Banff-Cochrane
 Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
 2010 boundaries | |
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1940 |
| District abolished | 2019 |
| First contested | 1940 |
| Last contested | 2015 |
Banff-Cochrane was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1940 to 2019.[1] The Banff-Cochrane electoral district is home to the town of Banff and the popular tourist destination Banff National Park, environmental issues tend to dominate here.
The cost of living is significantly high especially in Canmore where there is a struggle to fill low wage service sector jobs, due to the high cost of living. Bears and wildlife encounters are also common in this riding, requiring extra attention to waste disposal. The area has many ski resorts and a number of ranchers and farmers make their home in the Alberta Foothills.
The riding was first created in 1940 out of the north half of the old Rocky Mountain riding, and the Cochrane riding. From 1975 to 1979 the riding was renamed Banff but was later reversed.
A previous Banff riding existed from 1905 to 1909.
History
[edit]Banff was one of the original 25 electoral districts contested in the 1905 Alberta general election upon Alberta joining Confederation in September 1905. The district was carried over from the old Banff electoral district which returned a single member to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1891 to 1905.[2]
The riding disappeared only one election later when it was merged into the newly formed Rocky Mountain Riding.
Banff-Cochrane was created in the 1940 boundary re-distribution from the electoral districts of Cochrane and Rocky Mountain. From 1940 to 1956, the district used instant-runoff voting to elect its MLA.[3]
In 1975 the riding name was changed to Banff and it was set back to Banff-Cochrane in the 1977 re-distribution.
The 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution saw Banff-Cochrane gain the land south of Cochrane that was in the old Foothills-Rocky View electoral district.[4]
The Banff-Cochrane electoral district was dissolved in the 2017 electoral boundary re-distribution, and portions of the district would form the newly created Banff-Kananaskis and Airdrie-Cochrane electoral districts.[5]
Boundary history
[edit]| 45 Banff-Cochrane 2003 boundaries[6] | |||
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| Bordering districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Rocky Mountain House | Foothills-Rocky View, Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills, Highwood | none | Livingstone-Macleod |
| riding map 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 east boundary of Rge. 19 W5 and the east boundary of Banff National Park; then 1. in a generally southeasterly direction along the park boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 30; 2. east along the north boundary of the Twp. to the east boundary of Rge. 8 W5; 3. north along the east boundary of Rge. 8 W5 to the intersection with the right bank of the Red Deer River; 4. downstream along the right bank to the north boundary of Twp. 31; 5. east along the north boundary of the Twp. to the east boundary of Sec. 33 in Twp. 31, Rge. 6 W5; 6. south along the east boundary of Secs. 33, 28, 21 and 16 to the north boundary of Sec. 10 in the Twp.; 7. east along the north boundary of Secs. 10, 11 and 12 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Rge. 6; 8. south along the east boundary of Rge. 6 to the north boundary of Twp. 29, Rge. 6 W5; 9. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 34; 10. south along the east boundary of Secs. 34 and 27 to the north boundary of Sec. 23 in the Twp.; 11. east along the north boundary of Sec. 23 to the east boundary of Sec. 23; 12. south along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 24 in the Twp.; 13. east along the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 24 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 24; 14. south along the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 24 to the north boundary of Sec. 13; 15. east along the north boundary of Sec. 13 to the east boundary of Rge. 6 W5; 16. south along the east boundary of Rge. 6 to the north boundary of Sec. 12, Twp. 27, Rge. 6 W5; 17. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 11; 18. south along the east boundary of Secs. 11 and 2 in Twp. 27 and the east boundary of Secs. 35, 26, and 23 in Twp. 26 to the west shore of the Ghost Lake Reservoir; 19. south along the west shore to the north boundary of Sec. 12 in the Twp.; 20. east along the north boundary of Sec. 12 to the southeast shore of the Ghost Lake Reservoir and the northeast boundary of the Stoney Indian Reserve No. 142, 143 and 144; 21. generally east and south along the Stoney Indian Reserve No. 142, 143 and 144 to the west town boundary of Cochrane (at the east boundary of Sec. 8 in Twp. 26, Rge. 4 W5); 22. north along the east boundary of Sec. 8 to the north boundary of Sec. 9; 23. east along the north boundary of Secs. 9, 10, 11 and 12 to the east boundary of Rge. 4 W5; 24. south along the east boundary of Rge. 4 W5 to the east town boundary of Cochrane; 25. south, west and north along the Cochrane town boundary to the east boundary of the Stoney Indian Reserve No. 142, 143 and 144; 26. westerly along the boundary of the Stoney Indian Reserve No. 142, 143 and 144 to the intersection with the east boundary of Rge. 6 W5; 27. south along the east boundary of Rge. 6 to the north boundary of Twp. 23 and the intersection with the east boundary of the Rocky Mountains Forest Reserve; 28. south and east along the east boundary of the Rocky Mountains Forest Reserve to the north boundary of Sec. 14 in Twp. 15, Rge. 3 W5 (Highway 532); 29. southwesterly along the boundary of the Cataract Creek Snow Vehicle Forest Land Use Zone described in Order In Council 998/79 to the east boundary of Rge. 6 W5; 30. south along the east boundary of Rge. 6 W5 to the north boundary of Twp. 13; 31. west along the north boundary of Twp. 13 to the Alberta-British Columbia boundary; 32. northwesterly along the boundary to its intersection with the north boundary of Twp. 32; 33. northeast along a projected line to the starting point. | |||
| Note: | |||
| 49 Banff-Cochrane 2010 boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bordering districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre | Airdrie, Chestermere-Rocky View, Livingstone-Macleod and Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills | British Columbia boundary | Livingstone-Macleod |
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| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
| Note: | |||
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Banff-Cochrane[7] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Banff (N.W.T.) 1891-1905 | ||||
| 1st | 1905–1909 | Charles W. Fisher | Liberal | |
| See Rocky Mountain, Okotoks and Cochrane 1909-1940 | ||||
| See Cochrane 1909–1940 and Rocky Mountain 1909–1940 | ||||
| 9th | 1940–1944 | Frank Laut | Independent | |
| 10th | 1944–1946 | Arthur Wray | Social Credit | |
| 1946–1948 | Independent Social Credit | |||
| 11th | 1948–1952 | |||
| 12th | 1952–1955 | Lee Leavitt | Social Credit | |
| 13th | 1955–1959 | Frank Gainer | Coalition | |
| 14th | 1959–1963 | |||
| 15th | 1963–1967 | |||
| 16th | 1967–1971 | Clarence Copithorne | Independent | |
| 1971 | Progressive Conservative | |||
| 17th | 1971–1975 | |||
| 19th | 1975–1979 | Frederick Kidd | ||
| 19th | 1979–1982 | Greg Stevens | ||
| 20th | 1982–1986 | |||
| 21st | 1986–1989 | |||
| 22nd | 1989–1993 | Brian Evans | ||
| 23rd | 1993–1997 | |||
| 24th | 1997–2001 | Janis Tarchuk | ||
| 25th | 2001–2004 | |||
| 26th | 2004–2008 | |||
| 27th | 2008–2012 | |||
| 28th | 2012–2015 | Ron Casey | ||
| 29th | 2015–2019 | Cam Westhead | New Democratic | |
| See Banff-Kananaskis and Airdrie-Cochrane 2019– | ||||
Electoral history
[edit]The electoral district was created in the 1940 boundary redistribution primarily from the ridings of Cochrane and Rocky Mountain. The first representative to win the district was Independent candidate Frant Laut who defeated former Cochrane Social Credit incumbent William King in a hotly contested race.
Laut was defeated running for a second term in the 1944 general election by Social Credit candidate Arthur Wray. Two years into his term Wray was suspended by the Social Credit caucus on February 20, 1946, for criticizing the Alberta government after requests to the Public Works department to remove snow from Cochrane roads was ignored.[8] The situation came to a head a year later when the Social Credit members passed a motion in the legislature to force Wray to move his desk to the opposition side of the house. His stand against cabinet won praise from his constituents in Cochrane.
The 1948 election would see a hotly contested battle as King and Laut attempt to regain their seat. Wray hung on to a second term in vote transfers. Wray would run for a third term in the 1952 election but would be defeated finishing a distant third by Social Credit candidate Lee Leavitt.
Leavitt was defeated by Frank Gainer who was one of two joint nominee's by the Progressive Conservative and Liberal parties in the 1955 election. He ran with the Coalition banner and sat in the legislature with it. Gainer won re-election in a hotly contested race in 1959. Pundits at the time figured he would be chosen to lead the four opposition members of different stripes with his Coalition banner, however no one was picked. He won a third term in 1963 before retiring in 1967.
The wide open race in 1967 saw Independent candidate Clarence Copithorne defeat Social Credit candidate Roy Wilson to win the district. Copithorne joined the Progressive Conservative caucus on April 15, 1971. He stood for reelection as a Progressive Conservative a few months later winning a strong plurality. He retired from provincial politics at dissolution in 1975.
In 1975 the riding name was changed to Banff before being changed back in 1979. Progressive Conservative candidate Greg Stevens held the district for three terms before retiring in 1993. He was replaced by Brian Evans for two terms. Janis Tarchuck was elected in 2001 and served until 2012 when she was replaced by Ron Casey. Ron Casey would be defeated by NDP member Cameron Westhead in the 2015 general election.
Legislative election results
[edit]1905
[edit]The first incarnation of the Banff electoral district in Alberta was created in 1905 when Alberta was created into a province separate from the Northwest Territories. The electoral district replaced the old Banff territorial electoral district that had previously been represented in the Legislative Assembly of the North-West Territories from 1891 to 1905.[9] Banff during that era was defining itself as a destination for tourists due to its natural environment.[citation needed] The electoral district also saw growth as mining camps were springing up forming a fertile pocket for the socialist movement.[citation needed] Howard Douglas would serve as Returning Officer.
The electoral district was hotly contested and the race was closely watched around the province. The electoral district had two well known candidates and political veterans. Charles Wellington Fisher the provincial Liberal candidate had been serving as a North-West Territories MLA supporting the Haultain government for the old Banff electoral district since winning a by-election on February 4, 1903. He was opposed by Conservative candidate Robert George Brett who had also been a North-West Territories MLA starting in 1888 and represented the Banff electoral district from its creation in 1891 to 1899.[9]
Brett was a pioneer medical doctor who was heavily involved in the early history of the town of Banff having moved to the site in 1883 and founding a sanitarium.[10]
On election night the results came back; Fisher had defeated Brett by winning a slim 58 majority of the 784 votes cast. The Conservative party was disappointed with the result as the district had been one of their best hopes to pick up.
| 1905 Alberta general election: Banff | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Charles W. Fisher | 421 | 53.70% | |||||
| Conservative | Robert George Brett | 363 | 46.30% | |||||
| Total | 784 | – | ||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | N/A | – | ||||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | N/A | – | ||||||
| Liberal pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Banff Official Results 1905 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1940
[edit]| 1940 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Independent | Frank Laut | 2,931 | 61.06% | – | ||||
| Social Credit | William Robert King | 1,869 | 38.94% | – | ||||
| Total | 4,800 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 227 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 6,253 | 80.39% | – | |||||
| Independent pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Banff-Cochrane Official Results 1940 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1944
[edit]| 1944 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count | % | Votes final count | ±% | |||
| Social Credit | Arthur H. Wray | 1,568 | 38.51% | 1,805 | -0.43% | |||
| Independent | Frank Laut | 1,602 | 39.34% | 1,757 | -21.72% | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | D. MacGregor | 902 | 22.15% | – | – | |||
| Total | 4,072 | – | – | – | ||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 118 | – | – | – | ||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 5,698 | 73.53% | -6.86% | – | ||||
| Social Credit gain from Independent | Swing | -11.48% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Banff-Cochrane Official Results 1944 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Instant-runoff voting requires a candidate to receive a plurality (greater than 50%) of the votes. As no candidate received a plurality of votes, the bottom candidate was eliminated and their 2nd place votes were applied to both other candidates until one received a plurality. | ||||||||
1948
[edit]| 1948 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count | % | Votes final count | ±% | |||
| Independent Social Credit | Arthur H. Wray | 1,658 | 41.57% | 1,964 | – | |||
| Independent Movement | Frank Laut | 1,246 | 31.24% | 1,465 | – | |||
| Social Credit | William Robert King | 1,084 | 27.18% | – | -11.33% | |||
| Total | 3,988 | – | – | – | ||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 291 | – | – | – | ||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 7,356 | 58.17% | -15.36% | – | ||||
| Independent Social Credit gain from Social Credit | Swing | 5.58% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Banff-Cochrane Official Results 1948 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Instant-runoff voting requires a candidate to receive a plurality (greater than 50%) of the votes. As no candidate received a plurality of votes, the bottom candidate was eliminated and their 2nd place votes were applied to both other candidates until one received a plurality. | ||||||||
1952
[edit]| 1952 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Lee Leavitt | 1,845 | 54.73% | 27.55% | ||||
| Liberal | C.C. Mathews | 1,035 | 30.70% | – | ||||
| Independent Social Credit | Arthur H. Wray | 491 | 14.57% | -27.01% | ||||
| Total | 3,371 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 283 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 6,430 | 56.83% | -1.34% | |||||
| Social Credit gain from Independent Social Credit | Swing | 6.85% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Banff-Cochrane Official Results 1952 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1955
[edit]| 1955 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition | Frank L. Gainer | 2,342 | 54.87 | +24.17 | ||||
| Social Credit | Lee Leavitt | 1,926 | 45.13 | -9.61 | ||||
| Total | 4,268 | 93.58 | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 293 | 6.42 | -1.32 | |||||
| Turnout | 4,561 | 70.69 | +13.86 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 6,452 | |||||||
| Coalition gain from Social Credit | Swing | +16.89 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "June 29 1955 (AB)". Canadian Election Database. Retrieved September 14, 2026. | ||||||||
1959
[edit]| 1959 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition | Frank L. Gainer | 2,279 | 50.79 | -4.08 | ||||
| Social Credit | Robin W. Echlin | 2,208 | 49.21 | +4.08 | ||||
| Total | 4,487 | 99.45 | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 25 | 0.55 | -5.87 | |||||
| Turnout | 4,512 | 65.19 | -5.50 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 6,921 | |||||||
| Coalition hold | Swing | -4.08 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "June 18 1959 (AB)". Canadian Election Database. Retrieved September 14, 2026. | ||||||||
1963
[edit]| 1963 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition | Frack L. Gainer | 2,179 | 49.66 | -1.13 | ||||
| Social Credit | Victor Watson | 1,878 | 42.80 | -6.41 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jack Fraser | 331 | 7.54 | – | ||||
| Total | 4,388 | 99.73 | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 12 | 0.27 | -0.28 | |||||
| Turnout | 4,400 | 63.57 | +0.35 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 6,921 | |||||||
| Coalition hold | Swing | +2.64 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "June 17 1963 (AB)". Canadian Election Database. Retrieved September 14, 2026. | ||||||||
1967
[edit]| 1967 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Independent | Clarence Copithorne | 2,428 | 49.88 | – | ||||
| Social Credit | Roy Wilson | 2,066 | 42.44 | -0.36 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jack Fraser | 374 | 7.68 | +0.14 | ||||
| Total | 4,868 | 99.37 | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 31 | 0.63 | +0.36 | |||||
| Turnout | 4,899 | 64.01 | +0.44 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 7,653 | |||||||
| Independent gain from Coalition | Swing | +49.77 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "May 23 1967 (AB)". Canadian Election Database. Retrieved September 14, 2026. | ||||||||
1971
[edit]| 1971 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Clarence Copithorne | 3,801 | 55.34 | +5.47 | ||||
| Social Credit | Slim Martin | 2,647 | 38.54 | -3.90 | ||||
| New Democratic | Beverly Coulter | 420 | 6.12 | -1.57 | ||||
| Total | 6,868 | 97.35 | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 187 | 2.65 | +2.02 | |||||
| Turnout | 7,055 | 66.44 | +2.24 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 10,619 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative notional hold | Swing | +4.68 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "August 30 1971 (AB)". Canadian Election Database. Retrieved September 14, 2026. | ||||||||
1975
[edit]| 1975 Alberta general election: Banff | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Fred Kidd | 5,221 | 69.24 | +13.90 | ||||
| Social Credit | Merlyn Kirk | 1,129 | 14.97 | -23.57 | ||||
| New Democratic | Wayne Getty | 737 | 9.77 | +3.66 | ||||
| Liberal | Morna Schechtel | 453 | 6.01 | |||||
| Total | 7,540 | 99.54 | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 35 | 0.46 | -2.19 | |||||
| Turnout | 7,575 | 62.16 | -4.28 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 12,186 | |||||||
Source(s)
Source: "March 26 1975 (AB)". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved September 14, 2026. | ||||||||
1979
[edit]| 1979 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Greg Stevens | 5,578 | 66.87 | -2.38 | ||||
| Social Credit | Thomas McArthur | 1,462 | 17.53 | +2.55 | ||||
| New Democratic | Bob Ritchie | 759 | 9.10 | -0.68 | ||||
| Liberal | Morna F. Schechtel | 543 | 6.51 | +0.50 | ||||
| Total | 8,342 | 99.89 | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 9 | 0.11 | -0.35 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,351 | 55.36 | -6.81 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 15,086 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -2.46 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "March 14 1979 (AB)". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved September 14, 2026. Change in comparison to Banff electoral district results in the 1975 Alberta general election. | ||||||||
1982
[edit]| 1982 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Greg Stevens | 8,369 | 72.30 | +5.43 | ||||
| Western Canada Concept | Larry Peterson | 1,919 | 16.58 | – | ||||
| New Democratic | David Evans | 1,288 | 11.13 | +2.03 | ||||
| Total | 11,576 | 99.60 | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 47 | 0.40 | +0.30 | |||||
| Turnout | 11,623 | 62.38 | +7.02 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 18,634 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -5.57 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "November 02 1982 (AB)". Canadian Election Database. Retrieved September 14, 2026. | ||||||||
1986
[edit]| 1986 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Greg Stevens | 4,536 | 66.05% | -6.25% | ||||
| New Democratic | Ed Fisher | 1,452 | 21.14% | 10.02% | ||||
| Independent | Bill Deacon | 444 | 6.46% | – | ||||
| Representative | Betty Ann Stimson | 436 | 6.35% | – | ||||
| Total | 6,868 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 22 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 16,290 | 42.30% | -20.03% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -5.41% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Banff-Cochrane Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1989
[edit]| 1989 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Brian Evans | 4,389 | 51.02% | -15.02% | ||||
| Liberal | Jim N. Tanner | 2,411 | 28.03% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Steven Scott | 1,802 | 20.95% | -0.19% | ||||
| Total | 8,602 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 35 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 17,665 | 48.89% | 6.60% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -10.95% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Banff-Cochrane Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1993
[edit]| 1993 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Brian Evans | 6,552 | 52.55% | 1.53% | ||||
| Liberal | Paula Andrews | 4,183 | 33.55% | 5.52% | ||||
| New Democratic | Cindy McCallum | 1,048 | 8.41% | -12.54% | ||||
| Independent | Brian L. Horejsi | 607 | 4.87% | – | ||||
| Natural Law | Ginger (V.M.) Sheets-Revitt | 77 | 0.62% | – | ||||
| Total | 12,467 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 29 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 20,235 | 61.75% | 12.86% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -2.00% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Banff-Cochrane Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1997
[edit]| 1997 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Janis Tarchuk | 7,180 | 61.13% | 8.57% | ||||
| Liberal | Judy Stewart | 3,151 | 26.83% | -6.73% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jeff Eamon | 754 | 6.42% | -1.99% | ||||
| Social Credit | Scott Mudford | 661 | 5.63% | – | ||||
| Total | 11,746 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 32 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 23,646 | 49.81% | -11.94% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 7.65% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Banff-Cochrane Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
2001
[edit]| 2001 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Janis Tarchuk | 9,418 | 70.2 | 9.1 | ||||
| Liberal | Norman Kent | 2,147 | 16.0 | -10.0 | ||||
| New Democratic | Cathy Harrop | 1,311 | 9.8 | 3.4 | ||||
| Independent | Cory Morgan | 538 | 4.0 | – | ||||
| Total | 13,414 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 51 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 27,228 | 49.5 | -0.4 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 10.0 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Banff-Cochrane Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 16, 2020. | ||||||||
2004
[edit]| 2004 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Janis Tarchuk | 4,238 | 52.75% | -17.46% | ||||
| Liberal | Ian McDougall | 1,648 | 20.51% | 4.51% | ||||
| Greens | Chris Foote | 1,204 | 14.99% | – | ||||
| Alberta Alliance | Bob Argent | 477 | 5.94% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Melissa Cambridge | 467 | 5.81% | -3.96% | ||||
| Total | 8,034 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 65 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 21,330 | 37.97% | -11.48% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -10.98% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Banff-Cochrane Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 16, 2020. | ||||||||
2008
[edit]| 2008 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Janis Tarchuk | 4,727 | 49.34% | -3.41% | ||||
| Liberal | Patricia Robertson | 2,753 | 28.74% | 8.22% | ||||
| Green | Dan Cunin | 1,353 | 14.12% | -0.87% | ||||
| New Democratic | Anne Wilson | 575 | 6.00% | 0.19% | ||||
| Independent | Zrinko R. Amerl | 172 | 1.80% | – | ||||
| Total | 9,580 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 39 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 25,778 | 37.31% | -0.66% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -5.82% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 358–363. | ||||||||
2012
[edit]| 2012 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ron Casey | 6,632 | 41.82% | -7.52% | ||||
| Wildrose | Tom Copithorne | 5,933 | 37.41% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Peter Helfrich | 2,234 | 14.09% | -14.65% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jamie Kleinsteuber | 1,059 | 6.68% | 0.68% | ||||
| Total | 15,858 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 135 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 28,663 | 55.80% | 18.48% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -8.10% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "49 - Banff-Cochrane Official Results 2012 Alberta general election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
2015
[edit]| 2015 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Cameron Westhead | 8,426 | 42.83% | 36.15% | ||||
| Wildrose | Scott Wagner | 5,692 | 28.93% | -8.48% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ron Casey | 5,555 | 28.24% | -13.58% | ||||
| Total | 19,673 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 86 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 36,485 | 54.16% | -1.64% | |||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | 4.74% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "49 - Banff-Cochrane Official Results 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
Senate nominee election results
[edit]2004
[edit]| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Banff-Cochrane[11] | Turnout 38.05% | |||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % votes | % ballots | Rank | |
| Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 3,183 | 16.46% | 50.60% | 1 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 2,745 | 14.20% | 43.63% | 2 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 2,360 | 12.21% | 37.51% | 5 | |
| Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 2,232 | 11.54% | 35.48% | 6 | |
| Independent | Link Byfield | 2,094 | 10.83% | 33.29% | 4 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 1,853 | 9.58% | 29.46% | 3 | |
| Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,588 | 8.21% | 25.24% | 9 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 1,130 | 5.84% | 17.96% | 7 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 1,109 | 5.74% | 17.62% | 8 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 1,041 | 5.39% | 16.55% | 10 | |
| Total votes | 19,335 | 100% | ||||
| Total ballots | 6,291 | 3.07 votes per ballot | ||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 1,826 | |||||
Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot.
Plebiscite district results
[edit]1948 electrification plebiscite
[edit]District data for the 1948 electrification plebiscite
| Option A | Option B |
|---|---|
| Are you in favour of the generation and distribution of electricity being continued by the Power Companies? | Are you in favour of the generation and distribution of electricity being made a publicly owned utility administered by the Alberta Government Power Commission? |
| 2,624 64.31% | 1,456 35.69% |
| Province wide result: Option A passed. | |
1957 liquor plebiscite
[edit]| 1957 Alberta liquor plebiscite results: Banff-Cochrane[12] | |||
| Question A: Do you approve additional types of outlets for the sale of beer, wine and spirituous liquor subject to a local vote? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballot choice | Votes | % | |
| Yes | 2,324 | 78.33% | |
| No | 643 | 21.67% | |
| Total votes | 2,967 | 100% | |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 37 | ||
| 6,237 eligible electors, turnout 48.16% | |||
| Question B1: Should mixed drinking be allowed in beer parlours in Calgary and the surrounding areas? | |||
| Ballot choice | Votes | % | |
| Yes | 115 | 87.12% | |
| No | 17 | 12.88% | |
| Total votes | 132 | 100% | |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 0 | ||
| 242 eligible electors, turnout 54.55% | |||
On October 30, 1957, a stand-alone plebiscite was held province wide in all 50 of the then current provincial electoral districts in Alberta. The government decided to consult Alberta voters to decide on liquor sales and mixed drinking after a divisive debate in the legislature. The plebiscite was intended to deal with the growing demand for reforming antiquated liquor control laws.[13]
The plebiscite was conducted in two parts. Question A, asked in all districts, asked the voters if the sale of liquor should be expanded in Alberta, while Question B, asked in a handful of districts within the corporate limits of Calgary and Edmonton, asked if men and women should be allowed to drink together in establishments.[12] Question B was slightly modified depending on which city the voters were in.[12]
Province wide Question A of the plebiscite passed in 33 of the 50 districts while Question B passed in all five districts. Banff-Cochrane voted overwhelmingly in favor of the plebiscite. The district recorded a slightly above average voter turnout, a few points above the province wide 46% average.[12] The landslide in favour of Question A was attributed to recognition of the tourist industry in Banff and the national parks.
Banff-Cochrane also voted on question B1 with a number of residents lying inside the electoral district within the corporate limits of Calgary. Residents voted for mixed drinking with a super majority. Turnout for question B was also quite high.[12]
Official district returns were released to the public on December 31, 1957.[12] The Social Credit government in power at the time did not consider the results binding.[14] However the results of the vote led the government to repeal all existing liquor legislation and introduce an entirely new Liquor Act.[15]
Municipal districts lying inside electoral districts that voted against the plebiscite were designated Local Option Zones by the Alberta Liquor Control Board and considered effective dry zones. Business owners who wanted a license had to petition for a binding municipal plebiscite in order to be granted a licence.[16]
Daylight saving plebiscites
[edit]1967
[edit]District data from the 1967 daylight saving plebiscite
| Do you favour province-wide daylight saving time? | |||
| For | Against | ||
| 2,323 48.17% | 2,499 51.82% | ||
| Province wide result: Failed | |||
1971
[edit]District data from the 1971 daylight saving plebiscite
| Do you favour province-wide daylight saving time? | |||
| For | Against | ||
| 4,034 59.46% | 2,750 40.54% | ||
| Province wide result: Passed | |||
Student vote results
[edit]2004
[edit]| Participating schools[17] |
|---|
| Holy Spirit Catholic School |
| Lawerence Grassi Middle School |
| Mitford Middle School |
| Our Lady of the Snows |
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[18] | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Green | Chris Foote | 107 | 26.42% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Janis Tarchuk | 102 | 25.19% | |
| Liberal | Ian McDougall | 93 | 22.96% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Bob Argent | 54 | 13.33% | |
| New Democratic | Melissa Cambridge | 49 | 12.10% | |
| Total | 405 | 100% | ||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 16 | |||
2012
[edit]| 2012 Alberta student vote results | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Ron Casey | |||
| Liberal | Pete Helfrich[19][20] | |||
| New Democratic | Jamie Kleinsteuber | |||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Election results for Banff-Cochrane". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
- ↑ "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2007. Retrieved September 30, 2007.
- ↑ A Report on Alberta Elections, 1905-1982
- ↑ Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (June 2010). Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 978-0-9865367-1-7. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ↑ Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (October 2017). Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 978-1-988620-04-6. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ↑ Electoral Divisions Act, S.A. 2003, c. E-4.1
- ↑ "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905–2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
- ↑ "Given Bum's Rush". Vol. XXXIX No. 59. The Lethbridge Herald. February 20, 1944. p. 3.
- 1 2 "History of the Northwest Territories Legislature 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 11, 2008. Retrieved August 10, 2008.
- ↑ "The Honourable Dr. Robert G. Brett". Alberta Heritage Foundation. Retrieved October 8, 2008.
- ↑ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Alberta Gazette. Vol. 53 (December 31 ed.). Government of Alberta. 1957. pp. 2, 247–2, 249.
- ↑ "Albertans Vote 2 to 1 For More Liquor Outlets". Vol L No 273. The Lethbridge Herald. October 31, 1957. pp. 1–2.
- ↑ "No Sudden Change In Alberta Drinking Habits Is Seen". Vol L No 267. The Lethbridge Herald. October 24, 1957. p. 1.
- ↑ "Entirely New Act On Liquor". Vol LI No 72. The Lethbridge Herald. March 5, 1968. p. 1.
- ↑ "Bill 81". Alberta Bills 12th Legislature 1st Session. Government of Alberta. 1958. p. 40.
- ↑ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 27, 2008.
- ↑ "Riding by Riding Results – the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved April 19, 2008.
- ↑ "Provincial liberals choose Banff-Cochrane candidate". February 1, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Pete Helfrich for Banff-Cochrane". February 4, 2012. Archived from the original on March 5, 2012. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
Further reading
[edit]- Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005. The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Elections Alberta
- The Legislative Assembly of Alberta
- Current Riding Map Banff-Cochrane
- Alberta Heritage - election results 1905 – 2001 and riding distribution data
- Pete Helfrich for Banff-Cochrane