# Macleod (federal electoral district)

Macleod was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1908 to 1968 and from 1988 to 2015. It was a mostly rural riding in southwest Alberta, however it extended as far north as the outer suburbs of Calgary, and in its final years included a few slivers of Calgary itself. It covered the Municipal District of Foothills No. 31, Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26, Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9, Municipal District of Ranchland No. 66, Vulcan County, the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass, and Kananaskis Improvement District. It also included the towns of Okotoks, Cochrane, and High River.

## Demographics

    According to the 2011 Canadian census
Ethnic groups: 84.1% White, 12.1% Aboriginal
Languages: 87.7% English, 3.6% German, 1.4% French, ~1.8% Blackfoot (Blackfoot counted as "Other language" on the Census; this number derived from "other language" speakers on Blackfoot reserves)
Religions: 67.4% Christian (22.7% Catholic, 12.2% United Church, 6.0% Anglican, 2.9% Lutheran, 1.8% Pentecostal, 1.6% Baptist, 1.4% Presbyterian, 18.8% Other Christian), 1.9% Traditional Aboriginal spirituality, 28.9% No religion
Median income (2010): $33,338

## History

This riding was originally created in 1907 from parts of District of Alberta and Calgary ridings.
It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Rocky Mountain, Palliser, Crowfoot, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat ridings.
It was re-created in 1987 from Bow River, Lethbridge—Foothills, Medicine Hat and Wild Rose ridings.
Due to the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution the riding was abolished prior to the next election. Most of the riding was transferred to the new riding of Foothills. Small parts were also transferred to Bow River, Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner and Banff—Airdrie. Small portions that had been annexed into Calgary joined Calgary Midnapore and Calgary Signal Hill.

### Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Macleod Riding created from Calgary and Alberta provisional district |||||
| 11th | 1908–1911 | John Herron | Liberal–Conservative |
| 12th | 1911–1917 | David Warnock | Liberal |
| 13th | 1917–1921 | Hugh Murray Shaw | Government (Unionist) |
| 14th | 1921–1925 | George Gibson Coote | Progressive |
| 15th | 1925–1926 | George Gibson Coote | Progressive |
| 16th | 1926–1930 | George Gibson Coote | United Farmers |
| 17th | 1930–1935 | George Gibson Coote | United Farmers |
| 18th | 1935–1940 | Ernest George Hansell | Social Credit |
| 19th | 1940–1945 | Ernest George Hansell | Social Credit |
| 20th | 1945–1949 | Ernest George Hansell | Social Credit |
| 21st | 1949–1953 | Ernest George Hansell | Social Credit |
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | Ernest George Hansell | Social Credit |
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | Ernest George Hansell | Social Credit |
| 24th | 1958–1962 | Lawrence Kindt | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 1962–1963 | Lawrence Kindt | Progressive Conservative |
| 26th | 1963–1965 | Lawrence Kindt | Progressive Conservative |
| 27th | 1965–1968 | Lawrence Kindt | Progressive Conservative |
| Riding dissolved into Rocky Mountain, Palliser, Crowfoot, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat |||||
| Riding re-created from Bow River, Lethbridge—Foothills, Medicine Hat and Wild Rose |||||
| 34th | 1988–1993 | Ken Hughes | Progressive Conservative |
| 35th | 1993–1997 | Grant Hill | Reform |
| 36th | 1997–2000 | Grant Hill | Reform |
| 36th | 2000–2000 | Grant Hill | Alliance |
| 37th | 2000–2003 | Grant Hill | Alliance |
| 37th | 2003–2004 | Grant Hill | Progressive Conservative |
| 37th | 2004–2004 | Grant Hill | Conservative |
| 38th | 2004–2006 | Ted Menzies | Conservative |
| 39th | 2006–2008 | Ted Menzies | Conservative |
| 40th | 2008–2011 | Ted Menzies | Conservative |
| 41st | 2011–2013 | Ted Menzies | Conservative |
| 41st | 2014–2015 | John Barlow | Conservative |
| Riding dissolved into Foothills, Bow River, Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner, Banff—Airdrie, Calgary Signal Hill and Calgary Midnapore |||||

### Current member of Parliament

The seat was last held by John Barlow, a Conservative and a former newspaper editor, who was elected in a by-election on June 30, 2014 following the resignation of Ted Menzies on November 6, 2013.

## Election results
### 1988–2015

vteCanadian federal by-election, June 30, 2014 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Barlow | 12,616 | 69.16 | −8.33 |
| | Liberal | Dustin Fuller | 3,092 | 16.95 | +13.27 |
| | Green | Larry Ashmore | 991 | 5.43 | +0.81 |
| | Christian Heritage | David J. Reimer | 774 | 4.24 | +3.75 |
| | New Democratic | Aileen Burke | 770 | 4.22 | −6.11 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 18,243 | 100.0 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 81 | 0.44 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,324 | 19.92 | −41.60 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 92,007 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | −10.80 |
| By-election due to the resignation of Ted Menzies. |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2011 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Ted Menzies | 40,007 | 77.48 | +0.12 | $51,784 |
| | New Democratic | Janine Giles | 5,335 | 10.33 | +3.65 | $4,665 |
| | Green | Attila Nagy | 2,389 | 4.63 | -4.48 | $2,587 |
| | Liberal | Nicole Hankel | 1,898 | 3.68 | -2.24 | |
| | Progressive Canadian | Brad Carrigan | 1,754 | 3.40 | | |
| | Christian Heritage | Marc Slingerland | 252 | 0.49 | -0.43 | |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 51,635 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 157 | 0.30 | +0.10 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,792 | 61.52 | +5.13 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 84,182 | – | – |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -1.76 |
2008 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Ted Menzies | 35,328 | 77.36 | +1.91 | $47,418 |
| | Green | Jared McCollum | 4,161 | 9.11 | +2.93 | $3,884 |
| | New Democratic | Stan Knowlton | 3,053 | 6.69 | +0.16 | $4,003 |
| | Liberal | Isabel Paynter | 2,703 | 5.92 | -3.31 | $7,424 |
| | Christian Heritage | Marc Slingerland | 422 | 0.92 | – | |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 45,667 | 100.00 | $96,193 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 91 | 0.20 | -0.07 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,758 | 56.39 | -3.64 |
vte2006 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ted Menzies | 37,534 | 75.45 | +0.69 |
| | Liberal | Bernie Kennedy | 4,596 | 9.23 | −2.86 |
| | New Democratic | Joyce Thomas | 3,251 | 6.53 | +0.04 |
| | Green | Larry Ashmore | 3,075 | 6.18 | −0.46 |
| | Independent | Myron Wolf Child | 1,055 | 2.12 | – |
| | Canadian Action | Catherine Whelan Costen | 235 | 0.47 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 49,879 | 100.00 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 133 | 0.27 | +0.01 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,224 | 60.03 | 0.00 |
2004 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Ted Menzies | 32,232 | 74.76 | -9.12 | $45,277 |
| | Liberal | Chris Shade | 5,214 | 12.09 | +2.68 | |
| | Green | Laurel Denise Fadeeff | 2,865 | 6.64 | – | $1,011 |
| | New Democratic | Joyce Thomas | 2,802 | 6.49 | -0.21 | $1,368 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 43,113 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 111 | 0.26 | 0.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,224 | 60.03 | -2.74 |
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance vote in 2000.
2000 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Alliance | Grant Hill | 30,783 | 70.05 | +2.03 | $47,809 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Cyril R. Abbott | 6,079 | 13.83 | -1.76 | $9,380 |
| | Liberal | Marlene LaMontagne | 4,137 | 9.41 | +5.36 | $5,561 |
| | New Democratic | Dwayne Good Striker | 2,945 | 6.70 | +5.99 | $524 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 43,944 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 116 | 0.26 | +0.11 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,060 | 62.77 | +6.20 |
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997.
1997 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Reform | Grant Hill | 24,225 | 68.02 | +4.62 | $40,614 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Tim Anderson | 5,555 | 15.59 | -1.77 | $32,047 |
| | Liberal | Christopher Paton-Gay | 4,137 | 11.61 | -4.62 | $41,335 |
| | New Democratic | Stanley Carl Knowlton | 1,444 | 4.05 | +2.15 | $2,140 |
| | Natural Law | Diane Shapka | 253 | 0.71 | +0.18 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 35,614 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 53 | 0.15 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,667 | 56.57 |
1993 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Reform | Grant Hill | 23,803 | 63.40 | +32.19 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Ken Hughes | 6,517 | 17.36 | -33.16 |
| | Liberal | Roy Whitney | 6,095 | 16.23 | +6.79 |
| | New Democratic | Susanne Abildgaard | 714 | 1.90 | -6.67 |
| | Green | Warren Smith | 214 | 0.57 | |
| | Natural Law | Gloria Hansen | 200 | 0.53 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 37,543 | 100.00 |
1988 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressive Conservative | Ken Hughes | 16,989 | 50.52 |
| | Reform | Ken Copithorne | 10,498 | 31.22 |
| | Liberal | Ernie Patterson | 3,175 | 9.44 |
| | New Democratic | Gary Taje | 2,884 | 8.58 | 0.25 |
| | Commonwealth of Canada | F.B. Tex Hover | 84 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 33,630 | 100.00 |

### 1908–1968

1965 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Lawrence Kindt | 8,706 | 44.32 | -1.00 |
| | Social Credit | Ernie Patterson | 6,487 | 33.03 | -3.08 |
| | Liberal | Bill Matheson | 3,142 | 16.00 | +2.72 |
| | New Democratic | Sam Brown | 1,307 | 6.65 | +1.36 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 19,642 | 100.00 |
1963 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Lawrence Kindt | 9,785 | 45.32 | -0.52 |
| | Social Credit | Ernie Patterson | 7,795 | 36.11 | +2.84 |
| | Liberal | Robert Bostrom | 2,866 | 13.28 | -1.68 |
| | New Democratic | John P. Griffin | 1,143 | 5.29 | -0.65 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 21,589 | 100.00 |
1962 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Lawrence Kindt | 9,605 | 45.84 | -13.19 |
| | Social Credit | Ernie Patterson | 6,970 | 33.26 | +5.40 |
| | Liberal | James A. Coutts | 3,133 | 14.95 | +5.50 |
| | New Democratic | John P. Griffin | 1,245 | 5.94 | +2.29 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 20,953 | 100.00 |
Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.
1958 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Lawrence Kindt | 11,911 | 59.03 | +32.69 |
| | Social Credit | Ernest George Hansell | 5,623 | 27.87 | -15.80 |
| | Liberal | James Derrick | 1,907 | 9.45 | -15.34 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | John Purrier Griffin | 736 | 3.65 | -1.55 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 20,177 | 100.00 |
1957 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit | Ernest George Hansell | 8,411 | 43.67 | -4.71 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Lawrence Kindt | 5,073 | 26.34 | +6.14 |
| | Liberal | Gordon Lloyd Burton | 4,774 | 24.79 | +0.84 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | John Purrier Griffin | 1,001 | 5.20 | +1.18 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 19,259 | 100.00 |
1953 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit | Ernest George Hansell | 8,685 | 48.39 | +3.30 |
| | Liberal | John Joseph McIntyre | 4,298 | 23.95 | -0.79 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Warren Cecil Cooper | 3,625 | 20.20 | +0.04 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Leslie Norman Howard | 721 | 4.02 | -6.00 |
| | Labor–Progressive | Anthony Patera | 620 | 3.45 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 17,949 | 100.00 |
1949 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit | Ernest George Hansell | 7,411 | 45.08 | +7.93 |
| | Liberal | Alfred Gladstone Lewis | 4,066 | 24.74 | +9.39 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Stanley Wyatt | 3,314 | 20.16 | -2.83 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | John Purrier Griffin | 1,647 | 10.02 | -5.03 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 16,438 | 100.00 |
1945 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit | Ernest George Hansell | 6,342 | 37.16 | -2.69 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Stanley Wyatt | 3,924 | 22.99 | +4.80 |
| | Liberal | Alfred Gladstone Lewis | 2,620 | 15.35 | -13.56 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Otto Edward Wobick | 2,569 | 15.05 | +2.00 |
| | Labor–Progressive | William Austin Arland | 1,613 | 9.45 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 17,068 | 100.00 |
Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election.
1940 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit | Ernest George Hansell | 6,655 | 39.84 | -8.74 |
| | Liberal | Francis Olestes McKenna | 4,829 | 28.91 | +16.74 |
| | National Government | Grier Rider Davis | 3,039 | 18.19 | +3.68 |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | Ruth House McBride | 2,180 | 13.05 | -11.68 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 16,703 | 100.00 |
Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.'
1935 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit | Ernest George Hansell | 7,028 | 48.58 | |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | George Gibson Coote | 3,577 | 24.73 | |
| | Conservative | John Walter Matthewson | 2,100 | 14.52 | -32.44 |
| | Liberal | Frank Olestes McKenna | 1,761 | 12.17 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 14,466 | 100.00 |
Note: George Gibson Coote's CCF vote is compared to his UFA vote in 1930 election.
1930 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | United Farmers of Alberta | George Gibson Coote | 6,897 | 53.05 | -13.33 |
| | Conservative | Joseph Duncan Matheson | 6,105 | 46.95 | +13.33 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 13,002 | 100.00 |
1926 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | United Farmers of Alberta | George Gibson Coote | 6,840 | 66.38 | +21.94 |
| | Conservative | John Herron | 3,465 | 33.62 | -4.49 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 10,305 | 100.00 |
Note: UFA vote is compared to Progressive vote in 1925 election.
1925 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive | George Gibson Coote | 4,943 | 44.44 | -15.33 |
| | Conservative | John Herron | 4,239 | 38.11 | +20.76 |
| | Liberal | Thomas Milnes | 1,941 | 17.45 | +8.40 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 11,123 | 100.00 |
1921 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive | George Gibson Coote | 6,086 | 59.77 | |
| | Conservative | Hugh Murray Shaw | 1,767 | 17.35 | -41.67 |
| | Labour | James Fairhurst | 1,407 | 13.82 | |
| | Liberal | Joseph E. Gillis | 922 | 9.06 | -20.99 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 10,182 | 100.00 |
Note: Conservative vote is compared to Unionist vote in 1917 election.
1917 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Government (Unionist) | Hugh Murray Shaw | 5,128 | 59.02 | +20.65 |
| | Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | Donald Randolph McIvor | 2,610 | 30.04 | -19.40 |
| | Nonpartisan League | Stephen Thorne Marshall | 950 | 10.93 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 8,688 | 100.00 |
Note: Unionist vote is compared to Liberal-Conservative vote in 1911 election.
1911 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | David Warnock | 3,660 | 49.44 | +7.09 |
| | Liberal–Conservative | John Herron | 2,841 | 38.38 | -8.67 |
| | Independent | Edmund Fulcher | 902 | 12.18 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 7,403 | 100.00 |
1908 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal–Conservative | John Herron | 2,935 | 47.04 |
| | Liberal | Allan Ban MacDonald | 2,642 | 42.35 |
| | Independent | John Harrington | 662 | 10.61 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 6,239 | 100.00 |