Calgary-Nose Hill 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.
Calgary-Nose Hill history The Calgary-Nose Hill electoral district was created in the 2003 electoral boundary re-distribution from portions of Calgary-Foothills, Calgary-North Hill and Calgary-Nose Creek electoral districts. The riding was named after Nose Hill Park in Calgary.
The Calgary-Nose Hill electoral district would be dissolved in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution and would be re-distributed into the Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill electoral district.
Boundary history 21 Calgary-Nose Hill 2003 boundariesBordering districtsNorthEastWestSouthCalgary-MackayCalgary-McCallCalgary-FoothillsCalgary-North Hill, Calgary-Varsityriding map goes heremap in relation to other districts in Alberta goes hereLegal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions ActStarting at the intersection of Shaganappi Trail NW with the westerly extension of Utility Right of Way (UR/W) 9011734 (lying along the north boundary of Nose Hill Park); then 1. southeast along UR/W 9011734 to MacEwan Park View NW; 2. east along MacEwan Park View NW to MacEwan Glen Drive NW; 3. east along MacEwan Glen Drive NW and Berkshire Boulevard NW to Beddington Trail NW; 4. southeast along Beddington Trail NW and Beddington Trail NE to Deerfoot Trail NE; 5. south along Deerfoot Trail NE to McKnight Boulevard NE; 6. west along McKnight Boulevard NE, McKnight Boulevard NW and 48 Avenue NW to North Haven Drive NW; 7. north and northwest along North Haven Drive to 14 Street NW; 8. south along 14 Street NW to John Laurie Boulevard NW; 9. northwest along John Laurie Boulevard NW to Shaganappi Trail NW; 10. north along Shaganappi Trail NW to the starting point.Note:
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Nose HillAssemblyYearsMemberPartySee Calgary-Foothills, 1971–2004, Calgary-North Hill 1971-2004and Calgary-Nose Creek 1993-200426th2004–2008Neil BrownProgressive Conservative27th2008–2012See Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill electoral district from 2012-2019
Electoral history The electoral district was created from parts of three different riding's in the 2004 boundary redistribution. The first election held in 2004 saw Progressive Conservative candidate Neil Brown pick up the district with under half (47%) of the popular vote. He defeated a field of four other candidates.
Brown stood for re-election against four other candidates in the 2008 general election. He was returned to power with a slight increase in his popular vote but still won under 50%.
Legislative election results
2004
2008
Senate nominee election results
2004 2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Nose HillTurnout 39.74% AffiliationCandidateVotes% votes% ballotsRankProgressive ConservativeBert Brown4,14417.47%51.88%1Progressive ConservativeJim Silye3,13813.23%39.29%5Progressive ConservativeBetty Unger2,94112.40%36.82%2IndependentLink Byfield2,39010.08%29.92%4Progressive ConservativeCliff Breitkreuz2,1519.07%26.93%3Progressive ConservativeDavid Usherwood2,0138.49%25.20%6IndependentTom Sindlinger1,7617.43%22.05%9Total votes23,715100%Total ballots7,9872.97 votes per ballotRejected, spoiled and declined1,381 Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot.
2004 student vote results Participating schoolsJohn G. Diefenbaker High SchoolSir John A Macdonald Junior High SchoolSt. Hubert 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 had 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 who resided 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 AffiliationCandidateVotes%Progressive ConservativeNeil Brown13327.65%LiberalLen Borowski10722.25%NDPDick Huysman9219.13%John Johnson6613.72%Social CreditRaymond Hurst234.78%Total481100%Rejected, spoiled and declined4
See also List of Alberta provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
References
Further reading
External links Elections Alberta The Legislative Assembly of Alberta Electoral Divisions Act, SA 2003, c E-4.1 on CanLII