Calgary-North West

Calgary-North West is a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The district was created in 1979 and is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

Calgary-North West
Alberta electoral district
Calgary-North West within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Sonya Savage
United Conservative
District created1979
First contested1979
Last contested2015

History

The electoral district was created in the 1979 boundary redistribution from the electoral district of Calgary-Foothills and a portion of old electoral district of Banff that had been annexed by new city of Calgary boundaries.

The riding was split in half in the 2010 boundary redistribution as land on the east side became part of Calgary-Hawkwood. The south boundary also picked up some land from Calgary-Bow and the riding was extended west into land that belonged to Foothills-Rocky View where the city of Calgary had annexed land.

Boundary history

Representation history
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-North West[2]
Assembly Years Member Party
See: Calgary-Foothills 1971-1979
19th 1979–1982 Sheila Embury Progressive
Conservative
20th 1982–1986
21st 1986–1989 Stan Cassin
22nd 1989–1993 Frank Bruseker Liberal
23rd 1993–1997
24th 1997–2001 Greg Melchin Progressive
Conservative
25th 2001–2004
26th 2004–2008
27th 2008–2012 Lindsay Blackett
28th 2012–2015 Sandra Jansen
29th 2015–2016
2016–2019 New Democratic
30th 2019– Sonya Savage United Conservative

The electoral district was created in the 1979 boundary redistribution out of the Calgary-Foothills riding. Prior to the creation of the district the area returned Progressive Conservative MLA's in Foothills since 1971.

The election held that year returned Progressive Conservative candidate Sheila Embury with a very large majority. She was re-elected in 1982 election almost doubling her popular vote. Embury retired from the legislature at dissolution in 1986.

The electors of Calgary-North West chose the second representative of the riding in the 1986 election. Progressive Conservative candidate Stan Cassin held the district for his party with a reduced majority, but still won a landslide.

The district would see its first hotly contested race in the 1989 election as Liberal candidate Frank Bruseker surged in popularity gaining over 6,000 votes under the Liberal banner compared to 1986 Liberal candidate Dean Biollo. Cassin would go down to defeat after only one term in office.

Bruseker would run for a second term in 1993. His plurality would be reduced as he hang on to win over Harley Torgerson. The 1997 election would be Bruseker's last. Despite gaining in popular vote he was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Greg Melchin.

Melchin would run for a second term in the 2001 general election. He would win a massive majority taking over 15,000 votes and running ahead of the second place candidate by over 11,000 votes. After the election he was appointed to his first cabinet portfolio as Minister of Revenue by Premier Ralph Klein. In 2004 he ran for his third term in office. He lost over half his popular vote from 2001 and was shuffled to be the Minister of Energy.

The 2008 election would see the riding pick its fifth representative. Melchin retired at dissolution in 2008 leaving the riding open. The electors returned Lindsay Blackett who held the district for the Progressive Conservative Party. He was appointed by Premier Ed Stelmach as Minister of Culture and Community Spirit after the election in 2008.

Legislature results

1979 general election
1979 Alberta general election results[3] Turnout 62.67% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeSheila Embury5,97661.67%
Social CreditHarold Gunderson2,04321.08%
LiberalGeorge R. D. Goulet9509.80%
New DemocraticKen Richmond7217.45%
Total 9,690
Rejected, spoiled and declined 13
Eligible electors / Turnout 15,484 %

1982 general election
1982 Alberta general election results[4] Turnout 67.33% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeSheila Embury11,71174.94%13.27%
Western Canada ConceptWalter Kostiuk1,76811.31%*
New DemocraticFloyd Johnson1,74511.17%3.72%
Social CreditLeith McClure4042.58%-18.50%
Total 15,628
Rejected, spoiled and declined 17
Eligible electors / Turnout 23,236 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 12.29%

1986 general election
1986 Alberta general election results[5] Turnout 46.04% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeStan Cassin7,77562.53%-12.41%
New DemocraticTom Schepens3,37627.15%15.98%
  Liberal Dean Biollo 1,284 10.32% *
Total 12,435
Rejected, spoiled and declined 25
Eligible electors / Turnout 27,061 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 14.20%

1989 general election
1989 Alberta general election results[6] Turnout 55.16% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
LiberalFrank Bruseker7,41744.46%34.14%
Progressive ConservativeStan Cassin6,98541.87%-20.66%
New DemocraticKelly Hegg2,28113.67%-13.48%
Total 16,683
Rejected, spoiled and declined 28
Eligible electors / Turnout 30,294 %
  Liberal pickup from Progressive Conservative Swing 27.40%

1993 general election
1993 Alberta general election results[7] Turnout 65.39% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
  Liberal Frank Bruseker 6,763 47.68% 3.22%
Progressive ConservativeHarley Torgerson6,44345.42%3.55%
New DemocraticPaul Rasporich4953.49%-10.18%
Social CreditDavid Grant3732.63%
Natural LawPaul Colver1100.78% *
Total 14,184
Rejected, spoiled and declined 17
Eligible electors / Turnout 21,717 %
  Liberal hold Swing 3.39%

1997 general election
1997 Alberta general election results[8] Turnout 59.92% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeGreg Melchin9,19053.24%7.82%
LiberalFrank Bruseker7,22641.86%5.82%
Social CreditDouglas Picken5032.92%0.29%
New DemocraticJeff Pattinson3421.98%-1.51%
Total 17,261
Rejected, spoiled and declined 18
Eligible electors / Turnout 28,836 %
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing 6.82%

2001 general election
2001 Alberta general election results[9] Turnout 55.39% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeGreg Melchin15,29271.49%18.25%
LiberalPaul Allard4,97123.24%-18.62%
New DemocraticPatricia Alward8283.87%1.89%
Social CreditDouglas Picken2991.40%1.52%
Total 21,390
Rejected, spoiled and declined 69
Eligible electors / Turnout 38,742 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 18.44%

2004 general election
2004 Alberta general election results[10] Turnout 43.41% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeGreg Melchin7,75755.32%-16.17%
LiberalJudy Stewart4,48932.01%8.77%
Green Jeffery Krekoski 637 4.54% *
Alberta AllianceJenell Friesen6204.42%
New DemocraticBob Brunet5203.71%-0.16%
Total 14,023
Rejected, spoiled and declined 86
Eligible electors / Turnout 32,501 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -12.47%

2008 general election
2008 Alberta general election results[11] Turnout 40.90% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeLindsay Blackett8,41546.21%-9.11%
LiberalDale D'Silva5,55230.49%-1.52%
Wildrose AllianceChris Jukes2,70314.84%10.42%
Green George Read 902 4.95% 0.41% *
New DemocraticCollin Anderson6373.50%-0.21%
Total 18,209
Rejected, spoiled and declined 72
Eligible electors / Turnout 44,695 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -5.32%

2012 general election
2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeSandra Jansen7,68351.76%
WildroseChris Challis5,45436.74%
LiberalRobert Prcic9926.68%
New DemocraticBrian Malkinson4713.17%
EvergreenBryan Hunt1400.94%
Alberta PartyTroy Millington1030.69%

2015 general election
2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeSandra Jansen6,32032.72
New DemocraticKaren Mills5,72429.63
WildroseJeff Callaway5,16326.73
Alberta PartyChris Blatch1,1766.09
LiberalNeil Marion9354.84
Total valid votes 19,318100.0
Rejected, spoiled and declined 127
Turnout 19,44557.3
Eligible voters 33,952
Source: Elections Alberta[12]

2019 general election
2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
United ConservativeSonya Savage13,56556.7-2.75
New DemocraticHafeez Chishti7,61131.8+2.17
Alberta PartyAndrew Bradley2,1719.1+3
Freedom ConservativeCam Kham2621.1
LiberalPrerna Mahtani2581.1-3.74
IndependentRoberta McDonald690.3
Total valid votes 23,936
Rejected, spoiled and declined 228
Eligible voters 34,699
Turnout 69.5%

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results
2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-North West[13] Turnout 44.78%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Votes % Ballots Rank
Progressive ConservativeBert Brown5,60016.80%46.39%1
Progressive ConservativeJim Silye5,00915.02%41.49%5
Progressive ConservativeBetty Unger4,80114.40%39.77%2
Progressive ConservativeCliff Breitkreuz3,47210.41%28.76%3
Progressive ConservativeDavid Usherwood3,41910.25%28.32%6
  Independent Link Byfield 3,157 9.47% 26.15% 4
  Independent Tom Sindlinger 2,324 6.97% 19.25% 9
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 2,012 6.03% 16.67% 8
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 1,871 5.61% 15.50% 7
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 1,679 5.04% 13.91% 10
Total Votes 33,344 100%
Total Ballots 12,072 2.76 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 2,481

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

Student Vote results

2004 election
Participating Schools[14]
Ranchlands 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[15]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive ConservativeGreg Melchin2727.27%
  NDP Bob Brunet 25 25.25%
  Liberal Judy Stewart 21 21.21%
Alberta AllianceJenell Friesen1515.15%
Green Jeffery Krekoski 11 11.12%
Total 99 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 4

References
  1. "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 14.
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  8. "1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
  9. "Calgary-Buffalo Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
  10. "Calgary-North West Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
  11. The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 178–180.
  12. "2015 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  13. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  14. "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  15. "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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