Calgary-Foothills (electoral district)

Calgary-Foothills
Alberta electoral district
Calgary-Foothills within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Court Ellingson
New Democratic
District created1971
First contested1971
Last contested2023
Demographics
Population (2011)43,015[1]
Census division(s)Division No. 6, Alberta
Census subdivision(s)Calgary

Calgary-Foothills is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the northwest corner of Calgary. It elected six consecutive Progressive Conservative MLAs from its creation in 1971 until ousted Premier Jim Prentice disclaimed his winning seat on the 2015 general election night, later electing a member of the Wildrose in the following by-election.[2]

The riding contains the neighbourhoods of Edgemont, Hidden Valley, Hamptons and the Symons Valley neighbourhoods of Sage Hill, Nolan Hill, Sherwood and Kincora.

History

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The electoral district of Calgary-Foothills was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution from most of the area that comprised the old electoral district of Calgary Bowness.

The 2010 boundary redistribution saw only minor revisions made to the electoral district. The district's northern boundary was moved northward, adding a rural portion of Foothills-Rocky View riding, where the city of Calgary annexed new land. The district lost the neighbourhood of Citadel which was moved into the new riding of Calgary-Hawkwood.

From 1993 to 2004, the riding included the neighbourhoods of Hamptons, Hidden Valley, Edgermont, MacEwan, Dalhousie and Brentwood as well as Nose Hill Park.

Boundary history

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Representation history

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Calgary-Foothills
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Calgary Bowness
17th  1971–1973     Len Werry Progressive Conservative
 1973–1975 Stewart McCrae
18th  1975–1979
19th  1979–1982
20th  1982–1986 Janet Koper
21st  1986–1989
22nd  1989–1993 Pat Nelson
23rd  1993–1997
24th  1997–2001
25th  2001–2004
26th  2004–2008 Len Webber
27th  2008–2012
28th  2012–2014
 2014–2014     Independent
 2014–2015     Jim Prentice Progressive Conservative
29th  2015–2019     Prasad Panda Wildrose
 2017–2019     United Conservative
30th  2019–2023 Jason Luan
31st  2023–Present     Court Ellingson New Democratic

Calgary-Foothills was created in 1971 mostly from the predecessor district Calgary Bowness. That district had previously returned Social Credit MLA's from 1959 and 1963 and returned Progressive Conservative candidate Len Werry in the 1967 election. That district was abolished in 1971 and Werry ran as the incumbent in Foothills in the election held that year. He won the new district with over half the popular vote to take the new district for his party. Premier Peter Lougheed who had just formed government appointed Werry as Minister of Telephones and Utilities. On February 25, 1973, he died in a car accident resulting in a by-election several months later.

The 1973 by-election was a hotly contested race featuring a number of Alberta political party leaders. The riding returned Progressive Conservative candidate Stewart McCrae who held the riding with 44% of the popular vote. He defeated Social Credit leader Werner Schmidt who finished a strong second. The results of the by-election proved devastating to the Social Credit party who suffered from internal problems after Schmidt was unable to win a seat.

McCrae ran for a second term in the 1975 general election. He was re-elected with a landslide majority and appointed to cabinet by Lougheed after the election as the Minister responsible for Calgary Affairs. He was re-elected for his third term in the 1979 general election and kept his seat in cabinet this time becoming Minister of Government Services. McCrae retired at dissolution of the assembly in 1982.

The third representative was Janet Koper who was returned as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the 1982 general election with a landslide majority. She was re-elected in the 1986 election with a reduced majority. On December 18, 1988, Koper died. The electoral district remained vacant until the March 1989 election.

Pat Black was fourth representative in the riding. She was returned in the 1989 election holding the district was just 37% of the popular vote. She was appointed to the provincial cabinet as Minister of Energy when Premier Ralph Klein took power in 1992. She was reelected with a solid majority in 1993 and kept her seat in cabinet.

Black won her third term in office in the 1997 election with over 60% of the popular vote. After the election she became the new Minister of Economic Development and Tourism. In 1998 she got married and changed her last name to Nelson. In 1999 she was shuffled to be the Minister of Government Services. Nelson won re-election to her fourth term in the 2001 election winning a very large majority. She became the Minister of Finance until she retired from public office dissolution of the assembly in 2004.

The 2004 election returned Progressive Conservative candidate Len Webber. He won his second and third terms in 2008 and 2012. In March 2014 Webber left the PC caucus to sit as an independent.[4] Webber resigned from the legislature thus giving Premier Jim Prentice, the new leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, an opportunity to seek the seat in a by-election in 2014. In the 2015 provincial election, Prentice led the Progressive Conservative government to defeat but retained his seat. Nevertheless, he resigned both the party leadership and his seat in the legislature, upon the announcement of the election results.

The subsequent by-election elected Prasad Panda of the Wildrose Party, who was the first non-PC MLA returned from Calgary-Foothills. In second place was NDP candidate Bob Hawkesworth, with PC candidate Blair Houston finishing third overall.

Legislative election results

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1971

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1971 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Len F. Werry 7,693 51.47% –
Social Credit Jay Salmon 5,885 39.37% –
New Democratic James Staples 1,370 9.17% –
Total 14,948 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 26 – –
Eligible electors / Turnout 18,624 80.40% –
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Foothills Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1973 by-election

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Alberta provincial by-election, June 25, 1973: Calgary-Foothills
Death of Len Werry
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Stewart McCrae 5,576 44.40% -10.07%
Social Credit Werner Schmidt 4,167 33.18% -6.19%
New Democratic Nancy Eng 2,079 16.55% 7.39%
Liberal Robert Russell 725 5.77%
Independent Glenn Pylypa 13 0.10%
Total 12,560
Rejected, spoiled and declined Unknown
Eligible electors / Turnout 21,303  %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -8.13%

Modernization Society of Alberta candidate source: Calgary Herald June 26, 1973[5]

1975

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1975 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Stewart A. McCrae 10,917 67.63% 23.23%
Social Credit Bill Campbell 2587 16.03% -17.15%
New Democratic Ken Gee 1366 8.46% 8.09%
Liberal Hilda Armstrong 893 5.53% -0.24%
Independent Liberal Acker Winn 324 2.01% –
Communist David Gutnick 55 0.34% –
Total 16,142 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 31 – –
Eligible electors / Turnout 24,776 65.28%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 19.75%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Foothills Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1979

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1979 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Stewart A. McCrae 7,518 62.01% -5.62%
Social Credit Lorraine Law 2835 23.38% 7.36%
New Democratic Steve G. Arnett 982 8.10% -0.36%
Liberal Catherine M. Fitzpatrick 789 6.51% 0.98%
Total 12,124 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 23 – –
Eligible electors / Turnout 19,210 63.23% -2.04%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -6.49%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Foothills Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1982

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1982 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Janet Koper 9,708 66.93% 4.92%
New Democratic Joanne Hedenstrom 2249 15.50% 7.41%
Western Canada Concept Robert Moyor 1438 9.91% –
Independent Carol Stein 570 3.93% –
Liberal Larry Adorjan 540 3.72% -2.78%
Total 14,505 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 1 – –
Eligible electors / Turnout 21,217 68.37% 5.14%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 6.40%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Foothills Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1986

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1986 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Janet Koper 6,111 55.32% -11.61%
New Democratic Thora Miessner 2,572 23.28% 7.78%
Liberal Len Wolstenholme 1,741 15.76% 12.04%
Representative J. Allen Howard 623 5.64% –
Total 11,047 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 6 – –
Eligible electors / Turnout 22,786 48.51% -19.86%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -9.69%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Foothills Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989

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1989 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Patricia Black 5,341 37.25% -18.07%
Liberal Harvey Locke 4,866 33.93% 18.17%
New Democratic Theresa Catherine Baxter 4,133 28.82% 5.54%
Total 14,340 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 43 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 23,779 60.49% 11.98%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -14.36%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Foothills Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1993

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1993 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Patricia Black 8,129 52.80% 15.56%
Liberal Frances Wright 6,146 39.92% 5.99%
New Democratic Don McMillan 965 6.27% -22.55%
Natural Law Anna Novikov 155 1.01% –
Total 15,395 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 26 – –
Eligible electors / Turnout 23,041 66.93% 6.44%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 4.78%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Foothills Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1997

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1997 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Patricia Black 8,849 60.43% 7.63%
Liberal Albert W. Ludwig 4,339 29.63% -10.29%
Social Credit Kevin Davidson 735 5.02% –
New Democratic Brenda Wadey 720 4.92% -1.35%
Total 14,643 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 21 12 0
Eligible electors / Turnout 28,518 51.42% -15.51%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 8.96%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Foothills Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (1997). Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, November, 1996 general enumeration and Tuesday, March 11, 1997 general election Twenty-fourth Legislative Assembly. Edmonton: Alberta Legislative Assembly, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer.

2001

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2001 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Pat Nelson 12,070 67.41% 6.98%
Liberal Harry B. Chase 5,051 28.21% -1.42%
New Democratic Jon Adams 784 4.38% -0.54%
Total 17,905 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 45 32 9
Eligible electors / Turnout 34,208 52.50% 1.08%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 4.20%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Foothills Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2001). The report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2000 provincial confirmation process and Monday, March 12, 2001, Provincial General Election of the twenty-fifth Legislative Assembly. Edmonton: Alberta Legislative Assembly, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer.

2004

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2004 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Len Webber 5,819 56.77% -10.64%
Liberal Stephen Jenuth 3,561 34.74% 6.53%
Alberta Alliance Vincent S. Jansen-Van Doorn 472 4.60% –
New Democratic Malcolm Forster 398 3.88% -0.50%
Total 10,250 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 20 27 3
Eligible electors / Turnout 27,739 37.03% -15.46%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -8.59%
Source(s)
Source: "00 - Calgary-Foothills (electoral district". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. 2004. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2005). Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the General Enumeration and General Election of the Twenty-sixth Legislative Assembly (Report). Edmonton: Alberta Legislative Assembly, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer.

2008

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2008 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Len Webber 6,088 48.20% -8.57%
Liberal Mike Robinson 4,909 38.86% 4.12%
Wildrose Alliance Kevin Legare 972 7.70% –
Green Ian D. Groll 411 3.25% –
New Democratic Stephanie Sundberg 251 1.99% -1.90%
Total 12,631 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 36 23 2
Eligible electors / Turnout 33,083 38.29% 1.26%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -6.35%
Source(s)
Source: "10 - Calgary-Foothills (electoral district)". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Chief Electoral Officer (2008). The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-Seventh Legislative Assembly (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 206–209. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

2012

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2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Len Webber 8,251 53.65% 5.46%
Wildrose Alliance Dustin Nau 5,135 33.39% 25.70%
Liberal Kurt Hansen 1,414 9.19% -29.67%
New Democratic Jennifer Carkner 578 3.76% 1.77%
Total 15,378 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 120 39 2
Eligible electors / Turnout 29,806 52.00% 13.71%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 5.46%
Source(s)
Source: "11 - Calgary-Foothills, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Chief Electoral Officer (2012). The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2011 Provincial Enumeration and Monday, April 23, 2012 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-eighth Legislative Assembly (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

2014 by-election

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Alberta provincial by-election, October 27, 2014: Calgary-Foothills
Resignation of Len Webber on September 28, 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jim Prentice 6,912 58.37 +4.71
Wildrose Kathy Macdonald 3,545 29.94 -3.46
Liberal Robert Prcic 458 3.87 -5.33
New Democratic Jennifer Burgess 444 3.75 -0.01
Green Polly Knowlton Cockett 248 2.09 —
Alberta Party Michelle Glavine 212 1.79 —
Independent Dave Woody Phillips 23 0.19 —
Total 11,842 — —
Rejected, spoiled and declined 14 33 19
Eligible electors / turnout 32,743 36.27 —
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +4.72
Source(s)
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2015). Report on the October 27, 2014 By-elections in: Calgary-Elbow, Calgary-Foothills, Calgary-West, Edmonton-Whitemud (PDF) (Report). Edmonton: Legislative Assembly of Alberta; Chief Electoral Officer. ISBN 978-098653678-6. Retrieved April 20, 2021.

2015

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2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Jim Prentice 7,163 40.33% -18.04%
New Democratic Anne Wilson 5,748 32.36% 28.61%
Wildrose Keelan Frey 3,216 18.11% -11.83%
Liberal Ali Bin Zahid 1,271 7.16% -3.29%
Green Janet Keeping 363 2.04% -0.05%
Total 17,761 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 52 28 13
Eligible electors / turnout 34,000 52.43%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -6.15%
Source(s)
Because Jim Prentice disclaimed his right to become an MLA before the end of the appeal period for the official results, this riding's election was declared void.
Source: "11 - Calgary-Foothills, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Chief Electoral Officer (2016). 2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta.

2015 by-election

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Results by polling division, 2015
Alberta provincial by-election, September 3, 2015: Calgary-Foothills
Voiding of general election results due to Jim Prentice disclaiming his seat.
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Wildrose Prasad Panda 4,872 38.25 +20.14
New Democratic Bob Hawkesworth 3,274 25.70 -6.64
Progressive Conservative Blair Houston 2,760 21.67 -18.82
Liberal Ali Bin Zahid 792 6.22 -0.94
Alberta Party Mark Taylor 615 4.83 +4.83
Green Janet Keeping 378 2.97 +0.93
Independent Antoni Grochowski 46 0.36 –
Total valid votes 12,737 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 26 10 2
Eligible electors / turnout 33,728 37.76% -14.67%
Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +20.14
Source(s)
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2016). Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the September 3, 2015 By-election in Calgary-Foothills and the March 22, 2016 By-election in Calgary-Greenway (PDF) (Report). Edmonton: Legislative Assembly of Alberta; Chief Electoral Officer. pp. 14–17. ISBN 978-0-9949577-1-9.

2019

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2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
United Conservative Jason Luan 12,277 56.99% -2.93% $92,648
New Democratic Sameena Arif 6,985 32.42% 6.72% $15,707
Alberta Party Jennifer Wyness 1,680 7.80% 2.97% $6,082
Liberal Andrea Joyce 379 1.76% -4.46% $500
Freedom Conservative Kari Pomerleau 142 0.66% – $1,802
Alberta Independence Kyle Miller 80 0.37% – $514
Total 21,543 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 125 46 8
Eligible electors / turnout 32,774 66.14%
United Conservative hold Swing
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[6][7][8]
Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000.

2023

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2023 Alberta general election: Calgary-Foothills
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Court Ellingson 11,054 49.92 +17.50
United Conservative Jason Luan 10,793 48.74 -8.24
Independent Keenan Demontigny 190 0.86 –
Solidarity Movement Kami Dass 105 0.47 –
Total 22,142 99.27 –
Rejected and declined 162 0.73
Turnout 22,304 61.95
Eligible voters 36,006
New Democratic gain from United Conservative Swing +12.87
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[9]

Senate nominee election results

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2004

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2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Foothills[10] Turnout 37.13%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % votes % ballots Rank
Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 4,540 16.89% 53.05% 1
Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 4,004 14.90% 46.79% 2
Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 3,965 14.75% 46.33% 5
Progressive Conservative David Usherwood 2,928 10.89% 34.21% 6
Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 2,680 9.97% 31.32% 3
  Independent Link Byfield 2,344 8.72% 27.39% 4
  Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,796 6.68% 20.99% 9
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 1,673 6.22% 19.55% 8
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 1,566 5.83% 18.30% 7
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 1,386 5.15% 16.20% 10
Total votes 26,882 100%
Total ballots 8,558 3.14 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined 1,741
27,739 eligible electors

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

2012

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Student vote results

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2004

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Participating schools[11]
Jerry Potts Elementary

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[12]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Len Webber 28 39.44%
  Liberal Stephen Jenuth 17 23.94%
  New Democratic Malcolm Forster 14 19.72%
Alberta Alliance Vincent Jansen van Doorn 12 16.90%
Total 71 100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined 2

2012

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References

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  1. ^ "Calgary-Foothills: Compiled from the 2011 Census of Canada and National Household Survey" (PDF). Alberta Provincial Electoral Divisions. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 22, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  2. ^ "Wildrose take Calgary-Foothills byelection over NDP in tight race | CBC News".
  3. ^ "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 10.
  4. ^ Wood, James (March 12, 2014). "MLA won't remain a Tory 'with her as leader of the party'". Calgary Herald. Archived from the original on March 14, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
  5. ^ "Calgary-Foothills By-election official results". Elections Alberta. June 25, 1973. Archived from the original on June 7, 2009. Retrieved February 6, 2012.
  6. ^ "12 - Calgary-Foothills, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  7. ^ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 47–50. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  8. ^ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume III Election Finances (PDF) (Report). Vol. 3. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 68–82. ISBN 978-1-988620-13-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  9. ^ "12 - Calgary-Foothills". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  10. ^ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  11. ^ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 18, 2008.
  12. ^ "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2008.
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