Calgary-Lougheed is a
provincial electoral district
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
in
Alberta
Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...
, Canada. It is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member to the
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the province of Alberta, Canada. It sits in the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton. Since 2012 the Legislative Assembly has had 87 members, elected first past the post f ...
using the
first-past-the-post
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method of voting.
The district is primarily urban, and it exists on the suburban fringes of the city of
Calgary
Calgary () is a major city in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806 making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in C ...
. It was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution from
Calgary-Shaw, and is named in honour of former
premier
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A premier will normally be a head of govern ...
Peter Lougheed
Edgar Peter Lougheed ( ; July 26, 1928 – September 13, 2012) was a Canadian lawyer and Progressive Conservative politician who served as the tenth premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985, presiding over a period of reform and economic growth.
...
, who held the nearby seat of
Calgary West
Calgary West was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1953, and from 1979 to 2015. It was in the western part of the City of Calgary. The electoral district was or ...
from 1967 to 1986.
The district has been a stronghold for Progressive Conservative candidates since it was created. The current MLA for this riding is Eric Bouchard of the United Conservative Party. The riding was vacant for a period following the resignation of the former
premier of Alberta
The premier of Alberta is the head of government and first minister of the Canadian province of Alberta. The current premier is Danielle Smith, leader of the governing United Conservative Party, who was sworn in on October 11, 2022.
The premi ...
,
Jason Kenney
Jason Thomas Kenney (born May 30, 1968) is a former Canadian politician who served as the 18th premier of Alberta from 2019 until 2022, and the leader of the United Conservative Party (UCP) from 2017 until 2022. He also served as the member o ...
of the
United Conservative Party
The United Conservative Party of Alberta (UCP) is a conservative political party in the province of Alberta, Canada. It was established in July 2017 as a merger between the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta and the Wildrose Party ...
. The first MLA was
Jim Dinning, who previously represented Calgary-Shaw.
The district contains the neighbourhoods of
Bridlewood, Millrise, Shawnee,
Evergreen
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, Evergreen Estates, Alpine Park, and Vermilion Hills.
History
The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution from
Calgary-Shaw and
Highwood. In the 2010 Boundary redistribution all land east of 14 Street was cut out of the riding and given to Shaw and
Calgary-Fish Creek
Calgary-Fish Creek is a Provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using ...
.
Boundary history
Representation history
The electoral district was created from
Calgary-Shaw in the 1993 boundary redistribution. The first election held that year saw incumbent
Progressive Conservative MLA
Jim Dinning defeat
Liberal candidate Jack Driscoll and three other candidates. Dinning retired from the legislature in 1997.
The 1997 election saw Progressive Conservative candidate
Marlene Graham elected with a landslide majority. She was re-elected with a larger margin in the 2001 general election and retired at dissolution in 2004.
The 2004 election saw Progressive Conservative candidate Dave Rodney win a very large majority to hold the seat for his party. He was easily re-elected in 2008 and 2012.
In 2015, however, Rodney barely held the seat in a close three-way race against
NDP and
Wildrose challengers. In 2017, the Progressive Conservative and Wildrose parties merged to form the
United Conservative Party
The United Conservative Party of Alberta (UCP) is a conservative political party in the province of Alberta, Canada. It was established in July 2017 as a merger between the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta and the Wildrose Party ...
, which Rodney joined. He subsequently resigned his seat to allow party leader
Jason Kenney
Jason Thomas Kenney (born May 30, 1968) is a former Canadian politician who served as the 18th premier of Alberta from 2019 until 2022, and the leader of the United Conservative Party (UCP) from 2017 until 2022. He also served as the member o ...
to run in a by-election. Kenney was elected by a wide margin over the NDP candidate and Liberal leader
David Khan.
Legislative election results
2023
2019
2017 by-election
2015
2012
2008
2004
2001
1997
1993
Senate nominee election results
2004
''Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot''
2012
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2012 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Lougheed
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See also
*
List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
Alberta provincial electoral districts are currently single member ridings that each elect one member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. There are 87 districts fixed in law in Alberta, Canada.
History
The original 25 districts were drawn u ...
*
Canadian provincial electoral districts
Canadian provincial electoral districts have boundaries that are non- coterminous with those of the federal electoral districts, except for districts in the province of Ontario, where districts in the Southern Ontario region are coterminous wh ...
References
External links
Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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Alberta provincial electoral districts
Politics of Calgary
Constituencies established in 1993
1993 establishments in Alberta