Calgary-Hawkwood

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Calgary-Hawkwood
Alberta electoral district
CalgaryHawkwood in Calgary.jpg
2010 boundaries
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created2010
District abolished2019
First contested2012
Last contested2015

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.

History[]

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[]

Electoral history[]

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.

Legislature results[]

2012 general election[]

results by polling division, 2012
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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 general election[]

results by polling division, 2015
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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 results[]

2012 Senate nominee election district results[]

Student vote results[]

2012 election[]

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[]

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.

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