Calgary-Acadia

Calgary-Acadia
Alberta electoral district
	Calgary-Acadia within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA	Diana Batten ; New Democratic
;
District created	2010
First contested	2012
Last contested	2023

Last updated February 22, 2024

Calgary-Acadia is a current provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Created in 2010, the district is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.

History

The Calgary-Acadia electoral district was created in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution. It was created primarily from the old electoral district of Calgary-Egmont and a portion of Calgary-Glenmore. Egmont also had some other areas redistributed to Glenmore and Calgary-Fort. When created in 2010, the Calgary-Acadia electoral district would have a population of 37,718, which was 7.7% below the provincial average of 40,880.^[1]

Minor adjustments to the district occurred in the 2017 electoral boundaries re-distribution, the district would be reunited with North Glenmore Park, and three communities belonging to the same community association and equalizing variances to a degree among the constituencies of Calgary-Acadia, Calgary-Elbow and Calgary-Glenmore. In the result, the Chinook Park community would be moved out of Calgary-Acadia and into Calgary-Glenmore. Further, Bow River would no longer bisect the constituency and, instead, would largely form its eastern boundary. The boundaries as adjusted would give the electoral district a population of 48,966 in 2017, 5% above the provincial average of 46,803.^[2]

Boundary history

03 Calgary-Acadia 2010 Boundaries^[3]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Calgary-Buffalo	Calgary-Fort and Calgary-Hays	Calgary-Elbow, Calgary-Glenmore and Calgary-Lougheed	Calgary-Fish Creek

Note: Boundary descriptions were not used in the 2010 redistribution

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Acadia
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Calgary-Egmont 1971-2012
28th	2012–2015		Jonathan Denis	Progressive Conservative
29th	2015–2019		Brandy Payne	New Democratic
30th	2019–2023		Tyler Shandro	United Conservative
31st	2023–present		Diana Batten	New Democratic

The Calgary-Acadia electoral district would elect the incumbent from the abolished Calgary-Egmont electoral district, Progressive Conservative Jonathan Denis in the 2012 Alberta general election. Denis would defeat his closest opponent Wildrose candidate Richard Jones by 555 votes. Denis had previously served as the Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs from 2010 to 2011, and Solicitor General and Minister of Public Security from 2011-2012. Following the 2012 election Dennis would be appointed Minister of Justice, Attorney General and Solicitor General. Denis would hold the position until April 2015, when he would resign after being sued by his estranged wife on false allegations of abuse.^[4] The Court of Queen's Bench would ultimately find the allegations unfounded in February 2019 and that Palmer "lied to the Court under oath" with the intent of defrauding Denis out of $1,000,000.00.^[5]

The 2015 Alberta general election would see NDP candidate Brandy Payne defeat PC incumbent Jonathan Denis and Wildrose candidate Linda Carlson as part of the "Orange Crush" which saw the 40 year Progressive Conservative dynasty end, and the NDP form government in Alberta. The incumbent Jonathan Denis would finish third. Payne would win the election despite spending only $240 during the campaign, well under Denis' total of $79,171.^[6]

Prior to the 2019 Alberta general election, incumbent Brandy Payne would announce she would not be seeking re-election, and instead would spend more time with her family.^[7] United Conservative Party of Alberta candidate Tyler Shandro would go on to defeat NDP candidate Kate Andrews by 4,567 votes. Shandro would be appointed Minister of Health by Premier Jason Kenney.

Shandro lost his seat in the 2023 Alberta general election to Diana Batten from the NDP.^[8]

Legislative elections results

2023

v t e 2023 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Diana Batten	10,958	48.58	+13.93
	United Conservative	Tyler Shandro	10,933	48.47	-5.84
	Green	Paul Bechthold	293	1.29	+0.25
	Independent	Larry R. Heather	163	0.72	–
	Wildrose Loyalty Coalition	Donna Kathleen Scott	119	0.53	–
	Solidarity Movement	Linda McClelland	92	0.41	–
Total			22,558	99.24	–
Rejected and declined			173	0.76
Turnout			22,731	64.29
Eligible electors			35,355
	New Democratic gain from United Conservative		Swing		+9.88
Source(s) Source: Elections Alberta ^[9]

2019

v t e 2019 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	United Conservative	Tyler Shandro	12,615	54.30	-3.45	$117,646
	New Democratic	Kate Andrews	8,049	34.65	-1.04	$37,925
	Alberta Party	Lana Bentley	1,728	7.44	+5.69	$8,020
	Liberal	Lorissa Good	350	1.51	-3.19	$500
	Alberta Independence	Patrick Reilly	245	1.05	–	$8,243
	Green	Amanda Bishop	243	1.05	–	$500
Total			23,230	99.23	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			180	0.77
Turnout			23,410	67.60
Eligible voters			34,632
	United Conservative notional hold		Swing		-1.21
Source(s) Source: Elections Alberta ^[10]^[11]^[12] Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000.

2015

v t e 2015 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Brandy Payne	5,506	34.72%	30.20%
	Wildrose	Linda Carlson	4,985	31.44%	-10.65%
	Progressive Conservative	Jonathan Denis	4,602	29.02%	-16.76%
	Liberal	Nicholas Borovsky	765	4.82%	-1.45%
Total			15,858	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			113	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			29,264	54.58%	-2.06%
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		-0.21%
Source(s) Source: "03 - Calgary-Acadia, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2015 Alberta general election redistributed results
Party		Votes	%
	New Democratic	7,058	35.69
	Progressive Conservative	5,797	29.31
	Wildrose	5,625	28.44
	Liberal	929	4.70
	Alberta Party	346	1.75
	Social Credit	21	0.11
Source(s) Source: Ridingbuilder

2012

v t e 2012 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jonathan Denis	6,863	45.78%	–
	Wildrose	Richard Jones	6,308	42.08%	–
	Liberal	Nicole Hankel	940	6.27%	–
	New Democratic	Nick Lepora	677	4.52%	–
	Evergreen	Antoni (Tony) Grochowski	202	1.35%	–
Total			14,990	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			117	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			26,675	56.63%	–
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "03 - Calgary-Acadia, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Senate nominee election results

2012

Student vote results

2012

2012 Alberta student vote results
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Jonathan Denis	341	33.46%
	Wildrose	Richard Jones	319	31.31%
	Liberal	Nicole Hankel	171	16.78%
	New Democratic	Nick Lepora	98	9.62%
	Evergreen	Antoni Grochowski	90	8.83%
Total			1,019	100%

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References

↑ 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.
↑ Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (October 2017). "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 978-1-988620-04-6 . Retrieved May 29, 2020.
↑ "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010.
↑ James, Wood (April 27, 2015). "Tory Justice Minister Jonathan Denis resigns". Calgary Herald. Calgary, AB. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
↑ Corbella, Licia (April 23, 2019). "Corbella: Ex-wife 'lied' in bid to grab $1 million from former Alberta attorney general, court rules". Calgary, AB: Calgary Herald. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
↑ Wood, James (February 3, 2016). "New minister Brandy Payne faces big issues". Calgary Herald. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
↑ Rumbolt, Ryan (March 31, 2018). "Brandy Payne says she won't seek re-election in 2019". Calgary Herald. Calgary, AB. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
↑ "Alberta election: UCP, NDP split battleground Calgary; cabinet ministers unseated in close races". calgaryherald. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
↑ "01 - Calgary-Acadia". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved June 8, 2023.
↑ "01 - Calgary-Acadia, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
↑ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 3–6. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1 . Retrieved April 7, 2021.
↑ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume III Election Finances (PDF) (Report). Vol. 3. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 68–82. ISBN 978-1-988620-13-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

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[2010changes-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.

[2017boundarychanges-2] Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (October 2017). "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 978-1-988620-04-6 . Retrieved May 29, 2020.

[2010bound-3] "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010.

[4] James, Wood (April 27, 2015). "Tory Justice Minister Jonathan Denis resigns". Calgary Herald. Calgary, AB. Retrieved July 6, 2020.

[5] Corbella, Licia (April 23, 2019). "Corbella: Ex-wife 'lied' in bid to grab $1 million from former Alberta attorney general, court rules". Calgary, AB: Calgary Herald. Retrieved April 24, 2019.

[6] Wood, James (February 3, 2016). "New minister Brandy Payne faces big issues". Calgary Herald. Retrieved March 28, 2018.

[7] Rumbolt, Ryan (March 31, 2018). "Brandy Payne says she won't seek re-election in 2019". Calgary Herald. Calgary, AB. Retrieved July 6, 2020.

[8] "Alberta election: UCP, NDP split battleground Calgary; cabinet ministers unseated in close races". calgaryherald. Retrieved May 30, 2023.

[9] "01 - Calgary-Acadia". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved June 8, 2023.

[10] "01 - Calgary-Acadia, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.

[11] Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 3–6. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1 . Retrieved April 7, 2021.

[12] Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume III Election Finances (PDF) (Report). Vol. 3. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 68–82. ISBN 978-1-988620-13-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

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v t e Current Alberta provincial electoral districts
North	Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul Central Peace-Notley Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo Grande Prairie Grande Prairie-Wapiti Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland Lesser Slave Lake Morinville-St. Albert Peace River St. Albert West Yellowhead
Edmonton	Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview Edmonton-Castle Downs Edmonton-City Centre Edmonton-Decore Edmonton-Ellerslie Edmonton-Glenora Edmonton-Gold Bar Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood Edmonton-Manning Edmonton-McClung Edmonton-Meadows Edmonton-Mill Woods Edmonton-North West Edmonton-Riverview Edmonton-Rutherford Edmonton-South Edmonton-South West Edmonton-Strathcona Edmonton-West Henday Edmonton-Whitemud
Central	Camrose Drayton Valley-Devon Drumheller-Stettler Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville Innisfail-Sylvan Lake Lacombe-Ponoka Leduc-Beaumont Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills Red Deer-North Red Deer-South Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre Spruce Grove-Stony Plain Sherwood Park Strathcona-Sherwood Park Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright
Calgary	Calgary-Acadia Calgary-Beddington Calgary-Bhullar-McCall Calgary-Bow Calgary-Buffalo Calgary-Cross Calgary-Currie Calgary-East Calgary-Edgemont Calgary-Elbow Calgary-Falconridge Calgary-Fish Creek Calgary-Foothills Calgary-Glenmore Calgary-Hays Calgary-Klein Calgary-Lougheed Calgary-Mountain View Calgary-North Calgary-North West Calgary-North East Calgary-Peigan Calgary-Shaw Calgary-South East Calgary-Varsity Calgary-West
South	Airdrie-Cochrane Airdrie-East Banff-Kananaskis Brooks-Medicine Hat Cardston-Siksika Chestermere-Strathmore Cypress-Medicine Hat Highwood Lethbridge-East Lethbridge-West Livingstone-Macleod Taber-Warner
See also: Politics of Alberta List of Alberta general elections 2019 election

Calgary-Acadia

Contents

History

Boundary history

Representation history

Legislative elections results

2023

2019

2015

2012

Senate nominee election results

2012

Student vote results

2012

See also

Related Research Articles

References

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