Calgary-Cross is a current
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electoral district
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in
Calgary
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,
Alberta
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, Canada. Created in 1993, the district is one of
87 districts mandated to return a single
member (MLA) to the
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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using the
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method of voting.
The district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution from
Calgary-McCall
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and
Calgary-Montrose, and present boundaries covers the neighbourhoods of
Pineridge,
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,
Marlborough
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,
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
Calgary-Bhullar-McCall is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It was created in 1971, and was named after Frederick McCall and the McCall Industrial Park. As of the 2010 redistricting, the industria ...
and
Calgary-Montrose. The district is named after
Alfred Ernest Cross
Alfred Ernest Cross (June 26, 1861 – March 10, 1932) was a Canadian politician, rancher and brewer, known as one of the Big Four who founded the Calgary Stampede in 1912.
Early life
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(a member of
Calgary's Big Four) who entered politics in 1898, and was elected as a
Member of the Legislative Assembly
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(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
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electoral district. The west boundary was moved to
Deerfoot Trail
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claiming land that used to be in McCall,
Calgary-East
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Calgary-East has existed twice, the first incarnatio ...
and
Calgary-North Hill
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. 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
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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
Representation history
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 Ricardo Miranda. 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
1997
2001
2004
2008
2012
2015
2019
2023
Senate nominee election results
2004
''Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot''
Student vote results
2004
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.
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
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References
External links
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