# Calgary-Forest Lawn

Calgary-Forest Lawn 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 1979 to 1993.

## History

The Calgary-Forest Lawn electoral district was created in the 1979 electoral re-distribution from the southern end of the Calgary-McCall electoral district. The riding was abolished in the 1993 electoral district re-distribution when it merged with part of Calgary-Millican to re-form Calgary-East.
The riding was named after the Calgary community and former town of Forest Lawn.

### Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Forest Lawn :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| See Calgary-McCall from 1971-1979 |||||
| 19th | 1979–1982 | John Zaozirny | Progressive Conservative |
| 20th | 1982–1986 | John Zaozirny | Progressive Conservative |
| 21st | 1986–1989 | Barry Pashak | New Democratic |
| 22nd | 1989–1993 | Barry Pashak | New Democratic |
| See Calgary-East electoral district from 1993-Present |||||

## Election results
### 1979

vte1979 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | John Zaozirny | 5,901 | 59.70% | – |
| | Social Credit | Don Howes | 2,263 | 22.89% | – |
| | New Democratic | Doug Murdoch | 813 | 8.22% | – |
| | Independent | John Sutherland | 577 | 5.84% | – |
| | Liberal | Marg Bogstie | 284 | 2.87% | – |
| | Communist | Bruce Potter | 47 | 0.48% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 9,885 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 22,269 | 44.39% | – |
| | 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-Forest Lawn Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1982

vte1982 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | John Zaozirny | 9,704 | 74.13% | 14.44% |
| | New Democratic | Ken Richmond | 1,478 | 11.29% | 3.07% |
| | Western Canada Concept | Henry Hein Braeutigam | 1,244 | 9.50% | – |
| | Liberal | J. V. W. Gairy | 314 | 2.40% | -0.47% |
| | Social Credit | Ella Ayers | 294 | 2.25% | -20.65% |
| | Communist | Bruce Potter | 56 | 0.43% | -0.05% |
| Total | Total | Total | 13,090 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 34 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 25,857 | 50.76% | 6.37% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | 13.02% |
| Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Forest Lawn Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1986

vte1986 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Democratic | Barry Pashak | 2,492 | 35.86% | 24.57% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Moe Amiri | 2,410 | 34.68% | -39.45% |
| | Liberal | Gene Czaprowski | 1,111 | 15.99% | 13.59% |
| | Independent | Mikey Graham | 271 | 3.90% | – |
| | Representative | Douglas Williams | 237 | 3.41% | – |
| | Independent | Gerald K. Lee | 224 | 3.22% | – |
| | Independent | Dorothy Bohdan | 109 | 1.57% | – |
| | Independent | Jim Othen | 67 | 0.96% | – |
| | Communist | Bruce Potter | 28 | 0.40% | -0.02% |
| Total | Total | Total | 6,949 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 26 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 22,614 | 30.84% | -19.91% |
| | New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | Swing | -30.83% |
| Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Forest Lawn Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1989

vte1989 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Democratic | Barry Pashak | 3,994 | 44.14% | 8.28% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Moe Amiri | 3,177 | 35.11% | 0.43% |
| | Liberal | Gene Czaprowski | 1,584 | 17.50% | 1.52% |
| | Independent | Jim Othen | 294 | 3.25% | 2.29% |
| Total | Total | Total | 9,049 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 25 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 23,968 | 37.86% | 7.02% |
| | New Democratic hold | New Democratic hold | Swing | Swing | 3.92% |
| Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Forest Lawn Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||