Calgary-Hawkwood Explained

Calgary-Hawkwood
Province:	Alberta
Prov-Status:	defunct
Prov-Created:	2010
Prov-Abolished:	2019
Prov-Election-First:	2012
Prov-Election-Last:	2015

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]

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.

Legislative election results

2015

Senate nominee election results

2012

Student vote results

2012

2012 Alberta student vote results
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
Total			430	100%

See also

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts

External links

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta

Notes and References

1. Web site: Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta . 978-0-9865367-1-7 . June 2010 . May 29, 2020 . Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission . Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
2. Web site: Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta . October 2017 . 978-1-988620-04-6 . May 29, 2020 . Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission . Legislative Assembly of Alberta.