Calgary Fort
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 Alberta electoral district |
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| Provincial electoral district | ||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
| MLA | Wayne Cao Progressive Conservative |
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| District created | 1997 | |
| First contested | 1997 | |
| Last contested | 2008 | |
Calgary Fort is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.
The Electoral District is named after historical Fort Calgary. The district lies in the Central SE of the city.
The first election in Calgary Fort was in 1997, it was created out of Calgary East. The Riding covers some of the cities older blue collar neighborhoods including Forest Lawn, Dover, Inglewood, Lynwood Ridge, Ogden, Erinwoods and the Foothills Industrial Park. The riding is largely broken with three distinct residential sections surrounded by industrial areas.
The riding has 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 neighborhood. The riding also has a quarantined site where the Inglewood Refinery used to be for soil contamination problems.
The riding has been a Progressive Conservative strong hold since its creation in 1997 and only held by Wayne Cao, however support dipped in the last election. The Liberals have managed to finish second in every election, but have lost significant votes in the last two. No candidate has run more than once to oppose the incumbent.
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[edit] Election Results
[edit] 2004 general election
| 2004 Alberta general election results[1] | Turnout 33.42% | |||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Progressive Conservative | Wayne Cao | 4,139 | 53.89% | |
| Liberal | Gerry Hart | 1,786 | 23.25% | |
| NDP | Elizabeth Thomas | 584 | 7.60% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Travis Chase | 524 | 6.82% | |
| Green | Tyler Charkie | 439 | 5.72% | |
| Separation | Leo Ollenberger | 211 | 2.72% | |
| Total | 7,681 | 100% | ||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 95 | |||
| 23,271 Eligible Electors | ||||
[edit] 2004 Senate nominee election district results
| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary Fort[2] | Turnout 33.21% | |||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % Votes | % Ballots | Rank |
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| Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 3,587 | 16.92% | 52.83% | 1 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 2,797 | 13.19% | 41.23% | 2 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 2,665 | 12.57% | 39.28% | 5 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 2,274 | 10.73% | 33.52% | 3 | |
| Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 2,028 | 9.57% | 29.89% | 6 | |
| Independent | Link Byfield | 1,869 | 8.82% | 27.55% | 4 | |
| Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,511 | 7.13% | 22.27% | 9 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 1,509 | 7.12% | 22.24% | 8 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 1,491 | 7.03% | 21.98% | 7 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 1,470 | 6.92% | 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 4 Candidates on the Ballot
[edit] 2001 general election
| 2001 Results | 1997 Results | ||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Progressive Conservative | Wayne Cao | 6,740 | 68.38% | Progressive Conservative | Wayne Cao | 4,410 | 48.82% | ||
| Liberal | Brian Huskins | 2,004 | 20.39% | Liberal | Shirley-Anne Reuben | 2,817 | 31.18% | ||
| N.D.P. | Vinay Dey | 501 | 5.10% | Social Credit | Bren Blanchet | 916 | 10.14% | ||
| Social Credit | Raymond Hurst | 160 | 1.61% | N.D.P. | Ken Sahil | 891 | 9.86% | ||
| Green | Michael Alvarez-Toye | 121 | 1.27% | ||||||
| Independent | Metro Demchynski | 102 | 1.04% | ||||||
| Independent | Brian Slater | 100 | 1.02% | ||||||
| Alberta First | Wyatt McIntyre | 99 | 1.01% | ||||||
[edit] Alberta Student Vote 2004
| Participating Schools[3] |
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| 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 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[4] | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Progressive Conservative | Wayne Cao | 53 | 38.13% | |
| Green | Tyler Charkie | 40 | 28.78% | |
| Liberal | Gerry Hart | 25 | 17.99% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Travis Chase | 8 | 5.75% | |
| Separation | Leo Ollenberger | 7 | 5.04% | |
| NDP | Elizabeth Thomas | 6 | 4.31% | |
| Total | 139 | 100% | ||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 0 | |||
[edit] References
- ^ Calgary-Fort Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election. Elections Alberta. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
- ^ Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results. Elections Alberta. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
- ^ School by School results. Student Vote Canada. Retrieved on 2008-04-18.
- ^ Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates. Student Vote Canada. Retrieved on 2008-04-19.
[edit] External links
- Electoral Divisions Act 2003
- Riding Map for Calgary Fort
- Government of Alberta Demographics Calgary Fort
- Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
- Student Vote Alberta
- Millican-Ogden still living with contamination FFWD Weekly January 25, 2005
- Calgary Fort Alberta Alliance Constituency Association
- Calgary Fort Progressive Conservative Constituency Association
