Calgary North (provincial electoral district)

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 gain		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%

1. 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. "41". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 1957. p. 184.
2. "43". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 1961. p. 226.
3. "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved 2009-05-20.
4. "Calgary North results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
5. "Calgary North results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
6. "Calgary North results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 2009-05-08.

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

Coordinates: 51°07′41″N 114°05′46″W / 51.128°N 114.096°W