Calgary-West
Alberta electoral district
Calgary-West within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 
 
Mike Ellis
United Conservative
District created1957
First contested1959
Last contested2023

Calgary-West (formerly styled Calgary West from 1957 to 1971) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.

The electoral riding of Calgary West is one of the two original Calgary ridings of the seven that has survived from the 1959 Redistribution of the Calgary riding. The other riding is Calgary-Glenmore.

This riding covers the central west portion of Calgary and contains the neighbourhoods of Cougar Ridge, Coach Hill, Strathcona, Signal Hill, Discovery Ridge, Springbank Hill, Strathcona, Aspen Woods, West Springs, Springhaven, Montreaux, Spring Hill, Richmond Hill, Wentworth, Patterson, Glamorgan, Glenbrook and Christie Park.

History

The electoral district was first created in 1957 and used in 1959 as part of the original boundary redistribution for Calgary after the Social Credit government decided to return to the first past the post method of voting.

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw significant changes to the riding. It lost all land east of Sarcee Trail to Calgary-Currie and all land north of Bow Trail to Calgary-Bow.

Boundary history

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-West
Assembly Years Member Party
See Calgary electoral district from 1921–1959
14th 1959–1963 Donald Fleming Social Credit
15th 1963–1967
16th 1967–1971 Peter Lougheed Progressive Conservative
17th 1971–1975
18th 1975–1979
19th 1979–1982
20th 1982–1986
1986 Vacant
21st 1986–1989 Elaine McCoy Progressive Conservative
22nd 1989–1993
23rd 1993–1997 Danny Dalla-Longa Liberal
24th 1997–2001 Karen Kryczka Progressive Conservative
25th 2001–2004
26th 2004–2008 Ron Liepert
27th 2008–2012
28th 2012–2014 Ken Hughes
2014 Vacant
2014–2015 Mike Ellis Progressive Conservative
29th 2015–2017
2017–2019 United Conservative
30th 2019–2023
31st 2023–

The electoral district was first contested in the 1959 general election, and returned Social Credit candidate Donald Fleming. He won just over half of the popular vote in the new seat to pick it up for his party. Fleming faced a stiff challenge running in his second term in the 1963 election from Progressive Conservative leader Milt Harradence. Although Fleming won, he tallied under half the popular vote and only held off Harradence by just over a thousand votes.

The 1967 election would see Calgary West swing to the Progressive Conservatives. Fleming was defeated by Harradence's successor as PC leader, Peter Lougheed, who won the seat with a near landslide majority. He would go on to become Leader of the Opposition after he and five other candidates were elected.

Lougheed ran for his second term in the 1971 general election and won easily. His party would go on to form government in the province for the first time ever, and Lougheed became Premier. Lougheed would easily hold the district for the next three terms winning landslide majorities. He won his highest popular vote in the riding for the 1982 election as well as the highest number of seats in Alberta's history. Lougheed retired as Premier in 1985 and vacated Calgary-West on February 28, 1986.

The electoral district remained vacant for about two months until the 1986 general election which occurred in May of that year. The third representative for the riding was Progressive Conservative candidate Elaine McCoy who held the district losing almost half of the popular vote that Lougheed had won in 1982. She was appointed to the cabinet under Lougheed's successor, Don Getty.

McCoy won re-election in the 1989 election with a reduced majority. In 1992 she ran for leadership of the Progressive Conservative Association after Getty retired. She failed in her bid for leader losing to Ralph Klein. She did not run for a third term in 1993 and retired from the Legislature.

The 1993 election would see Calgary-West won by Liberal candidate Danny Dalla-Longa who won with a strong door knocking campaign over Progressive Conservative candidate Ron Leigh who had served as an Alderman on Calgary City Council. Dalla-Longa would only serve a single term in office retiring in 1997.

After Dalla-Longa retired the riding returned to the Progressive Conservative party selecting candidate Karen Kryczka in the 1997 election. She would be re-elected in 2001 winning a higher raw popular vote than Lougheed won in 1982. Kryczka retired at dissolution in 2004.

The most recent member of the legislature was Ron Liepert who won his first term in the 2004 election. He would be appointed to the cabinet in 2006 under the government of Ed Stelmach. He won his second term in office in 2008 with a larger majority.

Legislature results

1959 general election

1959 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditDonald S. Fleming5,06050.14%
Progressive ConservativeRoy Victor Deyell3,39233.61%
LiberalTed Duncan1,39713.84%
Co-operative CommonwealthKen Tory2422.40%
Total 10,091
Rejected, spoiled and declined 32
Eligible electors / Turnout 18,23155.53%
Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-West Official Results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1963 general election

1963 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditDonald S. Fleming5,18342.80%-7.34%
Progressive ConservativeAsa Milton Harradence4,10933.93%0.32%
LiberalTed Duncan2,25018.58%4.74%
New DemocraticJack D. Peters5684.69%2.29%
Total 12,110
Rejected, spoiled and declined 12
Eligible electors / Turnout 22,54053.78%-1.75%
Social Credit hold Swing -3.83%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-West Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1967 general election

1967 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativePeter Lougheed8,54861.74%27.81%
Social CreditDonald S. Fleming4,02829.09%-13.71%
New DemocraticAllan M. Early8686.27%1.58%
LiberalNatalie Chapman4022.90%-15.68%
Total 13,846
Rejected, spoiled and declined 70
Eligible electors / Turnout 19,98669.63%15.85%
Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit Swing 11.89%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-West Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1971 general election

1971 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativePeter Lougheed7,04955.21%-6.52%
Social CreditCharles Grey4,31933.83%4.74%
New DemocraticJoe Yanchula1,0668.35%2.08%
LiberalBrian Stevenson3332.61%-0.30%
Total 12,767
Rejected, spoiled and declined 58
Eligible electors / Turnout 16,84876.12%6.49%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -5.63%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-West Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1975 general election

1975 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativePeter Lougheed8,98378.56%23.35%
Social CreditCharles Gray1,21310.61%-23.22%
New DemocraticNeil Ellison6745.89%-2.45%
LiberalSteve Shaw5644.93%2.32%
Total 11,434
Rejected, spoiled and declined 42
Eligible electors / Turnout 17,62465.12%-11.01%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 23.29%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-West Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1979 general election

1979 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativePeter Lougheed7,82572.90%-5.66%
Social CreditFrank F. Cottingham9308.66%-1.94%
LiberalBarbara Ann Scott8748.14%3.21%
New DemocraticEd Smith6996.51%0.62%
Independent ChristianJacob H. Binnema4063.78%
Total 10,734
Rejected, spoiled and declined 68
Eligible electors / Turnout 17,79660.70%-4.42%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -1.86%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-West Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1982 general election

1982 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativePeter Lougheed11,66878.85%5.95%
New DemocraticEd Smith1,1757.94%1.43%
Western Canada ConceptBruce Roper1,1067.47%
LiberalBarbara Ann Scott5984.04%-4.10%
Social CreditLeonard Petterson2511.70%-6.97%
Total 14,798
Rejected, spoiled and declined 82
Eligible electors / Turnout 22,77465.34%4.64%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 3.34%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-West Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1986 general election

1986 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeElaine McCoy6,84664.65%-14.20%
New DemocraticJoseph Yanchula2,35422.23%14.29%
LiberalGeorge Francom1,39013.13%9.08%
Total 10,590
Rejected, spoiled and declined 52
Eligible electors / Turnout 24,12944.10%-21.23%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -14.25%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-West Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989 general election

1989 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeElaine McCoy6,13346.30%-18.35%
LiberalBernie Myers4,55034.35%21.22%
New DemocraticJoseph Yanchula2,56419.36%-2.87%
Total 13,247
Rejected, spoiled and declined 50
Eligible electors / Turnout 25,55152.04%7.94%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -15.23%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-West Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalDanny Dalla-Longa6,92747.04%12.69%
Progressive ConservativeRon Leigh6,53244.36%-1.94%
New DemocraticNabil (Ben) Hantes5843.97%-15.39%
Social CreditSharon Whitehead5483.72%
Natural LawPhil Morin1350.92%
Total 14,726
Rejected, spoiled and declined 23
Eligible electors / Turnout 22,95964.24%12.20%
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing 7.32%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-West Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeKaren Kryczka8,47856.23%11.87%
LiberalPaul Adams4,99533.13%-13.91%
Social CreditCraig Chandler1,0707.10%3.38%
New DemocraticRudy Rogers5343.54%-0.42%
Total 15,077
Rejected, spoiled and declined 12171
Eligible electors / Turnout 26,94656.00%-8.24%
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing 10.21%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-West Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeKaren Kryczka12,86673.15%16.92%
LiberalLorne B. Neudorf3,45919.67%-13.46%
New DemocraticGreg Klassen1,2637.18%3.64%
Total 17,588
Rejected, spoiled and declined 53104
Eligible electors / Turnout 32,30254.63%-1.38%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 15.19%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-West Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeRon Liepert6,96952.08%-21.07%
LiberalDerek Smith4,28432.02%12.35%
Alberta AllianceJohn Keyes9897.39%
GreenJames S. Kohut7315.46%
New DemocraticChantelle Dubois4083.05%-4.13%
Total 13,381
Rejected, spoiled and declined 40273
Eligible electors / Turnout 31,73642.30%-12.33%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -16.71%
Source(s)
Source: "00 - Calgary-West, 2004 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeRon Liepert8,42847.97%-4.11%
LiberalBeth Gignac5,69332.41%0.39%
WildroseBob Babcock2,27312.94%
GreenJames S. Kohut7734.40%-1.06%
New DemocraticChantelle Dubois4012.28%-0.77%
Total 17,568
Rejected, spoiled and declined 31252
Eligible electors / Turnout 40,14643.84%1.54%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -2.25%
Source(s)
Source: "24 - Calgary-West, 2008 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2012 general election

2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeKen Hughes8,16049.93%1.96%
WildroseAndrew Constantinidis6,09437.29%24.35%
LiberalWilson McCutchan1,2197.46%-24.95%
New DemocraticMary I. Nokleby4993.05%0.77%
EvergreenKaren Huggins2121.30%
Alberta PartyPam Crosby1580.97%
Total 16,342
Rejected, spoiled and declined 114483
Eligible electors / Turnout 27,97558.83%14.99%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -1.46%
Source(s)
Source: "27 - Calgary-West, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2014 by-election

Alberta provincial by-election, October 27, 2014
Resignation of Ken Hughes on September 26, 2014
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeMike Ellis4,83644.295.56
WildroseSheila Taylor4,53041.58+4.25
LiberalDavid Khan9278.51+1.05
New DemocraticBrian Malkinson3373.09+0.08
Alberta PartyTroy Millington2642.42+1.45
Total 10,894
Rejected, spoiled and declined 1771
Eligible electors / turnout 30,541 35.73
Progressive Conservative hold Swing
Source(s)
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2015). Report on the October 27, 2014 By-elections in: Calgary-Elbow, Calgary-Foothills, Calgary-West, Edmonton-Whitemud (PDF) (Report). Edmonton: Legislative Assembly of Alberta; Chief Electoral Officer. ISBN 978-098653678-6. Retrieved April 20, 2021.

2015 general election

2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeMike Ellis8,31246.79%2.50%
New DemocraticMizanur Rahman4,94027.81%24.72%
WildroseGerard Lucyshyn4,51225.40%-16.18%
Total 17,764
Rejected, spoiled and declined 752022
Eligible electors / turnout 31,60456.51%20.78%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing
Source(s)
Source: "27 - Calgary-West, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2019 general election

2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
United ConservativeMike Ellis14,97466.11-6.08
New DemocraticGulshan Akter5,76825.47-2.34
Alberta PartyFrank Penkala1,6107.11
LiberalYasna Oluic-Kovacevic2981.32
Total 22,651
Rejected, spoiled and declined 65406
Eligible electors / turnout 32,57069.76%13.25%
United Conservative hold Swing
Source(s)
Source: "26 - Calgary-West, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2023 general election

2023 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
United ConservativeMike Ellis12,79356.67-9.44
New DemocraticJoan Chand'oiseau9,46841.94+16.48
GreenJason McKee3131.39
Total 22,57499.15
Rejected and declined 1930.85
Turnout 22,76766.25
Eligible voters 34,363
United Conservative hold Swing -12.96
Source(s)

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-West[4] Turnout 43.63%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Votes % Ballots Rank
Progressive ConservativeBert Brown5,83417.30%52.79%1
Progressive ConservativeJim Silye5,74517.03%51.99%5
Progressive ConservativeBetty Unger4,79214.21%43.36%2
Progressive ConservativeDavid Usherwood3,44610.22%31.18%6
  Independent Link Byfield 3,176 9.42% 28.74% 4
Progressive ConservativeCliff Breitkreuz3,0959.18%28.01%3
  Independent Tom Sindlinger 2,306 6.84% 20.87% 9
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 1,954 5.79% 17.68% 8
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 1,782 5.28% 16.13% 7
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 1,603 4.73% 14.51% 10
Total Votes 33,733 100%
Total Ballots 11,051 3.05 Votes Per Ballot'
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 2,795

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

2012 Senate nominee election district results

Student Vote results

2004 election

Participating Schools[5]
Calgary Academy
Brentwood Elementary
Glenbrook School
Menno Simons Christian School
Webber Academy

On November 19, 2004 a Student Vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.

2004 Alberta Student Vote results[6]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive ConservativeRon Liepert15844.13%
Green James Kohut 98 27.37%
  Liberal Derek Smith 52 14.53%
  NDP Chantelle Dubois 27 7.54%
Alberta AllianceJohn Keyes236.43%
Total 358 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 31

2012 election

2012 Alberta Student Vote results
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative%
WildroseAndrew Constantinidis
  Liberal Wilson Mccutchan %
  NDP Mary Nokleby %
Total 100%

References

  1. "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 15.
  2. "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010.
  3. "26 - Calgary-West". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  4. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
  5. "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 18, 2008.
  6. "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2008.

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