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Calgary-Hawkwood

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Calgary-Hawkwood
Alberta electoral district
2010 boundaries
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created2010
District abolished2019
First contested2012
Last contested2015

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

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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]

Boundary history

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Electoral history

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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

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2012

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Results by polling division, 2012
2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jason Luan 9,097 47.10%
Wildrose David Yager 7,030 36.40%
Liberal Maria Davis 1,632 8.45%
New Democratic Collin Anderson 911 4.72%
Alberta Party Kevin Woron 242 1.25%
Evergreen Janet Keeping 199 1.03%
Social Credit Len Skowronski 103 0.53%
Independent Ed Torrance 99 0.51%
Total 19,313
Rejected, spoiled and declined 138
Eligible electors / turnout 33,663 57.78%
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "15 - Calgary-Hawkwood Official Results 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2015

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Results by polling division, 2015
2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Michael Connolly 7,443 36.35% 31.63%
Progressive Conservative Jason Luan 6,378 31.15% -15.95%
Wildrose Jae Shim 4,448 21.72% -14.68%
Alberta Party Beth Barberree 925 4.52% 3.26%
Liberal Harbaksh Singh Sekhon 736 3.59% -4.86%
Green Polly Knowlton Cockett 455 2.22% 1.19%
Social Credit Len Skowronski 90 0.44% -0.09%
Total 20,475
Rejected, spoiled and declined 68
Eligible electors / turnout 33,523 61.28% 3.50%
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing -2.75%
Source(s)
Source: "15 - Calgary-Hawkwood Official Results 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Senate nominee election results

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2012

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Student vote results

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2012

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2012 Alberta student vote results
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Jason Luan 186 43.36%
Wildrose David Yager 129 30.00%
Liberal Maria Davis 53 12.44%
Alberta Party Kevin Woron 16 3.72%
New Democratic Collin Anderson 15 3.49%
Independent Ed Torrance 9 2.09%
Social Credit Len Skowronski 3 0.70%
Total 430 100%

See also

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References

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