Calgary-Egmont

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Calgary-Egmont
Alberta electoral district
2004 boundaries
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1971
District abolished2012
First contested1971
Last contested2008

Calgary-Egmont was a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1971 to 2012.[1]

History[edit]

Boundary history[edit]

The district, covering southeast Calgary, was created in 1971 boundary re-distribution out of most of the Calgary South and Calgary Glenmore districts. The riding covered the neighborhoods of Riverbend, Acadia, Fairview, Willowpark, Mapleridge and Ramsay, Kingsland and Manchester. The riding included a large swath of industrial land including the Highfield Industrial area.

The district was named after Frederick George Moore Perceval, 11th Earl of Egmont who lived in the Calgary area until his death in 2001. His family had at one time 600 acres of ranch land in south Calgary.

Calgary-Egmont was a stronghold for electing Progressive Conservative candidates since its creation in 1971. The district elected four PC representatives over the course of its history.

The Calgary-Egmont electoral district would be dissolved in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution and would be re-distributed into the Calgary-Acadia electoral district.[2]

Representation history[edit]

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Egmont[4]
Assembly Years Member Party
See Calgary Glenmore 1959-1971 and Calgary South 1963-1971
17th 1971–1975 Merv Leitch Progressive
Conservative
18th 1975–1979
19th 1979–1982
20th 1982–1986 David Carter
21st 1986–1989
22nd 1989–1993
23rd 1993–1997 Denis Herard
24th 1997–2001
25th 2001–2004
26th 2004–2008
27th 2008–2012 Jonathan Denis
See Calgary-Acadia 2012–present

The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary re-distribution. The first election held that year saw a hotly contested battle between Progressive Conservative candidate Merv Leitch and Social Credit candidate Pat O'Byrne. Leitch edged out O'Byrne to pick up the new district for his party.

Premier Peter Lougheed appointed Leitch to his first cabinet shortly after the election. He ran for a second term in the 1975 general election and won with a super majority of over 75%. He was re-elected to his third and final term in the 1979 general election. Leitch retired his seat in the legislature and from cabinet at dissolution in 1982.

The second representative of the district was Calgary-Millican MLA David Carter who switched districts in the 1982 general election. Carter won the district handily taking over 75% of the vote. He won his second term in the district and third term in the assembly in the 1986 general election. Carter was elected Speaker of the House afterwards. He won re-election the 1989 general election with a reduced majority and retired from the assembly at dissolution in 1993.

Progressive Conservative candidate Denis Herard became the districts third representative when he won in 1993. He faced a strong challenge from Liberal candidate Dick Nichols who polled the strongest non Progressive Conservative vote since 1971. Herard was re-elected three more times winning in 1997, 2001 and 2004. He was appointed to the cabinet briefly in 2006 and retired from office in 2008.

The last representative was Jonathan Denis who won the district for the first time in the 2008 general election after facing a hotly contested and controversial nomination battle against Craig Chandler.

Legislative election results[edit]

1971[edit]

1971 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Merv Leitch 6,791 50.85%
Social Credit Pat O'Byrne 5,503 41.21%
New Democratic Ron Stuart 1,060 7.94%
Total 13,354
Rejected, spoiled and declined 89
Eligible electors / turnout 18,589 72.32%
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Egmont Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1975[edit]

1975 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Merv Leitch 10,867 75.82% 24.97%
Liberal Jack Haggarty 1,634 11.40%
Social Credit Lloyd Downey 1,119 7.81% -33.40%
New Democratic Maureen McCutcheon 712 4.97% -2.97%
Total 14,332
Rejected, spoiled and declined 24
Eligible electors / turnout 25,674 55.92% -16.40%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 27.39%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Egmont Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1979[edit]

1979 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Merv Leitch 8,083 73.45% -2.37%
Social Credit Albert Downton 1,245 11.31% 3.51%
New Democratic Muriel McCreary 844 7.67% 2.70%
Liberal Marta Coldham 833 7.57% -3.83%
Total 11,005
Rejected, spoiled and declined 22
Eligible electors / turnout 20,392 53.97% -1.95%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -1.14%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Egmont Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1982[edit]

1982 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative David J. Carter 10,331 78.34% 4.89%
Western Canada Concept Richard A. Langen 1,174 8.90%
New Democratic Leroy Thompson 1,128 8.55% 0.88%
Liberal Bernie Tanner 396 3.00% -4.57%
Reform Victor Lenko 158 1.20%
Total 13,187
Rejected, spoiled and declined 28
Eligible electors / turnout 20,565 64.26% 10.29%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 3.65%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Egmont Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1986[edit]

1986 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative David J. Carter 5,781 67.04% -11.30%
New Democratic Tom Chesterman 1,740 20.18% 11.62%
Liberal B.C. Tanner 1,102 12.78% 9.78%
Total 8,623
Rejected, spoiled and declined 18
Eligible electors / turnout 20,857 41.43% -22.83%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -11.29%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Egmont Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989[edit]

1989 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative David J. Carter 5,272 52.49% -14.55%
Liberal Clive R. Mallory 2,907 28.95% 16.17%
New Democratic Vinay Dey 1,864 18.56% -1.62%
Total 10,043
Rejected, spoiled and declined 28
Eligible electors / turnout 20,494 49.14% 7.71%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -11.66%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Egmont Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1993[edit]

1993 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Denis Herard 9,846 58.12% 5.63%
Liberal Dick Nichols 5,332 31.48% 2.53%
New Democratic Ken Sahil 1,063 6.28% -12.29%
Alberta Alliance Les Kaluzny 543 3.21%
Natural Law Linda Fritz 156 0.92%
Total 16,940
Rejected, spoiled and declined 53
Eligible electors / turnout 28,498 59.63% 10.49%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 1.55%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Egmont Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1997[edit]

1997 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Denis Herard 8,842 64.69% 6.57%
Liberal Pam York 3,336 24.41% -7.07%
Social Credit Douglas Cooper 836 6.12%
New Democratic Larry Kowalchuk 654 4.78% -1.49%
Total 13,668
Rejected, spoiled and declined 45
Eligible electors / turnout 27,001 50.79% -8.84%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 6.82%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Egmont Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2001[edit]

2001 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Denis Herard 10,338 74.28% 9.59%
Liberal Wayne Lenhardt 2,613 18.78% -5.63%
New Democratic Shawn Christie 567 4.07% -0.71%
Independent Bradley R. Lang 399 2.87%
Total 13,917
Rejected, spoiled and declined 39
Eligible electors / turnout 26,749 52.17% 1.39%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 7.61%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Egmont Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2004[edit]

2004 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Denis Herard 5,686 50.82% -23.47%
Liberal Michael Queenan 2,371 21.19% 2.41%
Alberta Alliance David Crutcher 1,658 14.82%
Greens George Read 875 7.82%
New Democratic Christopher Dovey 599 5.35% 1.28%
Total 11,189
Rejected, spoiled and declined 51
Eligible electors / turnout 27,265 41.23% -10.95%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -12.94%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Egmont Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2008[edit]

2008 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jonathan Denis 5,415 43.61% -7.21%
Liberal Cathie Williams 3,289 26.49% 5.30%
Independent Craig Chandler 2,008 16.17%
Wildrose Barry Chase 676 5.44% -9.38%
Green Mark MacGillivray 582 4.69% -3.13%
New Democratic Jason Nishiyama 447 3.60% -1.75%
Total 12,417
Rejected, spoiled and declined 69
Eligible electors / turnout 30,070 41.52% 0.30%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -6.25%
Source(s)

Senate nominee election results[edit]

2004[edit]

2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Egmont[5] Turnout 41.25%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % votes % ballots Rank
Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 5,245 17.69% 54.95% 1
Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 4,351 14.68% 45.58% 5
Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 3,996 13.48% 41.87% 2
Progressive Conservative David Usherwood 2,868 9.68% 30.05% 6
Independent Link Byfield 2,789 9.41% 29.22% 4
Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 2,650 8.94% 27.76% 3
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 2,036 6.87% 21.33% 8
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 1,959 6.61% 20.52% 7
Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,933 6.52% 20.25% 9
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 1,816 6.12% 19.03% 10
Total votes 29,643 100%
Total ballots 9,545 3.11 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined 1,703
27,265 eligible electors

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

2004 student vote results[edit]

Participating schools[6]
Andrew Davison School
David Thompson Middle School
Fairview Junior High
Green Learning Academy
Willow Park School/ Milton Williams Creative Arts

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[7]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Denis Herard 165 30.17  %
Green George Read 149 27.24%
Liberal Michael Queenan 118 21.57%
New Democratic Christopher Dovey 73 13.35%
Alberta Alliance David Crutcher 42 7.67%
Total 547
Rejected, spoiled and declined 28

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Election results for Calgary-Egmont". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  2. ^ Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (June 2010). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 978-0-9865367-1-7. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  3. ^ Electoral Divisions Act, S.A. 2003, c. E-4.1
  4. ^ "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
  5. ^ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  6. ^ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 18, 2008.
  7. ^ "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2008.

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