Calgary West

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Calgary West

Alberta electoral district
[[Image: Calgary Centre East Centre North Northeast Southeast Southwest West Nose Hill |200px]] 'Calgary West in relation to the other Calgary ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Rob Anders Conservative
District created	1979
First contested	1979
Last contested	2006
Demographics
Population (2006)	132,162
Electors (2006)	92,857
Area (km²)	89
Pop. density (per km²)	1,485
Census divisions	Division No. 6
Census subdivisions	Calgary

For the provincial riding, see Calgary West (provincial electoral district).

Calgary West is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1953, and since 1979. It is located in the western part of the City of Calgary.

The electoral district was originally created in 1914 from Calgary riding. It was abolished in 1952 with parts being transferred to Calgary North, Calgary South, Bow River and Red Deer ridings. It was re-created in 1976 from Calgary North, Calgary South, Calgary Centre, Macleod and Palliser ridings.

Contents 1 Members of Parliament 1.1 Current Member of Parliament 2 Election results 2.1 1979-present 2.2 1917 to 1953 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

From 1917-1953:

1. 1917-1921: Thomas Tweedie - Unionist
2. 1921-1925: Joseph Tweed Shaw - Independent Labour
3. 1925-1939: Richard Bennett - Conservative
4. 1939-1940: Douglas Cunnington - Conservative
5. 1940-1945: Manley Justin Edwards - Liberal
6. 1945-1951: Arthur LeRoy Smith - Progressive Conservative
7. 1951-1953: Carl Olof Nickle - Progressive Conservative

After its re-establishment in 1979:

1. 1979-1993: Jim Hawkes - Progressive Conservative
2. 1993-1997: Stephen Harper - Reform
3. 1997-present: Rob Anders - Reform (1997-2000), Canadian Alliance (2000-2003), Conservative (2003-present)

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Rob Anders, a former administrator and labour expert. He was first elected in 1997. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada. In the last parliamentary session he served as a co-chair of the 'Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations'. In the current Parliament, Rob Anders is the Chair of the Veterans Affairs Committee.

[edit] Election results

[edit] 1979-present

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Rob Anders	38,020	58.7%	+2.8%	$47,434
	Liberal	Jennifer Pollock	14,328	22.1%	-7.2%	$61,930
	Green	Danielle Roberts	6,653	10.3%	+2.7%	$200
	New Democratic Party	Teale Phelps Bondaroff	5,370	8.3%	+0.7%	$2,960
	Action	Tim Cayzer	265	0.4%	-0.2%	$2,356
	Marxist-Leninist	André Vachon	125	0.2%	-	$16
Total valid votes			64,761	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			191	0.29%
Turnout			64,952	69.94%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Rob Anders	31,322	55.9%	-	$66,962
	Liberal	Justin Thompson	16,402	29.3%	+11.12%	$37,297
	Green	Danielle Roberts	4,274	7.6%	+5.24%	$593
	New Democratic Party	Tim Patterson	3,632	6.5%	+2.68%	$2,317
	Action	James S. Kohut	315	0.6%	-	$551
	Marxist-Leninist	André Vachon	87	0.2%	-	$46
Total valid votes			56,032	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			184	0.33%
Turnout			56,216	67.52%

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Canadian Alliance	Rob Anders	33,222	54.04%	-	$54,150
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	13,259	21.57%	+4.15%	$26,369
	Liberal	Frank Bruseker	11,181	18.18%	-7.05%	$15,745
	New Democratic Party	Greg Klassen	2,350	3.82%	+0.04%	$1,540
	Green	Evan Osenton	1,456	2.36%	+1.09%	$1,069
Total valid votes			61,468	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			122	0.20%
Turnout			61,590	61.87%

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Rob Anders	24,878	51.79%		$55,330
	Liberal	Dave Bronconnier	15,277	25.23%		$65,590
	Progressive Conservative	Sergei Scurfield	9,594	17.42%		$43,365
	New Democratic Party	Michael Kozakavich	2,105	3.78%		$1,506
	Green	Jack Locke	557	1.27%		$1,210
	Natural Law	Frank Haika	293	0.47%		$1,149
Total valid votes			52,704	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			128	0.24%
Turnout			52,832	64.871%

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Reform	Stephen Harper	30,139
	Liberal	Karen Gainer	15,423
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Hawkes	9,090
	New Democrat	Rudy Rogers	1,175
	National	Kathleen McNeil	1,067
	Natural Law	Frank Haika	483
	Green	Don Francis	343
	Christian Heritage	Larry Heather	116

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Hawkes	32,025
	Reform	Stephen Harper	9,074
	Liberal	John Phillips	6,880
	New Democrat	Richard D. Vanderberg	6,355
	Libertarian	David Faren	225
	Confederation of Regions	Brent Morin	170

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Hawkes	37,565
	Liberal	Bill Code	5,749
	New Democrat	Ed Smith	5,409
	Green	Martin--John McDonald	605
	Confederation of Regions	Cliff Ginn	523
	Libertarian	Frank Ceri	233
	Social Credit	Doug Williams	201

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Hawkes	26,639
	Liberal	Jerry Arshinoff	9,339
	New Democrat	Bob Ritchie	3,107
	Rhino	Anthony G. Petti	1,027
	Social Credit	Ada Major	294
	Marxist-Leninist	John Musgrave	45

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Hawkes	28,474
	Liberal	Doug Lauchlan	10,762
	New Democrat	Jack Peters	3,694
	Social Credit	Dennis Shupe	512
	Communist	Joan Jenkins	104

[edit] 1917 to 1953

By-election on 10 December 1951 On Mr. Smith's resignation, 5 July 1951
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Carl Olof Nickle	10,686
	Liberal	Frank Gordon Buchanan	6,424
	Social Credit	Arthur J. Dixon	5,489

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Arthur LeRoy Smith	11,457
	Liberal	Charles Curtice Matthews	8,619
	Social Credit	Arthur J. Dixon	6,785

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Arthur LeRoy Smith	8,872
	Liberal	Charles Curtice Matthews	5,011
	Social Credit	Andrew Henry Jukes	4,766
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ken Simpson Tory	3,641
	Labour-Progressive	Duncan Archibald Mackenzie	791

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Manley Justin Edwards	7,299
	National Government	Douglas Cunnington	6,896
	New Democracy	Rose Wilkinson	4,159
	Co-operative Commonwealth	J. Albert Johnson	1,444

By-election on 18 September 1939 On Richard Bennett's resignation, 28 January 1939
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Douglas Cunnington	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Richard Bennett	9,172
	Social Credit	Robert Lincoln Reid	5,817
	Liberal	Peter Laurence Hyde	2,130
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Henry Magee Horricks	686
	Reconstruction	Charles Thomas Galbraith	411

By-election on 25 August 1930 On Acceptance by the Hon. Richard Bennett of an office of emolument under the Crown, 7 July 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Richard Bennett	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Richard Bennett	13,883
	Liberal	Colin Campbell McLaurin	5,887

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Richard Bennett	8,951
	Liberal	Harry William Lunney	6,502

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Richard Bennett	10,256
	Labour	Joseph Tweed Shaw	6,040

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Joseph Tweed Shaw	7,369
	Conservative	Richard Bennett	7,353
	Liberal	Edward Faustinus Ryan	1,351

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government	Thomas Tweedie	10,986
	Opposition	John Alfred Irvine	4,015

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Alberta federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile (1914 - 1952)
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile (1976 - present)
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures - 1997
• Elections Canada

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