Calgary Elbow is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. Its current MLA is Alison Redford, a Progressive Conservative, who defeated incumbent Liberal candidate Craig Cheffins in the 2008 Alberta general election. The riding was created in 1971 from the southeast part of Calgary Glenmore and the southwest Part of the old Calgary South riding. Since 1971 the riding has been held by 4 MLAs, all of them Progressive Conservative except Craig Cheffins, who represented the riding from the 2007 by-election to the 2008 general election. Prior to this, it was the home riding of Progressive Conservative Premier Ralph Klein between 1989 and when he vacated it on January 15, 2007. Until this time (at which it was won by a Liberal candidate) it was seen as a Progressive Conservative stronghold. [edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) [edit] Election results [edit] 2004 general election [edit] 2004 Senate nominee election district results 2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary Elbow[2] (Turnout 52.80%) | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % Votes | % Ballots | Rank | | | Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 5,751 | 18.94% | 54.51% | 1 | | | Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 5,181 | 17.06% | 49.10% | 5 | | | Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 4,173 | 13.74% | 39.55% | 2 | | | Independent | Link Byfield | 3,175 | 10.46% | 30.09% | 4 | | | Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 2,826 | 9.31% | 26.78% | 6 | | | Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 2,437 | 8.03% | 23.10% | 3 | | | Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 2,172 | 7.15% | 20.59% | 9 | | | Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 1,707 | 5.62% | 16.18% | 8 | | | Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 1,556 | 5.13% | 14.75% | 7 | | | Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 1,385 | 4.56% | 14.75% | 10 | | Total Votes | 30,363 | 100% | | Total Ballots | 10,551 | 2.88 Votes Per Ballot | | Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 3,161 | | 25,968 Eligible Electors | Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot [edit] 2004 – 2008 [edit] 1993 – 2001 [edit] 1982 – 1989 [edit] 1971 – 1979 [edit] References [edit] External links
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