# Calgary-Hawkwood

Calgary-Hawkwood was a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 2012 to 2019.

## History

The Calgary-Hawkwood electoral district was created in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution. It was created from parts of Calgary-Bow, Calgary-Foothills, Calgary-North West and a small portion of Calgary-Varsity.
The Calgary-Hawkwood electoral district was dissolved in the 2017 electoral boundary re-distribution into Calgary-Edgemont ahead of the 2019 Alberta general election.

### Boundary history

15 Calgary-Hawkwood 2010 boundaries :
| Bordering districts ||||
| North | East | West | South |
| Calgary-Foothills | Calgary-Varsity | Calgary-North West | Calgary-Bow |
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act ||||

### Electoral history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Hawkwood :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| See Calgary-Bow and Calgary-Foothills 1971–2012, and Calgary-North West 1986–2012 |||||
| 28th | 2012–2015 | Jason Luan | PC |
| 29th | 2015–2019 | Michael Connolly | NDP |
| See Calgary-Edgemont 2019– |||||
The antecedent electoral districts that comprise Calgary-Hawkwood have been returning mainly Progressive Conservative and the occasional Liberal candidates to office since the 1970s. Varsity has returned a Liberal candidate since 2004 and North West returned a Liberal candidate from 1989 to 1997.

## Legislative election results
### 2012

vte2012 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jason Luan | 9,097 | 47.10% | – |
| | Wildrose | David Yager | 7,030 | 36.40% | – |
| | Liberal | Maria Davis | 1,632 | 8.45% | – |
| | New Democratic | Collin Anderson | 911 | 4.72% | – |
| | Alberta Party | Kevin Woron | 242 | 1.25% | – |
| | Evergreen | Janet Keeping | 199 | 1.03% | – |
| | Social Credit | Len Skowronski | 103 | 0.53% | – |
| | Independent | Ed Torrance | 99 | 0.51% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 19,313 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 138 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 33,663 | 57.78% | – |
| | 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: "15 - Calgary-Hawkwood Official Results 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 2015

vte2015 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Democratic | Michael Connolly | 7,443 | 36.35% | 31.63% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jason Luan | 6,378 | 31.15% | -15.95% |
| | Wildrose | Jae Shim | 4,448 | 21.72% | -14.68% |
| | Alberta Party | Beth Barberree | 925 | 4.52% | 3.26% |
| | Liberal | Harbaksh Singh Sekhon | 736 | 3.59% | -4.86% |
| | Green | Polly Knowlton Cockett | 455 | 2.22% | 1.19% |
| | Social Credit | Len Skowronski | 90 | 0.44% | -0.09% |
| Total | Total | Total | 20,475 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 68 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 33,523 | 61.28% | 3.50% |
| | New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | Swing | -2.75% |
| Source(s) Source: "15 - Calgary-Hawkwood Official Results 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

## Student vote results
### 2012

2012 Alberta student vote results :
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jason Luan | 186 | 43.36% |
| | Wildrose | David Yager | 129 | 30.00% |
| | Liberal | Maria Davis | 53 | 12.44% |
| | Alberta Party | Kevin Woron | 16 | 3.72% |
| | New Democratic | Collin Anderson | 15 | 3.49% |
| | Independent | Ed Torrance | 9 | 2.09% |
| | Social Credit | Len Skowronski | 3 | 0.70% |
| Total | Total | Total | 430 | 100% |