Calgary-Cross is a current provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Created in 1993, the district is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.

The district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution from Calgary-McCall and Calgary-Montrose, and present boundaries covers the neighbourhoods of Pineridge, Rundle, Marlborough,Marlborough Park and Monterey Park in northeast Calgary.

History

The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary re-distribution from the electoral districts of Calgary-McCall and Calgary-Montrose. The district is named after Alfred Ernest Cross (a member of Calgary's Big Four) who entered politics in 1898, and was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for East Calgary prior to the formation of Alberta.

The 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution saw all land east of 68 Street NE distributed to the new Calgary-Greenway electoral district. The west boundary was moved to Deerfoot Trail claiming land that used to be in McCall, Calgary-East and Calgary-North Hill. When created in 2010, the Calgary-Acadia electoral district would have a population of 46,102, which was 12.77 above the provincial average of 40,880.

The 2017 electoral boundary re-distribution saw Calgary-Cross gain the remainder of the Marlborough community from Calgary-East while moving the Abbeydale community to Calgary-East. The boundaries as adjusted would give the electoral district a population of 50,634 in 2017, 8% above the provincial average of 46,803.

Boundary history

4 Calgary-Cross 2003 boundaries
Bordering districts
NorthEastWestSouth
Calgary-McCallAirdrie-ChestermereCalgary-East and Calgary-McCallCalgary-Montrose
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Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the intersection of 36 Street NE with McKnight Boulevard NE; then 1. east along McKnight Boulevard NE to the east Calgary city boundary (84 Street NE); 2. south along the city boundary to the easterly extension of 32 Avenue NE; 3. west along the extension and 32 Avenue NE to the northerly extension of the east boundary of Block 10, Plan 8411285 (Monterey Park Estates); 4. generally south, west and north along the block boundary and its northerly extension to 32 Avenue NE; 5. west along 32 Avenue NE to 68 Street NE; 6. south along 68 Street NE to 16 Avenue NE; 7. west along 16 Avenue NE to 52 Street NE; 8. north along 52 Street NE to 32 Avenue NE; 9. west along 32 Avenue NE to 36 Street NE; 10. north along 36 Street NE to the starting point.
Note:
6 Calgary-Cross 2010 boundaries
Bordering districts
NorthEastWestSouth
Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill and Calgary-McCallCalgary-GreenwayCalgary-Klein and Calgary-Mountain ViewCalgary-East
Note: Boundary descriptions were not used in the 2010 redistribution

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Cross
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Calgary-McCall 1971-1993 and Calgary-Montrose 1986-1993
23rd1993-1997Yvonne FritzProgressive Conservative
24th1997-2001
25th2001-2004
26th2004-2008
27th2008–2012
28th2012–2015
29th2015–2019Ricardo MirandaNew Democratic
30th2019–2023Mickey AmeryUnited Conservative
31st2023–present

Calgary-Cross was created from the electoral districts of Calgary-McCall and Calgary-Montrose in the 1993 boundary redistribution. Currently, the constituency is represented by Mickey Amery. The first representative was Progressive Conservative member Yvonne Fritz. Prior to representing Montrose she served as an Alderman for the city of Calgary representing the Ward 5 electoral district.

The 1993 election saw Fritz win with a large majority of votes. She sought a second term in 1997 and while her popularity declined she still won very easily over Liberal Keith Jones.

Jones and Fritz would face each other again in the 2001 general election. She would go on to win the district with the largest majority of her career while Jones saw his popular vote collapse. Fritz would win a fourth term in the 2004 general election, seeing almost half her vote disappear.

Fritz became a cabinet minister for the first time in 2004. She won re-election again in 2008.

Legislative election results

1993

vte1993 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive ConservativeYvonne Fritz6,44959.73%
LiberalKeith Hart3,57633.12%
New DemocraticVinay Dey6866.35%
Natural LawNeeraj Varma860.80%
Total10,797
Rejected, spoiled and declined31
Eligible electors / turnout21,34650.73%
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)Source: . Alberta Heritage Community Foundation.

1997

vte1997 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive ConservativeYvonne Fritz5,96467.11%7.38%
LiberalKeith Jones2,45627.64%-5.48%
Social CreditMaurizio Terrigno4675.25%
Total8,887
Rejected, spoiled and declined30
Eligible electors / turnout21,81140.88%-9.84%
Progressive Conservative holdSwing6.43%
Source(s)Source: . Alberta Heritage Community Foundation.

2001

vte2001 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive ConservativeYvonne Fritz6,81674.96%7.85%
LiberalKeith Jones1,83620.19%-7.44%
New DemocraticRamiro Mora4414.85%
Total9,093
Rejected, spoiled and declined85
Eligible electors / turnout21,92041.87%0.99%
Progressive Conservative holdSwing7.65%
Source(s)Source: . Alberta Heritage Community Foundation.

2004

vte2004 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive ConservativeYvonne Fritz3,77057.71%-17.25%
LiberalRaleigh Dehaney1,45322.24%2.05%
Alberta AllianceGordon Huth6469.89%
New DemocraticJeanie Keebler3936.02%1.17%
GreenRyan Richardson2714.15%
Total6,533
Rejected, spoiled and declined49
Eligible electors / turnout21,99329.93%-11.94%
Progressive Conservative holdSwing-9.65%
Source(s)Source: (PDF). Elections Alberta.

2008

vte2008 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive ConservativeYvonne Fritz4,00456.82%-0.89%
LiberalRon I. Reinhold1,56722.24%0.00%
Wildrose AllianceGordon Huth6058.59%-1.30%
New DemocraticShelina N. Hassanali4766.75%0.74%
GreenSusan Stratton3955.61%1.46%
Total7,047
Rejected, spoiled and declined34
Eligible electors / turnout25,60927.65%-2.28%
Progressive Conservative holdSwing-0.44%
Source(s)Source: . officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta.

2012

vte2012 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive ConservativeYvonne Fritz5,35744.65%-12.17%
WildroseHappy Mann4,55737.98%29.40%
LiberalNarita Sherman1,22010.17%-12.07%
New DemocraticReinaldo Contreras6045.03%-1.72%
EvergreenSusan Stratton2602.17%-3.42%
Total11,998
Rejected, spoiled and declined116
Eligible electors / turnout27,68043.76%16.11%
Progressive Conservative holdSwing-13.96%
Source(s)Source: . officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta.

2015

vte2015 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New DemocraticRicardo Miranda4,60236.13%31.10%
Progressive ConservativeRick Hanson4,50135.34%-9.31%
WildroseMoiz Mahmood2,06016.17%-21.81%
LiberalManjot Singh Gill1,1949.38%-0.79%
GreenPeter Meic2361.85%0.32%
IndependentKatherine Le Rougetel †1431.12%
Total12,736
Rejected, spoiled and declined98
Eligible electors / turnout31,53540.70%-3.07%
New Democratic gain from Progressive ConservativeSwing-2.94%
Source(s)Source: . officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta.†Le Rougetel was a candidate of the unregistered Communist League. See , Calgary Herald, 5 March 2017, accessed 8 March 2017.
2015 Alberta general election redistributed results
PartyVotes%
Progressive Conservative5,25636.78
New Democratic5,10335.71
Wildrose2,90220.31
Liberal7835.48
Green1300.91
Others1160.81
Source(s)Source:

2019

Results by Polling Division
vte2019 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
United ConservativeMickey Amery8,90754.26+2.75†$39,209
New DemocraticRicardo Miranda6,13537.38+1.25$54,925
Alberta PartyBraham Luddu9625.86$6,936
LiberalNaser Kukhun4102.50-6.88$4,299
Total16,41499.27
Rejected, spoiled and declined1210.73
Turnout16,53553.61
Eligible voters30,844
United Conservative notional holdSwing-2.25
Source(s)Source: Elections AlbertaNote: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000.†Comparison for UCP is to the combined Wildrose & PC redistributed vote in 2015

2023

vte2023 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United ConservativeMickey Amery7,53350.19-4.07
New DemocraticGurinder Singh Gill7,01946.77+9.39
GreenAman Sandhu2541.69
Solidarity MovementKathryn Lapp2021.35
Total15,00899.14
Rejected and declined1300.86
Turnout15,13849.81
Eligible voters30,393
United Conservative holdSwing-6.73
Source(s)Source: Elections Alberta

Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-CrossTurnout 29.62%
AffiliationCandidateVotes% votes% ballotsRank
Progressive ConservativeBert Brown3,08816.47%52.86%1
Progressive ConservativeBetty Unger2,53013.50%43.30%2
Progressive ConservativeJim Silye2,37912.69%40.72%5
Progressive ConservativeDavid Usherwood1,8349.78%31.39%6
Progressive ConservativeCliff Breitkreuz1,8269.74%31.26%3
IndependentLink Byfield1,6498.80%28.23%4
Alberta AllianceVance Gough1,4277.61%24.43%8
Alberta AllianceMichael Roth1,4057.49%24.05%7
Alberta AllianceGary Horan1,3347.12%22.84%10
IndependentTom Sindlinger1,2766.80%21.84%9
Total votes18,748100%
Total ballots5,8423.21 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined673
21,993 eligible electors

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

Student vote results

2004

Participating schools
Lester B. Pearson High School
Pineridge Community 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
AffiliationCandidateVotes%
LiberalRaleigh Dehaney33133.95%
Progressive ConservativeYvonne Fritz27227.90%
New DemocraticJeanie Keebler23824.41%
GreenRyan Richardson818.31%
Alberta AllianceGordon Huth535.43%
Total975100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined59

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