Calgary-Montrose

Calgary Montrose was a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1986 to 2012.

Calgary Montrose
Alberta electoral district
2004 boundaries
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1986
District abolished2012
First contested1986
Last contested2008

History

This urban district located in central east Calgary was created in the 1986 boundary re-distribution from Calgary-McCall. The district elected Progressive Conservative candidates for its entire history.

The district has seen its share of controversial elections in recent years. The last representative was Manmeet Bhullar, who won his first term in office in a controversial race over Independent Ron Leech in the 2008 general election. The previous representative was Hung Pham, who served from 1993 to 2004.

The Calgary-Montrose electoral district would be dissolved in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution and would be re-distributed into the Calgary-East, Calgary-Greenway and Calgary-Cross electoral districts.[1]

Boundary history
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Montrose[3]
Assembly Years Member Party
See: Calgary-McCall 1971-1986
21st 1986–1989 Rick Orman Progressive Conservative
22nd 1989–1993
23rd 1993–1997 Hung Pham
24th 1997–2001
25th 2001–2004
26th 2004–2008
27th 2008–2012 Manmeet Bhullar

Electoral history

The electoral district was created in the 1986 boundary redistribution. The first election held that year saw Progressive Conservative candidate Rick Orman win a comfortable majority to pick up the seat for his party. He was easily re-elected in the 1989 general election with a larger majority. Orman retired from the legislature at dissolution in 1993.

The 1993 election saw Progressive Conservative candidate Hung Pham win a sizable majority to hold the seat for his party. He was re-elected three more times winning in the 1997, 2001 and 2004 general elections. He retired from the legislature in 2008 after a bitter fall out with the Progressive Conservatives.

The 2008 election saw Progressive Conservative candidate Manmeet Bhullar win a hotly contested race over Independent Ron Leech. The pair had been in a disputed nomination race before the general election with the PC constituency association choosing Leech and the party hand-choosing Bhullar as the representative. Leech would petition the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench to overturn the results of the election with allegations that Bhullar and his supporters spurring ineligible voters to cast ballots, interfering with and influencing ballots cast, and violating the secrecy of the voting process.[4]

Election results

1986 general election
1986 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeRick Orman4,39559.73%–
New DemocraticFrank Gereau2,03527.66%–
LiberalRoly Thomas7109.65%–
RepresentativeAdrian C. Janssens2182.96%–
Total 7,358––
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 12––
Eligible electors / Turnout 19,81637.19%–
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Montrose Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989 general election
1989 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeRick Orman5,04454.62%-5.11%
New DemocraticFrank Gereau2,58527.99%0.34%
LiberalJamil Farhat1,60517.38%7.73%
Total 9,234––
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 23––
Eligible electors / Turnout 21,54542.97%5.77%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -2.72%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Montrose Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1993 general election
1993 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeHung Pham4,86648.14%-6.49%
LiberalKeong Yap2,59225.64%8.26%
New DemocraticJean Munn1,97019.49%-8.51%
IndependentBlaine Desjardine6136.06%–
Natural LawChris Delucé680.67%–
Total 10,109––
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 27––
Eligible electors / Turnout 20,56949.28%6.31%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -2.07%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Montrose 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 ConservativeHung Pham4,55658.70%10.56%
LiberalDiane Danielson2,57633.19%7.55%
Social CreditChristopher Dick5366.91%–
Natural LawNeeraj Varma941.21%0.54%
Total 7,762––
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 18––
Eligible electors / Turnout 19,70339.49%-9.79%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 1.51%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Montrose Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2001 general election
2001 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeHung Pham6,32970.60%11.90%
LiberalArt Danielson2,09323.35%-9.84%
New DemocraticRobert Scobel5436.06%–
Total 8,965––
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 31––
Eligible electors / Turnout 21,63341.58%2.10%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 10.87%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Montrose Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2004 general election
2004 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeHung Pham3,32351.30%-19.30%
LiberalArthur Danielson1,69126.10%2.76%
Alberta AllianceCyril Collingwood68910.64%–
New DemocraticJason Nishiyama4206.48%0.43%
GreensKevin Colton3555.48%–
Total 6,478––
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 31––
Eligible electors / Turnout 22,00129.59%-12.00%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -11.03%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Montrose Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2008 general election
2008 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeManmeet Bhullar2,62734.45%-16.84%
IndependentRon Leech2,01026.36%–
LiberalMichael Embaie1,39618.31%-7.80%
Wildrose AllianceSaid Abdulbaki81810.73%0.09%
New DemocraticAl Brown5126.71%0.23%
GreenFred Clemens2623.44%2.04%
Total 7,625––
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 55––
Eligible electors / Turnout 25,17530.51%0.92%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -8.55%
Source(s)
Source: The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly (PDF). Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 234–237.

Senate election results

2004 Senate nominee election district results
2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Montrose[5] Turnout 29.39%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Votes % Ballots Rank
  Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 2,587 15.71% 50.55% 1
  Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 2,198 13.35% 42.95% 2
  Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 2,032 12.34% 39.70% 5
  Progressive Conservative David Usherwood 1,712 10.40% 33.45% 6
  Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 1,529 9.29% 29.88% 3
  Independent Link Byfield 1,435 8.72% 28.04% 4
Alberta AllianceVance Gough1,3067.93%25.52%8
Alberta AllianceMichael Roth1,2807.77%25.01%7
Alberta AllianceGary Horan1,2337.49%24.09%10
  Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,153 7.00% 22.53% 9
Total Votes 16,465 100%
Total Ballots 5,118 3.22 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 1,349

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

2004 Student Vote
Participating Schools[6]
St. Martha 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[7]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
  Progressive Conservative Hung Pham 7 35.00%
Green Kevin Colton 6 30.00%
  Liberal Arthur Danielson 5 25.00%
Alberta AllianceCyril Collingwood15.00%
  NDP Jason Nishiyama 1 5.00%
Total 20 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 0

See also

References
  1. Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (June 2010). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 978-0-9865367-1-7. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  2. Electoral Divisions Act, S.A. 2003, c. E-4.1
  3. "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.
  4. D'Aliesio, Renata (July 26, 2008). "MLA's election opposed". Calgary Herald. Calgary Herald. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  5. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 27, 2009.
  6. "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  7. "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

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