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Calgary-Buffalo

Calgary-Buffalo is a current provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. Calgary-Buffalo is currently represented by NDP MLA Joe Ceci.

Calgary-Buffalo
Alberta electoral district
Calgary-Buffalo within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Joe Ceci
New Democratic
District created1971
First contested1971
Last contested2023

The riding comprises primarily the downtown core of the city of Calgary. The riding has broad demographic diversity, and comprises the most transient population in Alberta.

The riding contains a mix of corporate office towers, luxury apartment buildings, Chinatown in the north part of the riding and lower income apartments in the south along the Beltline community. The Liberals have won this riding seven times, the Progressive Conservatives six, and the New Democrats twice, while the Alberta Reform Movement was represented very briefly.

Due to the nature of the riding, candidates have a tougher time running a campaign, as traditional campaign methods — i.e., placement of lawn signs, door knocking, and voter identification — have proven to be of limited usefulness.[citation needed]

The riding was created in 1971, largely out of the old Calgary Centre riding and a small portion of the eastern part of Calgary West.

History

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The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary re-distribution out of parts of Calgary Centre, Calgary Victoria Park, and Calgary-West. The district has shifted boundaries many times over the years but has always covered the downtown core of Calgary.

The 2010 Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution saw significant changes to the district, losing a huge portion of land to Calgary-Currie on the west boundary when it was cut from 37 Street to 14 Street SW. The East Village neighbourhood and Fort Calgary were moved into Calgary-Fort on the west side and the south boundary was pushed from 17 Avenue into Lower Mount Royal to run along approximately 19 Avenue in land that used to be in Calgary-Currie. The electoral district would have a population of 40,381 in 2010, which was 1.2% below the provincial average of 40,880.[1]

The 2017 Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution saw Calgary-Buffalo expand East into the communities of Ramsay and Inglewood. The boundaries as adjusted would give the electoral district a population of 49,907 in 2017, 7% above the provincial average of 46,803.[2]

Boundary history

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Representation history

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Edmonton-Whitemud
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Calgary Centre, Calgary Victoria Park and Calgary West
17th  1971–1975     Ron Ghitter Progressive Conservative
18th  1975–1979
19th  1979–1980 Tom Sindlinger
 1980–1982     Independent Conservative
 1982–1982     Alberta Reform Movement
20th  1982–1985     Brian Lee Progressive Conservative
21st  1986–1989     Sheldon Chumir Liberal
22nd  1989–1992
 1992–1993 Gary Dickson
23rd  1993–1997
24th  1997–2001
25th  2001–2004     Harvey Cenaiko Progressive Conservative
26th  2004–2008
27th  2008–2012     Kent Hehr Liberal
28th  2012–2015
29th  2015–2019     Kathleen Ganley New Democratic
30th  2019–2023 Joe Ceci
31st  2023–Present

The electoral district of Calgary-Buffalo was created in the boundary redistribution of 1971. The area it covered primarily consisted of three antecedent riding's Calgary Centre, Calgary Victoria Park and Calgary West. The riding primarily covers the City of Calgary's downtown core and belt line as well as some southwest inner city neighbourhoods. The riding is one of Calgary's few swing ridings.

The Progressive Conservatives won the first election easily under Ron Ghitter who was later appointed to the Senate of Canada. The second member of the riding Tom Sindlinger who was elected in the 1979 general election. He was removed from the Progressive Conservative caucus on October 16, 1980 and sat as an Independent Conservative after calling for increased transparency with the Heritage Trust Fund.

Sindlinger formed the Alberta Reform Movement, a right wing party and became its leader on September 17, 1982. He was the first and only member of that party to form the Alberta Reform Movement caucus in the legislature. He was defeated in the 1982 general election in a landslide by Progressive Conservative Brian Lee.

Lee only held one term before being defeated by Liberal Sheldon Chumir in 1986. Chumir was re-elected with a landslide in 1989. He died on January 26, 1992. Liberal Gary Dickson won a by-election later that year and held the district for three terms before retiring.

The Progressive Conservatives won the seat back in 2001 with Harvey Cenaiko who was later given the cabinet portfolio of Solicitor General. He retired in 2008. Liberal candidate Kent Hehr won back the electoral district for his party in 2008. April 23, 2012, Kent Hehr was re-elected for a second term during the biggest percentage turnout of eligible voters since 1993. 2015 election, Kent Hehr decided to step up to the Federal Election which will be fall of 2015.

NDP candidate Kathleen Ganley won Calgary Buffalo for her party in the provincial election of 2015 for the first time. Joe Ceci was elected under the NDP banner in 2019 and is the current MLA.

Legislative election results

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Graphical summary

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1971
11.09% 42.56% 46.35%
NDP Social Credit Progressive Conservative
1975
9.53% 8.54% 70.88% 10.45%
NDP Social Credit Progressive Conservative Liberal
1979
10.39% 14.15% 64.02% 10.83%
NDP Social Credit Progressive Conservative Liberal
1982
9.93% 62.27% 21.73% 6.07%
NDP Progressive Conservative Alberta Reform Movement Western Canada
1986
10.98% 34.64% 52.84%
NDP Progressive Conservative Liberal
1989
7.64% 31.33% 61.03%
NDP Progressive Conservative Liberal
1992
25.4% 15.25% 53.89%
NDP Progressive Conservative Liberal
1993
10% 40.7% 45.54%
NDP Progressive Conservative Liberal
1997
5.83% 3% 43.84% 45.91%
NDP Progressive Conservative Liberal
2001
4.59% 54.18% 40.13%
NDP Progressive Conservative Liberal
2004
4.9% 43.53% 4% 36.42% 8.67%
NDP Progressive Conservative Alliance Liberal Green
2008
4.1% 38.85% 48.83% 6.5%
NDP Progressive Conservative Liberal Green
2012
5% 30.61% 20.31% 42.02%
NDP Progressive Conservative Wildrose Liberal
2015
35.11% 28.09% 10.15% 24.67%
NDP Progressive Conservative Wildrose Liberal
2019
48.86% 39.16% 2.5% 6.9%
NDP United Conservative Alberta
2023
63.00% 34.75%
NDP United Conservative

1971

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1971 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ronald H. Ghitter 5,705 46.36% –
Social Credit Don Luzzi 5,238 42.56% –
New Democratic Jane Ann Summers 1,364 11.08% –
Total 12,307 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 72 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 18,664 66.33% –
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Buffalo Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1975

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1975 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ronald H. Ghitter 6,525 70.89% 24.53%
Liberal Maria Eriksen 962 10.45% –
New Democratic Paula Davies 877 9.53% -1.56%
Social Credit Norman Ashmead 786 8.54% -34.02%
Communist David Wallis 55 0.60% –
Total 9,205 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 26 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 18,219 50.67% -15.66%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 28.32%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Buffalo Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1979

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1979 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Tom Sindlinger 6,481 64.02% -6.86%
Social Credit Jim Rocker 1,432 14.15% 5.61%
Liberal Lloyd Hamilton 1,096 10.83% 0.38%
New Democratic Brian Rees 1,052 10.39% 0.86%
Communist David Willis 62 0.61% 0.01%
Total 10,123 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 39 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 24,091 42.18% -8.49%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -5.28%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Buffalo Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1982

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1982 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Brian Craig Lee 7,591 62.27% -1.75%
Alberta Reform Movement Tom Sindlinger 2,649 21.73% –
New Democratic Barry Pashak 1,211 9.93% -0.46%
Western Canada Concept Anita Bozak 739 6.06% –
Total 12,190 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 52 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 24,764 49.43% 7.25%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -4.67%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Buffalo Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1986

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1986 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sheldon Chumir 5,242 52.84% –
Progressive Conservative Brian Craig Lee 3,437 34.64% -27.63%
New Democratic George Chatsis 1,089 10.98% 1.04%
Representative Colin Svendsen 153 1.54% –
Total 9,921 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 30 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 26,048 38.20% -11.23%
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing -11.17%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Buffalo Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989

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1989 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sheldon Chumir 7,014 61.03% 8.20%
Progressive Conservative Kate Thrasher 3,601 31.33% -3.31%
New Democratic Iain Dunbar 877 7.63% -3.35%
Total 11,492 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 33 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 26,433 43.60% 5.40%
Liberal hold Swing 5.75%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Buffalo Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1992 by-election

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Alberta provincial by-election, July 21, 1992
Called upon the death of death of Liberal MLA Sheldon Chumir on January 26, 1992.
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gary Dickson 4,636 53.89% -7.14%
New Democratic Elaine Husband 2,185 25.40% 17.76%
Progressive Conservative Rod Love 1,312 15.25% -16.08%
Confederation of Regions Joseph Babineau 268 3.12% –
Greens Sol Candel 201 2.34% –
Total 8,602 – –
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 47 – –
Eligible electors / Turnout 26,029 % %
Liberal hold Swing %
Source(s)
Source:[5]

1993

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1993 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gary Dickson 4,826 45.54% -15.50%
Progressive Conservative Steven Yu 4,313 40.70% 9.36%
New Democratic Israel Lachovsky 1,062 10.02% 2.39%
Greens Rebecca Matiowsky 212 2.00% –
Natural Law Ralph Holt 185 1.75% –
Total 10,598 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 74 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 23,439 45.53% 1.93%
Liberal hold Swing -12.43%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Buffalo Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1997

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1997 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gary Dickson 4,310 45.91% 0.38%
Progressive Conservative Terri-Lynn Bradford 4,115 43.84% 3.14%
New Democratic Neil McKinnon 547 5.83% -4.19%
Social Credit Raymond Neilson 300 3.20% –
Natural Law Ralph Holt 115 1.23% -0.52%
Total 9,387 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 68 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 22,929 41.24% -4.29%
Liberal hold Swing -1.38%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Buffalo Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2001

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2001 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Harvey Cenaiko 5,582 54.18% 10.34%
Liberal Brian Edy 4,135 40.13% -5.78%
New Democratic Neil McKinnon 473 4.59% -1.24%
Social Credit Dave Schwartz 113 1.10% -2.10%
Total 10,303 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 49 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 24,844 41.67% 0.43%
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing 5.98%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Buffalo Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 3, 2020.

2004

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2004 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Harvey Cenaiko 3,365 43.53% -10.65%
Liberal Terry Taylor 2,815 36.42% -3.72%
Green Grant Neufeld 670 8.67% –
New Democratic Cliff Hesby 457 5.91% 1.32%
Alberta Alliance Nadine Hunka 294 3.80% –
Social Credit Elizabeth K. Fielding 73 0.94% -0.15%
Alberta Party Carl Schwartz 56 0.72% –
Total 7,730 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 100 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 24,689 31.71% -9.95%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -3.46%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-Buffalo Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 3, 2020.

2008

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2008 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Kent Hehr 4,583 48.83% 12.42%
Progressive Conservative Sean Chu 3,646 38.85% -4.68%
Green Stephen Ricketts 611 6.51% -2.16%
New Democratic Robert Lawrence 387 4.12% -1.79%
Social Credit Antoni (Tony) Grochowski 158 1.68% 0.74%
Total 9,385 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 103 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 31,223 30.39% -1.33%
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing 1.43%
Source(s)
Source: "03 - Calgary-Buffalo, 2008 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 178–180.

2012

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2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Kent Hehr 4,740 41.47% -7.36%
Progressive Conservative Jamie Lall 3,506 30.67% -8.18%
Wildrose Mike Blanchard 2,415 21.13% –
New Democratic Rebecca Eras 539 4.72% 0.59%
Alberta Party Cory Mack 230 2.01% –
Total 11,430 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 176 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 26,220 44.26% 13.88%
Liberal hold Swing 0.41%
Source(s)
Source: "05 - Calgary-Buffalo, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2015

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2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Kathleen T. Ganley 4,671 35.11% 30.39% $3,118
Progressive Conservative Terry Rock 3,738 28.09% -2.58% $92,068
Liberal David Khan 3,282 24.67% -16.80% $54,749
Wildrose Leah Wamboldt 1,351 10.15% -10.97% $2,900
Green Sabrina Lee Levac 263 1.98% – $500
Total 13,305 – – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 162 – – –
Eligible electors / turnout 32,950 40.87% -3.39% –
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing -1.89%
Source(s)
Source: "05 - Calgary-Buffalo, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
"2015-2016 Annual Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 2, 2018.

2019

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Results by Polling Division
2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Joe Ceci 11,292 48.86% 13.75% $56,232
United Conservative Tom Olsen 9,050 39.16% 0.92% $60,374
Alberta Party Omar Masood 1,597 6.91% +4.01% $24,282
Liberal Jennifer Khan 590 2.55% -22.11% $500
Green Heather Morigeau 436 1.89% -0.09% $534
Alberta Independence Cory Hetherington 147 0.64% – $1,005
Total 23,112 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 290 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 38,432 60.89% 20.02%
New Democratic hold Swing 1.34%
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[6][7][8]
Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000.

2023

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2023 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Joe Ceci 13,221 63.00 +14.14
United Conservative Astrid Kuhn 7,292 34.75 -4.41
Green Jonathan Parks 349 1.66 -0.22
Solidarity Movement Lona Henry 125 0.60 –
Total 20,987 98.82 –
Rejected and declined 250 1.18
Turnout 21,237 56.18
Eligible voters 37,801
New Democratic hold Swing +9.28
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[9]

Senate nominee election results

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2004

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2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-Buffalo[10] Turnout 31.76%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % votes % ballots Rank
Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 2,743 15.18% 45.37% 1
Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 2,393 13.24% 39.59% 5
Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 2,177 12.05% 36.01% 2
  Independent Link Byfield 2,134 11.81% 35.30% 4
Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 2,104 11.64% 34.81% 3
  Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,774 9.82% 29.35% 9
Progressive Conservative David Usherwood 1,539 8.52% 25.46% 6
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 1,159 6.41% 19.17% 8
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 1,055 5.84% 17.45% 7
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 994 5.49% 16.44% 10
Total votes 18,072 100%
Total ballots 6,045 2.99 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined 1,796
24,689 eligible electors

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

2012

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Plebiscite results

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1971 daylight saving plebiscite

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Do you favour province-wide Daylight Saving Time?
For Against
9,363   76.80% 2,828   23.20%
Province wide result: Passed

Student vote results

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2004

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Participating schools[11]
Almadina ESL Charter School
National Sport School
Sacred Heart 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[12]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
  Liberal Terry Taylor 62 34.44%
Green Grant Neufeld 32 17.78%
Progressive Conservative Harvey Cenaiko 22 12.22%
  New Democrat Cliff Hesby 18 10.00%
Alberta Alliance Nadine Hunka 16 8.89%
Alberta Party Carl Schwartz 16 8.89%
Social Credit Elizabeth Fielding 14 7.78%
Total 180 100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined 7

2012

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 7.
  4. ^ "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010.
  5. ^ "Calgary-Buffalo By-election results". Elections Alberta. July 21, 1992. Archived from the original on June 7, 2009. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
  6. ^ "04 - Calgary-Buffalo, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  7. ^ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 15–18. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  8. ^ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume III Election Finances (PDF) (Report). Vol. 3. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 68–82. ISBN 978-1-988620-13-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  9. ^ "04 - Calgary-Buffalo". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  10. ^ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  11. ^ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 18, 2008.
  12. ^ "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2008.
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