Calgary Bowness

Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada

Calgary Bowness
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1957
District abolished1971
First contested1959
Last contested1967

Calgary Bowness was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1959 to 1971.[1]

District history

Boundary history

Calgary Bowness 1957 boundaries[2]
Bordering districts
North East West South
Banff-Cochrane Calgary North Banff-Cochrane Calgary West, Calgary Centre
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 1957, An Act to amend The Legislative Assembly Act.
riding map goes here map in relation to other districts in Calgary goes here
"Electoral Division of Calgary Bowness, the boundary whereof is as follows: Commencing at the north-east corner of section 8, township 25, range 1, west of the fifth meridian; thence southerly along the east boundaries of sections 8 and 5 in the said township and along the west limit of Fourteenth Street North West in the City of Calgary to the left bank of the Bow River; thence in a generally westerly direction along the said left bank to the east boundary of the west half of section 24, township 24, range 2, west of the fifth meridian thence southerly along the east boundaries of the west halves of sections 24 and 13 in township 24, range 2 west of the fifth meridian, to the centre line of the Old Banff Coach Road as shown on a plan record in the Land Titles Office for the South Alberta Land Registration District as Plan 1288 I; thence in a generally westerly direction along the said centre line to the meridian between ranges 2 and 3, west of the fifth meridian; thence northerly along the meridian between ranges 2 and 3, west of the fifth meridian to the north-east corner of section 12, township 25 range 3, west of the fifth meridian; thence easterly along the north boundaries of sections 7 to 12 inclusive, township 25, range 2, west of the fifth meridian, and of sections 7 and 8, township 25, range 1, west of the fifth meridian to the point of commencement.
Note: Boundaries came into force in 1959.
Calgary Bowness 1961 boundaries[3]
Bordering districts
North East West South
Banff-Cochrane Calgary Queens Park Banff-Cochrane Calgary West, Calgary Centre
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 1961, An Act to amend The Legislative Assembly Act and the Election Act.
riding map goes here map in relation to other districts in Calgary goes here
"Electoral Division of Calgary Bowness, the boundary whereof is as follows: Commencing at the north-east corner of section 8, township 25, range 1, west of the 5th meridian; thence southerly along the east boundary of sections 8 and 5, township 25, range 1, west of the 5th and along the east boundary of section 32, township 24 range 1, west of the 5th meridian to its intersection with the westerly production of the centre line of Holland Street; thence easterly along the said production to the centre line of 14th street north west; thence southerly along the said line to the centre line of 16th Avenue north west; thence westerly along the said centre line to the centre lineof 24th street north west; thence southerly along the said centre line and its southerly production to the right bank of the Bow River; thence upstream along the said right bank to its intersection with the centre line of the Trans-Canada Highway; thence in a general north-westerly and westerly direction along the said centre line to the east boundary of range 3, west of the 5th meridian; thence northerly along the said east boundary to the north-east corner of section 12, township 25, range 3, west of the 5th meridian; thence easterly along the north boundary of sections 7 to 12 in township 25 range 2, west of the 5th meridian and along the north boundary of sections 7 and 8 in township 25, range 1, west of the 5th meridian to the point of commencement.
Note: Boundaries remained in force until the district was abolished in 1971.
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary Bowness[4]
Assembly Years Member Party
See Calgary electoral district from 1921-1959
14th 1959-1963 Charles Johnston Social Credit
15th 1963-1967
16th 1967-1971 Len Werry Progressive Conservative
See Calgary-Foothills and Calgary-Bow 1971-present

1959 redistribution

The Alberta government decided to return to using the first past the post system of voting from Single Transferable Vote for the 1959 general election. The province redistributed the Calgary and Edmonton super riding's and standardized the voting system across the province into single member districts.

Calgary Bowness was one of the six electoral districts created from the Calgary super riding that year. The others were Calgary Glenmore, Calgary Centre, Calgary West, Calgary North, Calgary North East, Calgary South East.

The district was named after the community of Bowness, and during its time encompassed the Northwestern part of the city.

Electoral history

The district was first won easily by former Social Credit federal Member of Parliament Charles Johnston in 1959. He was re-elected for his second term in 1963 defeating future Calgary city Alderman Peter Petrasuk in a hotly contested race.

The last of the three elections held in the electoral district would see Len Werry pick up the district for the Progressive Conservatives in the 1967 election. Johnston went down to defeat by less than 400 votes. Johnston retired. He did not return to politics before his death in 1971.

In 1971 the Calgary Bowness electoral district was abolished and re-distributed between the Calgary-Bow and Calgary-Foothills electoral districts.

Election results

1959

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1959 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Charles Edward Johnston 6,681 59.27% –
Progressive Conservative Bruce Norris 3,194 28.34% –
Liberal Evelyn Leew 1,018 9.03% –
Co-operative Commonwealth Kay Halliday Grose 379 3.36% –
Total 11,272 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 35 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 21,047 53.72% –
Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Bowness Official Results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1963

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1963 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Charles Edward Johnston 5,355 52.17% -7.10%
Liberal Peter Petrasuk 2,456 23.93% 14.89%
Progressive Conservative Albert A. Frawley 1,719 16.75% -11.59%
New Democratic Everett C. Baldwin 735 7.16% –
Total 10,265 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 11 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 19,675 52.23% -1.49%
Social Credit hold Swing -1.35%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Bowness Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1967

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1967 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Len F. Werry 6,828 40.00% 23.25%
Social Credit Charles Edward Johnston 6,461 37.85% -14.32%
New Democratic Evelyn Moore 1,905 11.16% 4.00%
Liberal John Donachie 1,876 10.99% -12.94%
Total 17,070 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 100 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 26,302 65.28% 13.05%
Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit Swing -13.05%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Bowness Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Election results for Calgary Bowness". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  2. ^ "41". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 1957. pp. 183–184.
  3. ^ "43". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 1961. pp. 223–224.
  4. ^ "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved May 20, 2009.

Further reading

External links

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