Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill

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Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
CalgaryMackayNoseHill in Calgary.jpg
2010 boundaries
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created2010
District abolished2019
First contested 2012
Last contested 2015

Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill was a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 2012 to 2019.

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History

The electoral district was created in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution. It was created when Calgary-Mackay and Calgary-Nose Hill were merged along with a large chunk of Calgary-McCall. [1]

The Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill electoral district was dissolved in the 2017 electoral boundary re-distribution into Calgary-Beddington and Calgary-North electoral districts ahead of the 2019 Alberta general election. [2]

Boundary history

Electoral history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for
Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Calgary-Mackay 2004–2012 Calgary-McCall 1971–2012
Calgary-Nose Hill 2004–2012
28th 2012–2015 Neil Brown Progressive Conservative
29th 2015–2017 Karen McPherson New Democratic
2017Independent
2017–2019 Alberta Party
See Calgary-Beddington and Calgary-North 2019–

The antecedent electoral districts that comprise Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill generally returned Progressive Conservative candidates for many years. Progressive Conservative MLA Neil Brown was the first elected member for the electoral district in 2012. Neil Brown would be defeated by New Democratic MLA Karen McPherson in 2015. McPherson would leave the NDP caucus in 2017 and join the Alberta Party a week later. [3]

Legislative election results

2012

2012 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Neil Brown 6,60446.47%
Wildrose Roy M. Alexander5,45538.39%
Liberal Don Thompson1,1057.78%
New Democratic Anne Wilson8405.91%
Alberta Party Jason Webster2071.46%
Total14,211
Rejected, spoiled and declined69
Eligible electors / turnout29,19348.92%
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "19 - Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill Official Results 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2015

2015 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Karen McPherson 6,17736.86%30.94%
Wildrose Kathy Macdonald4,91429.32%-9.07%
Progressive Conservative Neil Brown 4,58527.36%-19.11%
Liberal Prab Lashar7684.58%-3.19%
Green Sandy Kevin Aberdeen3161.89%
Total16,760
Rejected, spoiled and declined91
Eligible electors / turnout34,48748.86%-0.05%
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing -0.27%
Source(s)
Source: "19 - Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill Official Results 2015 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
AffiliationCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Neil Brown %
Wildrose Roy Alexander
  Liberal Don Thompson%
Alberta Party Jason Webster
  NDP Anne Wilson%
Social Credit %
Total100%

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