Craig Cheffins

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2008 Alberta general election: Calgary-Elbow

Craig Cheffins
MLA for Calgary-Elbow
In office June 12, 2007 –March 3, 2008
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Alison Redford	6,130	42.08	+3.75
	Liberal	Craig Cheffins	5,711	39.20	−6.57
	Wildrose Alliance	Dale Nelson	963	6.61	+2.44
	Independent	Barry Erskine	948	6.51
	Green	Jonathon Sheffield	526	3.61	−1.99
	New Democratic	Garnet Wilcox	290	1.99	−1.31
Total valid votes			14,568	100.00
Total rejected ballots			77
Turnout			14,645	45.84
Eligible voters			31,947
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+5.16%

v t e Alberta provincial by-election, June 12, 2007: Calgary-Elbow Resignation of Ralph Klein on January 15, 2007
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Craig Cheffins	4,823	45.77	+9.24
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Heninger	4,039	38.33	−13.15
	Green	George Read	590	5.60	+0.66
	Alberta Alliance	Jane Morgan	439	4.17	+0.56
	New Democratic	Al Brown	348	3.30	+0.75
	Social Credit	Trevor Grover	175	1.66	+1.15
	Independent	Jeff Willerton	124	1.17	—
Total valid votes			10,538	—	—
Rejected, spoiled and declined			13	25	3
Eligible electors / turnout			30,538	34.64	—
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+11.20
Source(s) Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2007). Report on the June 12, 2007 By-elections: Calgary-Elbow & Drumheller-Stettler (Report). Edmonton: Legislative Assembly of Alberta; Chief Electoral Officer. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

Career

Cheffins' employer at the time of the 2007 by-election was Mount Royal College (MRC), where he was the Work Experience Coordinator of the Justice Studies department. ^[6]

References

1. "Calgary-Elbow 'up for grabs'". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
2. Braid, Don (16 May 2007). "Liberal undercurrent runs deep". Calgary Herald . CanWest Global Communications. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2007.
3. McLean, Archie (16 May 2007). "Opposition eager to contest byelections: Liberals sense new weakness in Calgary Elbow riding now that Klein is out of the picture". Edmonton Journal . CanWest Global Communications. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2007.
4. Saelhof, Todd (14 May 2007). "Grit feels Tories on de-Klein". Calgary Sun . Sun Media Corporation. Archived from the original on 23 June 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2007.
5. Dave Taylor Leadership Campaign (11 September 2008). "Craig Cheffins Announced as Co-Chair - Teams up with Dave on Leadership Bid". Archived from the original on 22 September 2008.
6. Services, Enrolment (2007). "MRCalendar2007-2008" (PDF). Mount Royal College . Retrieved 25 March 2008.

External links

• Bell, Rick (16 May 2007). "This could be a bye-bye election: Ed may get a Calgary Elbow to the head: Days of the Turnip Tories are long gone". Calgary Sun . Sun Media Corporation. Archived from the original on 18 May 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2007.
• Bell, Rick (18 May 2007). "The people of Poll 13 live in one of Calgary's luckiest districts ... and even here you can feel the discontent". Calgary Sun . Sun Media Corporation. Archived from the original on 23 June 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2007.