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The 2008 Alberta general election was held on March 3, 2008, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
It was expected to be called early because the governing Progressive Conservatives held a leadership election on December 2, 2006, in which Ed Stelmach was elected to replace Ralph Klein as party leader and Premier. The election was called when Stelmach formally advised Lieutenant Governor Norman Kwong to dissolve the Legislature, which happened on February 4, 2008. [1]
With 53% of the popular vote, the Progressive Conservatives won a decisive majority over the Liberal and other parties, despite early suggestions of a closer race.[ citation needed ]
The 2008 election had the lowest voter turnout in the province's history, with only 40.59% of eligible voters casting a ballot. [2]
The Progressive Conservatives increased their majority at the expense of all other parties in the legislature. The Tories also increased their share of the popular vote, and even though their share of the vote was still significantly less than it was in 2001, they managed to win just two fewer seats than they won in that election. This was largely a result of their continued widespread support in rural areas, as well as divided opposition support in Calgary and Edmonton. The Conservative gains came mostly in and around Edmonton, where the party recorded its best results since 1982.
The Liberals held on to official opposition status but sustained a net loss of seven seats. Bucking historic trends, the party was reduced to only three seats in Edmonton, but was able to win five seats in Calgary (a net gain of one seat and the largest total won by that party in that city in the past 50 years). The Liberals also held their existing seat in Lethbridge to win a total of nine seats.
The other parties that were represented in the legislature also suffered losses on election night. The New Democrats lost two of their four Edmonton seats, and the Wildrose Alliance Party was shut out of the legislature as their leader Paul Hinman was narrowly defeated in his own constituency of Cardston-Taber-Warner.
For the first time in history, a majority of the Liberal caucus were from Calgary and the combined number of Liberal and NDP MLAs from Edmonton did not exceed the number of those two parties' MLAs from Calgary.
Party | Party leader | Number of candidates | Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
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2004 | Dissol. | 2008 | % Change | # | % | Change (pp) | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Ed Stelmach | 83 | 621 | 60 | 72 | +20% | 501,063 | 52.72 | +5.92% | |
Liberal | Kevin Taft | 82 | 161 | 16 | 9 | -43.8% | 251,158 | 26.43 | -2.96% | |
New Democratic | Brian Mason | 83 | 4 | 4 | 2 | -50% | 80,578 | 8.48 | -1.72% | |
Wildrose Alliance | Paul Hinman | 61 | 1 | 1 | - | -100% | 64,407 | 6.78 | -1.92%2 | |
Greens | George Read | 79 | - | - | - | - | 43,222 | 4.55 | +1.80% | |
Independent | 7 | - | 1 | - | -100% | 7,635 | 0.80 | +0.69% | ||
Social Credit | Len Skowronski | 8 | - | - | - | - | 2,043 | 0.21 | -1.02% | |
Separation | Bruce Hutton | 1 | - | - | - | - | 119 | 0.01 | -0.52% | |
Communist | Naomi Rankin | 2 | - | - | - | - | 96 | 0.01 | xx | |
Alberta Party | Bruce Stubbs | 1 | - | - | - | - | 42 | 0.00 | -0.28% | |
Vacant | 1 | |||||||||
Total | 407 | 83 | 83 | 83 | - | 950,363 | 100.00 |
Notes:
Cost: Net costs are zero as a result of re-allocating existing dollars and increased royalty revenues.
Cost: $477 million surplus, based on increased royalty rates, bitumen royalty premium and reverse corporate tax cuts.
Cost: Total commitments represent 4.2 per cent of the budget for 2008–09 or $1.5 billion.
Costs: Cost of promises not released.
Party name | Cgy. | Edm. 1 | Leth. | R.D. | North | Central | South | Total | ||
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Progressive Conservative | Seats: | 18 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 72 | |
Popular vote: | 45.81% | 42.74% | 46.16% | 55.46% | 65.83% | 65.13% | 60.85% | 52.66% | ||
Liberal | Seats: | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
Popular vote: | 33.90% | 33.47% | 34.34% | 25.30% | 13.95% | 16.60% | 15.75% | 26.37% | ||
New Democrats | Seats: | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Popular vote: | 4.21% | 18.01% | 8.87% | 5.79% | 11.00% | 5.59% | 3.74% | 8.52% | ||
Total seats: | 23 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 83 | ||
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Wildrose Alliance | Popular vote: | 8.96% | 1.51% | 7.61% | 7.74% | 5.65% | 5.86% | 16.02% | 6.77% | |
Greens | Popular vote: | 4.87% | 3.16% | 3.02% | 5.71% | 3.19% | 6.12% | 3.63% | 4.58% | |
Social Credit | Popular vote: | 0.20% | 0.06% | xx | xx | 0.39% | 0.54% | xx | 0.22% | |
Separation | Popular Vote: | xx | xx | xx | xx | xx | 0.05% | xx | 0.01% | |
Communist | Popular vote: | 0.02% | 0.02% | xx | xx | xx | xx | xx | 0.01% | |
Alberta Party | Popular vote: | xx | 0.02% | xx | xx | xx | xx | xx | 0.01% | |
Independents | Popular vote: | 2.04% | 0.96% | xx | xx | xx | 0.12% | xx | 0.87% |
1 "Edmonton" corresponds to only the city of Edmonton. (Only the ridings whose names begin with "Edmonton".) The four suburban ridings around the city as listed below are grouped with central Alberta in this table.
Polling Firm | Last Date of Polling | Link | Prog. Cons. | Liberal | New Democratic | Alliance | Greens |
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Election results | March 3, 2008 | 53% | 26% | 9% | 7% | 5% | |
Angus Reid Strategies | February 29, 2008 | 43% | 28% | 13% | 10% | 7% | |
Strategic Counsel | February 28, 2008 | 50% | 25% | 8% | 10% | 8% | |
Leger Marketing | February 25, 2008 | 55% | 24% | 7% | 8% | 6% | |
Angus Reid Strategies | February 20, 2008 | 42% | 31% | 9% | 10% | 8% | |
Ipsos-Reid | February 17, 2008 | 49% | 28% | 14% | 5% | 4% | |
Environics | February 7, 2008 | 52% | 25% | 10% | 6% | 7% | |
Leger Marketing | January 24, 2008 | 49% | 28% | 11% | 5% | 8% | |
Strategic Counsel | January 13, 2008 | 58% | 19% | 9% | 5% | 9% | |
Last election | 22 November 2004 | 48.8% | 29.4% | 10.2% | 8.7% | 2.8% |
The following is a list of ridings that were narrowly lost by the indicated party in the 2004 election. For instance, under the Liberal column are the nine seats in which they came closest to winning but did not. Listed is the name of the riding, followed by the party which was victorious (in parentheses) and the margin, in terms of percentage of the vote, by which the party lost.
These ridings were likely targeted by the specified party because the party lost them by a very slim margin in the 2004 election.
Up to ten are shown, with a maximum margin of victory of 15%.
* Indicates incumbent not running again.
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta | Alberta Liberal Party |
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Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
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Athabasca-Redwater | Jeff Johnson 7,484 (67.99%) | Bill Bonko 1,379 (12.53%) | Peter Opryshko 1,225 (11.13%) | Mike Radojcic 517 (4.69%) | Phyllis Penchuk 403 (3.66%) | Mike Cardinal | ||||||||
Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock | Ken Kowalski 8,312 (70.26%) | Leslie Penny 1,804 (15.25%) | Rod Olstad 927 (7.83%) | Dan Evans 479 (4.05%) | Carl Haugen (SC) 309 (2.61%) | Ken Kowalski | ||||||||
Bonnyville-Cold Lake | Genia Leskiw 4,437 (75.54%) | Justin Yassoub 698 (11.88%) | Jason Sloychuk 389 (6.62%) | Jennifer Brown 350 (5.96%) | Denis Ducharme | |||||||||
Dunvegan-Central Peace | Hector Goudreau 4,147 (51.99%) | Bob Woken 288 (3.61%) | Nathan Macklin 1,202 (15.07%) | Dale Lueken 2,339 (29.33%) | Hector Goudreau | |||||||||
Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo | Guy Boutilier 4,519 (63.41%) | Ross Jacobs 1,758 (24.67%) | Mel Kraley 550 (7.72%) | Reginald (Reg) Normore 300 (4.21%) | Guy Boutilier | |||||||||
Grande Prairie Smoky | Mel Knight 4,769 (59.44%) | John Croken 1,089 (13.57%) | Neil Peacock 832 (10.37%) | Todd Loewen 1,049 (13.07%) | Rebecca Villebrun 285 (3.55%) | Mel Knight | ||||||||
Grande Prairie Wapiti | Wayne Drysdale 5,145 (66.70%) | Augustine Ebinu 1,304 (16.90%) | Manuella Campbell 829 (10.75%) | Art Proctor 436 (5.65%) | Gordon Graydon | |||||||||
Lac La Biche-St. Paul | Ray Danyluk 6,527 (71.28%) | Alex Broadbent 1,627 (17.77%) | Della Drury 1,003 (10.95%) | Ray Danyluk | ||||||||||
Lesser Slave Lake | Pearl Calahasen 3,384 (65.18%) | Steve Noskey 1,109 (21.36%) | Habby Sharkawi 426 (8.20%) | Bonnie Raho 273 (5.26%) | Pearl Calahasen | |||||||||
Peace River | Frank Oberle 3,265 (64.63%) | Adele Boucher Rymhs 1,248 (24.70%) | Georg Beinart 539 (10.67%) | Frank Oberle |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
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Banff-Cochrane | Janis Tarchuk 4,727 (49.34%) | Patricia K. Robertson 2,753 (28.74%) | Anne Wilson 575 (6.00%) | Dan Cunin 1,353 (14.12%) | Zrinko Amerl (Ind.) 172 (1.80%) | Janis Tarchuk | ||||||||
Drayton Valley-Calmar | Diana McQueen 5,931 (58.74%) | Norma Block 846 (8.38%) | Luanne Bannister 390 (3.86%) | Dean Schmale 1,053 (10.43%) | Edwin Erickson 1,877 (18.59%) | Tony Abbott | ||||||||
Foothills-Rocky View | Ted Morton 6,916 (57.41%) | Herb Coburn 2,200 (18.26%) | Ricardo de Menezes 196 (1.63%) | Joseph McMaster 1,797 (14.92%) | Larry Ashmore 937 (7.78%) | Ted Morton | ||||||||
Innisfail-Sylvan Lake | Luke Ouellette 6,967 (62.82%) | Garth Davis 1,539 (13.88%) | Tophie Davies 702 (6.33%) | Wayne Edmundson 1,215 (10.96%) | Lisa Grant 545 (4.91%) | Anthony Haggarty (Ind) 122 (1.10%) | Luke Ouellette | |||||||
Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills | Richard Marz 7,837 (64.06%) | Tony Vonesch 1,038 (8.49%) | Andy Davies 268 (2.19%) | Curt Engel 2,572 (21.03%) | Kate Haddow 518 (4.23%) | Richard Marz | ||||||||
Red Deer North | Mary Anne Jablonski 4,715 (57.94%) | Richard Farrand 1,770 (21.75%) | Shawn Nielsen 560 (6.88%) | Urs Lehner 630 (7.74%) | Rueben Tschetter 463 (5.69%) | Mary Anne Jablonski | ||||||||
Red Deer South | Cal Dallas 7,139 (56.18%) | Diane Kubanek 3,414 (26.86%) | Teresa Bryanton 597 (4.70%) | Ed Klop 949 (7.47%) | Evan Bedford 609 (4.79%) | Victor Doerksen | ||||||||
Rocky Mountain House | Ty Lund 6,188 (62.30%) | Norm McDougall 849 (8.55%) | Jorge Souza 279 (2.81%) | Fanie van Heerden 1,156 (11.64%) | Jennifer Ripley 699 (7.03%) | Wilf Tricker (SC) 643 (6.47%) Bruce Hutton (SPA) 119 (1.20%) | Ty Lund | |||||||
Stony Plain | Fred Lindsay 8,467 (63.38%) | Bill Fraser 2,552 (19.10%) | Shelina Brown 976 (7.31%) | Sandy Pariseau 793 (5.94%) | Nora Shea 571 (4.27%) | Fred Lindsay | ||||||||
West Yellowhead | Robin Campbell 4,206 (53.83%) | Lisa Higgerty 1,932 (24.72%) | Ken Kuzminski 1,054 (13.49%) | Earle Cunningham 326 (4.17%) | Scott Pickett 296 (3.79%) | Ivan Strang | ||||||||
Whitecourt-Ste. Anne | George VanderBurg 6,019 (60.60%) | Mike Grey 1,106 (11.14%) | Leah Redmond 661 (6.65%) | Link Byfield 2,146 (21.61%) | George VanderBurg |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
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Battle River-Wainwright | Doug Griffiths 7,968 (78.57%) | Horst Schreiber 1,260 (12.42%) | Doris Bannister 431 (4.25%) | Will Munsey 483 (4.76%) | Doug Griffiths | |||||||||
Drumheller-Stettler | Jack Hayden 6,986 (68.90%) | Tom Dooley 1,463 (14.43%) | Richard Bough 276 (2.72%) | Dave France 1,062 (10.47%) | Amanda Bolton 353 (3.48%) | Jack Hayden | ||||||||
Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville | Ed Stelmach 11,169 (78.13%) | Earl J. Woods 1,343 (9.39%) | Clayton Marsden 1,233 (8.63%) | Ryan Scheie 551 (3.85%) | Ed Stelmach | |||||||||
Lacombe-Ponoka | Ray Prins 8,202 (58.18%) | Edith McPhedran 1,200 (8.51%) | Steve Bradshaw 560 (3.97%) | Daniel Freisen 911 (6.46%) | Joe Anglin 3,226 (22.88%) | Ray Prins | ||||||||
Leduc-Beaumont-Devon | George Rogers 9,045 (64.91%) | Joyce Assen 2,329 (16.72%) | Lisa Erickson 1,057 (7.59%) | Sharon MacLise 1,008 (7.23%) | Kevin Colton 495 (3.55%) | George Rogers | ||||||||
Vermilion-Lloydminster | Lloyd Snelgrove 7,013 (80.75%) | Robert Sawatzky 826 (9.51%) | Wendy Myshak 482 (5.55%) | Ngaio Hotte 364 (4.19%) | Lloyd Snelgrove | |||||||||
Wetaskiwin-Camrose | Verlyn Olson 7,726 (65.89%) | Keith Elliott 1,646 (14.04%) | Sarah Mowat 1,078 (9.19%) | Tyler Knelsen 818 (6.98%) | Midge Lambert 458 (3.90%) | LeRoy Johnson |
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Edmonton Beverly Clareview | Tony Vandermeer 4,182 (39.63%) | Dawit Isaac 1,996 (18.92%) | Ray Martin 3,845 (36.44%) | Brian Dell 289 (2.74%) | Frederick Pivot 183 (1.73%) | Robin Porteous (SC) 57 (0.54%) | Ray Martin | |||||||
Edmonton Centre | Bill Donahue 3,291 (29.36%) | Laurie Blakeman 5,042 (44.98%) | Deron Bilous 2,163 (19.30%) | James Iverson 200 (1.78%) | David Parker 472 (4.21%) | Margaret Saunter (AP) 42 (0.37%) | Laurie Blakeman | |||||||
Edmonton-Glenora | Heather Klimchuk 4,604 (39.90%) | Bruce Miller 4,508 (39.07%) | Arlene Chapman 1,743 (15.11%) | Elden Van Hauwaert 275 (2.38%) | Peter Johnston 408 (3.54%) | Bruce Miller | ||||||||
Edmonton Gold Bar | David Dorward 5,261 (37.61%) | Hugh MacDonald 6,279 (44.89%) | Sherry McKibben 1,923 (13.75%) | David Zylstra 525 (3.75%) | Hugh MacDonald | |||||||||
Edmonton Highlands-Norwood | Andrew Beniuk 2,978 (31.92%) | Brad Smith 1,132 (12.13%) | Brian Mason 4,754 (50.95%) | Travis Loewen 245 (2.63%) | Mohamad Maie 221 (2.37%) | Brian Mason | ||||||||
Edmonton Mill Creek | Gene Zwozdesky 6,857 (50.78%) | Aman Gill 4,058 (30.05%) | Stephen Anderson 1,822 (13.49%) | Glen Argan 726 (5.38%) | Naomi Rankin (Com) 41 (0.30%) | Gene Zwozdesky | ||||||||
Edmonton-Mill Woods | Carl Benito 4,752 (43.87%) | Weslyn Mather 3,996 (36.89%) | Christina Gray 1,474 (13.61%) | Robert Leddy 321 (2.95%) | David Hruska 289 (2.68%) | Weslyn Mather | ||||||||
Edmonton Riverview | Wendy Andrews 5,171 (35.03%) | Kevin Taft 7,471 (50.61%) | Erica Bullwinkle 1,284 (8.70%) | Kyle Van Hauwaert 329 (2.23%) | Cameron Wakefield 506 (3.43%) | Kevin Taft | ||||||||
Edmonton Rutherford | Fred Horne 5,225 (42.49%) | Rick Miller 5,167 (42.02%) | Mike Butler 1,178 (9.58%) | John Baloun 379 (3.08%) | Kate Wyrostok 348 (2.83%) | Rick Miller | ||||||||
Edmonton Strathcona | T.J. Keil 3,031 (25.50%) | Tim Vant 2,452 (20.63%) | Rachel Notley 5,862 (49.32%) | Adrian Cole 540 (4.55%) | Raj Pannu |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
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Edmonton-Calder | Doug Elniski 4,557 (40.86%) | Jim Kane 1,839 (16.49%) | David Eggen 4,356 (39.05%) | Mike Brown 402 (3.60%) | David Eggen | |||||||||
Edmonton Castle Downs | Thomas Lukaszuk 7,159 (51.55%) | Chris Kibermanis 5,090 (36.65%) | Ali Haymour 1,341 (9.66%) | Bob Reckhow 297 (2.14%) | Thomas Lukaszuk | |||||||||
Edmonton Decore | Janice Sarich 4,577 (45.71%) | Bill Bonko 3,895 (38.89%) | Sidney Sadik 1,301 (12.99%) | Trey Capenhurst 241 (2.41%) | Bill Bonko | |||||||||
Edmonton Ellerslie | Naresh Bhardwaj 4,581 (41.90%) | Bharat Agnihotri 3,592 (32.86%) | Marilyn Assheton-Smith 1,891 (17.30%) | Krista Leddy 471 (4.31%) | Paul Boos 335 (3.06%) | Cheryl Ullah (SC) 62 (0.57%) | Bharat Agnihotri | |||||||
Edmonton Manning | Peter Sandhu 4,107 (35.79%) | Sandeep Dhir 2,260 (19.70%) | Rick Murti 2,307 (20.11%) | Phil Gamache 289 (2.52%) | Odette Boily 235 (2.05%) | Dan Backs (Ind.) 2,275 (19.83%) | Dan Backs | |||||||
Edmonton McClung | David Xiao 7,173 (48.94%) | Mo Elsalhy 5,947 (40.57%) | Bridget Stirling 924 (6.30%) | Kristine Jassman 272 (1.86%) | Bryan Wyrostok 342 (2.33%) | Mo Elsalhy | ||||||||
Edmonton Meadowlark | Raj Sherman 6,174 (54.83%) | Debbie Cavaliere 3,423 (30.40%) | Pascal Ryffel 1,010 (8.97%) | Richard Guyon 306 (2.72%) | Amanda Doyle 347 (3.08%) | Maurice Tougas | ||||||||
Edmonton-Whitemud | David Hancock 12,054 (58.47%) | Nancy Cavanaugh 6,997 (33.94%) | Hana Razga 1,023 (4.96%) | Valerie Kennedy 543 (2.63%) | David Hancock | |||||||||
Sherwood Park | Iris Evans 9,312 (63.14%) | Louise Rogers 3,843 (26.06%) | Katharine Hay 904 (6.13%) | Rick Hoines 689 (4.67%) | Iris Evans | |||||||||
Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert | Doug Horner 9,369 (60.83%) | Ray Boudreau 4,528 (29.40%) | Peter Cross 960 (6.23%) | Allan West 545 (3.54%) | Doug Horner | |||||||||
St. Albert | Ken Allred 8,403 (54.09%) | Jack Flaherty 5,598 (36.03%) | Katy Campbell 959 (6.17%) | Ross Vincent 576 (3.71%) | Jack Flaherty | |||||||||
Strathcona | Dave Quest 9,951 (66.19%) | Jon Friel 2,995 (19.92%) | Denny Holmwood 911 (6.06%) | Kate Harrington 763 (5.07%) | Gordon Barrett (SC) 415 (2.76%) | Rob Lougheed |
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Airdrie-Chestermere | Rob Anderson 9,374 (62.58%) | John Burke 1,973 (13.17%) | Bryan Young 609 (4.07%) | Jeff Willerton 2,362 (15.77%) | David Brandreth 660 (4.41%) | Carol Haley | ||||||||
Cardston-Taber-Warner | Broyce Jacobs 4,374 (46.02%) | Ron Hancock 436 (4.59%) | Suzanne Sirias 190 (2.00%) | Paul Hinman 4,325 (45.50%) | Billy Turner 180 (1.89%) | Paul Hinman | ||||||||
Cypress-Medicine Hat | Leonard Mitzel 5,640 (63.34%) | Dick Mastel 2,023 (22.72%) | Manuel Martinez 347 (3.90%) | Dan Pierson 679 (7.63%) | Bright Pride 215 (2.41%) | Leonard Mitzel | ||||||||
Highwood | George Groeneveld 7,715 (65.11%) | Stan Shedd 1,647 (13.90%) | Carolyn Boulton 391 (3.30%) | Daniel Doherty 1,405 (11.86%) | John Barret 691 (5.83%) | George Groeneveld | ||||||||
Lethbridge East | Jason Herasemluk 4,715 (39.21%) | Bridget Pastoor 5,582 (46.42%) | Tom Moffatt 687 (5.71%) | Grant Shaw 748 (6.22%) | Helen McMenamin 292 (2.44%) | Bridget Pastoor | ||||||||
Lethbridge West | Greg Weadick 5,002 (43.68%) | Bal Boora 4,022 (35.13%) | James Moore 1,179 (10.30%) | Matt Fox 855 (7.47%) | Brennan Tilley 392 (3.42%) | Clint Dunford | ||||||||
Little Bow | Barry McFarland 5,150 (58.06%) | Everett Tanis 1,080 (12.18%) | Duane Petluk 322 (3.63%) | Kevin Kinahan 2,051 (23.12%) | Marie Read 267 (3.01%) | Barry McFarland | ||||||||
Livingstone-Macleod | Evan Berger 6,037 (64.18%) | Mike Judd 1,534 (16.31%) | Phil Burpee 476 (5.06%) | Jack Macleod 988 (10.50%) | Bryan Hunt 371 (3.95%) | David Coutts | ||||||||
Medicine Hat | Rob Renner 5,388 (51.18%) | Karen Charlton 3,625 (34.43%) | Diana Arnott 484 (4.60%) | Clint Rabb 746 (7.08%) | Karen Kraus 285 (2.71%) | Rob Renner | ||||||||
Strathmore-Brooks | Arno Doerksen 7,623 (74.55%) | Gerry Hart 991 (9.69%) | Brian Stokes 313 (3.06%) | Amanda Shehata 935 (9.14%) | Chris Bayford 362 (3.55%) | Lyle Oberg |
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Calgary-Bow | Alana DeLong 6,687 (45.16%) | Greg Flanagan 5,173 (34.93%) | Teale Phelps Bondaroff 507 (3.42%) | Barry Holizki 1,425 (9.62%) | Randy Weeks 845 (5.71%) | Len Skowronski (SC) 171 (1.16%) | Alana DeLong | |||||||
Calgary-Cross | Yvonne Fritz 4,004 (56.82%) | Rob Reinhold 1,567 (22.24%) | Shelina Hassanali 476 (6.75%) | Gordon Huth 605 (8.59%) | Susan Stratton 395 (5.60%) | Yvonne Fritz | ||||||||
Calgary-Foothills | Len Webber 6,088 (48.20%) | Mike Robinson 4,909 (38.86%) | Stephanie Sundburg 251 (1.99%) | Kevin Legare 972 (7.70%) | Ian Groll 411 (3.25%) | Len Webber | ||||||||
Calgary-Fort | Wayne Cao 4,123 (49.81%) | Carole Oliver 1,770 (21.39%) | Julie Hrdlicka 1,178 (14.23%) | Travis Chase 715 (8.64%) | J. Mark Taylor 491 (5.93%) | Wayne Cao | ||||||||
Calgary-Hays | Arthur Johnston 6,968 (54.23%) | Bill Kurtze 3,586 (27.91%) | Tyler Kinch 366 (2.84%) | Devin Cassidy 1,366 (10.63%) | Keeley Bruce 564 (4.39%) | Arthur Johnston | ||||||||
Calgary-Lougheed | David Rodney 7,190 (52.51%) | Lori Czerwinski 3,926 (28.68%) | Clint Marko 336 (2.45%) | Derrick Jacobson 1,620 (11.83%) | Bernie Amell 520 (3.80%) | Gordon Laurie (Ind.) 100 (0.73%) | David Rodney | |||||||
Calgary-Mackay | Teresa Woo-Paw 6,247 (48.40%) | Tianna Melnyk 4,048 (31.36%) | Daena Diduck 426 (3.30%) | Rob Gregory 1,609 (12.46%) | Ryan Smith 578 (4.48%) | Vacant | ||||||||
Calgary-McCall | Shiraz Shariff 4,161 (43.16%) | Darshan Kang 4,279 (44.38%) | Preet Sihota 275 (2.85%) | Ina Given 542 (5.62%) | Heather Brocklesby 385 (3.99%) | Shiraz Shariff | ||||||||
Calgary-Montrose | Manmeet Bhullar 2,627 (34.45%) | Michael Embaie 1,396 (18.31%) | Al Brown 512 (6.71%) | Said Abdulbaki 818 (10.73%) | Fred Clemens 262 (3.44%) | Ron Leech (Ind) 2,010 (26.36%) | Hung Pham | |||||||
Calgary-North West | Lindsay Blackett 8,415 (46,21%) | Dale Martin D'Silva 5,552 (30.49%) | Colin Anderson 637 (3.50%) | Chris Jukes 2,703 (14.85%) | George Read 902 (4.95%) | Greg Melchin | ||||||||
Calgary-Shaw | Cindy Ady 7,010 (58.12%) | John Roggeveen 2,958 (24.53%) | Jenn Carlson 334 (2.77%) | Richard P. Dur 1,268 (10.51%) | Jennifer Oss-Saunders 491 (4.07%_ | Cindy Ady | ||||||||
Calgary-West | Ron Liepert 8,428 (47.97%) | Beth Gignac 5,693 (32.41%) | Chantelle Dubois 401 (2.28%) | Bob Babcock 2,273 (12.94%) | James Kohut 773 (4.40%) | Ron Liepert |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
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PC | Liberal | NDP | Wildrose Alliance | Greens | Other | |||||||||
Calgary-Buffalo | Sean Chu 3,646 (38.85%) | Kent Hehr 4,583 (48.83%) | Robert Lawrence 387 (4.12%) | Stephen Ricketts 611 (6.51%) | Antoni Grochowski (SC) 158 (1.69%) | Harvey Cenaiko | ||||||||
Calgary-Currie | Arthur Kent 4,552 (37.27%) | Dave Taylor 5,564 (45.56%) | Marc Power 531 (4.35%) | Ken Mazeroll 670 (5.49%) | Graham MacKenzie 896 (7.34%) | Dave Taylor | ||||||||
Calgary-East | Moe Amery 4,583 (53.85%) | Bill Harvey 2,433 (28.59%) | Christopher Dovey 425 (4.99%) | Mike McCraken 681 (8.00%) | Ross Cameron 333 (3.91%) | Bonnie Collins (Com) 55 (0.66%) | Moe Amery | |||||||
Calgary-Egmont | Jonathan Denis 5,415 (43.61%) | Cathie Williams 3,289 (26.49%) | Jason Nishiyama 447 (3.60%) | Barry Chase 676 (5.44%) | Mark McGillvray 582 (4.69%) | Craig Chandler (Ind.) 2,008 (16.17%) | Denis Herard | |||||||
Calgary-Elbow | Alison Redford 6,130 (42.08%) | Craig Cheffins 5,711 (39.20%) | Garnet Wilcox 290 (1.99%) | Dale Nelson 963 (6.61%) | Jonathon Sheffield 526 (3.61%) | Barry Erskine (Ind) 948 (6.51%) | Craig Cheffins | |||||||
Calgary-Fish Creek | Heather Forsyth 6,884 (52.30%) | Laura Shutiak 4,038 (30.68%) | Eric Leavitt 423 (3.22%) | Jamie Buchan 1,261 (9.58%) | Kerry Fraser 556 (4.22%) | Heather Forsyth | ||||||||
Calgary-Glenmore | Ron Stevens 6,436 (50.67%) | Avalon Roberts 4,213 (33.17%) | Holly Heffernan 477 (3.76%) | Ryan Sadler 1,025 (8.07%) | Arden Bonokoski 550 (4.33%) | Ron Stevens | ||||||||
Calgary-Mountain View | Leah Lawrence 4,252 (30.91%) | David Swann 7,086 (51.51%) | John Donovan 661 (4.81%) | Cory Morgan 892 (6.48%) | Juliet Burgess 865 (6.29%) | David Swann | ||||||||
Calgary-North Hill | Kyle Fawcett 4,281 (38.22%) | Pat Murray 3,573 (31.99%) | John Chan 1,381 (12.36%) | Jane Morgan 976 (8.74%) | Kevin Maloney 732 (6.55%) | Jim Wright (SC) 228 (2.04%) | Richard Magnus | |||||||
Calgary-Nose Hill | Neil Brown 4,586 (49.24%) | Len Borowski 2,761 (29.65%) | Tristan Ridley 388 (4.17%) | John Murdoch 954 (10.24%) | Nick Burman 624 (6.70%) | Neil Brown | ||||||||
Calgary-Varsity | Jennifer Diakiw 5,353 (36.69%) | Harry B. Chase 6,907 (47.33%) | Tim Stock-Bateman 530 (3.63%) | Brennan Ltyle 1,043 (7.15%) | Sean Maw 758 (5.19%) | Harry B. Chase |
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