Calgary-McKnight (provincial electoral district)

Not to be confused with Calgary McKnight (federal electoral district).

Calgary-McKnight was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1971 to 1993.^[1]

Calgary-McKnight

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1971
District abolished	1993
First contested	1971
Last contested	1989

History

The Calgary-McKnight electoral district was created in the 1971 electoral boundary re-distribution from a merger of Calgary-North and Calgary Queens Park. In the 1993 electoral boundary re-distribution, Calgary-McKnight expanded and was renamed to Calgary Nose Creek. Calgary-McKnight was named because McKnight Boulevard the main east west artery in the north at the time, cut through the middle of the riding.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-McKnight
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Calgary-North electoral district from 1959-1971 and Calgary Queens Park electoral district from 1963-1971
17th	1971–1975		Calvin Lee	Progressive Conservative
18th	1975–1979		Eric C. Musgreave
19th	1979–1982
20th	1982–1986
21st	1986–1989
22nd	1989–1993		Yolande Gagnon	Liberal
See Calgary Nose Creek electoral district from 1993-2004

Legislative election results

1971

v t e 1971 Alberta general election: Calgary-McKnight
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Calvin Lee	6,134	47.75%	–
	Social Credit	Jim Richards	5,368	41.79%	–
	New Democratic	Walter H. Siewert	1,097	8.54%	–
	Liberal	Philip T. Keuber	246	1.92%	–
Total			12,845	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			58	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			17,756	72.67%	–
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-McKnight Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1975

v t e 1975 Alberta general election: Calgary-McKnight
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Eric C. Musgreave	8,586	67.88%	20.13%
	New Democratic	Ray Martin	1,747	13.81%	5.27%
	Social Credit	Allen Howard	1,572	12.43%	-29.36%
	Liberal	Pat Smart	743	5.87%	3.96%
Total			12,648	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			15	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			21,556	58.74%	-13.92%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		24.05%
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-McKnight Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1979

v t e 1979 Alberta general election: Calgary-McKnight
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Eric C. Musgreave	7,248	61.99%	-5.90%
	Social Credit	Jerry Melchin	2,684	22.95%	10.53%
	New Democratic	Jack Dale	1,097	9.38%	-4.43%
	Liberal	John J. Gleason	664	5.68%	-0.20%
Total			11,693	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			22,044	53.04%	-5.70%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-7.52%
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-McKnight Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1982

v t e 1982 Alberta general election: Calgary-McKnight
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Eric C. Musgreave	12,130	71.70%	9.72%
	New Democratic	Eileen Nesbitt	2,451	14.49%	5.11%
	Western Canada Concept	John Jasienczyk	1,332	7.87%	–
	Liberal	John J. Gleason	621	3.67%	-2.01%
	Social Credit	Jerry J. Glowacki	383	2.26%	-20.69%
Total			16,917	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			39	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			29,771	56.95%	3.91%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		9.09%
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-McKnight Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1986

v t e 1986 Alberta general election: Calgary-McKnight
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Eric C. Musgreave	4,823	55.18%	-16.52%
	New Democratic	Sandra Botting	2,610	29.86%	15.37%
	Liberal	Carol Reimer	1,307	14.95%	11.28%
Total			8,740	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			27	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			25,480	34.41%	-22.55%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-15.95%
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-McKnight Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989

v t e 1989 Alberta general election: Calgary-McKnight
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Yolande Gagnon	5,303	42.84%	27.89%
	Progressive Conservative	Mark Petros	4,704	38.00%	-17.18%
	New Democratic	Roy Brown	2,371	19.15%	-10.71%
Total			12,378	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			29	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			26,617	46.61%	12.21%
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		-10.24%
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-McKnight Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts