- Calgary Glenmore
Infobox Canada electoral district
name =Calgary-Glenmore
province =Alberta
caption =2004 boundaries
prov-rep =Ron Stevens
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 Glenmore is a provincial
electoral district for the Legislative Assembly ofAlberta ,Canada .The electoral riding of Calgary Glenmore is one of two original Calgary ridings of the seven that still survives from the 1959 redistribution of the Calgary riding. The other riding is Calgary West.
This riding covers the mid south west portion of
Calgary and contains the neighborhoods of Palliser, Pump Hill, Oakridge, Bayview, Southwood, Haysboro, Braeside and Cedarbrae.The riding was named after the Glenmore Reservoir.
1959 redistribution
The historic 1959 redistribution of the provincial ridings of Calgary and Edmonton standardized the voting system back to
First Past the Post . From 1926 to 1959 Calgary and Edmonton members were elected bySingle Transferable Vote . The rest of the province had the option of how to count ballots. The redistribution created seven ridings in Calgary. The other six ridings wereCalgary Bowness , Calgary Centre, Calgary West, 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-Glenmore.pdf Demographics for Calgary Glenmore]
* [http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/maps%5Cnb%5C12.pdf Riding Map for Calgary Glenmore]
* [http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta]
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