South Calgary (provincial electoral district)

South Calgary

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1913
District abolished	1921
First contested	1913
Last contested	1917

South Calgary was a provincial electoral district from Alberta, Canada. The electoral district returned a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 1921. After 1921 the district was abolished and reconstituted to a five-member district.

South Calgary history

Boundary history

South Calgary 1913 Boundaries[1]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Cochrane	Centre Calgary	Cochrane	Okotoks
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 1913, An Act to Amend the Act respecting the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
riding map goes here		map in relation to other districts in Calgary goes here
South Calgary.—All that portion of the City of Calgary as follows: Commencing at the point of the intersection of the western boundary of the city limits of the City of Calgary, and the centre line of the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway; thence generally east and south along said centre line of the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway to the point of its intersection with the centre line of the Bow River in the south-east quarter of section 1, township 24, range 1, west of the 5th meridian; thence south-west along the said centre line of the Bow River to the point of its intersection with the south boundary of the city limits of the City of Calgary; thence west along the said south boundary of the city limits of the City of Calgary to the south-west corner thereof; thence north along the west boundary of the city limits of the City of Calgary to the point of commencement, and, Commencing at the north-east corner of township 23, range 29, west of the 4th meridian; thence west along the north boundary of the 23rd townships to the point of its intersection with the west boundary of the said west boundary of the city limits of the City of Calgary to the point of its intersection with the Bow River; thence generally north-west along the centre line of the said Bow River to its intersection with the meridian line between ranges 2 and 3, west of the 5th meridian; thence south along the said meridian line between ranges 2 and 3, west of the 5th meridian, to the north boundary of the 24th townships to the meridian line between ranges 3 and 4, west of the 5th meridian; thence south along said meridian line between ranges 3 and 4, west of the 5th meridian to the north boundary of the 23td townships; thence east along the said north boundary of the 23rd townships to the meridian line between ranges 1 and 2, west of the 5th meridian; thence south along said meridian line between ranges 1 and 2 west of the 5th meridian, to the point of its intersection with the north boundary of section 30, township 23, range 1, west of the 5th meridian to the point of its intersection with the Bow River; thence generally south along said Bow River to the north boundary of the 22md townships; thence east along said north boundary of the 22nd townships to the meridian line between ranges 28 and 29 west of the 4th meridian; thence north along said meridian line between ranges 28 and 29, west of the 4th meridian to the point of commencement.
Note: Boundaries came into force in 1913 and lasted until the district was abolished.

Members of the Legislative Assembly for South Calgary[2]
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Calgary electoral district from 1905-1913
3rd	1913-1917		Thomas Blow	Conservative
4th	1917-1921
See Calgary electoral district from 1921-1959

Electoral history

The South Calgary electoral district was created in 1913 when the Calgary provincial electoral district was carved into three riding's. The first election in 1913 featured a two candidate fight between Dr. Thomas Blow Conservative candidate and well known Calgary area lawyer Clifford Jones.

Blow won the district with 71% of the popular vote, riding the peak of a wave that saw all the Calgary districts return Conservatives that year.

The second and final election in the district in 1917 saw Blow re-elected. Blow defeated Labor Representative leader William Irvine and sitting City of Calgary Alderman John McNeill to hold his district. The South Calgary district was abolished in 1921 as Calgary was reconstituted into a five-member district.

Election results

1913 general election

1913 Alberta general election results[3]			Turnout 63.80%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Conservative	Thomas Blow	3,654	71.97%	*
	Liberal	Clifford Jones	1,423	28.03%	*
Total			5,077	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			Records not kept
7,958 Eligible Electors
	Conservative pickup new district				Swing N/A

1917 general election

1917 Alberta general election results[4]			Turnout 47.34%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Conservative	Thomas Blow	3,273	48.01%	-23.96%
	Labor Representation	William Irvine	2,248	32.98%	*
	Liberal–Conservative	John McNeill	1,296	19.01%	*
Total			6,817	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			Records not kept
14,401 Eligible Electors
	Conservative hold				Swing -14.46%

References

1. "2". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 1913. p. 30.
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 2009-05-20.
3. "South Calgary results 1913 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
4. "South Calgary results 1917 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 2009-05-08.

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta