Calgary-Fort

Calgary-Fort was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1997 to 2019.

Calgary-Fort
Alberta electoral district
2010 boundaries
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1996
District abolished2017
First contested1997
Last contested2015

History

The Riding covers some of the cities older blue collar neighbourhoods including Forest Lawn, Dover, Inglewood, Lynwood Ridge, Ogden, Erin Woods and the Foothills Industrial Park. The riding was largely broken with three distinct residential sections surrounded by industrial areas.

The riding suffered from a number of environmental problems in recent years caused by heavy industry. Soil contamination from the old oil refinery in Lynwood Ridge has created a ghost town of houses in limbo. Canadian Pacific Railway has also been to blame for heavy soil contamination affecting residents along the tracks in Ogden by a chemical known as Trichloroethylene used as a track degreaser. In 1999 the Hub Oil refinery just east of Erin Woods exploded raining contamination on the neighbourhood. The riding also has a quarantined site where the Inglewood Refinery used to be for soil contamination problems.[1]

The riding had been a Progressive Conservative stronghold and was held continuously by PC MLA Wayne Cao since its creation in 1997 until the 2015 election, when the riding was won by New Democrat Joe Ceci.

Boundary history

The electoral district was created in the 1996 boundary re-distribution out of Calgary-East and named after the historical Fort Calgary.

The riding had significant changes in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution, and was expanded to meet the new boundaries of the City of Calgary and gained some rural portions that had belonged to Foothills-Rocky View. The electoral district also gained the neighbourhoods of Ramsay that was previously in Calgary-Egmont and East Village which was in Calgary-Buffalo. The riding also expanded south into industrial land that was formerly part of Calgary-Hays.[2]

The Calgary-Fort electoral district was dissolved in the 2017 electoral boundary re-distribution int Calgary-Peigan ahead of the 2019 Alberta general election.[3]

Electoral history
Members of the Legislative Assembly
for Calgary-Fort[5]
Assembly Years Member Party
See Calgary-East 1993–1997
24th 1997–2001 Wayne Cao Progressive
Conservative
25th 2001–2004
26th 2004–2008
27th 2008–2012
28th 2012–2015
29th 2015–2019 Joe Ceci New Democratic
See Calgary-Peigan 2019–

The electoral district of Calgary-Fort was created in the boundary re-distribution of 1997. The district covers central southeast Calgary and was carved primarily from Calgary-East. Progressive Conservative Wayne Cao won the district in the first election held in 1997 with just under half the popular vote.

Cao would run for his second term in 2001 and win a landslide victory winning almost 69% of the popular vote over a crowded field of eight candidates. He was re-elected in 2004 with a significantly reduced margin of victory taking just over half the popular vote.

Cao stood for a fourth term in the 2008 election and for the first time since 1997 he won less than half of the popular vote in one of the lowest voter turnout races in the province. Cao would retire prior to the 2015 Alberta general election[6] which saw New Democrat and former Calgary Councillor Joe Ceci elected in Calgary-Fort.

Legislature results
1997 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeWayne Cao4,41048.82%–
LiberalShirley-Anne Reuben2,81731.18%–
Social CreditBren Blanchet91610.14%–
New DemocraticKen Sahil8919.86%–
Total 9,034––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 53––
Eligible electors / turnout 21,94741.40%–
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Fort Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
"1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
2001 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeWayne Cao6,74068.59%19.77%
LiberalBrian Huskins2,00420.39%-10.79%
New DemocraticVinay Dey5015.10%-4.76%
Social CreditR. Chick Hurst1601.63%-8.51%
GreensMichael Alvarez-Toye1211.23%–
IndependentMetro Peter Demchynski1021.04%–
IndependentBrian Slater1001.02%–
Alberta FirstWyatt McIntyre991.01%–
Total 9,827––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 43––
Eligible electors / turnout 22,88243.13%1.73%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 15.28%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Fort Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
"2001 Statement of Official results Calgary-Fort" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
2004 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeWayne Cao4,13753.86%-14.73%
LiberalGerry Hart1,78623.25%2.86%
New DemocraticElizabeth A. Thomas5847.60%2.50%
Alberta AllianceTravis P. Chase5246.82%–
GreensTyler Charkie4395.72%4.48%
SeparationLeo Ollenberger2112.75%1.71%1
Total 7,681––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 88––
Eligible electors / turnout 23,27133.38%-9.75%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -8.79%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Fort Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
"Calgary-Fort Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
Note: 1. Results change compared to Alberta First Party in the 2001 general election.
2008 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeWayne Cao4,12349.81%−4.08%
LiberalCarole Oliver1,77021.39%−1.86
New DemocraticJulie Hrdlicka1,17814.23%6.63%
Wildrose AllianceTravis Chase7158.64%1.82%
GreenMark Taylor4915.93%0.21%
Total 8,277
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 32
Eligible electors / Turnout 28,97428.68%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing −2.97%
Source: "Calgary-Fort Statement of Official Results 2008 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. pp. 210–212. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeWayne Cao4,85540.94%16.03%
WildroseJeevan Mangat4,71139.73%35.41%
LiberalSaid Abdulbaki1,1809.95%-0.74%
New DemocraticDon Monroe7966.71%-0.40%
EvergreenJanice Dixon3172.67%-0.30%
Total 11,859––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 110––
Eligible electors / turnout 27,21543.98%-17.25%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -6.50%
Source(s)
Source: "12 - Calgary-Fort Official Results 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticJoe Ceci7,02749.77%43.05%
Progressive ConservativeAndy Bao Nguyen3,20422.69%-18.25%
WildroseJeevan Mangat3,00321.27%-18.46%
LiberalSaid Abdulbaki4763.37%-6.58%
Alberta PartyVic Goosen4102.90%–
Total 14,120––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 114––
Eligible electors / turnout 32,41143.92%-0.06%
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing 12.93%
Source(s)
Source: "12 - Calgary-Fort Official Results 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results
2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Fort[7] Turnout 33.21%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % votes % ballots Rank
Progressive ConservativeBert Brown3,58716.92%52.83%1
Progressive ConservativeBetty Unger2,79713.19%41.23%2
Progressive ConservativeJim Silye2,66512.57%39.28%5
Progressive ConservativeCliff Breitkreuz2,27410.73%33.52%3
Progressive ConservativeDavid Usherwood2,0289.57%29.89%6
IndependentLink Byfield1,8698.82%27.55%4
IndependentTom Sindlinger1,5117.13%22.27%9
Alberta AllianceVance Gough1,5097.12%22.24%8
Alberta AllianceMichael Roth1,4917.03%21.98%7
Alberta AllianceGary Horan1,4706.92%21.67%10
Total votes 21,201 100%
Total ballots 6,784 3.13 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined 945
23,271 eligible electors

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

Student vote results

2004 election
Participating schools[8]
Ian Bazalgette Jr. High School
Sherwood 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 reside 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[9]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive ConservativeWayne Cao5338.13%
GreenTyler Charkie4028.78%
ABLiberalGerry Hart2517.99%
Alberta AllianceTravis Chase85.75%
SeparationLeo Ollenberger75.04%
New DemocraticElizabeth Thomas64.31%
Total 139 100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined 0

2012 election
2012 Alberta student vote results
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive ConservativeJason Luan%
WildroseJeevan Mangat%
LiberalSaid Abdulbaki%
New DemocraticDon Monroe%
Social Credit%
Total 100%

See also

References
  1. McIntosh, Emma (April 30, 2018). "After $31-million cleanup, former refinery site in Calgary to reopen as park". StarMetro Calgary. StarMetro Calgary. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. 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). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 978-0-9865367-1-7. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  3. Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (October 2017). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 978-1-988620-04-6. 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 September 30, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  6. "After five terms, Calgary MLA Wayne Cao joins list of Tories not running again". Calgary Herald. Calgary Herald. February 15, 2015. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  7. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  8. "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 18, 2008.
  9. "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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