Calgary-North West is a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The district was created in 1979 and is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

Calgary-North West
Alberta electoral district
Calgary-North West within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 
 
Rajan Sawhney
United Conservative
District created1979
First contested1979
Last contested2023

History

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The electoral district was created in the 1979 boundary redistribution from the electoral district of Calgary-Foothills and a portion of old electoral district of Banff that had been annexed by new city of Calgary boundaries.

The riding was split in half in the 2010 boundary redistribution as land on the east side became part of Calgary-Hawkwood. The south boundary also picked up some land from Calgary-Bow and the riding was extended west into land that belonged to Foothills-Rocky View where the city of Calgary had annexed land.

Boundary history

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Representation history

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Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-North West[2]
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Calgary-Foothills and Banff-Cochrane
19th 1979–1982 Sheila Embury Progressive
Conservative
20th 1982–1986
21st 1986–1989 Stan Cassin
22nd 1989–1993 Frank Bruseker Liberal
23rd 1993–1997
24th 1997–2001 Greg Melchin Progressive
Conservative
25th 2001–2004
26th 2004–2008
27th 2008–2012 Lindsay Blackett
28th 2012–2015 Sandra Jansen
29th 2015–2016
2016–2019 New Democratic
30th 2019–2023 Sonya Savage United Conservative
31st 2023– Rajan Sawhney

The electoral district was created in the 1979 boundary redistribution out of the Calgary-Foothills riding. Prior to the creation of the district the area returned Progressive Conservative MLAs in Foothills since 1971.

The election held that year returned Progressive Conservative candidate Sheila Embury with a very large majority. She was re-elected in 1982 election almost doubling her popular vote. Embury retired from the legislature at dissolution in 1986.

The electors of Calgary-North West chose the second representative of the riding in the 1986 election. Progressive Conservative candidate Stan Cassin held the district for his party with a reduced majority, but still won a landslide.

The district would see its first hotly contested race in the 1989 election as Liberal candidate Frank Bruseker surged in popularity gaining over 6,000 votes under the Liberal banner compared to 1986 Liberal candidate Dean Biollo. Cassin would go down to defeat after only one term in office.

Bruseker would run for a second term in 1993. His plurality would be reduced as he hang on to win over Harley Torgerson. The 1997 election would be Bruseker's last. Despite gaining in popular vote he was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Greg Melchin.

Melchin would run for a second term in the 2001 general election. He would win a massive majority taking over 15,000 votes and running ahead of the second place candidate by over 11,000 votes. After the election he was appointed to his first cabinet portfolio as Minister of Revenue by Premier Ralph Klein. In 2004 he ran for his third term in office. He lost over half his popular vote from 2001 and was shuffled to be the Minister of Energy.

The 2008 election would see the riding pick its fifth representative. Melchin retired at dissolution in 2008 leaving the riding open. The electors returned Lindsay Blackett who held the district for the Progressive Conservative Party. He was appointed by Premier Ed Stelmach as Minister of Culture and Community Spirit after the election in 2008.

Legislative election results

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1979

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1979 Alberta general election results[3] Turnout 62.67% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive Conservative Sheila Embury 5,976 61.67%
Social Credit Harold Gunderson 2,043 21.08%
Liberal George R. D. Goulet 950 9.80%
New Democratic Ken Richmond 721 7.45%
Total 9,690
Rejected, spoiled and declined 13
Eligible electors / Turnout 15,484  %

1982

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1982 Alberta general election results[4] Turnout 67.33% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive Conservative Sheila Embury 11,711 74.94% 13.27%
Western Canada Concept Walter Kostiuk 1,768 11.31% *
New Democratic Floyd Johnson 1,745 11.17% 3.72%
Social Credit Leith McClure 404 2.58% -18.50%
Total 15,628
Rejected, spoiled and declined 17
Eligible electors / Turnout 23,236  %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 12.29%

1986

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1986 Alberta general election results[5] Turnout 46.04% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive Conservative Stan Cassin 7,775 62.53% -12.41%
New Democratic Tom Schepens 3,376 27.15% 15.98%
  Liberal Dean Biollo 1,284 10.32% *
Total 12,435
Rejected, spoiled and declined 25
Eligible electors / Turnout 27,061  %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 14.20%

1989

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1989 Alberta general election results[6] Turnout 55.16% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Liberal Frank Bruseker 7,417 44.46% 34.14%
Progressive Conservative Stan Cassin 6,985 41.87% -20.66%
New Democratic Kelly Hegg 2,281 13.67% -13.48%
Total 16,683
Rejected, spoiled and declined 28
Eligible electors / Turnout 30,294  %
  Liberal pickup from Progressive Conservative Swing 27.40%

1993

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1993 Alberta general election results[7] Turnout 65.39% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
  Liberal Frank Bruseker 6,763 47.68% 3.22%
Progressive Conservative Harley Torgerson 6,443 45.42% 3.55%
New Democratic Paul Rasporich 495 3.49% -10.18%
Social Credit David Grant 373 2.63%
Natural Law Paul Colver 110 0.78% *
Total 14,184
Rejected, spoiled and declined 17
Eligible electors / Turnout 21,717  %
  Liberal hold Swing 3.39%

1997

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1997 Alberta general election results[8] Turnout 59.92% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive Conservative Greg Melchin 9,190 53.24% 7.82%
Liberal Frank Bruseker 7,226 41.86% 5.82%
Social Credit Douglas Picken 503 2.92% 0.29%
New Democratic Jeff Pattinson 342 1.98% -1.51%
Total 17,261
Rejected, spoiled and declined 18
Eligible electors / Turnout 28,836  %
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing 6.82%

2001

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2001 Alberta general election results[9] Turnout 55.39% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive Conservative Greg Melchin 15,292 71.49% 18.25%
Liberal Paul Allard 4,971 23.24% -18.62%
New Democratic Patricia Alward 828 3.87% 1.89%
Social Credit Douglas Picken 299 1.40% 1.52%
Total 21,390
Rejected, spoiled and declined 69
Eligible electors / Turnout 38,742  %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 18.44%

2004

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2004 Alberta general election results[10] Turnout 43.41% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive Conservative Greg Melchin 7,757 55.32% -16.17%
Liberal Judy Stewart 4,489 32.01% 8.77%
Green Jeffery Krekoski 637 4.54% *
Alberta Alliance Jenell Friesen 620 4.42%
New Democratic Bob Brunet 520 3.71% -0.16%
Total 14,023
Rejected, spoiled and declined 86
Eligible electors / Turnout 32,501  %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -12.47%

2008

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2008 Alberta general election results[11] Turnout 40.90% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive Conservative Lindsay Blackett 8,415 46.21% -9.11%
Liberal Dale D'Silva 5,552 30.49% -1.52%
Wildrose Alliance Chris Jukes 2,703 14.84% 10.42%
Green George Read 902 4.95% 0.41% *
New Democratic Collin Anderson 637 3.50% -0.21%
Total 18,209
Rejected, spoiled and declined 72
Eligible electors / Turnout 44,695  %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -5.32%

2012

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2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Sandra Jansen 7,683 51.76%
Wildrose Chris Challis 5,454 36.74%
Liberal Robert Prcic 992 6.68%
New Democratic Brian Malkinson 471 3.17%
Evergreen Bryan Hunt 140 0.94%
Alberta Party Troy Millington 103 0.69%

2015

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2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Sandra Jansen 6,320 32.72
New Democratic Karen Mills 5,724 29.63
Wildrose Jeff Callaway 5,163 26.73
Alberta Party Chris Blatch 1,176 6.09
Liberal Neil Marion 935 4.84
Total valid votes 19,318 100.0
Rejected, spoiled and declined 127
Turnout 19,445 57.3
Eligible voters 33,952
Source: Elections Alberta[12]

2019

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2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Conservative Sonya Savage 13,565 56.67 -2.77
New Democratic Hafeez Chishti 7,611 31.80 +2.17
Alberta Party Andrew Bradley 2,171 9.07 +2.98
Freedom Conservative Cam Kham 262 1.09
Liberal Prerna Mahtani 258 1.08 -3.76
Independent Roberta McDonald 69 0.29
Total valid votes 23,936 99.06
Rejected, spoiled and declined 228 0.94 +0.29
Turnout 24,164 71.95
Eligible voters 33,584
United Conservative notional hold Swing -2.47

2023

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2023 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Conservative Rajan Sawhney 11,921 48.31 -8.36
New Democratic Michael Lisboa-Smith 11,778 47.73 +15.94
Alberta Party Jenny Yeremiy 778 3.15 -5.92
Independent Serena Thomsen 153 0.62
Solidarity Movement Alain Habel 45 0.18
Total 24,675 99.41
Rejected and declined 147 0.59
Turnout 24,822 70.15
Eligible electors 35,386
United Conservative hold Swing -12.15
Source(s)

Senate nominee election results

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2004

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2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-North West[14] Turnout 44.78%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % votes % ballots Rank
Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 5,600 16.80% 46.39% 1
Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 5,009 15.02% 41.49% 5
Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 4,801 14.40% 39.77% 2
Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 3,472 10.41% 28.76% 3
Progressive Conservative David Usherwood 3,419 10.25% 28.32% 6
  Independent Link Byfield 3,157 9.47% 26.15% 4
  Independent Tom Sindlinger 2,324 6.97% 19.25% 9
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 2,012 6.03% 16.67% 8
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 1,871 5.61% 15.50% 7
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 1,679 5.04% 13.91% 10
Total votes 33,344 100%
Total ballots 12,072 2.76 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined 2,481

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

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Student vote results

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2004

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Participating schools[15]
Ranchlands 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[16]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Greg Melchin 27 27.27%
  NDP Bob Brunet 25 25.25%
  Liberal Judy Stewart 21 21.21%
Alberta Alliance Jenell Friesen 15 15.15%
Green Jeffery Krekoski 11 11.12%
Total 99 100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined 4

2012

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References

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  1. ^ "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 14.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Calgary-North West results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
  4. ^ "Calgary-North West results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
  5. ^ "Calgary-North West results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
  6. ^ "Calgary-North West results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
  7. ^ "Calgary-North West results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
  8. ^ "1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
  9. ^ "Calgary-Buffalo Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
  10. ^ "Calgary-North West Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 8, 2008.
  11. ^ The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 178–180.
  12. ^ "2015 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on July 27, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  13. ^ "21 - Calgary-North West". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  14. ^ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  15. ^ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 18, 2008.
  16. ^ "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2008.
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