| Calgary-Egmont | |
| Province: | Alberta |
| Prov-Status: | defunct |
| Prov-Created: | 1971 |
| Prov-Abolished: | 2012 |
| Prov-Election-First: | 1971 |
| Prov-Election-Last: | 2008 |
Calgary-Egmont 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 1971 to 2012.[1]
The district, covering southeast Calgary, was created in 1971 boundary re-distribution out of most of the Calgary South and Calgary Glenmore districts. The riding covered the neighborhoods of Riverbend, Acadia, Fairview, Willowpark, Mapleridge and Ramsay, Kingsland and Manchester. The riding included a large swath of industrial land including the Highfield Industrial area.
The district was named after Frederick George Moore Perceval, 11th Earl of Egmont who lived in the Calgary area until his death in 2001. His family had at one time 600 acres of ranch land in south Calgary.
Calgary-Egmont was a stronghold for electing Progressive Conservative candidates since its creation in 1971. The district elected four PC representatives over the course of its history.
The Calgary-Egmont electoral district would be dissolved in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution and would be re-distributed into the Calgary-Acadia electoral district.[2]
| 7 Calgary-Egmont 2003 boundaries[3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bordering districts | ||||
| North | East | West | South | |
| Calgary-Fort | Calgary-Fort, Calgary-Hays | Calgary-Buffalo, Calgary-Elbow, Calgary-Glenmore | Calgary-Fish Creek | |
| riding map goes here | map in relation to other districts in Alberta goes here | |||
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. | ||||
| Starting at the intersection of the left bank of the Elbow River with the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) line; then 1. southeast along the CPR line to the right bank of the Bow River; 2. in a generally southerly direction along the right bank of the Bow River to Glenmore Trail SE; 3. southeast along Glenmore Trail SE to Barlow Trail SE; 4. south along Barlow Trail SE to the north boundary of Sec. 16, Twp. 23, Rge. 29 W4; 5. west along the north boundary of the section and the north boundary of Sec. 13, Twp. 23, Rge. 1 W5 to the right bank of the Bow River; 6. west along the north boundary of Sec. 13, Twp. 23, Rge. 1 W5 to the right bank of the Bow River; 7. south along the Bow River to Deerfoot Trail SE; 8. west along Deerfoot Trail SE to Anderson Road SE; 9. west along Anderson Road SE and Anderson Road SW to the Light Rail Transit (LRT) line; 10. north along the LRT Line to Heritage Drive SW; 11. west along Heritage Drive SW to Elbow Drive SW; 12. north along Elbow Drive SW to Glenmore Trail SW; 13. east along Glenmore Trail SW to Macleod Trail S; 14. north along Macleod Trail S to the left bank of the Elbow River; 15. southeast and northeast along the left bank of the Elbow River to the starting point. | ||||
| Note: | ||||
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Egmont[4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Calgary Glenmore 1959-1971 and Calgary South 1963-1971 | ||||
| 17th | 1971–1975 | Merv Leitch | Progressive Conservative | |
| 18th | 1975–1979 | |||
| 19th | 1979–1982 | |||
| 20th | 1982–1986 | David Carter | ||
| 21st | 1986–1989 | |||
| 22nd | 1989–1993 | |||
| 23rd | 1993–1997 | Denis Herard | ||
| 24th | 1997–2001 | |||
| 25th | 2001–2004 | |||
| 26th | 2004–2008 | |||
| 27th | 2008–2012 | Jonathan Denis | ||
| See Calgary-Acadia 2012–present | ||||
The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary re-distribution. The first election held that year saw a hotly contested battle between Progressive Conservative candidate Merv Leitch and Social Credit candidate Pat O'Byrne. Leitch edged out O'Byrne to pick up the new district for his party.
Premier Peter Lougheed appointed Leitch to his first cabinet shortly after the election. He ran for a second term in the 1975 general election and won with a super majority of over 75%. He was re-elected to his third and final term in the 1979 general election. Leitch retired his seat in the legislature and from cabinet at dissolution in 1982.
The second representative of the district was Calgary-Millican MLA David Carter who switched districts in the 1982 general election. Carter won the district handily taking over 75% of the vote. He won his second term in the district and third term in the assembly in the 1986 general election. Carter was elected Speaker of the House afterwards. He won re-election the 1989 general election with a reduced majority and retired from the assembly at dissolution in 1993.
Progressive Conservative candidate Denis Herard became the districts third representative when he won in 1993. He faced a strong challenge from Liberal candidate Dick Nichols who polled the strongest non Progressive Conservative vote since 1971. Herard was re-elected three more times winning in 1997, 2001 and 2004. He was appointed to the cabinet briefly in 2006 and retired from office in 2008.
The last representative was Jonathan Denis who won the district for the first time in the 2008 general election after facing a hotly contested and controversial nomination battle against Craig Chandler.
| 2004 Senate nominee election results Calgary-Egmont[5] | Turnout 41.25% | |||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % votes | % ballots | Rank | |
| Total votes | 29,643 | 100% | ||||
| Total ballots | 9,545 | 3.11 votes per ballot | ||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 1,703 | |||||
| align=center colspan=7 | 27,265 eligible electors | |||||
| Participating schools[6] | |
|---|---|
| Andrew Davison School | |
| David Thompson Middle School | |
| Fairview Junior High | |
| Green Learning Academy | |
| Willow Park School/ Milton Williams Creative Arts |
| 2004 Alberta student vote results[7] | |||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % % | ||
| Total | 547 | ||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 28 | ||||