# Foothills-Rocky View

Foothills-Rocky View was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from under the first-past-the-post voting system 2004 to 2012.

## History

The Foothills-Rocky View electoral district was located on the western rural edge of Calgary in southern Alberta. It was created in the 2003 electoral boundary re-distribution from the eastern portion of the electoral district of Banff-Cochrane and the western portion of the old electoral district of Airdrie-Rocky View which comprises the northern portion of the riding. The district is named after the Foothills of Southern Alberta and Rocky View County. The riding included part of the town of Cochrane, Bragg Creek and the Springbank area.
The Foothills-Rocky View electoral district was dissolved in the 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution, and portions of the district would incorporate the Airdrie, Banff-Cochrane and Chestermere-Rocky View electoral districts for the 2012 Alberta general election.
The district and its antecedents have been favorable to electing Progressive Conservative candidates in recent decades.

### Boundary history

53 Foothills-Rocky View 2003 boundaries :
| Bordering districts ||||
| North | East | West | South |
| Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills | Airdrie-Chestermere, Calgary-Bow, Calgary-Elbow, Calgary-Glenmore, Calgary-Foothills, Calgary-Lougheed, Calgary-Mackay, Calgary-North West, Calgary-Shaw, Calgary-West, Highwood | Banff-Cochrane | Highwood |
| riding map goes here | riding map goes here | Foothills-Rocky View in relation to Calgary ridings | Foothills-Rocky View in the province of Alberta |
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. ||||
| Starting at the intersection of the east boundary of Rge. 6 W5 and the north boundary of Twp. 28; then 1. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 3 in Twp. 29, Rge. 2 W5; 2. north along the east boundary of Secs. 3 and 10 to the north boundary of Sec. 11 in the Twp.; 3. east along the north boundary of Secs. 11 and 12 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 7, 8 and 9 in Twp. 29, Rge. 1 W5 to the east boundary of Sec. 16 in the Twp.; 4. north along the east boundary of Sec. 16 to the north boundary of Sec. 15 in the Twp.; 5. east along the north boundary of Secs. 15 and 14 in the Twp. to its intersection with the centre line of Highway 2; 6. south along Highway 2 to the north boundary of Sec. 24 in Twp. 27, Rge. 1 W5; 7. west along the north boundary of Secs. 24, 23 and 22 to the east boundary of Sec. 21; 8. south along the east boundary of Secs. 21, 16, 9 and 4 in the Twp. and Secs. 33, 28, 21 and 16 in Twp. 26, Rge. 1 W5 to the north boundary of Sec. 10 in the Twp.; 9. east along the north boundary of Secs. 10, 11 and 12 (Highway 566) to the centre line of Highway 2; 10. south along the centre line of Highway 2 to the north Calgary city boundary; 11. west, south and east along the Calgary city boundary to the intersection with the centre line of Highway 2; 12. south along Highway 2 to the intersection with Highway 2A; 13. south along Highway 2A to the north boundary of Sec. 5 in Twp. 21, Rge. 29 W4; 14. west along the north boundary of Sec. 5 in Twp. 21, Rge. 29 W4 and the north boundary of Sec. 1 in Twp. 21, Rge. 1 W5 to the east boundary of Sec. 2 in Twp. 21, Rge. 1 W5; 15. south along the east boundary of Sec. 2 in Twp. 21, Rge. 1 W5 and Secs. 35, 26 and 23 in Twp. 20, Rge. 1 W5 to Highway 7; 16. west and south along Highway 7 to the north boundary of Sec. 9 in Twp. 20, Rge. 2 W5; 17. south along the east boundary of Sec. 9 and 4 in the Twp. and Secs. 33 and 28 in Twp. 19 to the north boundary of Sec. 21 in Twp. 19, Rge. 2 W5; 18. west along Secs. 21, 20 and 19 in the Twp. and Sec. 24 in Twp. 19, Rge. 3 W5 to the east boundary of Sec. 26 in Twp. 19, Rge. 3 W5; 19. north along the east boundary of Secs. 26 and 35 to the north boundary of Twp. 19, Rge. 3 W5; 20. west along the north boundary of Twp. 19 to Highway 546; 21. in a southwesterly direction along Highway 546 to the east boundary of the Rocky Mountain Forest Reserve (at north boundary of Sec. 26, Twp. 19, Rge. 4 W5); 22. north along the Rocky Mountain Forest Reserve to the north boundary of Twp. 23, Rge. 6 W5; 23. north along the east boundary of Rge. 6 to the south boundary of the Stoney Indian Reserve No. 42, 143 and 144; 24. generally in an easterly direction along the boundary of the Stoney Indian Reserve to the west boundary of the Town of Cochrane; 25. in a southeasterly and northerly direction along the Cochrane town boundary to the north Cochrane boundary (at the north boundary of Sec. 1, Twp. 26, Rge. 4 W5); 26. north along the east boundary of Sec. 12 to the north boundary of Sec. 12; 27. west along the north boundary of Secs. 12, 11, 10 and 9 to the east boundary of Sec. 8; 28. south along the east boundary of Sec. 8 to the north boundary of the Stoney Indian Reserve No. 142, 143 and 144; 29. in a westerly direction along the Stoney Indian Reserve boundary to the east shore of Ghost Lake Reservoir at the north boundary of Sec. 12 in Twp. 26, Rge. 6 W5; 30. west along the north boundary of Sec. 12 to the northwest shore of the Ghost Lake Reservoir; 31. in a northerly direction along the west shore of the Ghost Lake Reservoir to the east boundary of Sec. 23; 32. north along the east boundary of Secs. 23, 26 and 35 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 2 and 11 in Twp. 27, Rge. 6 W5 to the south boundary of the Stoney Indian Reserve 142B; 33. east along the south boundary of the Stoney Indian Reserve 142B to the east boundary of Rge. 6 W5; 34. north along the east boundary of Rge. 6 to the north boundary of Twp. 28, the starting point. ||||
| Note: ||||
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Foothills-Rocky View :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| See Banff-Cochrane 1979-2001 and Airdrie-Rocky View 1993-2001 |||||
| 26th | 2004–2008 | Ted Morton | Progressive Conservative |
| 27th | 2008–2012 | Ted Morton | Progressive Conservative |
| See Airdrie, Banff-Cochrane and Chestermere-Rocky View 2012-2019 |||||

### Electoral history

The electoral district was created in the 2004 boundary redistribution. In the election held that year Progressive Conservative candidate Ted Morton who chose not to run for another term of senator-in-waiting in the 2004 Senate nominee election decided to run for seat to the legislature instead.
Morton defeated four other candidates with 60% of the vote to pick up the new district for the Progressive Conservatives. After the election Morton began his race to succeed Ralph Klein in the 2006 Progressive Conservative leadership race. Morton lost but was appointed to cabinet by new Premier Ed Stelmach in 2006.
Morton ran for a second term in the 2008 general election. He slightly increased his popular vote and returned to power with a big majority. In 2010 he was shuffled to the Minister of Finance portfolio.

## Legislative election results
### 2004

vte2004 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Ted Morton | 6,782 | 60.31% | – |
| | Liberal | Herb Coburn | 1,956 | 17.39% | – |
| | Greens | Shelley Willson | 1,188 | 10.56% | – |
| | Alberta Alliance | Jason Herasemluk | 1,088 | 9.67% | – |
| | New Democratic | Roland Schmidt | 232 | 2.06% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 11,246 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 96 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 22,420 | 50.59% | – |
| | 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: "Foothills-Rocky View Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved April 10, 2020. |||||||

### 2008

vte2008 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Ted Morton | 6,916 | 57.41% | −2.90% |
| | Liberal | Herb Coburn | 2,200 | 18.26% | 0.87% |
| | Wildrose Alliance | Joseph McMaster | 1,797 | 14.92% | 5.92% |
| | Green | Larry Ashmore | 937 | 7.78% | −2.78% |
| | New Democratic | Ricardo de Menzies | 196 | 1.63% | −0.43% |
| Total | Total | Total | 12,046 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 84 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 25,223 | 48.04% | -2.50% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -1.88% |
| Source(s) Source: The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly (PDF). Elections Alberta. pp. 408–413. Retrieved June 18, 2020. |||||||

## Senate nominee election results
### 2004

| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Foothills-Rocky View | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Foothills-Rocky View | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Foothills-Rocky View | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Foothills-Rocky View | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Foothills-Rocky View | Turnout 50.42% | Turnout 50.42% |
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % votes | % ballots | Rank |
| | Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 5,787 | 19.76% | 61.15% | 1 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 4,283 | 14.62% | 45.26% | 5 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 3,987 | 13.61% | 42.13% | 2 |
| | Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 2,942 | 10.04% | 31.09% | 6 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 2,882 | 9.84% | 30.45% | 3 |
| | Independent | Link Byfield | 2,819 | 9.62% | 29.79% | 4 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 1,896 | 6.47% | 20.03% | 8 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 1,608 | 5.49% | 16.99% | 7 |
| | Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,597 | 5.45% | 16.88% | 9 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 1,490 | 5.10% | 15.74% | 10 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 29,291 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Total ballots | Total ballots | Total ballots | 9,464 | 3.10 votes per ballot | 3.10 votes per ballot | 3.10 votes per ballot |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 1,839 | 1,839 | 1,839 | 1,839 |
Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

## 2004 student vote results

* Participating schools
* Millarville Community School
* Springbank Community High School
* Springbank Middle School
* Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School
* W G Murdoch 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 then where they were physically located.
2004 Alberta student vote results :
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressive Conservative | Ted Morton | 571 | 42.42% |
| | Green | Shelley Willson | 377 | 28.01% |
| | Liberal | Herb Coburn | 219 | 16.27% |
| | Alberta Alliance | Jason Herasemluk | 97 | 7.21% |
| | NDP | Roland Schmidt | 82 | 6.09% |
| Total | Total | Total | 1,346 | 100% |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 57 | 57 |