Calgary_Currie

Calgary-Currie

Calgary-Currie

Provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada


Calgary-Currie is a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It was created in 1971 and is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.

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The district is currently represented by Janet Eremenko, a member of the Alberta New Democratic Party (NDP) who was elected in the 2023 Alberta general election.

History

The Calgary-Currie electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution from parts of Calgary Glenmore and Calgary West.

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw the riding significantly changed. The Electoral Boundary Commission originally tried to abolish the riding but several complaints were submitted to the Commission. Instead the riding was completely redrawn with the north boundary pushed up to the Bow River from 17 Avenue SW into land that was part of Calgary-Bow and Calgary-Buffalo. The east boundary which had gone as far as 1 Street SE was moved west to 14 Street SW losing land to Buffalo and Calgary-Elbow. The south boundary was significantly revised with Elbow causing the riding to gain and lose land with that constituency in a few different places and finally the west boundary was straightened out to run along Sarcee Trail causing the riding to gain land from Calgary-West.

Boundary history

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Electoral history

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The Calgary-Currie electoral district was created in the boundary redistribution of 1971. The electoral district was named after the former Currie Army Barracks which used to exist in Southwest Calgary. The district replaced large portions of Calgary West and Calgary Glenmore.

The first general election in 1971 saw Progressive Conservative candidate Fred Peacock win a tight race over incumbent Social Credit member Frederick Colborne who had previously represented Calgary Centre. His old electoral district was abolished and he decided to run in Currie instead of Calgary-Buffalo.

During his first term Peacock served as a cabinet minister in the Lougheed government. He was re-elected for a second term in 1975 before he retired from provincial politics in 1979.

The second MLA to represent the district was Dennis Anderson. He won a large majority in the 1979 election. He was re-elected in 1982 with the highest popular vote in the districts history. He was also easily re-elected in 1986 and again in 1989 before retiring in 1993.

The third MLA was Progressive Conservative candidate Jocelyn Burgener who won a hotly contested election in 1993 against Mark Waters son of Senator Stan Waters and leader of the Alberta Political Alliance. She was re-elected in 1997 before retiring in 2001.

Former Calgary Alderman Jon Lord became the fourth representative for the district. He was elected with a large majority in the 2001 election. Lord ran for a second term but was defeated by Liberal candidate Dave Taylor, who was a talk radio host in Calgary prior to running for office.

Taylor was re-elected to his second term in 2008. After the election he ran for leadership of the Liberal party but was defeated by David Swann. He left the Liberal caucus on April 11, 2010 to sit as an independent. On January 24, 2011, Taylor joined the Alberta Party.

Legislative election results

2023

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2019

Results by Polling Division
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2015

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2012

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2008

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2004

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2001

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1997

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1993

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1989

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1986

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1982

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1979

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1975

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1971

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Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Currie[8] Turnout 45.35%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % votes % ballots Rank
Progressive ConservativeBert Brown3,81315.73%45.50%1
Progressive ConservativeJim Silye3,62814.97%43.29%5
Progressive ConservativeBetty Unger3,15913.03%37.70%2
  Independent Link Byfield 3,061 12.63% 36.53% 4
  Independent Tom Sindlinger 2,653 10.95% 31.66% 9
Progressive ConservativeDavid Usherwood2,1618.92%25.79%6
Progressive ConservativeCliff Breitkreuz1,9608.09%23.39%3
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 1,420 5.86% 16.95% 8
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 1,280 5.28% 15.28% 7
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 1,105 4.54% 13.19% 10
Total votes 24,240 100%
Total ballots 8,380 2.89 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined 2,778
24,603 eligible electors

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

2012

Student vote results

2004

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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 have 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 that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.

2004 Alberta student vote results[10]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
  Liberal Dave Taylor 266 32.96%
Progressive ConservativeJon Lord20325.16%
Green Kim Warnke 173 21.44%
New DemocraticRobert Scobel10913.51%
Alberta AllianceKen Mazeroll566.93%
Total 807 100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined 37

2012

See also


References

  1. "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. pp. 7–8.
  2. "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010.
  3. "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
  4. "06 - Calgary-Currie". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  5. "06 - Calgary-Currie, 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. 23–26. 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. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  9. "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 18, 2008.
  10. "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2008.

Further reading

51.04°N 114.14°W / 51.04; -114.14


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