Calgary-Cross
Calgary-Cross is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. The district in its present boundaries covers the neighbourhoods of Whitehorn, Temple, Pineridge and Rundle in northeast Calgary.
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|---|---|---|---|
 Calgary-Cross within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
| MLA |
United Conservative | ||
| District created | 1993 | ||
| First contested | 1993 | ||
| Last contested | 2019 | ||
The district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution from Calgary-McCall and Calgary-Montrose. Electorally the riding has been a Progressive Conservative stronghold and has been represented since its creation by former Calgary Alderman Yvonne Fritz who has held a number of cabinet portfolios in the Alberta government.
History
The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution from the electoral districts of Calgary-McCall and Calgary-Montrose.
The 2010 boundary redistribution saw all land east of 68 Street NE distributed to the new Calgary-Greenway electoral district. The west boundary was moved to Deerfoot Trail claiming land that used to be in McCall, Calgary-East and Calgary-North Hill.
In 1898, Alfred Ernest Cross (a member of Calgary's Big Four) entered politics, and was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for East Calgary.[1]
Boundary history
| 4 Calgary-Cross 2003 Boundaries[2] | |||
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| Bordering Districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Calgary-McCall | Airdrie-Chestermere | Calgary-East and Calgary-McCall | Calgary-Montrose |
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| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
| Starting at the intersection of 36 Street NE with McKnight Boulevard NE; then 1. east along McKnight Boulevard NE to the east Calgary city boundary (84 Street NE); 2. south along the city boundary to the easterly extension of 32 Avenue NE; 3. west along the extension and 32 Avenue NE to the northerly extension of the east boundary of Block 10, Plan 8411285 (Monterey Park Estates); 4. generally south, west and north along the block boundary and its northerly extension to 32 Avenue NE; 5. west along 32 Avenue NE to 68 Street NE; 6. south along 68 Street NE to 16 Avenue NE; 7. west along 16 Avenue NE to 52 Street NE; 8. north along 52 Street NE to 32 Avenue NE; 9. west along 32 Avenue NE to 36 Street NE; 10. north along 36 Street NE to the starting point. | |||
| Note: | |||
| 6 Calgary-Cross 2010 Boundaries[3] | |||
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| Bordering Districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill and Calgary-McCall | Calgary-Greenway | Calgary-Klein and Calgary-Mountain View | Calgary-East |
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| Note: Boundary descriptions were not used in the 2010 redistribution | |||
Representation history
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Cross[4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Calgary-McCall 1971-1993 and Calgary-Montrose 1986-1993 | ||||
| 23rd | 1993-1997 | Yvonne Fritz | Progressive Conservative | |
| 24th | 1997-2001 | |||
| 25th | 2001-2004 | |||
| 26th | 2004-2008 | |||
| 27th | 2008–2012 | |||
| 28th | 2012–2015 | |||
| 29th | 2015–2019 | Ricardo Miranda | New Democratic | |
| 30th | 2019–present | Mickey Amery | United Conservative | |
Calgary-Cross was created from the electoral districts of Calgary-McCall and Calgary-Montrose in the 1993 boundary redistribution. Currently, the constituency is represented by Ricardo Miranda. The first representative was Progressive Conservative member Yvonne Fritz. Prior to representing Montrose she served as an Alderman for the city of Calgary representing the Ward 5 electoral district.
The 1993 election saw Fritz win with a large majority of votes. She sought a second term in 1997 and while her popularity declined she still won very easily over Liberal Keith Jones.
Jones and Fritz would face each other again in the 2001 general election. She would go on to win the district with the largest majority of her career while Jones saw his popular vote collapse. Fritz would win a fourth term in the 2004 general election, seeing almost half her vote disappear.
Fritz became a cabinet minister for the first time in 2004. She won re-election again in 2008.
Legislature results
1993 general election
| 1993 Alberta general election results[5] | Turnout 50.73% | Swing | ||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Yvonne Fritz | 6,449 | 59.78% | |||||||
| Liberal | Keith Hart | 3,567 | 33.06% | * | ||||||
| New Democratic | Vinay Dey | 686 | 6.36%
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Natural Law | Neeraj Varma | 86 | 0.80% | * | ||
| Total | 10,788 | |||||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 40 | |||||||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 21,346 | % | ||||||||
1997 general election
| 1997 Alberta general election results[6] | Turnout 40.88% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Progressive Conservative | Yvonne Fritz | 5,964 | 67.11% | 7.33% | ||
| Liberal | Keith Jones | 2,456 | 27.64% | -5.42% | ||
| Social Credit | Maurizio Terrigno | 467 | 5.25% | |||
| Total | 8,887 | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 30 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 21,811 | % | ||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 6.38% | ||||
2001 general election
| 2001 Alberta general election results[7] | Turnout 41.87% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Progressive Conservative | Yvonne Fritz | 6,816 | 74.96% | 7.85% | ||
| Liberal | Keith Jones | 1,836 | 20.19% | -7.45% | ||
| New Democratic | Ramiro Mora | 441 | 4.85% | |||
| Total | 9,093 | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 85 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 21,920 | % | ||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 7.65% | ||||
2004 general election
| 2004 Alberta general election results[8] | Turnout 29.93% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Progressive Conservative | Yvonne Fritz | 3,770 | 57.71% | -17.25% | ||
| Liberal | Raleigh Dehaney | 1,453 | 22.24% | 2.05% | ||
| Alberta Alliance | Gordon Huth | 646 | 9.89% | |||
| New Democratic | Jeanie Keebler | 393 | 6.02% | 1.17% | ||
| Green | Ryan Richardson | 271 | 4.14% | * | ||
| Total | 6,533 | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 49 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 21,993 | % | ||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -9.65% | ||||
2008 general election
| 2008 Alberta general election results[9] | Turnout 25.57% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Progressive Conservative | Yvonne Fritz | 4,004 | 56.82% | -0.89% | ||
| Liberal | Ron Reinhold | 1,567 | 22.24% | 0.00% | ||
| Wildrose Alliance | Gordon Huth | 605 | 8.59% | -1.30% | ||
| New Democratic | Shelina Hassanali | 476 | 6.75% | 0.73% | ||
| Green | Susan Stratton | 395 | 5.60% | 1.46% | * | |
| Total | 7,047 | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 34 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 27,688 | % | ||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -0.45% | ||||
2012 general election
| 2012 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Yvonne Fritz | 4,950 | 44.50% | |||||
| Wildrose | Happy Mann | 4,189 | 37.66% | |||||
| Liberal | Narita Sherman | 1,155 | 10.38% | |||||
| New Democratic | Reinaldo Conterras | 586 | 5.27% | |||||
| Evergreen | Susan Stratton | 244 | 2.19% | |||||
2015 general election
| 2015 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Ricardo Miranda | 4,602 | 36.13 | +31.10 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rick Hanson | 4,501 | 35.34 | -9.31 | ||||
| Wildrose | Moiz Mahmood | 2,060 | 16.17 | -21.81 | ||||
| Liberal | Manjot Singh Gill | 1,194 | 9.38 | -0.79 | ||||
| Green | Peter Meic | 236 | 1.85 | +0.32 | ||||
| Independent | Katherine Le Rougetel[10] | 143 | 1.12 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 12,736 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 98 | |||||||
| Turnout | 12,834 | 40.64 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 31,535 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Alberta[11] | ||||||||
2019 general election
| 2019 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Mickey Amery | 8,907 | 54.27% | +2.76%[12] | ||||
| New Democratic | Ricardo Miranda | 6,135 | 37.38% | +1.25% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Braham Luddu | 962 | 5.86% | New | ||||
| Liberal | Naser Al-Kukhun | 410 | 2.50% | -6.88% | ||||
| Total valid votes | 16,414 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 121 | |||||||
| Eligible voters | 32,029 | |||||||
| Turnout | 16,535 | 51.06 | +9.42 | |||||
| United Conservative gain from New Democratic | Swing | +0.75 | ||||||
Source(s)
"2019 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Retrieved 2019-04-30. | ||||||||
Senate nominee results
2004 Senate nominee election district results
| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Cross[13] | Turnout 29.62% | |||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % Votes | % Ballots | Rank | |
| Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 3,088 | 16.47% | 52.86% | 1 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 2,530 | 13.50% | 43.30% | 2 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 2,379 | 12.69% | 40.72% | 5 | |
| Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 1,834 | 9.78% | 31.39% | 6 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 1,826 | 9.74% | 31.26% | 3 | |
| Independent | Link Byfield | 1,649 | 8.80% | 28.23% | 4 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 1,427 | 7.61% | 24.43% | 8 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 1,405 | 7.49% | 24.05% | 7 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 1,334 | 7.12% | 22.84% | 10 | |
| Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,276 | 6.80% | 21.84% | 9 | |
| Total Votes | 18,748 | 100% | ||||
| Total Ballots | 5,842 | 3.21 Votes Per Ballot | ||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 673 | |||||
| 21,993 Eligible Electors | ||||||
Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot
2012 Senate nominee election district results
Student Vote results
2004 election
| Participating Schools[14] |
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| Lester B. Pearson High School |
| Pineridge Community 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[15] | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Liberal | Raleigh Dehaney | 331 | 33.95% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Yvonne Fritz | 272 | 27.90% | |
| New Democratic | Jeanie Keebler | 238 | 24.41% | |
| Green | Ryan Richardson | 81 | 8.31% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Gordon Huth | 53 | 5.43% | |
| Total | 975 | 100% | ||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 59 | |||
2012 election
References
- Brennan, Brian (2001). Alberta Originals: Stories of Albertans Who Made a Difference. Fifth House. pp. 2. ISBN 1-894004-76-0.
- "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 7.
- "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010.
- "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.
- "Calgary-Cross results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 9, 2010.
- "1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
- "Calgary-Cross Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 9, 2010.
- "Calgary-Cross Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 9, 2010.
- The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 182–185.
- Le Rougetel was a candidate of the unregistered Communist League. See Ryan Rumbolt, "Communist League candidate Katherine LeRougetel enters mayoral race", Calgary Herald, 5 March 2017, accessed 8 March 2017.
- "2015 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- Comparison for UCP is to the combined Wildrose/ PC vote in 2015
- "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
- "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
- "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-19.