Calgary-Fish Creek

Calgary-Fish Creek

Alberta electoral district
2010 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA	Richard Gotfried Progressive Conservative
District created	1979
First contested	1979
Last contested	2015

Calgary-Fish Creek is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.

The district is largely urban located in the south portion of the city of Calgary. It was named after Fish Creek Provincial Park and was created in the 1979 boundary redistribution from the south half's of the electoral districts of Calgary-Glenmore and Calgary-Egmont.

The district has been represented by only two MLA's so far since 1979. The first was Progressive Conservative William Payne who served here from 1979 to 1993 and the second is Heather Forsyth who has represented the district since 1993 was first elected under the Progressive Conservative banner but crossed the floor to the Wildrose Alliance in 2010. Forsyth was re-elected in the 2012 provincial election under the Wildrose banner.

History

The electoral district of Calgary-Fisk Creek was created in the 1979 boundary redistribution from portions of old Calgary-Egmont and Calgary-Glenmore. The 2010 boundary redistribution moved the west boundary to 14th Street into Calgary-Lougheed to keep all of Canyon Meadows in a single district.

Boundary history

9 Calgary-Fish Creek 2003 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Calgary-Egmont and Calgary-Glenmore	Calgary-Hays	Calgary-Lougheed and Calgary-Shaw	Calgary-Shaw
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Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the intersection of Elbow Drive SW with Anderson Road SW; then 1. east along Anderson Road SW and Anderson Road SE to Deerfoot Trail SE; 2. east along Deerfoot Trail SE to the right bank of the Bow River; 3. south along the right bank of the Bow River to Fish Creek; 4. northwest along Fish Creek to the intersection with Macleod Trail S; 5. north along Macleod Trail S to Canyon Meadows Drive SW; 6. northwest along Canyon Meadows Drive SW to Elbow Drive SW; 7. north along Elbow Drive SW to the starting point.
Note:

10 Calgary-Fish Creek 2010 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Calgary-Acadia	Calgary-Hays	Calgary-Glenmore and Calgary-Lougheed	Calgary-Shaw
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.
Note:

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Fish Creek
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See: Calgary-Egmont 1971-1979 and Calgary-Glenmore 1959-1979
19th	1979–1982		William Payne	Progressive Conservative
20th	1982–1986
21st	1986–1989
22nd	1989–1993
23rd	1993–1997		Heather Forsyth
24th	1997–2001
25th	2001–2004
26th	2004–2008
27th	2008–2010
	2010–2012			Wildrose Alliance
28th	2012–2015			Wildrose
29th	2015–present		Richard Gotfried	Progressive Conservative

The electoral district was created in the 1979 boundary redistribution. The first election that year saw Progressive Conservative candidate William Payne win a landslide majority. Payne would almost double his popular vote in the 1982 general election taking almost 80% of the total vote.

After the election Premier Peter Lougheed appointed Payne as a Minister without portfolio. Payne lost almost 10,000 votes running for his third term in office in the 1986 election. He still won the district with a landslide majority. After the election he was shuffled out of cabinet. He would run for his final election in 1989 and win his fourth term after facing a strong challenge from Liberal candidate Wayne Gillis. Payne retired at dissolution in 1993.

The second and current representative elected to the district is Heather Forsyth who was elected in 1993 as Progressive Conservative candidate. She won a comfortable majority over Liberal candidate Marie Cameron to hold the seat for her party. Cameron and Forsyth would face each other in the 1997 general election with Forsyth winning a landslide. She would win her third term in 2001 with an even bigger landslide. After the election Premier Ralph Klein appointed Forsyth to the provincial cabinet as Solicitor General and Minister of Public Security.

Forsyth won her fourth term in the 2004 general election. After the election Klein shuffled her to the Children and Youth Services portfolio which she served until 2006. She won her fifth term in 2008. On January 4, 2010 Forsyth crossed the floor to the Wildrose Alliance. She was re-elected in the 2012 provincial election.

Legislature results

1979 general election

1979 Alberta general election results			Turnout 60.06%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	William Payne	9,187	76.03%	Liberal	Jerry Sykes	1,225	10.14%	*
	Social Credit	Al Green	1,190	9.85%
	New Democratic	Margaret Young	481	3.98%
Total			12,083
Rejected, spoiled and declined			15
Eligible electors / Turnout			20,144	%

1982 general election

1982 Alberta general election results			Turnout 65.49%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	William Payne	17,376	79.75%	3.72%
	Western Canada Concept	Byron Chenger	2,252	10.34%	*
	New Democratic	Tom Polmear	1,501	6.89%	2.91%
	Liberal	Alan Sopczak	659	3.02%	-7.02%
Total			21,788
Rejected, spoiled and declined			34
Eligible electors / Turnout			33,321	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		7.03%

1986 general election

1986 Alberta general election results			Turnout 41.87%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	William Payne	7,852	69.57%	-10.18%
	New Democratic	Kerin Spaargaren	1,882	16.67%	9.78%
	Liberal	Lea Russell	1,553	13.76%	10.74%
Total			11,287
Rejected, spoiled and declined			26
Eligible electors / Turnout			27,018	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-9.98%

1989 general election

1989 Alberta general election results			Turnout 47.42%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	William Payne	6,996	47.97%	-21.60%
	Liberal	Wayne Gillis	5,517	37.83%	24.07%
	New Democratic	Tom Polmear	2,071	14.20%	0.44%
Total			14,584
Rejected, spoiled and declined			35
Eligible electors / Turnout			30,831	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-22.84%

1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Heather Forsyth	7,855	54.65%	6.68%
	Liberal	Marie Cameron	5,346	37.19%	-0.63%
	New Democratic	Kerin Spaargaren	558	3.88%	-10.32%
	Independent	Roy Carey	544	3.78%	–
	Natural Law	Darlene Holt	70	0.49%	–
Total			14,373	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			18	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			22,447	64.11%	16.69%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		3.66%
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Fish Creek Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Heather Forsyth	8,274	66.62%	11.97%
	Liberal	Marie Cameron	3,020	24.32%	-12.88%
	Social Credit	Jeff Willerton	778	6.26%	–
	New Democratic	Muriel Turner-Wilkinson	348	2.80%	-1.08%
Total			12,420	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			27	5	0
Eligible electors / turnout			22,697	54.84%	-9.27%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		12.42%
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Fish Creek Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (1997). Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, November, 1996 general enumeration and Tuesday, March 11, 1997 general election Twenty-fourth Legislative Assembly. Edmonton: Alberta Legislative Assembly, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer.

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Heather Forsyth	9,716	74.54%	7.93%
	Liberal	Marc Doll	2,853	21.89%	-2.43%
	New Democratic	Ryan Todd	465	3.57%	0.77%
Total			13,034	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			24	23	3
Eligible electors / turnout			22,554	57.91%	3.07%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		5.18%
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Fish Creek Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2001). The report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2000 provincial confirmation process and Monday, March 12, 2001, Provincial General Election of the twenty-fifth Legislative Assembly. Edmonton: Alberta Legislative Assembly, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer.

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Heather Forsyth	6,829	57.83%	-16.71%
	Liberal	Tore Badenduck	2,845	24.09%	2.20%
	New Democratic	Eric Leavitt	793	6.72%	3.15%
	Alberta Alliance	Mike Kuipers	781	6.61%	–
	Green	Chris Sealy	561	4.75%	–
Total			11,809	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			37	12	3
Eligible electors / turnout			26,174	45.27%	-12.64%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-9.46%
Source(s) Source: "00 - Calgary-Fish Creek, 2004 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2005). Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the General Enumeration and General Election of the Twenty-sixth Legislative Assembly (Report). Edmonton: Alberta Legislative Assembly, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer.

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Heather Forsyth	6,884	52.30%	-5.53%
	Liberal	Laura Shutiak	4,038	30.68%	6.59%
	Wildrose Alliance	Jamie Buchan	1,261	9.58%	2.97%
	Green	Kerry T. Fraser	556	4.22%	-0.53%
	New Democratic	Eric Leavitt	423	3.21%	-3.50%
Total			13,162	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			26	13	2
Eligible electors / turnout			28,203	46.77%	1.50%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-6.06%
Source(s) Source: "09 - Calgary-Fish Creek, 2008 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2008). The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-Seventh Legislative Assembly (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 202–205. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

2012 general election

2012 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Wildrose Alliance	Heather Forsyth	7,672	43.94%	34.36%
	Progressive Conservative	Wendelin Fraser	7,634	43.72%	-8.58%
	Liberal	Nazir Rahemtulla	1,260	7.22%	-23.46%
	New Democratic	Eric Leavitt	894	5.12%	1.91%
Total			17,460	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			47	73	2
Eligible electors / turnout			28,668	61.08%	14.31%
	Wildrose Alliance gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		-10.70%
Source(s) Source: "10 - Calgary-Fish Creek, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2012). The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2011 Provincial Enumeration and Monday, April 23, 2012 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-eighth Legislative Assembly (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

2015 general election

2015 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Gotfried	6,200	32.95	-10.78	$41,744
	New Democratic	Jill Moreton	6,064	32.22	+27.10	$nil
	Wildrose	Blaine Maller	5,560	29.54	-14.40	$62,431
	Alberta Party	Allison Wemyss	847	4.50	-	$4,853
	Social Credit	Martin Owen	148	0.79	-	$4,654
	Progressive Conservative gain from Wildrose		Swing		+1.81

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate Nominee Election results: Calgary-Fish Creek					Turnout 45.30%
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	5,485	18.13%	55.46%	1
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	4,647	15.36%	46.98%	5
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	4,210	13.92%	42.56%	2	Independent	Link Byfield	2,944	9.73%	29.76%	4
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	2,924	9.67%	29.56%	6
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	2,864	9.47%	28.95%	3	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	1,994	6.59%	20.16%	9
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	1,886	6.24%	19.06%	8
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	1,728	5.71%	17.47%	7
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	1,565	5.18%	15.82%	10
Total Votes			30,247	100%
Total Ballots			9,891	3.06 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			1,966
26,174 Eligible Electors

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

Student Vote results

2012 election

2012 Student Vote Canada results for Alberta
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
	Wildrose	Heather Forsyth	80	33.76%	Liberal	Nazir Rahemtulla	54	22.78%
	Progressive Conservative	Wendelin Fraser	53	22.36%	NDP	Eric Leavitt	50	21.10%
Total			237	100%

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta