Calgary-Currie

Calgary-Currie is a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It was created in 1971 and is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.

Calgary-Currie

Alberta electoral district
Calgary-Currie within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA	Nicholas Milliken United Conservative
District created	1971
First contested	1971
Last contested	2019

The district is currently represented by Nicholas Milliken, a member of the United Conservative Party who was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election.

History

The Calgary-Currie electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution from parts of Calgary Glenmore and Calgary West.

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw the riding significantly changed. The Electoral Boundary Commission originally tried to abolish the riding but several complaints were submitted to the Commission. Instead the riding was completely redrawn with the north boundary pushed up to the Bow River from 17 Avenue SW into land that was part of Calgary-Bow and Calgary-Buffalo. The east boundary which had gone as far as 1 Street SE was moved west to 14 Street SW losing land to Buffalo and Calgary-Elbow. The south boundary was significantly revised with Elbow causing the riding to gain and lose land with that constituency in a few different places and finally the west boundary was straightened out to run along Sarcee Trail causing the riding to gain land from Calgary-West.

Boundary history

5 Calgary-Currie 2003 Boundaries[1]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Calgary-Buffalo, Calgary-Bow	Calgary-Elbow	Calgary-West	Calgary-Elbow
riding map goes here
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the intersection of Sarcee Trail SW with the westerly extension of 17 Avenue SW; then 1. east along the extension, 17 Avenue SW and 17 Avenue SE to 1 Street SE; 2. south along 1 Street SE to the left bank of the Elbow River; 3. southwest along the left bank of the Elbow River to the easterly extension of 29 Avenue SW; 4. west along the extension and 29 Avenue SW to 7 Street SW; 5. south along 7 Street SW to 30 Avenue SW; 6. west along 30 Avenue SW to Premier Way SW; 7. southwest along Premier Way SW to 10 Street SW; 8. south along 10 Street SW to Council Way SW; 9. west along Council Way SW to 14 Street SW; 10. south along 14 Street SW to 38 Avenue SW; 11. east along 38 Avenue SW to the northwest extension of the westerly boundary of Block 4, Plan 8035 AG; 12. southeast along the extension and the westerly block boundary and its southeast extension to the left bank of the Elbow River; 13. generally south and southeast along the left bank of the Elbow River to the east extension of 50 Avenue SW; 14. west along the extension and 50 Avenue SW to Crowchild Trail SW; 15. north along Crowchild Trail SW to Richmond Road SW; 16. southwest along Richmond Road SW to 37 Street SW; 17. north along 37 Street SW to 26 Avenue SW; 18. west along 26 Avenue SW to 40 Street SW; 19. south along 40 Street SW to 28 Avenue SW ; 20. west along 28 Avenue SW to 43 Street SW; 21. north along 43 Street SW to 26 Avenue SW; 22. west along 26 Avenue SW and its westerly extension
Note:

7 Calgary-Currie 2010 Boundaries[2]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Calgary-Mountain View and Calgary-Varsity	Calgary-Buffalo	Calgary-Bow and Calgary-West	Calgary-Elbow
Note: Boundary descriptions were not used in the 2010 redistribution

Electoral history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Currie[3]
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Calgary Glenmore 1959-1971 and Calgary West 1959-1971
17th	1971-1975		Fred Peacock	Progressive Conservative
18th	1975-1979
19th	1979-1982		Dennis Anderson
20th	1982-1986
21st	1986-1989
22nd	1989-1993		Jocelyn Burgener
23rd	1993-1997
24th	1997-2001
25th	2001-2004		Jon Lord
26th	2004-2008		Dave Taylor	Liberal
27th	2008-2010
	2010-2011			Independent
	2011-2012			Alberta Party
28th	2012–2015		Christine Cusanelli	Progressive Conservative
29th	2015–2019		Brian Malkinson	New Democratic
30th	2019-present		Nicholas Milliken	United Conservative

The Calgary-Currie electoral district was created in the boundary redistribution of 1971. The electoral district was named after the former Currie Army Barracks which used to exist in Southwest Calgary. The district replaced large portions of Calgary West and Calgary Glenmore.

The first general election in 1971 saw Progressive Conservative candidate Fred Peacock win a tight race over incumbent Social Credit member Frederick Colborne who had previously represented Calgary Centre. His old electoral district was abolished and he decided to run in Currie instead of Calgary-Buffalo.

During his first term Peacock served as a cabinet minister in the Lougheed government. He was re-elected for a second term in 1975 before he retired from provincial politics in 1979.

The second MLA to represent the district was Dennis Anderson. He won a large majority in the 1979 election. He was re-elected in 1982 with the highest popular vote in the districts history. He was also easily re-elected in 1986 and again in 1989 before retiring in 1993.

The third MLA was Progressive Conservative candidate Jocelyn Burgener who won a hotly contested election in 1993 against Mark Waters son of Senator Stan Waters and leader of the Alberta Political Alliance. She was re-elected in 1997 before retiring in 2001.

Former Calgary Alderman Jon Lord became the fourth representative for the district. He was elected with a large majority in the 2001 election. Lord ran for a second term but was defeated by Liberal candidate Dave Taylor, who was a talk radio host in Calgary prior to running for office.

Taylor was re-elected to his second term in 2008. After the election he ran for leadership of the Liberal party but was defeated by David Swann. He left the Liberal caucus on April 11, 2010 to sit as an independent. On January 24, 2011, Taylor joined the Alberta Party.

Legislature results

1971 general election

1971 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Fred H. Peacock	5,255	49.00%	–
	Social Credit	Frederick C. Colborne	4,679	43.63%	–
	New Democratic	Margaret I. Jackson	791	7.38%	–
Total			10,725	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			48	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			14,475	74.42%	–
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Currie Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1975 general election

1975 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Fred H. Peacock	6,068	73.06%	24.06%
	Social Credit	Edwin Ens	939	11.31%	-32.32%
	New Democratic	Hiram Coulter	713	8.58%	1.21%
	Liberal	Ron Chahal	586	7.06%	–
Total			8,306	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			23	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			14,574	57.15%	-17.28%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		28.19%
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Currie Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1979 general election

1979 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dennis L. Anderson	6,885	59.67%	-13.38%
	Social Credit	Charles S. Dunkley	2,822	24.46%	13.15%
	New Democratic	Glenn Miller	1,042	9.03%	0.45%
	Liberal	Jerry Arshinoff	789	6.84%	-0.22%
Total			11,538	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			20	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			19,309	59.86%	2.71%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-13.27%
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Currie Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1982 general election

1982 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dennis L. Anderson	9,701	75.66%	15.99%
	New Democratic	Glenn Miller	1,417	11.05%	2.02%
	Western Canada Concept	Darwin M. Sorenson	1,018	7.94%	–
	Liberal	Rork Hilford	686	5.35%	-1.49%
Total			12,822	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			25	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			19,805	64.87%	5.01%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		14.70%
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Currie Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1986 general election

1986 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dennis L. Anderson	5,483	59.61%	-16.05%
	Liberal	Rork Hilford	1,842	20.03%	14.68%
	New Democratic	Glenn Miller	1,654	17.98%	6.93%
	Independent	Peter Grizans	219	2.38%	–
Total			9,198	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			14	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			19,578	47.05%	-17.81%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-12.51%
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Currie Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989 general election

1989 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dennis L. Anderson	5,072	49.62%	-9.99%
	Liberal	Mairi Matheson	3,434	33.59%	13.57%
	New Democratic	Bruce McGuigan	1,716	16.79%	-1.19%
Total			10,222	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			34	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			19,824	51.74%	4.68%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-11.78%
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Currie Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jocelyn Burgener	6,699	47.87%	-1.75%
	Liberal	Mairi Matheson	4,670	33.37%	-0.23%
	New Democratic	Ilona Boyce	1,426	10.19%	-6.60%
	Alberta Alliance	Mark Waters	1,200	8.57%	–
Total			13,995	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			44	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			24,327	57.71%	5.97%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-0.76%
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Currie Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jocelyn Burgener	5,952	54.02%	6.15%
	Liberal	Mairi Matheson	3,636	33.00%	-0.37%
	New Democratic	Liz Blackwood	712	6.46%	-3.73%
	Social Credit	Jeff Townsend	610	5.54%	–
	Natural Law	Richard Shelford	109	0.99%	–
Total			11,019	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			39	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			22,464	49.23%	-8.48%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		3.26%
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Currie Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jon Lord	6,922	62.15%	8.14%
	Liberal	Pat Murray	2,667	23.95%	-9.05%
	New Democratic	Garth Mundle	1,114	10.00%	3.54%
	Independent	J. Bruce Miller	434	3.90%	–
Total			11,137	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			72	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			23,220	48.27%	-0.95%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		8.59%
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Currie Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dave Taylor	5,046	45.51%	21.57%
	Progressive Conservative	Jon Lord	4,412	39.79%	-22.36%
	Green	Kim Warnke	813	7.33%	–
	New Democratic	Robert Scobel	468	4.22%	-5.78%
	Alberta Alliance	Ken Mazeroll	348	3.14%	–
Total			11,087	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			58	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			24,603	45.30%	-2.97%
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		-16.24%
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Currie Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 15, 2010.

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dave Taylor	5,564	45.56%	0.05%
	Progressive Conservative	Arthur Kent	4,552	37.27%	-2.52%
	Green	Graham Mackenzie	896	7.34%	0.01%
	Wildrose	Kenneth J.P. Mazeroll	670	5.49%	2.34%
	New Democratic	Marc Power	531	4.35%	0.13%
Total			12,213	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			63	9	2
Eligible electors / Turnout			31,842	38.56%	-6.74%
	Liberal hold		Swing		1.28%
Source(s) Source: "05 - Calgary-Currie, 2008 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2012 general election

2012 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Christine Cusanelli	7,394	44.96%	7.69%
	Wildrose	Corrie Adolph	4,750	28.89%	23.40%
	Liberal	Norval Horner	2,646	16.09%	-29.47%
	New Democratic	Robert Scobel	896	5.45%	1.10%
	Alberta Party	Norm Kelly	534	3.25%	–
	Evergreen	Dean N. Halstead	224	1.36%	-5.64%
Total			16,444	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			127	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			30,415	54.48%	15.92%
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		3.90%
Source(s) Source: "07 - Calgary-Currie, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2015 general election

2015 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Brian Malkinson	7,387	39.82%	34.37%
	Progressive Conservative	Christine Cusanelli	4,577	24.67%	-20.29%
	Wildrose	Terry Devries	3,769	20.31%	-8.57%
	Liberal	Shelley Wark-Martyn	1,441	7.77%	-8.32%
	Alberta Party	Tony Norman	1,006	5.42%	2.17%
	Green	Nelson Berlin	373	2.01%	0.65%
Total			18,553	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			82	48	7
Eligible electors / Turnout			37,342	49.92%	-4.56%
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		-0.47%
Source(s) Source: "07 - Calgary-Currie, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2019 general election

2019 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Conservative	Nicholas Milliken	9,960	43.70%	-1.28%
	New Democratic	Brian Malkinson	9,769	42.86%	3.05%
	Alberta Party	Lindsay Luhnau	2,512	11.02%	5.60%
	Liberal	Joshua Codd	491	2.15%	-5.61%
	Pro-Life	Lucas C. Hernandez	60	0.26%	–
Total			22,792	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			284	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			34,857	66.20%	16.28%
	United Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		-7.15%
Source(s) Source: "06 - Calgary-Currie, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Currie[4]					Turnout 45.35%
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	3,813	15.73%	45.50%	1
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	3,628	14.97%	43.29%	5
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	3,159	13.03%	37.70%	2
	Independent	Link Byfield	3,061	12.63%	36.53%	4
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	2,653	10.95%	31.66%	9
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	2,161	8.92%	25.79%	6
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	1,960	8.09%	23.39%	3
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	1,420	5.86%	16.95%	8
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	1,280	5.28%	15.28%	7
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	1,105	4.54%	13.19%	10
Total Votes			24,240	100%
Total Ballots			8,380	2.89 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			2,778
24,603 Eligible Electors

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

Student Vote results

2004 election

Participating Schools[5]
Alternative High School
Crescent Heights High School
Dr. Oakley School
St. Marys High School
Western Canada High School
Westmount Charter 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 then where they were physically located.

2004 Alberta Student Vote results[6]
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Dave Taylor	266	32.96%
	Progressive Conservative	Jon Lord	203	25.16%
	Green	Kim Warnke	173	21.44%
	New Democratic	Robert Scobel	109	13.51%
	Alberta Alliance	Ken Mazeroll	56	6.93%
Total			807	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			37

See also

• Alberta provincial electoral districts

References

1. "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. pp. 7–8.
2. "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010.
3. "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
4. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
5. "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
6. "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

Further reading

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

External links

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta