Calgary-Cross
{{Short description|Provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=March 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox Canada electoral district
| name =Calgary-Cross
| province =Alberta
| image =Calgary-Cross 2017.svg
| caption =Calgary-Cross within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries
| prov-rep =Mickey Amery
| prov-rep-link =
| prov-rep-party = UCP
| prov-status =active
| prov-created =1993
| prov-abolished =
| prov-created2 =
| prov-election-first =1993
| prov-election-last =2023
}}
Calgary-Cross is a current provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Created in 1993, the district is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.
The district was created in the 1993 boundary redistribution from Calgary-McCall and Calgary-Montrose, and present boundaries covers the neighbourhoods of Pineridge, Rundle, Marlborough,Marlborough Park and Monterey Park in northeast Calgary.{{cite web|title=Provincial Electoral Division of 5 Calgary Cross: Voting Area Map |url=https://www.elections.ab.ca/uploads/2023_ED5_CALGARY_CROSS_PUBLISHED.pdf |website=Elections Alberta}}
History
The electoral district was created in the 1993 boundary re-distribution from the electoral districts of Calgary-McCall and Calgary-Montrose. The district is named after Alfred Ernest Cross (a member of Calgary's Big Four) who entered politics in 1898, and was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for East Calgary prior to the formation of Alberta.{{cite book|first=Brian|last=Brennan|title=Alberta Originals: Stories of Albertans Who Made a Difference|year=2001|publisher=Fifth House|pages=[https://archive.org/details/albertaoriginals0000bren/page/2 2]|isbn=1-894004-76-0|url=https://archive.org/details/albertaoriginals0000bren/page/2}}
The 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution saw all land east of 68 Street NE distributed to the new Calgary-Greenway electoral district. The west boundary was moved to Deerfoot Trail claiming land that used to be in McCall, Calgary-East and Calgary-North Hill. When created in 2010, the Calgary-Acadia electoral district would have a population of 46,102, which was 12.77 above the provincial average of 40,880.{{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://www2.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 |location=Edmonton, Alta}}
The 2017 electoral boundary re-distribution saw Calgary-Cross gain the remainder of the Marlborough community from Calgary-East while moving the Abbeydale community to Calgary-East. The boundaries as adjusted would give the electoral district a population of 50,634 in 2017, 8% above the provincial average of 46,803.{{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/2017/alch/224424.pdf |date=October 2017 |isbn=978-1-988620-04-6 |access-date=May 29, 2020 |author=Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta}}
=Boundary history=
| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;"
!colspan=4|4 Calgary-Cross 2003 boundaries{{cite book|title=Statutes of the Province of Alberta|chapter=E‑4.1|url=http://www.qp.alberta.ca/574.cfm?page=E04P1.cfm&leg_type=Acts&isbncln=0779738748|publisher=Government of Alberta|year=2003|page=7}} |
| colspan=4|Bordering districts |
|---|
| North
!East !West !South |
| Calgary-McCall
|Calgary-East and Calgary-McCall |
| colspan=2 align=center|riding map goes here
|colspan=2 align=center|File:Calgary Provincial Riding - Calgary Cross.svg |
| colspan=4|Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. |
| colspan=4|Starting at the intersection of 36 Street NE with McKnight Boulevard NE; then 1. east along McKnight Boulevard NE to the east Calgary city boundary (84 Street NE); 2. south along the city boundary to the easterly extension of 32 Avenue NE; 3. west along the extension and 32 Avenue NE to the northerly extension of the east boundary of Block 10, Plan 8411285 (Monterey Park Estates); 4. generally south, west and north along the block boundary and its northerly extension to 32 Avenue NE; 5. west along 32 Avenue NE to 68 Street NE; 6. south along 68 Street NE to 16 Avenue NE; 7. west along 16 Avenue NE to 52 Street NE; 8. north along 52 Street NE to 32 Avenue NE; 9. west along 32 Avenue NE to 36 Street NE; 10. north along 36 Street NE to the starting point. |
| colspan=4|Note: |
| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;"
!colspan=4|6 Calgary-Cross 2010 boundaries{{cite web|title=Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act|publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta|year=2010|url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files/docs/bills/bill/legislature_27/session_3/20100204_bill-028.pdf}} |
| colspan=4|Bordering districts |
|---|
| North
!East !West !South |
| Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill and Calgary-McCall |
| colspan=2 align=center|200px
|colspan=2 align=center|200px |
| colspan=4|Note: Boundary descriptions were not used in the 2010 redistribution |
=Representation history=
Calgary-Cross was created from the electoral districts of Calgary-McCall and Calgary-Montrose in the 1993 boundary redistribution. Currently, the constituency is represented by Ricardo Miranda. The first representative was Progressive Conservative member Yvonne Fritz. Prior to representing Montrose she served as an Alderman for the city of Calgary representing the Ward 5 electoral district.
The 1993 election saw Fritz win with a large majority of votes. She sought a second term in 1997 and while her popularity declined she still won very easily over Liberal Keith Jones.
Jones and Fritz would face each other again in the 2001 general election. She would go on to win the district with the largest majority of her career while Jones saw his popular vote collapse. Fritz would win a fourth term in the 2004 general election, seeing almost half her vote disappear.
Fritz became a cabinet minister for the first time in 2004. She won re-election again in 2008.
Legislative election results
=1993=
{{1993 Alberta general election/Calgary-Cross}}
=1997=
{{1997 Alberta general election/Calgary-Cross}}
=2001=
{{2001 Alberta general election/Calgary-Cross}}
=2004=
{{2004 Alberta general election/Calgary-Cross}}
=2008=
{{2008 Alberta general election/Calgary-Cross}}
=2012=
{{2012 Alberta general election/Calgary-Cross}}
=2015=
{{2015 Alberta general election/Calgary-Cross}}
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!colspan=4|2015 Alberta general election redistributed results |
| colspan=2|Party
!Votes !% {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row-name}} |align=right|5,256 |align=right|36.78 {{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|row-name}} |align=right|5,103 |align=right|35.71 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|row-name}} |align=right|2,902 |align=right|20.31 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row-name}} |align=right|783 |align=right|5.48 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Green|row-name}} |align=right|130 |align=right|0.91 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Others|row-name}} |align=right|116 |align=right|0.81 {{CANelec/source|hide=Source: [https://election-atlas.ca/ridingbuilder/rb.php?prov=48 Ridingbuilder]}} |
|---|
=2019=
File:Calgary Cross, Results by Polling Division.png
{{2019 Alberta general election/Calgary-Cross}}
=2023=
{{2023 Alberta general election/Calgary-Cross}}
Senate nominee election results
=2004=
| class="wikitable"
| colspan="5" align=center|2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Cross{{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 28, 2010 |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 }} | colspan="2"|Turnout 29.62% |
| style="width: 10px;"|
|Affiliation |Candidate |Votes |% votes |% ballots |Rank {{CANelec|AB|PC|Bert Brown|3,088|16.47%|52.86%|1}} {{CANelec|AB|PC|Betty Unger|2,530|13.50%|43.30%|2}} {{CANelec|AB|PC|Jim Silye|2,379|12.69%|40.72%|5}} {{CANelec|AB|PC|David Usherwood|1,834|9.78%|31.39%|6}} {{CANelec|AB|PC|Cliff Breitkreuz|1,826|9.74%|31.26%|3}} {{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}} |Independent |1,649 |8.80% |28.23% |4 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Alliance|row-name}} |Vance Gough |1,427 |7.61% |24.43% |8 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Alliance|row-name}} |Michael Roth |1,405 |7.49% |24.05% |7 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Alliance|row-name}} |Gary Horan |1,334 |7.12% |22.84% |10 {{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}} |Independent |1,276 |6.80% |21.84% |9 |
|---|
| colspan="3" align="right"|Total votes
|18,748 |colspan="3"|100% |
| colspan="3" align="right"|Total ballots
|5,842 |colspan="3"|3.21 votes per ballot |
| colspan="3" align="right"|Rejected, spoiled and declined
|colspan="4"|673 |
| align=center colspan=7|21,993 eligible electors |
Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot
Student vote results
=2004=
| class="wikitable" align=right |
| Lester B. Pearson High School |
| Pineridge Community 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{{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/20071006095842/http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Candidate.htm |archive-date=October 6, 2007 }} |
| style="width: 10px;"|
|Affiliation |Candidate |Votes |% {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}} |Raleigh Dehaney |331 |33.95% {{CANelec|AB|PC|Yvonne Fritz|272|27.90%}} {{CANelec|AB|NDP|Jeanie Keebler|238|24.41%}} {{Canadian party colour|AB|Green|row-name}} |Ryan Richardson |81 |8.31% {{CANelec|AB|Alliance|Gordon Huth|53|5.43%}} |
|---|
| colspan="3" align="right"|Total
|975 |100% |
| colspan="3" align="right"|Rejected, spoiled and declined
|colspan="2"|59 |
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/ Elections Alberta]
- [http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ The Legislative Assembly of Alberta]
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