# Calgary-Hays

Calgary-Hays is a provincial electoral district mandated to return one member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada using the first past the post method of voting.
The riding was formed in 2004, carved out of the Calgary-Shaw electoral district. The district is named after former Calgary mayor and Canadian Senator Harry Hays who represented the electoral district of Calgary South as a Member of Parliament.
In its present boundaries the electoral district covers the deep southeast corner of Calgary and includes the neighbourhoods of McKenzie Lake, McKenzie Towne, Quarry Park, Douglas Glen, and Douglasdale.

## History

The electoral district was created in the 2003 boundary redistribution from Calgary-Shaw. The 2010 boundary redistribution split the riding in half to form most of Calgary-South East due to significant growth of new communities in the southeast quadrant of Calgary.

### Boundary history

13 Calgary-Hays 2003 boundaries :
| Bordering districts ||||
| North | East | West | South |
| Calgary-Fort, Calgary-Egmont | Airdrie-Chestermere | Calgary-Egmont, Calgary-Fish Creek, Calgary-Shaw, Highwood | Highwood |
| riding map goes here | riding map goes here | | |
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. ||||
| Starting at the intersection of Barlow Trail SE with Glenmore Trail SE; then 1. east along Glenmore Trail SE to the Calgary city boundary; 2. generally south and west along the city boundary to the right bank of the Bow River; 3. north along the right bank of the Bow River to the north boundary of Sec. 13, Twp. 23, Rge. 1 W5; 4. east along the north boundary of Sec. 13 and the north boundary of Sec. 16 in Twp. 23, Rge. 29 W4 to Barlow Trail SE; 5. north along Barlow Trail SE to the starting point. ||||
| Note: New District ||||
16 Calgary-Hays 2010 boundaries :
| Bordering districts ||||
| North | East | West | South |
| Calgary-Fort | Calgary-Fort and Calgary-South East | Calgary-Fish Creek and Calgary-Shaw | Calgary-South East |
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. ||||
| Note: ||||

### Electoral history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Hays :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| See Calgary-Shaw 1993-2004 |||||
| 26th | 2004–2008 | Arthur Johnston | Progressive Conservative |
| 27th | 2008–2012 | Arthur Johnston | Progressive Conservative |
| 28th | 2012–2015 | Ric McIver | Progressive Conservative |
| 29th | 2015–2017 | Ric McIver | Progressive Conservative |
| 29th | 2017–2019 | Ric McIver | United Conservative |
| 30th | 2019–2023 | Ric McIver | United Conservative |
| 31st | 2023– | Ric McIver | United Conservative |
The electoral district was created in the boundary redistribution of 2004 out of Calgary-Shaw after that electoral district became one of the most populated electoral districts in Alberta.
The first election held in the district in 2004 saw Progressive Conservative candidate Arthur Johnston win the election with a landslide majority taking nearly 64% of the popular vote while the second place candidate trailed far behind with just 22%.
Johnston stood for re-election in the 2008 provincial election. He won a higher popular vote but his percentage of victory dropped as the Liberal and Wildrose Alliance candidates made gains. However Johnston held the district with almost 55% of the popular vote.
Johnston announced his retirement as incumbent after being defeated twice for the Progressive Conservative nomination in Calgary-Hays and in the new electoral district of Calgary-South East.
In 2012, PC Candidate Ric McIver defeated Wayne Anderson, contender for the Wild Rose Party, to become the second representative for the Hays district since its creation.

## Legislative election results
### 2004

2004 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Arthur Johnston | 5,523 | 63.78% | – |
| | Liberal | Sharon L. Howe | 1,926 | 22.24% | – |
| | Alberta Alliance | Robert Wawrzynowski | 534 | 6.17% | – |
| | Green | Bernie Amell | 378 | 4.37% | – |
| | New Democratic | Rachel Weinfeld | 298 | 3.44% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 8,659 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 29 | 8 | 2 |
| Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | 24,936 | 34.85% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. |
| Source(s) Source: "00 - Calgary-Hays, 2004 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2005). Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the General Enumeration and General Election of the Twenty-sixth Legislative Assembly (Report). Edmonton: Alberta Legislative Assembly, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer. |||||||

### 2008

2008 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Arthur Johnston | 6,968 | 54.23% | -9.56% |
| | Liberal | Bill Kurtze | 3,586 | 27.91% | 5.66% |
| | Wildrose Alliance | Devin Cassidy | 1,366 | 10.63% | 4.46% |
| | Green | Keely Bruce | 564 | 4.39% | 0.02% |
| | New Democratic | Tyler Kinch | 366 | 2.85% | -0.59% |
| Total | Total | Total | 12,850 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 14 | 14 | 2 |
| Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | 34,364 | 37.44% | 2.59% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -7.61% |
| Source(s) Source: "13 - Calgary-Hays, 2008 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2008). The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-Seventh Legislative Assembly (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. Retrieved April 7, 2021. |||||||

### 2012

2012 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Ric McIver | 8,621 | 55.09% | 0.86% |
| | Wildrose Alliance | Wayne Anderson | 5,670 | 36.23% | 25.60% |
| | Liberal | Brian MacPhee | 898 | 5.74% | -22.17% |
| | New Democratic | Regina Vergara | 461 | 2.95% | 0.10% |
| Total | Total | Total | 15,650 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 126 | 55 | 10 |
| Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | 28,749 | 54.91% | 17.47% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -3.73% |
| Source(s) Source: "16 - Calgary-Hays, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2012). The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2011 Provincial Enumeration and Monday, April 23, 2012 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-eighth Legislative Assembly (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021. |||||||

### 2015

vte2015 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Ric McIver | 6,671 | 38.26% | -16.83% |
| | New Democratic | Carla Drader | 5,138 | 29.47% | 26.52% |
| | Wildrose | Bob Mailloux | 4,562 | 26.16% | -10.07% |
| | Liberal | Shawn Emran | 722 | 4.14% | -1.60% |
| | Green | Graham Mackenzie | 250 | 1.43% | – |
| | Social Credit | Zachary Doyle | 93 | 0.53% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 17,436 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 28 | 29 | 6 |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 32,793 | 53.27% | -1.64% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -5.03% |
| Source(s) Source: "16 - Calgary-Hays, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2016). 2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. |||||||

### 2019

vte2019 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | United Conservative | Ric McIver | 14,186 | 63.19% | -1.23% | $56,063 |
| | New Democratic | Tory Tomblin | 5,706 | 25.42% | -4.05% | $48,441 |
| | Alberta Party | Chris Nowell | 2,052 | 9.14% | – | $4,184 |
| | Liberal | Frances Woytkiw | 293 | 1.31% | -2.84% | $500 |
| | Alberta Independence | Kenneth Morrice | 211 | 0.94% | – | $1,209 |
| Total | Total | Total | 22,448 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 129 | 53 | 6 |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 34,230 | 65.97% | 12.70% |
| | United Conservative hold | United Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | |
| Source(s) Source: Elections AlbertaNote: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000. |||||||

### 2023

vte2023 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | United Conservative | Ric McIver | 11,807 | 55.61 | -7.59 |
| | New Democratic | Andrew Stewart | 8,987 | 42.33 | +16.91 |
| | Green | Evelyn Tanaka | 321 | 1.51 | – |
| | Solidarity Movement | Garry Leonhardt | 118 | 0.56 | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 21,233 | 99.38 | – |
| Rejected and declined | Rejected and declined | Rejected and declined | 133 | 0.62 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,366 | 60.45 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 35,345 |
| | United Conservative hold | United Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -12.25 |
| Source(s) Source: Elections Alberta |||||||

## Senate nominee election results
### 2004

| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Hays | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Hays | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Hays | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Hays | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Hays | Turnout 34.85% | Turnout 34.85% |
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % votes | % ballots | Rank |
| | Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 4,329 | 17.89% | 57.24% | 1 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 3,672 | 15.17% | 48.55% | 2 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 3,640 | 15.04% | 48.13% | 5 |
| | Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 2,849 | 11.77% | 37.67% | 6 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 2,619 | 10.82% | 34.63% | 3 |
| | Independent | Link Byfield | 1,796 | 7.42% | 23.75% | 4 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 1,449 | 5.99% | 19.16% | 8 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 1,354 | 5.59% | 17.90% | 7 |
| | Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,253 | 5.18% | 16.57% | 9 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 1,243 | 5.13% | 16.44% | 10 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 24,204 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Total ballots | Total ballots | Total ballots | 7,563 | 3.20 votes per ballot | 3.20 votes per ballot | 3.20 votes per ballot |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 1,127 | 1,127 | 1,127 | 1,127 |
| 24,936 eligible electors |||||||
Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot