# Calgary-Mackay

Calgary-Mackay 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 2004 to 2012.

## History

The Calgary-MacKay electoral district was created in the 2003 electoral boundary re-distribution from the Calgary-Nose Creek electoral district.
The Calgary-MacKay electoral district would be dissolved in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution and would be re-distributed into the Calgary-Northern Hills and Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill electoral districts.

### Boundary history

15 Calgary-Mackay 2003 boundaries :
| Bordering districts ||||
| North | East | West | South |
| Foothills-Rocky View | Calgary-McCall, Airdrie-Chestermere | Calgary-Foothills | Calgary-Nose Hill |
| riding map goes here | riding map goes here | map in relation to other districts in Alberta goes here | map in relation to other districts in Alberta goes here |
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. ||||
| Starting at the intersection of the north Calgary city boundary with Simons Valley Road NW; then 1. east along the city boundary to Deerfoot Trail NE; 2. generally south and southwest along Deerfoot Trail NE to Beddington Trail NE; 3. generally northwest along Beddington Trail NE and Beddington Trail NW to Berkshire Boulevard NW; 4. southwest along Berkshire Boulevard NW to MacEwan Glen Drive NW; 5. in a generally westerly direction along MacEwan Glen Drive NW to MacEwan Park View NW; 6. west along MacEwan Park View NW and its westerly extension to Utility Right of Way (UR/W) 9011734 (lying along the north boundary of Nose Hill Park); 7. west along the UR/W 9011734 and its westerly extension to Shaganappi Trail NW; 8. north along Shaganappi Trail NW to Country Hills Boulevard NW; 9. east along Country Hills Boulevard NW to Beddington Trail NW; 10. northwest along Beddington Trail NW and Simons Valley Road NW to the starting point. ||||
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### Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Mackay :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| See Calgary-Nose Creek electoral district from 1993-2004 |||||
| 26th | 2004–2008 | Gary Mar | Progressive Conservative |
| 27th | 2008–2012 | Teresa Woo-Paw | Progressive Conservative |
| See Calgary-Northern Hills electoral district from 2012-present and Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill electoral district from 2012-2019 |||||

## Legislative election results
### 2004

vte2004 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Gary Mar | 5,575 | 56.17% | – |
| | Liberal | Darryl G. Hawkins | 2,617 | 26.37% | – |
| | Alberta Alliance | Shawn Hubbard | 626 | 6.31% | – |
| | New Democratic | Giorgio Cattabeni | 462 | 4.65% | – |
| | Greens | David McTavish | 445 | 4.48% | – |
| | Independent | Paul Martin | 200 | 2.02% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 9,925 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 49 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 27,866 | 35.79% | – |
| | 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: "Calgary-Mackay Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 2008

vte2008 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Teresa Woo-Paw | 6,247 | 48.40% | -7.77% |
| | Liberal | Tianna Melnyk | 4,048 | 31.36% | 4.99% |
| | Wildrose | Rob Gregory | 1,609 | 12.47% | 6.15% |
| | Green | Ryan Smith | 578 | 4.48% | 0.00% |
| | New Democratic | Daena Diduck | 426 | 3.30% | -1.35% |
| Total | Total | Total | 12,908 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 54 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 37,883 | 34.22% | -1.58% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -6.38% |
| Source(s) Source: "15 - Calgary-Mackay Official Results 2008 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

## Senate nominee election results
### 2004

| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Mackay | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Mackay | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Mackay | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Mackay | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Mackay | Turnout 36.10% | Turnout 36.10% |
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % votes | % ballots | Rank |
| | Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 4,367 | 16.55% | 50.71% | 1 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 3,766 | 14.26% | 43.74% | 2 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 3,690 | 13.97% | 42.85% | 5 |
| | Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 2,886 | 10.93% | 33.51% | 6 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 2,644 | 10.01% | 30.71% | 3 |
| | Independent | Link Byfield | 2,191 | 8.30% | 25.44% | 4 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 1,851 | 7.01% | 21.50% | 8 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 1,770 | 6.70% | 20.56% | 7 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 1,632 | 6.18% | 18.95% | 10 |
| | Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,613 | 6.09% | 18.73% | 9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 26,410 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Total ballots | Total ballots | Total ballots | 8,611 | 3.07 votes per ballot | 3.07 votes per ballot | 3.07 votes per ballot |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 1,449 | 1,449 | 1,449 | 1,449 |
| 27,886 eligible electors |||||||
Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot.

## 2004 student vote results

* Participating schools
* Brentwood Elementary
* Monseignor N. Anderson School
On November 19, 2004, a student vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district than where they were physically located.
2004 Alberta student vote results :
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressive Conservative | Gary Mar | 18 | 58.07% |
| | Liberal | Darryl Hawkins | 7 | 12.90% |
| | Green | David McTavish | 4 | 22.58% |
| | Independent | Paul Martin | 2 | 6.45% |
| | NDP | Giorgio Cattabeni | 0 | 0.00% |
| | Alberta Alliance | Shawn Hubbard | 0 | 0.00% |
| Total | Total | Total | 31 |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 0 | 0 |