Calgary-Montrose

Calgary Montrose

Alberta electoral district
2004 boundaries
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1986
District abolished	2012
First contested	1986
Last contested	2008

Calgary Montrose was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district was one of 83 in the province mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta of Alberta, Canada.

This urban district located in central east Calgary was created in the 1986 boundary redistribution from Calgary-McCall. The district elected Progressive Conservative candidates for its entire history.

The district has seen its share of controversial elections in recent years. The last representative is Manmeet Bhullar who won his first term in office in a controversial race over Independent Ron Leech in the 2008 general election. The previous representative was Hung Pham who served from 1993 to 2004.

Calgary-Montrose history

Boundary history

17 Calgary-Montrose 2003 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Calgary-McCall	Airdrie-Chestermere	Calgary-East	Calgary-Fort
riding map goes here		map in relation to other districts in Alberta goes here
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the intersection of 68 Street NE with 32 Avenue NE; then 1. east along 32 Avenue NE to the west boundary of Block 10, Plan 8411285 (Monterey Park Estates); 2. generally south, east and north along the block boundary to 32 Avenue NE; 3. east along 32 Avenue NE and its easterly extension to the east Calgary city boundary; 4. south along the east city boundary to 17 Avenue SE; 5. west along 17 Avenue SE to 52 Street SE; 6. north along 52 Street SE to 16 Avenue NE; 7. east along 16 Avenue NE to 68 Street NE; 8. north along 68 Street NE to the starting point.
Note:

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Montrose
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See: Calgary-McCall 1971-1986
21st	1986–1989	rowspan=7 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives|	Rick Orman	Progressive Conservative
22nd	1989–1993
23rd	1993–1997	Hung Pham
24th	1997–2001
25th	2001–2004
26th	2004–2008
27th	2008–present	Manmeet Bhullar

Electoral history

The electoral district was created in the 1986 boundary redistribution. The first election held that year saw Progressive Conservative candidate Rick Orman win a comfortable majority to pick up the seat for his party. He was easily re-elected in the 1989 general election with a larger majority. Orman retired from the legislature at dissolution in 1993.

The 1993 election saw Progressive Conservative candidate Hung Pham win a sizable majority to hold the seat for his party. He was re-elected three more times winning in the 1997, 2001 and 2004 general elections. He retired from the legislature in 2008 after a bitter fall out with the Progressive Conservatives.

The 2008 election saw Progressive Conservative candidate Manmeet Bhullar win a hotly contested race over Independent Ron Leech. The pair had been in a disputed nomination race before the general election.

Election results

1986 general election

1986 Alberta general election results

Turnout 37.19%

Swing

Affiliation

Candidate

Votes

%

Party

Personal

Progressive Conservative

Rick Orman

4,395

59.73%

*

NDP

Frank Gereau

2,035

27.66%

*

Liberal

Roly Thomas

710

9.65%

*

Representative

Adrian Janssens

218

2.96%

*

Total

7,358

100%

Rejected, Spoiled and Declined

12

19,816 Eligible Electors

Progressive Conservative pickup new district

Swing N/A

1989 general election

1989 Alberta general election results

Turnout 42.97%

Swing

Affiliation

Candidate

Votes

%

Party

Personal

Progressive Conservative

Rick Orman

5,044

54.62%

-5.11%

NDP

Frank Gereau

2,585

27.99%

0.33%

Liberal

Jamil Farhat

1,605

17.39%

7.74%

*

Total

9,234

100%

Rejected, Spoiled and Declined

23

21,545 Eligible Electors

Progressive Conservative hold

Swing -2.72%

1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election results

Turnout 49.28%

Swing

Affiliation

Candidate

Votes

%

Party

Personal

Progressive Conservative

Hung Pham

4,866

48.14%

-6.48%

*

Liberal

Keong Yap

2,592

25.64%

8.25%

*

NDP

Jean Munn

1,970

19.49%

-8.50%

*

Independent

Blaine Desjardine

613

6.06%

*

Natural Law

Chris Deluce

68

0.67%

*

Total

10,109

100%

Rejected, Spoiled and Declined

27

20,569 Eligible Electors

Progressive Conservative hold

Swing 7.37%

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election results

Turnout 58.70%

Swing

Affiliation

Candidate

Votes

%

Party

Personal

Progressive Conservative

Hung Pham

4,556

58.59%

10.45%

Liberal

Diane Danielson

2,576

33.19%

7.55%

*

Social Credit

Christopher Dick

536

6.91%

*

Natural Law

Neeraj Varm

94

1.21%

0.54%

*

Total

7,762

100%

Rejected, Spoiled and Declined

18

19,703 Eligible Electors

Progressive Conservative hold

Swing 9.00%

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election results

Turnout 41.62%

Swing

Affiliation

Candidate

Votes

%

Party

Personal

Progressive Conservative

Hung Pham

6,329

70.60%

12.01%

Liberal

Arthur Danielson

2,093

23.34%

-9.85%

*

NDP

Robert Scobel

543

6.06%

*

Total

8,965

100%

Rejected, Spoiled and Declined

39

21,633 Eligible Electors

Progressive Conservative hold

Swing 10.93%

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results

Turnout 29.64%

Swing

Affiliation

Candidate

Votes

%

Party

Personal

Progressive Conservative

Hung Pham

3,323

51.30%

-19.30%

Liberal

Arthur Danielson

1,691

26.10%

2.76%

Alberta Alliance

Cyril Collingwood

689

10.64%

*

NDP

Jason Nishyama

420

6.48%

0.42%

*

Greens

Kevin Colton

355

5.48%

*

Total

6,478

100%

Rejected, Spoiled and Declined

43

22,001 Eligible Electors

Progressive Conservative hold

Swing -11.03%

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Montrose					Turnout 29.39%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	2,587	15.71%	50.55%	1	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	2,198	13.35%	42.95%	2	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	2,032	12.34%	39.70%	5	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	1,712	10.40%	33.45%	6	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	1,529	9.29%	29.88%	3	Independent	Link Byfield	1,435	8.72%	28.04%	4	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	1,306	7.93%	25.52%	8	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	1,280	7.77%	25.01%	7	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	1,233	7.49%	24.09%	10	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	1,153	7.00%	22.53%	9
Total Votes			16,465	100%
Total Ballots			5,118	3.22 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			1,349

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election results			Turnout 28.30%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal	Progressive Conservative	Manmeet Bhullar	2,627	34.45%	-16.85%	*	Independent	Ron Leech	2,010	26.36%	*		Liberal	Michael Embaie	1,396	18.31%	-7.79%	*	Wildrose Alliance	Said Abdulbaki	818	10.73%	0.09%	*	NDP	Al Brown	512	6.71%	0.23%	*	Greens	Fred Clemens	262	3.44%	2.04%	*
Total			7,625	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			66
27,176 Eligible Electors							Progressive Conservative hold				Swing -21.61%

2004 Student Vote

Participating Schools
St. Martha 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
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Progressive Conservative	Hung Pham	7	35.00%	Greens	Kevin Colton	6	30.00%	Liberal	Arthur Danielson	5	25.00%	Alberta Alliance	Cyril Collingwood	1	5.00%	NDP	Jason Nishiyama	1	5.00%
Total			20	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			0

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta