Calgary-Foothills (electoral district)
Calgary-Foothills is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the northwest corner of Calgary. It elected six consecutive Progressive Conservative MLAs from its creation in 1971 until ousted Premier Jim Prentice disclaimed his winning seat on the 2015 general election night, later electing a member of the Wildrose in the following by-election.[2]
 Alberta electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Calgary-Foothills within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
| MLA |
New Democratic | ||
| District created | 1971 | ||
| First contested | 1971 | ||
| Last contested | 2023 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 43,015[1] | ||
| Census division(s) | Division No. 6, Alberta | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Calgary | ||
The riding contains the neighbourhoods of Edgemont, Hidden Valley, Hamptons and the Symons Valley neighbourhoods of Sage Hill, Nolan Hill, Sherwood and Kincora.
History
The electoral district of Calgary-Foothills was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution from most of the area that comprised the old electoral district of Calgary Bowness.
The 2010 boundary redistribution saw only minor revisions made to the electoral district. The district's northern boundary was moved northward, adding a rural portion of Foothills-Rocky View riding, where the city of Calgary annexed new land. The district lost the neighbourhood of Citadel which was moved into the new riding of Calgary-Hawkwood.
From 1993 to 2004, the riding included the neighbourhoods of Hamptons, Hidden Valley, Edgermont, MacEwan, Dalhousie and Brentwood as well as Nose Hill Park.
Boundary history
| 10 Calgary-Foothills 2003 Boundaries[3] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bordering Districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Foothills-Rocky View | Calgary-Mackay and Calgary-Nose Hill | Calgary-North West and Foothills-Rocky View | Calgary-Varsity |
| riding map goes here |  | ||
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
| Starting at the intersection of the north Calgary city boundary with the west Calgary city boundary; then 1. east along the north city boundary to Simons Valley Road NW; 2. south along Simons Valley Road NW and Beddington Trail NW to Country Hills Boulevard NW; 3. west along Country Hills Boulevard NW to Shaganappi Trail NW; 4. southwest along Shaganappi Trail NW to John Laurie Boulevard NW; 5. northwest along John Laurie Boulevard NW to Sarcee Trail NW; 6. north along Sarcee Trail NW to Country Hills Boulevard NW; 7. northwest along Country Hills Boulevard NW to 112 Avenue NW; 8. west along 112 Avenue NW to the west Calgary city boundary; 9. north along the west Calgary city boundary to the starting point. | |||
| Note: | |||
| 11 Calgary-Foothills 2010 Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bordering Districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Chestermere-Rocky View | Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill and Calgary-Northern Hills | Chestermere-Rocky View | Calgary-Hawkwood, Calgary-North West and Calgary-Varsity |
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| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
| Note: | |||
Representation history
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Foothills | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Calgary Bowness 1959–1971 | ||||
| 17th | 1971–1973 | Len Werry | Progressive Conservative | |
| 1973–1975 | Stewart McCrae | |||
| 18th | 1975–1979 | |||
| 19th | 1979–1982 | |||
| 20th | 1982–1986 | Janet Koper | ||
| 21st | 1986–1988 | |||
| 1988–1989 | Vacant | |||
| 22nd | 1989–1993 | Pat Nelson | Progressive Conservative | |
| 23rd | 1993–1997 | |||
| 24th | 1997–2001 | |||
| 25th | 2001–2004 | |||
| 26th | 2004–2008 | Len Webber | ||
| 27th | 2008–2012 | |||
| 28th | 2012–2014 | |||
| 2014 | Independent | |||
| 2014 | Vacant | |||
| 2014–2015 | Jim Prentice | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 29th | 2015 | Vacant | ||
| 2015–2017 | Prasad Panda | Wildrose | ||
| 2017–2019 | United Conservative | |||
| 30th | 2019–2023 | Jason Luan | ||
| 31st | 2023– | Court Ellingson | New Democrat | |
Calgary-Foothills was created in 1971 mostly from the predecessor district Calgary Bowness. That district had previously returned Social Credit MLA's from 1959 and 1963 and returned Progressive Conservative candidate Len Werry in the 1967 election. That district was abolished in 1971 and Werry ran as the incumbent in Foothills in the election held that year. He won the new district with over half the popular vote to take the new district for his party. Premier Peter Lougheed who had just formed government appointed Werry as Minister of Telephones and Utilities. On February 25, 1973, he died in a car accident resulting in a by-election several months later.
The 1973 by-election was a hotly contested race featuring a number of Alberta political party leaders. The riding returned Progressive Conservative candidate Stewart McCrae who held the riding with 44% of the popular vote. He defeated Social Credit leader Werner Schmidt who finished a strong second. The results of the by-election proved devastating to the Social Credit party who suffered from internal problems after Schmidt was unable to win a seat.
McCrae ran for a second term in the 1975 general election. He was re-elected with a landslide majority and appointed to cabinet by Lougheed after the election as the Minister responsible for Calgary Affairs. He was re-elected for his third term in the 1979 general election and kept his seat in cabinet this time becoming Minister of Government Services. McCrae retired at dissolution of the assembly in 1982.
The third representative was Janet Koper who was returned as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the 1982 general election with a landslide majority. She was re-elected in the 1986 election with a reduced majority. On December 18, 1988, Koper died. The electoral district remained vacant until the March 1989 election.
Pat Black was fourth representative in the riding. She was returned in the 1989 election holding the district was just 37% of the popular vote. She was appointed to the provincial cabinet as Minister of Energy when Premier Ralph Klein took power in 1992. She was reelected with a solid majority in 1993 and kept her seat in cabinet.
Black won her third term in office in the 1997 election with over 60% of the popular vote. After the election she became the new Minister of Economic Development and Tourism. In 1998 she got married and changed her last name to Nelson. In 1999 she was shuffled to be the Minister of Government Services. Nelson won re-election to her fourth term in the 2001 election winning a very large majority. She became the Minister of Finance until she retired from public office dissolution of the assembly in 2004.
The 2004 election returned Progressive Conservative candidate Len Webber. He won his second and third terms in 2008 and 2012. In March 2014 Webber left the PC caucus to sit as an independent.[4] Webber resigned from the legislature thus giving Premier Jim Prentice, the new leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, an opportunity to seek the seat in a by-election in 2014. In the 2015 provincial election, Prentice led the Progressive Conservative government to defeat but retained his seat. Nevertheless, he resigned both the party leadership and his seat in the legislature, upon the announcement of the election results.
The subsequent by-election elected Prasad Panda of the Wildrose Party, who was the first non-PC MLA returned from Calgary-Foothills. In second place was NDP candidate Bob Hawkesworth, with PC candidate Blair Houston finishing third overall.
Legislature results
1971 general election
| 1971 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Len F. Werry | 7,693 | 51.47% | – | ||||
| Social Credit | Jay Salmon | 5,885 | 39.37% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | James Staples | 1,370 | 9.17% | – | ||||
| Total | 14,948 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 26 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 18,624 | 80.40% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Foothills Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1973 by-election
| Alberta provincial by-election, June 25, 1973: Calgary-Foothills Death of Len Werry | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Stewart McCrae | 5,576 | 44.40% | -10.07% | ||||
| Social Credit | Werner Schmidt | 4,167 | 33.18% | -6.19% | ||||
| New Democratic | Nancy Eng | 2,079 | 16.55% | 7.39% | ||||
| Liberal | Robert Russell | 725 | 5.77% | |||||
| Independent | Glenn Pylypa | 13 | 0.10% | |||||
| Total | 12,560 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Unknown | |||||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 21,303 | % | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -8.13% | ||||||
Modernization Society of Alberta candidate source: Calgary Herald June 26, 1973[5]
1975 general election
| 1975 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Stewart A. McCrae | 10,917 | 67.63% | 23.23% | ||||
| Social Credit | Bill Campbell | 2587 | 16.03% | -17.15% | ||||
| New Democratic | Ken Gee | 1366 | 8.46% | 8.09% | ||||
| Liberal | Hilda Armstrong | 893 | 5.53% | -0.24% | ||||
| Independent Liberal | Acker Winn | 324 | 2.01% | – | ||||
| Communist | David Gutnick | 55 | 0.34% | – | ||||
| Total | 16,142 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 31 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 24,776 | 65.28% | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 19.75% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Foothills Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1979 general election
| 1979 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Stewart A. McCrae | 7,518 | 62.01% | -5.62% | ||||
| Social Credit | Lorraine Law | 2835 | 23.38% | 7.36% | ||||
| New Democratic | Steve G. Arnett | 982 | 8.10% | -0.36% | ||||
| Liberal | Catherine M. Fitzpatrick | 789 | 6.51% | 0.98% | ||||
| Total | 12,124 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 23 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 19,210 | 63.23% | -2.04% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -6.49% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Foothills Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1982 general election
| 1982 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Janet Koper | 9,708 | 66.93% | 4.92% | ||||
| New Democratic | Joanne Hedenstrom | 2249 | 15.50% | 7.41% | ||||
| Western Canada Concept | Robert Moyor | 1438 | 9.91% | – | ||||
| Independent | Carol Stein | 570 | 3.93% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Larry Adorjan | 540 | 3.72% | -2.78% | ||||
| Total | 14,505 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 1 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 21,217 | 68.37% | 5.14% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 6.40% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Foothills Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1986 general election
| 1986 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Janet Koper | 6,111 | 55.32% | -11.61% | ||||
| New Democratic | Thora Miessner | 2,572 | 23.28% | 7.78% | ||||
| Liberal | Len Wolstenholme | 1,741 | 15.76% | 12.04% | ||||
| Representative | J. Allen Howard | 623 | 5.64% | – | ||||
| Total | 11,047 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 6 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 22,786 | 48.51% | -19.86% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -9.69% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Foothills Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1989 general election
| 1989 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Patricia Black | 5,341 | 37.25% | -18.07% | ||||
| Liberal | Harvey Locke | 4,866 | 33.93% | 18.17% | ||||
| New Democratic | Theresa Catherine Baxter | 4,133 | 28.82% | 5.54% | ||||
| Total | 14,340 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 43 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 23,779 | 60.49% | 11.98% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -14.36% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Foothills Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1993 general election
| 1993 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Patricia Black | 8,129 | 52.80% | 15.56% | ||||
| Liberal | Frances Wright | 6,146 | 39.92% | 5.99% | ||||
| New Democratic | Don McMillan | 965 | 6.27% | -22.55% | ||||
| Natural Law | Anna Novikov | 155 | 1.01% | – | ||||
| Total | 15,395 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 26 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 23,041 | 66.93% | 6.44% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 4.78% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Foothills Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1997 general election
| 1997 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Patricia Black | 8,849 | 60.43% | 7.63% | ||||
| Liberal | Albert W. Ludwig | 4,339 | 29.63% | -10.29% | ||||
| Social Credit | Kevin Davidson | 735 | 5.02% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Brenda Wadey | 720 | 4.92% | -1.35% | ||||
| Total | 14,643 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 21 | 12 | 0 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 28,518 | 51.42% | -15.51% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 8.96% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Foothills Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (1997). Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, November, 1996 general enumeration and Tuesday, March 11, 1997 general election Twenty-fourth Legislative Assembly. Edmonton: Alberta Legislative Assembly, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer. | ||||||||
2001 general election
| 2001 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Pat Nelson | 12,070 | 67.41% | 6.98% | ||||
| Liberal | Harry B. Chase | 5,051 | 28.21% | -1.42% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jon Adams | 784 | 4.38% | -0.54% | ||||
| Total | 17,905 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 45 | 32 | 9 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 34,208 | 52.50% | 1.08% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 4.20% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Foothills Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2001). The report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2000 provincial confirmation process and Monday, March 12, 2001, Provincial General Election of the twenty-fifth Legislative Assembly. Edmonton: Alberta Legislative Assembly, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer. | ||||||||
2004 general election
| 2004 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Len Webber | 5,819 | 56.77% | -10.64% | ||||
| Liberal | Stephen Jenuth | 3,561 | 34.74% | 6.53% | ||||
| Alberta Alliance | Vincent S. Jansen-Van Doorn | 472 | 4.60% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Malcolm Forster | 398 | 3.88% | -0.50% | ||||
| Total | 10,250 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 20 | 27 | 3 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 27,739 | 37.03% | -15.46% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -8.59% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "00 - Calgary-Foothills (electoral district". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. 2004. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2005). Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the General Enumeration and General Election of the Twenty-sixth Legislative Assembly (Report). Edmonton: Alberta Legislative Assembly, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer. | ||||||||
2008 general election
| 2008 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Len Webber | 6,088 | 48.20% | -8.57% | ||||
| Liberal | Mike Robinson | 4,909 | 38.86% | 4.12% | ||||
| Wildrose Alliance | Kevin Legare | 972 | 7.70% | – | ||||
| Green | Ian D. Groll | 411 | 3.25% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Stephanie Sundberg | 251 | 1.99% | -1.90% | ||||
| Total | 12,631 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 36 | 23 | 2 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 33,083 | 38.29% | 1.26% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -6.35% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "10 - Calgary-Foothills (electoral district)". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2008). The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-Seventh Legislative Assembly (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 206–209. Retrieved April 7, 2021. | ||||||||
2012 general election
| 2012 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Len Webber | 8,251 | 53.65% | 5.46% | ||||
| Wildrose Alliance | Dustin Nau | 5,135 | 33.39% | 25.70% | ||||
| Liberal | Kurt Hansen | 1,414 | 9.19% | -29.67% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jennifer Carkner | 578 | 3.76% | 1.77% | ||||
| Total | 15,378 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 120 | 39 | 2 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 29,806 | 52.00% | 13.71% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 5.46% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "11 - Calgary-Foothills, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2012). The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2011 Provincial Enumeration and Monday, April 23, 2012 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-eighth Legislative Assembly (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021. | ||||||||
2014 by-election
| Alberta provincial by-election, October 27, 2014: Calgary-Foothills Resignation of Len Webber on September 28, 2014 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Prentice | 6,912 | 58.37 | +4.71 | ||||
| Wildrose | Kathy Macdonald | 3,545 | 29.94 | -3.46 | ||||
| Liberal | Robert Prcic | 458 | 3.87 | -5.33 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jennifer Burgess | 444 | 3.75 | -0.01 | ||||
| Green | Polly Knowlton Cockett | 248 | 2.09 | — | ||||
| Alberta Party | Michelle Glavine | 212 | 1.79 | — | ||||
| Independent | Dave Woody Phillips | 23 | 0.19 | — | ||||
| Total | 11,842 | — | — | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 14 | 33 | 19 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 32,743 | 36.27 | — | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +4.72 | ||||||
Source(s)
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2015). Report on the October 27, 2014 By-elections in: Calgary-Elbow, Calgary-Foothills, Calgary-West, Edmonton-Whitemud (PDF) (Report). Edmonton: Legislative Assembly of Alberta; Chief Electoral Officer. ISBN 978-098653678-6. Retrieved April 20, 2021. | ||||||||
2015 general election
| 2015 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Prentice | 7,163 | 40.33% | -18.04% | ||||
| New Democratic | Anne Wilson | 5,748 | 32.36% | 28.61% | ||||
| Wildrose | Keelan Frey | 3,216 | 18.11% | -11.83% | ||||
| Liberal | Ali Bin Zahid | 1,271 | 7.16% | -3.29% | ||||
| Green | Janet Keeping | 363 | 2.04% | -0.05% | ||||
| Total | 17,761 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 52 | 28 | 13 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 34,000 | 52.43% | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -6.15% | ||||||
Source(s)
Because Jim Prentice disclaimed his right to become an MLA before the end of the appeal period for the official results, this riding's election was declared void. Source: "11 - Calgary-Foothills, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2016). 2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. | ||||||||
2015 by-election
| Alberta provincial by-election, September 3, 2015: Calgary-Foothills Voiding of general election results due to Jim Prentice disclaiming his seat. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Wildrose | Prasad Panda | 4,872 | 38.25 | +20.14 | ||||
| New Democratic | Bob Hawkesworth | 3,274 | 25.70 | -6.64 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Blair Houston | 2,760 | 21.67 | -18.82 | ||||
| Liberal | Ali Bin Zahid | 792 | 6.22 | -0.94 | ||||
| Alberta Party | Mark Taylor | 615 | 4.83 | +4.83 | ||||
| Green | Janet Keeping | 378 | 2.97 | +0.93 | ||||
| Independent | Antoni Grochowski | 46 | 0.36 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 12,737 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 26 | 10 | 2 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 33,728 | 37.76% | -14.67% | |||||
| Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +20.14 | ||||||
Source(s)
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2016). Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the September 3, 2015 By-election in Calgary-Foothills and the March 22, 2016 By-election in Calgary-Greenway (PDF) (Report). Edmonton: Legislative Assembly of Alberta; Chief Electoral Officer. pp. 14–17. ISBN 978-0-9949577-1-9. | ||||||||
2019 general election
| 2019 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| United Conservative | Jason Luan | 12,277 | 56.99% | -2.93% | $92,648 | |||
| New Democratic | Sameena Arif | 6,985 | 32.42% | 6.72% | $15,707 | |||
| Alberta Party | Jennifer Wyness | 1,680 | 7.80% | 2.97% | $6,082 | |||
| Liberal | Andrea Joyce | 379 | 1.76% | -4.46% | $500 | |||
| Freedom Conservative | Kari Pomerleau | 142 | 0.66% | – | $1,802 | |||
| Alberta Independence | Kyle Miller | 80 | 0.37% | – | $514 | |||
| Total | 21,543 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 125 | 46 | 8 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 32,774 | 66.14% | ||||||
| United Conservative hold | Swing | |||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[6][7][8] Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000. | ||||||||
2023 general election
| 2023 Alberta general election: Calgary-Foothills | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Court Ellingson | 11,054 | 49.92 | +17.50 | ||||
| United Conservative | Jason Luan | 10,793 | 48.74 | -8.24 | ||||
| Independent | Keenan Demontigny | 190 | 0.86 | – | ||||
| Solidarity Movement | Kami Dass | 105 | 0.47 | – | ||||
| Total | 22,142 | 99.27 | – | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 162 | 0.73 | ||||||
| Turnout | 22,304 | 61.95 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 36,006 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from United Conservative | Swing | +12.87 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[9] | ||||||||
Senate nominee results
2004 Senate nominee election district results
| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Foothills[10] | Turnout 37.13% | |||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % Votes | % Ballots | Rank | |
| Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 4,540 | 16.89% | 53.05% | 1 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 4,004 | 14.90% | 46.79% | 2 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 3,965 | 14.75% | 46.33% | 5 | |
| Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 2,928 | 10.89% | 34.21% | 6 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 2,680 | 9.97% | 31.32% | 3 | |
| Independent | Link Byfield | 2,344 | 8.72% | 27.39% | 4 | |
| Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,796 | 6.68% | 20.99% | 9 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 1,673 | 6.22% | 19.55% | 8 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 1,566 | 5.83% | 18.30% | 7 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 1,386 | 5.15% | 16.20% | 10 | |
| Total Votes | 26,882 | 100% | ||||
| Total Ballots | 8,558 | 3.14 Votes Per Ballot | ||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 1,741 | |||||
| 27,739 Eligible Electors | ||||||
Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot
Student Vote results
2004 election
| Participating Schools[11] |
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| Jerry Potts Elementary |
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[12] | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | Len Webber | 28 | 39.44% | |
| Liberal | Stephen Jenuth | 17 | 23.94% | |
| New Democratic | Malcolm Forster | 14 | 19.72% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Vincent Jansen van Doorn | 12 | 16.90% | |
| Total | 71 | 100% | ||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 2 | |||
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