Calgary-Millican

Calgary-Millican 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 1993.[1]

Calgary-Millican

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1970
District abolished	1993
First contested	1971
Last contested	1989

History

The Calgary-Millican electoral district was created in the 1970 electoral boundary re-distribution from part of the Calgary-East and Calgary South electoral districts.[2]

The Calgary-Millican electoral district was abolished in the 1993 electoral boundary re-distribution, where the district was split, with the south part of the riding joined Calgary Shaw and the north merged with Calgary-Forest Lawn to re-form Calgary East electoral district.

It was named after the neighbourhood of Millican, in the Ogden community.

Historically this riding covered much of the same boundaries when it was split in 1989 as Calgary-Fort.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Millican
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Calgary-East electoral district from 1963-1971 and Calgary-South electoral district from 1963-1971
17th	1971–1975		Arthur J. Dixon	Social Credit
18th	1975–1979		Thomas Charles Donnelly	Progressive Conservative
19th	1979–1982		David J. Carter
20th	1982–1986		Gordon Shrake
21st	1986–1989
21st	1986–1989
See Calgary-East electoral district from 1993-Present

Election results

1971 general election

1971 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	Arthur J. Dixon	4,539	49.29%	–
	Progressive Conservative	Norman Kwong	2,973	32.29%	–
	New Democratic	Clarence Lacombe	1,543	16.76%	–
	Liberal	Carole Walter	153	1.66%	–
Total			9,208	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			104	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			15,182	61.34%	–
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Millican Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1975 general election

1975 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas Charles Donnelly	4,978	57.83%	25.54%
	Social Credit	Arthur J. Dixon	2,114	24.56%	-24.74%
	New Democratic	Joseph Yanchula	940	10.92%	-5.84%
	Liberal	Jodi Mahoney	512	5.95%	4.29%
	Communist	Mike Daniels	43	0.50%	–
	Independent	Roger Lavoie	21	0.24%	–
Total			8,608	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			41	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			17,394	49.72%	–
	Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit		Swing		8.13%
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Millican Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1979 general election

1979 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	David J. Carter	4,034	62.07%	4.24%
	Social Credit	Arthur J. Dixon	1,539	23.68%	-0.88%
	New Democratic	Stan Johns	595	9.16%	-1.76%
	Liberal	Bob Cox	331	5.09%	-0.85%
Total			6,499	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			14,052	46.25%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		2.56%
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Millican Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1982 general election

1982 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Shrake	6,323	68.77%	6.69%
	New Democratic	Davis Swan	1,626	17.68%	8.53%
	Western Canada Concept	Garnet E. Birch	779	8.47%	–
	Independent	Zoritza Kasparian	417	4.54%	–
	Communist	Doris Schupp	50	0.54%	–
Total			9,195	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			52	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			15,723	58.81%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		6.35%
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Millican Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1986 general election

1986 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Shrake	3,204	48.10%	-20.66%
	New Democratic	David Davis Swan	2,512	37.71%	20.03%
	Liberal	James Jude Smith	588	8.83%	–
	Independent	Dave Wereschuk	209	3.14%	-1.40%
	Representative	Barry M. Bernard	148	2.22%	–
Total			6,661	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			25	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			19,377	34.50%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-20.35%
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Millican Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989 general election

1989 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Shrake	3,840	43.05%	-5.05%
	New Democratic	Bill Flookes	3,713	41.63%	3.92%
	Liberal	Dale Muti	1,366	15.32%	6.49%
Total			8,919	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			26	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			20,329	44.00%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-4.48%
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Millican Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

• Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Ogden, Calgary a community in Calgary which includes the neighbourhoods of Lynnwood and Millican Estates.

References

1. "Election results for Calgary-Millican". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
2. The Election Act, RSA 1970, c. C-117

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 25 May 2020.

External links

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta