Calgary-Hawkwood
Calgary-Hawkwood 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 2012 to 2019.
| Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
2010 boundaries | |
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 2010 |
| District abolished | 2019 |
| First contested | 2012 |
| Last contested | 2015 |
History edit
The Calgary-Hawkwood electoral district was created in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution. It was created from parts of Calgary-Bow, Calgary-Foothills, Calgary-North West and a small portion of Calgary-Varsity.[1]
The Calgary-Hawkwood electoral district was dissolved in the 2017 electoral boundary re-distribution into Calgary-Edgemont ahead of the 2019 Alberta general election.[2]
Boundary history edit
| 15 Calgary-Hawkwood 2010 boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bordering districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Calgary-Foothills | Calgary-Varsity | Calgary-North West | Calgary-Bow |
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act | |||
Electoral history edit
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Hawkwood | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Calgary-Bow and Calgary-Foothills 1971–2012, and Calgary-North West 1986–2012 | ||||
| 28th | 2012–2015 | Jason Luan | PC | |
| 29th | 2015–2019 | Michael Connolly | NDP | |
| See Calgary-Edgemont 2019– | ||||
The antecedent electoral districts that comprise Calgary-Hawkwood have been returning mainly Progressive Conservative and the occasional Liberal candidates to office since the 1970s. Varsity has returned a Liberal candidate since 2004 and North West returned a Liberal candidate from 1989 to 1997.
Legislative election results edit
2012 edit
| 2012 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jason Luan | 9,097 | 47.10% | – | ||||
| Wildrose | David Yager | 7,030 | 36.40% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Maria Davis | 1,632 | 8.45% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Collin Anderson | 911 | 4.72% | – | ||||
| Alberta Party | Kevin Woron | 242 | 1.25% | – | ||||
| Evergreen | Janet Keeping | 199 | 1.03% | – | ||||
| Social Credit | Len Skowronski | 103 | 0.53% | – | ||||
| Independent | Ed Torrance | 99 | 0.51% | – | ||||
| Total | 19,313 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 138 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 33,663 | 57.78% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s) Source: "15 - Calgary-Hawkwood Official Results 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
2015 edit
| 2015 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Michael Connolly | 7,443 | 36.35% | 31.63% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jason Luan | 6,378 | 31.15% | -15.95% | ||||
| Wildrose | Jae Shim | 4,448 | 21.72% | -14.68% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Beth Barberree | 925 | 4.52% | 3.26% | ||||
| Liberal | Harbaksh Singh Sekhon | 736 | 3.59% | -4.86% | ||||
| Green | Polly Knowlton Cockett | 455 | 2.22% | 1.19% | ||||
| Social Credit | Len Skowronski | 90 | 0.44% | -0.09% | ||||
| Total | 20,475 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 68 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 33,523 | 61.28% | 3.50% | |||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | -2.75% | ||||||
Source(s) Source: "15 - Calgary-Hawkwood Official Results 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
Senate nominee election results edit
2012 edit
Student vote results edit
2012 edit
| 2012 Alberta student vote results | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jason Luan | 186 | 43.36% | |
| Wildrose | David Yager | 129 | 30.00% | |
| Liberal | Maria Davis | 53 | 12.44% | |
| Alberta Party | Kevin Woron | 16 | 3.72% | |
| New Democratic | Collin Anderson | 15 | 3.49% | |
| Independent | Ed Torrance | 9 | 2.09% | |
| Social Credit | Len Skowronski | 3 | 0.70% | |
| Total | 430 | 100% | ||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
External links edit
- Elections Alberta
- The Legislative Assembly of Alberta