Calgary Queens Park 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 1963 to 1971.[1]

Calgary Queens Park
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1963
District abolished1971
First contested1963
Last contested1967

History

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The riding was created from a slice of Calgary Bowness during the 1963 election. The riding disappeared when it was merged with Calgary North to create Calgary-McKnight during the 1971 election.

The riding was a thin strip that ran north from Downtown to the north end city limits, and on the west side of Centre Street.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

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Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary Queens Park
Assembly Years Member Party
See Calgary Bowness electoral district from 1959-1963
15th  1963–1967     Lee Leavitt Social Credit
16th  1967–1971
See Calgary-McKnight electoral district from 1971-1993

Election results

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1963

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1963 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Lee Leavitt 4,363 49.25%
Progressive Conservative Duncan L. McKillop 1,597 18.03%
Independent Roy Farran 1,469 16.58%
Liberal John Donnachie 794 8.96%
New Democratic Ben S. Greenfield 509 5.75%
Independent Social Credit Conrad Pfeifer 126 1.42%
Total 8,858
Rejected, spoiled and declined 196
Eligible electors / turnout 16,569 54.64%
Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Queen's park Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1967

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1967 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Lee Leavitt 4,943 41.96% -7.29%
Progressive Conservative Eric C. Musgreave 3,915 33.23% 15.21%
Liberal Darryl Raymaker 1,702 14.45% 5.48%
New Democratic Lisa Baldwin 1,220 10.36% 4.61%
Total 11,780
Rejected, spoiled and declined N/A
Eligible electors / turnout 17,843 66.02% 11.38%
Social Credit hold Swing -11.25%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Queen's park Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Election results for Calgary Queens Park". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2020.

Further reading

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