Calgary Queens Park
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Calgary Queens Park was a provincial electoral district that existed in Calgary
Alberta
from 1963 to 1967.
The riding was created from a slice of Calgary Bowness
during the 1963 election. The riding disappeared when it was merged with Calgary North
to create Calgary McKnight
during the 1971 election.
The riding was a thin strip that ran north from Downtown to the north end city limits, and on the west side of Centre Street.
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
from 1963 to 1967.
The riding was created from a slice of Calgary Bowness
Calgary Bowness
Calgary Bowness is a defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta Canada. The district was named after the community of Bowness, and during its time encompassed the Northwestern part of the city. The riding was created in 1959...
during the 1963 election. The riding disappeared when it was merged with Calgary North
Calgary North (provincial electoral district)
Calgary North provincial electoral district was a single member electoral district in the northwest and northeast parts of Calgary, Alberta. The electoral district existed from 1959 to 1971 before it was abolished...
to create Calgary McKnight
Calgary McKnight
Calgary McKnight was a provincial electoral district coverning the north central part of Calgary Alberta Canada. The was created from a merger of Calgary North and Calgary Queens Park during the election of 1971. The riding's boundaries expanded in 1993 and was renamed to Calgary Nose Creek...
during the 1971 election.
The riding was a thin strip that ran north from Downtown to the north end city limits, and on the west side of Centre Street.
Election Results 1963 - 1967
1967 Alberta general election, 1967 The Alberta general election of 1967 was the sixteenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on May 23, 1967 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.... Results |
1963 Alberta general election, 1963 The Alberta general election of 1963 was the fifteenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on June 17, 1963 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.The Social Credit Party, led by Ernest C... Results |
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Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
Social Credit | Lee Leavitt Lee Leavitt Lorne Lee Leavitt was a teacher and a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1952 to 1955 and a second stint from 1963 to 1971 sitting both times with the governing Social Credit caucus.-Political career:Leavitt would run... |
4,943 | 42.30% | Social Credit | Lee Leavitt Lee Leavitt Lorne Lee Leavitt was a teacher and a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1952 to 1955 and a second stint from 1963 to 1971 sitting both times with the governing Social Credit caucus.-Political career:Leavitt would run... |
4,363 | 48.20% |
Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta... |
Eric Musgreave Eric Musgreave Eric Charles Musgreave was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1989 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus.... |
3,820 | 32.61% | Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta... |
Duncan McKilliop | 1,597 | 17.64% |
Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time... |
Darryl Raymaker | 1,702 | 14.57% | Independent | Roy Farran Roy Farran Major Roy Alexander Farran DSO, MC & Two Bars was a British-Canadian soldier, politician, farmer, author and journalist... |
1,496 | 16.53% |
NDP Alberta New Democratic Party The Alberta New Democratic Party or Alberta NDP is a social-democratic political party in Alberta, Canada, which was originally founded as the Alberta section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation... |
Lisa Baldwin | 1,220 | 10.52% | Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time... |
John Donnachie | 961 | 10.61% | ||||||
NDP Alberta New Democratic Party The Alberta New Democratic Party or Alberta NDP is a social-democratic political party in Alberta, Canada, which was originally founded as the Alberta section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation... |
Ben Greenfield | 509 | 5.62% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Independent Social Credit | Conrad Pfeifer | 126 | 1.40% |