Calgary-Buffalo
Alberta electoral district | |||
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File:CalgaryBuffalo in Calgary.jpg
2010 boundaries
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
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District created | 1971 | ||
First contested | 1971 | ||
Last contested | 2015 |
Calgary-Buffalo is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It is currently represented by NDP MLA Kathleen Ganley.
The riding comprises primarily the downtown core of the city of Calgary. The riding has broad demographic diversity, and comprises the most transient population in Alberta.
The riding contains a mix of corporate office towers, luxury apartment buildings, Chinatown in the north part of the riding and lower income apartments in the south along the Beltline community. The Liberals have won this riding six times, and the Progressive Conservatives six, while the Alberta Reform Movement was represented very briefly.
Due to the nature of the riding, candidates have a tougher time running a campaign in Calgary Buffalo, as traditional campaign methods have proven relatively ineffective — i.e., placement of lawn signs, door knocking, and voter identification have proven to be of limited usefulness.
The riding was created in 1971, largely out of the old Calgary Centre riding and a small portion of the eastern part of Calgary West.
Contents
- 1 History
- 2 Election results
- 2.1 1971 general election
- 2.2 1975 general election
- 2.3 1979 general election
- 2.4 1982 general election
- 2.5 1986 general election
- 2.6 1989 general election
- 2.7 1992 by-election
- 2.8 1993 general election
- 2.9 1997 general election
- 2.10 2001 general election
- 2.11 2004 general election
- 2.12 2008 general election
- 2.13 2012 general election
- 2.14 2015 general election
- 3 Senate nominee results
- 4 Plebiscite results
- 5 Student Vote results
- 6 References
- 7 External links
History
The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution out of parts of Calgary Centre, Calgary Victoria Park Calgary West. The district has shifted boundaries many times over the years but has always covered the downtown core of Calgary. The 2010 boundary redistribution saw significant changes. The electoral district lost a huge portion of land to Calgary-Currie on the west boundary when it was cut from 37 Street to 14 Street SW. The East Village neighborhood and Fort Calgary were moved into Calgary-Fort on the west side and the south boundary was pushed from 17 Avenue into Lower Mount Royal to run along approximately 19 Avenue in land that used to be in Calgary-Currie.
Boundary history
3 Calgary-Buffalo 2003 Boundaries[1] | |||
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Bordering Districts | |||
North | East | West | South |
Calgary-Mountain View | Calgary-Egmont and Calgary-Fort | Calgary-Bow | Calgary-Currie and Calgary-Elbow |
riding map goes here | File:Calgary Provincial Riding - Calgary Buffalo.svg | ||
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
Starting at the intersection of the northerly extension of 37 Street SW with the right bank of the Bow River; then 1. southeast along the right bank of the Bow River to the left bank of the Elbow River; 2. south and west along the left bank of the Elbow River to 1 Street SE; 3. north along 1 Street SE to 17 Avenue SE; 4. west along 17 Avenue SE and 17 Avenue SW to 45 Street SW; 5. north along 45 Street SW to 8 Avenue SW; 6. east along 8 Avenue SW to 37 Street SW; 7. north along 37 Street SW and its northerly extension to the starting point. | |||
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5 Calgary-Buffalo 2010 Boundaries[2] | |||
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Bordering Districts | |||
North | East | West | South |
Calgary-Mountain View | Calgary-Fort | Calgary-Currie | Calgary-Acadia and Calgary-Elbow |
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Note: Boundary descriptions were not used in the 2010 redistribution |
Representation history
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Buffalo | ||||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
See Calgary Centre 1959-1971, Calgary Victoria Park 1967-1971 and Calgary West 1959-1971 |
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17th | 1971-1975 | Ron Ghitter | Progressive Conservative | |
18th | 1975-1979 | |||
19th | 1979-1980 | Tom Sindlinger | ||
1980-1982 | Independent Conservative | |||
1982 | Alberta Reform Movement | |||
20th | 1982-1986 | Brian Lee | Progressive Conservative | |
21st | 1986-1989 | Sheldon Chumir | Liberal | |
22nd | 1989-1992 | |||
1992 | Vacant | |||
1992-1993 | Gary Dickson | Liberal | ||
23rd | 1993-1997 | |||
24th | 1997-2001 | |||
25th | 2001-2004 | Harvey Cenaiko | Progressive Conservative | |
26th | 2004-2008 | |||
27th | 2008-2012 | Kent Hehr | Liberal | |
28th | 2012–2015 | |||
29th | 2015–present | Kathleen Ganley | New Democratic |
The electoral district of Calgary-Buffalo was created in the boundary redistribution of 1971. The area it covered primarily consisted of three antecedent riding's Calgary Centre, Calgary Victoria Park and Calgary West. The riding primarily covers the City of Calgary's downtown core and belt line as well as some southwest inner city neighborhoods. The riding is one of Calgary's few swing ridings.
The Progressive Conservatives won the first election easily under Ron Ghitter who was later appointed to the Canadian Senate. The second member of the riding Tom Sindlinger who was elected in the 1979 general election. He was removed from the Progressive Conservative caucus on October 16, 1980 and sat as an Independent Conservative after calling for increased transparency with the Heritage Trust Fund.
Sindlinger formed the Alberta Reform Movement, a right wing party and became its leader on September 17, 1982. He was the first and only member of that party to form the Alberta Reform Movement caucus in the legislature. He was defeated in the 1982 general election in a landslide by Progressive Conservative Brian Lee.
Lee only held one term before being defeated by Liberal Sheldon Chumir in 1986. Chumir was re-elected with a landslide in 1989. He died on January 26, 1992. Liberal Gary Dickson won a by-election later that year and held the district for three terms before retiring.
The Progressive Conservatives won the seat back in 2001 with Harvey Cenaiko who was later given the cabinet portfolio of Solicitor General. He retired in 2008. Liberal candidate Kent Hehr won back the electoral district for his party in 2008. April 23, 2012, Kent Hehr was re-elected for a second term during the biggest percentage turnout of eligible voters since 1993. 2015 election, Kent Hehr decided to step up to the Federal Election which will be fall of 2015.
Along with a shocking Alberta Provincial win for the NDP, Kathleen Ganley helped by winning Calgary Buffalo Riding in May 2015. Like many Ridings in Calgary, Alberta, its the first time the NDP represents this riding in Alberta Political History.
Election results
1971 general election
1971 Alberta general election results[3] | Turnout 66.33% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Progressive Conservative | Ron Ghitter | 5,705 | 46.35% | |||
Social Credit | Don Luzzi | 5,238 | 42.56% | |||
New Democratic | Jane Summers | 1,364 | 11.09% | |||
Total | 12,307 | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 72 | |||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 18,664 | % |
1975 general election
1975 Alberta general election results[4] | Turnout 50.67% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Progressive Conservative | Ron Ghitter | 6,525 | 70.88% | 24.53% | ||
Liberal | Maria Eriksen | 962 | 10.45% | * | ||
New Democratic | Paula Davies | 877 | 9.53% | -1.56% | ||
Social Credit | Norman Ashmead | 786 | 8.54% | -34.02% | ||
Communist | David Wallis | 55 | 0.60% | * | ||
Total | 9,205 | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 26 | |||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 18,219 | % | ||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 40.67% |
1979 general election
1979 Alberta general election results[5] | Turnout 42.18% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Progressive Conservative | Tom Sindlinger | 6,481 | 64.02% | -6.86% | ||
Social Credit | Jim Rocker | 1,432 | 14.15% | 5.61% | ||
Liberal | Lloyd Hamilton | 1,096 | 10.83% | 0.38% | ||
New Democratic | Brian Rees | 1,052 | 10.39% | 0.86% | ||
Communist | David Wallis | 62 | 0.61% | 0.01% | ||
Total | 10,123 | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 39 | |||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 24,091 | % | ||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -6.24% |
1982 general election
1982 Alberta general election results[6] | Turnout 49.44% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Progressive Conservative | Brian Lee | 7,591 | 62.27% | -1.75% | ||
Alberta Reform Movement | Tom Sindlinger | 2,649 | 21.73% | * | -42.29% | |
New Democratic | Barry Pashak | 1,211 | 9.93% | -0.46% | ||
Western Canada Concept | Anita Bozak | 739 | 6.07% | * | ||
Total | 12,190 | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 52 | |||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 24,764 | % | ||||
Progressive Conservative gain from Reform Movement | Swing | -22.02% |
1986 general election
1986 Alberta general election results[7] | Turnout 38.20% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Liberal | Sheldon Chumir | 5,242 | 52.84% | * | ||
Progressive Conservative | Brian Lee | 3,437 | 34.64% | -27.63% | ||
New Democratic | George Chatsis | 1,089 | 10.98% | 1.05% | ||
Representative | Colin Svendsen | 153 | 1.54% | |||
Total | 9,921 | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 30 | |||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 26,048 | % | ||||
Liberal pickup from Progressive Conservative | Swing 40.24% |
1989 general election
1989 Alberta general election results[8] | Turnout 43.60% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Liberal | Sheldon Chumir | 7,014 | 61.03% | 8.19% | ||
Progressive Conservative | Kate Thrasher | 3,601 | 31.33% | -3.31% | ||
New Democratic | Iain Dunbar | 877 | 7.64% | -3.34% | ||
Total | 11,492 | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 33 | |||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 26,433 | % | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing 5.75% |
1992 by-election
July 21, 1992 by-election results[9] | Turnout 33.23% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Liberal | Gary Dickson | 4,636 | 53.89% | -7.14% | ||
New Democratic | Elaine Husband | 2,185 | 25.40% | 17.76% | ||
Progressive Conservative | Rod Love | 1,312 | 15.25% | -16.08% | ||
Confederation of Regions | Joseph Babineau | 268 | 3.12% | |||
Green | Sol Candel | 201 | 2.34% | * | ||
Total | 8,602 | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 47 | |||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 26,029 | % | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing -12.45% |
The by-election held on July 21, 1992 was called on the death of Liberal MLA Sheldon Chumir on January 26, 1992.
1993 general election
1993 Alberta general election results[10] | Turnout 45.53% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Liberal | Gary Dickson | 4,826 | 45.54% | -8.35% | ||
Progressive Conservative | Steven Yu | 4,313 | 40.70% | 25.45% | ||
New Democratic | Israel Lachovsky | 1,062 | 10.02% | -15.38% | ||
Green | Rebecca Matiowsky | 212 | 2.00% | -0.34% | * | |
Natural Law | Ralph Holt | 185 | 1.74% | * | ||
Total | 10,598 | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 74 | |||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 23,439, | % | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing -16.90% |
1997 general election
1997 Alberta general election results[11] | Turnout 41.24% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Liberal | Gary Dickson | 4,310 | 45.91% | 0.37% | ||
Progressive Conservative | Terri-Lynn Bradford | 4,115 | 43.84% | 3.14% | ||
New Democratic | Neil McKinnon | 547 | 5.83% | -4.19% | ||
Social Credit | Raymond Neilson | 300 | 3.20% | |||
Natural Law | Ralph Holt | 115 | 1.22% | -0.52% | ||
Total | 9,387 | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 68 | |||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 22,929, | % | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing 1.76% |
2001 general election
2001 Alberta general election results[12] | Turnout 41.77% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Progressive Conservative | Harvey Cenaiko | 5,582 | 54.18% | 10.34% | ||
Liberal | Brian Edy | 4,135 | 40.13% | -5.78% | ||
NDP | Neil McKinnon | 473 | 4.59% | -1.24% | ||
Social Credit | Dave Schwartz | 113 | 1.10% | -2.10% | ||
Total | 10,303 | |||||
Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 74 | |||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 24,844, | % | ||||
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | 8.06% |
2004 general election
2004 Alberta general election results[13] | Turnout 31.72% | Swing | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
Progressive Conservative | Harvey Cenaiko | 3,365 | 43.53% | -10.65% | ||
Liberal | Terry Taylor | 2,815 | 36.42% | -3.71% | ||
Green | Grant Neufeld | 670 | 8.67% | * | ||
New Democratic | Cliff Hesby | 457 | 5.91% | 1.32% | ||
Alberta Alliance | Nadine Hunka | 294 | 3.80% | |||
Social Credit | Elizabeth Fielding | 73 | 0.94% | -0.16% | ||
Alberta Party | Carl Schwartz | 56 | 0.73% | |||
Total | 7,730 | |||||
Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 100 | |||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 24,689 | % | ||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -7.18% |
2008 general election
Alberta general election, 2008 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Liberal | Kent Hehr | 4,583 | 48.83% | 12.42% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Sean Chu | 3,646 | 38.85% | -4.68% | ||||
Green | Stephen Ricketts | 611 | 6.51% | -2.16% | ||||
New Democratic | Robert Lawrence | 387 | 4.12% | -1.79% | ||||
Social Credit | Antoni Grochowski | 158 | 1.69% | 0.75% | ||||
Total | 9,385 | |||||||
Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 218 | |||||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 35,122 | 27.35% | ||||||
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | 8.55% | ||||||
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2012 general election
Alberta general election, 2012 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Liberal | Kent Hehr | 4,744 | 42.02% | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Jamie Lall | 3,505 | 30.61% | |||||
Wildrose | Mike Blanchard | 2,413 | 20.31% | |||||
New Democratic | Rebecca Eras | 541 | 4.95% | |||||
Alberta Party | Cory Mack | 230 | 2.11% | |||||
Total / Turnout | 11,433 | 50.37% |
2015 general election
Alberta general election, 2015 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Kathleen Ganley | 4,671 | 35.12 | +30.17% | $3,118 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Terry Rock | 3,740 | 28.12 | -2.49% | $92,068 | |||
Liberal | David Khan | 3,274 | 24.61 | -17.41% | $53,772 | |||
Wildrose | Leah Wamboldt | 1,354 | 10.18 | -10.13% | $2,900 | |||
Green | Sabrina Levac | 263 | 1.98 | - | $nil | |||
Total valid votes | 13302 |
Senate nominee results
2004 Senate Nominee election district results
2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Buffalo[14] | Turnout 31.76% | |||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % Votes | % Ballots | Rank | |
Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 2,743 | 15.18% | 45.37% | 1 | |
Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 2,393 | 13.24% | 39.59% | 5 | |
Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 2,177 | 12.05% | 36.01% | 2 | |
Independent | Link Byfield | 2,134 | 11.81% | 35.30% | 4 | |
Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 2,104 | 11.64% | 34.81% | 3 | |
Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,774 | 9.82% | 29.35% | 9 | |
Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 1,539 | 8.52% | 25.46% | 6 | |
Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 1,159 | 6.41% | 19.17% | 8 | |
Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 1,055 | 5.84% | 17.45% | 7 | |
Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 994 | 5.49% | 16.44% | 10 | |
Total Votes | 18,072 | 100% | ||||
Total Ballots | 6,045 | 2.99 Votes Per Ballot | ||||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 1,796 | |||||
24,689 Eligible Electors |
Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot
2012 Senate Nominee election district results
Plebiscite results
1971 Daylight Saving Plebiscite
Do you favour province-wide Daylight Saving Time? | |||
For | Against | ||
9,363 76.80% | 2,828 23.20% | ||
Province wide result: Passed |
Student Vote results
2004 election
Participating Schools[15] |
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Almadina ESL Charter School |
National Sport School |
Sacred Heart 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[16] | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
Liberal | Terry Taylor | 62 | 34.44% | |
Green | Grant Neufeld | 32 | 17.78% | |
Progressive Conservative | Harvey Cenaiko | 22 | 12.22% | |
New Democrat | Cliff Hesby | 18 | 10.00% | |
Alberta Alliance | Nadine Hunka | 16 | 8.89% | |
Alberta Party | Carl Schwartz | 16 | 8.89% | |
Social Credit | Elizabeth Fielding | 14 | 7.78% | |
Total | 180 | 100% | ||
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 7 |
2012 election
References
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External links
- Uofficial results 2012
- Riding Map for Calgary Buffalo
- Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta