Calgary-South East

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Calgary-South East
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Calgary-South East 2017.svg
Calgary-South East within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Matt Jones
United Conservative
District created1957
District abolished1963
District re-created2010
First contested1959, 2012
Last contested1959, 2023

Calgary-South East (previously styled Calgary South East) is a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta. It has existed twice, first from 1959 to 1963, and then re-created in 2010. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

Contents

The current electoral district was created from a portion of Airdrie-Chestermere, Calgary-Hays and Calgary-Shaw. It contains the neighbourhoods of Auburn Bay, Cranston, Mahogany & Seton.

History

The first provincial electoral district to use the name Calgary South East was created in the 1959 redistribution that saw the provincial ridings of Calgary and Edmonton broken up. This marked the transition to standardize elections back to the First Past the Post across the province. From 1926 to 1959 Calgary and Edmonton, elected members with Single Transferable Vote in super districts while rest of the province used single member riding's using an Alternate voting method with a 50% margin.

The district was quickly abolished in the 1963 boundary redistribution when it became part of the Calgary South electoral district.

A new electoral district was created in southeast Calgary in the 2010 boundary redistribution. The roots of the new district can be traced back to the old South East district through various changes to the electoral boundaries that have taken place since. The district was created primarily from Calgary-Hays and Calgary-Shaw and its boundaries were expanded into areas of the old Airdrie-Chestermere and Highwood electoral districts where the city of Calgary boundaries had expanded.

Boundary history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-South East [1]
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Calgary 1921-1959
14th 1959-1963 Arthur Dixon Social Credit
See Calgary South 1963-1971
See Calgary-Hays 2004-2012 and Calgary-Shaw 1986-2012
28th 2012–2015 Rick Fraser Progressive
Conservative
29th 2015–2017
2017 United Conservative
2017-2018Independent
2018-2019 Alberta Party
30th 2019–2023 Matt Jones United Conservative
31st 2023–present

Electoral history

The first incarnation of Calgary South East saw Social Credit MLA Art Dixon win his third term in office with a landslide majority. He defeated two city of Calgary alderman to keep his seat in the Assembly. Dixon won the new district of Calgary South after South East was abolished in 1963.

Recently the area that comprises the new Calgary-South East has returned Progressive Conservative candidates with large majorities and has done so since the 1970s. The incumbent for Calgary-Hays during the 2010 boundary shift was Art Johnston. He tried to run for renomination but was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Rick Fraser and won't stand for re-election.

Shortly after the Progressive Conservatives merged with Wildrose in 2017, Fraser announced he would sit as an independent. In January 2018 he announced he would run for the leadership of the Alberta Party, but has yet to inform the Speaker whether he intends to join the party caucus.

Legislative election results

1959

1959 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Arthur J. Dixon 5,64367.11%–
Progressive Conservative Ernest Henry Starr 1,53718.28%–
Liberal Peter Petrasuk 7929.42%–
Co-operative Commonwealth George E. Ellinson4375.20%–
Total8,409––
Rejected, spoiled and declined53––
Eligible electors / Turnout17,29948.92%–
Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-South East Official Results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2012

2012 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Rick Fraser 7,16148.53%–
Wildrose Bill Jarvis6,35743.08%–
Liberal Brad Carroll7555.12%–
New Democratic Marta Warszynski4833.27%–
Total14,756––
Rejected, spoiled and declined37384
Eligible electors / turnout30,91447.87%–
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "25 - Calgary-South East, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2015

2015 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Rick Fraser 7,66332.48%-16.05%
New Democratic Mirical MacDonald7,35831.19%27.92%
Wildrose Brandon Lunty 6,89229.21%-13.87%
Liberal Gladwin Gill1,3045.53%0.41%
Green Jordan Mac Isaac3741.59%–
Total23,591––
Rejected, spoiled and declined1035215
Eligible electors / turnout46,87150.58%2.72%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -2.08%
Source(s)
Source: "25 - Calgary-South East, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2019

2019 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Conservative Matt Jones 12,86061.21%-0.48%
New Democratic Heather Eddy3,98318.96%-12.23%
Alberta Party Rick Fraser 3,81018.13%–
Liberal Leila Keith2241.07%-4.46%
Alberta Independence Richard Fontaine1340.64%–
Total21,011––
Rejected, spoiled and declined47665
Eligible electors / turnout29,57871.21%20.63%
United Conservative gain from Alberta Party Swing 20.48%
Source(s)
Source: "24 - Calgary-South East, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
UCP change is based on combination of Progressive Conservative and Wildrose results from the 2015 Alberta general election.

2023

2023 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Conservative Matt Jones 14,08758.82-2.39
New Democratic Justin Huseby9,44239.42+20.47
Green Catriona Wright3181.33–
Solidarity Movement Heinrich Friesen1040.43–
Total23,95199.39–
Rejected and declined1460.61
Turnout24,09762.81
Eligible voters38,368
United Conservative hold Swing -11.43
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta [2]

Senate nominee election results

2012

Student vote results

2012

2012 Alberta student vote results
AffiliationCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Rick Fraser%
Wildrose Bill Jarvis
  Liberal %
  NDP %
Total100%

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References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "24 - Calgary-South East". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved June 8, 2023.

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