Calgary-Mountain View

Calgary-Mountain View is a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. The district was created in 1971 and is currently represented by Kathleen Ganley of the Alberta New Democratic Party.

Calgary-Mountain View
Alberta electoral district
Calgary-Mountain View within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 
 
Kathleen Ganley
New Democratic
District created1971
First contested1971
Last contested2023

History

The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution from parts of Calgary North and Calgary East.

Following the 2004 Alberta boundary re-distribution Calgary-Mountain View had a population of 39,586, which was 10.1 per cent above the provincial average of 35,951, which was the highest deviation for an electoral district in Calgary or Edmonton.[1]

The 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution all land west of Shaganappi Trail was redistricted into Calgary-Varsity. Following the 2010 re-distribution, the Calgary-Mountain View had a population of 42,092, which was 2.96 per cent above the provincial average of 40,880.[2]

Boundary history

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Mountain View
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Calgary East 1963-1971 and Calgary North 1959-1971
17th1971–1975Albert LudwigSocial Credit
18th1975–1979John KushnerProgressive
Conservative
19th1979–1982Stan Kushner
20th1982–1986Bohdan Zip
21st1986–1989Bob HawkesworthNew Democratic
22nd1989–1993
23rd1993–1997Mark HladyProgressive
Conservative
24th1997–2001
25th2001–2004
26th2004–2008David SwannLiberal
27th2008–2012
28th2012–2015
29th2015–2019
30th2019–2023Kathleen GanleyNew Democratic
31st2023–present

The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution out of Calgary East and Calgary North. The predecessor riding's that comprised Mountain View had returned Social Credit candidates since they were created. The first election held that year returned former Calgary East Social Credit MLA Albert Ludwig back to the Assembly with over half of the popular vote.

Mountain View would see its first change of hands in the 1975 election as Progressive Conservative candidate John Kushner defeated Ludwig. He retired at dissolution of the Assembly in 1979 as he got the federal Progressive Conservative nomination for Calgary East to run in the 1979 federal election.

The provincial election that year would return another Kushner to represent Mountain View. This time it was Stan Kushner, son of John Kushner. He held the district for the Progressive Conservatives winning a majority of 55% of the vote. In 1981 he was charged with drunk driving. Kushner did not run for a second term. The 1982 election returned Progressive Conservative candidate Bohdan Zip who also only served a single term in office.

In the 1986 general election voters would return NDP candidate Bob Hawkesworth over future Premier of Alberta Jim Prentice in a hotly contested race. He was re-elected in 1989 with a solid majority.

Hawkesworth would be defeated after two terms in the 1993 election by Progressive Conservative candidate Mark Hlady. He would win two more terms with increasing percentage of the vote in 1997 and 2001. In 2004 he was defeated by Liberal candidate David Swann.

Swann was re-elected to his second term in 2008 and became Leader of the Liberals after Kevin Taft resigned. He would resign the post himself in 2011 and be replaced by Raj Sherman.

Legislative election results

Graphical summary

1971
11.88%36.53%51.59%
NDPProgressive ConservativeSocial Credit
1975
9.39%7.46%49.23%33.19%
CNDPLiberalProgressive ConservativeSocial Credit
1979
15.5%8.97%54.77%21.16%
NDPLiberalProgressive ConservativeSocial Credit
1982
27.07%3%5.7%57.69%6.2%
NDPLibIndProgressive ConservativeWCC
1986
45.65%9.41%43.52%
NDPLiberalProgressive Conservative
1989
51.75%14.89%33.36%
NDPLiberalProgressive Conservative
1993
26.08%22.36%46.21%3%
NDPLiberalProgressive ConservativeSC
1997
18.5%29%48.51%4%
NDPLiberalProgressive ConservativeSC
2001
15.29%24.37%60.34%
NDPLiberalProgressive Conservative
2004
6.6%5.3%53.31%30.43%4.38%
GreenNDPLiberalProgressive ConservativeA
2008
6.3%4%51.51%30.91%6.5%
GreenNDPLiberalProgressive ConservativeW
2012
5%41.09%30.38%22.22%
NDPLiberalProgressive ConservativeWildrose
2015
28.88%36.67%23.92%10.54%
NDPLiberalProgressive ConservativeWildrose
2019
47.3%5.6%8.9%36.7%
NDPLiberalAlbertaUnited Conservative
2023
64.7%33.2%
NDPUnited Conservative

1971

1971 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social CreditAlbert W. Ludwig4,99051.59%
Progressive ConservativeGeorge Swales3,53336.53%
New DemocraticE.C. Baldwin1,14911.88%
Total9,672
Rejected, spoiled and declined91
Eligible electors / Turnout14,29168.32%
Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Mountain View Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1975

1975 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive ConservativeJohn Kushner3,80049.23%12.70%
Social CreditAlbert W. Ludwig2,56233.19%-18.40%
New DemocraticOrrin Kerr7259.39%-2.49%
LiberalJohn Sutherland5767.46%
CommunistJoe Hill560.73%
Total7,719
Rejected, spoiled and declined74
Eligible electors / turnout14,22554.78%-13.53%
Progressive Conservative gain from Social CreditSwing15.55%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Mountain View Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1979

1979 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive ConservativeStan Kushner5,14154.77%5.54%
Social CreditScott Saville1,98621.16%-12.03%
New DemocraticMartin Serediak1,45515.50%6.11%
LiberalJohn Donnachie8048.57%1.10%
Total9,386
Rejected, spoiled and declined40
Eligible electors / turnout19,78247.65%-7.13%
Progressive Conservative holdSwing8.79%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Mountain View Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1982

1982 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive ConservativeBohdan Zip7,18757.69%2.92%
New DemocraticPhil Elder3,37227.07%11.57%
Western Canada ConceptStephen B. Keeling7726.20%
IndependentDiane Ablonczy7065.67%
LiberalJ. Curtis Joynt4203.37%-5.19%
Total12,457
Rejected, spoiled and declined57
Eligible electors / turnout20,67860.52%12.87%
Progressive Conservative holdSwing7.25%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Mountain View Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1986

1986 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New DemocraticBob Hawkesworth5,52445.65%18.58%
Progressive ConservativeJim Prentice5,26743.52%-14.17%
LiberalDoug Rae1,1399.41%6.04%
IndependentTom Erhart1721.42%
Total12,102
Rejected, spoiled and declined36
Eligible electors / turnout23,54251.56%-8.96%
New Democratic gain from Progressive ConservativeSwing16.38%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Mountain View Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989

1989 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New DemocraticBob Hawkesworth6,46951.74%6.10%
Progressive ConservativeVicky Adamson4,17133.36%-10.16%
LiberalKevin Murphy1,86214.89%5.48%
Total12,502
Rejected, spoiled and declined52
Eligible electors / turnout22,83154.99%3.43%
New Democratic holdSwing8.13%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Mountain View Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1993

1993 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive ConservativeMark Hlady5,76846.21%12.85%
New DemocraticBob Hawkesworth3,25526.08%-25.67%
LiberalJonathan Horlick2,79122.36%7.47%
Social CreditGeorge Clark4813.85%
Confederation of RegionsBruce Jackman1160.93%
Natural LawAlberta Scraba710.57%
Total12,482
Rejected, spoiled and declined38
Eligible electors / turnout23,40853.49%-1.50%
Progressive Conservative gain from New DemocraticSwing20.76%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Mountain View Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1997

1997 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive ConservativeMark Hlady5,46848.51%2.30%
LiberalPatricia Ennis3,26929.00%6.64%
New DemocraticGordon M. Christie2,08518.50%-7.58%
Social CreditJason Nicholas4503.99%0.14%
Total11,272
Rejected, spoiled and declined34452
Eligible electors / turnout22,46450.34%-3.15%
Progressive Conservative holdSwing4.47%
Source(s)
Source: Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (1997). The 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. ISSN 1483-1171. OCLC 1052543255. Retrieved November 11, 2020.

2001

2001 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive ConservativeMark Hlady6,46260.34%11.83%
LiberalJennifer Spencer2,61024.37%-4.63%
New DemocraticKeith Purdy1,63715.29%-3.21%
Total10,709
Rejected, spoiled and declined12257
Eligible electors / turnout23,21346.22%-4.12%
Progressive Conservative holdSwing8.23%
Source(s)

2004

2004 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalDavid Swann7,16253.31%28.94%
Progressive ConservativeMark Hlady4,08830.43%-29.91%
GreenMark MacGillivray8846.58%
New DemocraticJohn Donovan7125.30%-9.99%
Alberta AllianceRyan Cassell5894.38%
Total13,435
Rejected, spoiled and declined671317
Eligible electors / turnout27,29949.52%3.31%
Liberal gain from Progressive ConservativeSwing29.43%
Source(s)

2008

2008 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalDavid Swann7,08651.5%-1.8%
Progressive ConservativeLeah Lawrence4,25230.9%0.5%
Wildrose AllianceCory Morgan8926.5%2.1%
GreenJuliet Burgess8656.3%-0.3%
New DemocraticJohn Donovan6614.8%-0.5%
Total13,756
Rejected, spoiled and declined45338
Eligible electors / turnout33,31141.5%-8.1%
Liberal holdSwing-1.1%
Source(s)
Source: Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (2008). The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-Seventh Legislative Assembly. Edmonton: Alberta Legislative Assembly. pp. 238–241. ISSN 1483-1171. Retrieved November 11, 2020.

2012

2012 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalDavid Swann6,91840.23%-11.28%
Progressive ConservativeCecilia Low5,27030.65%-0.26%
WildroseShane McAllister3,91522.77%16.28%
New DemocraticChristopher McMillan8635.02%0.21%
Alberta PartyInshan S. Mohammed2301.34%
Total17,196
Rejected, spoiled and declined105516
Eligible electors / turnout29,98857.71%16.26%
Liberal holdSwing-5.51%
Source(s)
Source: "21 - Calgary-Mountain View, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2015

2015 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalDavid Swann7,20436.67%-3.56%
New DemocraticMarc Andrew Chikinda5,67328.88%23.86%
Progressive ConservativeMark Hlady4,69923.92%-6.73%
WildroseTerry Wong2,07010.54%-12.23%
Total19,646
Rejected, spoiled and declined455619
Eligible electors / turnout36,23654.39%-3.32%
Liberal holdSwing-0.90%
Source(s)
Source: "21 - Calgary-Mountain View, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2019

2019 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New DemocraticKathleen Ganley12,52647.32%18.45%
United ConservativeJeremy Wong9,70836.68%2.24%
Alberta PartyAngela Kokott2,3458.86%
LiberalDavid Khan1,4745.57%-31.10%
GreenThana Boonlert3151.19%
Alberta IndependenceMonica Friesz1020.39%
Total26,470
Rejected, spoiled and declined203867
Eligible electors / turnout38,31669.63%15.24%
New Democratic gain from LiberalSwing1.43%
Source(s)
Source: "18 - Calgary-Mountain View, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2023

2023 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New DemocraticKathleen Ganley16,51664.70+17.38
United ConservativePamela Rath8,46833.17-3.50
LiberalFrances Woytkiw3351.31-4.26
Solidarity MovementChristopher Wedick1190.47
Pro-LifeLucas Hernandez900.35
Total25,52899.03
Rejected and declined2510.97
Turnout25,77965.42
Eligible voters39,403
New Democratic holdSwing+10.44
Source(s)

Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Mountain View[6]Turnout 50.71%
AffiliationCandidateVotes% votes% ballotsRank
Progressive ConservativeJim Silye4,02215.06%42.59%5
Progressive ConservativeBert Brown3,84114.38%40.68%1
 IndependentLink Byfield3,52113.18%37.29%4
Progressive ConservativeBetty Unger3,37612.64%35.75%2
 IndependentTom Sindlinger3,11711.67%33.09%9
Progressive ConservativeDavid Usherwood2,1888.19%23.17%6
Progressive ConservativeCliff Breitkreuz1,9357.24%20.49%3
Alberta AllianceVance Gough1,7026.37%18.02%8
Alberta AllianceMichael Roth1,6146.04%17.09%7
Alberta AllianceGary Horan1,3985.23%14.81%10
Total votes26,714100%
Total ballots9,4432.83 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined4,401

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

2012

Student vote results

2004

Participating schools[7]
Foothills Academy
Hillhurst Community School
Langevin Science School
Queen Elizabeth Junior and Senior High 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[8]
AffiliationCandidateVotes%
GreenMark MacGillivray23729.37%
Progressive ConservativeMark Hlady19824.54%
 LiberalDavid Swann19223.79%
 NDPJohn Donovan12615.61%
Alberta AllianceRyan Cassell546.69%
Total807100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined49

See also

References

Further reading

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