Calgary-Elbow

Calgary-Elbow
Alberta electoral district
	Calgary-Elbow within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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District created	1971
First contested	1971
Last contested	2019

Calgary-Elbow is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. Its current MLA is Doug Schweitzer, the Minister of Justice and Solicitor General, who won the seat in the 2019 provincial election.

The riding was created in 1971 from the southeast part of Calgary-Glenmore and the southwest Part of the old Calgary South riding.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution out of the electoral districts of Calgary Glenmore, Calgary South and Calgary Victoria Park.

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw significant changes to the riding. All territory south of Glenmore Trail was moved to Calgary-Glenmore & the northern boundary shifted, exchanging and losing many different portions of land with Calgary-Currie and Calgary-Buffalo.

Boundary history

8 Calgary-Elbow 2003 Boundaries[1]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Calgary-Buffalo, Calgary-Currie and Calgary-West	Calgary-Egmont	Calgary-West and Foothills-Rocky View	Calgary-Glenmore
riding map 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:

9 Calgary-Elbow 2010 Boundaries[2]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Calgary-Buffalo and Calgary-Currie	Calgary-Acadia	Calgary-West	Calgary-Glenmore and Chestermere-Rocky View

Note: Boundary descriptions were not used in the 2010 redistribution

Representation history

Assembly	Years		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	2008–2012	Alison Redford	Progressive Conservative
28th	2012–2014	Alison Redford	Progressive Conservative
	2014	Vacant
	2014–2015	Gordon Dirks	Progressive Conservative
29th	2015–2019	Greg Clark	Alberta Party
30th	2019–present	Doug Schweitzer	United Conservative

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 party.

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 by Premier Ed Stelmach after the election.

Redford became Premier of Alberta and leader of the Progressive Conservative party after winning the 2011 Progressive Conservative leadership race. She was re-elected in the 2012 provincial election.

In the 2015 provincial election Greg Clark the leader of the Alberta Party was elected MLA.

Election results

Graphical Summary

**1971**
6.42%	51.77%	41.81%
NDP	Progressive Conservative	Social Credit

**1975**
5.38%	13.77%	73.79%	7.06%
NDP	Liberal	Progressive Conservative	SC

**1979**
5.89%	13.6%	65.86%	14.65%
NDP	Liberal	Progressive Conservative	Social Credit

**1982**
9.79%	6.26%	4.83%	69.83%	1.59%	7.7%
NDP	Liberal	Ind.	Progressive Conservative	SC	WCC

**1986**
16.21%	18.37%	65.42%
NDP	Liberal	Progressive Conservative

**1989**
7.92%	40.55%		49.61%
NDP	Liberal		Progressive Conservative

**1993**
	35.47%		58.1%
	Liberal		Progressive Conservative

**1997**
		36.5%	57.86%	3%
		Liberal	Progressive Conservative	SC

**2001**
2.41%	29.66%		66.84%
NDP	Liberal		Progressive Conservative

**2004**
5%		36.53%		51.48%
Green		Liberal		Progressive Conservative

**2007**
5.6%		45.77%		38.33%
Green		Liberal		Progressive Conservative

**2008**
		39.2%		42.08%	6.6%
		Liberal		Progressive Conservative	Wildrose

**2012**
				58.09%	28.58%
				Progressive Conservative	Wildrose

**2014 by-election**
	12.02%	26.88%	33.22%	24.16%
	Liberal	Alberta Party	Progressive Conservative	Wildrose

**2015**
15.78%		42.2%	30.31%	8.7%
NDP		Alberta Party	Progressive Conservative	Wildrose

**2019**
	23.5%		30.5%	44.3%
	NDP		Alberta Party	United Conservative

2019 general election

2019 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Conservative	Doug Schweitzer	10,951	44.3	+5.33
	Alberta Party	Greg Clark	7,542	30.5	-11.7
	New Democratic	Janet Eremenko	5,796	23.5	+7.72
	Liberal	Robin Macintosh	275	1.1	-1.64
	Green	Quinn Rupert	132	0.5
Total valid votes			24,696
Rejected, spoiled and declined			413
Eligible voters			37,337
Turnout			67.1%

2015 general election

2015 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alberta Party	Greg Clark	8,707	42.20
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Dirks	6,254	30.31
	New Democratic	Catherine Welburn	3,256	15.78
	Wildrose	Megan Brown	1,786	8.66
	Liberal	John Roggeveen	565	2.74
	Social Credit	Larry Heather	67	0.33
Total valid votes			20,635
Rejected, spoiled and declined			101
Turnout			20,736	59.8
Eligible voters			34,681
Source: Elections Alberta[3]

2014 by-election

Alberta provincial by-election, October 27, 2014 Resignation of Alison Redford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Dirks	4,209	33.22	-24.87
	Alberta Party	Greg Clark	3,406	26.88	+24.20
	Wildrose	John Fletcher	3,061	24.16	-4.42
	Liberal	Susan Wright	1,523	12.02	+6.49
	New Democratic	Stephanie McLean	471	3.72	-0.23
Total valid votes			12,670	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			–	–	–
Turnout			––,–––	––.––	–
Eligible voters			––,–––	–	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-24.53

2012 general election

2012 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Alison Redford	11,198	58.09	+16.01
	Wildrose	James Cole	5,509	28.58	+21.97
	Liberal	Beena Ashar	1,067	5.53	−33.67
	New Democratic	Craig Coolahan	761	3.95	+1.96
	Alberta Party	Greg Clark	518	2.69	–
	Evergreen	William Hamilton	225	1.17	−2.44
Total valid votes			19,278	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			257	–	–
Turnout			19,535	58.44	+12.60
Eligible voters			33,430	–	–

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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
	New Democratic	Garnet Wilcox	290	1.99	−1.31
Total valid votes			14,568	100.00
Total rejected ballots			77
Turnout			14,645	45.84
Eligible voters			31,947
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+5.16%

2007 by-election

Alberta provincial by-election, June 12, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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
	New Democratic	Al Brown	348	3.30	+0.75
	Social Credit	Trevor Grover	175	1.66	+1.15
	Independent	Jeff Willerton	124	1.17	–
Total valid votes			10,538	100.00
Total rejected ballots			41
Turnout			10,579	34.64
Eligible voters			30,538
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+11.20

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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	–
	New Democratic	Becky Kelly	345	2.55	+0.14
	Social Credit	Trevor Grover	69	0.51	–
	Independent	Lloyd Blimke	51	0.38	–
Total valid votes			13,517	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			142	–	–
Turnout			13,659	52.60	–
Eligible voters			25,968	–	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-11.12

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ralph Klein	10,213	66.84	+8.98
	Liberal	Harold Swanson	4,533	29.66	-6.83
	New Democratic	Mathew Zachariah	369	2.41	+0.25
	Independent	Monier Rahall	166	1.09	–
Total valid votes			15,281	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			73	–	–
Turnout			15,354	61.95	–
Eligible voters			24,786	–	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+7.91

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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
	New Democratic	Shawn Christie	307	2.16	-1.40
	Natural Law	Frank Haika	75	0.53	+0.04
Total valid votes			14,235	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			48	–	–
Turnout			14,283	60.34	–
Eligible voters			23,626	–	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-0.63

1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ralph Klein	10,061	58.10	+8.49
	Liberal	Madeleine King	6,142	35.47	-5.08
	New Democratic	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 valid votes			17,318	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			48	–	–
Turnout			17,366	67.10	–
Eligible voters			25,873	–	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+6.79

1989 general election

1989 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ralph Klein	4,505	49.61	-15.81
	Liberal	Gilbert Clark	3,682	40.55	+22.18
	New Democratic	David Jones	719	7.92	-8.29
	Independent	Larry Heather	174	1.92	–
Total valid votes			9,080	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			17	–	–
Turnout			9,097	51.12	–
Eligible voters			17,794	–	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-18.96

1986 general election

1986 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	David Russell	4,515	65.42	-4.41
	Liberal	Frank Wishlow	1,268	18.37	+12.11
	New Democratic	Susan Liddy	1,119	16.21	+6.42
Total valid votes			6,902	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			27	–	–
Turnout			6,929	39.77	–
Eligible voters			17,422	–	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-8.26

1982 general election

1982 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	David Russell	7,521	69.83	+3.97
	New Democratic	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	Raymond Neilson	172	1.59	-13.06
Total valid votes			10,770	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			30	–	–
Turnout			10,800	60.81	–
Eligible voters			17,761	–	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+3.94

1979 general election

1979 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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
	New Democratic	William Oxendale	531	5.89	+0.51
Total valid votes			9,020	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			27	–	–
Turnout			9,047	52.16	–
Eligible voters			17,345	–	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-7.76

1975 general election

1975 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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
	New Democratic	Jack Peters	449	5.38	-1.04
Total valid votes			8,346	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			13	–	–
Turnout			8,359	61.11	–
Eligible voters			13,679	–	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+28.39

1971 general election

1971 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	David Russell	5,547	51.77
	Social Credit	L.A. Thorssen	4,480	41.81
	New Democratic	Dolores LeDrew	688	6.42
Total valid votes			10,715	100.00
Total rejected ballots			47	–
Turnout			10,762	73.68
Eligible voters			14,606	–

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Elbow[4]					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

References

"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.
"Calgary-Elbow Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
"Calgary-Elbow Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
"Calgary-Elbow Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
"Calgary-Elbow Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
"Calgary-Elbow Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
"Calgary-Elbow Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
"Calgary-Elbow Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
"1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
"Calgary-Buffalo Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
Calgary-Elbow Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election (PDF), Elections Alberta, retrieved March 7, 2010
"Report on the June 12, 2007 by-elections Calgary-Elbow and Drumheller-Stettler" (PDF). Elections Alberta. pp. 4–10. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 198–201.
"Calgary-Elbow Official Results 2019 Alberta general election" Elections Alberta. Retrieved April 26, 2019.

"E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. pp. 9–10.
"Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010.
"2015 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
"Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.

External links

The Legislative Assembly of Alberta

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[2003bound-1] "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. pp. 9–10.

[2010bound-2] "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010.

[3] "2015 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2017-07-30.

[senresults2004-4] "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.

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See also: Politics of Alberta List of Alberta general elections 2019 election