Calgary-Hawkwood

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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

Calgary-Hawkwood was a

first past the post
method of voting from 2012 to 2019.

History

The Calgary-Hawkwood electoral district was created in the

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-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.

Legislative election results

2012

Results by polling division, 2012
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

Results by polling division, 2015
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 election results

2012

Student vote results

2012

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

External links