# Calgary-Fort

Calgary-Fort was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1997 to 2019.

## History

The Riding covers some of the cities older blue collar neighbourhoods including Forest Lawn, Dover, Inglewood, Lynwood Ridge, Ogden, Erin Woods and the Foothills Industrial Park. The riding was largely broken with three distinct residential sections surrounded by industrial areas.
The riding suffered from a number of environmental problems in recent years caused by heavy industry. Soil contamination from the old oil refinery in Lynwood Ridge has created a ghost town of houses in limbo. Canadian Pacific Railway has also been to blame for heavy soil contamination affecting residents along the tracks in Ogden by a chemical known as Trichloroethylene used as a track degreaser. In 1999 the Hub Oil refinery just east of Erin Woods exploded raining contamination on the neighbourhood. The riding also has a quarantined site where the Inglewood Refinery used to be for soil contamination problems.
The riding had been a Progressive Conservative stronghold and was held continuously by PC MLA Wayne Cao since its creation in 1997 until the 2015 election, when the riding was won by New Democrat Joe Ceci.

### Boundary history

The electoral district was created in the 1996 boundary re-distribution out of Calgary-East and named after the historical Fort Calgary.
The riding had significant changes in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution, and was expanded to meet the new boundaries of the City of Calgary and gained some rural portions that had belonged to Foothills-Rocky View. The electoral district also gained the neighbourhoods of Ramsay that was previously in Calgary-Egmont and East Village which was in Calgary-Buffalo. The riding also expanded south into industrial land that was formerly part of Calgary-Hays.
The Calgary-Fort electoral district was dissolved in the 2017 electoral boundary re-distribution into Calgary-Peigan ahead of the 2019 Alberta general election.
11 Calgary-Fort 2003 boundaries :
| Bordering districts ||||
| North | East | West | South |
| Calgary-Mountain View, Calgary-East, Calgary-Montrose | Airdrie-Chestermere | Calgary-Buffalo, Calgary-Egmont | Calgary-Egmont, Calgary-Hays |
| riding map goes here | riding map goes here | | |
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act ||||
| Starting at the intersection of the left bank of the Elbow River with the right bank of the Bow River; then 1. southeast along the right bank of the Bow River to the westerly extension of 26 Avenue SE; 2. east along the extension and 26 Avenue SE to 36 Street SE; 3. north along 36 Street SE to 8 Avenue SE; 4. east along 8 Avenue SE to 52 Street SE; 5. south along 52 Street SE to 17 Avenue SE; 6. east along 17 Avenue SE to the east Calgary city boundary; 7. south along the east Calgary city boundary to Glenmore Trail SE; 8. west and northwest along Glenmore Trail SE to the right bank of the Bow River; 9. north along the right bank of the Bow River to the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) line; 10. in a north westerly direction along the CPR line to the left bank of the Elbow River; 11. downstream along the left bank of the Elbow River to the starting point. ||||
12 Calgary-Fort 2010 boundaries :
| Bordering districts ||||
| North | East | West | South |
| Calgary-East, Calgary-Greenway and Calgary-Mountain View | Chestermere-Rocky View | Calgary-Acadia, Calgary-Buffalo and Calgary-Hays | Calgary-South East |
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act ||||

### Electoral history

Calgary-Fort :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Riding created from Calgary-Buffalo, Calgary-East and Calgary-Egmont |||||
| 24th | 1997–2001 | Wayne Cao | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 2001–2004 | Wayne Cao | Progressive Conservative |
| 26th | 2004–2008 | Wayne Cao | Progressive Conservative |
| 27th | 2008–2012 | Wayne Cao | Progressive Conservative |
| 28th | 2012–2015 | Wayne Cao | Progressive Conservative |
| 29th | 2015–2019 | Joe Ceci | New Democratic |
| Riding dissolved into Calgary-Acadia, Calgary-Buffalo, Calgary-East and Calgary-Peigan |||||
The electoral district of Calgary-Fort was created in the boundary re-distribution of 1997. The district covers central southeast Calgary and was carved primarily from Calgary-East. Progressive Conservative Wayne Cao won the district in the first election held in 1997 with just under half the popular vote.
Cao would run for his second term in 2001 and win a landslide victory winning almost 69% of the popular vote over a crowded field of eight candidates. He was re-elected in 2004 with a significantly reduced margin of victory taking just over half the popular vote.
Cao stood for a fourth term in the 2008 election and for the first time since 1997 he won less than half of the popular vote in one of the lowest voter turnout races in the province. Cao would retire prior to the 2015 Alberta general election which saw New Democrat and former Calgary Councillor Joe Ceci elected in Calgary-Fort.

## Legislative election results

vte1997 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Wayne Cao | 4,410 | 48.82% | – |
| | Liberal | Shirley-Anne Reuben | 2,817 | 31.18% | – |
| | Social Credit | Bren Blanchet | 916 | 10.14% | – |
| | New Democratic | Ken Sahil | 891 | 9.86% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 9,034 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 53 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 21,947 | 41.40% | – |
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| Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Fort Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. "1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 15, 2020. |||||||
vte2001 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Wayne Cao | 6,740 | 68.59% | 19.77% |
| | Liberal | Brian Huskins | 2,004 | 20.39% | -10.79% |
| | New Democratic | Vinay Dey | 501 | 5.10% | -4.76% |
| | Social Credit | R. Chick Hurst | 160 | 1.63% | -8.51% |
| | Greens | Michael Alvarez-Toye | 121 | 1.23% | – |
| | Independent | Metro Peter Demchynski | 102 | 1.04% | – |
| | Independent | Brian Slater | 100 | 1.02% | – |
| | Alberta First | Wyatt McIntyre | 99 | 1.01% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 9,827 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 43 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 22,882 | 43.13% | 1.73% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | 15.28% |
| Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Fort Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. "2001 Statement of Official results Calgary-Fort" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 15, 2020. |||||||
vte2004 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Wayne Cao | 4,137 | 53.86% | -14.73% |
| | Liberal | Gerry Hart | 1,786 | 23.25% | 2.86% |
| | New Democratic | Elizabeth A. Thomas | 584 | 7.60% | 2.50% |
| | Alberta Alliance | Travis P. Chase | 524 | 6.82% | – |
| | Greens | Tyler Charkie | 439 | 5.72% | 4.48% |
| | Separation | Leo Ollenberger | 211 | 2.75% | 1.71%$^1$ |
| Total | Total | Total | 7,681 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 88 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 23,271 | 33.38% | -9.75% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -8.79% |
| Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Fort Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. "Calgary-Fort Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 15, 2020.Note: 1. Results change compared to Alberta First Party in the 2001 general election. |||||||
vte2008 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Wayne Cao | 4,123 | 49.81% | −4.08% |
| | Liberal | Carole Oliver | 1,770 | 21.39% | −1.86 |
| | New Democratic | Julie Hrdlicka | 1,178 | 14.23% | 6.63% |
| | Wildrose Alliance | Travis Chase | 715 | 8.64% | 1.82% |
| | Green | Mark Taylor | 491 | 5.93% | 0.21% |
| Total | Total | Total | 8,277 |
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 32 |
| Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | 28,974 | 28.68% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | −2.97% |
| Source: "Calgary-Fort Statement of Official Results 2008 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. pp. 210–212. Retrieved March 3, 2010. |||||||
vte2012 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Wayne Cao | 4,855 | 40.94% | 16.03% |
| | Wildrose | Jeevan Mangat | 4,711 | 39.73% | 35.41% |
| | Liberal | Said Abdulbaki | 1,180 | 9.95% | -0.74% |
| | New Democratic | Don Monroe | 796 | 6.71% | -0.40% |
| | Evergreen | Janice Dixon | 317 | 2.67% | -0.30% |
| Total | Total | Total | 11,859 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 110 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 27,215 | 43.98% | -17.25% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -6.50% |
| Source(s) Source: "12 - Calgary-Fort Official Results 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 15, 2020. |||||||
vte2015 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Democratic | Joe Ceci | 7,027 | 49.77% | 43.05% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Andy Bao Nguyen | 3,204 | 22.69% | -18.25% |
| | Wildrose | Jeevan Mangat | 3,003 | 21.27% | -18.46% |
| | Liberal | Said Abdulbaki | 476 | 3.37% | -6.58% |
| | Alberta Party | Vic Goosen | 410 | 2.90% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 14,120 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 114 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 32,411 | 43.92% | -0.06% |
| | New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | Swing | 12.93% |
| Source(s) Source: "12 - Calgary-Fort Official Results 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

## Senate nominee election results
### 2004

| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Fort | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Fort | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Fort | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Fort | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Fort | Turnout 33.21% | Turnout 33.21% |
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % votes | % ballots | Rank |
| | Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 3,587 | 16.92% | 52.83% | 1 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 2,797 | 13.19% | 41.23% | 2 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 2,665 | 12.57% | 39.28% | 5 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 2,274 | 10.73% | 33.52% | 3 |
| | Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 2,028 | 9.57% | 29.89% | 6 |
| | Independent | Link Byfield | 1,869 | 8.82% | 27.55% | 4 |
| | Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,511 | 7.13% | 22.27% | 9 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 1,509 | 7.12% | 22.24% | 8 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 1,491 | 7.03% | 21.98% | 7 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 1,470 | 6.92% | 21.67% | 10 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 21,201 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Total ballots | Total ballots | Total ballots | 6,784 | 3.13 votes per ballot | 3.13 votes per ballot | 3.13 votes per ballot |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 945 | 945 | 945 | 945 |
| 23,271 eligible electors |||||||
Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot.

### 2012
## Student vote results
### 2004

* Participating schools
* Ian Bazalgette Jr. High School
* Sherwood 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 had 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 who reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district than where they were physically located.
2004 Alberta student vote results :
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressive Conservative | Wayne Cao | 53 | 38.13% |
| | Green | Tyler Charkie | 40 | 28.78% |
| | AB | Liberal | Gerry Hart | 25 | 17.99% |
| | Alberta Alliance | Travis Chase | 8 | 5.75% |
| | Separation | Leo Ollenberger | 7 | 5.04% |
| | New Democratic | Elizabeth Thomas | 6 | 4.31% |
| Total | Total | Total | 139 | 100% |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 0 | 0 |

### 2012

2012 Alberta student vote results :
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Candidate | % |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jason Luan | % |
| | Wildrose | Jeevan Mangat | % |
| | Liberal | Said Abdulbaki | % |
| | New Democratic | Don Monroe | % |
| | Social Credit | | % |
| Total | Total | Total | 100% |