Calgary-Shaw

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Calgary-Shaw
Alberta electoral district
Calgary-Shaw within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Rebecca Schulz
United Conservative
District created1986
First contested1986
Last contested2023

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

This urban riding was created from parts of Calgary-Fish Creek and Calgary-Glenmore in the 1986 boundary redistribution. It covers the central southern portion of city of Calgary, and has seen its borders change numerous times since it was created. The riding in its current boundaries contains the neighbourhoods of Shawnessy, Somerset, Silverado, Chaparral, Walden and Legacy.

The riding was named after former Liberal leader Joseph Tweed Shaw.

History[edit]

The electoral district was created in the 1986 boundary redistribution from the south end of Calgary-Glenmore and the west half of Calgary-Fish Creek. Over the years the riding boundaries have caused the riding to shift southward from its original boundaries.

The 2003 boundary redistribution caused the riding to be split east of the Bow River into the electoral district of Calgary-Hays.

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw all land south of Alberta Highway 22X move into the electoral district of Calgary-South East. The west boundaries with Calgary-Lougheed were altered in the northwest corner to gain land in the community of Millrise and the Shawnee Slopes golf course from Lougheed.

Boundary history[edit]

Representation history[edit]

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Shaw[2]
Assembly Years Member Party
See: Calgary-Fish Creek 1979-1986 and Calgary-Glenmore 1959-1986
21st 1986–1989 Jim Dinning Progressive Conservative
22nd 1989–1993
23rd 1993–1997 Jon Havelock
24th 1997–2001
25th 2001–2004 Cindy Ady
26th 2004–2008
27th 2008–2012
28th 2012–2014 Jeff Wilson Wildrose
2014–2015 Progressive Conservative
29th 2015–2019 Graham Sucha New Democratic
30th 2019–2023 Rebecca Schulz United Conservative
31st 2023–

The electoral district was created in the 1986 boundary redistribution. The election that year saw Progressive Conservative candidate Jim Dinning win with a landslide majority. He ran for a second term in the 1989 general election and won a bigger popular vote but his percentage decreased.

The 1993 boundary redistribution changed the boundaries for Calgary-Shaw. Dinning ran in the new electoral district of Calgary-Lougheed for the 1993 election and won. The election in this district saw former Calgary alderman Jon Havelock run as the Progressive Conservative candidate and win a landslide. He won his second term in the 1997 general election with an even bigger landslide taking 78% of the popular vote. He retired from provincial office at dissolution of the legislature in 2001.

The 2001 general election saw Progressive Conservative candidate Cindy Ady win the largest majority in Alberta history. She became the first candidate to top 20,000 votes and took over 80%. She ran for a second term in office in the 2004 general election. She lost almost 14,000 voters from 2001 but still took the district with 63%.

Premier Ed Stelmach appointed Ady in 2007 to the cabinet with the junior portfolio of Associate Minister of Tourism Promotion. She was promoted to be a full minister in 2008. Ady was re-elected to her third term in the 2008 general election taking just over half the popular vote.

In the 2012 general election Jeff Wilson of the Wildrose Party was elected. In 2014 Jeff Wilson left the Wildrose Party and crossed the floor of the Alberta Legislature to sit with the Progressive Conservative Party.

In the 2015 general election Graham Sucha of the New Democratic Party was elected with 31% of the vote.

Legislative election results[edit]

Elections in the 1980s[edit]

1986 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jim Dinning 6,694 61.51% –
Liberal Brendan Dunphy 2,727 25.06% –
New Democratic Len Curle 1,166 10.71% –
Representative Byron L. Chenger 295 2.71% –
Total 10,882 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 23 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 24,442 44.62% –
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Shaw Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
1989 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jim Dinning 7,412 52.92% -8.59%
Liberal Robert J. (Bob) Crump 4,865 34.74% 9.68%
New Democratic Gordon M. Christie 1,728 12.34% 1.62%
Total 14,005 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 29 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 28,037 50.06% 5.44%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -9.13%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Shaw Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Elections in the 1990s[edit]

1993 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jonathan Niles Havelock 9,328 62.38% 9.46%
Liberal Bill Walker 4,963 33.19% -1.55%
New Democratic Jason Ness 526 3.52% -8.82%
Natural Law Ken Nielsen 136 0.91% –
Total 14,953 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 35 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 23,941 62.60% 12.55%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 5.50%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Shaw Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
1997 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jonathan Niles Havelock 12,304 75.29% 12.91%
Liberal Sharon L. Howe 2,860 17.50% -15.69%
Social Credit Michael Roth 624 3.82% –
New Democratic Shawn Keown 485 2.97% -0.55%
Natural Law Almas Walden 69 0.42% -0.49%
Total 16,342 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 16 19 2
Eligible electors / turnout 33,108 49.41% -13.19%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 14.30%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Shaw Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Elections in the 2000s[edit]

2001 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Cindy Ady 20,306 80.72% 5.43%
Liberal Jim McPherson 3,595 14.29% -3.21%
New Democratic Ryan Falkenberg 729 2.90% -0.07%
Alberta First Peter Singleton 222 0.88% –
Independent Kevin Agar 153 0.61% –
Independent Darren Popik 151 0.60% –
Total 25,156 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 33 19 3
Eligible electors / turnout 49,366 51.03% 1.62%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 4.32%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Shaw Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.


2004 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Cindy Ady 6,735 63.44% -17.28%
Liberal John Roggeveen 2,410 22.70% 8.41%
Alberta Alliance Barry Chase 620 5.84% –
Green Rick Papineau 381 3.59% –
New Democratic Jarrett Young 300 2.83% -0.07%
Separation Daniel W. Doherty 170 1.60% –
Total 10,616 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 13 66 4
Eligible electors / turnout 26,408 40.26% -10.77%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -12.84%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Shaw Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved April 11, 2010.
2008 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Cindy Ady 7,010 58.12% -5.32%
Liberal John Roggeveen 2,958 24.53% 1.82%
Wildrose Richard P. Dur 1,268 10.51% –
Green Jennifer Saunders 491 4.07% 0.48%
New Democratic Jenn Carlson 334 2.77% -0.06%
Total 12,061 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 40 29 3
Eligible electors / turnout 30,409 39.80% -0.46%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -3.57%
Source(s)
Source: "22 - Calgary-Shaw, 2008 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Elections in the 2010s[edit]

2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Wildrose Jeff Wilson 7,365 45.21% 34.70%
Progressive Conservative Farouk Adatia 6,864 42.13% -15.99%
Liberal John Roggeveen 1,126 6.91% -17.61%
New Democratic Ashley Fairall 599 3.68% 0.91%
Alberta Party Brandon Beasley 337 2.07% –
Total 16,291 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 104 43 13
Eligible electors / turnout 30,185 54.36% 14.55%
Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative Swing -15.26%
Source(s)
Source: "24 - Calgary-Shaw, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.


2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Graham Sucha 5,449 31.27% 27.59%
Progressive Conservative Jeff Wilson 5,348 30.69% -11.45%
Wildrose Brad Leishman 5,301 30.42% -14.79%
Liberal Alexander Barrow 668 3.83% -3.08%
Alberta Party Evert Smith 661 3.79% 1.72%
Total 17,427 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 64 22 11
Eligible electors / turnout 30,458 57.46% 3.10%
New Democratic gain from Wildrose Swing -1.25%
Source(s)
Source: "24 - Calgary-Shaw, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.


2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Conservative Rebecca Schulz 14,261 65.32% 4.21%
New Democratic Graham Sucha 5,594 25.62% -5.65%
Alberta Party Bronson Ha 1,331 6.10% 2.30%
Liberal Vesna Samardzija 290 1.33% -2.50%
Green John Daly 212 0.97% –
Alberta Independence Jarek Bucholc 146 0.67% –
Total 21,834 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 134 49 3
Eligible electors / turnout 32,198 68.24% 10.77%
United Conservative gain from New Democratic Swing %
Source(s)
Source: "23 - Calgary-Shaw, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2023[edit]

2023 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Conservative Rebecca Schulz 13,970 56.34 -8.98
New Democratic David Cloutier 10,591 42.71 +17.09
Solidarity Movement Pietro Cervo 236 0.95 –
Total 24,797 99.19 –
Rejected and declined 203 0.81
Turnout 25,000 63.16
Eligible voters 39,581
United Conservative hold Swing -13.03
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[3]

Senate nominee election results[edit]

2004[edit]

2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Shaw[4] Turnout 39.74%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % votes % ballots Rank
Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 5,115 17.89% 56.33% 1
  Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 4,132 14.45% 45.50% 2
  Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 4,098 14.33% 45.13% 5
  Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 3,293 11.52% 36.26% 3
  Progressive Conservative David Usherwood 3,015 10.54% 33.20% 6
  Independent Link Byfield 2,282 7.98% 25.13% 4
  Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 1,839 6.43% 20.25% 8
  Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 1,686 5.90% 18.57% 7
  Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 1,590 5.56% 17.51% 10
  Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,545 5.40% 17.01% 9
Total votes 28,595 100%
Total ballots 9,081 3.15 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined 1,519

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot.

2012[edit]

Student vote results[edit]

Participating schools[5]
Bishop OByrne High School
Centennial High 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 had 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 than where they were physically located.

2004 Alberta student vote results[6]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Cindy Ady 44 52.38%
Green Rick Papineau 16 19.05%
  Liberal John Roggeveen 10 11.91%
  NDP Jarrett Young 9 10.71%
Alberta Alliance Barry Chase 4 4.76%
Separation Daniel Doherty 1 1.19%
Total 84 100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined 2

2012[edit]

2012 Alberta student vote results
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Farouk Adatia %
Wildrose Jeff Wilson
  Liberal %
Alberta Party Brandon Beasley
  NDP Ashley Fairall %
Total 100%

References[edit]

  1. ^ "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 14.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "23 - Calgary-Shaw". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  4. ^ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
  5. ^ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 18, 2008.
  6. ^ "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved April 19, 2008.

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