Calgary-Montrose

{{Short description|Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=April 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox Canada electoral district | name =Calgary Montrose | province =Alberta | image = Calgary Provincial Riding - Calgary Montrose.svg | caption =2004 boundaries | prov-status =defunct | prov-created =1986 | prov-abolished =2012 | prov-election-first =1986 | prov-election-last =2008 }} '''Calgary Montrose''' was a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1986 to 2012.

==History== This urban district located in central east Calgary was created in the 1986 boundary re-distribution from Calgary-McCall. The district elected Progressive Conservative candidates for its entire history.

The district has seen its share of controversial elections in recent years. The last representative was Manmeet Bhullar, who won his first term in office in a controversial race over Independent Ron Leech in the 2008 general election. The previous representative was Hung Pham, who served from 1993 to 2004.

The Calgary-Montrose electoral district would be dissolved in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution and would be re-distributed into the Calgary-East, Calgary-Greenway and Calgary-Cross electoral districts.<ref name="2010changes">{{cite book|title=Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta |url=http://www.assembly.ab.ca/lao/library/egovdocs/2010/alch/9780986536717.pdf |isbn=978-0-9865367-1-7 |date=June 2010 |access-date=May 29, 2020 |author=Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta}}</ref>

===Boundary history=== {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" !colspan=4|17 Calgary-Montrose 2003 boundaries<ref name="2003bound">{{Cite canlaw |short title =Electoral Divisions Act |abbr =S.A. |year =2003 |chapter =E-4.1 |section = |subsection = |part = |division = |schedule = |link =http://canlii.ca/t/53m7s |linkloc = |wikilink = |type = |amended1 = |amended2 = |amended3 = |amended4 = |amended5 = |regtitle = |regnumber = }}</ref> |- !colspan=4|Bordering districts |- !North !East !West !South |- |Calgary-McCall |Airdrie-Chestermere |Calgary-East |Calgary-Fort |- |colspan=2 align=center|''riding map goes here'' |colspan=2 align=center|''map in relation to other districts in Alberta goes here'' |- !colspan=4|Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. |- |colspan=4|Starting at the intersection of 68 Street NE with 32 Avenue NE; then 1. east along 32 Avenue NE to the west boundary of Block 10, Plan 8411285 (Monterey Park Estates); 2. generally south, east and north along the block boundary to 32 Avenue NE; 3. east along 32 Avenue NE and its easterly extension to the east Calgary city boundary; 4. south along the east city boundary to 17 Avenue SE; 5. west along 17 Avenue SE to 52 Street SE; 6. north along 52 Street SE to 16 Avenue NE; 7. east along 16 Avenue NE to 68 Street NE; 8. north along 68 Street NE to the starting point. |- |colspan=4|'''Note:''' |} {| class="wikitable" align=right !colspan=5|Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Montrose<ref name="memberslist">{{cite web|title=Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006 |url=http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |access-date=February 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024650/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf |archive-date=September 30, 2007 }}</ref> |- !Assembly !Years !colspan="2"|Member !Party |- |align="center" colspan=5|''See: Calgary-McCall 1971-1986'' |- |21st |1986–1989 |rowspan=7 {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |rowspan=2|Rick Orman |rowspan=7|Progressive Conservative |- |22nd |1989–1993 |- |23rd |1993–1997 |rowspan=4|Hung Pham |- |24th |1997–2001 |- |25th |2001–2004 |- |26th |2004–2008 |- |27th |2008–2012 |Manmeet Bhullar |}

===Electoral history=== The electoral district was created in the 1986 boundary redistribution. The first election held that year saw Progressive Conservative candidate Rick Orman win a comfortable majority to pick up the seat for his party. He was easily re-elected in the 1989 general election with a larger majority. Orman retired from the legislature at dissolution in 1993.

The 1993 election saw Progressive Conservative candidate Hung Pham win a sizable majority to hold the seat for his party. He was re-elected three more times winning in the 1997, 2001 and 2004 general elections. He retired from the legislature in 2008 after a bitter fall out with the Progressive Conservatives.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

The 2008 election saw Progressive Conservative candidate Manmeet Bhullar win a hotly contested race over Independent Ron Leech. The pair had been in a disputed nomination race before the general election with the PC constituency association choosing Leech and the party hand-choosing Bhullar as the representative. Leech would petition the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench to overturn the results of the election with allegations that Bhullar and his supporters spurring ineligible voters to cast ballots, interfering with and influencing ballots cast, and violating the secrecy of the voting process.<ref>{{cite news |last1=D'Aliesio |first1=Renata |title=MLA's election opposed |url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/calgary-herald/20080726/281981783364500 |access-date=15 June 2020 |work=Calgary Herald |agency=Calgary Herald |date=July 26, 2008}}</ref>

==Legislative election results==

===1986=== {{Alberta provincial election, 1986/Calgary-Montrose}}

===1989=== {{Alberta provincial election, 1989/Calgary-Montrose}}

===1993=== {{Alberta provincial election, 1993/Calgary-Montrose}}

===1997=== {{Alberta provincial election, 1997/Calgary-Montrose}}

===2001=== {{Alberta provincial election, 2001/Calgary-Montrose}}

===2004=== {{Alberta provincial election, 2004/Calgary-Montrose}}

===2008=== {{Alberta provincial election, 2008/Calgary-Montrose}}

==Senate nominee election results==

===2004=== {| class="wikitable" |colspan="5" align=center|'''2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Montrose'''<ref name="senresults2004">{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Reports/SN_snetabulation.pdf |title=Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results |publisher=Elections Alberta |access-date=February 27, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090704143923/http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Reports/SN_snetabulation.pdf |archive-date=July 4, 2009 }}</ref> |colspan="2"|'''Turnout 29.39%''' |- | colspan="2"| '''Affiliation''' |'''Candidate''' |'''Votes''' |'''% votes''' |'''% ballots''' |'''Rank''' {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |Bert Brown |2,587 |15.71% |50.55% |1 {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |Betty Unger |2,198 |13.35% |42.95% |2 {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |Jim Silye |2,032 |12.34% |39.70% |5 {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |David Usherwood |1,712 |10.40% |33.45% |6 {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |Cliff Breitkreuz |1,529 |9.29% |29.88% |3 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}} |Independent |Link Byfield |1,435 |8.72% |28.04% |4 {{CANelec|AB|Alliance|Vance Gough|1,306|7.93%|25.52%|8}} {{CANelec|AB|Alliance|Michael Roth|1,280|7.77%|25.01%|7}} {{CANelec|AB|Alliance|Gary Horan|1,233|7.49%|24.09%|10}} {{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}} |Independent |Tom Sindlinger |1,153 |7.00% |22.53% |9 |- |colspan="3" align="right"|'''Total votes''' |'''16,465''' |colspan="3"|'''100%''' |- |colspan="3" align="right"|'''Total ballots''' |'''5,118''' |colspan="3"|'''3.22 votes per ballot''' |- |colspan="3" align="right"|'''Rejected, spoiled and declined''' |colspan="4"|'''1,349''' |} ''Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot''

==2004 student vote results== {| class="wikitable" align=right !Participating schools<ref name="school">{{cite web|url=http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Schools.htm |title=School by School results |publisher=Student Vote Canada |access-date=2008-04-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005211819/http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Schools.htm |archive-date=October 5, 2007 }}</ref> |- |St. Martha 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.

{| class="wikitable" | colspan="5" align="center"|'''2004 Alberta student vote results'''<ref name="stu2004">{{cite web|url=http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Candidate.htm |title=Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates |publisher=Student Vote Canada |access-date=2008-04-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213075623/http://studentvote.ca/admin/election/Candidate.htm/ |archive-date=February 13, 2012 }}</ref> |- | colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top" | '''Affiliation''' | valign="top" |'''Candidate''' | valign="top" |'''Votes''' | valign="top" |'''%''' {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}} |Progressive Conservative |Hung Pham |7 |35.00% {{Canadian party colour|AB|Green|row-name}} |Kevin Colton |6 |30.00% {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |Arthur Danielson |5 |25.00% {{CANelec|AB|Alliance|Cyril Collingwood|1|5.00%}} {{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|row}} |NDP |Jason Nishiyama |1 |5.00% |- |colspan="3" align ="right"|'''Total''' |'''20''' |'''100%''' |- |colspan="3" align="right"|'''Rejected, spoiled and declined''' |colspan="2"|'''0''' |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== *{{cite book |author1=Office of the Chief Electoral Officer |author2=Legislative Assembly Office |author2-link=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |author-link1=Elections Alberta |title=A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005 |date=2006 |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |series=The Centennial Series |location=Edmonton, AB |isbn=0-9689217-8-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/centennialseries04perr/mode/2up |access-date=25 May 2020}}

==External links== *[http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/ Elections Alberta] *[http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ The Legislative Assembly of Alberta]

Category:Former provincial electoral districts of Alberta Category:Politics of Calgary