Calgary-Forest Lawn
Calgary-Forest Lawn 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 1979 to 1993.[1]
 Alberta electoral district | |
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| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1979 |
| District abolished | 1993 |
| First contested | 1979 |
| Last contested | 1989 |
History
The Calgary-Forest Lawn electoral district was created in the 1979 electoral re-distribution from the southern end of the Calgary-McCall electoral district. The riding was abolished in the 1993 electoral district re-distribution when it merged with part of Calgary-Millican to re-form Calgary-East.
The riding was named after the Calgary community and former town of Forest Lawn.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Forest Lawn | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Calgary-McCall from 1971-1979 | ||||
| 19th | 1979–1982 | John Zaozirny | Progressive Conservative | |
| 20th | 1982–1986 | |||
| 21st | 1986–1989 | Barry Pashak | New Democratic | |
| 22nd | 1989–1993 | |||
| See Calgary-East electoral district from 1993-Present | ||||
Election results
1979 general election
| 1979 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Zaozirny | 5,901 | 59.70% | – | ||||
| Social Credit | Don Howes | 2,263 | 22.89% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Doug Murdoch | 813 | 8.22% | – | ||||
| Independent | John Sutherland | 577 | 5.84% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Marg Bogstie | 284 | 2.87% | – | ||||
| Communist | Bruce Potter | 47 | 0.48% | – | ||||
| Total | 9,885 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 22,269 | 44.39% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Forest Lawn Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1982 general election
| 1982 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Zaozirny | 9,704 | 74.13% | 14.44% | ||||
| New Democratic | Ken Richmond | 1,478 | 11.29% | 3.07% | ||||
| Western Canada Concept | Henry Hein Braeutigam | 1,244 | 9.50% | – | ||||
| Liberal | J. V. W. Gairy | 314 | 2.40% | -0.47% | ||||
| Social Credit | Ella Ayers | 294 | 2.25% | -20.65% | ||||
| Communist | Bruce Potter | 56 | 0.43% | -0.05% | ||||
| Total | 13,090 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 34 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 25,857 | 50.76% | 6.37% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 13.02% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Forest Lawn Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1986 general election
| 1986 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Barry Pashak | 2,492 | 35.86% | 24.57% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Moe Amiri | 2,410 | 34.68% | -39.45% | ||||
| Liberal | Gene Czaprowski | 1,111 | 15.99% | 13.59% | ||||
| Independent | Mikey Graham | 271 | 3.90% | – | ||||
| Representative | Douglas Williams | 237 | 3.41% | – | ||||
| Independent | Gerald K. Lee | 224 | 3.22% | – | ||||
| Independent | Dorothy Bohdan | 109 | 1.57% | – | ||||
| Independent | Jim Othen | 67 | 0.96% | – | ||||
| Communist | Bruce Potter | 28 | 0.40% | -0.02% | ||||
| Total | 6,949 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 26 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 22,614 | 30.84% | -19.91% | |||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | -30.83% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Forest Lawn Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1989 general election
| 1989 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Barry Pashak | 3,994 | 44.14% | 8.28% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Moe Amiri | 3,177 | 35.11% | 0.43% | ||||
| Liberal | Gene Czaprowski | 1,584 | 17.50% | 1.52% | ||||
| Independent | Jim Othen | 294 | 3.25% | 2.29% | ||||
| Total | 9,049 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 25 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 23,968 | 37.86% | 7.02% | |||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | 3.92% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Forest Lawn Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
References
- "Election results for Calgary-Forest Lawn". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
Further reading
- Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005. The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
External links
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| By-elections | |
| Senate nominee elections | |
| Municipal elections | |
| Referendums | |
See also: Elections in Canada | |
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