Calgary-Millican

Calgary-Millican
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1970
District abolished1993
First contested1971
Last contested1989

Calgary-Millican 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 1971 to 1993.[1]

History

The Calgary-Millican electoral district was created in the 1970 electoral boundary re-distribution from part of the Calgary-East and Calgary South electoral districts.[2]

The Calgary-Millican electoral district was abolished in the 1993 electoral boundary re-distribution, where the district was split, with the south part of the riding joined Calgary Shaw and the north merged with Calgary-Forest Lawn to re-form Calgary East electoral district.

It was named after the neighbourhood of Millican, in the Ogden community.

Historically this riding covered much of the same boundaries when it was split in 1989 as Calgary-Fort.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Millican
Assembly Years Member Party
See Calgary-East electoral district from 1963-1971
and Calgary-South electoral district from 1963-1971
17th  1971–1975     Arthur J. Dixon Social Credit
18th  1975–1979     Thomas Charles Donnelly Progressive Conservative
19th  1979–1982 David J. Carter
20th  1982–1986 Gordon Shrake
21st  1986–1989
21st  1986–1989
See Calgary-East electoral district from 1993-Present

Election results

1971

1971 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Arthur J. Dixon 4,539 49.29% –
Progressive Conservative Norman Kwong 2,973 32.29% –
New Democratic Clarence Lacombe 1,543 16.76% –
Liberal Carole Walter 153 1.66% –
Total 9,208 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 104 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 15,182 61.34% –
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Millican Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1975

1975 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Thomas Charles Donnelly 4,978 57.83% 25.54%
Social Credit Arthur J. Dixon 2,114 24.56% -24.74%
New Democratic Joseph Yanchula 940 10.92% -5.84%
Liberal Jodi Mahoney 512 5.95% 4.29%
Communist Mike Daniels 43 0.50% –
Independent Roger Lavoie 21 0.24% –
Total 8,608 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 41 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 17,394 49.72% –
Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit Swing 8.13%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Millican Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1979

1979 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative David J. Carter 4,034 62.07% 4.24%
Social Credit Arthur J. Dixon 1,539 23.68% -0.88%
New Democratic Stan Johns 595 9.16% -1.76%
Liberal Bob Cox 331 5.09% -0.85%
Total 6,499 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A – –
Eligible electors / turnout 14,052 46.25% –
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 2.56%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Millican Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1982

1982 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Gordon Shrake 6,323 68.77% 6.69%
New Democratic Davis Swan 1,626 17.68% 8.53%
Western Canada Concept Garnet E. Birch 779 8.47% –
Independent Zoritza Kasparian 417 4.54% –
Communist Doris Schupp 50 0.54% –
Total 9,195 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 52 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 15,723 58.81% –
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 6.35%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Millican Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1986

1986 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Gordon Shrake 3,204 48.10% -20.66%
New Democratic David Davis Swan 2,512 37.71% 20.03%
Liberal James Jude Smith 588 8.83% –
Independent Dave Wereschuk 209 3.14% -1.40%
Representative Barry M. Bernard 148 2.22% –
Total 6,661 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 25 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 19,377 34.50% –
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -20.35%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Millican Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989

1989 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Gordon Shrake 3,840 43.05% -5.05%
New Democratic Bill Flookes 3,713 41.63% 3.92%
Liberal Dale Muti 1,366 15.32% 6.49%
Total 8,919 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 26 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 20,329 44.00% –
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -4.48%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Millican Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Election results for Calgary-Millican". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  2. ^ The Election Act, RSA 1970, c. C-117

Further reading

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