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Calgary-Mountain View

Calgary-Mountain View

Provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada


Calgary-Mountain View is 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. The district was created in 1971 and is currently represented by Kathleen Ganley of the Alberta New Democratic Party.

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History

The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution from parts of Calgary North and Calgary East.

Following the 2004 Alberta boundary re-distribution Calgary-Mountain View had a population of 39,586, which was 10.1 per cent above the provincial average of 35,951, which was the highest deviation for an electoral district in Calgary or Edmonton.[1]

The 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution all land west of Shaganappi Trail was redistricted into Calgary-Varsity. Following the 2010 re-distribution, the Calgary-Mountain View had a population of 42,092, which was 2.96 per cent above the provincial average of 40,880.[2]

Boundary history

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Representation history

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The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution out of Calgary East and Calgary North. The predecessor riding's that comprised Mountain View had returned Social Credit candidates since they were created. The first election held that year returned former Calgary East Social Credit MLA Albert Ludwig back to the Assembly with over half of the popular vote.

Mountain View would see its first change of hands in the 1975 election as Progressive Conservative candidate John Kushner defeated Ludwig. He retired at dissolution of the Assembly in 1979 as he got the federal Progressive Conservative nomination for Calgary East to run in the 1979 federal election.

The provincial election that year would return another Kushner to represent Mountain View. This time it was Stan Kushner, son of John Kushner. He held the district for the Progressive Conservatives winning a majority of 55% of the vote. In 1981 he was charged with drunk driving. Kushner did not run for a second term. The 1982 election returned Progressive Conservative candidate Bohdan Zip who also only served a single term in office.

In the 1986 general election voters would return NDP candidate Bob Hawkesworth over future Premier of Alberta Jim Prentice in a hotly contested race. He was re-elected in 1989 with a solid majority.

Hawkesworth would be defeated after two terms in the 1993 election by Progressive Conservative candidate Mark Hlady. He would win two more terms with increasing percentage of the vote in 1997 and 2001. In 2004 he was defeated by Liberal candidate David Swann.

Swann was re-elected to his second term in 2008 and became Leader of the Liberals after Kevin Taft resigned. He would resign the post himself in 2011 and be replaced by Raj Sherman.

Legislative election results

Graphical summary

1971
11.88% 36.53% 51.59%
NDP Progressive Conservative Social Credit
1975
9.39% 7.46% 49.23% 33.19%
C NDP Liberal Progressive Conservative Social Credit
1979
15.5% 8.97% 54.77% 21.16%
NDP Liberal Progressive Conservative Social Credit
1982
27.07% 3% 5.7% 57.69% 6.2%
NDP Lib Ind Progressive Conservative WCC
1986
45.65% 9.41% 43.52%
NDP Liberal Progressive Conservative
1989
51.75% 14.89% 33.36%
NDP Liberal Progressive Conservative
1993
26.08% 22.36% 46.21% 3%
NDP Liberal Progressive Conservative SC
1997
18.5% 29% 48.51% 4%
NDP Liberal Progressive Conservative SC
2001
15.29% 24.37% 60.34%
NDP Liberal Progressive Conservative
2004
6.6% 5.3% 53.31% 30.43% 4.38%
Green NDP Liberal Progressive Conservative A
2008
6.3% 4% 51.51% 30.91% 6.5%
Green NDP Liberal Progressive Conservative W
2012
5% 41.09% 30.38% 22.22%
NDP Liberal Progressive Conservative Wildrose
2015
28.88% 36.67% 23.92% 10.54%
NDP Liberal Progressive Conservative Wildrose
2019
47.3% 5.6% 8.9% 36.7%
NDP Liberal Alberta United Conservative
2023
64.7% 33.2%
NDP United Conservative

1971

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1975

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1979

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1982

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1986

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1989

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1993

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1997

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2001

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2004

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2008

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2012

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2015

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2019

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2023

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Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Mountain View[6] Turnout 50.71%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % votes % ballots Rank
Progressive ConservativeJim Silye4,02215.06%42.59%5
Progressive ConservativeBert Brown3,84114.38%40.68%1
  Independent Link Byfield 3,521 13.18% 37.29% 4
Progressive ConservativeBetty Unger3,37612.64%35.75%2
  Independent Tom Sindlinger 3,117 11.67% 33.09% 9
Progressive ConservativeDavid Usherwood2,1888.19%23.17%6
Progressive ConservativeCliff Breitkreuz1,9357.24%20.49%3
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 1,702 6.37% 18.02% 8
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 1,614 6.04% 17.09% 7
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 1,398 5.23% 14.81% 10
Total votes 26,714 100%
Total ballots 9,443 2.83 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined 4,401

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

2012

Student vote results

2004

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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[8]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Green Mark MacGillivray 237 29.37%
Progressive ConservativeMark Hlady19824.54%
  Liberal David Swann 192 23.79%
  NDP John Donovan 126 15.61%
Alberta AllianceRyan Cassell546.69%
Total 807 100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined 49

See also


References

  1. "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 13.
  2. "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010.
  3. "18 - Calgary-Mountain View". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  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.
  5. "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 18, 2008.
  6. "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2008.

Further reading

51.06°N 114.07°W / 51.06; -114.07


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