Calgary-Lougheed

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Calgary-Lougheed
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Calgary-Lougheed 2017.svg
Calgary-Lougheed within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Eric Bouchard
United Conservative
District created1993
First contested 1993
Last contested 2023
Demographics
Population (2016) [1] 42,253
Census division(s) Division No. 6
Census subdivision(s) Calgary

Calgary-Lougheed is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting.

Contents

The district is primarily urban, and it exists on the suburban fringes of the city of Calgary. It was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution from Calgary-Shaw, and is named in honour of former premier Peter Lougheed, who held the nearby seat of Calgary West from 1967 to 1986.

The district has been a stronghold for Progressive Conservative candidates since it was created. The current MLA for this riding is Eric Bouchard of the United Conservative Party. The riding was vacant for a period following the resignation of the former premier of Alberta, Jason Kenney of the United Conservative Party. The first MLA was Jim Dinning who previously represented Calgary-Shaw.

The district contains the neighbourhoods of Bridlewood, Millrise, Shawnee, Evergreen, Evergreen Estates, Alpine Park, and Vermilion Hills.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution from Calgary-Shaw and Highwood. In the 2010 Boundary redistribution all land east of 14 Street was cut out of the riding and given to Shaw and Calgary-Fish Creek.

Boundary history

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Lougheed [3]
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Calgary-Shaw 1986-1993 and Highwood 1971-1993
23rd 1993-1997 Jim Dinning Progressive
Conservative
24th 1997-2001 Marlene Graham
25th 2001-2004
26th 2004-2008 Dave Rodney
27th 2008-2012
28th 2012-2015
29th 2015-2017
2017 United Conservative
2017Vacant
2017-2019 Jason Kenney United Conservative
30th 2019-2022
2022-2023Vacant
31st 2023–present Eric Bouchard United Conservative

The electoral district was created from Calgary-Shaw in the 1993 boundary redistribution. The first election held that year saw incumbent Progressive Conservative MLA Jim Dinning defeat Liberal candidate Jack Driscoll and three other candidates. Dinning retired from the legislature in 1997.

The 1997 election saw Progressive Conservative candidate Marlene Graham elected with a landslide majority. She was re-elected with a larger margin in the 2001 general election and retired at dissolution in 2004.

The 2004 election saw Progressive Conservative candidate Dave Rodney win a very large majority to hold the seat for his party. He was easily re-elected in 2008 and 2012.

In 2015, however, Rodney barely held the seat in a close three-way race against NDP and Wildrose challengers. In 2017, the Progressive Conservative and Wildrose parties merged to form the United Conservative Party, which Rodney joined. He subsequently resigned his seat to allow party leader Jason Kenney to run in a by-election. Kenney was elected by a wide margin over the NDP candidate and Liberal leader David Khan.

Legislative election results

2023

2023 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Conservative Eric Bouchard 9,69056.45-9.25
New Democratic Venkat Ravulaparthi6,92440.33+15.86
Liberal John Roggeveen 3692.15+0.91
Solidarity Movement Nathaniel Pawlowski1841.07–
Total17,16799.18–
Rejected and declined1420.82
Turnout17,30960.06
Eligible voters28,818
United Conservative hold Swing -12.55
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta [4]

2019

2019 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
United Conservative Jason Kenney 11,63365.70+3.19$44,704
New Democratic Julia Bietz4,33424.48-7.52$6,631
Alberta Party Rachel Timmermans1,3657.71+6.84$9,945
Liberal Wilson McCutchan2191.24-3.39$500
Alberta Independence Peter De Jonk1010.57–$500
Independent Larry R Heather 550.31–$500
Total17,70799.20–
Rejected, spoiled and declined1420.80
Turnout17,84965.99
Eligible voters27,046
United Conservative notional hold Swing +5.35
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta [5] [6] [7]
Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000.

^ Change is calculated from redistributed 2015 results.

2017 by-election

Alberta provincial by-election, December 14, 2017
Resignation of Dave Rodney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Conservative Jason Kenney 7,76071.51+8.35 [a]
New Democratic Phillip van der Merwe1,82216.79−15.24
Liberal David Khan 1,0099.30+4.49
Reform Lauren Thorsteinson1371.26–
Green Romy Tittel600.55–
Independent Wayne Leslie420.39–
Independent Larry Heather 220.20–
Total valid votes10,852––
Rejected, spoiled and declined28296
Eligible voters / turnout31,06735.03−16.32
United Conservative notional hold Swing +11.80
Source(s)
Elections Alberta [8] [9]
  1. ↑ Swing is calculated from the sum of Progressive Conservative and Wildrose vote shares.

    2015

    2015 Alberta general election
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Progressive Conservative Dave Rodney 5,93934.99-15.22
    New Democratic Mihai Ion5,43732.03+28.07
    Wildrose Mark Mantei4,78128.17-10.24
    Liberal Leila Keith8174.81-2.61
    Total valid votes16,97498.54
    Rejected, spoiled and declined2511.46+0.28
    Eligible electors/ turnout33,54751.35-0.52
    Progressive Conservative hold Swing -21.65
    Source(s)
    "2015 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
    2015 Alberta general election redistributed results
    PartyVotes%
    Progressive Conservative 4,47334.59
    New Democratic 4,13832.00
    Wildrose 3,61127.92
    Liberal 5994.63
    Alberta Party 1120.87
    Source(s)
    Source: Ridingbuilder

    2012

    2012 Alberta general election
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Progressive Conservative Dave Rodney 7,83650.21-2.30
    Wildrose John Carpay 5,99338.40+26.57
    Liberal Fred Stenson1,1597.43-21.25
    New Democratic Brent Kelly6183.96+1.51
    Total15,60698.82
    Rejected, spoiled and declined1861.18+0.87
    Eligible electors / Turnout30,44551.87+12.71
    Progressive Conservative hold Swing -14.44
    Source(s)
    "Electoral Division Results, Calgary-Lougheed".

    2008

    2008 Alberta general election
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Progressive Conservative Dave Rodney 7,19052.51%-7.33%
    Liberal Lori Czerwinski3,92628.68%+0.61%
    Wildrose Alliance Derrick Jacobson1,62011.83%+7.63%
    Greens Bernie Amell5203.80%-0.65%
    New Democratic Clint Marko3362.45%-0.99%
    Independent Keith Laurie1000.73%
    Total13,692100.00%
    Rejected, spoiled and declined42
    Eligible electors / Turnout35,07139.16%-1.51%
    Progressive Conservative hold Swing -3.97%
    Source(s)
    The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp.  222–225.

    2004

    2004 Alberta general election
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Progressive Conservative Dave Rodney 6,33659.84%-14.35%
    Liberal Al Pollock2,97228.07%+7.04%
    Greens Ryan Boucher4714.45%
    Alberta Alliance Tariq Khan4454.20%
    New Democratic Matt Koczkur3653.44%-1.34%
    Total10,589100.00%
    Rejected, spoiled and declined70
    Eligible electors / Turnout26,20940.67%-14.15%
    Progressive Conservative hold Swing -10.70%
    Source(s)
    "Calgary-Lougheed Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 28, 2010.

    2001

    2001 Alberta general election
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Progressive Conservative Marlene Graham 8,95274.19%+8.19%
    Liberal Pete Montgomery2,53821.03%-3.68%
    New Democratic Marc Power5774.78%+0.25%
    Total12,067100.00%
    Rejected, spoiled and declined48
    Eligible electors / Turnout22,09954.82%+0.43%
    Progressive Conservative hold Swing +5.94%
    Source(s)
    "Calgary-Lougheed Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 27, 2010.

    1997

    1997 Alberta general election
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Progressive Conservative Marlene Graham 7,76166.00%+13.23%
    Liberal Darryl Hawkins2,90624.71%-17.36%
    Social Credit Hub Blanchet5604.76%
    New Democratic Mara Vogel5334.53%+0.89%
    Total11,760100.00%
    Rejected, spoiled and declined20
    Eligible electors / Turnout21,66054.39%-13.90%
    Progressive Conservative hold Swing +15.30%
    Source(s)
    "1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2012.

    1993

    1993 Alberta general election
    PartyCandidateVotes%
    Progressive Conservative Jim Dinning 7,28052.77%
    Liberal Jack Driscoll5,80342.07%
    New Democratic Catherine Rose5023.64%
    Confederation of Regions Peter Hope1220.88%
    Natural Law Ida Bugmann880.64%
    Total13,795100.00%
    Rejected, spoiled and declined20
    Eligible electors / Turnout20,23168.29%
    Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
    Source(s)
    "Calgary-Lougheed results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 15, 2010.

    Senate nominee election results

    2004

    2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Lougheed [10] Turnout 40.76%
    AffiliationCandidateVotes% votes% ballotsRank
    Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 4,60317.44%52.78%1
    Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 4,04015.31%46.32%5
    Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 3,90014.78%44.72%2
    Progressive Conservative David Usherwood3,04711.55%34.94%6
    Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 2,4739.37%28.35%3
     Independent Link Byfield 2,3749.00%27.22%4
     Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,6846.38%19.31%9
    Alberta Alliance Michael Roth1,5205.76%17.43%7
    Alberta Alliance Vance Gough1,4855.63%17.03%8
    Alberta Alliance Gary Horan1,2624.78%14.47%10
    Total votes26,388100%
    Total ballots8,7223.03 votes per ballot
    Rejected, spoiled and declined1,960
    26,209 eligible electors

    Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

    2012

    2012 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Lougheed
    PartyCandidateVotes%
    Progressive Conservative Doug Black 5,44717.74
    Progressive Conservative Scott Tannas 4,28213.95
    Progressive Conservative Mike Shaikh4,14913.51
    Wildrose Rob Gregory3,67911.98
    Wildrose Raymond Germain3,40311.08
    Wildrose Vitor Marciano2,9649.65
    Independent Len Bracko 1,4364.68
    Evergreen Elizabeth Johannson1,3324.34
    Independent Ian Urquhart1,0773.51
    Independent Paul Frank9102.96
    Independent David Fletcher8982.92
    Independent William Exelby6642.16
    Independent Perry Chahal4621.50
    Number of votes cast30,703
    Number of valid ballots12,78890.16
    Rejected, spoiled and declined1,3959.84
    Eligible electors/ Turnout30,44546.59
    Source(s)
    "2012 Senate Nominee Election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved December 14, 2017.

    See also

    References

    1. ↑ Calculated by combining the populations of Census Tracts 0001.13, 0001.17, 0001.09, 0001.35, 0001.36, 0001.37, 0001.38, 0001.39 and Dissemination Areas 48062156, 48062157, 48060502, 48062217 and 48062218
    2. ↑ "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. pp. 11–12.
    3. ↑ "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
    4. ↑ "16 - Calgary-Lougheed". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved June 8, 2023.
    5. ↑ "16 - Calgary-Lougheed, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
    6. ↑ 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. 63–65. ISBN   978-1-988620-12-1 . Retrieved April 7, 2021.
    7. ↑ 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.
    8. ↑ "Provincial Results. By-election December 14, 2017". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta.
    9. ↑ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2018). Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the December 14, 2017 By-election in Calgary-Lougheed (PDF). Edmonton: Elections Alberta. ISBN   978-1-988620-06-0.
    10. ↑ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
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