Calgary Queens Park

Calgary Queens Park

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1963
District abolished	1971
First contested	1963
Last contested	1967

Calgary Queens Park 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 1963 to 1971. ^[1]

History

The riding was created from a slice of Calgary Bowness during the 1963 election. The riding disappeared when it was merged with Calgary North to create Calgary-McKnight during the 1971 election.

The riding was a thin strip that ran north from Downtown Calgary to the north end city limits, and on the west side of Centre Street.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary Queens Park
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Calgary Bowness electoral district from 1959-1963
15th	1963–1967		Lee Leavitt	Social Credit
16th	1967–1971
See Calgary-McKnight electoral district from 1971-1993

Election results

1963

v t e 1963 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Lee Leavitt	4,363	49.25%	–
	Progressive Conservative	Duncan L. McKillop	1,597	18.03%	–
	Independent	Roy Farran	1,469	16.58%	–
	Liberal	John Donnachie	794	8.96%	–
	New Democratic	Ben S. Greenfield	509	5.75%	–
	Independent Social Credit	Conrad Pfeifer	126	1.42%	–
Total			8,858	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			196	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			16,569	54.64%	–
	Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Queen's park Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1967

v t e 1967 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Lee Leavitt	4,943	41.96%	-7.29%
	Progressive Conservative	Eric C. Musgreave	3,915	33.23%	15.21%
	Liberal	Darryl Raymaker	1,702	14.45%	5.48%
	New Democratic	Lisa Baldwin	1,220	10.36%	4.61%
Total			11,780	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			17,843	66.02%	11.38%
	Social Credit hold		Swing		-11.25%
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Queen's park Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts

References

1. "Election results for Calgary Queens Park". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2020.

Further reading

• Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005. The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN   0-9689217-8-7 . Retrieved May 25, 2020.

External links

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta

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