Calgary-Fort was a
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electoral district
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in
Alberta
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,
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, mandated to return a single
member
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to the
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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using the
first past the post
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method of voting from 1997 to 2019.
History
The Riding covers some of the cities older blue collar neighbourhoods including
Forest Lawn,
Dover
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,
Inglewood, Lynwood Ridge,
Ogden,
Erin Woods and the
Foothills Industrial Park. The riding was largely broken with three distinct residential sections surrounded by industrial areas.
The riding suffered from a number of environmental problems in recent years caused by heavy industry.
Soil contamination
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from the old oil refinery in Lynwood Ridge has created a ghost town of houses in limbo.
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has also been to blame for heavy soil contamination affecting residents along the tracks in Ogden by a chemical known as
Trichloroethylene
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used as a track degreaser. In 1999 the Hub Oil refinery just east of Erin Woods
exploded raining contamination on the neighbourhood. The riding also has a quarantined site where the Inglewood Refinery used to be for soil contamination problems.
The riding had been a Progressive Conservative stronghold and was held continuously by PC MLA
Wayne Cao since its creation in 1997 until the 2015 election, when the riding was won by New Democrat
Joe Ceci
Joseph Anthony Ceci (born July 30, 1957) is an Albertan politician who was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent the electoral district of Calgary-Buffalo in the 30th Alberta Legislature. He was previously elected in 2015 ...
.
Boundary history
The electoral district was created in the 1996 boundary re-distribution out of
Calgary-East
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and named after the historical
Fort Calgary
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.
The riding had significant changes in the
2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution, and was expanded to meet the new boundaries of the City of Calgary and gained some rural portions that had belonged to
Foothills-Rocky View
Foothills-Rocky View was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from under the First Past the Post voting system 2004 to 2012.
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. The electoral district also gained the neighborhoods of
Ramsay that was previously in
Calgary-Egmont
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and
East Village which was in
Calgary-Buffalo
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. The riding also expanded south into industrial land that was formerly part of
Calgary-Hays
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 ...
.
The Calgary-Fort electoral district was dissolved in the 2017 electoral boundary re-distribution int
Calgary-Peigan ahead of the
2019 Alberta general election
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.
Electoral history
The electoral district of Calgary-Fort was created in the boundary re-distribution of 1997. The district covers central southeast Calgary and was carved primarily from
Calgary-East
Calgary-East (formally styled Calgary East) is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
Calgary-East has existed twice, the first incarnatio ...
. Progressive Conservative Wayne Cao won the district in the first election held in 1997 with just under half the popular vote.
Cao would run for his second term in 2001 and win a landslide victory winning almost 69% of the popular vote over a crowded field of eight candidates. He was re-elected in 2004 with a significantly reduced margin of victory taking just over half the popular vote.
Cao stood for a fourth term in the 2008 election and for the first time since 1997 he won less than half of the popular vote in one of the lowest voter turnout races in the province. Cao would retire prior to the 2015 Alberta general election
which saw New Democrat and former Calgary Councillor Joe Ceci elected in Calgary-Fort.
Legislature results
Senate nominee results
2004 Senate nominee election district results
''Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot.''
2012 Senate nominee election district results
Student vote results
2004 election
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 had 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 who reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district than where they were physically located.
2012 election
See also
*
List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
Alberta provincial electoral districts are currently single member ridings that each elect one member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. There are 87 districts fixed in law in Alberta.
History
The original twenty five districts were drawn u ...
References
Further reading
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External links
Elections AlbertaThe Legislative Assembly of AlbertaElectoral Divisions Act, SA 2003, c E-4.1on
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Riding Map for Calgary FortGovernment of Alberta Demographics Calgary FortStudent Vote Alberta
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Former provincial electoral districts of Alberta
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