Calgary-Hays

Calgary-Hays

Alberta electoral district
2010 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA	Ric McIver Progressive Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2015

Calgary-Hays is a provincial electoral district mandated to return one member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada using the first past the post method of voting.

The riding was formed in 2004, carved out of the Calgary-Shaw electoral district. The district is named after former Calgary mayor and Canadian Senator Harry Hays who represented the electoral district of Calgary South as a Member of Parliament.

In its present boundaries the electoral district covers the deep south east corner of Calgary and includes the neighbourhoods of McKenzie Lake, McKenzie Towne, Quarry Park, Douglas Glen, and Douglasdale.

History

The electoral district was created in the 2003 boundary redistribution from Calgary-Shaw. The 2010 boundary redistribution split the riding in half to form most of Calgary-South East due to significant growth of new communities in the south east quadrant of Calgary.

Boundary history

13 Calgary-Hays 2003 Boundaries[1]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Calgary-Fort, Calgary-Egmont	Airdrie-Chestermere	Calgary-Egmont, Calgary-Fish Creek, Calgary-Shaw, Highwood	Highwood
riding map goes here
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the intersection of Barlow Trail SE with Glenmore Trail SE; then 1. east along Glenmore Trail SE to the Calgary city boundary; 2. generally south and west along the city boundary to the right bank of the Bow River; 3. north along the right bank of the Bow River to the north boundary of Sec. 13, Twp. 23, Rge. 1 W5; 4. east along the north boundary of Sec. 13 and the north boundary of Sec. 16 in Twp. 23, Rge. 29 W4 to Barlow Trail SE; 5. north along Barlow Trail SE to the starting point.
Note: New District

16 Calgary-Hays 2010 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Calgary-Fort	Calgary-Fort and Calgary-South East	Calgary-Fish Creek and Calgary-Shaw	Calgary-South East
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.
Note:

Electoral history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Hays[2]
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Calgary-Shaw 1993-2004
26th	2004-2008		Arthur Johnston	Progressive Conservative
27th	2008-2012
28th	2012–2015	Ric McIver
29th	2015–present

The electoral district was created in the boundary redistribution of 2004 out of Calgary-Shaw after that electoral district became one of the most populated electoral districts in Alberta.

The first election held in the district in 2004 saw Progressive Conservative candidate Arthur Johnston win the election with a landslide majority taking nearly 64% of the popular vote while the second place candidate trailed far behind with just 22%.

Johnston stood for re-election in the 2008 provincial election. He won a higher popular vote but his percentage of victory dropped as the Liberal and Wildrose Alliance candidates made gains. However Johnston held the district with almost 55% of the popular vote.

Johnston announced his retirement as incumbent after being defeated twice for the Progressive Conservative nomination in Calgary-Hays and in the new electoral district of Calgary-South East.

In 2012, PC Candidate Ric McIver defeated Wayne Anderson, contender for the Wild Rose Party, to become the second representative for the Hays district since its creation.

Legislature results

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results[3]			Turnout 34.88%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Arthur Johnston	5,523	63.78%
	Liberal	Sharon Howe	1,926	22.24%	*
	Alberta Alliance	Robert Wawrzynowski	534	6.17%
	Green	Bernie Amell	378	4.37%	*
	New Democratic	Rachell Wienfeld	298	3.44%
Total			8,659
Rejected, spoiled and declined			39
Eligible electors / Turnout			24,936	%

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election results[4]			Turnout 33.65%		Swing
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Arthur Johnston	6,968	54.23%	-9.55%
	Liberal	Bill Kurtze	3,586	27.91%	5.67%
	Wildrose Alliance	Devin Cassidy	1,366	10.63%	4.46%
	Green	Keeley Bruce	564	4.39%	0.02%	*
	New Democratic	Tyler Kinch	366	2.84%	0.60%
Total			12,850	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			30
38,266 Eligible Electors
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-7.61%

2012 general election

Alberta general election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Ric McIver	8,621	55.09	+0.86
	Wildrose	Wayne Anderson	5,670	36.23	+25.60
	Liberal	Brian MacPhee	898	5.74	-22.17
	New Democratic	Regina Vergara	461	2.95	+0.10
Total			15,650
Rejected, spoiled and declined
Eligible electors / Turnout				%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-12.37

2015 general election

Alberta general election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Ric McIver	6,671	38.2
	New Democratic	Carla Drader	5,143	29.5
	Wildrose	Bob Mailloux	4,562	26.2
	Liberal	Shawn Emran	723	4.1
	Green	Graham MacKenzie	249	1.4
	Social Credit	Zachary Doyle	93	0.5
Total valid votes

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Hays[5]					Turnout 34.85%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	4,329	17.89%	57.24%	1
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	3,672	15.17%	48.55%	2
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	3,640	15.04%	48.13%	5
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	2,849	11.77%	37.67%	6
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	2,619	10.82%	34.63%	3
	Independent	Link Byfield	1,796	7.42%	23.75%	4
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	1,449	5.99%	19.16%	8
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	1,354	5.59%	17.90%	7
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	1,253	5.18%	16.57%	9
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	1,243	5.13%	16.44%	10
Total Votes			24,204	100%
Total Ballots			7,563	3.20 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			1,127
24,936 Eligible Electors

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

Student vote results

2012 election

2012 Alberta Student Vote results
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Ric McIver		%
	Wildrose	Wayne Anderson
	Liberal	Brian MacPhee		%
	NDP			%
Total			'	100%

References

1. "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 11.
2. "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
3. "Calgary-Hays Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 2, 2010.
4. The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. pp. 218–220.
5. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.

External links

• Electoral Divisions Act 2003
• Riding Map for Calgary Hays
• Calgary Hays Demographics
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta