Calgary West

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Calgary West
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Calgary West in relation to the other Calgary ridings
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1979
District abolished2013
First contested 1979
Last contested 2011
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011) [1] 149,593
Electors (2011)101,673
Area (km²) [2] 89.06
Census division(s) Division No. 6
Census subdivision(s) Calgary

Calgary West was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1953, and from 1979 to 2015. It was in the western part of the City of Calgary.

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The electoral district was originally created in 1914 from Calgary riding. It was abolished in 1952 with parts being transferred to Calgary North, Calgary South, Bow River and Red Deer ridings. It was re-created in 1976 from Calgary North, Calgary South, Calgary Centre, and Palliser ridings. It was abolished during the 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution into Calgary Signal Hill (58%), Calgary Rocky Ridge (25%), and Calgary Confederation (17%).

From 1993 to 1997, Calgary West was represented by Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015. Harper represented the nearby riding of Calgary Southwest as leader of the Opposition (from 2002) and prime minister (from 2006).

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Calgary West
Riding created from Calgary
13th  1917–1921   Thomas Tweedie Government (Unionist)
14th  1921–1925   Joseph Tweed Shaw Independent Labour
15th  1925–1926   R.B. Bennett Conservative
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
18th  1935–1939
 1939–1940 Douglas Cunnington
19th  1940–1945   Manley Justin Edwards Liberal
20th  1945–1949   Arthur LeRoy Smith Progressive Conservative
21st  1949–1951
 1951–1953 Carl Nickle
Riding dissolved into Calgary North, Calgary South,
Bow River and Red Deer
Riding re-created from Calgary North, Calgary South,
Calgary Centre, and Palliser
31st  1979–1980   Jim Hawkes Progressive Conservative
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988
34th  1988–1993
35th  1993–1997   Stephen Harper Reform
36th  1997–2000 Rob Anders
 2000–2000   Alliance
37th  2000–2003
 2003–2004   Conservative
38th  2004–2006
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2015
Riding dissolved into Calgary Signal Hill, Calgary Rocky Ridge
and Calgary Confederation

Election results

1979–2015

2011 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Rob Anders 39,99662.20+4.84$83,426
Liberal Janice Kinch11,37917.68-4.22$33,609
New Democratic Shawna Knowles6,66610.36+4.01
Green Anna Wagner6,0689.43-1.72$15,556
Marxist–Leninist André Vachon2330.36+0.11
Total valid votes/Expense limit64,346100.00$102,535
Total rejected ballots3380.52+0.15
Turnout64,68463.01+2.05
Eligible voters 102,657
2008 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Rob Anders 34,57957.36-1.35$73,112
Liberal Jennifer Pollock13,20421.90-0.22$38,919
Green Randall Weeks6,72211.15+0.88$7,103
New Democratic Teale Phelps Bondaroff3,8326.35-1.94$7,402
Independent Kirk Schmidt1,7902.96$15,857
Marxist–Leninist André Vachon1550.25+0.06
Total valid votes/Expense limit60,282100.00 $96,909
Total rejected ballots2210.37+0.08
Turnout60,503 60.96-8.98
Conservative hold Swing -0.6
2006 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Rob Anders 38,02058.71+2.81$47,434
Liberal Jennifer Pollock14,32822.12-7.15$61,930
Green Danielle Roberts6,65310.27+2.65$200
New Democratic Teale Phelps Bondaroff5,3708.29+1.81$2,960
Canadian Action Tim Cayzer2650.41-0.15$2,356
Marxist–Leninist André Vachon1250.19+0.04$16
Total valid votes64,761100.00
Total rejected ballots1910.29-0.04
Turnout64,95269.94+2.42
2004 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Rob Anders 31,32255.90-19.71$66,962
Liberal Justin Thompson16,40229.27+11.12$37,297
Green Danielle Roberts4,2747.63+5.24$593
New Democratic Tim Patterson3,6326.48+2.68$2,317
Canadian Action James S. Kohut3150.56$551
Marxist–Leninist André Vachon870.16$46
Total valid votes56,032100.00
Total rejected ballots1840.33+0.13
Turnout56,21667.52+5.65
2000 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Alliance Rob Anders 33,22254.04+2.25$54,150
Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 13,25921.57+4.15$26,369
Liberal Frank Bruseker 11,18118.18-7.05$15,745
New Democratic Greg Klassen2,3503.82+0.04$1,540
Green Evan Osenton1,4562.36+1.09$1,069
Total valid votes61,468100.00
Total rejected ballots1220.20-0.04
Turnout61,59061.87-3.00
1997 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Reform Rob Anders 24,87851.79-0.32$55,330
Liberal Dave Bronconnier 15,27725.23-1.44$65,590
Progressive Conservative Sergei Scurfield 9,59417.42+1.70$43,365
New Democratic Michael Kozakavich2,1053.78+1.75$1,506
Green Jack Locke5571.27+0.68$1,210
Natural Law Frank Haika2930.47-0.37$1,149
Total valid votes52,704100.00
Total rejected ballots1280.24
Turnout52,83264.87
1993 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform Stephen Harper 30,13952.11+35.53
Liberal Karen Gainer15,42326.67+14.10
Progressive Conservative Jim Hawkes 9,09015.72-42.80
New Democratic Rudy Rogers 1,1752.03-9.58
National Kathleen McNeil1,0671.84
Natural Law Frank Haika4830.84
Green Don Francis3430.59
Christian Heritage Larry Heather 1160.20
Total valid votes 57,836 100.00
1988 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Jim Hawkes 32,02558.52-16.19
Reform Steve Harper 9,07416.58
Liberal John Phillips 6,88012.57+1.14
New Democratic Richard D. Vanderberg6,35511.61+0.86
Libertarian David Faren2250.41-0.05
Confederation of Regions Brent Morin 1700.31-0.73
Total valid votes 54,729 100.00
1984 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Jim Hawkes 37,56574.70+8.85
Liberal Bill Code5,74911.43-11.65
New Democratic Ed Smith5,40910.76+3.08
Green Martin--John McDonald6051.20
Confederation of Regions Cliff Ginn5231.04
Libertarian Frank Ceri2330.46
Social Credit Doug Williams2010.40-0.33
Total valid votes 50,285 100.00
1980 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Jim Hawkes 26,63965.85+0.47
Liberal Jerry Arshinoff9,33923.09-1.63
New Democratic Bob Ritchie3,1077.68-0.80
Rhinoceros Anthony G. Petti1,0272.54
Social Credit Ada Major2940.73-0.45
Marxist–Leninist John Musgrave450.11
Total valid votes 40,451 100.00
1979 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Jim Hawkes 28,47465.39
Liberal Doug Lauchlan10,76224.71
New Democratic Jack Peters3,6948.48
Social Credit Dennis Shupe5121.18
Communist Joan Jenkins104
Total valid votes 43,546 100.00

1951 by-election

Canadian federal by-election, 10 December 1951
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
On Mr. Smith's resignation, 5 July 1951
Progressive Conservative Carl Olof Nickle 10,68647.29+4.63
Liberal Frank Gordon Buchanan6,42428.43-3.66
Social Credit Arthur Dixon 5,48924.29-0.97
Total valid votes22,599 100.00

1917–1949

1949 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Arthur LeRoy Smith 11,45742.65+4.21
Liberal Charles Curtice Matthews8,61932.09+10.38
Social Credit Arthur J. Dixon 6,78525.26+4.61
Total valid votes 26,861 100.00
1945 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Arthur LeRoy Smith 8,87238.44+1.57
Liberal Charles Curtice Matthews5,01121.71-13.12
Social Credit Andrew Henry Jukes4,76620.65-0.36
Co-operative Commonwealth Ken Simpson Tory3,64115.77+8.48
Labor–Progressive Duncan Archibald Mackenzie7913.43
Total valid votes 23,081 100.00

Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election. Social Credit vote is compared to New Democracy vote in 1940 election.

1940 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Manley Justin Edwards 7,29936.87+25.17
National Government Douglas Cunnington 6,89634.83-15.52
New Democracy Rose Wilkinson 4,15921.01-10.93
Co-operative Commonwealth J. Albert Johnson1,4447.29+3.53
Total valid votes 19,798 100.00

Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election. New Democracy vote is compared to Social Credit vote in 1935 election.

By-election on 18 September 1939

On Richard Bennett's resignation, 28 January 1939

PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Douglas Cunnington acclaimed
1935 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Bennett 9,17250.35-19.87
Social Credit Robert Lincoln Reid5,81731.93
Liberal Peter Laurence Hyde2,13011.69-18.08
Co-operative Commonwealth Henry Magee Horricks6863.77
Reconstruction Charles Thomas Galbraith4112.26
Total valid votes 18,216 100.00
Canadian federal by-election, 25 August 1930
PartyCandidateVotes
On acceptance by the Hon. Richard Bennett of an office of emolument under the Crown, 7 July 1930
Conservative Richard Bennett acclaimed
1930 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Bennett 13,88370.22+12.30
Liberal Colin Campbell McLaurin5,88729.78-12.30
Total valid votes19,770 100.00
1926 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Bennett 8,95157.92-5.01
Liberal Harry William Lunney6,50242.08
Total valid votes 15,453 100.00
1925 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Bennett 10,25662.94+17.19
Labour Joseph Tweed Shaw 6,04037.06-8.78
Total valid votes16,296 100.00
1921 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Tweed Shaw 7,36945.85
Conservative Richard Bennett 7,35345.75-27.49
Liberal Edward Faustinus Ryan1,3518.41-18.36
Total valid votes16,073 100.00

Note: Conservative vote is compared to Unionist vote in 1917 election.

1917 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Government (Unionist) Thomas Tweedie 10,98673.24
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) John Alfred Irvine4,01526.76
Total valid votes 15,001 100.00

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