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Calgary-Lougheed

Coordinates: 50°55′N 114°08′W / 50.91°N 114.13°W / 50.91; -114.13
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Calgary-Lougheed
Alberta electoral district
Calgary-Lougheed within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 
 
Eric Bouchard
United Conservative
District created1993
First contested1993
Last contested2023
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]42,253
Census division(s)Division No. 6
Census subdivision(s)Calgary

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.

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 MLA for this riding is Eric Bouchard of the United Conservative Party. The riding was vacant for a period following the resignation of the former Premier of Alberta, 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, Millrise, Shawnee, Evergreen, Evergreen Estates, Alpine Park and Vermilion Hills.

History

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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

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Representation history

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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 2019-2022
2022-2023 Vacant
31st 2023–present Eric Bouchard United Conservative

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.

Legislative election results

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2023

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2023 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Conservative Eric Bouchard 9,690 56.45 -9.25
New Democratic Venkat Ravulaparthi 6,924 40.33 +15.86
Liberal John Roggeveen 369 2.15 +0.91
Solidarity Movement Nathaniel Pawlowski 184 1.07
Total 17,167 99.18
Rejected and declined 142 0.82
Turnout 17,309 60.06
Eligible voters 28,818
United Conservative hold Swing -12.55
Source(s)

2019

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2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
United Conservative Jason Kenney 11,633 65.70 +3.19 $44,704
New Democratic Julia Bietz 4,334 24.48 -7.52 $6,631
Alberta Party Rachel Timmermans 1,365 7.71 +6.84 $9,945
Liberal Wilson McCutchan 219 1.24 -3.39 $500
Alberta Independence Peter De Jonk 101 0.57 $500
Independent Larry R Heather 55 0.31 $500
Total 17,707 99.20
Rejected, spoiled and declined 142 0.80
Turnout 17,849 65.99
Eligible voters 27,046
United Conservative notional hold Swing +5.35
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[5][6][7]
Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000.

^ Change is calculated from redistributed 2015 results.

2017 by-election

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Alberta provincial by-election, December 14, 2017
Resignation of Dave Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Conservative Jason Kenney 7,760 71.51 +8.35[a]
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
Rejected, spoiled and declined 28 2 96
Eligible voters / turnout 31,067 35.03 −16.32
United Conservative notional hold Swing +11.80
  1. ^ Swing is calculated from the sum of Progressive Conservative and Wildrose vote shares.

2015

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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 December 14, 2017.
2015 Alberta general election redistributed results
Party Votes %
Progressive Conservative 4,473 34.59
New Democratic 4,138 32.00
Wildrose 3,611 27.92
Liberal 599 4.63
Alberta Party 112 0.87
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder

2012

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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

2008

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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%

2004

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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.

2001

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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.

1997

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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 February 14, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2012.

1993

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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.

Senate nominee election results

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2004

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2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Lougheed[10] 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 four candidates on the ballot

2012

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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

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  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. ^ "16 - Calgary-Lougheed". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  5. ^ "16 - Calgary-Lougheed, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  6. ^ 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. 63–65. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Provincial Results. By-election December 14, 2017". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta.
  9. ^ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2018). Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the December 14, 2017 By-election in Calgary-Lougheed (PDF). Edmonton: Elections Alberta. ISBN 978-1-988620-06-0.
  10. ^ "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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Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Preceded by Constituency represented by the premier of Alberta
2019–2022
Succeeded by

50°55′N 114°08′W / 50.91°N 114.13°W / 50.91; -114.13