Provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada
Calgary-Mountain View is 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. The district was created in 1971 and is currently represented by Kathleen Ganley of the Alberta New Democratic Party.
History
The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution from parts of Calgary North and Calgary East.
Following the 2004 Alberta boundary re-distribution Calgary-Mountain View had a population of 39,586, which was 10.1 per cent above the provincial average of 35,951, which was the highest deviation for an electoral district in Calgary or Edmonton.[1]
The 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution all land west of Shaganappi Trail was redistricted into Calgary-Varsity. Following the 2010 re-distribution, the Calgary-Mountain View had a population of 42,092, which was 2.96 per cent above the provincial average of 40,880.[2]
Boundary history
| 17 Calgary-Mountain View 2003 boundaries[3]
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| Bordering districts
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| North
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East
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West
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South
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| Calgary-North Hill and Calgary-Varsity
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Calgary-East
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Calgary-Bow
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Calgary-Buffalo and Calgary-Fort
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| riding map goes here
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| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
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| Starting at the intersection of Home Road NW and Bowness Road NW; then 1. southeast along Bowness Road NW to 48 Street NW; 2. northeast along 48 Street NW to 23 Avenue NW; 3. southeast along 23 Avenue NW and its extension to Shaganappi Trail NW; 4. southeast along Shaganappi Trail NW to 16 Avenue NW; 5. east along 16 Avenue NW and 16 Avenue NE to Deerfoot Trail NE; 6. generally south and southeast along Deerfoot Trail NE to the Light Rail Transit (LRT) line; 7. west along the LRT line to the Canadian Pacific Railway line; 8. south along the railway line to the right bank of the Bow River; 9. generally west along the right bank of the Bow River to the southerly extension of Home Road NW (by Edworthy Park); 10. north along the extension and Home Road NW to the starting point.
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Representation history
The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution out of Calgary East and Calgary North. The predecessor riding's that comprised Mountain View had returned Social Credit candidates since they were created. The first election held that year returned former Calgary East Social Credit MLA Albert Ludwig back to the Assembly with over half of the popular vote.
Mountain View would see its first change of hands in the 1975 election as Progressive Conservative candidate John Kushner defeated Ludwig. He retired at dissolution of the Assembly in 1979 as he got the federal Progressive Conservative nomination for Calgary East to run in the 1979 federal election.
The provincial election that year would return another Kushner to represent Mountain View. This time it was Stan Kushner, son of John Kushner. He held the district for the Progressive Conservatives winning a majority of 55% of the vote. In 1981 he was charged with drunk driving. Kushner did not run for a second term. The 1982 election returned Progressive Conservative candidate Bohdan Zip who also only served a single term in office.
In the 1986 general election voters would return NDP candidate Bob Hawkesworth over future Premier of Alberta Jim Prentice in a hotly contested race. He was re-elected in 1989 with a solid majority.
Hawkesworth would be defeated after two terms in the 1993 election by Progressive Conservative candidate Mark Hlady. He would win two more terms with increasing percentage of the vote in 1997 and 2001. In 2004 he was defeated by Liberal candidate David Swann.
Swann was re-elected to his second term in 2008 and became Leader of the Liberals after Kevin Taft resigned. He would resign the post himself in 2011 and be replaced by Raj Sherman.
Senate nominee election results
2004
| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Mountain View[6]
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Turnout 50.71%
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Affiliation
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Candidate
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Votes
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% votes
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% ballots
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Rank
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Progressive Conservative |
Jim Silye |
4,022 |
15.06% |
42.59% |
5
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Progressive Conservative |
Bert Brown |
3,841 |
14.38% |
40.68% |
1
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Independent
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Link Byfield
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3,521
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13.18%
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37.29%
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4
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Progressive Conservative |
Betty Unger |
3,376 |
12.64% |
35.75% |
2
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Independent
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Tom Sindlinger
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3,117
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11.67%
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33.09%
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9
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Progressive Conservative |
David Usherwood |
2,188 |
8.19% |
23.17% |
6
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Progressive Conservative |
Cliff Breitkreuz |
1,935 |
7.24% |
20.49% |
3
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Alberta Alliance
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Vance Gough
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1,702
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6.37%
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18.02%
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8
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Alberta Alliance
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Michael Roth
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1,614
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6.04%
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17.09%
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7
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Alberta Alliance
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Gary Horan
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1,398
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5.23%
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14.81%
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10
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| Total votes
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26,714
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100%
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| Total ballots
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9,443
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2.83 votes per ballot
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| Rejected, spoiled and declined
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4,401
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Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot
2012
Student vote results
2004
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.
Alberta electoral district
