Calgary-West

Calgary-West (formerly styled Calgary West from 1957 to 1971) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.

For the federal riding, see Calgary West.

Calgary-West

Alberta electoral district
Calgary-West within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA	Mike Ellis United Conservative
District created	1957
First contested	1959
Last contested	2015

The electoral riding of Calgary West is one of the two original Calgary ridings of the seven that has survived from the 1959 Redistribution of the Calgary riding. The other riding is Calgary-Glenmore.

This riding covers the central west portion of Calgary and contains the neighbourhoods of Cougar Ridge, Coach Hill, Strathcona, Signal Hill, Discovery Ridge, Springbank Hill, Strathcona, Aspen Woods, West Springs, Springhaven, Montreaux, Spring Hill, Richmond Hill, Wentworth, Patterson, Glamorgan, Glenbrook and Christie Park.

History

The electoral district was first created in 1957 and used in 1959 as part of the original boundary redistribution for Calgary after the Social Credit government decided to return to the first past the post method of voting.

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw significant changes to the riding. It lost all land east of Sarcee Trail to Calgary-Currie and all land north of Bow Trail to Calgary-Bow.

Boundary history

24 Calgary-West 2003 Boundaries[1]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Calgary-Bow	Calgary-Bow Calgary-Currie and Calgary-Elbow	Foothills-Rocky View	Foothills-Rocky View
riding map goes here
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the intersection of the west Calgary city boundary and the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 28, Twp. 24, Rge. 2 W5; then 1. east along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 28, 27 and 26 in Twp. 24, Rge. 2 W5 to its intersection with Sarcee Trail NW; 2. southeast and south along Sarcee Trail SW to the westerly extension of 26 Avenue SW; 3. east along 26 Avenue SW to 43 Street SW; 4. south along 43 Street SW to 28 Avenue SW; 5. east along 28 Avenue SW to 40 Street SW; 6. north along 40 Street SW to 26 Avenue SW; 7. east along 26 Avenue SW to 37 Street SW; 8. south along 37 Street SW to Richmond Road SW; 9. southwest along Richmond Road SW to Sarcee Trail SW; 10. south along Sarcee Trail SW to the south Calgary city boundary (50 Avenue SW); 11. west and north along the Calgary city boundary to the starting point.
Note:

27 Calgary-West 2010 Boundaries[2]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Calgary-Bow	Calgary-Currie and Calgary-Elbow	Chestermere-Rocky View	Chestermere-Rocky View
Note: Boundary descriptions were not used in the 2010 redistribution

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-West
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Calgary electoral district from 1921–1959
14th	1959–1963		Donald Fleming	Social Credit
15th	1963–1967
16th	1967–1971		Peter Lougheed	Progressive Conservative
17th	1971–1975
18th	1975–1979
19th	1979–1982
20th	1982–1986
	1986		Vacant
21st	1986–1989		Elaine McCoy	Progressive Conservative
22nd	1989–1993
23rd	1993–1997		Danny Dalla-Longa	Liberal
24th	1997–2001		Karen Kryczka	Progressive Conservative
25th	2001–2004
26th	2004–2008		Ron Liepert
27th	2008–2012
28th	2012–2014		Ken Hughes
	2014		Vacant
	2014–2015		Mike Ellis	Progressive Conservative
29th	2015–2017
	2017–2019			United Conservative
30th	2019–present

The electoral district was first contested in the 1959 general election, and returned Social Credit candidate Donald Fleming. He won just over half of the popular vote in the new seat to pick it up for his party. Fleming faced a stiff challenge running in his second term in the 1963 election from Progressive Conservative leader Milt Harradence. Although Fleming won, he tallied under half the popular vote and only held off Harradence by just over a thousand votes.

The 1967 election would see Calgary West swing to the Progressive Conservatives. Fleming was defeated by Harradence's successor as PC leader, Peter Lougheed, who won the seat with a near landslide majority. He would go on to become Leader of the Opposition after he and five other candidates were elected.

Lougheed ran for his second term in the 1971 general election and won easily. His party would go on to form government in the province for the first time ever, and Lougheed became Premier. Lougheed would easily hold the district for the next three terms winning landslide majorities. He won his highest popular vote in the riding for the 1982 election as well as the highest number of seats in Alberta's history. Lougheed retired as Premier in 1985 and vacated Calgary-West on February 28, 1986.

The electoral district remained vacant for about two months until the 1986 general election which occurred in May of that year. The third representative for the riding was Progressive Conservative candidate Elaine McCoy who held the district losing almost half of the popular vote that Lougheed had won in 1982. She was appointed to the cabinet under Lougheed's successor, Don Getty.

McCoy won re-election in the 1989 election with a reduced majority. In 1992 she ran for leadership of the Progressive Conservative Association after Getty retired. She failed in her bid for leader losing to Ralph Klein. She did not run for a third term in 1993 and retired from the Legislature.

The 1993 election would see Calgary-West won by Liberal candidate Danny Dalla-Longa who won with a strong door knocking campaign over Progressive Conservative candidate Ron Leigh who had served as an Alderman on Calgary City Council. Dalla-Longa would only serve a single term in office retiring in 1997.

After Dalla-Longa retired the riding returned to the Progressive Conservative party selecting candidate Karen Kryczka in the 1997 election. She would be re-elected in 2001 winning a higher raw popular vote than Lougheed won in 1982. Kryczka retired at dissolution in 2004.

The most recent member of the legislature was Ron Liepert who won his first term in the 2004 election. He would be appointed to the cabinet in 2006 under the government of Ed Stelmach. He won his second term in office in 2008 with a larger majority.

Legislature results

1959 general election

1959 Alberta general election results[3]			Turnout 55.53%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Social Credit	Donald Fleming	5,060	50.15%
	Progressive Conservative	Roy Deyell	3,392	33.61%
	Liberal	Ted Duncan	1,397	13.84%	*
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ken Tory	242	2.40%	*
Total			10,091
Rejected, spoiled and declined			32
Eligible electors / Turnout			18,231	%
	Social Credit gain		Swing		N/A

1963 general election

1963 Alberta general election results[4]			Turnout 53.78%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Social Credit	Donald Fleming	5,183	42.80%	-7.35%
	Progressive Conservative	Milt Harradence	4,109	33.93%	0.32%
	Liberal	Ted Duncan	2,250	18.58%	4.74%
	New Democratic	Jack Peters	568	4.69%	2.29%
Total			12,110
Rejected, spoiled and declined			12
Eligible electors / Turnout			22,540	%
	Social Credit hold		Swing		-3.84%

1967 general election

1967 Alberta general election results[5]			Turnout 69.63%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Lougheed	8,548	61.74%	27.81%
	Social Credit	Donald Fleming	4,028	29.09%	-13.71%
	New Democratic	Allan Early	868	6.27%	1.58%
	Liberal	Natalie Chapman	402	2.90%	-15.68%
Total			13,846
Rejected, spoiled and declined			70
Eligible electors / Turnout			19,986	%
	Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit		Swing		20.76%

1971 general election

1971 Alberta general election results[6]			Turnout 76.12%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Lougheed	7,049	55.21%	-6.53%
	Social Credit	Charles Gray	4,319	33.83%	4.74%
	New Democratic	Joe Yanchula	1,066	8.35%	2.08%
	Liberal	Brian Stevenson	333	2.61%	-0.29%
Total			12,767
Rejected, spoiled and declined			58
Eligible electors / Turnout			16,848	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-5.64%

1975 general election

1975 Alberta general election results[7]			Turnout 65.12%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Lougheed	8,983	78.56%	23.35%
	Social Credit	Charles Grey	1,213	10.61%	-23.22%
	New Democratic	Neil Ellison	674	5.90%	-2.45%
	Liberal	Steve Shaw	564	4.93%	2.32%
Total			11,434
Rejected, spoiled and declined			42
Eligible electors / Turnout			17,624	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		23.29%

1979 general election

1979 Alberta general election results[8]			Turnout 60.70%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Lougheed	7,825	72.90%	-5.66%
	Social Credit	Frank Cottingham	930	8.66%	-1.95%
	Liberal	Barb Scott	874	8.14%	3.21%
	New Democratic	Ed Smith	699	6.51%	0.61%
	Independent Christian	Jacob Binnema	406	3.79%	*
Total			10,734
Rejected, spoiled and declined			68
Eligible electors / Turnout			17,796	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-3.81%

1982 general election

1982 Alberta general election results[9]			Turnout 65.34%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Lougheed	11,668	78.85%	5.95%
	New Democratic	Ed Smith	1,175	7.94%	1.43%
	Western Canada Concept	Bruce Roper	1,106	7.47%	*
	Liberal	Barb Scott	598	4.04%	-4.10%
	Social Credit	Leonard Petterson	251	1.70%	-6.96%
Total			14,798
Rejected, spoiled and declined			82
Eligible electors / Turnout			22,774	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		3.69%

1986 general election

1986 Alberta general election results[10]			Turnout 44.11%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Elaine McCoy	6,846	64.65%	-14.20%
	New Democratic	Joseph Yanchula	2,354	22.23%	14.29%
	Liberal	George Francom	1,390	13.12%	9.08%
Total			10,590
Rejected, spoiled and declined			52
Eligible electors / Turnout			24,129	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-14.25%

1989 general election

1989 Alberta general election results[11]			Turnout 52.04%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Elaine McCoy	6,133	46.30%	-18.35%
	Liberal	Bernie Myers	4,550	34.35%	21.23%
	New Democratic	Joseph Yanchula	2,564	19.35%	-2.88%
Total			13,247
Rejected, spoiled and declined			50
Eligible electors / Turnout			25,551	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-19.79%

1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election results[12]			Turnout 64.24%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Liberal	Danny Dalla-Longa	6,927	47.04%	12.69%
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Leigh	6,532	44.36%	-1.94%
	New Democratic	Nabil Hantes	584	3.97%	-15.38%
	Social Credit	Sharon Whitehead	548	3.72% #E6E6FA	Natural Law	Phil Morin	135	0.92%	*
Total			14,726
Rejected, spoiled and declined			23
Eligible electors / Turnout			22,959	%
	Liberal pickup from Progressive Conservative				Swing 7.32%

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election results[13]			Turnout 56.00%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Karen Kryczka	8,478	56.23%	11.87%
	Liberal	Paul Adams	4,995	33.13%	-13.91%
	Social Credit	Craig Chandler	1,070	7.10%	3.38%
	New Democratic	Rudy Rogers	534	3.54%	0.43%
Total			15,077
Rejected, spoiled and declined			13
Eligible electors / Turnout			26,946	%
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		12.89%

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election results[14]			Turnout 54.66%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Karen Kryczka	12,866	73.15%	16.92%
	Liberal	Lorne Neudorf	3,459	19.67%	-13.46%
	New Democratic	Greg Klassen	1,263	7.18%	3.64%
Total			17,588
Rejected, spoiled and declined			67
Eligible electors / Turnout			32,302	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		15.19%

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results[15]			Turnout 42.38%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Liepert	6,969	52.08%	-21.07%
	Liberal	Derek Smith	4,284	32.02%	12.35%
	Alberta Alliance	John Keyes	989	7.39%
	Green	James Kohut	731	5.46%	*
	New Democratic	Chantelle Dubois	408	3.05%	-4.13%
Total			13,381
Rejected, spoiled and declined			70
Eligible electors / Turnout			31,736	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-16.71%

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election results[16]			Turnout 39.78%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Liepert	8,428	47.97%	-4.11%
	Liberal	Beth Gignac	5,693	32.41%	0.39%
	Wildrose Alliance	Bob Babcock	2,273	12.94%	5.55%
	Green	James Kohut	773	4.40%	-1.06%
	New Democratic	Chantelle Dubois	401	2.28%	-0.77%
Total			17,568
Rejected, spoiled and declined			58
Eligible electors / Turnout			44,306	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-2.25%

2012 general election

2012 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Hughes	8,148	49.95%
	Wildrose	Andrew Constantinidis	6,090	37.33%
	Liberal	Wilson Mccutchan	1,217	7.46%
	New Democratic	Mary Nokleby	491	3.01%
	Evergreen	Karen Huggins	209	1.28%	*
	Alberta Party	Pam Crosby	158	0.97%
Total
Rejected, spoiled and declined
Eligible electors / Turnout				%

2014 by-election

Alberta provincial by-election, October 27, 2014 Resignation of Ken Hughes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Ellis	4,843	44.44	−5.51
	Wildrose	Sheila Taylor	4,528	41.55	+4.22
	Liberal	David Khan	926	8.50	+1.04
	New Democratic	Brian Malkinson	336	3.08	+0.07
	Alberta Party	Troy Millington	265	2.43	+1.46
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-
Elections Alberta[17]

2015 general election

2015 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Ellis	8,312	46.8
	New Democratic	Mizanur Rahman	4,940	27.8
	Wildrose	Gerard Lucyshyn	4,512	25.4
Total valid votes			17,764	100.0
Rejected, spoiled and declined			117
Turnout			17,881	56.6
Eligible voters			31,604
Source: Elections Alberta[18]

2019 general election

2019 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Conservative	Mike Ellis	14,974	66.11	-6.09
	New Democratic	Gulshan Akter	5,768	25.47	-2.33
	Alberta Party	Frank Penkala	1,610	7.11	+4.63
	Liberal	Yasna Oluic-Kovacevic	298	1.32	-7.81
Total valid votes			22,650
Rejected, spoiled and declined
Registered electors			31,816
Turnout			71.20%

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-West[19]					Turnout 43.63%
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	5,834	17.30%	52.79%	1
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	5,745	17.03%	51.99%	5
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	4,792	14.21%	43.36%	2
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	3,446	10.22%	31.18%	6
	Independent	Link Byfield	3,176	9.42%	28.74%	4
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	3,095	9.18%	28.01%	3
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	2,306	6.84%	20.87%	9
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	1,954	5.79%	17.68%	8
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	1,782	5.28%	16.13%	7
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	1,603	4.73%	14.51%	10
Total Votes			33,733	100%
Total Ballots			11,051	3.05 Votes Per Ballot'
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			2,795

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

2012 Senate nominee election district results

Student Vote results

2004 election

Participating Schools[20]
Calgary Academy
Brentwood Elementary
Glenbrook School
Menno Simons Christian School
Webber 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[21]
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Liepert	158	44.13%
	Green	James Kohut	98	27.37%
	Liberal	Derek Smith	52	14.53%
	NDP	Chantelle Dubois	27	7.54%
	Alberta Alliance	John Keyes	23	6.43%
Total			358	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			31

2012 election

2012 Alberta Student Vote results
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative			%
	Wildrose	Andrew Constantinidis
	Liberal	Wilson Mccutchan		%
	NDP	Mary Nokleby		%
Total				100%

References

1. "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 15.
2. "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010.
3. "Calgary West results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
4. "Calgary West results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
5. "Calgary West results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
6. "Calgary-West results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
7. "Calgary-West results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
8. "Calgary-West results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
9. "Calgary-West results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
10. "Calgary-West results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
11. "Calgary-West results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
12. "Calgary-West results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
13. "1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
14. "Calgary-West Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
15. "Calgary-West Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
16. The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 264–267.
17. "Report on the October 27, 2014 By-elections" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
18. "2015 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
19. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
20. "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
21. "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

External links

• Demographics for Calgary West
• Riding Map for Calgary West
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta