Craig Cheffins

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2008 Alberta general election: Calgary-Elbow
Craig Cheffins
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MLA for Calgary-Elbow
In office
June 12, 2007 March 3, 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Alison Redford 6,13042.08+3.75
Liberal Craig Cheffins 5,71139.20−6.57
Wildrose Alliance Dale Nelson9636.61+2.44
Independent Barry Erskine9486.51
Green Jonathon Sheffield5263.61−1.99
New Democratic Garnet Wilcox2901.99−1.31
Total valid votes14,568100.00
Total rejected ballots77
Turnout14,64545.84
Eligible voters31,947
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +5.16%
Alberta provincial by-election, June 12, 2007: Calgary-Elbow
Resignation of Ralph Klein on January 15, 2007
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Craig Cheffins 4,82345.77+9.24
Progressive Conservative Brian Heninger4,03938.33−13.15
Green George Read 5905.60+0.66
Alberta Alliance Jane Morgan4394.17+0.56
New Democratic Al Brown3483.30+0.75
Social Credit Trevor Grover1751.66+1.15
Independent Jeff Willerton1241.17
Total valid votes10,538
Rejected, spoiled and declined13253
Eligible electors / turnout30,53834.64
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. 1 2 3 4 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.