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Calgary-Fish Creek
Alberta electoral district
2010 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Richard Gotfried
Progressive Conservative
District created1979
First contested1979
Last contested2015

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

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Fish Creek[2]
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[3] Turnout 60.06% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive Conservative William Payne 9,187 76.03%

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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[4] 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[5] 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[6] 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[7] 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

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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

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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

2012 Senate nominee election district results

Student Vote results

2012 election

2012 Student Vote Canada results for Alberta[8]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Wildrose Heather Forsyth 80 33.76%

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Liberal Nazir Rahemtulla 54 22.78%
Progressive Conservative Wendelin Fraser 53 22.36%

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NDP Eric Leavitt 50 21.10%
Total 237 100%

References

  1. ^ "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 10.
  2. ^ "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Calgary-Fish Creek results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
  4. ^ "Calgary-Fish Creek results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
  5. ^ "Calgary-Fish Creek results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
  6. ^ "Calgary-Fish Creek results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
  7. ^ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "Student Vote Alberta 2012". Student Vote Canada.

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