% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Liberal Sheldon Chumir 7,014 61.03% 8.19%
Progressive ConservativeKate Thrasher 3,601 31.33% -3.31%
New DemocraticIain Dunbar 877 7.64% -3.34%
Total 11,492
Rejected, spoiled and declined 33
Eligible electors / Turnout 26,433 %
     Liberal hold Swing 5.75%

1992 by-election

July 21, 1992 by-election results[9] Turnout 33.23% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
LiberalGary Dickson 4,636 53.89% -7.14%
New DemocraticElaine Husband 2,185 25.40% 17.76%
Progressive ConservativeRod Love 1,312 15.25% -16.08%
Confederation of RegionsJoseph Babineau 268 3.12%
Green Sol Candel 201 2.34% *
Total 8,602
Rejected, spoiled and declined 47
Eligible electors / Turnout 26,029 %
     Liberal hold Swing -12.45%

The by-election held on July 21, 1992 was called on the death of Liberal MLA Sheldon Chumir on January 26, 1992.

1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election results[10] Turnout 45.53% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Liberal Gary Dickson 4,826 45.54% -8.35%
Progressive ConservativeSteven Yu 4,313 40.70% 25.45%
New DemocraticIsrael Lachovsky 1,062 10.02% -15.38%
Green Rebecca Matiowsky 212 2.00% -0.34% *
     Natural Law Ralph Holt 185 1.74% *
Total 10,598
Rejected, spoiled and declined 74
Eligible electors / Turnout 23,439, %
     Liberal hold Swing -16.90%

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election results[11] Turnout 41.24% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
     Liberal Gary Dickson 4,310 45.91% 0.37%
Progressive ConservativeTerri-Lynn Bradford 4,115 43.84% 3.14%
New DemocraticNeil McKinnon 547 5.83% -4.19%
Social CreditRaymond Neilson 300 3.20%
     Natural Law Ralph Holt 115 1.22% -0.52%
Total 9,387
Rejected, spoiled and declined 68
Eligible electors / Turnout 22,929, %
     Liberal hold Swing 1.76%

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election results[12] Turnout 41.77% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeHarvey Cenaiko 5,582 54.18% 10.34%
LiberalBrian Edy 4,135 40.13% -5.78%
     NDP Neil McKinnon 473 4.59% -1.24%
Social CreditDave Schwartz 113 1.10% -2.10%
Total 10,303
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 74
Eligible electors / Turnout 24,844, %
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing 8.06%

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results[13] Turnout 31.72% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeHarvey Cenaiko 3,365 43.53% -10.65%
LiberalTerry Taylor 2,815 36.42% -3.71%
Green Grant Neufeld 670 8.67% *
New DemocraticCliff Hesby 457 5.91% 1.32%
Alberta AllianceNadine Hunka 294 3.80%
Social CreditElizabeth Fielding 73 0.94% -0.16%
Alberta PartyCarl Schwartz 56 0.73%
Total 7,730
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 100
Eligible electors / Turnout 24,689 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -7.18%

2008 general election

Alberta general election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalKent Hehr 4,583 48.83% 12.42%
Progressive ConservativeSean Chu 3,646 38.85% -4.68%
GreenStephen Ricketts 611 6.51% -2.16%
New DemocraticRobert Lawrence 387 4.12% -1.79%
Social CreditAntoni Grochowski 158 1.69% 0.75%
Total 9,385
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 218
Eligible electors / Turnout 35,122 27.35%
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing 8.55%
Source: The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 178–180. 

2012 general election

Alberta general election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalKent Hehr 4,744 42.02%
Progressive ConservativeJamie Lall 3,505 30.61%
WildroseMike Blanchard 2,413 20.31%
New DemocraticRebecca Eras 541 4.95%
Alberta PartyCory Mack 230 2.11%
Total / Turnout 11,43350.37%

2015 general election

Alberta general election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
New DemocraticKathleen Ganley 4,671 35.12 +30.17% $3,118
Progressive ConservativeTerry Rock 3,740 28.12 -2.49% $92,068
LiberalDavid Khan 3,274 24.61 -17.41% $53,772
WildroseLeah Wamboldt 1,354 10.18 -10.13% $2,900
GreenSabrina Levac 263 1.98 - $nil
Total valid votes 13302

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate Nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Buffalo[14] Turnout 31.76%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Votes % Ballots Rank
Progressive ConservativeBert Brown 2,743 15.18% 45.37% 1
Progressive ConservativeJim Silye 2,393 13.24% 39.59% 5
Progressive ConservativeBetty Unger 2,177 12.05% 36.01% 2
     Independent Link Byfield 2,134 11.81% 35.30% 4
Progressive ConservativeCliff Breitkreuz 2,104 11.64% 34.81% 3
     Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,774 9.82% 29.35% 9
Progressive ConservativeDavid Usherwood 1,539 8.52% 25.46% 6
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 1,159 6.41% 19.17% 8
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 1,055 5.84% 17.45% 7
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 994 5.49% 16.44% 10
Total Votes 18,072 100%
Total Ballots 6,045 2.99 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 1,796
24,689 Eligible Electors

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

Plebiscite results

1971 Daylight Saving Plebiscite

Do you favour province-wide Daylight Saving Time?
For Against
9,363   76.80% 2,828   23.20%
Province wide result: Passed

Student Vote results

2004 election

Participating Schools[15]
Almadina ESL Charter School
National Sport School
Sacred Heart 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[16]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Liberal Terry Taylor 62 34.44%
Green Grant Neufeld 32 17.78%
Progressive ConservativeHarvey Cenaiko 22 12.22%
     New Democrat Cliff Hesby 18 10.00%
Alberta AllianceNadine Hunka 16 8.89%
Alberta PartyCarl Schwartz 16 8.89%
Social CreditElizabeth Fielding 14 7.78%
Total 180 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 7

References

  1. "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 7.
  2. "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010.
  3. "Calgary-Buffalo Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
  4. "Calgary-Buffalo Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
  5. "Calgary-Buffalo Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
  6. "Calgary-Buffalo Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
  7. "Calgary-Buffalo Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
  8. "Calgary-Buffalo Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
  9. "Calgary-Buffalo By-election results". Elections Alberta. July 21, 1992. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
  10. "Calgary-Buffalo Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
  11. "1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
  12. "Calgary-Buffalo Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
  13. "Calgary-Buffalo Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
  14. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  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.

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