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Calgary-Foothills
Alberta electoral district
File:CalgaryFoothills in Calgary.jpg
2010 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		  
Prasad Panda
Wildrose
District created 1971
First contested 1971
Last contested 2015 By-Election
Demographics
Population (2011) 43,015[1]
Census divisions Division No. 6, Alberta
Census subdivisions Calgary

Calgary-Foothills is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the northwest corner of Calgary. It elected six consecutive Progressive Conservative MLAs from its creation in 1971 until ousted Premier Jim Prentice disclaimed his winning seat on the 2015 general election night, later electing a member of the Wildrose in the following by-election.[2]

The riding contains the neighbourhoods of Edgemont, Hidden Valley, Hamptons and the Symons Valley neighbourhoods of Sage Hill, Nolan Hill, Sherwood and Kincora.

History

The electoral district of Calgary-Foothills was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution from most of the area that comprised the old electoral district of Calgary Bowness.

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw only minor revisions made to the electoral district. The district's northern boundary was moved northward, adding a rural portion of Foothills-Rocky View riding, where the city of Calgary annexed new land. The district lost the neighbourhood of Citadel which was moved into the new riding of Calgary-Hawkwood.

From 1993 to 2004, the riding included the neighbourhoods of Hamptons, Hidden Valley, Edgermont, MacEwan, Dalhousie and Brentwood as well as Nose Hill Park.

Boundary history

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Foothills
Assembly Years Member Party
See Calgary Bowness 1959–1971
17th 1971–1973 Len Werry Progressive Conservative
1973–1975 Stewart McCrae Progressive Conservative
18th 1975–1979
19th 1979–1982
20th 1982–1986 Janet Koper
21st 1986–1988
1988–1989 Vacant
22nd 1989–1993 Pat Nelson Progressive Conservative
23rd 1993–1997
24th 1997–2001
25th 2001–2004
26th 2004–2008 Len Webber
27th 2008–2012
28th 2012–2014
2014 Independent
2014–2015 Jim Prentice Progressive Conservative
29th 2015–present Prasad Panda Wildrose Party

Calgary-Foothills was created in 1971 mostly from the predecessor district Calgary Bowness. That district had previously returned Social Credit MLA's from 1959 and 1963 and returned Progressive Conservative candidate Len Werry in the 1967 election. That district was abolished in 1971 and Werry ran as the incumbent in Foothills in the election held that year. He won the new district with over half the popular vote to take the new district for his party. Premier Peter Lougheed who had just formed government appointed Werry as Minister of Telephones and Utilities. On February 25, 1973 he died in a car accident resulting in a by-election several months later.

The 1973 by-election was a hotly contested race featuring a number of Alberta political party leaders. The riding returned Progressive Conservative candidate Stewart McCrae who held the riding with 44% of the popular vote. He defeated Social Credit leader Werner Schmidt who finished a strong second. The results of the by-election proved devastating to the Social Credit party who suffered from internal problems after Schmidt was unable to win a seat.

McCrae ran for a second term in the 1975 general election. He was re-elected with a landslide majority and appointed to cabinet by Lougheed after the election as the Minister responsible for Calgary Affairs. He was re-elected for his third term in the 1979 general election and kept his seat in cabinet this time becoming Minister of Government Services. McCrae retired at dissolution of the assembly in 1982.

The third representative was Janet Koper who was returned as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the 1982 general election with a landslide majority. She was re-elected in the 1986 election with a reduced majority. On December 18, 1988 Koper died. The electoral district remained vacant until the March 1989 election.

Pat Black was fourth representative in the riding. She was returned in the 1989 election holding the district was just 37% of the popular vote. She was appointed to the provincial cabinet as Minister of Energy when Premier Ralph Klein took power in 1992. She was reelected with a solid majority in 1993 and kept her seat in cabinet.

Black won her third term in office in the 1997 election with over 60% of the popular vote. After the election she became the new Minister of Economic Development and Tourism. In 1998 she got married and changed her last name to Nelson. In 1999 she was shuffled to be the Minister of Government Services. Nelson won re-election to her fourth term in the 2001 election winning a very large majority. She became the Minister of Finance until she retired from public office dissolution of the assembly in 2004.

The 2004 election returned Progressive Conservative candidate Len Webber. He won his second and third terms in 2008 and 2012. In March 2014 Webber left the PC caucus to sit as an independent.[4] Webber resigned from the legislature thus giving Premier Jim Prentice, the new leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, an opportunity to seek the seat in a by-election in 2014. In the 2015 provincial election, Prentice led the Progressive Conservative government to defeat but retained his seat. Nevertheless, he resigned both the party leadership and his seat in the legislature, upon the announcement of the election results.

Legislature results

1971 general election

1971 Alberta general election results[5] Turnout 80.40% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive Conservative Len Werry 7,693 51.47%
Social Credit Jay Salmon 5,885 39.37%
New Democratic James Staples 1,370 9.16%
Total 14,948
Rejected, spoiled and declined 26
Eligible electors / Turnout 18,624  %

1973 by-election

June 25, 1973 by-election results[6] Turnout 58.96% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive Conservative Stewart McCrae 5,576 44.40% -10.07%
Social Credit Werner Schmidt 4,167 33.18% -6.19%
New Democratic Nancy Eng 2,079 16.55% 7.39%
     Liberal Robert Russell 725 5.77% *
     Modernization Glenn Pylypa 13 0.10% *
Total 12,560
Rejected, spoiled and declined Unknown
Eligible electors / Turnout 21,303  %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -8.13%

1975 general election

Alberta general election, 1975
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Progressive Conservative Stewart McCrae 10,917 67.63% 23.23%
Social Credit Bill Campbell 2,587 16.03% -17.15%
New Democratic Ken Gee 1,366 8.46% 8.09%
Liberal Hilda Armstrong 893 5.53% -0.24%
Independent Liberal Acker Winn 324 2.01%
Communist David Gutnick 55 0.34%
Total 16,142
Rejected, spoiled and declined 31
Eligible electors / Turnout 24,776 65.28%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 20.19%
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1979 general election

1979 Alberta general election results[7] Turnout 63.23% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive Conservative Stewart McCrae 7,518 62.01% -5.62%
Social Credit Lorraine Law 2,835 23.38% 7.35%
New Democratic Steve Arnett 982 8.10% -0.36%
Liberal Catherine Fitzpatrick 789 6.51% 0.98%
Total 12,124
Rejected, spoiled and declined 23
Eligible electors / Turnout 19,210  %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -6.49%

1982 general election

1982 Alberta general election results[8] Turnout 63.37% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive Conservative Janet Koper 9,708 66.93% 4.92%
New Democratic Joanne Hendenstrom 2,249 15.51% 7.41%
Western Canada Concept Robert Moyor 1,438 9.91% *
Independent Carol Stein 570 3.93%
Liberal Larry Adorjan 540 3.72% -2.79%
Total 14,505
Rejected, spoiled and declined 23
Eligible electors / Turnout 21,217  %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 6.17%

1986 general election

1986 Alberta general election results[9] Turnout 48.51% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive Conservative Janet Koper 6,111 55.32% -11.61%
New Democratic Thora Miessner 2,572 23.28% 7.77%
Liberal Len Wolstenholme 1,741 15.76% 12.04%
Representative Allen Howard 623 5.64%
Total 11,047
Rejected, spoiled and declined 6
Eligible electors / Turnout 22,786  %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -4.10%

1989 general election

Alberta general election, 1989
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Progressive Conservative Pat Nelson 5,341 37.25% −18.07%
Liberal Harvey Locke 4,866 33.93% 18.17%
New Democratic Thora Miessner 4,133 28.82% 5.54%
Total 14,340
Rejected, spoiled and declined 43
Eligible electors / Turnout 23,779 60.49%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing −18.12%
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1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election results[10] Turnout 66.92% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive Conservative Pat Nelson 8,129 52.80% 15.55%
Liberal Frances Wright 6,146 39.92% 5.99%
New Democratic Don McMillan 965 6.27% -22.55%
     Natural Law Anna Novikov 155 1.01% *
Total 15,395
Rejected, spoiled and declined 26
Eligible electors / Turnout 23,041  %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 10.77%

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election results[11] Turnout 51.42% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive Conservative Pat Nelson 8,849 60.43% 7.63%
Liberal Albert Ludwig 4,339 29.63% -10.29%
Social Credit Kevin Davidson 735 5.02%
New Democratic Brenda Wadley 720 4.92% -1.35%
Total 14,643
Rejected, spoiled and declined 21
Eligible electors / Turnout 28,518  %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 8.96%

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election results[12] Turnout 52.59% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive Conservative Pat Nelson 12,070 67.41% 6.98%
Liberal Harry Chase 5,051 28.21% -1.42%
New Democratic Jon Adams 784 4.38% -0.54%
Total 17,905
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 86
Eligible electors / Turnout 34,208  %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 4.20%

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results[13] Turnout 37.13% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive Conservative Len Webber 5,819 56.77% -10.64%
Liberal Stephen Jenuth 3,561 34.74% 6.53%
Alberta Alliance Vincent Jansen van Doorn 472 4.61%
New Democratic Malcolm Forster 398 3.88% -0.50%
Total 10,250
Rejected, spoiled and declined 50
Eligible electors / Turnout 27,739  %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -8.59%

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election results[14] Turnout 35.24% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive Conservative Len Webber 6,088 48.20% -8.57%
Liberal Mike Robinson 4,909 38.86% 4.12%
Wildrose Alliance Kevin Legare 972 7.70% 3.09%
Green Ian Groll 411 3.25% *
New Democratic Stephanie Sundberg 251 1.99% -1.89%
Total 12,631
Rejected, spoiled and declined 61
Eligible electors / Turnout 36,019  %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -6.35%

2012 general election

Alberta general election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Len Webber 8,251 53.65
Wildrose Dustin Nau 5,135 33.39
Liberal Kurt Hansen 1,414 9.19
New Democratic Jenn Carkner 578 3.76
Total 15,378

2014 by-election

Alberta provincial by-election, October 27, 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Progressive Conservative Jim Prentice 6,912 58.37 +4.71
Wildrose Kathy Macdonald 3,545 29.94 -3.46
Liberal Robert Prcic 458 3.87 -5.33
New Democratic Jennifer Burgess 444 3.75 -0.01
Green Polly Knowlton Cockett 248 2.09
Alberta Party Michelle Glavine 212 1.79
Independent Dave Woody Phillips 23 0.19
Total 11,842
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +4.72


2015 general election

Alberta general election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Progressive Conservative Jim Prentice 7,163 40.33 -18.04
New Democratic Anne Wilson 5,748 32.36 +28.61
Wildrose Keelan Frey 3,216 18.11 -11.83
Liberal Ali Bin Zahid 1,271 7.16 +3.29
Green Janet Keeping 363 2.04 -0.05
Total 17,761
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -18.04
Because Jim Prentice disclaimed his right to become an MLA before the end of the appeal period for the official results, this riding's election is declared void.[15]

2015 by-election

Alberta provincial by-election, September 3, 2015
Voiding of general election results due to Jim Prentice disclaiming his seat
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Wildrose Prasad Panda 4,872 38.25 +20.14
New Democratic Bob Hawkesworth 3,274 25.70 -6.64
Progressive Conservative Blair Houston 2,760 21.67 -18.82
Liberal Ali Bin Zahid 792 6.22 -0.94
Alberta Party Mark Taylor 615 4.83 +4.83
Green Janet Keeping 378 2.97 +0.93
Independent Antoni Grochowski 46 0.36 –
Total valid votes 12,737
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 38
Turnout 37.76
Eligible voters 33,728
Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +20.14

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Foothills[16] Turnout 37.13%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Votes % Ballots Rank
Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 4,540 16.89% 53.05% 1
Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 4,004 14.90% 46.79% 2
Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 3,965 14.75% 46.33% 5
Progressive Conservative David Usherwood 2,928 10.89% 34.21% 6
Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 2,680 9.97% 31.32% 3
     Independent Link Byfield 2,344 8.72% 27.39% 4
     Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,796 6.68% 20.99% 9
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 1,673 6.22% 19.55% 8
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 1,566 5.83% 18.30% 7
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 1,386 5.15% 16.20% 10
Total Votes 26,882 100%
Total Ballots 8,558 3.14 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 1,741
27,739 Eligible Electors

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

2012 Senate nominee election district results

Student Vote results

2004 election

Participating Schools[17]
Jerry Potts Elementary

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[18]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Len Webber 28 39.44%
     Liberal Stephen Jenuth 17 23.94%
     New Democratic Malcolm Forster 14 19.72%
Alberta Alliance Vincent Jansen van Doorn 12 16.90%
Total 71 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 2

2012 election

References

  1. ↑ http://www.finance.alberta.ca/aboutalberta/ped_profiles/2011-profiles/Calgary-Foothills-11-PROFILE.pdf
  2. ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-foothills-byelection-results-1.3213354
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  15. ↑ s 139, Election Act, Act No. E-1 of RSA 2000. Retrieved on 2015-05-13.
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