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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

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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

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Representation history

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Calgary-West
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Calgary
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
21st  1986–1989 Elaine McCoy
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
 2014–2015 Mike Ellis
29th  2015–2017
 2017–2019     United Conservative
30th  2019–2023
31st  2023–Present

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.

Legislative election results

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1959

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1959 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Donald S. Fleming 5,060 50.14%
Progressive Conservative Roy Victor Deyell 3,392 33.61%
Liberal Ted Duncan 1,397 13.84%
Co-operative Commonwealth Ken Tory 242 2.40%
Total 10,091
Rejected, spoiled and declined 32
Eligible electors / Turnout 18,231 55.53%
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

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1963 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Donald S. Fleming 5,183 42.80% -7.34%
Progressive Conservative Asa Milton Harradence 4,109 33.93% 0.32%
Liberal Ted Duncan 2,250 18.58% 4.74%
New Democratic Jack D. Peters 568 4.69% 2.29%
Total 12,110
Rejected, spoiled and declined 12
Eligible electors / Turnout 22,540 53.78% -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

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1967 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Peter Lougheed 8,548 61.74% 27.81%
Social Credit Donald S. Fleming 4,028 29.09% -13.71%
New Democratic Allan M. Early 868 6.27% 1.58%
Liberal Natalie Chapman 402 2.90% -15.68%
Total 13,846
Rejected, spoiled and declined 70
Eligible electors / Turnout 19,986 69.63% 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

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1971 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Peter Lougheed 7,049 55.21% -6.52%
Social Credit Charles Grey 4,319 33.83% 4.74%
New Democratic Joe Yanchula 1,066 8.35% 2.08%
Liberal Brian Stevenson 333 2.61% -0.30%
Total 12,767
Rejected, spoiled and declined 58
Eligible electors / Turnout 16,848 76.12% 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

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1975 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Peter Lougheed 8,983 78.56% 23.35%
Social Credit Charles Gray 1,213 10.61% -23.22%
New Democratic Neil Ellison 674 5.89% -2.45%
Liberal Steve Shaw 564 4.93% 2.32%
Total 11,434
Rejected, spoiled and declined 42
Eligible electors / Turnout 17,624 65.12% -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

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1979 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Peter Lougheed 7,825 72.90% -5.66%
Social Credit Frank F. Cottingham 930 8.66% -1.94%
Liberal Barbara Ann Scott 874 8.14% 3.21%
New Democratic Ed Smith 699 6.51% 0.62%
Independent Christian Jacob H. Binnema 406 3.78%
Total 10,734
Rejected, spoiled and declined 68
Eligible electors / Turnout 17,796 60.70% -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

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1982 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Peter Lougheed 11,668 78.85% 5.95%
New Democratic Ed Smith 1,175 7.94% 1.43%
Western Canada Concept Bruce Roper 1,106 7.47%
Liberal Barbara Ann Scott 598 4.04% -4.10%
Social Credit Leonard Petterson 251 1.70% -6.97%
Total 14,798
Rejected, spoiled and declined 82
Eligible electors / Turnout 22,774 65.34% 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

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1986 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Elaine McCoy 6,846 64.65% -14.20%
New Democratic Joseph Yanchula 2,354 22.23% 14.29%
Liberal George Francom 1,390 13.13% 9.08%
Total 10,590
Rejected, spoiled and declined 52
Eligible electors / Turnout 24,129 44.10% -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

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1989 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Elaine McCoy 6,133 46.30% -18.35%
Liberal Bernie Myers 4,550 34.35% 21.22%
New Democratic Joseph Yanchula 2,564 19.36% -2.87%
Total 13,247
Rejected, spoiled and declined 50
Eligible electors / Turnout 25,551 52.04% 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

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1993 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Danny Dalla-Longa 6,927 47.04% 12.69%
Progressive Conservative Ron Leigh 6,532 44.36% -1.94%
New Democratic Nabil (Ben) Hantes 584 3.97% -15.39%
Social Credit Sharon Whitehead 548 3.72%
Natural Law Phil Morin 135 0.92%
Total 14,726
Rejected, spoiled and declined 23
Eligible electors / Turnout 22,959 64.24% 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

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1997 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Karen Kryczka 8,478 56.23% 11.87%
Liberal Paul Adams 4,995 33.13% -13.91%
Social Credit Craig Chandler 1,070 7.10% 3.38%
New Democratic Rudy Rogers 534 3.54% -0.42%
Total 15,077
Rejected, spoiled and declined 12 17 1
Eligible electors / Turnout 26,946 56.00% -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

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2001 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Karen Kryczka 12,866 73.15% 16.92%
Liberal Lorne B. Neudorf 3,459 19.67% -13.46%
New Democratic Greg Klassen 1,263 7.18% 3.64%
Total 17,588
Rejected, spoiled and declined 53 10 4
Eligible electors / Turnout 32,302 54.63% -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

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2004 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ron Liepert 6,969 52.08% -21.07%
Liberal Derek Smith 4,284 32.02% 12.35%
Alberta Alliance John Keyes 989 7.39%
Green James S. Kohut 731 5.46%
New Democratic Chantelle Dubois 408 3.05% -4.13%
Total 13,381
Rejected, spoiled and declined 40 27 3
Eligible electors / Turnout 31,736 42.30% -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

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2008 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ron Liepert 8,428 47.97% -4.11%
Liberal Beth Gignac 5,693 32.41% 0.39%
Wildrose Bob Babcock 2,273 12.94%
Green James S. Kohut 773 4.40% -1.06%
New Democratic Chantelle Dubois 401 2.28% -0.77%
Total 17,568
Rejected, spoiled and declined 31 25 2
Eligible electors / Turnout 40,146 43.84% 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

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2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ken Hughes 8,160 49.93% 1.96%
Wildrose Andrew Constantinidis 6,094 37.29% 24.35%
Liberal Wilson McCutchan 1,219 7.46% -24.95%
New Democratic Mary I. Nokleby 499 3.05% 0.77%
Evergreen Karen Huggins 212 1.30%
Alberta Party Pam Crosby 158 0.97%
Total 16,342
Rejected, spoiled and declined 114 48 3
Eligible electors / Turnout 27,975 58.83% 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

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Alberta provincial by-election, October 27, 2014
Resignation of Ken Hughes on September 26, 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Mike Ellis 4,836 44.29 −5.56
Wildrose Sheila Taylor 4,530 41.58 +4.25
Liberal David Khan 927 8.51 +1.05
New Democratic Brian Malkinson 337 3.09 +0.08
Alberta Party Troy Millington 264 2.42 +1.45
Total 10,894
Rejected, spoiled and declined 17 7 1
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

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2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Mike Ellis 8,312 46.79% 2.50%
New Democratic Mizanur Rahman 4,940 27.81% 24.72%
Wildrose Gerard Lucyshyn 4,512 25.40% -16.18%
Total 17,764
Rejected, spoiled and declined 75 20 22
Eligible electors / turnout 31,604 56.51% 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

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2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Conservative Mike Ellis 14,974 66.11 -6.08
New Democratic Gulshan Akter 5,768 25.47 -2.34
Alberta Party Frank Penkala 1,610 7.11
Liberal Yasna Oluic-Kovacevic 298 1.32
Total 22,651
Rejected, spoiled and declined 65 40 6
Eligible electors / turnout 32,570 69.76% 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

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2023 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Conservative Mike Ellis 12,793 56.67 -9.44
New Democratic Joan Chand'oiseau 9,468 41.94 +16.48
Green Jason McKee 313 1.39
Total 22,574 99.15
Rejected and declined 193 0.85
Turnout 22,767 66.25
Eligible voters 34,363
United Conservative hold Swing -12.96
Source(s)

Senate nominee election results

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2004

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2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-West[4] Turnout 43.63%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % votes % ballots Rank
Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 5,834 17.30% 52.79% 1
Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 5,745 17.03% 51.99% 5
Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 4,792 14.21% 43.36% 2
Progressive Conservative David Usherwood 3,446 10.22% 31.18% 6
  Independent Link Byfield 3,176 9.42% 28.74% 4
Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 3,095 9.18% 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 four candidates on the ballot

2012

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Student vote results

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2004

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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 Conservative Ron Liepert 158 44.13%
Green James Kohut 98 27.37%
  Liberal Derek Smith 52 14.53%
  NDP Chantelle Dubois 27 7.54%
Alberta Alliance John Keyes 23 6.43%
Total 358 100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined 31

2012

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2012 Alberta student vote results
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative %
Wildrose Andrew Constantinidis
  Liberal Wilson Mccutchan %
  NDP Mary Nokleby %
Total 100%

References

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  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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