Bob Hawkesworth | |
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 Hawkesworth in Calgary's Chinatown (2010) | |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary Mountain View | |
| In office 1986–1993 | |
| Preceded by | Bohdan Zip |
| Succeeded by | Mark Hlady |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Andrew Hawkesworth February 18,1951 Saskatoon,Saskatchewan |
| Political party | Alberta New Democratic Party |
Robert Andrew "Bob" Hawkesworth (born February 18,1951) is a Canadian politician and a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. [1]
Hawkesworth was born in Saskatoon,Saskatchewan. He attended the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary before being elected in 1980 to Calgary City Council as alderman for Ward 3. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1986 general election to represent the riding of Calgary Mountain View for the Alberta New Democratic Party. His Progressive Conservative (PC) opponent (whom he defeated by just 257 votes) in that election was Jim Prentice,a future federal government minister and Premier of Alberta. [2] Hawkesworth was re-elected in the 1989 election before being defeated in the 1993 election by Mark Hlady. He returned to City Council and served as alderman for Ward 4 until October 18,2010.
Hawkesworth received the 2000 Calgary United Way Spirits of Gold Award for co-chairing the Calgary Homeless Initiative and was named one of Alberta's 50 Most Influential People by Alberta Venture Magazine.
Hawkesworth ran for Mayor in the Calgary civic election held on October 18,2010,which was won by Naheed Nenshi. He withdrew on October 13 to support Barb Higgins. Under Calgary's electoral rules a candidate can not run for multiple positions meaning Ward 4 did not have an incumbent on the ballot.
In July 2015,Hawkesworth won the NDP nomination for the by-election in the Calgary-Foothills district,due in September of that year. The seat had been vacated by Jim Prentice (whom Hawkesworth had defeated almost 30 years earlier) following the PCs defeat by the NDP at the 2015 general election. [3] But in the by-election on September 3,2015,he lost out to Wildrose candidate Prasad Panda. [4]
| Alberta provincial by-election,September 3,2015: Calgary-Foothills Voiding of general election results due to Jim Prentice disclaiming his seat | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Wildrose | Prasad Panda | 4,877 | 38.35 | +20.24 | ||||
| New Democratic | Bob Hawkesworth | 3,270 | 25.71 | -6.65 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Blair Houston | 2,746 | 21.59 | -18.74 | ||||
| Liberal | Ali Bin Zahid | 791 | 6.22 | -0.94 | ||||
| Alberta Party | Mark Taylor | 610 | 4.80 | +4.80 | ||||
| Green | Janet Keeping | 377 | 2.96 | +0.92 | ||||
| Independent | Antoni Grochowski | 46 | 0.36 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 12,717 | |||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 39.48 | |||||||
| Eligible voters | 32,212 | |||||||
| Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +19.49 | ||||||
| 1993 Alberta general election results [5] | Turnout 53.49% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Progressive Conservative | Mark Hlady | 5,768 | 46.21% | 12.85% | ||
| New Democratic | Bob Hawkesworth | 3,255 | 26.08% | -25.67% | ||
| Liberal | Jonathan Horlick | 2,791 | 22.36% | 7.47% | ||
| Social Credit | George Clark | 481 | 3.85% | |||
| Confederation of Regions | Bruce Jackman | 116 | 0.93% | |||
| Natural Law | Alberta Scraba | 71 | 0.57% | * | ||
| Total | 12,482 | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 38 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 23,408 | % | ||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic | Swing | 20.76% | ||||
| 1989 Alberta general election results [6] | Turnout 54.99% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| New Democratic | Bob Hawkesworth | 6,469 | 51.75% | 6.10% | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Vicky Adamson | 4,171 | 33.36% | -10.16% | ||
| Liberal | Kevin Murphy | 1,862 | 14.89% | 5.48% | ||
| Total | 12,502 | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 52 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 22,831 | % | ||||
| NDP hold | Swing 8.13% | |||||
| 1986 Alberta general election results [7] | Turnout 51.56% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| New Democratic | Bob Hawkesworth | 5,524 | 45.65% | 18.58% | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Prentice | 5,267 | 43.52% | -14.17% | ||
| Liberal | Doug Rae | 1,139 | 9.41% | 6.04% | ||
| Independent | Tom Erhart | 172 | 1.42% | |||
| Total | 12,102 | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 57 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 23,542 | % | ||||
| NDP gain from Progressive Conservative. | Swing 16.38% | |||||
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