Bow River (electoral district)
Bow River is a federal electoral district in southern Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1968, from 1979 to 1988 and since 2015.
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![]() Bow River in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order. | |||
Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Conservative | ||
District created | 2013 | ||
First contested | 2015 | ||
Last contested | 2019 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2016)[1] | 115,022 | ||
Electors (2019) | 78,944 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 24,036.47 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 4.8 | ||
Census division(s) | Division No. 2, Division No. 5, Division No. 6 | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Brooks, Chestermere, Kneehill, Newell, Rocky View, Strathmore, Taber, Taber (MD), Vulcan, Wheatland |
This riding was first created in 1914 from Macleod riding. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Calgary North, Crowfoot, Palliser and Rocky Mountain ridings.
It was re-created in 1976 from parts of Crowfoot, Lethbridge, Palliser and Rocky Mountain ridings. It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Calgary North, Calgary Northeast, Calgary West, Crowfoot, Lethbridge, Macleod, Red Deer and Wild Rose ridings.
It was re-created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.[3] This newest iteration of the riding was created out of parts of Crowfoot (53%), Medicine Hat (37%) and Macleod (10%) ridings.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Bow River Riding created from Macleod |
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13th | 1917–1921 | Howard Hadden Halladay | Government (Unionist) | |
14th | 1921–1925 | Edward Joseph Garland | Progressive | |
15th | 1925–1926 | |||
16th | 1926–1930 | United Farmers of Alberta | ||
17th | 1930–1932[nb 1] | |||
1932–1935 | Co-operative Commonwealth | |||
18th | 1935–1940 | Charles Edward Johnston | Social Credit | |
19th | 1940–1945 | |||
20th | 1945–1949 | |||
21st | 1949–1953 | |||
22nd | 1953–1957 | |||
23rd | 1957–1958 | |||
24th | 1958–1962 | Eldon Woolliams | Progressive Conservative | |
25th | 1962–1963 | |||
26th | 1963–1965 | |||
27th | 1965–1968 | |||
Riding dissolved into Calgary North, Crowfoot, Palliser and Rocky Mountain |
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Riding re-created from Crowfoot, Lethbridge, Palliser and Rocky Mountain |
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31st | 1979–1980 | Gordon Taylor | Progressive Conservative | |
32nd | 1980–1984 | |||
33rd | 1984–1988 | |||
Riding dissolved into Calgary North, Calgary Northeast, Calgary West, Crowfoot, Lethbridge, Macleod, Red Deer and Wild Rose |
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Riding re-created from Crowfoot, Medicine Hat and Macleod | ||||
42nd | 2015–2019 | Martin Shields | Conservative | |
43rd | 2019–present |
Election results
2015–present
2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||||||
Conservative | Martin Shields | 46,279 | 83.9 | +6.48 | $65,788.69 | |||||||
Liberal | Margaret Rhemtulla | 3,173 | 5.8 | -7.88 | none listed | |||||||
New Democratic | Lynn Macwilliam | 3,086 | 5.6 | +0.35 | none listed | |||||||
People's | Tom Ikert | 1,321 | 2.4 | - | none listed | |||||||
Green | Hendrika Maria Tuithof de Jonge | 826 | 1.5 | -0.34 | $0.00 | |||||||
Christian Heritage | Tom Lipp | 453 | 0.8 | +0.24 | $9,450.78 | |||||||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 55,138 | 100.0 | ||||||||||
Total rejected ballots | 234 | |||||||||||
Turnout | 55,372 | 70.1 | ||||||||||
Eligible voters | 78,944 | |||||||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.31|- | Source: Elections Canada[4][5][6] |
2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Martin Shields | 38,701 | 77.42 | –5.97 | $79,588.40 | |||
Liberal | William MacDonald Alexander | 6,840 | 13.68 | +10.14 | $2,815.97 | |||
New Democratic | Lynn MacWilliam | 2,622 | 5.25 | –2.91 | $1,102.35 | |||
Green | Rita Ann Fromholt | 919 | 1.84 | –1.57 | – | |||
Independent | Andrew Kucy | 543 | 1.09 | – | $7,287.85 | |||
Christian Heritage | Frans VandeStroet | 280 | 0.56 | – | $883.46 | |||
Democratic Advancement | Fahed Khalid | 83 | 0.17 | – | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 49,988 | 100.00 | $229,883.88 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 151 | 0.30 | – | |||||
Turnout | 50,139 | 66.72 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 75,146 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | –8.06 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[7][8] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[9] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 30,412 | 83.39 | |
New Democratic | 2,976 | 8.16 | |
Liberal | 1,291 | 3.54 | |
Green | 1,244 | 3.41 | |
Others | 547 | 1.50 |
1979–1988
1984 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Gordon Taylor | 43,033 | ||||||
New Democratic | William McCutcheon | 5,258 | ||||||
Liberal | B.C. Tanner | 4,066 | ||||||
Rhinoceros | Gordon D. Taylor | 2,349 | ||||||
Confederation of Regions | Dean Oseen | 1,443 | ||||||
Social Credit | Tom Erhart | 326 |
1980 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Gordon Taylor | 30,463 | ||||||
Liberal | Neville Tilley | 5,850 | ||||||
New Democratic | David Radke | 2,802 | ||||||
Social Credit | Edward M. Kiddle | 656 |
1979 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Gordon Taylor | 25,973 | ||||||
Independent | Stanley Schumacher | 8,378 | ||||||
Liberal | Madeline J. Hombert | 4,633 | ||||||
New Democratic | Gale Burke | 2,200 |
1917–1968
1965 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Eldon Woolliams | 12,611 | ||||||
Social Credit | Ron Allen | 5,671 | ||||||
Liberal | W. James Anderson | 3,615 | ||||||
New Democratic | Doug Murdoch | 1,836 |
1963 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Eldon Woolliams | 11,461 | ||||||
Social Credit | Francis J. Porter | 7,460 | ||||||
Liberal | Earl Hastings | 4,589 | ||||||
New Democratic | Walter W. Siewert | 1,481 |
1962 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Eldon Woolliams | 10,733 | ||||||
Social Credit | Francis J. Porter | 6,844 | ||||||
Liberal | Earl Hastings | 3,944 | ||||||
New Democratic | Gordon Bowers | 1,629 |
1958 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Eldon Woolliams | 12,695 | ||||||
Social Credit | Charles Edward Johnston | 5,646 | ||||||
Liberal | Francis John Robert Olson | 1,772 |
1957 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Social Credit | Charles Edward Johnston | 7,383 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Eldon Woolliams | 7,039 | ||||||
Liberal | Arthur Cecil Bates | 4,493 |
1953 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Social Credit | Charles Edward Johnston | 7,320 | ||||||
Liberal | William Duncan MacDonald | 4,698 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Wilfred J. Wilde | 2,698 | ||||||
Labor–Progressive | Arthur Llewelyn Roberts | 671 |
1949 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Social Credit | Charles Edward Johnston | 8,537 | ||||||
Liberal | William Duncan MacDonald | 4,449 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Wilfred John Wilde | 2,558 | ||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | George Edwin Ellinson | 1,530 | ||||||
Labor–Progressive | Arthur Llewelyn Roberts | 969 |
1945 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Social Credit | Charles Edward Johnston | 6,569 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | John Angus MacKinnon | 3,917 | ||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | John Herbert Coldwell | 3,386 | ||||||
Liberal | William George Southern | 2,091 | ||||||
Labor–Progressive | John Blair Brown | 1,149 |
1940 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Social Credit | Charles Edward Johnston | 5,410 | ||||||
Liberal | Austin Claypool | 4,050 | ||||||
National Government | M.E. Manning | 3,248 | ||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Aylmer Liesemer | 2,197 | ||||||
Communist | Lawrence Anderson | 847 |
1935 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Social Credit | Charles Edward Johnston | 7,529 | ||||||
Conservative | Andrew Davison | 3,091 | ||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Edward Joseph Garland | 2,315 | ||||||
Liberal | Charles Ross Walrod | 1,242 |
1930 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
United Farmers of Alberta | Edward Joseph Garland | 5,825 | ||||||
Conservative | Dawson Graham | 4,653 |
1926 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
United Farmers of Alberta | Edward Joseph Garland | 5,144 | ||||||
Conservative | Acle Carman Scratch | 3,028 |
1925 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Progressive | Edward Joseph Garland | 3,773 | ||||||
Liberal | Jesse Elmer Gouge | 2,917 | ||||||
Conservative | William James Douglass | 2,075 |
1921 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Progressive | Edward Joseph Garland | 11,527 | ||||||
Conservative | William Rose Fulton | 3,579 | ||||||
Unknown | Herbert Adolph Wiertz | 369 |
1917 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Government (Unionist) | Howard Hadden Halladay | 3,757 | ||||||
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | Jesse Elmer Gouge | 2,996 | ||||||
Nonpartisan League | Daniel Harcourt Galbraith | 1,453 | ||||||
Labour | John Reid | 312 |
Notes
- Edward Joseph Garland was a founding member of the Co-operative Commonwealth, which was founded on 1 August 1932
References
- Statistics Canada: 2017
- Statistics Canada: 2017
- Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
- "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
- "Candidate Campaign Returns". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Bow River (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections