Calgary East (provincial electoral district)
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Calgary East is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.
The electoral riding of Calgary East has existed twice, the first incarnation was created from Calgary North East in the election of 1963. The riding changed names in 1971 to Calgary McCall. The return of Calgary East happened in the 1993 election when Calgary Forest Lawn and half of Calgary Millican merged.
This riding covers the central north east portion of Calgary and contains the neighborhoods of Vista Heights, Rundle, Marlborough, Mayland Heights.
Only two MLA's have ever held this riding since 1963, the early Calgary East belonging to Social Credit and the second incarnation solidly Progressive Conservative. Since the district was re-created Social Credit has floundered, never coming in higher than third. The Liberals have made progressive gains increasing vote share and percent in every election in Calgary East, but have never managed a breakthrough.
Calgary East was home to some controversy during the 2004 election as, MLA Moe Amery was forced to give notice he would resign to get endorsed by the Progressive Conservatives. Moe was implicated in an immigration fraud scandal for signing the papers of someone he did not know. A crime that could include jail time under Canadian law. The allegations, did not hurt his campaign much as he still won with a 50% majority, however he did drop 20% points from 2001. If he is convicted this is most likely the next riding in Alberta for a by-election.
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[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
| Name | Party | Elected | Left Office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Ludwig | Social Credit | 1963 | 1971 | |
| Moe Amery | Progressive Conservative | 1993 | present |
[edit] Boundaries
As defined in the Electoral Divisions Act 2003
North Boundary
The north boundary starts at 52 Street NE and moves west along 32 Ave NE until Barlow Trail NE.
Calgary McCall borders to the north and Calgary Cross borders to the North and east.
West Boundary
The West boundary moves south down Barlow Trail NE, and turns west on the Trans-Canada Highway it then turns south on 19th Street, turns west again on 8th Ave NE, turns south on Deerfoot Trail until it reaches the bow river. The boundary continues down the right bank of the bow river and turns east on 26th Ave SE.
Calgary Mountain View and Calgary North Hill border the western edge of the riding.
South Boundary
The South boundary moves east along 26th Ave SE, and turns north at 52 Street SE.
Calgary Fort borders to the south.
East Boundary
The East boundary travels the length of 52 Street, until it reaches 32 Ave NE.
Calgary Montrose borders to the east.
Note:
- Boundary information is condensed from what is described in the Act.
[edit] Demographics
Total Population
37,905
48.8% Male
51.2% Female
30.4% Married
37.0% Single never married
Population by Age
- 0-4 2,470 6.6%
- 5-19 7,555 20.1%
- 20-24 3,345 8.9%
- 25-44 12,650 33.7%
- 45-64 8,550 22.8%
- 65-74 2,030 5.4%
- 75+ 970 2.6%
Registered Voters
22,463
Source Alberta Government
[edit] Election Results 1963 - 1967, 1993 - 2004
[edit] 2004
| 2004 Results | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Progressive Conservative | Moe Amery | 4,492 | 53.86% | |
| Liberal | Bill Harvey | 2,359 | 28.29% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Brad Berard | 605 | 7.25% | |
| N.D.P. | Paul Vargis | 461 | 5.53% | |
| Green | Rich Michelenko | 367 | 4.40% | |
| Communist | Bonnie-Jean Collins | 56 | 0.67% | |
[edit] 1993 - 2001
| 2001 Results | 1997 Results | 1993 Results | ||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Progressive Conservatives | Moe Amery | 6,038 | 70.82% | Progressive Conservatives | Moe Amery | 4,857 | 60.19% | Progressive Conservatives | Moe Amery | 5,503 | 54.48% | |||
| Liberal | Brendan Dunphy | 2,010 | 23.58% | Liberal | Kelly McDonnell | 1,990 | 24.66% | N.D.P. | Barry Pashak | 2,306 | 22.83% | |||
| N.D.P. | Giorgio Cattabeni | 328 | 3.85% | Social Credit | Raymond Hurst | 613 | 7.60% | Liberal | Dale Muti | 1,689 | 16.72% | |||
| Social Credit | Alan Schoonover | 109 | 1.28% | N.D.P. | Marg Elliot | 609 | 7.55% | Social Credit | Lera Shirley | 366 | 3.62% | |||
| Communist | Jason Devine | 41 | 0.47% | Independent | Alain Horchower | 237 | 2.35% | |||||||
[edit] 1963 - 1967
| 1967 Results | 1963 Results | ||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Social Credit | Albert Ludwig | 5,563 | 50.88% | Social Credit | Albert Ludwig | 4,763 | 60.37% | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Crawford | 2,613 | 23.90% | Progressive Conservative | Bill Duncan | 1,497 | 18.97% | ||
| N.D.P. | Kurt Gebauer | 1,955 | 17.88% | N.D.P. | Dick Dunlop | 953 | 12.08% | ||
| Liberal | Sandy Skoryko | 803 | 7.34% | Liberal | Evelyn Leew | 677 | 8.58% | ||
[edit] 2004 Senator in waiting district results
| 2004 Senator in Waiting Results: Calgary East | |||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Rank |
|
| Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 3,688 | 17% | 2 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 2,823 | 13% | 5 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 2,795 | 13% | 1 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 2,335 | 11% | 3 | |
| Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 2,061 | 10% | 6 | |
| Independent | Link Byfield | 1,865 | 9% | 4 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 1,537 | 7% | 8 | |
| Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,511 | 7% | 9 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 1,500 | 7% | 7 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 1,451 | 7% | 10 | |
Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot
[edit] 2004 Student Vote
On November 19th 2004 a Student Vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools of all types, to parallel the 2004 Election results and to educate students about the electoral process. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 ridings.
[edit] Participating schools in Calgary East
- Bob Edwards Junior High School
- Chris Akkerman Elementary
- Dr. Gordon Higgins Junior High School
- Sir Wilfrid Laurier School
[edit] Student Vote 2004 Results
| 2004 Student Vote Results | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
|
| Progressive Conservative | Moe Amery | 252 | 35.5% | |
| Liberal | Bill Harvey | 161 | 22.7% | |
| N.D.P. | Paul Vargis | 140 | 19.7% | |
| Green | Rich Michelenko | 99 | 13.9% | |
| Communist | Bonnie-Jean Collins | 30 | 4.2% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Brad Berard | 28 | 3.9% | |
[edit] See also
- Calgary East Federal electoral district
- East Calgary Federal electoral district
- East Calgary Northwest Territories territorial electoral district
[edit] External links
- Electoral Divisions Act 2003
- Demographics for Calgary East
- Riding Map for Calgary East
- Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
- Student Vote Alberta 2004
