| Foothills-Rocky View | |
| Province: | Alberta |
| Prov-Status: | defunct |
| Prov-Created: | 2004 |
| Prov-Abolished: | 2012 |
| Prov-Election-First: | 2004 |
| Prov-Election-Last: | 2008 |
Foothills-Rocky View was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from under the first-past-the-post voting system 2004 to 2012.
The Foothills-Rocky View electoral district was located on the western rural edge of Calgary in southern Alberta. It was created in the 2003 electoral boundary re-distribution from the eastern portion of the electoral district of Banff-Cochrane and the western portion of the old electoral district of Airdrie-Rocky View which comprises the northern portion of the riding.[1] The district is named after the Foothills of Southern Alberta and Rocky View County. The riding included part of the town of Cochrane, Bragg Creek and the Springbank area.
The Foothills-Rocky View electoral district was dissolved in the 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution, and portions of the district would incorporate the Airdrie, Banff-Cochrane and Chestermere-Rocky View electoral districts for the 2012 Alberta general election.[2]
The district and its antecedents have been favorable to electing Progressive Conservative candidates in recent decades.
| 53 Foothills-Rocky View 2003 boundaries[3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bordering districts | ||||
| North | East | West | South | |
| Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills | Airdrie-Chestermere, Calgary-Bow, Calgary-Elbow, Calgary-Glenmore, Calgary-Foothills, Calgary-Lougheed, Calgary-Mackay, Calgary-North West, Calgary-Shaw, Calgary-West, Highwood | Banff-Cochrane | Highwood | |
| riding map goes here | ||||
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. | ||||
| Starting at the intersection of the east boundary of Rge. 6 W5 and the north boundary of Twp. 28; then 1. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 3 in Twp. 29, Rge. 2 W5; 2. north along the east boundary of Secs. 3 and 10 to the north boundary of Sec. 11 in the Twp.; 3. east along the north boundary of Secs. 11 and 12 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 7, 8 and 9 in Twp. 29, Rge. 1 W5 to the east boundary of Sec. 16 in the Twp.; 4. north along the east boundary of Sec. 16 to the north boundary of Sec. 15 in the Twp.; 5. east along the north boundary of Secs. 15 and 14 in the Twp. to its intersection with the centre line of Highway 2; 6. south along Highway 2 to the north boundary of Sec. 24 in Twp. 27, Rge. 1 W5; 7. west along the north boundary of Secs. 24, 23 and 22 to the east boundary of Sec. 21; 8. south along the east boundary of Secs. 21, 16, 9 and 4 in the Twp. and Secs. 33, 28, 21 and 16 in Twp. 26, Rge. 1 W5 to the north boundary of Sec. 10 in the Twp.; 9. east along the north boundary of Secs. 10, 11 and 12 (Highway 566) to the centre line of Highway 2; 10. south along the centre line of Highway 2 to the north Calgary city boundary; 11. west, south and east along the Calgary city boundary to the intersection with the centre line of Highway 2; 12. south along Highway 2 to the intersection with Highway 2A; 13. south along Highway 2A to the north boundary of Sec. 5 in Twp. 21, Rge. 29 W4; 14. west along the north boundary of Sec. 5 in Twp. 21, Rge. 29 W4 and the north boundary of Sec. 1 in Twp. 21, Rge. 1 W5 to the east boundary of Sec. 2 in Twp. 21, Rge. 1 W5; 15. south along the east boundary of Sec. 2 in Twp. 21, Rge. 1 W5 and Secs. 35, 26 and 23 in Twp. 20, Rge. 1 W5 to Highway 7; 16. west and south along Highway 7 to the north boundary of Sec. 9 in Twp. 20, Rge. 2 W5; 17. south along the east boundary of Sec. 9 and 4 in the Twp. and Secs. 33 and 28 in Twp. 19 to the north boundary of Sec. 21 in Twp. 19, Rge. 2 W5; 18. west along Secs. 21, 20 and 19 in the Twp. and Sec. 24 in Twp. 19, Rge. 3 W5 to the east boundary of Sec. 26 in Twp. 19, Rge. 3 W5; 19. north along the east boundary of Secs. 26 and 35 to the north boundary of Twp. 19, Rge. 3 W5; 20. west along the north boundary of Twp. 19 to Highway 546; 21. in a southwesterly direction along Highway 546 to the east boundary of the Rocky Mountain Forest Reserve (at north boundary of Sec. 26, Twp. 19, Rge. 4 W5); 22. north along the Rocky Mountain Forest Reserve to the north boundary of Twp. 23, Rge. 6 W5; 23. north along the east boundary of Rge. 6 to the south boundary of the Stoney Indian Reserve No. 42, 143 and 144; 24. generally in an easterly direction along the boundary of the Stoney Indian Reserve to the west boundary of the Town of Cochrane; 25. in a southeasterly and northerly direction along the Cochrane town boundary to the north Cochrane boundary (at the north boundary of Sec. 1, Twp. 26, Rge. 4 W5); 26. north along the east boundary of Sec. 12 to the north boundary of Sec. 12; 27. west along the north boundary of Secs. 12, 11, 10 and 9 to the east boundary of Sec. 8; 28. south along the east boundary of Sec. 8 to the north boundary of the Stoney Indian Reserve No. 142, 143 and 144; 29. in a westerly direction along the Stoney Indian Reserve boundary to the east shore of Ghost Lake Reservoir at the north boundary of Sec. 12 in Twp. 26, Rge. 6 W5; 30. west along the north boundary of Sec. 12 to the northwest shore of the Ghost Lake Reservoir; 31. in a northerly direction along the west shore of the Ghost Lake Reservoir to the east boundary of Sec. 23; 32. north along the east boundary of Secs. 23, 26 and 35 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 2 and 11 in Twp. 27, Rge. 6 W5 to the south boundary of the Stoney Indian Reserve 142B; 33. east along the south boundary of the Stoney Indian Reserve 142B to the east boundary of Rge. 6 W5; 34. north along the east boundary of Rge. 6 to the north boundary of Twp. 28, the starting point. | ||||
| Note: | ||||
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Foothills-Rocky View[4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Banff-Cochrane 1979-2001 and Airdrie-Rocky View 1993-2001 | ||||
| 26th | 2004–2008 | Ted Morton | Progressive Conservative | |
| 27th | 2008–2012 | |||
| See Airdrie, Banff-Cochrane and Chestermere-Rocky View 2012-2019 | ||||
The electoral district was created in the 2004 boundary redistribution. In the election held that year Progressive Conservative candidate Ted Morton who chose not to run for another term of senator-in-waiting in the 2004 Senate nominee election decided to run for seat to the legislature instead.
Morton defeated four other candidates with 60% of the vote to pick up the new district for the Progressive Conservatives. After the election Morton began his race to succeed Ralph Klein in the 2006 Progressive Conservative leadership race. Morton lost but was appointed to cabinet by new Premier Ed Stelmach in 2006.
Morton ran for a second term in the 2008 general election. He slightly increased his popular vote and returned to power with a big majority. In 2010 he was shuffled to the Minister of Finance portfolio.
| 2004 Senate nominee election results Foothills-Rocky View[5] | Turnout 50.42% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % votes | % ballots | Rank | Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 5,787 | 19.76% | 61.15% | 1 | Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 4,283 | 14.62% | 45.26% | 5 | Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 3,987 | 13.61% | 42.13% | 2 | Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 2,942 | 10.04% | 31.09% | 6 | Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 2,882 | 9.84% | 30.45% | 3 | Independent | Link Byfield | 2,819 | 9.62% | 29.79% | 4 | Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,597 | 5.45% | 16.88% | 9 | |
| Total votes | 29,291 | 100% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total ballots | 9,464 | 3.10 votes per ballot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 1,839 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Participating schools[6] | |
|---|---|
| Millarville Community School | |
| Springbank Community High School | |
| Springbank Middle School | |
| Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School | |
| W G Murdoch School |
| 2004 Alberta student vote results[7] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Progressive Conservative | Ted Morton | 571 | 42.42% | Shelley Willson | 377 | 28.01% | Liberal | Herb Coburn | 219 | 16.27% | NDP | Roland Schmidt | 82 | 6.09% | |
| Total | 1,346 | 100% | |||||||||||||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||