Calgary Elbow

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Calgary-Elbow
Alberta electoral district


2004 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA       Alison Redford
Progressive Conservative
District created 1971
First contested 1971
Last contested 2008

Calgary-Elbow is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. Its current MLA is Alison Redford, a Progressive Conservative, who defeated incumbent Liberal candidate Craig Cheffins in the 2008 Alberta general election.

The riding was created in 1971 from the southeast part of Calgary Glenmore and the southwest Part of the old Calgary South riding. Since 1971 the riding has been held by 4 MLAs, all of them Progressive Conservative except Craig Cheffins, who represented the riding from the 2007 by-election to the 2008 general election. Prior to this, it was the home riding of Progressive Conservative Premier Ralph Klein between 1989 and when he vacated it on January 15th, 2007. Until this time (at which it was won by a Liberal candidate) it was seen as a Progressive Conservative stronghold.

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[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

  Name Party Elected Left Office
     David John Russell Progressive Conservative 1971 1989
     Ralph Klein Progressive Conservative 1989 2007
     Craig Cheffins Liberal 2007 2008
     Alison Redford Progressive Conservative 2008 present

[edit] Election results

[edit] 2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results[1] Turnout 52.60%
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Progressive Conservative Ralph Klein 6,958 51.48%
     Liberal Stephen Brown 4,938 36.53%
     Green Alison Roth 668 4.94%
     Alberta Alliance Diana-Lynn Brooks 488 3.61%
     NDP Becky Kelley 345 2.55%
     Social Credit Trever Grover 69 0.51%
     Independent Lloyd Blimke 51 0.38%
Total 13,517 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 142
25,968 Eligible Electors

[edit] 2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary Elbow[2] Turnout 52.80%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Votes % Ballots Rank
     Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 5,751 18.94% 54.51% 1
     Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 5,181 17.06% 49.10% 5
     Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 4,173 13.74% 39.55% 2
     Independent Link Byfield 3,175 10.46% 30.09% 4
     Progressive Conservative David Usherwood 2,826 9.31% 26.78% 6
     Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 2,437 8.03% 23.10% 3
     Independent Tom Sindlinger 2,172 7.15% 20.59% 9
     Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 1,707 5.62% 16.18% 8
     Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 1,556 5.13% 14.75% 7
     Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 1,385 4.56% 14.75% 10
Total Votes 30,363 100%
Total Ballots 10,551 2.88 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 3,161
25,968 Eligible Electors

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

[edit] 2004 - 2008

2008 Results Turnout 48.51% 2007 by-election Results Turnout 35.66%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Progressive Conservative Alison Redford 6,128 42.04% Alberta Liberal Craig Cheffins 4,801 45.58
     Alberta Liberal Craig Cheffins 5,714 39.20%     Progressive Conservative Brian Heninger 4,017 38.14%
     Alberta Alliance Dale Nelson 961 6.59% Green George Read 611 5.8%
     Independent Barry Erskine 949 6.51% Alberta Alliance Jane Greydanus 456 4.33%
     Green Jonathon Sheffield 526 3.61% NDP Al Brown 348 3.30%
     NDP Garnet Wilcox 300 2.06%
Total 14,578 100% Total 10,532 100%

[edit] 1993 - 2001

2001 Results Turnout 61.8% 1997 Results Turnout % 1993 Results Turnout %
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Affiliation Candidate Votes % Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Progressive Conservative Ralph Klein 10,213 66.83%     Progressive Conservative Ralph Klein 8,237 57.86%     Progressive Conservative Ralph Klein 10,061 58.10%
     Alberta Liberal Harold Swanson 4,533 29.66% Alberta Liberal Harold Swanson 5,195 36.49% Alberta Liberal Madeleine King 6,142 35.47%
     NDP Mathew Zachariah 369 2.41% Social Credit Lera Shirley 421 2.96% NDP Eileen Teslenko 617 3.56%
     Independent Monier Rahall 166 1.09% NDP Shawn Christie 307 2.16% Social Credit Steve Tobler 312 1.80%
Natural Law Frank Haika 75 0.53% Independent Miel Gabriel 101 0.58%
Natural Law Bruce Hansen 85 0.49%
Total 15,281 100% Total 14,235 100% Total 17,318 100%

[edit] 1982 - 1989

1989 Results Turnout % 1986 Results Turnout % 1982 Results Turnout %
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Affiliation Candidate Votes % Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Progressive Conservative Ralph Klein 4,505 %     Progressive Conservative David Russell 4,515 %     Progressive Conservative David Russell 7,521 %
     Alberta Liberal Gilbert Clark 3,682 % Alberta Liberal Frank Wishlow 1,268 % NDP Thora Miessner 1,054 %
     NDP David Jones 719 % NDP Susan Liddy 1,119 % Western Canada Concept Gregory Langen 829 %
     Independent Larry Heather 174 % Alberta Liberal John S. Webb 674 %
Independent Don Carter 520 %
Social Credit Ray Neilson 172 %
Total 9,080 100% Total 6,902 100% Total 10,770 100%

[edit] 1971 - 1979

1979 Results Turnout % 1975 Results Turnout % 1971 Results Turnout %
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Affiliation Candidate Votes % Affiliation Candidate Votes %
     Progressive Conservative David Russell 5,941 %     Progressive Conservative David Russell 6,159 %     Progressive Conservative David Russell 5,547 %
     Social Credit Patricia Sveen 1,321 % Liberal Sharon Carstairs 1,149 % Social Credit L.A. Thorssen 4,480 %
     Liberal John S. Webb 1,227 % Social Credit Bernard Laing 589 % NDP Dolores LeDrew 688 %
     NDP William Oxendale 531 % NDP Jack Peters 449 %
Total 9,020 100% Total 8,346 100% Total 10,715 100%

[edit] References

  1. ^ Calgary-Elbow Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election. Elections Alberta. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
  2. ^ Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results. Elections Alberta. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.

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See also: Politics of Alberta · List of Alberta general elections · 2008 election