Calgary-North Hill was 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 from 1971 to 2012.[1]
 Alberta electoral district | |
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 2004 boundaries | |
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1971 |
| District abolished | 2012 |
| First contested | 1971 |
| Last contested | 2008 |
History
The Calgary-North Hill electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution out of Calgary Bowness and a small sliver on the south end of Calgary Queens Park and Calgary North. The riding covered central portion of north Calgary.
Since 1971, the district returned Progressive Conservative candidates. Some elections saw some very competitive races with other party candidates coming close to winning.
Boundary history
| 19 Calgary-North Hill 2003 boundaries[2] | |||
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| Bordering districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Calgary-McCall, Calgary-Nose Hill | Calgary-East | Calgary-Varsity | Calgary-East Calgary-Mountain View |
| riding map goes here | map in relation to other districts in Alberta goes here | ||
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
| Starting at the intersection of 19 Street NW with John Laurie Boulevard NW; then 1. southeast along John Laurie Boulevard NW to 14 Street NW; 2. northeasterly along 14 Street NW to North Haven Drive NW; 3. southeast and south along North Haven Drive NW to 48 Avenue NW; 4. east along 48 Avenue NW, McKnight Boulevard NW and McKnight Boulevard NE to Deerfoot Trail NE; 5. south along Deerfoot Trail NE to 32 Avenue NE; 6. east along 32 Avenue NE to Barlow Trail NE; 7. south along Barlow Trail NE to 16 Avenue NE; 8. west along 16 Avenue NE to 19 Street NE; 9. south along 19 Street NE to 8 Avenue NE; 10. west along 8 Avenue NE to Deerfoot Trail NE; 11. north along Deerfoot Trail NE to 16 Avenue NE; 12. west along 16 Avenue NE and 16 Avenue NW to 19 Street NW; 13. north along 19 Street NW to the starting point. | |||
| Note: | |||
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-North Hill[3] | ||||
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See: Calgary Bowness 1959-1971, Calgary Queens Park 1963-1971 and Calgary North 1959-1971 | ||||
| 17th | 1971–1975 | Roy Farran | Progressive Conservative | |
| 18th | 1975–1979 | |||
| 19th | 1979–1982 | Ed Oman | ||
| 20th | 1982–1986 | |||
| 21st | 1986–1989 | Fred Stewart | ||
| 22nd | 1989–1993 | |||
| 23rd | 1993–1997 | Richard Magnus | ||
| 24th | 1997–2001 | |||
| 25th | 2001–2004 | |||
| 26th | 2004–2008 | |||
| 27th | 2008–2012 | Kyle Fawcett | ||
Electoral history
The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary re-distribution. The first election held in the district that year saw a hotly contested race with former Calgary Alderman Roy Farran running as a candidate for the Progressive Conservatives against incumbent Social Credit MLA Robert Simpson and future NDP MLA Barry Pashak. Farran won the race by 61 votes over Simpson to pick up the district for his party.
Premier Peter Lougheed appointed Farran to his cabinet in 1973. He ran for a second term in office in the 1975 general election with ministerial advantage against Simpson for the second time. This time Farran would defeat him in a landslide. Farran would remain in cabinet until he retired at dissolution in 1979.
The 1979 general election saw Progressive Conservative candidate Ed Oman hold the seat with a landslide. He was re-elected to a second term in 1982 winning the biggest popular vote of any candidate in the history of the district. Oman retired at dissolution in 1986.
Progressive Conservative candidate Fred Stewart became the third representative of the district winning election for the first time in the 1986 election. He was re-elected to a second term in the 1989 general election facing a strong challenge from both the Liberal and NDP candidates. He retired at from provincial politics at the end of his second term in 1993.
Richard Magnus became the fourth representative for the district in the 1993 general election. He faced a strong challenge from Liberal candidate Tom Dixon but still won a comfortable plurality to hold the district for his party. Magnus was re-elected three more times in 1997, 2001 and 2004 before retiring from office in the 2008 general election.
The last representative was Progressive Conservative MLA Kyle Fawcett who was elected for the first time in the 2008 general election in a hotly contested race over Liberal candidate Pat Murray.
Legislative election results
1971
| 1971 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Roy Farran | 4,961 | 43.81% | – | ||||
| Social Credit | Robert A. Simpson | 4,900 | 43.27% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Barry Pashak | 1,341 | 11.84% | – | ||||
| Independent | Carl L. Riech | 121 | 1.07% | – | ||||
| Total | 11,323 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 104 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 16,080 | 71.06% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-North Hill Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1975
| 1975 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Roy Farran | 6,673 | 62.94% | 19.13% | ||||
| Social Credit | Robert A. Simpson | 2,562 | 24.17% | -19.11% | ||||
| New Democratic | Joan Ryan | 723 | 6.82% | -5.02% | ||||
| Liberal | Dorothy Groves | 584 | 5.51% | – | ||||
| Communist | Stephen Whitefield | 60 | 0.57% | – | ||||
| Total | 10,602 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 15,357 | 69.04% | -2.03% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 19.12% | ||||||
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-North Hill Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1979
| 1979 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ed Oman | 6,760 | 64.82% | 1.88% | ||||
| Social Credit | Dennis Shupe | 1,799 | 17.25% | -6.92% | ||||
| New Democratic | Agnes Middleton | 1,052 | 10.09% | 3.27% | ||||
| Liberal | Dorothy Groves | 747 | 7.16% | 1.65% | ||||
| Independent | John J. Jasienczyk | 71 | 0.68% | – | ||||
| Total | 10,429 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 18,983 | 54.94% | -14.10% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 4.40% | ||||||
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-North Hill Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1982
| 1982 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ed Oman | 9,168 | 72.82% | 8.00% | ||||
| New Democratic | Agnes Middleton | 1,753 | 13.92% | 3.84% | ||||
| Western Canada Concept | Gordon Kennard | 968 | 7.69% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Dorothy Groves | 701 | 5.57% | -1.59% | ||||
| Total | 12,590 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 55 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 19,965 | 63.34% | 8.40% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 5.66% | ||||||
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-North Hill Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1986
| 1986 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Fred Stewart | 5,545 | 54.44% | -18.38% | ||||
| New Democratic | Noel Jantzie | 2,940 | 28.87% | 14.94% | ||||
| Liberal | Pauline Kay | 1,189 | 11.67% | 6.11% | ||||
| Representative | Tom Gorman | 511 | 5.02% | – | ||||
| Total | 10,185 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 34 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 23,274 | 43.91% | -19.43% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -16.66% | ||||||
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-North Hill Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1989
| 1989 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Fred Stewart | 4,918 | 44.73% | -9.72% | ||||
| Liberal | Pauline Kay | 3,030 | 27.56% | 15.88% | ||||
| New Democratic | Emily Drzymala | 2,720 | 24.74% | -4.13% | ||||
| Independent | John Jasienczyk | 328 | 2.98% | – | ||||
| Total | 10,996 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 33 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 22,933 | 48.09% | 4.18% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -4.20% | ||||||
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-North Hill Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1993
| 1993 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Richard Magnus | 6,756 | 50.02% | 5.29% | ||||
| Liberal | Tom Dixon | 4,262 | 31.55% | 4.00% | ||||
| New Democratic | Wendy Charlton | 1,935 | 14.33% | -10.41% | ||||
| Independent | Michael O'Malley | 394 | 2.92% | -0.07% | ||||
| Natural Law | Joyce Gregson | 160 | 1.18% | – | ||||
| Total | 13,507 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 40 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 24,143 | 56.11% | 8.02% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 0.65% | ||||||
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-North Hill Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1997
| 1997 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Richard Magnus | 6,379 | 58.74% | 8.73% | ||||
| Liberal | John Schmale | 3,297 | 30.36% | -1.19% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jason Ness | 1,183 | 10.89% | -3.43% | ||||
| Total | 10,859 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 71 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 22,524 | 48.53% | -7.59% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 4.96% | ||||||
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-North Hill Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
2001
| 2001 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Richard Magnus | 7,034 | 63.75% | 5.00% | ||||
| Liberal | Darryl G. Hawkins | 2,529 | 22.92% | -7.44% | ||||
| New Democratic | Christine McGregor | 1,067 | 9.67% | -1.22% | ||||
| Greens | Darcy Kraus | 404 | 3.66% | – | ||||
| Total | 11,034 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 26 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 22,630 | 48.87% | 0.35% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 6.22% | ||||||
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-North Hill Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 27, 2010. | ||||||||
2004
| 2004 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Richard Magnus | 4,369 | 43.21% | -20.54% | ||||
| Liberal | Pat Murray | 3,212 | 31.76% | 8.84% | ||||
| Greens | Susan Stratton | 1,261 | 12.47% | 8.81% | ||||
| New Democratic | Aileen L. Machell | 643 | 6.36% | -3.31% | ||||
| Alberta Alliance | Brent Best | 627 | 6.20% | – | ||||
| Total | 10,112 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 59 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 22,987 | 44.25% | -4.63% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -14.69% | ||||||
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-North Hill Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 15, 2020. "2004 Alberta general election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
2008
| 2008 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Kyle Fawcett | 4,281 | 38.32% | -4.88% | ||||
| Liberal | Pat Murray | 3,573 | 31.98% | 0.22% | ||||
| New Democratic | John Chan | 1,381 | 12.36% | 6.00% | ||||
| Wildrose Alliance | Jane Morgan | 976 | 8.74% | – | ||||
| Green | Kevin Maloney | 732 | 6.55% | -5.92% | ||||
| Social Credit | Jim Wright | 228 | 2.04% | – | ||||
| Total | 11,171 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 37 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 27,219 | 41.18% | -3.07% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -2.55% | ||||||
Source(s) Source: The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly (PDF). Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 242–245. | ||||||||
Senate nominee election results
2004
| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-North Hill[4] | Turnout 44.31% | |||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % votes | % ballots | Rank | |
| Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 3,890 | 16.36% | 48.52% | 1 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 3,463 | 14.57% | 43.19% | 5 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 3,004 | 12.64% | 37.47% | 2 | |
| Independent | Link Byfield | 2,796 | 11.76% | 34.87% | 4 | |
| Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 2,285 | 9.61% | 28.50% | 9 | |
| Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 2,034 | 8.56% | 25.37% | 6 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 1,870 | 7.87% | 23.32% | 3 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 1,605 | 6.75% | 20.02% | 8 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 1,506 | 6.33% | 18.78% | 7 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 1,321 | 5.55% | 16.48% | 10 | |
| Total votes | 23,774 | 100% | ||||
| Total ballots | 8,018 | 2.97 votes per ballot | ||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 2,168 | |||||
Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot
2004 student vote results
| Participating schools[5] |
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| James Fowler High School |
| King George-Traditional Learning Centre |
| Rosemont Elementary |
| Saint Francis High School |
| Truth 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 | Richard Magnus | 160 | 35.48% | |
| Green | Susan Stratton | 97 | 21.51% | |
| Liberal | Pat Murray | 86 | 19.07% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Brent Best | 60 | 13.30% | |
| NDP | Aileen Machell | 48 | 10.64% | |
| Total | 451 | 100% | ||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 6 | |||
See also
References
Further reading
- Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005. The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved May 25, 2020.