Calgary-Foothills

Calgary-Foothills is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the northwest corner of Calgary. It elected six consecutive Progressive Conservative MLAs from its creation in 1971 until ousted Premier Jim Prentice disclaimed his winning seat on the 2015 general election night, later electing a member of the Wildrose in the following by-election.[2]

"Calgary Foothills" redirects here. For the soccer team, see Calgary Foothills FC.
Calgary-Foothills
Alberta electoral district
Calgary-Foothills within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Jason Luan
United Conservative
District created1971
First contested1971
Last contested2019
Demographics
Population (2011)43,015[1]
Census division(s)Division No. 6, Alberta
Census subdivision(s)Calgary

The riding contains the neighbourhoods of Edgemont, Hidden Valley, Hamptons and the Symons Valley neighbourhoods of Sage Hill, Nolan Hill, Sherwood and Kincora.

History

The electoral district of Calgary-Foothills was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution from most of the area that comprised the old electoral district of Calgary Bowness.

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw only minor revisions made to the electoral district. The district's northern boundary was moved northward, adding a rural portion of Foothills-Rocky View riding, where the city of Calgary annexed new land. The district lost the neighbourhood of Citadel which was moved into the new riding of Calgary-Hawkwood.

From 1993 to 2004, the riding included the neighbourhoods of Hamptons, Hidden Valley, Edgermont, MacEwan, Dalhousie and Brentwood as well as Nose Hill Park.

Boundary history

Representation history
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Foothills
Assembly Years Member Party
See Calgary Bowness 1959–1971
17th 1971–1973 Len Werry Progressive Conservative
1973–1975 Stewart McCrae
18th 1975–1979
19th 1979–1982
20th 1982–1986 Janet Koper
21st 1986–1988
1988–1989 Vacant
22nd 1989–1993 Pat Nelson Progressive Conservative
23rd 1993–1997
24th 1997–2001
25th 2001–2004
26th 2004–2008 Len Webber
27th 2008–2012
28th 2012–2014
2014 Independent
2014 Vacant
2014–2015 Jim Prentice Progressive Conservative
29th 2015 Vacant
2015–2017 Prasad Panda Wildrose
2017–2019 United Conservative
30th 2019–present Jason Luan

Calgary-Foothills was created in 1971 mostly from the predecessor district Calgary Bowness. That district had previously returned Social Credit MLA's from 1959 and 1963 and returned Progressive Conservative candidate Len Werry in the 1967 election. That district was abolished in 1971 and Werry ran as the incumbent in Foothills in the election held that year. He won the new district with over half the popular vote to take the new district for his party. Premier Peter Lougheed who had just formed government appointed Werry as Minister of Telephones and Utilities. On February 25, 1973 he died in a car accident resulting in a by-election several months later.

The 1973 by-election was a hotly contested race featuring a number of Alberta political party leaders. The riding returned Progressive Conservative candidate Stewart McCrae who held the riding with 44% of the popular vote. He defeated Social Credit leader Werner Schmidt who finished a strong second. The results of the by-election proved devastating to the Social Credit party who suffered from internal problems after Schmidt was unable to win a seat.

McCrae ran for a second term in the 1975 general election. He was re-elected with a landslide majority and appointed to cabinet by Lougheed after the election as the Minister responsible for Calgary Affairs. He was re-elected for his third term in the 1979 general election and kept his seat in cabinet this time becoming Minister of Government Services. McCrae retired at dissolution of the assembly in 1982.

The third representative was Janet Koper who was returned as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the 1982 general election with a landslide majority. She was re-elected in the 1986 election with a reduced majority. On December 18, 1988 Koper died. The electoral district remained vacant until the March 1989 election.

Pat Black was fourth representative in the riding. She was returned in the 1989 election holding the district was just 37% of the popular vote. She was appointed to the provincial cabinet as Minister of Energy when Premier Ralph Klein took power in 1992. She was reelected with a solid majority in 1993 and kept her seat in cabinet.

Black won her third term in office in the 1997 election with over 60% of the popular vote. After the election she became the new Minister of Economic Development and Tourism. In 1998 she got married and changed her last name to Nelson. In 1999 she was shuffled to be the Minister of Government Services. Nelson won re-election to her fourth term in the 2001 election winning a very large majority. She became the Minister of Finance until she retired from public office dissolution of the assembly in 2004.

The 2004 election returned Progressive Conservative candidate Len Webber. He won his second and third terms in 2008 and 2012. In March 2014 Webber left the PC caucus to sit as an independent.[4] Webber resigned from the legislature thus giving Premier Jim Prentice, the new leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, an opportunity to seek the seat in a by-election in 2014. In the 2015 provincial election, Prentice led the Progressive Conservative government to defeat but retained his seat. Nevertheless, he resigned both the party leadership and his seat in the legislature, upon the announcement of the election results.

The subsequent by-election elected Prasad Panda of the Wildrose Party, who was the first non-PC MLA returned from Calgary-Foothills. In second place was NDP candidate Bob Hawkesworth, with PC candidate Blair Houston finishing third overall.

Legislature results

Elections in the 1970s
1971 Alberta general election results[5] Turnout 80.40% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeLen Werry7,69351.47%
Social CreditJay Salmon5,88539.37%
New DemocraticJames Staples1,3709.16%
Total 14,948
Rejected, spoiled and declined 26
Eligible electors / Turnout 18,624 %
June 25, 1973 by-election results[6] Turnout 58.96% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeStewart McCrae5,57644.40%-10.07%
Social CreditWerner Schmidt4,16733.18%-6.19%
New DemocraticNancy Eng2,07916.55%7.39%
  Liberal Robert Russell 725 5.77% *
  Modernization Glenn Pylypa 13 0.10% *
Total 12,560
Rejected, spoiled and declined Unknown
Eligible electors / Turnout 21,303 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -8.13%
1975 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeStewart McCrae10,91767.63%23.23%
Social CreditBill Campbell2,58716.03%-17.15%
New DemocraticKen Gee1,3668.46%8.09%
LiberalHilda Armstrong8935.53%-0.24%
Independent LiberalAcker Winn3242.01%
CommunistDavid Gutnick550.34%
Total 16,142
Rejected, spoiled and declined 31
Eligible electors / Turnout 24,77665.28%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 20.19%
"Calgary-Foothills Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 8, 2010.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
1979 Alberta general election results[7] Turnout 63.23% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeStewart McCrae7,51862.01%-5.62%
Social CreditLorraine Law2,83523.38%7.35%
New DemocraticSteve Arnett9828.10%-0.36%
LiberalCatherine Fitzpatrick7896.51%0.98%
Total 12,124
Rejected, spoiled and declined 23
Eligible electors / Turnout 19,210 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -6.49%

Elections in the 1980s
1982 Alberta general election results[8] Turnout 63.37% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeJanet Koper9,70866.93%4.92%
New DemocraticJoanne Hendenstrom2,24915.51%7.41%
Western Canada ConceptRobert Moyor1,4389.91%*
IndependentCarol Stein5703.93%
LiberalLarry Adorjan5403.72%-2.79%
Total 14,505
Rejected, spoiled and declined 23
Eligible electors / Turnout 21,217 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 6.17%
1986 Alberta general election results[9] Turnout 48.51% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeJanet Koper6,11155.32%-11.61%
New DemocraticThora Miessner2,57223.28%7.77%
LiberalLen Wolstenholme1,74115.76%12.04%
RepresentativeAllen Howard6235.64%
Total 11,047
Rejected, spoiled and declined 6
Eligible electors / Turnout 22,786 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -4.10%
1989 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativePat Nelson5,34137.25%−18.07%
LiberalHarvey Locke4,86633.93%18.17%
New DemocraticThora Miessner4,13328.82%5.54%
Total 14,340
Rejected, spoiled and declined 43
Eligible electors / Turnout 23,779 60.49%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing −18.12%
Source: "Calgary-Foothills Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 8, 2010.

Elections in the 1990s
1993 Alberta general election results[10] Turnout 66.92% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativePat Nelson8,12952.80%15.55%
LiberalFrances Wright6,14639.92%5.99%
New DemocraticDon McMillan9656.27%-22.55%
Natural LawAnna Novikov1551.01% *
Total 15,395
Rejected, spoiled and declined 26
Eligible electors / Turnout 23,041 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 10.77%
1997 Alberta general election results[11] Turnout 51.42% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativePat Nelson8,84960.43%7.63%
LiberalAlbert Ludwig4,33929.63%-10.29%
Social CreditKevin Davidson7355.02%
New DemocraticBrenda Wadley7204.92%-1.35%
Total 14,643
Rejected, spoiled and declined 21
Eligible electors / Turnout 28,518 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 8.96%

Elections in the 2000s
2001 Alberta general election results[12] Turnout 52.59% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativePat Nelson12,07067.41%6.98%
LiberalHarry Chase5,05128.21%-1.42%
New DemocraticJon Adams7844.38%-0.54%
Total 17,905
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 86
Eligible electors / Turnout 34,208 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 4.20%
2004 Alberta general election results[13] Turnout 37.13% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeLen Webber5,81956.77%-10.64%
LiberalStephen Jenuth3,56134.74%6.53%
Alberta AllianceVincent Jansen van Doorn4724.61%
New DemocraticMalcolm Forster3983.88%-0.50%
Total 10,250
Rejected, spoiled and declined 50
Eligible electors / Turnout 27,739 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -8.59%
2008 Alberta general election results[14] Turnout 35.24% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeLen Webber6,08848.20%-8.57%
LiberalMike Robinson4,90938.86%4.12%
Wildrose AllianceKevin Legare9727.70%3.09%
Green Ian Groll 411 3.25% *
New DemocraticStephanie Sundberg2511.99%-1.89%
Total 12,631
Rejected, spoiled and declined 61
Eligible electors / Turnout 36,019 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -6.35%

Elections in the 2010s
2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeLen Webber8,25153.65
WildroseDustin Nau5,13533.39
LiberalKurt Hansen1,4149.19
New DemocraticJenn Carkner5783.76
Total 15,378
Alberta provincial by-election, October 27, 2014
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeJim Prentice6,91258.37+4.71
WildroseKathy Macdonald3,54529.94-3.46
LiberalRobert Prcic4583.87-5.33
New DemocraticJennifer Burgess4443.75-0.01
GreenPolly Knowlton Cockett2482.09
Alberta PartyMichelle Glavine2121.79
IndependentDave Woody Phillips230.19
Total 11,842
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +4.72
Elections Alberta.[15]
2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeJim Prentice7,16340.3-17.92
New DemocraticAnne Wilson5,74832.4+28.71
WildroseKeelan Frey3,21618.1-11.78
LiberalAli Bin Zahid1,2717.2+3.00
GreenJanet Keeping3632.0-0.04
Total valid votes 17,761
Rejected, spoiled and declined 93
Turnout 17,85452.5
Eligible voters 34,000
Because Jim Prentice disclaimed his right to become an MLA before the end of the appeal period for the official results, this riding's election was declared void.[16]
Source: Elections Alberta[17]
Results by polling division, 2015
Alberta provincial by-election, September 3, 2015
Voiding of general election results due to Jim Prentice disclaiming his seat.
Party Candidate Votes%±%
WildrosePrasad Panda4,87238.25+20.14
New DemocraticBob Hawkesworth3,27425.70-6.64
Progressive ConservativeBlair Houston2,76021.67-18.82
LiberalAli Bin Zahid7926.22-0.94
Alberta PartyMark Taylor6154.83+4.83
GreenJanet Keeping3782.97+0.93
IndependentAntoni Grochowski460.36–
Total valid votes 12,737
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 38
Turnout 37.76
Eligible voters 33,728
Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +20.14

2019 general election
2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
United ConservativeJason Luan12,277
New DemocraticSameena Arif6,985
Alberta PartyJennifer Wyness1,680
LiberalAndrea Joyce379
Freedom ConservativeKari Pomerleau142
 IndependenceKyle Miller
80
Total valid votes
Rejected, spoiled and declined
Registered electors
Turnout

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results
2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Foothills[18] Turnout 37.13%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Votes % Ballots Rank
Progressive ConservativeBert Brown4,54016.89%53.05%1
Progressive ConservativeBetty Unger4,00414.90%46.79%2
Progressive ConservativeJim Silye3,96514.75%46.33%5
Progressive ConservativeDavid Usherwood2,92810.89%34.21%6
Progressive ConservativeCliff Breitkreuz2,6809.97%31.32%3
  Independent Link Byfield 2,344 8.72% 27.39% 4
  Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,796 6.68% 20.99% 9
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 1,673 6.22% 19.55% 8
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 1,566 5.83% 18.30% 7
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 1,386 5.15% 16.20% 10
Total Votes 26,882 100%
Total Ballots 8,558 3.14 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 1,741
27,739 Eligible Electors

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

Student Vote results

2004 election
Participating Schools[19]
Jerry Potts Elementary

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[20]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive ConservativeLen Webber2839.44%
  Liberal Stephen Jenuth 17 23.94%
  New Democratic Malcolm Forster 14 19.72%
Alberta AllianceVincent Jansen van Doorn1216.90%
Total 71 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 2

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