Calgary-East

Calgary-East (formally styled Calgary East) is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

For the federal electoral district, see Calgary East.
Calgary-East
Alberta electoral district
Calgary-East within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Peter Singh
United Conservative
District created1963
District abolished1971
District re-created1993
First contested1963
Last contested2019

Calgary-East has existed twice, the first incarnation was created from Calgary North East in the redistribution of 1963. The riding was abolished in 1971 when it became Calgary-McCall. The return of Calgary-East happened in the 1993 boundary redistribution when Calgary-Forest Lawn and half of Calgary-Millican were merged.

This riding covers the central north east portion of Calgary and contains the neighbourhoods of Vista Heights, Rundle, Marlborough and Mayland Heights.

Three MLAs have held this riding to date. The first Calgary East was represented by Social Credit MLA Albert Ludwig and the second Calgary-East solidly supported Progressive Conservative candidate Moe Amery, until the 2015 Alberta election when the riding was won by NDP candidate Robyn Luff.

History

The original Calgary East electoral district was created in the 1963 boundary redistribution out of Calgary North East. It was abolished in 1971 and split between the new districts of Calgary-McCall and Calgary-Millican. The riding was re-created as Calgary-East in the 1993 boundary redistribution when most of Millican and Calgary-Forest Lawn were merged.

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw the eastern boundary extended east to 68 Street NE into land that was part of old Calgary-Montrose electoral district. The northern boundary cut off all land north of 16 Avenue NE and ceded it to Calgary-Cross. This change also resulted in East picking up some land that had been in old Calgary-North Hill.

Boundary history

Representation history
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-East[2]
Assembly Years Member Party
See Calgary North East 1959-1963
16th 1963–1967 Albert Ludwig Social Credit
17th 1967–1971
See Calgary-McCall 1971-present and Calgary-Millican 1971-1993
See Calgary-Forest Lawn and Calgary-Millican 1971-1993
23rd 1993–1997 Moe Amery Progressive
Conservative
24th 1997–2001
25th 2001–2004
26th 2004–2008
27th 2008–2012
28th 2012–2015
29th 2015–2018 Robyn Luff New Democratic
2018-2019 Independent
30th 2019-present Peter Singh United Conservative

The first electoral district of Calgary East was created in the boundary redistribution in 1963. The first and only member to represent the old district was Social Credit Member of the Legislative Assembly Albert Ludwig who had been the incumbent in the predecessor riding of Calgary North East.

The 1963 general election saw Ludwig win a super majority taking over 60% of the popular vote. He was re-elected again in the 1967 election winning just over half of the vote. He held the riding until was abolished in 1971.

The second Calgary-East was created in 1993 from a few different riding's. The election in 1993 saw Progressive Conservative candidate Moe Amery defeat former Calgary-Forest Lawn NDP incumbent Barry Pashak to pick up the new district. This was the third time these two candidates had run against each other.

Amery has since been returned to the district four more times.

Legislature results 1963–1971

1963 general election
1963 Alberta general election results[3] Turnout 44.61% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Social CreditAlbert Ludwig4,76360.37%
Progressive ConservativeBill Duncan1,49718.97%
New DemocraticDick Dunlop95312.08%
  Liberal Evelyn Leew 677 8.58% *
Total 7,890
Rejected, spoiled and declined 18
Eligible electors / Turnout 17,729 %
Social Credit gain Swing N/A

1967 general election
1967 Alberta general election results[4] Turnout 53.09% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Social CreditAlbert Ludwig5,56350.88%-9.49%
Progressive ConservativeJim Crawford2,61323.90%4.93%
New DemocraticKurt Gebauer1,95517.88%5.80%
LiberalSandy Skoryko8037.34%-1.24%
Total 10,934
Rejected, spoiled and declined 18
Eligible electors / Turnout 20,779 %
Social Credit hold Swing -7.21%

Election results 1993-present
1993 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeMoe Amery5,50354.48%
New DemocraticBarry Pashak2,30622.83%
LiberalDale Muti1,68916.72%
Social CreditLera Shirley3663.62%
IndependentAlain Horchower2372.35%
Total 10,101
Rejected, spoiled and declined 34
Eligible electors / Turnout 20,638 49.11%
Source: "Calgary-East Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
1997 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeMoe Amery4,85760.19%5.71%
LiberalKelly McDonnell1,99024.66%7.94%
Social CreditRaymond Hurst6137.60%3.98%
New DemocraticMarg Elliot6097.55%−15.28%
Total 8,069
Rejected, spoiled and declined 56
Eligible electors / Turnout 21,214 38.30%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 6.83%
Source: "1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
2001 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeMoe Amery6,03870.82%10.63%
LiberalBrendan Dunphy2,01023.58%−1.08%
New DemocraticGiorgio Cattabeni3283.85%−3.70%
Social CreditAlan Schoonover1091.28%−2.70%
CommunistJason Devine410.47%
Total 8,526
Rejected, spoiled and declined 75
Eligible electors / Turnout 20,509 41.94%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 5.86%
Source: "Calgary-East Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 9, 2010.
2004 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeMoe Amery4,48453.82%−17.00%
LiberalBill Harvey2,35728.29%4.71%
Alberta AllianceBrad Berard6067.27%
New DemocraticPaul Vargis4645.57%1.72%
GreenRich Michelenko3654.38%
CommunistBonnie Devine560.67%0.20%
Total 8,332
Rejected, spoiled and declined 102
Eligible electors / Turnout 22,759 37.06%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing −10.86%
Source: "Calgary-East Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
2008 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeMoe Amery4,58353.85%0.03%
LiberalBill Harvey2,43328.59%0.30%
Wildrose AllianceMike McCraken6818.00%0.73%
New DemocraticChristopher Dovey4254.99%0.58%
GreenRoss Cameron3333.91%−0.47%
CommunistBonnie Devine550.66%−0.01%
Total 8,510
Rejected, spoiled and declined 72
Eligible electors / Turnout 28,616 29.99%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 0.17%
Source: The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 190–193.
2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeMoe Amery5,92945.59%−8.26%
WildroseJesse Minhas4,99538.41%+30.41%
New DemocraticRobyn Luff1,1358.73%+3.74%
LiberalAli Abdulbaki7806.00%−22.59%
CommunistBonnie Devine1661.28%+0.62%
Total 13,005
2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%
New DemocraticRobyn Luff5,50639.2
Progressive ConservativeMoe Amery3,97128.3
WildroseAli Waissi3,63325.9
LiberalNaser Al-Kukhun8065.7
CommunistBonnie Devine1381.0
Total valid votes 14,054
Rejected, spoiled and declined 133
Turnout 14,18741.0
Eligible voters 34,585
Source: Elections Alberta[5]
2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
United ConservativePeter Singh7,52049.72-4.39%
New DemocraticCesar Cala4,86732.18-7.00%
Alberta PartyGar Gar1,87912.42New
LiberalMichelle Robinson4392.90-2.78%
GreenWilliam Carnegie3552.35New
CommunistJonathan Trautman690.46-0.52%
Total valid votes 15,125
Rejected, spoiled and declined 135
Eligible voters 33,193
Turnout 15,26045.97+4.97
United Conservative gain from New Democratic Swing -5.69
Source(s)
"2019 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Retrieved 2019-04-30.

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results
2004 Senate Nominee Election results: Calgary-East[6] Turnout 37.08%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Votes % Ballots Rank
Progressive ConservativeBert Brown3,69117.09%50.54%1
Progressive ConservativeJim Silye2,86213.25%39.19%5
Progressive ConservativeBetty Unger2,84013.15%38.89%2
Progressive ConservativeCliff Breitkreuz2,33310.80%31.95%3
Progressive ConservativeDavid Usherwood2,0749.61%28.40%6
  Independent Link Byfield 1,870 8.66% 25.61% 4
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 1,533 7.10% 20.99% 8
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 1,497 6.93% 20.50% 7
  Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,453 6.73% 19.90% 9
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 1,441 6.68% 19.73% 10
Total Votes 21,594 100%
Total Ballots 7,303 2.96 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 1,136
22,759 Eligible Electors

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

Student Vote results

2004 election
Participating Schools[7]
Bob Edwards Junior High School
Chris Akkerman Elementary
Dr. Gordon Higgins Junior High School
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School

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[8]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive ConservativeMoe Amery25235.49%
  Liberal Bill Harvey 161 22.68%
New DemocraticPaul Vargis14019.72%
Green Rich Michelenko 99 13.94%
CommunistBonnie Devine304.23%
Alberta AllianceBrad Berard283.94%
Total 710 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 28

2012 election
2012 Alberta Student Vote results
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive ConservativeMoe Amery%
WildroseJesse Minhas
  Liberal Ali Abdulbaki %
New DemocraticRobyn Luff%
Social Credit%
Total 100%

See also

References
  1. "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 8.
  2. "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2010. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  3. "Calgary East Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
  4. "Calgary East Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
  5. "2015 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
  6. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  7. "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  8. "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

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