# Calgary West

Calgary West was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1953, and from 1979 to 2015. It was in the western part of the City of Calgary. The electoral district was originally created in 1914 from Calgary riding. It was abolished in 1952 with parts being transferred to Calgary North, Calgary South, Bow River and Red Deer ridings. It was re-created in 1976 from Calgary North, Calgary South, Calgary Centre, and Palliser ridings. It was abolished during the 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution into Calgary Signal Hill (58%), Calgary Rocky Ridge (25%), and Calgary Confederation (17%).
From 1993 to 1997, Calgary West was represented by Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015. Harper represented the nearby riding of Calgary Southwest as leader of the Opposition (from 2002) and prime minister (from 2006).

## Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Member | Party |
| Calgary West Riding created from Calgary |||||
| 13th | 1917–1921 | | Thomas Tweedie | Government (Unionist) |
| 14th | 1921–1925 | | Joseph Tweed Shaw | Independent Labour |
| 15th | 1925–1926 | | R.B. Bennett | Conservative |
| 16th | 1926–1930 | | R.B. Bennett |
| 17th | 1930–1935 | | R.B. Bennett |
| 18th | 1935–1939 | | R.B. Bennett |
| 18th | 1939–1940 | Douglas Cunnington |
| 19th | 1940–1945 | | Manley Justin Edwards | Liberal |
| 20th | 1945–1949 | | Arthur LeRoy Smith | Progressive Conservative |
| 21st | 1949–1951 | | Arthur LeRoy Smith | Progressive Conservative |
| 21st | 1951–1953 | | Carl Nickle | Progressive Conservative |
| Riding dissolved into Calgary North, Calgary South, Bow River and Red Deer |||||
| Riding re-created from Calgary North, Calgary South, Calgary Centre, and Palliser |||||
| 31st | 1979–1980 | | Jim Hawkes | Progressive Conservative |
| 32nd | 1980–1984 | | Jim Hawkes | Progressive Conservative |
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | | Jim Hawkes | Progressive Conservative |
| 34th | 1988–1993 | | Jim Hawkes | Progressive Conservative |
| 35th | 1993–1997 | | Stephen Harper | Reform |
| 36th | 1997–2000 | | Rob Anders | Reform |
| 36th | 2000–2000 | | Rob Anders | Alliance |
| 37th | 2000–2003 | | Rob Anders | Alliance |
| 37th | 2003–2004 | | Rob Anders | Conservative |
| 38th | 2004–2006 | | Rob Anders | Conservative |
| 39th | 2006–2008 | | Rob Anders | Conservative |
| 40th | 2008–2011 | | Rob Anders | Conservative |
| 41st | 2011–2015 | | Rob Anders | Conservative |
| Riding dissolved into Calgary Signal Hill, Calgary Rocky Ridge and Calgary Confederation |||||

## Election results
### 1979–2015

2011 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Rob Anders | 39,996 | 62.20 | +4.84 | $83,426 |
| | Liberal | Janice Kinch | 11,379 | 17.68 | -4.22 | $33,609 |
| | New Democratic | Shawna Knowles | 6,666 | 10.36 | +4.01 | |
| | Green | Anna Wagner | 6,068 | 9.43 | -1.72 | $15,556 |
| | Marxist–Leninist | André Vachon | 233 | 0.36 | +0.11 | |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 64,346 | 100.00 | – | $102,535 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 338 | 0.52 | +0.15 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 64,684 | 63.01 | +2.05 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 102,657 | – | – |
2008 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Rob Anders | 34,579 | 57.36 | -1.35 | $73,112 |
| | Liberal | Jennifer Pollock | 13,204 | 21.90 | -0.22 | $38,919 |
| | Green | Randall Weeks | 6,722 | 11.15 | +0.88 | $7,103 |
| | New Democratic | Teale Phelps Bondaroff | 3,832 | 6.35 | -1.94 | $7,402 |
| | Independent | Kirk Schmidt | 1,790 | 2.96 | – | $15,857 |
| | Marxist–Leninist | André Vachon | 155 | 0.25 | +0.06 | |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 60,282 | 100.00 | $96,909 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 221 | 0.37 | +0.08 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 60,503 | 60.96 | -8.98 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -0.6 |
2006 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Rob Anders | 38,020 | 58.71 | +2.81 | $47,434 |
| | Liberal | Jennifer Pollock | 14,328 | 22.12 | -7.15 | $61,930 |
| | Green | Danielle Roberts | 6,653 | 10.27 | +2.65 | $200 |
| | New Democratic | Teale Phelps Bondaroff | 5,370 | 8.29 | +1.81 | $2,960 |
| | Canadian Action | Tim Cayzer | 265 | 0.41 | -0.15 | $2,356 |
| | Marxist–Leninist | André Vachon | 125 | 0.19 | +0.04 | $16 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 64,761 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 191 | 0.29 | -0.04 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 64,952 | 69.94 | +2.42 |
2004 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Rob Anders | 31,322 | 55.90 | -19.71 | $66,962 |
| | Liberal | Justin Thompson | 16,402 | 29.27 | +11.12 | $37,297 |
| | Green | Danielle Roberts | 4,274 | 7.63 | +5.24 | $593 |
| | New Democratic | Tim Patterson | 3,632 | 6.48 | +2.68 | $2,317 |
| | Canadian Action | James S. Kohut | 315 | 0.56 | – | $551 |
| | Marxist–Leninist | André Vachon | 87 | 0.16 | – | $46 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 56,032 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 184 | 0.33 | +0.13 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,216 | 67.52 | +5.65 |
2000 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Alliance | Rob Anders | 33,222 | 54.04 | +2.25 | $54,150 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 13,259 | 21.57 | +4.15 | $26,369 |
| | Liberal | Frank Bruseker | 11,181 | 18.18 | -7.05 | $15,745 |
| | New Democratic | Greg Klassen | 2,350 | 3.82 | +0.04 | $1,540 |
| | Green | Evan Osenton | 1,456 | 2.36 | +1.09 | $1,069 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 61,468 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 122 | 0.20 | -0.04 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 61,590 | 61.87 | -3.00 |
1997 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Reform | Rob Anders | 24,878 | 51.79 | -0.32 | $55,330 |
| | Liberal | Dave Bronconnier | 15,277 | 25.23 | -1.44 | $65,590 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Sergei Scurfield | 9,594 | 17.42 | +1.70 | $43,365 |
| | New Democratic | Michael Kozakavich | 2,105 | 3.78 | +1.75 | $1,506 |
| | Green | Jack Locke | 557 | 1.27 | +0.68 | $1,210 |
| | Natural Law | Frank Haika | 293 | 0.47 | -0.37 | $1,149 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 52,704 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 128 | 0.24 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,832 | 64.87 |
1993 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Reform | Stephen Harper | 30,139 | 52.11 | +35.53 |
| | Liberal | Karen Gainer | 15,423 | 26.67 | +14.10 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jim Hawkes | 9,090 | 15.72 | -42.80 |
| | New Democratic | Rudy Rogers | 1,175 | 2.03 | -9.58 |
| | National | Kathleen McNeil | 1,067 | 1.84 | |
| | Natural Law | Frank Haika | 483 | 0.84 | |
| | Green | Don Francis | 343 | 0.59 | |
| | Christian Heritage | Larry Heather | 116 | 0.20 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 57,836 | 100.00 |
1988 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jim Hawkes | 32,025 | 58.52 | -16.19 |
| | Reform | Steve Harper | 9,074 | 16.58 | |
| | Liberal | John Phillips | 6,880 | 12.57 | +1.14 |
| | New Democratic | Richard D. Vanderberg | 6,355 | 11.61 | +0.86 |
| | Libertarian | David Faren | 225 | 0.41 | -0.05 |
| | Confederation of Regions | Brent Morin | 170 | 0.31 | -0.73 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 54,729 | 100.00 |
1984 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jim Hawkes | 37,565 | 74.70 | +8.85 |
| | Liberal | Bill Code | 5,749 | 11.43 | -11.65 |
| | New Democratic | Ed Smith | 5,409 | 10.76 | +3.08 |
| | Green | Martin--John McDonald | 605 | 1.20 | |
| | Confederation of Regions | Cliff Ginn | 523 | 1.04 | |
| | Libertarian | Frank Ceri | 233 | 0.46 | |
| | Social Credit | Doug Williams | 201 | 0.40 | -0.33 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 50,285 | 100.00 |
1980 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jim Hawkes | 26,639 | 65.85 | +0.47 |
| | Liberal | Jerry Arshinoff | 9,339 | 23.09 | -1.63 |
| | New Democratic | Bob Ritchie | 3,107 | 7.68 | -0.80 |
| | Rhinoceros | Anthony G. Petti | 1,027 | 2.54 | |
| | Social Credit | Ada Major | 294 | 0.73 | -0.45 |
| | Marxist–Leninist | John Musgrave | 45 | 0.11 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 40,451 | 100.00 |
1979 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jim Hawkes | 28,474 | 65.39 |
| | Liberal | Doug Lauchlan | 10,762 | 24.71 |
| | New Democratic | Jack Peters | 3,694 | 8.48 |
| | Social Credit | Dennis Shupe | 512 | 1.18 |
| | Communist | Joan Jenkins | 104 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 43,546 | 100.00 |

### 1951 by-election

Canadian federal by-election, 10 December 1951 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| On Mr. Smith's resignation, 5 July 1951 |||||||
| | Progressive Conservative | Carl Olof Nickle | 10,686 | 47.29 | +4.63 |
| | Liberal | Frank Gordon Buchanan | 6,424 | 28.43 | -3.66 |
| | Social Credit | Arthur Dixon | 5,489 | 24.29 | -0.97 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 22,599 | 100.00 |

### 1917–1949

1949 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Arthur LeRoy Smith | 11,457 | 42.65 | +4.21 |
| | Liberal | Charles Curtice Matthews | 8,619 | 32.09 | +10.38 |
| | Social Credit | Arthur J. Dixon | 6,785 | 25.26 | +4.61 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 26,861 | 100.00 |
1945 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Arthur LeRoy Smith | 8,872 | 38.44 | +1.57 |
| | Liberal | Charles Curtice Matthews | 5,011 | 21.71 | -13.12 |
| | Social Credit | Andrew Henry Jukes | 4,766 | 20.65 | -0.36 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Ken Simpson Tory | 3,641 | 15.77 | +8.48 |
| | Labor–Progressive | Duncan Archibald Mackenzie | 791 | 3.43 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 23,081 | 100.00 |
Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election. Social Credit vote is compared to New Democracy vote in 1940 election.
1940 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Manley Justin Edwards | 7,299 | 36.87 | +25.17 |
| | National Government | Douglas Cunnington | 6,896 | 34.83 | -15.52 |
| | New Democracy | Rose Wilkinson | 4,159 | 21.01 | -10.93 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | J. Albert Johnson | 1,444 | 7.29 | +3.53 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 19,798 | 100.00 |
Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election. New Democracy vote is compared to Social Credit vote in 1935 election.
By-election on 18 September 1939
On Richard Bennett's resignation, 28 January 1939 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Douglas Cunnington | acclaimed |
1935 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Bennett | 9,172 | 50.35 | -19.87 |
| | Social Credit | Robert Lincoln Reid | 5,817 | 31.93 | |
| | Liberal | Peter Laurence Hyde | 2,130 | 11.69 | -18.08 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Henry Magee Horricks | 686 | 3.77 | |
| | Reconstruction | Charles Thomas Galbraith | 411 | 2.26 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 18,216 | 100.00 |
Canadian federal by-election, 25 August 1930 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| On acceptance by the Hon. Richard Bennett of an office of emolument under the Crown, 7 July 1930 |||||||
| | Conservative | Richard Bennett | acclaimed |
1930 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Bennett | 13,883 | 70.22 | +12.30 |
| | Liberal | Colin Campbell McLaurin | 5,887 | 29.78 | -12.30 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 19,770 | 100.00 |
1926 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Bennett | 8,951 | 57.92 | -5.01 |
| | Liberal | Harry William Lunney | 6,502 | 42.08 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 15,453 | 100.00 |
1925 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Bennett | 10,256 | 62.94 | +17.19 |
| | Labour | Joseph Tweed Shaw | 6,040 | 37.06 | -8.78 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 16,296 | 100.00 |
1921 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joseph Tweed Shaw | 7,369 | 45.85 | |
| | Conservative | Richard Bennett | 7,353 | 45.75 | -27.49 |
| | Liberal | Edward Faustinus Ryan | 1,351 | 8.41 | -18.36 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 16,073 | 100.00 |
Note: Conservative vote is compared to Unionist vote in 1917 election.
1917 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Government (Unionist) | Thomas Tweedie | 10,986 | 73.24 |
| | Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | John Alfred Irvine | 4,015 | 26.76 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 15,001 | 100.00 |