# Crowfoot (electoral district)

Crowfoot was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 2015.
It was located in the central part of the province, and is named in honour of Chief Crowfoot, leader of the Blackfoot First Nations in the 19th century.
Even by the standards of rural Alberta, Crowfoot was a strongly conservative riding. The major right-wing party of the day — Progressive Conservative (1968–1993), Reform (1993–2000), Canadian Alliance (2000–2003), and Conservative (after 2003) — won every election in this riding, usually by some of the largest recorded margins in Canadian politics. As a measure of how conservative this riding is, Jack Horner, the riding's original member, crossed the floor to the Liberals in 1977, only to tumble to only 18 percent of the vote in 1979.
This electoral district was also home to the largest margin of victory in any federal riding in the 2004 and 2006 federal elections. Conservative candidate Kevin Sorenson won 37,649 votes, or 80.2% of the riding's total in 2004. This represented a difference of 34,034 votes, or 72.5%, from the candidate with the riding's second most votes, Liberal Adam Campbell who only received 3,615 votes, or 7.7% of the riding's votes. It was the riding with the highest Conservative vote in the 2004 and 2006 elections. In 2006, Sorenson increased his vote even further, to 43,009 votes, 82.5% of the total.

## Geography

The district included the City of Camrose; the Town of Drumheller; the Municipal District of Acadia No. 34; Wheatland County; Kneehill County; Starland County; the County of Stettler No. 6; the County of Paintearth No. 18; Camrose County; and all of Alberta's three special areas (Nos. 2, 3 and 4).

## History

This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Medicine Hat, Acadia, Bow River, and Macleod ridings.
In 2003, parts of Wild Rose riding were added.
It was abolished in 2012. Most of the riding's eastern portion became Battle River—Crowfoot, with much of the western portion transferring to Bow River and Red Deer—Mountain View. Some outer western portions of the riding that had been annexed into Calgary joined Calgary Shepard and Calgary Forest Lawn.

### Members of Parliament

| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Crowfoot Riding created from Medicine Hat, Acadia, Bow River and Macleod |||||
| 28th | 1968–1972 | Jack Horner | Progressive Conservative |
| 29th | 1972–1974 | Jack Horner | Progressive Conservative |
| 30th | 1974–1977 | Jack Horner | Progressive Conservative |
| 30th | 1977–1979 | Jack Horner | Liberal |
| 31st | 1979–1980 | Arnold Malone | Progressive Conservative |
| 32nd | 1980–1984 | Arnold Malone | Progressive Conservative |
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | Arnold Malone | Progressive Conservative |
| 34th | 1988–1993 | Arnold Malone | Progressive Conservative |
| 35th | 1993–1997 | Jack Ramsay | Reform |
| 36th | 1997–2000 | Jack Ramsay | Reform |
| 36th | 2000–2000 | Jack Ramsay | Independent Canadian Alliance |
| 36th | 2000–2000 | Jack Ramsay | Independent |
| 37th | 2000–2003 | Kevin Sorenson | Alliance |
| 37th | 2003–2004 | Kevin Sorenson | Conservative |
| 38th | 2004–2006 | Kevin Sorenson | Conservative |
| 39th | 2006–2008 | Kevin Sorenson | Conservative |
| 40th | 2008–2011 | Kevin Sorenson | Conservative |
| 41st | 2011–2015 | Kevin Sorenson | Conservative |
| Riding dissolved into Battle River—Crowfoot, Bow River, Red Deer—Mountain View, Calgary Shepard and Calgary Forest Lawn |||||

## Election results

2011 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Kevin Sorenson | 44,115 | 83.99 | +1.95 | $33,424 |
| | New Democratic | Ellen Parker | 4,805 | 9.15 | +1.25 | $10,007 |
| | Green | Konrad Schellenberg | 1,711 | 3.26 | -2.71 | $0 |
| | Liberal | Omar Harb | 1,224 | 2.33 | -1.76 | $4,589 |
| | Independent | John C. Turner | 463 | 0.88 | – | $2,667 |
| | Christian Heritage | Gerard Groenedijk | 204 | 0.39 | – | |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 52,522 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 131 | 0.25 | -0.02 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,653 | 59.73 | +5 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 88,152 | – | – |
2008 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Kevin Sorenson | 39,342 | 82.04 | -0.52 | $63,199 |
| | New Democratic | Ellen Parker | 3,783 | 7.90 | +0.50 | $5,585 |
| | Green | Kaitlin Kettenbach | 2,875 | 5.97 | +1.49 | |
| | Liberal | Sharon Howe | 1,958 | 4.09 | -1.47 | $1,397 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 47,958 | 100.00 | $106,273 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 127 | 0.26 | -0.01 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,085 | 55 | -10 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -0.51 |
2006 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Kevin Sorenson | 43,210 | 82.56 | +2.36 |
| | New Democratic | Ellen Parker | 3,875 | 7.40 | +0.50 |
| | Liberal | Adam Campbell | 2,908 | 5.56 | -2.14 |
| | Green | Cameron Wigmore | 2,347 | 4.48 | +0.66 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 52,340 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 142 | 0.27 | +0.07 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,482 | 65 | +3 |
2004 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Kevin Sorenson | 37,649 | 80.20 | -4.51 | $43,903 |
| | Liberal | Adam Campbell | 3,615 | 7.70 | +1.51 | $3,455 |
| | New Democratic | Ellen Parker | 3,241 | 6.90 | +3.86 | $2,514 |
| | Green | Arnold Baker | 1,795 | 3.82 | – | |
| | Marijuana | Max Leonard Cornelssen | 639 | 1.36 | – | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 46,939 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 89 | 0.19 | -0.01 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,028 | 62.36 | -3.82 |
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 | Kevin Sorenson | 33,767 | 70.55 | -0.44 | $44,001 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Verlyn Olson | 6,778 | 14.16 | -1.34 | $18,591 |
| | Liberal | Orest Werezak | 2,964 | 6.19 | -3.52 | $2,938 |
| | Independent | Jack Ramsay | 2,668 | 5.57 | – | $18,085 |
| | New Democratic | Jay Russell | 1,457 | 3.04 | -0.75 | $788 |
| | Independent | Valerie Morrow | 223 | 0.46 | – | $7,959 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 47,857 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 117 | 0.20 | 0.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,974 | 66.18 | +2.12 |
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997.
1997 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Reform | Jack Ramsay | 30,589 | 70.99 | +4.95 | $48,007 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Paul Marshall | 6,679 | 15.50 | -2.48 | $18,052 |
| | Liberal | Redford W. Peeples | 4,185 | 9.71 | -2.82 | $5,178 |
| | New Democratic | Bill Scotten | 1,635 | 3.79 | +1.39 | $859 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 43,088 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 79 | 0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,167 | 64.06 |
1993 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Reform | Jack Ramsay (politician) | 23,550 | 66.04 | +33.99 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Brian Heidecker | 6,411 | 17.98 | -35.70 |
| | Liberal | Darryl Sandford | 4,468 | 12.53 | +5.93 |
| | New Democratic | Berend J. Wilting | 857 | 2.40 | -5.26 |
| | Natural Law | Alan J. Livingston | 260 | 0.73 | |
| | Independent | Anita Ashmore | 113 | 0.32 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 35,659 | 100.00 |
1988 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Arnold Malone | 19,079 | 53.68 | -24.15 |
| | Reform | Jack Ramsay | 11,392 | 32.05 | |
| | New Democratic | Fred Rappel | 2,725 | 7.67 | -1.67 |
| | Liberal | Doug Moe | 2,344 | 6.60 | -0.76 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 35,540 | 100.00 |
1984 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Arnold Malone | 26,291 | 77.83 | +1.22 |
| | New Democratic | L. Gladys Creasy | 3,153 | 9.33 | +3.10 |
| | Liberal | Vange MacNaughton | 2,483 | 7.35 | -8.18 |
| | Confederation of Regions | Joe Domanski | 1,559 | 4.62 | |
| | Social Credit | Arthur E. Robinson | 294 | 0.87 | -0.75 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 33,780 | 100.00 |
1980 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Arnold Malone | 23,491 | 76.61 | -0.51 |
| | Liberal | Jack Horner | 4,761 | 15.53 | -2.67 |
| | New Democratic | Roger Milbrandt | 1,912 | 6.24 | +1.56 |
| | Social Credit | Jim Green | 498 | 1.62 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 30,662 | 100.00 |
1979 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Arnold Malone | 25,202 | 77.12 | +1.62 |
| | Liberal | Jack Horner | 5,947 | 18.20 | +3.65 |
| | New Democratic | Roger Milbrandt | 1,529 | 4.68 | +0.20 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 32,678 | 100.00 |
1974 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jack Horner | 18,048 | 75.51 | -0.03 |
| | Liberal | Ernest R. Patterson | 3,477 | 14.55 | +4.06 |
| | Social Credit | Jim Green | 1,307 | 5.47 | -1.69 |
| | New Democratic | Muriel McCreary | 1,071 | 4.48 | -2.34 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 23,903 | 100.00 |
1972 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jack Horner | 18,667 | 75.54 | +2.09 |
| | Liberal | Andy McAlister | 2,591 | 10.48 | -10.80 |
| | Social Credit | Jim Green | 1,768 | 7.15 | |
| | New Democratic | Gloria Jean Ann Mcgowan | 1,686 | 6.82 | +1.55 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 24,712 | 100.00 |
1968 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jack Horner | 16,508 | 73.45 |
| | Liberal | Noel Sharp | 4,783 | 21.28 |
| | New Democratic | Stuart McCready | 1,185 | 5.27 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 22,476 | 100.00 |