Calgary Buffalo

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Calgary-Buffalo
Alberta electoral district


2004 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA       Kent Hehr
Liberal
District created 1971
First contested 1971
Last contested 2008

Calgary Buffalo is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.

The riding is comprised primarily of the downtown core of the city of Calgary. The riding has broad demographic diversity, and comprises the most transient population in Alberta.

The riding contains a mix of corporate office towers, luxury apartment buildings, Chinatown in the north part of the riding and lower income apartments in the south along the belt line. Calgary Buffalo is generally regarded as Calgary's only swing riding, and is traditionally less conservative then the rest of Calgary. The Liberals have won this riding five times, and the Progressive Conservatives six, while the Alberta Reform Movement was represented very briefly.

Due to the nature of the riding, candidates have a tougher time running a campaign in Calgary Buffalo, as traditional campaign methods have proven relatively ineffective — i.e., placement of lawn signs, door knocking, and voter identification have proven to be of limited usefulness.

The riding was created in 1971, largely out of the old Calgary Centre riding and a small portion of the eastern part of Calgary West.

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[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

  Name Party Elected Left Office
See Calgary Centre 1959-1971, Calgary Victoria Park 1967-1971 and Calgary West 1959-1971
     Ron Ghitter Progressive Conservative 1971 1979
     Tom Sindlinger Progressive Conservative 1979 1980
     Independent Conservative 1980 1981
     Alberta Reform Movement 1981 1982
     Brian Lee Progressive Conservative 1982 1986
     Sheldon Chumir Liberal 1986 1992
     Gary Dickson Liberal 1992 2001
     Harvey Cenaiko Progressive Conservative 2001 2008
     Kent Hehr Liberal 2008 present

[edit] Election results

[edit] 1971 general election

1971 Alberta general election results[1] Turnout ?%
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Progressive Conservative Ron Ghitter 5,705 46.35%
     Social Credit Don Luzzi 5,238 42.56%
     NDP Jane Summers 1,364 11.09%
Total 12,307 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined ?

[edit] 2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election results[2] Turnout 41.77%
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Progressive Conservative Harvey Cenaiko 5,582 54.18%
     Liberal Brian Edy 4,135 40.13%
     NDP Neil McKinnon 473 4.59%
     Social Credit Dave Schwartz 113 1.10%
Total 10,303 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 74

[edit] 1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election results[3] Turnout ?%
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Liberal Gary Dickson 4,310 45.91%
     Progressive Conservative Terri-Lynn Bradford 4,115 43.84%
     NDP Neil McKinnon 547 5.83%
     Social Credit Raymond Neilson 300 3.20%
     Natural Law Ralph Holt 115 1.22%
Total 9,387 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined ?

[edit] 1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election results[4] Turnout ?%
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Liberal Gary Dickson 4,826 45.42%
     Progressive Conservative Steven Yu 4,313 40.59%
     NDP George Chatsis 1,089 10.25%
     Green Rebecca Matiowsky 212 2.00%
     Natural Law Ralph Holt 185 1.74%
Total 10,625 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined ?

[edit] 1992 by-election

1992 by-election results Turnout ?%
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Liberal Gary Dickson 4,636 53.89%
     NDP Elaine Husband 2,185 25.40%
     Progressive Conservative Rod Love 1,312 15.25%
     Confederation of Regions Joseph Babineau 268 3.12%
     Green Sol Candel 201 2.34%
Total 8,602 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined ?

[edit] 1989 general election

1989 Alberta general election results[5] Turnout ?%
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Liberal Sheldon Chumir 7,014 61.03%
     Progressive Conservative Kate Thrasher 3,601 31.33%
     NDP Iain Dunbar 877 7.64%
Total 11,492 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined ?

[edit] 1986 general election

1986 Alberta general election results[6] Turnout ?%
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Liberal Sheldon Chumir 5,242 52.84%
     Progressive Conservative Brian Lee 3,437 34.64%
     NDP George Chatsis 1,089 10.98%
     Representative Colin Svendsen 153 1.54%
Total 9,921 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined ?

[edit] 1982 general election

1982 Alberta general election results[7] Turnout ?%
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Progressive Conservative Brian Lee 7,591 62.27%
     Alberta Reform Movement Tom Sindlinger 2,649 21.73%
     NDP Barry Pashak 1,211 9.93%
     Western Canada Concept Anita Bozak 739 6.07%
Total 12,190 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined ?

[edit] 1979 general election

1979 Alberta general election results[8] Turnout ?%
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Progressive Conservative Tom Sindlinger 6,481 64.02%
     Social Credit Jim Rocker 1,432 14.15%
     Liberal Lloyd Hamilton 1,096 10.83%
     NDP Brian Rees 1,052 10.39%
     Communist David Wallis 62 0.61%
Total 10,123 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined ?

[edit] 1975 general election

1975 Alberta general election results[9] Turnout ?%
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Progressive Conservative Ron Ghitter 6,525 70.88%
     Liberal Maria Eriksen 962 10.45%
     NDP Paula Davies 877 9.53%
     Social Credit Norman Ashmead 786 8.54%
     Communist David Wallis 55 0.60%
Total 9,205 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined ?

[edit] 2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results[10] Turnout 31.72%
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Progressive Conservative Harvey Cenaiko 3,365 43.53%
     Liberal Terry Taylor 2,815 36.42%
     Green Grant Neufeld 670 8.67%
     NDP Cliff Hesby 457 5.91%
     Alberta Alliance Nadine Hunka 294 3.80%
     Social Credit Elizabeth Fielding 73 0.94%
     Alberta Party Carl Schwartz 56 0.73%
Total 7,730 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 100
24,689 Eligible Electors

[edit] 2004 Senate Nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary Buffalo[11] Turnout 31.76%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Votes % Ballots Rank
     Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 2,743 15.18% 45.37% 1
     Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 2,393 13.24% 39.59% 5
     Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 2,177 12.05% 36.01% 2
     Independent Link Byfield 2,134 11.81% 35.30% 4
     Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 2,104 11.64% 34.81% 3
     Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,774 9.82% 29.35% 9
     Progressive Conservative David Usherwood 1,539 8.52% 25.46% 6
     Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 1,159 6.41% 19.17% 8
     Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 1,055 5.84% 17.45% 7
     Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 994 5.49% 16.44% 10
Total Votes 18,072 100%
Total Ballots 6,045 2.99 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 1,796
24,689 Eligible Electors

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

[edit] 2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election results[12] Turnout ?%
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Liberal Kent Hehr 4,584 48.92%
     Progressive Conservative Sean Chu 3,628 38.72%
     Green Stephen Ricketts 611 6.52%
     NDP Robert Lawrence 387 4.13%
     Social Credit Antoni Grochowski 160 1.71%
Total 9,370 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined Unknown

[edit] By-election reasons

  • July 21, 1992: Death of Sheldon Chumir

[edit] Floor crossings

  • October 16, 1980: Tom Sindlinger leaves the Progressive Conservatives, to sit as an Independent Conservative.
  • September 17, 1981: Tom Sindlinger gives up Independent Conservative status to start the Alberta Reform Movement.


[edit] Alberta Student Vote 2004

Participating Schools[13]
Almadina ESL Charter School
National Sport School
Sacred Heart 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[14]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Liberal Terry Taylor 62 34.44%
     Green Grant Neufeld 32 17.78%
     Progressive Conservative Harvey Cenaiko 22 12.22%
     New Democrat Cliff Hesby 18 10.00%
     Alberta Alliance Nadine Hunka 16 8.89%
     Alberta Party Carl Schwartz 16 8.89%
     Social Credit Elizabeth Fielding 14 7.78%
Total 180 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 7

[edit] Plebiscite results

[edit] 1971 Daylight Saving Plebiscite

Do you favour province-wide Daylight Saving Time?
For Against
9,363   76.80% 2,828   23.20%
Province wide result: Passed

[edit] References

  1. ^ Calgary Buffalo Official Results 1971 Alberta general election. Alberta Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
  2. ^ Calgary Buffalo Official Results 2001 Alberta general election. Elections Alberta. Retrieved on 2008-04-07.
  3. ^ Calgary Buffalo Official Results 1997 Alberta general election. Alberta Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
  4. ^ Calgary Buffalo Official Results 1993 Alberta general election. Alberta Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
  5. ^ Calgary Buffalo Official Results 1989 Alberta general election. Alberta Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
  6. ^ Calgary Buffalo Official Results 1986 Alberta general election. Alberta Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
  7. ^ Calgary Buffalo Official Results 1982 Alberta general election. Alberta Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
  8. ^ Calgary Buffalo Official Results 1979 Alberta general election. Alberta Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
  9. ^ Calgary Buffalo Official Results 1975 Alberta general election. Alberta Heritage. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
  10. ^ Calgary Buffalo Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election. Elections Alberta. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
  11. ^ Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results. Elections Alberta. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
  12. ^ Calgary Buffalo Statement of Unofficial Results 2008 Alberta general election. Elections Alberta. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
  13. ^ School by School results. Student Vote Canada. Retrieved on 2008-04-18.
  14. ^ Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates. Student Vote Canada. Retrieved on 2008-04-19.

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