Calgary-Elbow

Calgary-Elbow

Alberta electoral district
2008 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA	Alison Redford Progressive Conservative
District created	1971
First contested	1971
Last contested	2008

Calgary-Elbow is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. Its current MLA is Alison Redford, a Progressive Conservative, who defeated incumbent Liberal candidate Craig Cheffins in the 2008 Alberta general election.

The riding was created in 1971 from the southeast part of Calgary Glenmore and the southwest Part of the old Calgary South riding. Since 1971 the riding has been held by 4 MLAs, all of them Progressive Conservative except Craig Cheffins, who represented the riding from the 2007 by-election to the 2008 general election. Prior to this, it was the home riding of Progressive Conservative Premier Ralph Klein between 1989 and when he vacated it on January 15, 2007. Until this time (at which it was won by a Liberal candidate) it was seen as a Progressive Conservative stronghold.

Calgary-Elbow history

Boundary history

8 Calgary-Elbow 2003 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Calgary-Buffalo, Calgary-Currie, Calgary-West	Calgary-Egmont	Calgary-West, Foothills-Rocky View	Calgary-Glenmore
riding map goes here		map in relation to other districts in Alberta goes here
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the intersection of Sarcee Trail SW and Richmond Road SW; then 1. northeast along Richmond Road SW to Crowchild Trail SW; 2. south along Crowchild Trail SW to 50 Avenue SW; 3. east along 50 Avenue SW and its easterly extension to the left bank of the Elbow River; 4. generally northwest and north along the left bank of the lbow River to the south easterly extension of the southwest boundary of Block 4, Plan 8035 AG; 5. northwesterly along the extension and the west boundary of Block 4, Plan 8035 AG to its northerly extension with 38 Avenue SW; 6. west along 38 Avenue SW to 14 Street SW; 7. north along 14 Street SW to Council Way SW; 8. northeast along Council Way SW to 10 Street SW; 9. north along 10 Street SW to Premier Way SW; 10. northeasterly along Premier Way SW to 30 Avenue SW; 11. east along 30 Avenue SW to 7 Street SW; 12. north along 7 Street SW to 29 Avenue SW; 13. east along 29 Avenue SW and its extension to the left bank of the Elbow River; 14. generally northeast along the left bank of the Elbow River to Macleod Trail S; 15. south along Macleod Trail S to Glenmore Trail SW; 16. west along Glenmore Trail SW to Elbow Drive SW; 17. south along Elbow Drive SW to Heritage Drive SW; 18. west along Heritage Drive SW and its westerly extension to the east shore of Glenmore Reservoir; 19. in a generally westerly and northerly direction along the east shore of Glenmore Reservoir to Glenmore Trail SW; 20. northwest along Glenmore Trail SW to the west shore of Glenmore Reservoir; 21. in a generally southwesterly and northwesterly direction along the west shore of Glenmore Reservoir to the east boundary of Sec. 25, Twp. 23, Rge. 2 W5; 22. north along the east boundary of Sec. 25 to the west city boundary (near 66 Avenue SW); 23. north and west along the west city boundary to a southerly extension of the Sarcee Trail SW; 24. north along the extension and the Sarcee Trail SW to the starting point.
Note:

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Elbow
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Calgary Glenmore 1959-1971, Calgary South 1963-1971 and Calgary Victoria Park 1967-1971
17th	1971–1975		David Russell	Progressive Conservative
18th	1975–1979
19th	1979–1980
20th	1982–1986
21st	1986–1989
22nd	1989–1993		Ralph Klein
23rd	1993–1997
24th	1997–2001
25th	2001–2004
26th	2004–2007
	2007		Vacant
	2007–2008		Craig Cheffins	Liberal
27th	2008–present		Alison Redford	Progressive Conservative

Electoral history

The electoral district of Calgary-Elbow was created in the boundary redistribution of 1971 from Calgary Glenmore, Calgary South and Calgary Victoria Park. The first election saw former Calgary Victoria Park Progressive Conservative incumbent and former Calgary Alderman David Russell run for re-election. He won a hotly contested race over Social Credit candidate L.A. Thorssen to pick up the new district for his part.

Upon being elected Russell was appointed into the cabinet of Premier Peter Lougheed. He ran for re-election in 1975 and defeated future Senator Sharon Carstairs with a landslide. He would be re-elected with large majorities three more times while continuing to serve various cabinet portfolios. He would be appointed Deputy Premier by Don Getty in 1985. Russell retired from the legislature in 1989.

The second representative in the riding was former Mayor of Calgary Ralph Klein who was elected to his first term in 1989. Klein would win the leadership of the Progressive Conservatives in 1992 and become Premier of the province. He would hold the premier ship until December 2006 before resigning his seat in 2007. In total Klein was re-elected in the district four times.

A hotly contested by-election was held on June 12, 2007. The winner was Alberta Liberal candidate Craig Cheffins who managed an upset win over local business person Brian Henninger who owns a popular Toyota dealership in the riding.

The 2008 general election saw Cheffins defeated as Progressive Conservative candidate Alison Redford won back the riding for her party. She was promoted to cabinet after the election.

Election results

1971 general election

1971 Alberta general election results			Turnout 73.68%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	David Russell	5,547	51.77%	*
	Social Credit	L.A. Thorssen	4,480	41.81%	*
	NDP	Dolores LeDrew	688	6.42%	*
Total			10,715	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			47
14,606 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district				Swing N/A

1975 general election

1975 Alberta general election results			Turnout 61.11%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	David Russell	6,159	73.79%	22.02%
	Liberal	Sharon Carstairs	1,149	13.77%	*
	Social Credit	Bernard Laing	589	7.06%	-34.75%	*
	NDP	Jack Peters	449	5.38%	-1.04%	*
Total			8,346	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			13
13,679 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing 28.39%

1979 general election

1979 Alberta general election results			Turnout 52.16%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	David Russell	5,941	65.86%	-7.93
	Social Credit	Patricia Sveen	1,321	14.65%	7.59%	*
	Liberal	John Webb	1,227	13.60%	-0.17%	*
	NDP	William Oxendale	531	5.89%	0.51%	*
Total			9,020	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			27
17,345 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing -7.76%

1982 general election

1982 Alberta general election results			Turnout 60.81%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	David Russell	7,521	69.83%	3.97%
	NDP	Thora Miessner	1,054	9.79%	3.90%	*
	Western Canada Concept	Gregory Langen	829	7.70%	*
	Liberal	John Webb	674	6.26%	-7.34%
	Independent	Don Carter	520	4.83%	*
	Social Credit	Ray Neilson	172	1.59%	-13.06%	*
Total			10,770	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			30
17,761 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing 3.94%

1986 general election

1986 Alberta general election results			Turnout 39.77%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	David Russell	4,515	65.42%	-4.41%
	Liberal	Frank Wishlow	1,268	18.37%	12.11%	*
	NDP	Susan Liddy	1,119	16.21%	6.42%	*
Total			6,902	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			27
17,422 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing -8.26%

1989 general election

1989 Alberta general election results			Turnout 51.12%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Ralph Klein	4,505	49.61%	-15.81%	*
	Liberal	Gilbert Clark	3,682	40.55%	22.18%	*
	NDP	David Jones	719	7.92%	-8.29%	*
	Independent	Larry Heather	174	1.92%	*
Total			9,080	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			17
17,794 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing -18.96%

1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election results			Turnout 67.10%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Ralph Klein	10,061	58.10%	8.49%
	Liberal	Madeleine King	6,142	35.47%	-5.08%
	NDP	Eileen Teslenko	617	3.56%	-4.36%
	Social Credit	Steve Tobler	312	1.80%	*
	Independent	Miel Gabriel	101	0.58%	*
	Natural Law	Bruce Hansen	85	0.49%	*
Total			17,318	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			48
25,873 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing 6.79%

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election results			Turnout 60.34%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Ralph Klein	8,237	57.86%	-0.24%
	Liberal	Harold Swanson	5,195	36.49%	1.02%	*
	Social Credit	Lera Shirley	421	2.96%	1.16%	*
	NDP	Shawn Christie	307	2.16%	-1.40%	*
	Natural Law	Frank Haika	75	0.53%	0.04%	*
Total			14,235	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			48
23,626 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing -0.63%

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election results			Turnout 61.95%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Ralph Klein	10,213	66.84%	8.98%
	Liberal	Harold Swanson	4,533	29.66%	-6.83%
	NDP	Mathew Zachariah	369	2.41%	0.25%	*
	Independent	Monier Rahall	166	1.09%	*
Total			15,281	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			73
24,786 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing 7.91%

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results			Turnout 52.60%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Ralph Klein	6,958	51.48%	-15.36%
	Liberal	Stephen Brown	4,938	36.53%	6.87%	*
	Green	Alison Roth	668	4.94%	*
	Alberta Alliance	Diana-Lynn Brooks	488	3.61%	*
	NDP	Becky Kelley	345	2.55%	0.14%	*
	Social Credit	Trever Grover	69	0.51%	*
	Independent	Lloyd Blimke	51	0.38%	*
Total			13,517	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			142
25,968 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold				Swing -11.12%

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Elbow					Turnout 52.80%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	5,751	18.94%	54.51%	1
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	5,181	17.06%	49.10%	5
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	4,173	13.74%	39.55%	2
	Independent	Link Byfield	3,175	10.46%	30.09%	4
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	2,826	9.31%	26.78%	6
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	2,437	8.03%	23.10%	3
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	2,172	7.15%	20.59%	9
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	1,707	5.62%	16.18%	8
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	1,556	5.13%	14.75%	7
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	1,385	4.56%	14.75%	10
Total Votes			30,363	100%
Total Ballots			10,551	2.88 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			3,161
25,968 Eligible Electors

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

2007 by-election

June 12, 2007 by-election results			Turnout 34.64%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Liberal	Craig Cheffins	4,823	45.77%	9.24%	*
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Heninger	4,039	38.33%	-13.15%	*
	Green	George Read	590	5.60%	0.66%	*
	Alberta Alliance	Jane Morgan	439	4.17%	0.56%	*
	NDP	Al Brown	348	3.30%	0.75%	*
	Social Credit	Trevor Grover	175	1.66%	1.15%
	Independent	Jeff Willerton	124	1.17%	*
Total			10,538	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			41
30,538 Eligible Electors
	Liberal pickup from Progressive Conservative				Swing 11.20%

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election results			Turnout 45.84%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Alison Redford	6,130	42.08%	3.75%	*
	Liberal	Craig Cheffins	5,711	39.20%	-6.57%
	Wildrose Alliance	Dale Nelson	963	6.61%	2.44%	*
	Independent	Barry Erskine	948	6.51%	*
	Green	Jonathon Sheffield	526	3.61%	-1.99%	*
	NDP	Garnet Wilcox	290	1.99%	-1.31%	*
Total			14,568	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			77
31,947 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative pickup from Liberal				Swing 5.16%

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
• Calgary-Elbow Constituency Website