Calgary-Elbow

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Calgary-Elbow
Alberta electoral district
Calgary-Elbow within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 
 
Samir Kayande
New Democratic
District created1971
First contested1971
Last contested2023

Calgary-Elbow is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. Its most recent MLA was Doug Schweitzer, who won the seat in the 2019 provincial election, stepped down on August 31, 2022[1] and the electoral district (often commonly referred to as “riding”) was unrepresented until May 2023, when Samir Kayande from the NDP was elected in a general election.[2]

The riding was created in 1971 from the southeast part of Calgary-Glenmore and the southwest part of the old Calgary South riding.

It includes the following communities: Altadore, Bel-Aire, Britannia, Elbow Park, Elboya, Erlton, Garrison Woods, Glamorgan, Lincoln Park, Mount Royal, Marda Loop, Mayfair, Meadowlark Park, North Glenmore, Parkhill, Rideau Park, Roxboro, South Calgary and Windsor Park.

The NDP won the seat for the first time at the 2023 Alberta general election.[3]

History[edit]

The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution out of the electoral districts of Calgary Glenmore, Calgary South and Calgary Victoria Park.

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw significant changes to the riding. All territory south of Glenmore Trail was moved to Calgary-Glenmore & the northern boundary shifted, exchanging and losing many different portions of the riding with Calgary-Currie and Calgary-Buffalo.

Boundary history[edit]

Representation history[edit]

Assembly Years Member Party
See Calgary Glenmore 1959–1971, Calgary South 1963–1971
and Calgary Victoria Park 1967–1971
17th 1971–1975 David Russell Progressive Conservative
18th 1975–1979
19th 1979–1980
20th 1982–1986
21st 1986–1989
22nd 1989–1993 Ralph Klein
23rd 1993–1997
24th 1997–2001
25th 2001–2004
26th 2004–2007
2007 Vacant
2007–2008 Craig Cheffins Liberal
27th 2008–2012 Alison Redford Progressive Conservative
28th 2012–2014
2014 Vacant
2014–2015 Gordon Dirks Progressive Conservative
29th 2015–2019 Greg Clark Alberta Party
30th 2019–2022 Doug Schweitzer United Conservative
2022–2023 Vacant
31st 2023 Samir Kayande New Democratic

The electoral district of Calgary-Elbow was created in the boundary redistribution of 1971 from Calgary Glenmore, Calgary South and Calgary Victoria Park. The first election saw architect and former Calgary Victoria Park Progressive Conservative incumbent and Calgary Alderman David Russell run for re-election. He won a hotly contested race over Social Credit candidate L.A. “Chick” Thorssen to pick up the new district for his party.

Upon being elected Russell was appointed into the cabinet of Premier Peter Lougheed. He ran for re-election in 1975 and defeated future Senator Sharon Carstairs in a landslide victory. He would be re-elected with large majorities three more times while continuing to serve in various cabinet portfolios. He would be appointed Deputy Premier by Don Getty in 1985. Russell retired from the legislature in 1989.

The second representative in the riding was former Mayor of Calgary Ralph Klein who, following a party nomination win over business-person Fran Drummond,[6] was elected to his first term in 1989. Klein would win the leadership of the Progressive Conservatives in 1992 and become Premier of the province. He would hold the premiership until December 2006 before resigning his seat in 2007. In total, Klein was re-elected in the Elbow electoral district four times.

A hotly contested by-election was held on June 12, 2007. The winner was Alberta Liberal candidate Craig Cheffins who managed an upset win over well-known local business person Brian Heninger.

The 2008 general election saw Cheffins defeated as Progressive Conservative candidate Alison Redford won back the riding for her party. She was promoted to cabinet by Premier Ed Stelmach following the election.

Redford became Premier of Alberta and leader of the Progressive Conservative party after winning the 2011 Progressive Conservative leadership race. She was re-elected in the 2012 provincial election, but stepped down in 2014 following significant internal party unrest about her leadership.

Calgary-Elbow was one of four provincial seats won by the Progressive Conservatives in the 2014 Alberta by-elections. Former Calgary school board chair and Saskatchewan MLA Gordon Dirks took Calgary-Elbow in this by-election.[7]

In the 2015 provincial election Greg Clark, the leader of the Alberta Party, was elected MLA, defeating incumbent MLA and Education minister Gordon Dirks. While Clark had a modest showing in the 2012 election, his strong local connections gave him healthy numbers in the 2014 by-election and foreshadowed his 2015 win. Clark led the Alberta Party between 2013 and 2017, stepping down as leader prior to the 2019 general election.[8]

A general election was called in April 2019, with recently nominated United Conservative Party representative Doug Schweitzer defeating Greg Clark. Schweitzer was named to cabinet of the governing Jason Kenney led UCP, first as Justice Minister and later as Minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation. In a series of announcements, Schweitzer in May, 2022 stated he would not seek re-election in 2023, [9] subsequently resigning from cabinet [10] and finally stepping down as MLA on August 31, 2022, leaving the riding vacant. With some uncertainty in the legislation governing the timing of provincial by-elections, Premier Jason Kenney side-stepped the issue confirming he would leave the matter of a possible by-election to his successor, following the UCP leadership vote on October 6, 2022.[11]

Legislative election results[edit]

Graphical summary[edit]

1971
6.42% 51.77% 41.81%
NDP Progressive Conservative Social Credit
1975
5.38% 13.77% 73.79% 7.06%
NDP Liberal Progressive Conservative SC
1979
5.89% 13.6% 65.86% 14.65%
NDP Liberal Progressive Conservative Social Credit
1982
9.79% 6.26% 4.83% 69.83% 1.59% 7.7%
NDP Liberal Ind. Progressive Conservative SC WCC
1986
16.21% 18.37% 65.42%
NDP Liberal Progressive Conservative
1989
7.92% 40.55% 49.61%
NDP Liberal Progressive Conservative
1993
35.47% 58.1%
Liberal Progressive Conservative
1997
36.5% 57.86% 3%
Liberal Progressive Conservative SC
2001
2.41% 29.66% 66.84%
NDP Liberal Progressive Conservative
2004
5% 36.53% 51.48%
Green Liberal Progressive Conservative
2007 by-election
5.6% 45.77% 38.33%
Green Liberal Progressive Conservative
2008
39.2% 42.08% 6.6%
Liberal Progressive Conservative Wildrose
2012
58.09% 28.58%
Progressive Conservative Wildrose
2014 by-election
12.02% 26.88% 33.22% 24.16%
Liberal Alberta Party Progressive Conservative Wildrose
2015
15.78% 42.2% 30.31% 8.7%
NDP Alberta Party Progressive Conservative Wildrose
2019
23.5% 30.5% 44.3%
NDP Alberta Party United Conservative
2023
49.0% 4.6% 46.0%
NDP Alberta Party United Conservative

2023[edit]

2023 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Samir Kayande 12,189 49.01 +25.54
United Conservative Chris Davis 11,446 46.02 +1.68
Alberta Party Kerry Cundal 1,136 4.57 -25.97
Solidarity Movement Artur Pawlowski 99 0.40
Total 24,870 99.12
Rejected and declined 220 0.88
Turnout 25,090 68.77
Eligible voters 36,483
New Democratic gain from United Conservative Swing +11.93
Source(s)

2019[edit]

2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
United Conservative Doug Schweitzer 10,951 44.34 +5.03 $309,597
Alberta Party Greg Clark 7,542 30.54 -9.73 $70,288
New Democratic Janet Eremenko 5,796 23.47 +7.17 $44,092
Liberal Robin Mackintosh 275 1.11 -2.61 $500
Green Quinn Rupert 132 0.53 +0.45 $500
Total 24,696 98.36
Rejected, spoiled and declined 413 1.64
Turnout 25,109 71.88
Eligible voters 34,934
United Conservative gain from Alberta Party Swing +7.38
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[13][14][15]
Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000.

2015[edit]

2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alberta Party Greg Clark 8,707 42.20% 15.32%
Progressive Conservative Gordon Edwin Dirks 6,254 30.31% -2.91%
New Democratic Catherine Welburn 3,256 15.78% 12.06%
Wildrose Megan Brown 1,786 8.66% -15.50%
Liberal John Roggeveen 565 2.74% -9.28%
Social Credit Larry R. Heather 67 0.32%
Total 20,635
Rejected, spoiled and declined 43 43 15
Eligible electors / turnout 34,681 59.67% 22.51%
Alberta Party gain from Progressive Conservative Swing -8.81%
Source(s)
Source: "09 - Calgary-Elbow, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Chief Electoral Officer (2016). 2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 121–124.
2015 Alberta general election redistributed results
Party Votes %
Alberta Party 8,372 40.27
Progressive Conservative 6,384 30.71
New Democratic 3,389 16.30
Wildrose 1,788 8.60
Liberal 775 3.73
Social Credit 64 0.31
Green 17 0.08
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder

2014 by-election[edit]

Alberta provincial by-election, October 27, 2014
Resignation of Alison Redford on August 6, 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Gordon Dirks 4,209 33.22 -24.87
Alberta Party Greg Clark 3,406 26.88 +24.20
Wildrose John Fletcher 3,061 24.16 -4.42
Liberal Susan Wright 1,523 12.02 +6.49
New Democratic Stephanie McLean 471 3.72 -0.23
Total 12,842
Rejected, spoiled and declined 23 22 2
Eligible electors / turnout 34,163 37.16
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -24.53
Source(s)
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2015). Report on the October 27, 2014 By-elections in: Calgary-Elbow, Calgary-Foothills, Calgary-West, Edmonton-Whitemud (PDF) (Report). Edmonton: Legislative Assembly of Alberta; Chief Electoral Officer. ISBN 978-098653678-6. Retrieved April 20, 2021.

2012[edit]

2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Alison Redford 11,198 58.09 +16.01
Wildrose James Cole 5,509 28.58 +21.97
Liberal Beena Ashar 1,067 5.53 −33.67
New Democratic Craig Coolahan 761 3.95 +1.96
Alberta Party Greg Clark 518 2.69
Evergreen William Hamilton 225 1.17 −2.44
Total valid votes 19,278 100.00
Total rejected ballots 257
Turnout 19,535 58.44 +12.60
Eligible voters 33,430

2008[edit]

2008 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Alison Redford 6,130 42.08 +3.75
Liberal Craig Cheffins 5,711 39.20 −6.57
Wildrose Alliance Dale Nelson 963 6.61 +2.44
Independent Barry Erskine 948 6.51
Green Jonathon Sheffield 526 3.61 −1.99
New Democratic Garnet Wilcox 290 1.99 −1.31
Total valid votes 14,568 100.00
Total rejected ballots 77
Turnout 14,645 45.84
Eligible voters 31,947
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +5.16%

2007 by-election[edit]

Alberta provincial by-election, June 12, 2007
Resignation of Ralph Klein on January 15, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Craig Cheffins 4,823 45.77 +9.24
Progressive Conservative Brian Heninger 4,039 38.33 −13.15
Green George Read 590 5.60 +0.66
Alberta Alliance Jane Morgan 439 4.17 +0.56
New Democratic Al Brown 348 3.30 +0.75
Social Credit Trevor Grover 175 1.66 +1.15
Independent Jeff Willerton 124 1.17
Total valid votes 10,538
Rejected, spoiled and declined 13 25 3
Eligible electors / turnout 30,538 34.64
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +11.20
Source(s)
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2007). Report on the June 12, 2007 By-elections: Calgary-Elbow & Drumheller-Stettler (Report). Edmonton: Legislative Assembly of Alberta; Chief Electoral Officer. Retrieved April 20, 2021.

2004[edit]

2004 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ralph Klein 6,958 51.48 -15.36
Liberal Stephen Brown 4,938 36.53 +6.87
Green Alison Roth 668 4.94
Alberta Alliance Diana-Lynn Brooks 488 3.61
New Democratic Becky Kelly 345 2.55 +0.14
Social Credit Trevor Grover 69 0.51
Independent Lloyd Blimke 51 0.38
Total valid votes 13,517 100.00
Total rejected ballots 142
Turnout 13,659 52.60
Eligible voters 25,968
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -11.12

2001[edit]

2001 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ralph Klein 10,213 66.84 +8.98
Liberal Harold Swanson 4,533 29.66 -6.83
New Democratic Mathew Zachariah 369 2.41 +0.25
Independent Monier Rahall 166 1.09
Total valid votes 15,281 100.00
Total rejected ballots 73
Turnout 15,354 61.95
Eligible voters 24,786
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +7.91

1997[edit]

1997 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ralph Klein 8,237 57.86 -0.24
Liberal Harold Swanson 5,195 36.49 +1.02
Social Credit Lera Shirley 421 2.96 +1.16
New Democratic Shawn Christie 307 2.16 -1.40
Natural Law Frank Haika 75 0.53 +0.04
Total valid votes 14,235 100.00
Total rejected ballots 48
Turnout 14,283 60.34
Eligible voters 23,626
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -0.63

1993[edit]

1993 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ralph Klein 10,061 58.10 +8.49
Liberal Madeleine King 6,142 35.47 -5.08
New Democratic Eileen Teslenko 617 3.56 -4.36
Social Credit Steve Tobler 312 1.80
Independent Miel Gabriel 101 0.58
Natural Law Bruce Hansen 85 0.49
Total valid votes 17,318 100.00
Total rejected ballots 48
Turnout 17,366 67.10
Eligible voters 25,873
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +6.79

1989[edit]

1989 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ralph Klein 4,505 49.61 -15.81
Liberal Gilbert Clark 3,682 40.55 +22.18
New Democratic David Jones 719 7.92 -8.29
Independent Larry Heather 174 1.92
Total valid votes 9,080 100.00
Total rejected ballots 17
Turnout 9,097 51.12
Eligible voters 17,794
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -18.96

1986[edit]

1986 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative David Russell 4,515 65.42 -4.41
Liberal Frank Wishlow 1,268 18.37 +12.11
New Democratic Susan Liddy 1,119 16.21 +6.42
Total valid votes 6,902 100.00
Total rejected ballots 27
Turnout 6,929 39.77
Eligible voters 17,422
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -8.26

1982[edit]

1982 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative David Russell 7,521 69.83 +3.97
New Democratic Thora Miessner 1,054 9.79 +3.90
Western Canada Concept Gregory Langen 829 7.70
Liberal John Webb 674 6.26 -7.34
Independent Don Carter 520 4.83
Social Credit Raymond Neilson 172 1.59 -13.06
Total valid votes 10,770 100.00
Total rejected ballots 30
Turnout 10,800 60.81
Eligible voters 17,761
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +3.94

1979[edit]

1979 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative David Russell 5,941 65.86 -7.93
Social Credit Patricia Sveen 1,321 14.65 +7.59
Liberal John Webb 1,227 13.60 -0.17
New Democratic William Oxendale 531 5.89 +0.51
Total valid votes 9,020 100.00
Total rejected ballots 27
Turnout 9,047 52.16
Eligible voters 17,345
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -7.76

1975[edit]

1975 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative David Russell 6,159 73.79 +22.02
Liberal Sharon Carstairs 1,149 13.77
Social Credit Bernard Laing 589 7.06 -34.75
New Democratic Jack Peters 449 5.38 -1.04
Total valid votes 8,346 100.00
Total rejected ballots 13
Turnout 8,359 61.11
Eligible voters 13,679
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +28.39

1971[edit]

1971 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative David Russell 5,547 51.77
Social Credit L.A. Thorssen 4,480 41.81
New Democratic Dolores LeDrew 688 6.42
Total valid votes 10,715 100.00
Total rejected ballots 47
Turnout 10,762 73.68
Eligible voters 14,606

Senate nominee election results[edit]

2004[edit]

2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Elbow[16] Turnout 52.80%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % ballots Rank
Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 5,751 54.51% 1
Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 5,181 49.10% 5
Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 4,173 39.55% 2
Independent Link Byfield 3,175 30.09% 4
Progressive Conservative David Usherwood 2,826 26.78% 6
Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 2,437 23.10% 3
Independent Tom Sindlinger 2,172 20.59% 9
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 1,707 16.18% 8
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 1,556 14.75% 7
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 1,385 14.75% 10
Total ballots 10,551 100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined 3,161
25,968 eligible electors

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

2012[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "Election Results". Elections Alberta. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
  3. ^ von Scheel, Elise (October 24, 2022). "Orange is the new blue: How progressive conservatives could help the NDP win power". CBC News.
  4. ^ "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. pp. 9–10.
  5. ^ "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010.
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  7. ^ "Alberta byelections swept by Jim Prentice's Progressive Conservative Party, Oct. 27, 2014". CBC. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  8. ^ "Greg Clark steps down as leader of the Alberta Party, Nov. 10, 2017". CBC. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
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  11. ^ "No commitment for byelection to fill Schweitzer's seat in Calgary-Elbow, August 15, 2022". Calgary Herald. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  12. ^ "09 - Calgary-Elbow". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  13. ^ "09 - Calgary-Elbow, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  14. ^ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 35–38. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  15. ^ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume III Election Finances (PDF) (Report). Vol. 3. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 68–82. ISBN 978-1-988620-13-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  16. ^ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.

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