Calgary-Bow

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Calgary-Bow
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Calgary-Bow 2017.svg
Calgary-Bow within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 
 
Demetrios Nicolaides
United Conservative
District created1971
First contested 1971
Last contested 2023

Calgary-Bow is a provincial electoral district in the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. 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.

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The electoral district has been a stronghold for right leaning parties. Social Credit briefly held the district from 1971 to 1975 and the Progressive Conservatives have held the district uninterrupted until the 2015 provincial election, when the seat was won by NDP candidate Deborah Drever. The electoral district returned to electing conservative candidate in 2019 with United Conservative Party MLA Demetrios Nicolaides, who won re-election in 2023.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary re-distribution from Calgary West and Calgary Bowness.

The 2010 Alberta electoral district boundary re-distribution significantly changed the riding. The western boundaries were altered to conform to the new Calgary city limits which had been expanded since 2003. The riding lost all land that was east of Sarcee Trail and North of the Bow River to the electoral districts of Calgary-Currie and Calgary-Varsity. The district was also expanded south into land that used to be in Calgary-West up to the new south boundary of Bow Trail / 12 Street SW. The Calgary-Bow electoral district would have a population of 37,806, which was 7.5% below the provincial average of 40,880. [1]

The 2017 Alberta electoral district boundary re-distribution saw the communities of Montgomery and Spruce Cliff added to the constituency. The boundaries as adjusted would give the electoral district a population of 51,358 in 2017, 10% above the provincial average of 46,803. [2]

Boundary history

Representation history

Calgary-Bow
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Calgary Bowness and Calgary Queens Park
17th  1971–1975   Roy Wilson Social Credit
18th  1975–1979   Neil Webber Progressive Conservative
19th  1979–1982
20th  1982–1986
21st  1986–1989
22nd  1989–1993 Bonnie Laing
23rd  1993–1997
24th  1997–2001
25th  2001–2004 Alana DeLong
26th  2004–2008
27th  2008–2012
28th  2012–2015
29th  2015–2019   Deborah Drever New Democratic
 2015–2016  Independent New Democrat
 2016–2019   New Democratic
30th  2019–2023   Demetrios Nicolaides United Conservative
31st  2023–Present

The electoral district of Calgary-Bow was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution from the electoral districts of Calgary West and Calgary Bowness.

The election held that year was won by Social Credit candidate Roy Wilson. He won the district in a closely contested election over Progressive Conservative Bill Wearmouth taking just under half the popular vote. The win came despite the Social Credit party losing government that year. The race was reached a record for turnout in the district that hasn't been matched since.

Wilson ran for his second term in 1975 but was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Neil Webber. He would be re-elected with a landslide majority in 1979 and be appointed to the provincial cabinet under Peter Lougheed after the election.

Webber would be re-elected two more times in 1982 and 1986. He won the highest popular vote of his career and in the districts history in the 1982 election. Weber would keep his cabinet post after Don Getty became Premier in 1985 but he decided not to run for re-election and retired at dissolution.

After Wilson retired and the electoral district returned Progressive Conservative candidate Bonnie Laing who won a very close race over former Calgary Alderman Tim Bardsley in the 1986 election. She would hold the district for two more terms before retiring.

Alana DeLong was first elected to her first term in 2001 and has been returned twice more in the 2004 and 2008 elections.

Deborah Drever of the New Democratic Party of Alberta was the representative following the 2015 general election, which saw the provincial NDP under Rachel Notley defeat the Progressive Conservatives led by Premier Jim Prentice. Ms. Drever sat as an independent for 232 days during her term, arising from controversial social media posts. [5] The current representative is Demetrios Niklaides of the United Conservative Party of Alberta, who defeated Ms. Drever in the 2019 general election. Mr. Nikolaides was named the Minister of Advanced Education following the election and remains in that position. Former Calgary City Councillor Druh Farrell has indicated interest in running for the NDP in the 2023 general provincial election. [6]

Legislative election results

2023

2023 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Conservative Demetrios Nicolaides 13,17549.74-6.15
New Democratic Druh Farrell 12,55247.39+13.23
Alberta Party Paul Godard6702.53-4.56
Solidarity Movement Manuel Santos890.34
Total26,48699.29
Rejected and declined1900.71
Turnout26,67666.43
Eligible voters40,159
United Conservative hold Swing -9.69
Source(s)

2019

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Results by polling division
2019 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
United Conservative Demetrios Nicolaides 13,98755.90+1.89$75,865
New Democratic Deborah Drever 8,54834.16-1.94$48,057
Alberta Party Paul Godard1,7747.09+4.52$6,206
Liberal Daniel Ejumabone3201.28-3.45$500
Green Marion Westoll2330.93-1.66$950
Freedom Conservative Regina Shakirova1610.64$500
Total25,02399.41
Rejected, spoiled and declined1490.59
Turnout25,17268.05
Eligible voters36,993
United Conservative notional hold Swing +1.92
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta [8] [9] [10]
Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000.

2015

2015 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Deborah Drever 5,66934.51%30.47%
Progressive Conservative Byron Nelson5,41932.98%-14.22%
Wildrose Trevor Grover3,75222.84%-15.08%
Liberal Matt Gaiser6824.15%-5.09%
Alberta Party Jonathon Himann4592.79%1.19%
Green David Reid4482.73%
Total16,429
Rejected, spoiled and declined122
Eligible electors / turnout31,99051.74%-4.65%
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing -3.89%
Source(s)
Source: "04 - Calgary-Bow, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
2015 Alberta general election redistributed results
PartyVotes%
New Democratic 7,08036.10
Progressive Conservative 6,21231.67
Wildrose 4,37922.33
Liberal 9284.73
Green 5092.60
Alberta Party 5042.57
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder

2012

2012 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Alana S. DeLong 6,99447.21%2.05%
Wildrose Tim Dyck5,61737.91%28.29%
Liberal Stephanie Shewchuk1,3699.24%-25.69%
New Democratic Jason Nishiyama5984.04%0.61%
Alberta Party Ellen Phillips2371.60%
Total14,815
Rejected, spoiled and declined72
Eligible electors / turnout26,40156.39%8.31%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -0.46%
Source(s)
Source: "04 - Calgary-Bow, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2008

2008 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Alana S. DeLong 6,68745.16%-3.04%
Liberal Greg Flanagan5,17334.93%7.17%
Wildrose Alliance Barry J. Holizki1,4259.62%1.58%
Green Randy Weeks8455.71%0.06%
New Democratic Teale Phelps Bondaroff5073.42%-5.55%
Social Credit Leonard Skowronski 1711.15%0.39%
Total14,808
Rejected, spoiled and declined64
Eligible electors / turnout30,93048.08%0.94%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -5.11%
Source(s)
Source: "02 - Calgary-Bow, 2008 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 174–177.

2004

2004 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Alana S. DeLong 6,09748.20%-15.74%
Liberal Kelly McDonnell3,51227.76%2.80%
New Democratic Jennifer Banks1,1358.97%2.34%
Alberta Alliance James D. Istvanffy1,0178.04%
Green Marie Picken7145.64%4.12%
Social Credit Douglas A. Picken970.77%
Independent Margaret (Peggy) Askin780.62%-0.81%
Total12,650
Rejected, spoiled and declined90
Eligible electors / turnout27,02647.14%-8.12%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -9.27%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Bow, 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2001

2001 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Alana S. DeLong 8,27463.94%9.51%
Liberal Kelly McDonnell3,23024.96%-8.45%
New Democratic Jeff Bayliss8586.63%-2.71%
Greens Jan Triska3943.04%1.52%
Independent Margaret (Peggy) Askin1841.42%
Total12,940
Rejected, spoiled and declined51
Eligible electors / turnout23,51055.26%-0.70%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 8.98%
Source(s)

1997

1997 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Bonnie Laing 6,66454.43%8.15%
Liberal Mark Dickerson4,09133.41%-2.03%
New Democratic Brent Johner1,1449.34%-3.25%
Greens David Crowe1871.53%-0.37%
Natural Law Ronnie Shapka1581.29%0.78%
Total12,244
Rejected, spoiled and declined81
Eligible electors / turnout22,02555.96%-8.63%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 5.09%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Bow Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1993

1993 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Bonnie Laing 7,01146.28%11.39%
Liberal Rob Van Walleghem5,36935.44%1.22%
New Democratic Anne McGrath 1,90812.59%-18.29%
Social Credit Patrick John Hudson3762.48%
Greens David Crowe2871.89%
Confederation of Regions Roberta McDonald1200.79%
Natural Law Alan Livingston780.51%
Total15,149
Rejected, spoiled and declined60
Eligible electors / turnout23,54664.59%12.48%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 5.09%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Bow Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989

1989 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Bonnie Laing 3,96834.89%-21.23%
Liberal Timothy Walter Bardsley 3,89234.22%27.86%
New Democratic Scott Jeffrey3,51330.89%-3.83%
Total11,373
Rejected, spoiled and declined44
Eligible electors / turnout21,90752.12%8.79%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -10.37%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Bow Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1986

1986 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Neil Webber 5,39256.12%-14.13%
New Democratic Scott Jeffrey3,33634.72%17.61%
Liberal Annyteh K. Pezuolla6116.36%3.52%
Heritage PartyDouglas Attfield2692.80%
Total9,608
Rejected, spoiled and declined49
Eligible electors / turnout22,28743.33%-19.03%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -15.87%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Bow Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1982

1982 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Neil Webber 9,41270.25%5.64%
New Democratic Catherine Martini2,29317.12%4.63%
Western Canada Concept Roy P. Rasmusen1,0597.90%
Liberal Floyd Allen3802.84%-2.97%
Social Credit Douglas Stewart Williams2531.89%-14.77%
Total13,397
Rejected, spoiled and declined44
Eligible electors / turnout21,55562.36%9.29%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 2.59%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Bow Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1979

1979 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Neil Webber 7,04264.61%12.34%
Social Credit Jim Beale1,81616.66%-18.55%
New Democratic Floyd A. Johnson 1,36112.49%3.74%
Liberal Clive Scott6335.81%2.68%
Communist Adela Polancec470.43%-0.21%
Total10,899
Rejected, spoiled and declined37
Eligible electors / turnout20,60853.07%-5.48%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 15.44%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Bow Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1975

1975 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Neil Webber 5,25152.27%12.63%
Social Credit Roy Wilson 3,53735.21%-12.92%
New Democratic Jack Dunbar8798.75%-3.47%
Liberal Mike Prohaszka3143.13%
Communist David Whitefield640.64%
Total10,045
Rejected, spoiled and declined30
Eligible electors / turnout17,20958.54%-9.45%
Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit Swing 4.29%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Bow Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1971

1971 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Roy Wilson 5,53948.13%
Progressive Conservative Bill Wearmouth4,56339.65%
New Democratic Fred Spooner1,40712.23%
Total11,509
Rejected, spoiled and declined68
Eligible electors / turnout17,02668.00%
Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Bow Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Bow [11] Turnout 47.11%
AffiliationCandidateVotes% votes% ballotsRank
Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 5,23616.72%50.55%1
Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 4,86515.54%46.96%5
Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 4,08713.05%39.45%2
 Independent Link Byfield 3,22710.30%31.15%4
Progressive Conservative David Usherwood2,8639.14%27.64%6
Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 2,7098.65%26.15%3
 Independent Tom Sindlinger 2,4597.85%23.74%9
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough2,1346.81%20.60%8
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth1,9556.24%18.87%7
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan1,7825.70%17.20%10
Total votes31,317100%
Total ballots10,3593.02 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined2,373
27,026 eligible electors

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot.

Student vote results

2004

Participating schools [12]
Bowcroft Elementary School
Thomas B. Riley 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 had 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 resided in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district than where they were physically located.

2004 Alberta student vote results [13]
AffiliationCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Alana DeLong 9931.03%
Green Marie Picken7523.51%
  Liberal Kelly McDonnell5115.99%
New Democratic Jennifer Banks4815.05%
Alberta Alliance James Istvanffy175.33%
  Social Credit Douglas Picken165.02%
 IndependentMargaret Askin134.07%
Total319100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined9

2012

2012 Alberta student vote results
AffiliationCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Alana DeLong %
Wildrose Tim Dyck
  Liberal Stephanie Shewchuk%
Alberta Party Ellen Phillips
  NDP Jason Nishiyama%
Total100%

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. 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.
  3. Electoral Divisions Act , S.A. 2003, c. E-4.1
  4. "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010.
  5. "Calgary MLA Deborah Drever to rejoin NDP caucus after exile for controversial social-media posts". CBC News.
  6. "Calgary Herald ePaper".
  7. "03 - Calgary-Bow". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  8. "03 - Calgary-Bow, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  9. 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. 11–14. ISBN   978-1-988620-12-1 . Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  10. 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.
  11. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  12. "School by School results" (PDF). Student Vote Canada. Retrieved April 18, 2008.
  13. "Alberta Election 2004 Results" (PDF). Student Vote Canada. Retrieved April 19, 2008.

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