# Calgary-Shaw

Calgary-Shaw is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 current districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.
This urban riding was created from parts of Calgary-Fish Creek and Calgary-Glenmore in the 1986 boundary redistribution. It covers the central southern portion of city of Calgary, and has seen its borders change numerous times since it was created. The riding in its current boundaries contains the neighbourhoods of Shawnessy, Somerset, Silverado, Chaparral, Walden and Legacy.
The riding was named after former Liberal leader Joseph Tweed Shaw.

## History

The electoral district was created in the 1986 boundary redistribution from the south end of Calgary-Glenmore and the west half of Calgary-Fish Creek. Over the years the riding boundaries have caused the riding to shift southward from its original boundaries.
The 2003 boundary redistribution caused the riding to be split east of the Bow River into the electoral district of Calgary-Hays.
The 2010 boundary redistribution saw all land south of Alberta Highway 22X move into the electoral district of Calgary-South East. The west boundaries with Calgary-Lougheed were altered in the northwest corner to gain land in the community of Millrise and the Shawnee Slopes golf course from Lougheed.

### Boundary history

22 Calgary-Shaw 2003 boundaries :
| Bordering districts ||||
| North | East | West | South |
| Calgary-Fish Creek | Calgary-Hays | Calgary-Lougheed | Highwood and Foothills-Rocky View |
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| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. ||||
| Starting at the intersection of Macleod Trail S with Fish Creek; then 1. southeast along Fish Creek to the right bank of the Bow River; 2. generally southeast along the right bank of the Bow River to the south Calgary city boundary; 3. west and north along the city boundary to 14 Street SW; 4. north along 14 Street SW and James McKevitt Road SW to Shawnessy Boulevard SW; 5. east along Shawnessy Boulevard SW to Macleod Trail S; 6. north along Macleod Trail S to the starting point. ||||
| Note: ||||
24 Calgary-Shaw 2010 boundaries :
| Bordering districts ||||
| North | East | West | South |
| Calgary-Fish Creek | Calgary-Hays | Calgary-South East | Calgary-Lougheed |
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. ||||
| Note: ||||

### Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Shaw :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| See: Calgary-Fish Creek 1979-1986 and Calgary-Glenmore 1959-1986 |||||
| 21st | 1986–1989 | Jim Dinning | Progressive Conservative |
| 22nd | 1989–1993 | Jim Dinning | Progressive Conservative |
| 23rd | 1993–1997 | Jon Havelock | Progressive Conservative |
| 24th | 1997–2001 | Jon Havelock | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 2001–2004 | Cindy Ady | Progressive Conservative |
| 26th | 2004–2008 | Cindy Ady | Progressive Conservative |
| 27th | 2008–2012 | Cindy Ady | Progressive Conservative |
| 28th | 2012–2014 | Jeff Wilson | Wildrose |
| 28th | 2014–2015 | Jeff Wilson | Progressive Conservative |
| 29th | 2015–2019 | Graham Sucha | New Democratic |
| 30th | 2019–2023 | Rebecca Schulz | United Conservative |
| 31st | 2023– | Rebecca Schulz | United Conservative |
The electoral district was created in the 1986 boundary redistribution. The election that year saw Progressive Conservative candidate Jim Dinning win with a landslide majority. He ran for a second term in the 1989 general election and won a bigger popular vote but his percentage decreased.
The 1993 boundary redistribution changed the boundaries for Calgary-Shaw. Dinning ran in the new electoral district of Calgary-Lougheed for the 1993 election and won. The election in this district saw former Calgary alderman Jon Havelock run as the Progressive Conservative candidate and win a landslide. He won his second term in the 1997 general election with an even bigger landslide taking 78% of the popular vote. He retired from provincial office at dissolution of the legislature in 2001.
The 2001 general election saw Progressive Conservative candidate Cindy Ady win the largest majority in Alberta history. She became the first candidate to top 20,000 votes and took over 80%. She ran for a second term in office in the 2004 general election. She lost almost 14,000 voters from 2001 but still took the district with 63%.
Premier Ed Stelmach appointed Ady in 2007 to the cabinet with the junior portfolio of Associate Minister of Tourism Promotion. She was promoted to be a full minister in 2008. Ady was re-elected to her third term in the 2008 general election taking just over half the popular vote.
In the 2012 general election Jeff Wilson of the Wildrose Party was elected. In 2014 Jeff Wilson left the Wildrose Party and crossed the floor of the Alberta Legislature to sit with the Progressive Conservative Party.
In the 2015 general election Graham Sucha of the New Democratic Party was elected with 31% of the vote.

## Legislative election results
### Elections in the 1980s

1986 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jim Dinning | 6,694 | 61.51% | – |
| | Liberal | Brendan Dunphy | 2,727 | 25.06% | – |
| | New Democratic | Len Curle | 1,166 | 10.71% | – |
| | Representative | Byron L. Chenger | 295 | 2.71% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 10,882 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 23 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 24,442 | 44.62% | – |
| | 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-Shaw Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||
1989 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jim Dinning | 7,412 | 52.92% | -8.59% |
| | Liberal | Robert J. (Bob) Crump | 4,865 | 34.74% | 9.68% |
| | New Democratic | Gordon M. Christie | 1,728 | 12.34% | 1.62% |
| Total | Total | Total | 14,005 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 29 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 28,037 | 50.06% | 5.44% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -9.13% |
| Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Shaw Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### Elections in the 1990s

1993 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jonathan Niles Havelock | 9,328 | 62.38% | 9.46% |
| | Liberal | Bill Walker | 4,963 | 33.19% | -1.55% |
| | New Democratic | Jason Ness | 526 | 3.52% | -8.82% |
| | Natural Law | Ken Nielsen | 136 | 0.91% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 14,953 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 35 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 23,941 | 62.60% | 12.55% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | 5.50% |
| Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Shaw Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||
1997 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jonathan Niles Havelock | 12,304 | 75.29% | 12.91% |
| | Liberal | Sharon L. Howe | 2,860 | 17.50% | -15.69% |
| | Social Credit | Michael Roth | 624 | 3.82% | – |
| | New Democratic | Shawn Keown | 485 | 2.97% | -0.55% |
| | Natural Law | Almas Walden | 69 | 0.42% | -0.49% |
| Total | Total | Total | 16,342 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 16 | 19 | 2 |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 33,108 | 49.41% | -13.19% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | 14.30% |
| Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Shaw Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### Elections in the 2000s

vte2001 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Cindy Ady | 20,306 | 80.72% | 5.43% |
| | Liberal | Jim McPherson | 3,595 | 14.29% | -3.21% |
| | New Democratic | Ryan Falkenberg | 729 | 2.90% | -0.07% |
| | Alberta First | Peter Singleton | 222 | 0.88% | – |
| | Independent | Kevin Agar | 153 | 0.61% | – |
| | Independent | Darren Popik | 151 | 0.60% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 25,156 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 33 | 19 | 3 |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 49,366 | 51.03% | 1.62% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | 4.32% |
| Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Shaw Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||
vte2004 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Cindy Ady | 6,735 | 63.44% | -17.28% |
| | Liberal | John Roggeveen | 2,410 | 22.70% | 8.41% |
| | Alberta Alliance | Barry Chase | 620 | 5.84% | – |
| | Green | Rick Papineau | 381 | 3.59% | – |
| | New Democratic | Jarrett Young | 300 | 2.83% | -0.07% |
| | Separation | Daniel W. Doherty | 170 | 1.60% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 10,616 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 13 | 66 | 4 |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 26,408 | 40.26% | -10.77% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -12.84% |
| Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Shaw Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved April 11, 2010. |||||||
2008 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Cindy Ady | 7,010 | 58.12% | -5.32% |
| | Liberal | John Roggeveen | 2,958 | 24.53% | 1.82% |
| | Wildrose | Richard P. Dur | 1,268 | 10.51% | – |
| | Green | Jennifer Saunders | 491 | 4.07% | 0.48% |
| | New Democratic | Jenn Carlson | 334 | 2.77% | -0.06% |
| Total | Total | Total | 12,061 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 40 | 29 | 3 |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 30,409 | 39.80% | -0.46% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -3.57% |
| Source(s) Source: "22 - Calgary-Shaw, 2008 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### Elections in the 2010s

vte2012 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Wildrose | Jeff Wilson | 7,365 | 45.21% | 34.70% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Farouk Adatia | 6,864 | 42.13% | -15.99% |
| | Liberal | John Roggeveen | 1,126 | 6.91% | -17.61% |
| | New Democratic | Ashley Fairall | 599 | 3.68% | 0.91% |
| | Alberta Party | Brandon Beasley | 337 | 2.07% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 16,291 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 104 | 43 | 13 |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 30,185 | 54.36% | 14.55% |
| | Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative | Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | Swing | -15.26% |
| Source(s) Source: "24 - Calgary-Shaw, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||
vte2015 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Democratic | Graham Sucha | 5,449 | 31.27% | 27.59% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jeff Wilson | 5,348 | 30.69% | -11.45% |
| | Wildrose | Brad Leishman | 5,301 | 30.42% | -14.79% |
| | Liberal | Alexander Barrow | 668 | 3.83% | -3.08% |
| | Alberta Party | Evert Smith | 661 | 3.79% | 1.72% |
| Total | Total | Total | 17,427 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 64 | 22 | 11 |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 30,458 | 57.46% | 3.10% |
| | New Democratic gain from Wildrose | New Democratic gain from Wildrose | Swing | Swing | -1.25% |
| Source(s) Source: "24 - Calgary-Shaw, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||
vte2019 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | United Conservative | Rebecca Schulz | 14,261 | 65.32% | 4.21% |
| | New Democratic | Graham Sucha | 5,594 | 25.62% | -5.65% |
| | Alberta Party | Bronson Ha | 1,331 | 6.10% | 2.30% |
| | Liberal | Vesna Samardzija | 290 | 1.33% | -2.50% |
| | Green | John Daly | 212 | 0.97% | – |
| | Alberta Independence | Jarek Bucholc | 146 | 0.67% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 21,834 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 134 | 49 | 3 |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 32,198 | 68.24% | 10.77% |
| | United Conservative gain from New Democratic | United Conservative gain from New Democratic | Swing | Swing | % |
| Source(s) Source: "23 - Calgary-Shaw, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 2023

vte2023 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | United Conservative | Rebecca Schulz | 13,970 | 56.34 | -8.98 |
| | New Democratic | David Cloutier | 10,591 | 42.71 | +17.09 |
| | Solidarity Movement | Pietro Cervo | 236 | 0.95 | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 24,797 | 99.19 | – |
| Rejected and declined | Rejected and declined | Rejected and declined | 203 | 0.81 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,000 | 63.16 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 39,581 |
| | United Conservative hold | United Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -13.03 |
| Source(s) Source: Elections Alberta |||||||

## Senate nominee election results
### 2004

| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Shaw | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Shaw | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Shaw | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Shaw | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Shaw | Turnout 39.74% | Turnout 39.74% |
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % votes | % ballots | Rank |
| | Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 5,115 | 17.89% | 56.33% | 1 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 4,132 | 14.45% | 45.50% | 2 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 4,098 | 14.33% | 45.13% | 5 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 3,293 | 11.52% | 36.26% | 3 |
| | Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 3,015 | 10.54% | 33.20% | 6 |
| | Independent | Link Byfield | 2,282 | 7.98% | 25.13% | 4 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 1,839 | 6.43% | 20.25% | 8 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 1,686 | 5.90% | 18.57% | 7 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 1,590 | 5.56% | 17.51% | 10 |
| | Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,545 | 5.40% | 17.01% | 9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 28,595 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Total ballots | Total ballots | Total ballots | 9,081 | 3.15 votes per ballot | 3.15 votes per ballot | 3.15 votes per ballot |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 1,519 | 1,519 | 1,519 | 1,519 |
Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot.

### 2012
## Student vote results

* Participating schools
* Bishop OByrne High School
* Centennial High 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 had 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 | Cindy Ady | 44 | 52.38% |
| | Green | Rick Papineau | 16 | 19.05% |
| | Liberal | John Roggeveen | 10 | 11.91% |
| | NDP | Jarrett Young | 9 | 10.71% |
| | Alberta Alliance | Barry Chase | 4 | 4.76% |
| | Separation | Daniel Doherty | 1 | 1.19% |
| Total | Total | Total | 84 | 100% |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 2 | 2 |

### 2012

2012 Alberta student vote results :
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Candidate | % |
| | Progressive Conservative | Farouk Adatia | % |
| | Wildrose | Jeff Wilson |
| | Liberal | | % |
| | Alberta Party | Brandon Beasley |
| | NDP | Ashley Fairall | % |
| Total | Total | Total | 100% |