Calgary-Nose Hill (provincial electoral district)

Calgary-Nose Hill 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 2004 to 2012.[1]

Calgary-Nose Hill
Alberta electoral district
2004 boundaries
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created2004
District abolished2012
First contested2004
Last contested2008

Calgary-Nose Hill history

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The Calgary-Nose Hill electoral district was created in the 2003 electoral boundary re-distribution from portions of Calgary-Foothills, Calgary-North Hill and Calgary-Nose Creek electoral districts.[2] The riding was named after Nose Hill Park in Calgary.

The Calgary-Nose Hill electoral district would be dissolved in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution and would be re-distributed into the Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill electoral district.[3]

Boundary history

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Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Nose Hill[5]
Assembly Years Member Party
See Calgary-Foothills, 1971–2004, Calgary-North Hill 1971-2004
and Calgary-Nose Creek 1993-2004
26th 2004–2008 Neil Brown Progressive Conservative
27th 2008–2012
See Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill electoral district from 2012-2019

Electoral history

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The electoral district was created from parts of three different riding's in the 2004 boundary redistribution. The first election held in 2004 saw Progressive Conservative candidate Neil Brown pickup the district with under half of the popular vote. He defeated a field of four other candidates.

Brown stood for re-election against four other candidates in the 2008 general election. He was returned to power with a slight increase in his popular vote but still won under 50%.

Legislative election results

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2004

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2004 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Neil Brown 4,372 47.01%
Liberal Len Borowski 2,607 28.03%
Alberta Alliance Bill McGregor 1,009 10.85%
Greens John Johnson 583 6.27%
New Democratic Dirk Huysman 549 5.90%
Social Credit Raymond (Chick) Hurst 180 1.94%
Total 9,300
Rejected, spoiled and declined 46
Eligible electors / turnout 23,572 39.65%
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source:"Calgary-Nose Hill Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 15, 2020.

2008

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2008 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Neil Brown 4,586 49.24% 2.23%
Liberal Len Borowski 2,761 29.65% 1.61%
Wildrose Alliance John A. Murdoch 954 10.24% -0.61%
Green Nick Burman 624 6.70% 0.43%
New Democratic Tristan Ridley 388 4.17% -1.74%
Total 9,313
Rejected, spoiled and declined 27
Eligible electors / turnout 26,387 35.40% -4.25%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 0.31%
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Senate nominee election results

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2004

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2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Nose Hill[6] Turnout 39.74%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % votes % ballots Rank
  Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 4,144 17.47% 51.88% 1
  Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 3,138 13.23% 39.29% 5
  Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 2,941 12.40% 36.82% 2
  Independent Link Byfield 2,390 10.08% 29.92% 4
  Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 2,151 9.07% 26.93% 3
  Progressive Conservative David Usherwood 2,013 8.49% 25.20% 6
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 1,841 7.76% 23.05% 8
  Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,761 7.43% 22.05% 9
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 1,712 7.22% 21.44% 7
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 1,624 6.85% 20.33% 10
Total votes 23,715 100%
Total ballots 7,987 2.97 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined 1,381

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot.

2004 student vote results

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Participating schools[7]
John G. Diefenbaker High School
Sir John A Macdonald Junior High School
St. Hubert 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 had 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 who resided in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district than where they were physically located.

2004 Alberta student vote results[8]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
  Progressive Conservative Neil Brown 133 27.65%
  Liberal Len Borowski 107 22.25%
  NDP Dick Huysman 92 19.13%
Green John Johnson 66 13.72%
Alberta Alliance Bill McGregor 60 12.47%
  Social Credit Raymond Hurst 23 4.78%
Total 481 100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined 4

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Election results for Calgary-Nose Hill". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  2. ^ Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (February 2003). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta". Edmonton, Alta.: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  3. ^ Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (June 2010). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta" (PDF). Edmonton, Alta.: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 978-0-9865367-1-7. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  4. ^ Electoral Divisions Act, S.A. 2003, c. E-4.1
  5. ^ "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2010. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  6. ^ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
  7. ^ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 18, 2008.
  8. ^ "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2008.

Further reading

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