Calgary-Lougheed

Calgary-Lougheed is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting.

Calgary-Lougheed
Alberta electoral district
Calgary-Lougheed within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Eric Bouchard
United Conservative
District created1993
First contested1993
Last contested2023
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]42,253
Census division(s)Division No. 6
Census subdivision(s)Calgary

The district is primarily urban, and it exists on the suburban fringes of the city of Calgary. It was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution from Calgary-Shaw, and is named in honour of former Premier Peter Lougheed, who held the nearby seat of Calgary West from 1967 to 1986.

The district has been a stronghold for Progressive Conservative candidates since it was created. The riding is currently vacant following the resignation of the former Premier of Alberta, Jason Kenney of the United Conservative Party. The first MLA was Jim Dinning who previously represented Calgary-Shaw.

The district contains the neighbourhoods of Bridlewood, Millrise, Shawnee, Evergreen, Evergreen Estates, Alpine Park and Vermilion Hills.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution from Calgary-Shaw and Highwood. In the 2010 Boundary redistribution all land east of 14 Street was cut out of the riding and given to Shaw and Calgary-Fish Creek.

Boundary history

Representation history
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Lougheed[3]
Assembly Years Member Party
See Calgary-Shaw 1986-1993 and Highwood 1971-1993
23rd 1993-1997 Jim Dinning Progressive
Conservative
24th 1997-2001 Marlene Graham
25th 2001-2004
26th 2004-2008 Dave Rodney
27th 2008-2012
28th 2012-2015
29th 2015-2017
2017 United Conservative
2017 Vacant
2017-2019 Jason Kenney United Conservative
30th 2019-2022
2022-2023 Vacant
31st 2023-present Eric Bouchard United Conservative

The electoral district was created from Calgary-Shaw in the 1993 boundary redistribution. The first election held that year saw incumbent Progressive Conservative MLA Jim Dinning defeat Liberal candidate Jack Driscoll and three other candidates. Dinning retired from the legislature in 1997.

The 1997 election saw Progressive Conservative candidate Marlene Graham elected with a landslide majority. She was re-elected with a larger margin in the 2001 general election and retired at dissolution in 2004.

The 2004 election saw Progressive Conservative candidate Dave Rodney win a very large majority to hold the seat for his party. He was easily re-elected in 2008 and 2012.

In 2015, however, Rodney barely held the seat in a close three-way race against NDP and Wildrose challengers. In 2017, the Progressive Conservative and Wildrose parties merged to form the United Conservative Party, which Rodney joined. He subsequently resigned his seat to allow party leader Jason Kenney to run in a by-election. Kenney was elected by a wide margin over the NDP candidate and Liberal leader David Khan.

Legislature results

2023 general election
2023 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
United ConservativeEric Bouchard9,69056.45-9.25
New DemocraticVenkat Ravulaparthi6,92440.33+15.86
LiberalJohn Roggeveen3692.15+0.91
Solidarity MovementNathaniel Pawlowski1841.07–
Total 17,16799.18–
Rejected and declined 1420.82
Turnout 17,30960.06
Eligible voters 28,818
United Conservative hold Swing -12.55
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[4]

2019 general election
2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
United ConservativeJason Kenney11,63365.70+3.19$44,704
New DemocraticJulia Bietz4,33424.48-7.52$6,631
Alberta PartyRachel Timmermans1,3657.71+6.84$9,945
LiberalWilson McCutchan2191.24-3.39$500
Alberta IndependencePeter De Jonk1010.57–$500
IndependentLarry R Heather550.31–$500
Total 17,70799.20–
Rejected, spoiled and declined 1420.80
Turnout 17,84965.99
Eligible voters 27,046
United Conservative notional hold Swing +5.35
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[5][6][7]
Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000.

^ Change is calculated from redistributed 2015 results.

2017 by-election
Alberta provincial by-election, December 14, 2017
Resignation of Dave Rodney
Party Candidate Votes%±%
United ConservativeJason Kenney7,76071.51+8.35[lower-alpha 1]
New DemocraticPhillip van der Merwe1,82216.79−15.24
LiberalDavid Khan1,0099.30+4.49
ReformLauren Thorsteinson1371.26–
GreenRomy Tittel600.55–
IndependentWayne Leslie420.39–
IndependentLarry Heather220.20–
Total valid votes 10,852––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 28296
Eligible voters / turnout 31,067 35.03 −16.32
United Conservative notional hold Swing +11.80
Source(s)
Elections Alberta[8][9]
  1. Swing is calculated from the sum of Progressive Conservative and Wildrose vote shares.

    2015 general election
    2015 Alberta general election
    Party Candidate Votes%±%
    Progressive ConservativeDave Rodney5,93934.99-15.22
    New DemocraticMihai Ion5,43732.03+28.07
    WildroseMark Mantei4,78128.17-10.24
    LiberalLeila Keith8174.81-2.61
    Total valid votes 16,97498.54
    Rejected, spoiled and declined 2511.46+0.28
    Eligible electors/ turnout 33,54751.35 -0.52
    Progressive Conservative hold Swing -21.65
    Source(s)
    "2015 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
    2015 Alberta general election redistributed results
    Party Votes %
    Progressive Conservative 4,473 34.59
    New Democratic 4,138 32.00
    Wildrose 3,611 27.92
    Liberal 599 4.63
    Alberta Party 112 0.87
    Source(s)
    Source: Ridingbuilder

    2012 general election
    2012 Alberta general election
    Party Candidate Votes%±%
    Progressive ConservativeDave Rodney7,83650.21-2.30
    WildroseJohn Carpay5,99338.40+26.57
    LiberalFred Stenson1,1597.43-21.25
    New DemocraticBrent Kelly6183.96+1.51
    Total 15,60698.82
    Rejected, spoiled and declined 1861.18+0.87
    Eligible electors / Turnout 30,44551.87 +12.71
    Progressive Conservative hold Swing -14.44
    Source(s)
    "Electoral Division Results, Calgary-Lougheed".

    2008 general election
    2008 Alberta general election
    Party Candidate Votes%±%
    Progressive ConservativeDave Rodney7,19052.51%-7.33%
    LiberalLori Czerwinski3,92628.68%+0.61%
    Wildrose AllianceDerrick Jacobson1,62011.83%+7.63%
    GreensBernie Amell5203.80%-0.65%
    New DemocraticClint Marko3362.45%-0.99%
    IndependentKeith Laurie1000.73%
    Total 13,692100.00%
    Rejected, spoiled and declined 42
    Eligible electors / Turnout 35,07139.16% -1.51%
    Progressive Conservative hold Swing -3.97%
    Source(s)
    The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 222–225.

    2004 general election
    2004 Alberta general election
    Party Candidate Votes%±%
    Progressive ConservativeDave Rodney6,33659.84%-14.35%
    LiberalAl Pollock2,97228.07%+7.04%
    GreensRyan Boucher4714.45%
    Alberta AllianceTariq Khan4454.20%
    New DemocraticMatt Koczkur3653.44%-1.34%
    Total 10,589100.00%
    Rejected, spoiled and declined 70
    Eligible electors / Turnout 26,20940.67% -14.15%
    Progressive Conservative hold Swing -10.70%
    Source(s)
    "Calgary-Lougheed Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 28, 2010.

    2001 general election
    2001 Alberta general election
    Party Candidate Votes%±%
    Progressive ConservativeMarlene Graham8,95274.19%+8.19%
    LiberalPete Montgomery2,53821.03%-3.68%
    New DemocraticMarc Power5774.78%+0.25%
    Total 12,067100.00%
    Rejected, spoiled and declined 48
    Eligible electors / Turnout 22,099 54.82% +0.43%
    Progressive Conservative hold Swing +5.94%
    Source(s)
    "Calgary-Lougheed Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 27, 2010.

    1997 general election
    1997 Alberta general election
    Party Candidate Votes%±%
    Progressive ConservativeMarlene Graham7,76166.00%+13.23%
    LiberalDarryl Hawkins2,90624.71%-17.36%
    Social CreditHub Blanchet5604.76%
    New DemocraticMara Vogel5334.53%+0.89%
    Total 11,760100.00%
    Rejected, spoiled and declined 20
    Eligible electors / Turnout 21,660 54.39% -13.90%
    Progressive Conservative hold Swing +15.30%
    Source(s)
    "1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2012.

    1993 general election
    1993 Alberta general election
    Party Candidate Votes%
    Progressive ConservativeJim Dinning7,28052.77%
    LiberalJack Driscoll5,80342.07%
    New DemocraticCatherine Rose5023.64%
    Confederation of RegionsPeter Hope1220.88%
    Natural LawIda Bugmann880.64%
    Total 13,795100.00%
    Rejected, spoiled and declined 20
    Eligible electors / Turnout 20,231 68.29%
    Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
    Source(s)
    "Calgary-Lougheed results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 15, 2010.

    Senate nominee results

    2004 Senate nominee election district results
    2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Lougheed[10] Turnout 40.76%
    Affiliation Candidate Votes % Votes % Ballots Rank
    Progressive ConservativeBert Brown4,60317.44%52.78%1
    Progressive ConservativeJim Silye4,04015.31%46.32%5
    Progressive ConservativeBetty Unger3,90014.78%44.72%2
    Progressive ConservativeDavid Usherwood3,04711.55%34.94%6
    Progressive ConservativeCliff Breitkreuz2,4739.37%28.35%3
      Independent Link Byfield 2,374 9.00% 27.22% 4
      Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,684 6.38% 19.31% 9
    Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 1,520 5.76% 17.43% 7
    Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 1,485 5.63% 17.03% 8
    Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 1,262 4.78% 14.47% 10
    Total Votes 26,388 100%
    Total Ballots 8,722 3.03 Votes Per Ballot
    Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 1,960
    26,209 Eligible Electors

    Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

    2012 Senate nominee election district results
    2012 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Lougheed
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Progressive ConservativeDoug Black5,44717.74
    Progressive ConservativeScott Tannas4,28213.95
    Progressive ConservativeMike Shaikh4,14913.51
    WildroseRob Gregory3,67911.98
    WildroseRaymond Germain3,40311.08
    WildroseVitor Marciano2,9649.65
    IndependentLen Bracko1,4364.68
    EvergreenElizabeth Johannson1,3324.34
    IndependentIan Urquhart1,0773.51
    IndependentPaul Frank9102.96
    IndependentDavid Fletcher8982.92
    IndependentWilliam Exelby6642.16
    IndependentPerry Chahal4621.50
    Number of votes cast 30,703
    Number of valid ballots 12,78890.16
    Rejected, spoiled and declined 1,3959.84
    Eligible electors/ Turnout 30,44546.59
    Source(s)
    "2012 Senate Nominee Election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved December 14, 2017.

    References
    1. Calculated by combining the populations of Census Tracts 0001.13, 0001.17, 0001.09, 0001.35, 0001.36, 0001.37, 0001.38, 0001.39 and Dissemination Areas 48062156, 48062157, 48060502, 48062217 and 48062218
    2. "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. pp. 11–12.
    3. "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.
    4. "16 - Calgary-Lougheed". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
    5. "16 - Calgary-Lougheed, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
    6. Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 63–65. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
    7. Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume III Election Finances (PDF) (Report). Vol. 3. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 68–82. ISBN 978-1-988620-13-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
    8. "Provincial Results. By-election December 14, 2017". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta.
    9. Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2018). Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the December 14, 2017 By-election in Calgary-Lougheed (PDF). Edmonton: Elections Alberta. ISBN 978-1-988620-06-0.
    10. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.

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