Calgary-Nose Creek
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Calgary-Nose Creek 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 1993 to 2004.
History
The Calgary-Nose Creek electoral district was created during the 1993 electoral boundary re-distribution from the Calgary-McKnight electoral district.
The Calgary-Nose Creek electoral district would be dissolved in the 2003 Alberta boundary re-distribution and would be re-distributed into the Calgary-Mackay and Calgary-Nose Hill electoral districts.
The riding was named for the Nose Creek that winds its way through the northern part of Calgary.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Nose Creek | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Calgary-McKnight electoral district from 1971-1993 | ||||
| 20th | 1993–1997 | Gary Mar | Progressive Conservative | |
| 22nd | 1997–2001 | |||
| 23rd | 2001–2004 | |||
| See Calgary-Mackay electoral district from 2004-2012 and Calgary-Nose Hill electoral district from 2004-2012 |
Election results
1993
| vte1993 Alberta general election | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Gary Mar | 6,974 | 53.66% | – | |
| Liberal | Yolande Gagnon | 5,057 | 38.91% | – | |
| New Democratic | Albert Sole | 789 | 6.07% | – | |
| Natural Law | Ray Harris | 176 | 1.35% | – | |
| Total | 12,996 | – | – | ||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 33 | – | – | ||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 22,672 | 57.47% | – | ||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | |||||
| Source(s)Source: . Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. |
1997
| vte1997 Alberta general election | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Gary Mar | 7,815 | 64.48% | 10.82% | |
| Liberal | Peter Willott | 2,894 | 23.88% | -15.03% | |
| Social Credit | Greg Greene | 715 | 5.90% | – | |
| New Democratic | Doral Johnson | 696 | 5.74% | -0.33% | |
| Total | 12,120 | – | – | ||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 28 | – | – | ||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 26,461 | 45.91% | -11.56% | ||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 12.93% | |||
| Source(s)Source: . Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. |
2001
| vte2001 Alberta general election | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Gary Mar | 11,997 | 74.81% | 10.33% | |
| Liberal | Peter Willott | 3,263 | 20.35% | -3.53% | |
| New Democratic | Eileen Nesbitt | 776 | 4.84% | -0.90% | |
| Total | 16,036 | – | – | ||
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 51 | – | – | ||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 33,778 | 47.63% | 1.72% | ||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 6.93% | |||
| Source(s)Source: . Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. |
See also
Further reading
- Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). . The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7.
External links
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