Calgary-Foothills

Calgary-Foothills is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the northwest corner of Calgary. It elected six consecutive Progressive Conservative MLAs from its creation in 1971 until ousted Premier Jim Prentice disclaimed his winning seat on the 2015 general election night, later electing a member of the Wildrose in the following by-election.[2]

"Calgary Foothills" redirects here. For the soccer team, see Calgary Foothills FC.

Calgary-Foothills

Alberta electoral district
Calgary-Foothills within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA	Jason Luan United Conservative
District created	1971
First contested	1971
Last contested	2019
Demographics
Population (2011)	43,015[1]
Census divisions	Division No. 6, Alberta
Census subdivisions	Calgary

The riding contains the neighbourhoods of Edgemont, Hidden Valley, Hamptons and the Symons Valley neighbourhoods of Sage Hill, Nolan Hill, Sherwood and Kincora.

History

The electoral district of Calgary-Foothills was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution from most of the area that comprised the old electoral district of Calgary Bowness.

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw only minor revisions made to the electoral district. The district's northern boundary was moved northward, adding a rural portion of Foothills-Rocky View riding, where the city of Calgary annexed new land. The district lost the neighbourhood of Citadel which was moved into the new riding of Calgary-Hawkwood.

From 1993 to 2004, the riding included the neighbourhoods of Hamptons, Hidden Valley, Edgermont, MacEwan, Dalhousie and Brentwood as well as Nose Hill Park.

Boundary history

10 Calgary-Foothills 2003 Boundaries[3]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Foothills-Rocky View	Calgary-Mackay and Calgary-Nose Hill	Calgary-North West and Foothills-Rocky View	Calgary-Varsity
riding map goes here
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the intersection of the north Calgary city boundary with the west Calgary city boundary; then 1. east along the north city boundary to Simons Valley Road NW; 2. south along Simons Valley Road NW and Beddington Trail NW to Country Hills Boulevard NW; 3. west along Country Hills Boulevard NW to Shaganappi Trail NW; 4. southwest along Shaganappi Trail NW to John Laurie Boulevard NW; 5. northwest along John Laurie Boulevard NW to Sarcee Trail NW; 6. north along Sarcee Trail NW to Country Hills Boulevard NW; 7. northwest along Country Hills Boulevard NW to 112 Avenue NW; 8. west along 112 Avenue NW to the west Calgary city boundary; 9. north along the west Calgary city boundary to the starting point.
Note:

11 Calgary-Foothills 2010 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Chestermere-Rocky View	Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill and Calgary-Northern Hills	Chestermere-Rocky View	Calgary-Hawkwood, Calgary-North West and Calgary-Varsity
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.
Note:

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Foothills
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Calgary Bowness 1959–1971
17th	1971–1973		Len Werry	Progressive Conservative
	1973–1975		Stewart McCrae
18th	1975–1979
19th	1979–1982
20th	1982–1986		Janet Koper
21st	1986–1988
	1988–1989		Vacant
22nd	1989–1993		Pat Nelson	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1993–1997
24th	1997–2001
25th	2001–2004
26th	2004–2008		Len Webber
27th	2008–2012
28th	2012–2014
	2014			Independent
	2014		Vacant
	2014–2015		Jim Prentice	Progressive Conservative
29th	2015		Vacant
	2015–2017		Prasad Panda	Wildrose
	2017–2019			United Conservative
30th	2019–present		Jason Luan

Calgary-Foothills was created in 1971 mostly from the predecessor district Calgary Bowness. That district had previously returned Social Credit MLA's from 1959 and 1963 and returned Progressive Conservative candidate Len Werry in the 1967 election. That district was abolished in 1971 and Werry ran as the incumbent in Foothills in the election held that year. He won the new district with over half the popular vote to take the new district for his party. Premier Peter Lougheed who had just formed government appointed Werry as Minister of Telephones and Utilities. On February 25, 1973 he died in a car accident resulting in a by-election several months later.

The 1973 by-election was a hotly contested race featuring a number of Alberta political party leaders. The riding returned Progressive Conservative candidate Stewart McCrae who held the riding with 44% of the popular vote. He defeated Social Credit leader Werner Schmidt who finished a strong second. The results of the by-election proved devastating to the Social Credit party who suffered from internal problems after Schmidt was unable to win a seat.

McCrae ran for a second term in the 1975 general election. He was re-elected with a landslide majority and appointed to cabinet by Lougheed after the election as the Minister responsible for Calgary Affairs. He was re-elected for his third term in the 1979 general election and kept his seat in cabinet this time becoming Minister of Government Services. McCrae retired at dissolution of the assembly in 1982.

The third representative was Janet Koper who was returned as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the 1982 general election with a landslide majority. She was re-elected in the 1986 election with a reduced majority. On December 18, 1988 Koper died. The electoral district remained vacant until the March 1989 election.

Pat Black was fourth representative in the riding. She was returned in the 1989 election holding the district was just 37% of the popular vote. She was appointed to the provincial cabinet as Minister of Energy when Premier Ralph Klein took power in 1992. She was reelected with a solid majority in 1993 and kept her seat in cabinet.

Black won her third term in office in the 1997 election with over 60% of the popular vote. After the election she became the new Minister of Economic Development and Tourism. In 1998 she got married and changed her last name to Nelson. In 1999 she was shuffled to be the Minister of Government Services. Nelson won re-election to her fourth term in the 2001 election winning a very large majority. She became the Minister of Finance until she retired from public office dissolution of the assembly in 2004.

The 2004 election returned Progressive Conservative candidate Len Webber. He won his second and third terms in 2008 and 2012. In March 2014 Webber left the PC caucus to sit as an independent.[4] Webber resigned from the legislature thus giving Premier Jim Prentice, the new leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, an opportunity to seek the seat in a by-election in 2014. In the 2015 provincial election, Prentice led the Progressive Conservative government to defeat but retained his seat. Nevertheless, he resigned both the party leadership and his seat in the legislature, upon the announcement of the election results.

The subsequent by-election elected Prasad Panda of the Wildrose Party, who was the first non-PC MLA returned from Calgary-Foothills. In second place was NDP candidate Bob Hawkesworth, with PC candidate Blair Houston finishing third overall.

Legislature results

Elections in the 1970s

1971 Alberta general election results[5]			Turnout 80.40%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Len Werry	7,693	51.47%
	Social Credit	Jay Salmon	5,885	39.37%
	New Democratic	James Staples	1,370	9.16%
Total			14,948
Rejected, spoiled and declined			26
Eligible electors / Turnout			18,624	%

June 25, 1973 by-election results[6]			Turnout 58.96%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Stewart McCrae	5,576	44.40%	-10.07%
	Social Credit	Werner Schmidt	4,167	33.18%	-6.19%
	New Democratic	Nancy Eng	2,079	16.55%	7.39%
	Liberal	Robert Russell	725	5.77%	*
	Modernization	Glenn Pylypa	13	0.10%	*
Total			12,560
Rejected, spoiled and declined			Unknown
Eligible electors / Turnout			21,303	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-8.13%

1975 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Stewart McCrae	10,917	67.63%	23.23%
	Social Credit	Bill Campbell	2,587	16.03%	-17.15%
	New Democratic	Ken Gee	1,366	8.46%	8.09%
	Liberal	Hilda Armstrong	893	5.53%	-0.24%
	Independent Liberal	Acker Winn	324	2.01%
	Communist	David Gutnick	55	0.34%
Total			16,142
Rejected, spoiled and declined			31
Eligible electors / Turnout			24,776	65.28%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		20.19%
"Calgary-Foothills Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 8, 2010.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)

1979 Alberta general election results[7]			Turnout 63.23%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Stewart McCrae	7,518	62.01%	-5.62%
	Social Credit	Lorraine Law	2,835	23.38%	7.35%
	New Democratic	Steve Arnett	982	8.10%	-0.36%
	Liberal	Catherine Fitzpatrick	789	6.51%	0.98%
Total			12,124
Rejected, spoiled and declined			23
Eligible electors / Turnout			19,210	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-6.49%

Elections in the 1980s

1982 Alberta general election results[8]			Turnout 63.37%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Janet Koper	9,708	66.93%	4.92%
	New Democratic	Joanne Hendenstrom	2,249	15.51%	7.41%
	Western Canada Concept	Robert Moyor	1,438	9.91%	*
	Independent	Carol Stein	570	3.93%
	Liberal	Larry Adorjan	540	3.72%	-2.79%
Total			14,505
Rejected, spoiled and declined			23
Eligible electors / Turnout			21,217	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		6.17%

1986 Alberta general election results[9]			Turnout 48.51%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Janet Koper	6,111	55.32%	-11.61%
	New Democratic	Thora Miessner	2,572	23.28%	7.77%
	Liberal	Len Wolstenholme	1,741	15.76%	12.04%
	Representative	Allen Howard	623	5.64%
Total			11,047
Rejected, spoiled and declined			6
Eligible electors / Turnout			22,786	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-4.10%

1989 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Nelson	5,341	37.25%	−18.07%
	Liberal	Harvey Locke	4,866	33.93%	18.17%
	New Democratic	Thora Miessner	4,133	28.82%	5.54%
Total			14,340
Rejected, spoiled and declined			43
Eligible electors / Turnout			23,779	60.49%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−18.12%
Source: "Calgary-Foothills Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 8, 2010.

Elections in the 1990s

1993 Alberta general election results[10]			Turnout 66.92%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Nelson	8,129	52.80%	15.55%
	Liberal	Frances Wright	6,146	39.92%	5.99%
	New Democratic	Don McMillan	965	6.27%	-22.55% #E6E6FA	Natural Law	Anna Novikov	155	1.01%	*
Total			15,395
Rejected, spoiled and declined			26
Eligible electors / Turnout			23,041	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		10.77%

1997 Alberta general election results[11]			Turnout 51.42%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Nelson	8,849	60.43%	7.63%
	Liberal	Albert Ludwig	4,339	29.63%	-10.29%
	Social Credit	Kevin Davidson	735	5.02%
	New Democratic	Brenda Wadley	720	4.92%	-1.35%
Total			14,643
Rejected, spoiled and declined			21
Eligible electors / Turnout			28,518	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		8.96%

Elections in the 2000s

2001 Alberta general election results[12]			Turnout 52.59%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Nelson	12,070	67.41%	6.98%
	Liberal	Harry Chase	5,051	28.21%	-1.42%
	New Democratic	Jon Adams	784	4.38%	-0.54%
Total			17,905
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			86
Eligible electors / Turnout			34,208	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		4.20%

2004 Alberta general election results[13]			Turnout 37.13%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Len Webber	5,819	56.77%	-10.64%
	Liberal	Stephen Jenuth	3,561	34.74%	6.53%
	Alberta Alliance	Vincent Jansen van Doorn	472	4.61%
	New Democratic	Malcolm Forster	398	3.88%	-0.50%
Total			10,250
Rejected, spoiled and declined			50
Eligible electors / Turnout			27,739	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-8.59%

2008 Alberta general election results[14]			Turnout 35.24%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Len Webber	6,088	48.20%	-8.57%
	Liberal	Mike Robinson	4,909	38.86%	4.12%
	Wildrose Alliance	Kevin Legare	972	7.70%	3.09%
	Green	Ian Groll	411	3.25%	*
	New Democratic	Stephanie Sundberg	251	1.99%	-1.89%
Total			12,631
Rejected, spoiled and declined			61
Eligible electors / Turnout			36,019	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-6.35%

Elections in the 2010s

2012 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Len Webber	8,251	53.65
	Wildrose	Dustin Nau	5,135	33.39
	Liberal	Kurt Hansen	1,414	9.19
	New Democratic	Jenn Carkner	578	3.76
Total			15,378

Alberta provincial by-election, October 27, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Prentice	6,912	58.37	+4.71
	Wildrose	Kathy Macdonald	3,545	29.94	-3.46
	Liberal	Robert Prcic	458	3.87	-5.33
	New Democratic	Jennifer Burgess	444	3.75	-0.01
	Green	Polly Knowlton Cockett	248	2.09
	Alberta Party	Michelle Glavine	212	1.79
	Independent	Dave Woody Phillips	23	0.19
Total			11,842
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+4.72
Elections Alberta.[15]

2015 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Prentice	7,163	40.3	-17.92
	New Democratic	Anne Wilson	5,748	32.4	+28.71
	Wildrose	Keelan Frey	3,216	18.1	-11.78
	Liberal	Ali Bin Zahid	1,271	7.2	+3.00
	Green	Janet Keeping	363	2.0	-0.04
Total valid votes			17,761
Rejected, spoiled and declined			93
Turnout			17,854	52.5
Eligible voters			34,000
Because Jim Prentice disclaimed his right to become an MLA before the end of the appeal period for the official results, this riding's election was declared void.[16]
Source: Elections Alberta[17]

Results by polling division, 2015

Alberta provincial by-election, September 3, 2015 Voiding of general election results due to Jim Prentice disclaiming his seat.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Wildrose	Prasad Panda	4,872	38.25	+20.14
	New Democratic	Bob Hawkesworth	3,274	25.70	-6.64
	Progressive Conservative	Blair Houston	2,760	21.67	-18.82
	Liberal	Ali Bin Zahid	792	6.22	-0.94
	Alberta Party	Mark Taylor	615	4.83	+4.83
	Green	Janet Keeping	378	2.97	+0.93
	Independent	Antoni Grochowski	46	0.36	–
Total valid votes			12,737
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			38
Turnout				37.76
Eligible voters			33,728
	Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+20.14

2019 general election

2019 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Conservative	Jason Luan	12,277
	New Democratic	Sameena Arif	6,985
	Alberta Party	Jennifer Wyness	1,680
	Liberal	Andrea Joyce	379
	Freedom Conservative	Kari Pomerleau	142
	Independence	Kyle Miller	80
Total valid votes
Rejected, spoiled and declined
Registered electors
Turnout

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Foothills[18]					Turnout 37.13%
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	4,540	16.89%	53.05%	1
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	4,004	14.90%	46.79%	2
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	3,965	14.75%	46.33%	5
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	2,928	10.89%	34.21%	6
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	2,680	9.97%	31.32%	3
	Independent	Link Byfield	2,344	8.72%	27.39%	4
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	1,796	6.68%	20.99%	9
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	1,673	6.22%	19.55%	8
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	1,566	5.83%	18.30%	7
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	1,386	5.15%	16.20%	10
Total Votes			26,882	100%
Total Ballots			8,558	3.14 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			1,741
27,739 Eligible Electors

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

2012 Senate nominee election district results

Student Vote results

2004 election

Participating Schools[19]
Jerry Potts Elementary

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[20]
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Len Webber	28	39.44%
	Liberal	Stephen Jenuth	17	23.94%
	New Democratic	Malcolm Forster	14	19.72%
	Alberta Alliance	Vincent Jansen van Doorn	12	16.90%
Total			71	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			2

2012 election

References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-22. Retrieved 2015-07-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-foothills-byelection-results-1.3213354
3. "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 10.
4. Wood, James (March 12, 2014). "MLA won't remain a Tory 'with her as leader of the party'". Calgary Herald. Archived from the original on March 14, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
5. "Calgary-Foothills Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 8, 2010.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
6. "Calgary-Foothills By-election official results". Elections Alberta. June 25, 1973. Archived from the original on June 7, 2009. Retrieved February 6, 2012.
7. "Calgary-Foothills Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 8, 2010.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
8. "Calgary-Foothills Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 8, 2010.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
9. "Calgary-Foothills Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 8, 2010.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
10. "Calgary-Foothills Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 8, 2010.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
11. "1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
12. "Calgary-Foothills Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
13. "Calgary-Foothills Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
14. The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 206–209.
15. "Report on the October 27, 2014 By-elections" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
16. "Election Act". s 139, Act No. E-1 of Error: the date or year parameters are either empty or in an invalid format, please use a valid year for year, and use DMY, MDY, MY, or Y date formats for date. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
17. "2015 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
18. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
19. "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
20. "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta