- Calgary West (provincial electoral district)
Infobox Canada electoral district
name =Calgary-West
province =Alberta
caption =2004 boundaries
prov-rep =Ron Leipert
prov-rep-link =
prov-rep-party =Progressive Conservative
prov-rep-party-link =Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
prov-status =active
prov-created =1959
prov-abolished =
prov-created2 =
prov-election-first =1959
prov-election-last =2008Calgary West is a provincial
electoral district for the Legislative Assembly ofAlberta ,Canada .The electoral riding of Calgary West is one of the two original Calgary ridings of the seven that has survived from the 1959 Redistribution of the Calgary riding. The other riding is
Calgary Glenmore This riding covers the central west portion of Calgary and contains the neighborhoods of Cougar Ridge, Coach Hill, Strathcona, Signal Hill, Discovery Ridge, Springbank Hill, Strathcona, Coach Hill, Apsen Woods, West Springs, Springhaven, Montreaux, Spring Hill, Richmond Hill, Wentworth, Patterson, Glamorgan, Glenbrook, and Christie Park.
1959 redistribution
The historic 1959 redistribution of the provincial ridings of Calgary and Edmonton marked the transition back to
First Past the Post . From 1921 to 1959 Calgary and Edmonton members were elected bySingle Transferable Vote . The redistribution created seven ridings in Calgary, two of those still exist today.This transition was done in part to standardize the electoral system across the province and because Calgary and Edmonton were becoming too large to be a single riding. The other six ridings were
Calgary Bowness , Calgary Centre,Calgary Glenmore , Calgary North,Calgary North East , Calgary South East.Election results
2004 general election
1982 - 1959
References
External links
* [http://www.finance.gov.ab.ca/aboutalberta/ped_profiles/2004_new_boundaries/Calgary-West.pdf Demographics for Calgary West]
* [http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/maps%5Cnb%5C24.pdf Riding Map for Calgary West]
* [http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta]
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