Calgary-Buffalo
Calgary-Buffalo
Provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada
Calgary-Buffalo is a current provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. Calgary-Buffalo is currently represented by NDP MLA Joe Ceci.
 Alberta electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Calgary-Buffalo within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
| MLA |
New Democratic | ||
| District created | 1971 | ||
| First contested | 1971 | ||
| Last contested | 2023 | ||
The riding comprises primarily the downtown core of the city of Calgary. The riding has broad demographic diversity, and comprises the most transient population in Alberta.
The riding contains a mix of corporate office towers, luxury apartment buildings, Chinatown in the north part of the riding and lower income apartments in the south along the Beltline community. The Liberals have won this riding seven times, the Progressive Conservatives six, and the New Democrats twice, while the Alberta Reform Movement was represented very briefly.
Due to the nature of the riding, candidates have a tougher time running a campaign, as traditional campaign methods — i.e., placement of lawn signs, door knocking, and voter identification — have proven to be of limited usefulness.[citation needed]
The riding was created in 1971, largely out of the old Calgary Centre riding and a small portion of the eastern part of Calgary West.
The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary re-distribution out of parts of Calgary Centre, Calgary Victoria Park, and Calgary-West. The district has shifted boundaries many times over the years but has always covered the downtown core of Calgary.
The 2010 Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution saw significant changes to the district, losing a huge portion of land to Calgary-Currie on the west boundary when it was cut from 37 Street to 14 Street SW. The East Village neighbourhood and Fort Calgary were moved into Calgary-Fort on the west side and the south boundary was pushed from 17 Avenue into Lower Mount Royal to run along approximately 19 Avenue in land that used to be in Calgary-Currie. The electoral district would have a population of 40,381 in 2010, which was 1.2% below the provincial average of 40,880.[1]
The 2017 Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution saw Calgary-Buffalo expand East into the communities of Ramsay and Inglewood. The boundaries as adjusted would give the electoral district a population of 49,907 in 2017, 7% above the provincial average of 46,803.[2]
Boundary history
| 3 Calgary-Buffalo 2003 boundaries[3] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bordering districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Calgary-Mountain View | Calgary-Egmont and Calgary-Fort | Calgary-Bow | Calgary-Currie and Calgary-Elbow |
| riding map goes here |  | ||
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
| Starting at the intersection of the northerly extension of 37 Street SW with the right bank of the Bow River; then 1. southeast along the right bank of the Bow River to the left bank of the Elbow River; 2. south and west along the left bank of the Elbow River to 1 Street SE; 3. north along 1 Street SE to 17 Avenue SE; 4. west along 17 Avenue SE and 17 Avenue SW to 45 Street SW; 5. north along 45 Street SW to 8 Avenue SW; 6. east along 8 Avenue SW to 37 Street SW; 7. north along 37 Street SW and its northerly extension to the starting point. | |||
| Note: | |||
| 5 Calgary-Buffalo 2010 boundaries[4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bordering districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Calgary-Mountain View | Calgary-Fort | Calgary-Currie | Calgary-Acadia and Calgary-Elbow |
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| Note: Boundary descriptions were not used in the 2010 redistribution | |||
Representation history
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Buffalo | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Calgary Centre 1959-1971, Calgary Victoria Park 1967-1971 and Calgary West 1959-1971 | ||||
| 17th | 1971-1975 | Ron Ghitter | Progressive Conservative | |
| 18th | 1975-1979 | |||
| 19th | 1979-1980 | Tom Sindlinger | ||
| 1980-1982 | Independent Conservative | |||
| 1982 | Alberta Reform Movement | |||
| 20th | 1982-1986 | Brian Lee | Progressive Conservative | |
| 21st | 1986-1989 | Sheldon Chumir | Liberal | |
| 22nd | 1989-1992 | |||
| 1992 | Vacant | |||
| 1992-1993 | Gary Dickson | Liberal | ||
| 23rd | 1993-1997 | |||
| 24th | 1997-2001 | |||
| 25th | 2001-2004 | Harvey Cenaiko | Progressive Conservative | |
| 26th | 2004-2008 | |||
| 27th | 2008-2012 | Kent Hehr | Liberal | |
| 28th | 2012–2015 | |||
| 29th | 2015–2019 | Kathleen Ganley | New Democratic | |
| 30th | 2019–2023 | Joe Ceci | ||
| 31st | 2023-present | |||
The electoral district of Calgary-Buffalo was created in the boundary redistribution of 1971. The area it covered primarily consisted of three antecedent riding's Calgary Centre, Calgary Victoria Park and Calgary West. The riding primarily covers the City of Calgary's downtown core and belt line as well as some southwest inner city neighbourhoods. The riding is one of Calgary's few swing ridings.
The Progressive Conservatives won the first election easily under Ron Ghitter who was later appointed to the Senate of Canada. The second member of the riding Tom Sindlinger who was elected in the 1979 general election. He was removed from the Progressive Conservative caucus on October 16, 1980 and sat as an Independent Conservative after calling for increased transparency with the Heritage Trust Fund.
Sindlinger formed the Alberta Reform Movement, a right wing party and became its leader on September 17, 1982. He was the first and only member of that party to form the Alberta Reform Movement caucus in the legislature. He was defeated in the 1982 general election in a landslide by Progressive Conservative Brian Lee.
Lee only held one term before being defeated by Liberal Sheldon Chumir in 1986. Chumir was re-elected with a landslide in 1989. He died on January 26, 1992. Liberal Gary Dickson won a by-election later that year and held the district for three terms before retiring.
The Progressive Conservatives won the seat back in 2001 with Harvey Cenaiko who was later given the cabinet portfolio of Solicitor General. He retired in 2008. Liberal candidate Kent Hehr won back the electoral district for his party in 2008. April 23, 2012, Kent Hehr was re-elected for a second term during the biggest percentage turnout of eligible voters since 1993. 2015 election, Kent Hehr decided to step up to the Federal Election which will be fall of 2015.
NDP candidate Kathleen Ganley won Calgary Buffalo for her party in the provincial election of 2015 for the first time. Joe Ceci was elected under the NDP banner in 2019 and is the current MLA.
Graphical summary
| 11.09% | 42.56% | 46.35% |
| NDP | Social Credit | Progressive Conservative |
| 9.53% | 8.54% | 70.88% | 10.45% | |
| NDP | Social Credit | Progressive Conservative | Liberal |
| 10.39% | 14.15% | 64.02% | 10.83% | |
| NDP | Social Credit | Progressive Conservative | Liberal |
| 9.93% | 62.27% | 21.73% | 6.07% |
| NDP | Progressive Conservative | Alberta Reform Movement | Western Canada |
| 10.98% | 34.64% | 52.84% | |
| NDP | Progressive Conservative | Liberal |
| 7.64% | 31.33% | 61.03% |
| NDP | Progressive Conservative | Liberal |
| 25.4% | 15.25% | 53.89% | ||
| NDP | Progressive Conservative | Liberal |
| 10% | 40.7% | 45.54% | ||
| NDP | Progressive Conservative | Liberal |
| 5.83% | 3% | 43.84% | 45.91% | |
| NDP | Progressive Conservative | Liberal |
| 4.59% | 54.18% | 40.13% | |
| NDP | Progressive Conservative | Liberal |
| 4.9% | 43.53% | 4% | 36.42% | 8.67% | ||
| NDP | Progressive Conservative | Alliance | Liberal | Green |
| 4.1% | 38.85% | 48.83% | 6.5% | |
| NDP | Progressive Conservative | Liberal | Green |
| 5% | 30.61% | 20.31% | 42.02% | |
| NDP | Progressive Conservative | Wildrose | Liberal |
| 35.11% | 28.09% | 10.15% | 24.67% | |
| NDP | Progressive Conservative | Wildrose | Liberal |
| 48.86% | 39.16% | 2.5% | 6.9% | ||
| NDP | United Conservative | Alberta |
| 63.00% | 34.75% | ||
| NDP | United Conservative |
1971
| 1971 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ronald H. Ghitter | 5,705 | 46.36% | – | ||||
| Social Credit | Don Luzzi | 5,238 | 42.56% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Jane Ann Summers | 1,364 | 11.08% | – | ||||
| Total | 12,307 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 72 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 18,664 | 66.33% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Buffalo Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1975
| 1975 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ronald H. Ghitter | 6,525 | 70.89% | 24.53% | ||||
| Liberal | Maria Eriksen | 962 | 10.45% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Paula Davies | 877 | 9.53% | -1.56% | ||||
| Social Credit | Norman Ashmead | 786 | 8.54% | -34.02% | ||||
| Communist | David Wallis | 55 | 0.60% | – | ||||
| Total | 9,205 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 26 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 18,219 | 50.67% | -15.66% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 28.32% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Buffalo Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1979
| 1979 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tom Sindlinger | 6,481 | 64.02% | -6.86% | ||||
| Social Credit | Jim Rocker | 1,432 | 14.15% | 5.61% | ||||
| Liberal | Lloyd Hamilton | 1,096 | 10.83% | 0.38% | ||||
| New Democratic | Brian Rees | 1,052 | 10.39% | 0.86% | ||||
| Communist | David Willis | 62 | 0.61% | 0.01% | ||||
| Total | 10,123 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 39 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 24,091 | 42.18% | -8.49% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -5.28% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Buffalo Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1982
| 1982 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Brian Craig Lee | 7,591 | 62.27% | -1.75% | ||||
| Alberta Reform Movement | Tom Sindlinger | 2,649 | 21.73% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Barry Pashak | 1,211 | 9.93% | -0.46% | ||||
| Western Canada Concept | Anita Bozak | 739 | 6.06% | – | ||||
| Total | 12,190 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 52 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 24,764 | 49.43% | 7.25% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -4.67% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Buffalo Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1986
| 1986 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Sheldon Chumir | 5,242 | 52.84% | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Brian Craig Lee | 3,437 | 34.64% | -27.63% | ||||
| New Democratic | George Chatsis | 1,089 | 10.98% | 1.04% | ||||
| Representative | Colin Svendsen | 153 | 1.54% | – | ||||
| Total | 9,921 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 30 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 26,048 | 38.20% | -11.23% | |||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | -11.17% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Buffalo Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1989
| 1989 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Sheldon Chumir | 7,014 | 61.03% | 8.20% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Kate Thrasher | 3,601 | 31.33% | -3.31% | ||||
| New Democratic | Iain Dunbar | 877 | 7.63% | -3.35% | ||||
| Total | 11,492 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 33 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 26,433 | 43.60% | 5.40% | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | 5.75% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Buffalo Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1992 by-election
| Alberta provincial by-election, July 21, 1992 Called upon the death of death of Liberal MLA Sheldon Chumir on January 26, 1992. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Gary Dickson | 4,636 | 53.89% | -7.14% | ||||
| New Democratic | Elaine Husband | 2,185 | 25.40% | 17.76% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rod Love | 1,312 | 15.25% | -16.08% | ||||
| Confederation of Regions | Joseph Babineau | 268 | 3.12% | – | ||||
| Greens | Sol Candel | 201 | 2.34% | – | ||||
| Total | 8,602 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 47 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 26,029 | % | % | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | % | ||||||
Source(s)
Source:[5] | ||||||||
1993
| 1993 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Gary Dickson | 4,826 | 45.54% | -15.50% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Steven Yu | 4,313 | 40.70% | 9.36% | ||||
| New Democratic | Israel Lachovsky | 1,062 | 10.02% | 2.39% | ||||
| Greens | Rebecca Matiowsky | 212 | 2.00% | – | ||||
| Natural Law | Ralph Holt | 185 | 1.75% | – | ||||
| Total | 10,598 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 74 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 23,439 | 45.53% | 1.93% | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -12.43% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Buffalo Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1997
| 1997 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Gary Dickson | 4,310 | 45.91% | 0.38% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Terri-Lynn Bradford | 4,115 | 43.84% | 3.14% | ||||
| New Democratic | Neil McKinnon | 547 | 5.83% | -4.19% | ||||
| Social Credit | Raymond Neilson | 300 | 3.20% | – | ||||
| Natural Law | Ralph Holt | 115 | 1.23% | -0.52% | ||||
| Total | 9,387 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 68 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 22,929 | 41.24% | -4.29% | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -1.38% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Buffalo Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
2001
| 2001 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harvey Cenaiko | 5,582 | 54.18% | 10.34% | ||||
| Liberal | Brian Edy | 4,135 | 40.13% | -5.78% | ||||
| New Democratic | Neil McKinnon | 473 | 4.59% | -1.24% | ||||
| Social Credit | Dave Schwartz | 113 | 1.10% | -2.10% | ||||
| Total | 10,303 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 49 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 24,844 | 41.67% | 0.43% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | 5.98% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Buffalo Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 3, 2020. | ||||||||
2004
| 2004 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harvey Cenaiko | 3,365 | 43.53% | -10.65% | ||||
| Liberal | Terry Taylor | 2,815 | 36.42% | -3.72% | ||||
| Green | Grant Neufeld | 670 | 8.67% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Cliff Hesby | 457 | 5.91% | 1.32% | ||||
| Alberta Alliance | Nadine Hunka | 294 | 3.80% | – | ||||
| Social Credit | Elizabeth K. Fielding | 73 | 0.94% | -0.15% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Carl Schwartz | 56 | 0.72% | – | ||||
| Total | 7,730 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 100 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 24,689 | 31.71% | -9.95% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -3.46% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Buffalo Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 3, 2020. | ||||||||
2008
| 2008 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Kent Hehr | 4,583 | 48.83% | 12.42% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Sean Chu | 3,646 | 38.85% | -4.68% | ||||
| Green | Stephen Ricketts | 611 | 6.51% | -2.16% | ||||
| New Democratic | Robert Lawrence | 387 | 4.12% | -1.79% | ||||
| Social Credit | Antoni (Tony) Grochowski | 158 | 1.68% | 0.74% | ||||
| Total | 9,385 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 103 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 31,223 | 30.39% | -1.33% | |||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | 1.43% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "03 - Calgary-Buffalo, 2008 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 178–180. | ||||||||
2012
| 2012 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Kent Hehr | 4,740 | 41.47% | -7.36% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jamie Lall | 3,506 | 30.67% | -8.18% | ||||
| Wildrose | Mike Blanchard | 2,415 | 21.13% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Rebecca Eras | 539 | 4.72% | 0.59% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Cory Mack | 230 | 2.01% | – | ||||
| Total | 11,430 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 176 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 26,220 | 44.26% | 13.88% | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | 0.41% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "05 - Calgary-Buffalo, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
2015
| 2015 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Kathleen T. Ganley | 4,671 | 35.11% | 30.39% | $3,118 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Terry Rock | 3,738 | 28.09% | -2.58% | $92,068 | |||
| Liberal | David Khan | 3,282 | 24.67% | -16.80% | $54,749 | |||
| Wildrose | Leah Wamboldt | 1,351 | 10.15% | -10.97% | $2,900 | |||
| Green | Sabrina Lee Levac | 263 | 1.98% | – | $500 | |||
| Total | 13,305 | – | – | – | ||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 162 | – | – | – | ||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 32,950 | 40.87% | -3.39% | – | ||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | -1.89% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "05 - Calgary-Buffalo, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. "2015-2016 Annual Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 2, 2018. | ||||||||
2019
| 2019 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Joe Ceci | 11,292 | 48.86% | 13.75% | $56,232 | |||
| United Conservative | Tom Olsen | 9,050 | 39.16% | 0.92% | $60,374 | |||
| Alberta Party | Omar Masood | 1,597 | 6.91% | +4.01% | $24,282 | |||
| Liberal | Jennifer Khan | 590 | 2.55% | -22.11% | $500 | |||
| Green | Heather Morigeau | 436 | 1.89% | -0.09% | $534 | |||
| Alberta Independence | Cory Hetherington | 147 | 0.64% | – | $1,005 | |||
| Total | 23,112 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 290 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 38,432 | 60.89% | 20.02% | |||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | 1.34% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[6][7][8] Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000. | ||||||||
2023
| 2023 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Joe Ceci | 13,221 | 63.00 | +14.14 | ||||
| United Conservative | Astrid Kuhn | 7,292 | 34.75 | -4.41 | ||||
| Green | Jonathan Parks | 349 | 1.66 | -0.22 | ||||
| Solidarity Movement | Lona Henry | 125 | 0.60 | – | ||||
| Total | 20,987 | 98.82 | – | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 250 | 1.18 | ||||||
| Turnout | 21,237 | 56.18 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 37,801 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +9.28 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[9] | ||||||||
2004
| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Buffalo[10] | Turnout 31.76% | |||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % votes | % ballots | Rank | |
| Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 2,743 | 15.18% | 45.37% | 1 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 2,393 | 13.24% | 39.59% | 5 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 2,177 | 12.05% | 36.01% | 2 | |
| Independent | Link Byfield | 2,134 | 11.81% | 35.30% | 4 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 2,104 | 11.64% | 34.81% | 3 | |
| Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,774 | 9.82% | 29.35% | 9 | |
| Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 1,539 | 8.52% | 25.46% | 6 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 1,159 | 6.41% | 19.17% | 8 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 1,055 | 5.84% | 17.45% | 7 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 994 | 5.49% | 16.44% | 10 | |
| Total votes | 18,072 | 100% | ||||
| Total ballots | 6,045 | 2.99 votes per ballot | ||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 1,796 | |||||
| 24,689 eligible electors | ||||||
Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot
2012
1971 daylight saving plebiscite
| Do you favour province-wide Daylight Saving Time? | |||
| For | Against | ||
| 9,363 76.80% | 2,828 23.20% | ||
| Province wide result: Passed | |||
2004
| Participating schools[11] |
|---|
| Almadina ESL Charter School |
| National Sport School |
| Sacred Heart 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[12] | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Liberal | Terry Taylor | 62 | 34.44% | |
| Green | Grant Neufeld | 32 | 17.78% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Harvey Cenaiko | 22 | 12.22% | |
| New Democrat | Cliff Hesby | 18 | 10.00% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Nadine Hunka | 16 | 8.89% | |
| Alberta Party | Carl Schwartz | 16 | 8.89% | |
| Social Credit | Elizabeth Fielding | 14 | 7.78% | |
| Total | 180 | 100% | ||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 7 | |||
2012
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