Calgary-Currie
Provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada
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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.
 Alberta electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Calgary-Currie within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
| MLA |
New Democratic | ||
| District created | 1971 | ||
| First contested | 1971 | ||
| Last contested | 2023 | ||
The district is currently represented by Janet Eremenko, a member of the Alberta New Democratic Party (NDP) who was elected in the 2023 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 |
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| Note: Boundary descriptions were not used in the 2010 redistribution | |||
Electoral history
| Calgary-Currie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Calgary-Glenmore, Calgary Victoria Park and Calgary-West | ||||
| 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 | 2019–2023 | Nicholas Milliken | United Conservative | |
| 31st | 2023–Present | Janet Eremenko | New Democratic | |
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.
Legislative election results
2023
| 2023 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Janet Eremenko | 12,261 | 54.81 | +11.94 | ||||
| United Conservative | Nicholas Milliken | 9,181 | 41.04 | -2.66 | ||||
| Alberta Party | Jason Avramenko | 409 | 1.83 | -9.19 | ||||
| Green | Lane Robson | 222 | 0.99 | – | ||||
| Liberal | Leila Keith | 216 | 0.97 | -1.19 | ||||
| Solidarity Movement | Dawid Pawlowski | 83 | 0.37 | – | ||||
| Total | 22,372 | 99.12 | – | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 198 | 0.88 | ||||||
| Turnout | 22,570 | 62.39 | ||||||
| Eligible electors | 36,178 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from United Conservative | Swing | +7.30 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[3] | ||||||||
2019
| 2019 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| United Conservative | Nicholas Milliken | 9,960 | 43.70 | -0.09 | $74,793 | |||
| New Democratic | Brian Malkinson | 9,769 | 42.86 | +3.60 | $60,594 | |||
| Alberta Party | Lindsay Luhnau | 2,512 | 11.02 | +3.47 | $14,604 | |||
| Liberal | Joshua Codd | 491 | 2.15 | -5.27 | $8,132 | |||
| Pro-Life | Lucas C. Hernandez | 60 | 0.26 | +0.25 [n 1] | $500 | |||
| Total | 22,792 | 98.77 | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 284 | 1.23 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 23,076 | 66.20 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 34,857 | |||||||
| United Conservative notional hold | Swing | -1.84 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[4][5][6] Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000. | ||||||||
- Change from the Alberta Social Credit Party, who rebranded to the Pro-Life Alberta Political Association in 2017.
2015
| 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. | ||||||||
| 2015 Alberta general election redistributed results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | ||||
| New Democratic | 7,104 | 39.27 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | 4,342 | 24.00 | ||||
| Wildrose | 3,580 | 19.79 | ||||
| Alberta Party | 1,367 | 7.56 | ||||
| Liberal | 1,344 | 7.43 | ||||
| Green | 352 | 1.95 | ||||
| Social Credit | 3 | 0.02 | ||||
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder | ||||||
2012
| 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. | ||||||||
2008
| 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. | ||||||||
2004
| 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. | ||||||||
2001
| 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. | ||||||||
1997
| 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. | ||||||||
1993
| 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% | ||||
| 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. | ||||||||
1989
| 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. | ||||||||
1986
| 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. | ||||||||
1982
| 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. | ||||||||
1979
| 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. | ||||||||
1975
| 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. | ||||||||
1971
| 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. | ||||||||
Senate nominee election results
2004
| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Currie[7] | 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 four candidates on the ballot
Student vote results
2004
| Participating schools[8] |
|---|
| 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[9] | ||||
| 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 | |||