Macleod (federal electoral district)

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Macleod
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Alberta federal ridings (rural) - Macleod.svg
Macleod in relation to the other Alberta federal electoral districts
District created1987
District abolished2012
First contested 1988
Last contested2014 by-election
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011) [1] 123,778
Electors (2011)81,141
Area (km²) [2] 28,303.15
Census division(s) Division No. 3, Division No. 6, Division No. 15
Census subdivision(s) Arrowwood, Bighorn No. 8, Black Diamond, Blood 148, Calgary, Cardston County, Carmangay, Champion, Claresholm, Cochrane, Cowley, Crowsnest Pass, Eden Valley 216, Foothills No. 31, Fort Macleod, Glenwood, Granum, High River, Hill Spring, Kananaskis, Lomond, Longview, Milo, Nanton, Okotoks, Piikani 147, Pincher Creek, Pincher Creek No. 9, Ranchland No. 66, Rocky View County, Siksika 146, Stavely, Stoney 142, 143, 144, Tsuu T'ina Nation 145 (Sarcee 145), Turner Valley, Vulcan, Vulcan County, Willow Creek No. 26

Macleod was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1908 to 1968 and from 1988 to 2015. It was a mostly rural riding in southwest Alberta, however it extended as far north as the outer suburbs of Calgary, and in its final years included a few slivers of Calgary itself. It covered the Municipal District of Foothills No. 31, Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26, Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9, Municipal District of Ranchland No. 66, Vulcan County, the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass, and Kananaskis Improvement District. It also included the towns of Okotoks, Cochrane, and High River.

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Demographics

According to the 2011 Canadian census

Ethnic groups: 84.1% White, 12.1% Aboriginal
Languages: 87.7% English, 3.6% German, 1.4% French, ~1.8% Blackfoot (Blackfoot counted as "Other language" on the Census; this number derived from "other language" speakers on Blackfoot reserves)
Religions: 67.4% Christian (22.7% Catholic, 12.2% United Church, 6.0% Anglican, 2.9% Lutheran, 1.8% Pentecostal, 1.6% Baptist, 1.4% Presbyterian, 18.8% Other Christian), 1.9% Traditional Aboriginal spirituality, 28.9% No religion
Median income (2010): $33,338

History

This riding was originally created in 1907 from parts of District of Alberta and Calgary ridings.

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Rocky Mountain, Palliser Crowfoot, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat ridings.

It was re-created in 1987 from Bow River, Lethbridge—Foothills, Medicine Hat and Wild Rose ridings.

Due to the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution the riding was abolished prior to the next election. Most of the riding was transferred to the new riding of Foothills. Small parts were also transferred to Bow River, Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner and Banff—Airdrie. Small portions that had been annexed into Calgary joined Calgary Midnapore and Calgary Signal Hill.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Macleod
Riding created from Calgary and Alberta provisional district
11th  1908–1911   John Herron Liberal–Conservative
12th  1911–1917   David Warnock Liberal
13th  1917–1921   Hugh Murray Shaw Government (Unionist)
14th  1921–1925   George Gibson Coote Progressive
15th  1925–1926
16th  1926–1930   United Farmers
17th  1930–1935
18th  1935–1940   Ernest George Hansell Social Credit
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949
21st  1949–1953
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962   Lawrence Kindt Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Rocky Mountain, Palliser, Crowfoot,
Lethbridge and Medicine Hat
Riding re-created from Bow River, Lethbridge—Foothills,
Medicine Hat and Wild Rose
34th  1988–1993   Ken Hughes Progressive Conservative
35th  1993–1997   Grant Hill Reform
36th  1997–2000
 2000–2000   Alliance
37th  2000–2003
 2003–2004   Progressive Conservative
 2004–2004   Conservative
38th  2004–2006   Ted Menzies Conservative
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2013
 2014–2015   John Barlow Conservative
Riding dissolved into Foothills, Bow River, Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner,
Banff—Airdrie, Calgary Signal Hill and Calgary Midnapore

Current member of Parliament

The seat was last held by John Barlow, a Conservative and a former newspaper editor, who was elected in a by-election on June 30, 2014 following the resignation of Ted Menzies on November 6, 2013.

Election results

1988–2015

Canadian federal by-election, June 30, 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Barlow 12,61669.16−8.33
Liberal Dustin Fuller3,09216.95+13.27
Green Larry Ashmore 9915.43+0.81
Christian Heritage David J. Reimer7744.24+3.75
New Democratic Aileen Burke7704.22−6.11
Total valid votes/expense limit 18,243 100.0
Total rejected ballots 81 0.44
Turnout 18,324 19.92 −41.60
Eligible voters 92,007
Conservative hold Swing −10.80
By-election due to the resignation of Ted Menzies.
Source: Elections Canada [3]


2011 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Ted Menzies 40,00777.48+0.12$51,784
New Democratic Janine Giles5,33510.33+3.65$4,665
Green Attila Nagy2,3894.63-4.48$2,587
Liberal Nicole Hankel1,8983.68-2.24
Progressive Canadian Brad Carrigan1,7543.40
Christian Heritage Marc Slingerland2520.49-0.43
Total valid votes/Expense limit51,635100.00
Total rejected ballots157 0.30+0.10
Turnout51,792 61.52+5.13
Eligible voters 84,182
Conservative hold Swing -1.76
2008 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Ted Menzies 35,32877.36+1.91$47,418
Green Jared McCollum4,1619.11+2.93$3,884
New Democratic Stan Knowlton3,0536.69+0.16$4,003
Liberal Isabel Paynter2,7035.92-3.31$7,424
Christian Heritage Marc Slingerland4220.92
Total valid votes/Expense limit45,667100.00 $96,193
Total rejected ballots 910.20-0.07
Turnout45,75856.39-3.64
2006 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ted Menzies 37,53475.45+0.69
Liberal Bernie Kennedy4,5969.23−2.86
New Democratic Joyce Thomas3,2516.53+0.04
Green Larry Ashmore 3,0756.18−0.46
Independent Myron Wolf Child 1,0552.12
Canadian Action Catherine Whelan Costen2350.47
Total valid votes49,879100.00
Total rejected ballots1330.27+0.01
Turnout43,22460.03 0.00
2004 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Ted Menzies 32,23274.76-9.12$45,277
Liberal Chris Shade5,21412.09+2.68
Green Laurel Denise Fadeeff2,8656.64$1,011
New Democratic Joyce Thomas2,8026.49-0.21$1,368
Total valid votes43,113100.00
Total rejected ballots1110.26 0.00
Turnout43,22460.03 -2.74

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance vote in 2000.

2000 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Alliance Grant Hill 30,78370.05+2.03$47,809
Progressive Conservative Cyril R. Abbott6,07913.83-1.76$9,380
Liberal Marlene LaMontagne4,1379.41+5.36$5,561
New Democratic Dwayne Good Striker2,9456.70+5.99$524
Total valid votes43,944100.00
Total rejected ballots1160.26+0.11
Turnout44,06062.77+6.20

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997.

1997 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Reform Grant Hill 24,22568.02+4.62$40,614
Progressive Conservative Tim Anderson5,55515.59-1.77$32,047
Liberal Christopher Paton-Gay4,13711.61-4.62$41,335
New Democratic Stanley Carl Knowlton1,4444.05+2.15$2,140
Natural Law Diane Shapka2530.71+0.18
Total valid votes35,614100.00
Total rejected ballots530.15
Turnout35,66756.57
1993 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform Grant Hill 23,80363.40+32.19
Progressive Conservative Ken Hughes 6,51717.36-33.16
Liberal Roy Whitney6,09516.23+6.79
New Democratic Susanne Abildgaard7141.90-6.67
Green Warren Smith2140.57
Natural Law Gloria Hansen2000.53
Total valid votes37,543 100.00
1988 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Ken Hughes 16,98950.52
Reform Ken Copithorne10,49831.22
Liberal Ernie Patterson3,1759.44
New Democratic Gary Taje2,8848.580.25
Commonwealth of Canada F.B. Tex Hover84
Total valid votes 33,630 100.00

1908–1968

1965 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Lawrence Kindt 8,70644.32-1.00
Social Credit Ernie Patterson6,48733.03-3.08
Liberal Bill Matheson3,14216.00+2.72
New Democratic Sam Brown1,3076.65+1.36
Total valid votes 19,642 100.00
1963 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Lawrence Kindt 9,78545.32-0.52
Social Credit Ernie Patterson7,79536.11+2.84
Liberal Robert Bostrom2,86613.28-1.68
New Democratic John P. Griffin1,1435.29-0.65
Total valid votes21,589 100.00
1962 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Lawrence Kindt 9,60545.84-13.19
Social Credit Ernie Patterson6,97033.26+5.40
Liberal James A. Coutts3,13314.95+5.50
New Democratic John P. Griffin1,2455.94+2.29
Total valid votes20,953 100.00

Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.

1958 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Lawrence Kindt 11,91159.03+32.69
Social Credit Ernest George Hansell 5,62327.87-15.80
Liberal James Derrick1,9079.45-15.34
Co-operative Commonwealth John Purrier Griffin7363.65-1.55
Total valid votes20,177 100.00
1957 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Ernest George Hansell 8,41143.67-4.71
Progressive Conservative Lawrence Kindt 5,07326.34+6.14
Liberal Gordon Lloyd Burton4,77424.79+0.84
Co-operative Commonwealth John Purrier Griffin1,0015.20+1.18
Total valid votes19,259 100.00
1953 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Ernest George Hansell 8,68548.39+3.30
Liberal John Joseph McIntyre4,29823.95-0.79
Progressive Conservative Warren Cecil Cooper3,62520.20+0.04
Co-operative Commonwealth Leslie Norman Howard7214.02-6.00
Labor–Progressive Anthony Patera6203.45
Total valid votes17,949 100.00
1949 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Ernest George Hansell 7,41145.08+7.93
Liberal Alfred Gladstone Lewis4,06624.74+9.39
Progressive Conservative Stanley Wyatt3,31420.16-2.83
Co-operative Commonwealth John Purrier Griffin1,64710.02-5.03
Total valid votes16,438 100.00
1945 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Ernest George Hansell 6,34237.16-2.69
Progressive Conservative Stanley Wyatt3,92422.99+4.80
Liberal Alfred Gladstone Lewis2,62015.35-13.56
Co-operative Commonwealth Otto Edward Wobick2,56915.05+2.00
Labor–Progressive William Austin Arland1,6139.45
Total valid votes17,068 100.00

Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election.

1940 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Ernest George Hansell 6,65539.84-8.74
Liberal Francis Olestes McKenna4,82928.91+16.74
National Government Grier Rider Davis3,03918.19+3.68
Co-operative Commonwealth Ruth House McBride2,18013.05-11.68
Total valid votes16,703 100.00

Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.'

1935 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Ernest George Hansell 7,02848.58
Co-operative Commonwealth George Gibson Coote 3,57724.73
Conservative John Walter Matthewson2,10014.52-32.44
Liberal Frank Olestes McKenna1,76112.17
Total valid votes14,466 100.00

Note: George Gibson Coote's CCF vote is compared to his UFA vote in 1930 election.

1930 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Farmers of Alberta George Gibson Coote 6,89753.05-13.33
Conservative Joseph Duncan Matheson6,10546.95+13.33
Total valid votes 13,002 100.00
1926 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Farmers of Alberta George Gibson Coote 6,84066.38+21.94
Conservative John Herron 3,46533.62-4.49
Total valid votes10,305 100.00

Note: UFA vote is compared to Progressive vote in 1925 election.

1925 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive George Gibson Coote 4,94344.44-15.33
Conservative John Herron 4,23938.11+20.76
Liberal Thomas Milnes 1,94117.45+8.40
Total valid votes 11,123 100.00
1921 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive George Gibson Coote 6,08659.77
Conservative Hugh Murray Shaw 1,76717.35-41.67
Labour James Fairhurst1,40713.82
Liberal Joseph E. Gillis9229.06-20.99
Total valid votes10,182 100.00

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

1917 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Government (Unionist) Hugh Murray Shaw 5,12859.02+20.65
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Donald Randolph McIvor2,61030.04-19.40
Nonpartisan League Stephen Thorne Marshall95010.93
Total valid votes8,688 100.00

Note: Unionist vote is compared to Liberal-Conservative vote in 1911 election.

1911 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal David Warnock 3,66049.44+7.09
Liberal–Conservative John Herron 2,84138.38-8.67
Independent Edmund Fulcher90212.18
Total valid votes 7,403 100.00
1908 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal–Conservative John Herron 2,93547.04
Liberal Allan Ban MacDonald2,64242.35
Independent John Harrington66210.61
Total valid votes 6,239 100.00

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