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Calgary East (provincial Electoral District)

Calgary-East (formally styled Calgary East) is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

Calgary-East has existed twice, the first incarnation was created from Calgary North East in the redistribution of 1963. The riding was abolished in 1971 when it became Calgary-McCall. The return of Calgary-East happened in the 1993 boundary redistribution when Calgary-Forest Lawn and half of Calgary-Millican were merged.

This riding covers the central north east portion of Calgary and contains the neighbourhoods of Vista Heights, Rundle, Marlborough and Mayland Heights.

Three MLAs have held this riding to date. The first Calgary East was represented by Social Credit MLA Albert Ludwig and the second Calgary-East solidly supported Progressive Conservative candidate Moe Amery, until the 2015 Alberta election when the riding was won by NDP candidate Robyn Luff.

History

The original Calgary East electoral district was created in the 1963 boundary redistribution out of Calgary North East. It was abolished in 1971 and split between the new districts of Calgary-McCall and Calgary-Millican. The riding was re-created as Calgary-East in the 1993 boundary redistribution when most of Millican and Calgary-Forest Lawn were merged.

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw the eastern boundary extended east to 68 Street NE into land that was part of old Calgary-Montrose electoral district. The northern boundary cut off all land north of 16 Avenue NE and ceded it to Calgary-Cross. This change also resulted in East picking up some land that had been in old Calgary-North Hill.

Boundary history

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-East
Assembly Years Member Party
See Calgary North East 1959–1963
16th 1963–1967 Albert Ludwig Social Credit
17th 1967–1971
See Calgary-McCall 1971–present and Calgary-Millican 1971–1993
See Calgary-Forest Lawn and Calgary-Millican 1971–1993
23rd 1993–1997 Moe Amery Progressive
Conservative
24th 1997–2001
25th 2001–2004
26th 2004–2008
27th 2008–2012
28th 2012–2015
29th 2015–2018 Robyn Luff New Democratic
2018–2019 Independent
30th 2019–2023 Peter Singh United Conservative
31st 2023–present

The first electoral district of Calgary East was created in the boundary redistribution in 1963. The first and only member to represent the old district was Social Credit Member of the Legislative Assembly Albert Ludwig who had been the incumbent in the predecessor riding of Calgary North East.

The 1963 general election saw Ludwig win a super majority taking over 60% of the popular vote. He was re-elected again in the 1967 election winning just over half of the vote. He held the riding until was abolished in 1971.

The second Calgary-East was created in 1993 from a few different riding's. The election in 1993 saw Progressive Conservative candidate Moe Amery defeat former Calgary-Forest Lawn NDP incumbent Barry Pashak to pick up the new district. This was the third time these two candidates had run against each other.

Amery has since been returned to the district four more times.

Legislative election results

1963

1963 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Albert W. Ludwig 4,763 60.37%
Progressive Conservative Bill Duncan 1,497 18.97%
New Democratic Dick Dunlop 953 12.08%
Liberal Evelyn Leew 677 8.58%
Total 7,890
Rejected, spoiled and declined 18
Eligible electors / Turnout 17,729 44.60%
Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-East Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1967

1967 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Albert W. Ludwig 5,563 50.88% -9.49%
Progressive Conservative Jim Crawford 2,613 23.90% 4.92%
New Democratic Kurt Gebauer 1,955 17.88% 5.80%
Liberal Sandy Skoryko 803 7.34% -1.24%
Total 10,934
Rejected, spoiled and declined 98
Eligible electors / Turnout 20,779 53.09% 8.49%
Social Credit hold Swing -7.21%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-East Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1993–present

1993 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Moe Amery 5,503 54.48%
New Democratic Barry Pashak 2,306 22.83%
Liberal Dale Muti 1,689 16.72%
Social Credit Lera G. Shirley 366 3.62%
Independent Alain Horchower 237 2.35%
Total 10,101
Rejected, spoiled and declined 34
Eligible electors / turnout 20,638 49.11%
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-East Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
1997 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Moe Amery 4,857 60.19% 5.71%
Liberal Kelly McDonnell 1,990 24.66% 7.94%
Social Credit Raymond (Chick) Hurst 613 7.60% 3.97%
New Democratic Marg Elliot 609 7.55% -15.28%
Total 8,069
Rejected, spoiled and declined 50 15 6
Eligible electors / turnout 21,214 38.30% -10.81%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 1.94%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-East Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (1997). Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, November, 1996 general enumeration and Tuesday, March 11, 1997 general election Twenty-fourth Legislative Assembly. Edmonton: Alberta Legislative Assembly, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer. pp. 100–101.
2001 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Moe Amery 6,038 70.82% 10.63%
Liberal Brendan Dunphy 2,010 23.57% -1.09%
New Democratic Giorgio Cattabeni 328 3.85% -3.70%
Social Credit Alan Schoonover 109 1.28% -6.32%
Communist Jason Devine 41 0.48%
Total 8,526
Rejected, spoiled and declined 27 15 33
Eligible electors / turnout 20,509 41.86% 3.56%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 5.86%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-East Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2001). The report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2000 provincial confirmation process and Monday, March 12, 2001, Provincial General Election of the twenty-fifth Legislative Assembly. Edmonton: Alberta Legislative Assembly, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer. pp. 72–73.
2004 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Moe Amery 4,484 53.82% -17.00%
Liberal Bill Harvey 2,357 28.29% 4.71%
Alberta Alliance Brad Berard 606 7.27%
New Democratic Paul Vargis 464 5.57% 1.72%
Green Rick Michalenko 365 4.38%
Communist Bonnie-Jean Collins 56 0.67% 0.19%
Total 8,332
Rejected, spoiled and declined 56 43 3
Eligible electors / turnout 22,759 36.87% -5.00%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -10.86%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-East Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2005). Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the General Enumeration and General Election of the Twenty-sixth Legislative Assembly (Report). Edmonton: Alberta Legislative Assembly, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer. pp. 100–103.
2008 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Moe Amery 4,583 53.85% 0.04%
Liberal Bill Harvey 2,433 28.59% 0.30%
Wildrose Alliance Mike McCracken 681 8.00% 0.73%
New Democratic Christopher Dovey 425 4.99% -0.57%
Green Ross Cameron 333 3.91% -0.47%
Communist Bonnie-Jean Collins 55 0.65% -0.03%
Total 8,510
Rejected, spoiled and declined 37 24 11
Eligible electors / turnout 28,616 29.99%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -0.13%
Source(s)
Source: "06 - Calgary-East, 2008 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Chief Electoral Officer (2008). The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-Seventh Legislative Assembly (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 190–193. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Moe Amery 5,924 45.57% -8.29%
Wildrose Alliance Jasbir (Jesse) Minhas 4,995 38.42% 30.42%
New Democratic Robyn Luff 1,136 8.74% 3.74%
Liberal Ali Abdulbaki 780 6.00% -22.59%
Communist Bonnie Devine 166 1.28% 0.63%
Total 13,001
Rejected, spoiled and declined 143 42 29
Eligible electors / turnout 30,196 43.62% 11.27%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -9.06%
Source(s)
Source: "08 - Calgary-East, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Chief Electoral Officer (2012). The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2011 Provincial Enumeration and Monday, April 23, 2012 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-eighth Legislative Assembly (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 120–123. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Robyn Luff 5,506 39.18% 30.44%
Progressive Conservative Moe Amery 3,971 28.26% -17.31%
Wildrose Ali Waissi 3,633 25.85% -12.57%
Liberal Naser Al-Kukhun 806 5.74% -0.26%
Communist Bonnie Devine 138 0.98% -0.29%
Total 14,054
Rejected, spoiled and declined 61 40 32
Eligible electors / turnout 34,585 40.91% -2.72%
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing 1.89%
Source(s)
Source: "08 - Calgary-East, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Chief Electoral Officer (2016). 2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 116–120.
2015 Alberta general election redistributed results
Party Votes %
New Democratic 5,177 40.49
Progressive Conservative 3,573 27.95
Wildrose 3,364 26.31
Liberal 460 3.60
Alberta Party 156 1.22
Communist 55 0.43
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder
Results by Polling Division
2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
United Conservative Peter Singh 7,520 49.72 -4.54 $33,681
New Democratic Cesar Cala 4,867 32.18 -8.31 $50,555
Alberta Party Gar Gar 1,879 12.42 +11.20 $16,933
Liberal Michelle Robinson 439 2.90 -0.70 $3,792
Green William Carnegie 351 2.32 $3,515
Communist Jonathan Trautman 69 0.46 +0.03 $500
Total 15,125 99.12
Rejected, spoiled and declined 135 0.88
Turnout 15,260 47.92
Eligible voters 31,843
United Conservative notional hold Swing +1.89
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta
Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000.


2023 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Conservative Peter Singh 7,123 50.23 +0.51
New Democratic Rosman Valencia 6,425 45.31 +13.13
Green Jayden Baldonado 403 2.84 +0.52
Solidarity Movement Garry Dirk 166 1.17
Communist Jonathan Trautman 64 0.45 -0.00
Total 14,181 99.02
Rejected and declined 141 0.98
Turnout 14,322 44.41
Eligible electors 32,250
United Conservative hold Swing -6.31
Source(s)

Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate Nominee Election results: Calgary-East Turnout 37.08%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % votes % ballots Rank
Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 3,691 17.09% 50.54% 1
Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 2,862 13.25% 39.19% 5
Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 2,840 13.15% 38.89% 2
Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 2,333 10.80% 31.95% 3
Progressive Conservative David Usherwood 2,074 9.61% 28.40% 6
  Independent Link Byfield 1,870 8.66% 25.61% 4
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 1,533 7.10% 20.99% 8
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 1,497 6.93% 20.50% 7
  Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,453 6.73% 19.90% 9
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 1,441 6.68% 19.73% 10
Total votes 21,594 100%
Total ballots 7,303 2.96 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined 1,136
22,759 eligible electors

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

Student vote results

2004

Participating schools
Bob Edwards Junior High School
Chris Akkerman Elementary
Dr. Gordon Higgins Junior High School
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School

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
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Moe Amery 252 35.49%
  Liberal Bill Harvey 161 22.68%
New Democratic Paul Vargis 140 19.72%
Green Rich Michelenko 99 13.94%
Communist Bonnie Devine 30 4.23%
Alberta Alliance Brad Berard 28 3.94%
Total 710 100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined 28

2012

2012 Alberta student vote results
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Moe Amery %
Wildrose Jesse Minhas
  Liberal Ali Abdulbaki %
New Democratic Robyn Luff %
Social Credit %
Total 100%

See also

References

  1. ^ "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 8.
  2. ^ "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905–2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2010. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  3. ^ "07 - Calgary-East, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  4. ^ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 27–30. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  5. ^ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume III Election Finances (PDF) (Report). Vol. 3. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 68–82. ISBN 978-1-988620-13-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  6. ^ "07 - Calgary-East". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  7. ^ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  8. ^ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 18, 2008.
  9. ^ "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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