Calgary-Mackay Explained

Calgary-Mackay 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 2004 to 2012.^[1]

History

The Calgary-MacKay electoral district was created in the 2003 electoral boundary re-distribution from the Calgary-Nose Creek electoral district.^[2]

The Calgary-MacKay electoral district would be dissolved in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution and would be re-distributed into the Calgary-Northern Hills and Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill electoral districts.^[3]

Boundary history

15 Calgary-Mackay 2003 boundaries[4]
Bordering districts
North	East	West	South
Foothills-Rocky View	Calgary-McCall, Airdrie-Chestermere	Calgary-Foothills	Calgary-Nose Hill
riding map goes here	map in relation to other districts in Alberta goes here
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the intersection of the north Calgary city boundary with Simons Valley Road NW; then 1. east along the city boundary to Deerfoot Trail NE; 2. generally south and southwest along Deerfoot Trail NE to Beddington Trail NE; 3. generally northwest along Beddington Trail NE and Beddington Trail NW to Berkshire Boulevard NW; 4. southwest along Berkshire Boulevard NW to MacEwan Glen Drive NW; 5. in a generally westerly direction along MacEwan Glen Drive NW to MacEwan Park View NW; 6. west along MacEwan Park View NW and its westerly extension to Utility Right of Way (UR/W) 9011734 (lying along the north boundary of Nose Hill Park); 7. west along the UR/W 9011734 and its westerly extension to Shaganappi Trail NW; 8. north along Shaganappi Trail NW to Country Hills Boulevard NW; 9. east along Country Hills Boulevard NW to Beddington Trail NW; 10. northwest along Beddington Trail NW and Simons Valley Road NW to the starting point.
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Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Legislative election results

2008

Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results Calgary-Mackay[5]					Turnout 36.10%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	% votes	% ballots	Rank	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	4,367	16.55%	50.71%	1	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	3,766	14.26%	43.74%	2	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	3,690	13.97%	42.85%	5	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	2,886	10.93%	33.51%	6	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	2,644	10.01%	30.71%	3	Independent	Link Byfield	2,191	8.30%	25.44%	4	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	1,613	6.09%	18.73%	9
Total votes			26,410	100%
Total ballots			8,611	3.07 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined			1,449
align=center colspan=7	27,886 eligible electors

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot.

2004 student vote results

Participating schools[6]
Brentwood Elementary
Monseignor N. Anderson 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 than where they were physically located.

2004 Alberta student vote results[7]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Progressive Conservative	Gary Mar	18	58.07%	Liberal	Darryl Hawkins	7	12.90%	Independent	Paul Martin	2	6.45%	NDP	Giorgio Cattabeni	0	0.00%
Total			31
Rejected, spoiled and declined			0

See also

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts

Further reading

• Book: Office of the Chief Electoral Officer . Legislative Assembly Office . Legislative Assembly of Alberta . Elections Alberta . A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005 . 2006 . Legislative Assembly of Alberta . The Centennial Series . Edmonton, AB . 0-9689217-8-7 . 25 May 2020.

External links

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta
• Electoral Divisions Act, SA 2003, c E-4.1 on CanLII

Notes and References

1. Web site: Election results for Calgary-Mackay. . abheritage.ca. . Heritage Community Foundation . 8 June 2020 . https://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208183724/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/year_result.php?Constit=Calgary-Mackay . December 8, 2010 . Wayback Machine.
2. Web site: Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta . February 2003 . May 29, 2020 . Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission . Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
3. Web site: Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta . 978-0-9865367-1-7 . June 2010 . May 29, 2020 . Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission . Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
4. Electoral Divisions Act. S.A.. 2003. E-4.1. http://canlii.ca/t/53m7s.
5. Web site: Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results . Elections Alberta . February 28, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090704143923/http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Reports/SN_snetabulation.pdf . July 4, 2009 .
6. Web site: School by School results . Student Vote Canada . 2008-04-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071005211819/http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Schools.htm . October 5, 2007 .
7. Web site: Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates . Student Vote Canada . 2008-04-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071006095842/http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Candidate.htm . October 6, 2007 .