Calgary-Lougheed

Calgary-Lougheed is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting.

Calgary-Lougheed

Alberta electoral district
Calgary-Lougheed within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA	Jason Kenney United Conservative
District created	1993
First contested	1993
Last contested	2019
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	42,253
Census division(s)	Division No. 6
Census subdivision(s)	Calgary

The district is primarily urban, and it exists on the suburban fringes of the city of Calgary. It was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution from Calgary-Shaw, and is named in honour of former Premier Peter Lougheed, who held the nearby seat of Calgary West from 1967 to 1986.

The district has been a stronghold for Progressive Conservative candidates since it was created. The current representative is Jason Kenney of the United Conservative Party. The first MLA was Jim Dinning who previously represented Calgary-Shaw.

The district contains the neighbourhoods of Bridlewood and Evergreen.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution from Calgary-Shaw and Highwood. In the 2010 Boundary redistribution all land east of 14 Street was cut out of the riding and given to Shaw and Calgary-Fish Creek.

Boundary history

14 Calgary-Lougheed 2003 Boundaries[2]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Calgary-Glenmore	Calgary-Fish Creek and Calgary-Shaw	Foothills-Rocky View	Foothills-Rocky View
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Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
14 Calgary - Lougheed Starting at the intersection of the west Calgary city boundary with Anderson Road SW; then 1. east along Anderson Road SW to Elbow Drive SW; 2. south along Elbow Drive SW to Canyon Meadows Drive SW; 3. southeasterly along Canyon Meadows Drive SW to Macleod Trail S; 4. south along Macleod Trail S to Shawnessy Boulevard SW; 5. west along Shawnessy Boulevard SW to James McKevitt Road SW; 6. south along James McKevitt Road SW and 14 Street SW to the city boundary; 7. generally west, north, east and north along the city boundary to the starting point.
Note:

18 Calgary-Lougheed 2010 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Calgary-Acadia and Calgary-Glenmore	Calgary-Fish Creek, Calgary-Shaw and Calgary-South East	Chestermere-Rocky View	Highwood and Livingstone-Macleod
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.
Note:

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Lougheed[3]
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Calgary-Shaw 1986-1993 and Highwood 1971-1993
23rd	1993-1997		Jim Dinning	Progressive Conservative
24th	1997-2001		Marlene Graham
25th	2001-2004
26th	2004-2008		Dave Rodney
27th	2008-2012
28th	2012-2015
29th	2015-2017
	2017			United Conservative
	2017		Vacant
	2017-2019		Jason Kenney	United Conservative
30th	2019–present

The electoral district was created from Calgary-Shaw in the 1993 boundary redistribution. The first election held that year saw incumbent Progressive Conservative MLA Jim Dinning defeat Liberal candidate Jack Driscoll and three other candidates. Dinning retired from the legislature in 1997.

The 1997 election saw Progressive Conservative candidate Marlene Graham elected with a landslide majority. She was re-elected with a larger margin in the 2001 general election and retired at dissolution in 2004.

The 2004 election saw Progressive Conservative candidate Dave Rodney win a very large majority to hold the seat for his party. He was easily re-elected in 2008 and 2012.

In 2015, however, Rodney barely held the seat in a close three-way race against NDP and Wildrose challengers. In 2017, the Progressive Conservative and Wildrose parties merged to form the United Conservative Party, which Rodney joined. He subsequently resigned his seat to allow party leader Jason Kenney to run in a by-election. Kenney was elected by a wide margin over the NDP candidate and Liberal leader David Khan.

Legislature results

1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Dinning	7,280	52.77%
	Liberal	Jack Driscoll	5,803	42.07%
	New Democratic	Catherine Rose	502	3.64%
	Confederation of Regions	Peter Hope	122	0.88%
	Natural Law	Ida Bugmann	88	0.64%
Total			13,795	100.00%
Rejected, spoiled and declined			20
Eligible electors / Turnout			20,231	68.29%
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s) "Calgary-Lougheed results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 15, 2010.

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Marlene Graham	7,761	66.00%	+13.23%
	Liberal	Darryl Hawkins	2,906	24.71%	-17.36%
	Social Credit	Hub Blanchet	560	4.76%
	New Democratic	Mara Vogel	533	4.53%	+0.89%
Total			11,760	100.00%
Rejected, spoiled and declined			20
Eligible electors / Turnout			21,660	54.39%	-13.90%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+15.30%
Source(s) "1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved January 26, 2012.

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Marlene Graham	8,952	74.19%	+8.19%
	Liberal	Pete Montgomery	2,538	21.03%	-3.68%
	New Democratic	Marc Power	577	4.78%	+0.25%
Total			12,067	100.00%
Rejected, spoiled and declined			48
Eligible electors / Turnout			22,099	54.82%	+0.43%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+5.94%
Source(s) "Calgary-Lougheed Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 27, 2010.

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Rodney	6,336	59.84%	-14.35%
	Liberal	Al Pollock	2,972	28.07%	+7.04%
	Greens	Ryan Boucher	471	4.45%
	Alberta Alliance	Tariq Khan	445	4.20%
	New Democratic	Matt Koczkur	365	3.44%	-1.34%
Total			10,589	100.00%
Rejected, spoiled and declined			70
Eligible electors / Turnout			26,209	40.67%	-14.15%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-10.70%
Source(s) "Calgary-Lougheed Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 28, 2010.

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Rodney	7,190	52.51%	-7.33%
	Liberal	Lori Czerwinski	3,926	28.68%	+0.61%
	Wildrose Alliance	Derrick Jacobson	1,620	11.83%	+7.63%
	Greens	Bernie Amell	520	3.80%	-0.65%
	New Democratic	Clint Marko	336	2.45%	-0.99%
	Independent	Keith Laurie	100	0.73%
Total			13,692	100.00%
Rejected, spoiled and declined			42
Eligible electors / Turnout			35,071	39.16%	-1.51%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-3.97%
Source(s) The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 222–225.

2012 general election

2012 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Rodney	7,836	50.21	-2.30
	Wildrose	John Carpay	5,993	38.40	+26.57
	Liberal	Fred Stenson	1,159	7.43	-21.25
	New Democratic	Brent Kelly	618	3.96	+1.51
Total			15,606	98.82
Rejected, spoiled and declined			186	1.18	+0.87
Eligible electors / Turnout			30,445	51.87	+12.71
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-14.44
Source(s) "Electoral Division Results, Calgary-Lougheed".

2015 general election

2015 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Rodney	5,939	34.99	-15.22
	New Democratic	Mihai Ion	5,437	32.03	+28.07
	Wildrose	Mark Mantei	4,781	28.17	-10.24
	Liberal	Leila Keith	817	4.81	-2.61
Total valid votes			16,974	98.54
Rejected, spoiled and declined			251	1.46	+0.28
Eligible electors/ Turnout			33,547	51.35	-0.52
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-21.65
Source(s) "2015 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Retrieved 2017-12-14.

2017 by-election

Alberta provincial by-election, December 14, 2017 Resignation of Dave Rodney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Conservative	Jason Kenney	7,760	71.51	+8.35[lower-alpha 1]
	New Democratic	Phillip van der Merwe	1,822	16.79	−15.24
	Liberal	David Khan	1,009	9.30	+4.49
	Reform	Lauren Thorsteinson	137	1.26
	Green	Romy Tittel	60	0.55
	Independent	Wayne Leslie	42	0.39
	Independent	Larry Heather	22	0.20
Total valid votes			10,852	98.84
Rejected, spoiled and declined			127	1.16	−0.30
Eligible voters / turnout			31,067	35.34	−16.01
	United Conservative notional hold		Swing		+11.80
Source(s) Elections Alberta. "Election Results: Calgary-Lougheed". Retrieved 2018-03-15.

1. Swing is calculated from the sum of Progressive Conservative and Wildrose vote shares.

2019 general election

2019 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Conservative	Jason Kenney	11,633	65.7
	New Democratic	Julia Bietz	4,334	24.5
	Alberta Party	Rachel Timmermans	1,365	7.7
	Liberal	Wilson McCutchan	219	1.2
	Independence	Peter De Jonk	101	0.6
	Independent	Larry Heather	55	0.3
Total valid votes			17,707
Rejected, spoiled and declined
Registered electors
Turnout

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Lougheed[4]					Turnout 40.76%
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	4,603	17.44%	52.78%	1
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	4,040	15.31%	46.32%	5
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	3,900	14.78%	44.72%	2
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	3,047	11.55%	34.94%	6
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	2,473	9.37%	28.35%	3
	Independent	Link Byfield	2,374	9.00%	27.22%	4
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	1,684	6.38%	19.31%	9
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	1,520	5.76%	17.43%	7
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	1,485	5.63%	17.03%	8
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	1,262	4.78%	14.47%	10
Total Votes			26,388	100%
Total Ballots			8,722	3.03 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			1,960
26,209 Eligible Electors

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

2012 Senate nominee election district results

2012 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Lougheed
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Black	5,447	17.74
	Progressive Conservative	Scott Tannas	4,282	13.95
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Shaikh	4,149	13.51
	Wildrose	Rob Gregory	3,679	11.98
	Wildrose	Raymond Germain	3,403	11.08
	Wildrose	Vitor Marciano	2,964	9.65
	Independent	Len Bracko	1,436	4.68
	Evergreen	Elizabeth Johannson	1,332	4.34
	Independent	Ian Urquhart	1,077	3.51
	Independent	Paul Frank	910	2.96
	Independent	David Fletcher	898	2.92
	Independent	William Exelby	664	2.16
	Independent	Perry Chahal	462	1.50
Number of votes cast			30,703
Number of valid ballots			12,788	90.16
Rejected, spoiled and declined			1,395	9.84
Eligible electors/ Turnout			30,445	46.59
Source(s) "2012 Senate Nominee Election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved December 14, 2017.

References

1. Calculated by combining the populations of Census Tracts 0001.13, 0001.17, 0001.09, 0001.35, 0001.36, 0001.37, 0001.38, 0001.39 and Dissemination Areas 48062156, 48062157, 48060502, 48062217 and 48062218
2. "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. pp. 11–12.
3. "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
4. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta