Calgary Hays
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Calgary Hays is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.
The riding was formed in 2004, carved out of the Calgary Shaw riding. The riding is named after former Calgary mayor and Canadian Senator Harry Hays.
This riding takes up the deep South east corner of the city and includes the neighborhoods of McKenzie, McKenzie Towne, and Douglasdale.
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[edit] Boundaries
As defined in the Electoral Divisions Act 2003
North boundary
The boundary runs west from the city limts along Glenmore Trail then turns south on Barlow Trail, then turns west and moves along the south edge of the Riverbend subdivision until it reaches the Bow River.
Calgary Fort borders to the north and Calgary Egmont to the north west.
West boundary
The west boundary travels south along the right bank of the Bow River until it reaches the city limits on the south end.
Calgary Fish Creek and Calgary Shaw border to the west.
South and East boundaries
The South and East boundaries follow the city limits from the Bow River around and back north to Glenmore Trail.
Highwood borders on the south and Airdrie-Chestermere to the east.
Note:
- Boundary information has been condensed from the description in the Act.
[edit] Local Issues
- High Property Taxes
- Rapid growth creates burden on transportation infrastructure
- Poor access to Health Care Services
[edit] Demographics
Total Population
31,932
50.3% Male
49.7% Female
49.4% Married
17.7% Single never married
Population by Age
- 0-4 2,980 9.3%
- 5-19 7,645 23.9%
- 20-24 1,450 4.5%
- 25-44 12,640 39.5%
- 45-64 6,340 19.8%
- 65-74 710 2.2%
- 75+ 220 0.7%
Registered Voters
24,724
Source Alberta Government
[edit] Riding Associations
4 Associations registered with Elections Alberta
- Alberta Alliance, President Robert Wawrzynowski
- Liberal, President ??
- NDP, President ??
- Progressive Conservative, President Joe Myers
[edit] Election results 2004
| 2004 Results | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Progressive Conservative | Arthur Johnston | 5,529 | 63.82% | |
| Liberal | Sharon Howe | 1,925 | 22.22% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Robert Wawrzynowski | 534 | 6.16% | |
| Green | Bernie Amell | 378 | 4.36% | |
| N.D.P. | Rachell Wienfeld | 298 | 3.44% | |
[edit] 2004 Senator in waiting district results
| 2004 Senator in Waiting Results: Calgary Hays | |||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Rank |
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| Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 4,329 | 18% | 2 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 3,671 | 15% | 1 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 3,640 | 15% | 5 | |
| Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 2,844 | 12% | 6 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 2,590 | 11% | 3 | |
| Independent | Link Byfield | 1,798 | 7% | 4 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 1,453 | 6% | 8 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 1,354 | 6% | 7 | |
| Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,255 | 5% | 9 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 1,244 | 5% | 10 | |
Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot
[edit] External links
- Electoral Divisions Act 2003
- Riding Map for Calgary Hays
- Calgary Hays Demographics
- Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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