Calgary-Forest Lawn

This article is about the former provincial electoral district. For the federal electoral district, see Calgary Forest Lawn.

Calgary-Forest Lawn

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1979
District abolished	1993
First contested	1979
Last contested	1989

Calgary-Forest Lawn was a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1979 to 1993.^[1]

History

The Calgary-Forest Lawn electoral district was created in the 1979 electoral re-distribution from the southern end of the Calgary-McCall electoral district. The riding was abolished in the 1993 electoral district re-distribution when it merged with part of Calgary-Millican to re-form Calgary-East.

The riding was named after the Calgary community and former town of Forest Lawn.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Forest Lawn
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Calgary-McCall from 1971-1979
19th	1979–1982		John Zaozirny	Progressive Conservative
20th	1982–1986
21st	1986–1989		Barry Pashak	New Democratic
22nd	1989–1993
See Calgary-East electoral district from 1993-Present

Election results

1979

v t e 1979 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Zaozirny	5,901	59.70%	–
	Social Credit	Don Howes	2,263	22.89%	–
	New Democratic	Doug Murdoch	813	8.22%	–
	Independent	John Sutherland	577	5.84%	–
	Liberal	Marg Bogstie	284	2.87%	–
	Communist	Bruce Potter	47	0.48%	–
Total			9,885	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			N/A	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			22,269	44.39%	–
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Forest Lawn Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1982

v t e 1982 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Zaozirny	9,704	74.13%	14.44%
	New Democratic	Ken Richmond	1,478	11.29%	3.07%
	Western Canada Concept	Henry Hein Braeutigam	1,244	9.50%	–
	Liberal	J. V. W. Gairy	314	2.40%	-0.47%
	Social Credit	Ella Ayers	294	2.25%	-20.65%
	Communist	Bruce Potter	56	0.43%	-0.05%
Total			13,090	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			34	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			25,857	50.76%	6.37%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		13.02%
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Forest Lawn Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1986

v t e 1986 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Barry Pashak	2,492	35.86%	24.57%
	Progressive Conservative	Moe Amiri	2,410	34.68%	-39.45%
	Liberal	Gene Czaprowski	1,111	15.99%	13.59%
	Independent	Mikey Graham	271	3.90%	–
	Representative	Douglas Williams	237	3.41%	–
	Independent	Gerald K. Lee	224	3.22%	–
	Independent	Dorothy Bohdan	109	1.57%	–
	Independent	Jim Othen	67	0.96%	–
	Communist	Bruce Potter	28	0.40%	-0.02%
Total			6,949	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			26	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			22,614	30.84%	-19.91%
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		-30.83%
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Forest Lawn Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989

v t e 1989 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Barry Pashak	3,994	44.14%	8.28%
	Progressive Conservative	Moe Amiri	3,177	35.11%	0.43%
	Liberal	Gene Czaprowski	1,584	17.50%	1.52%
	Independent	Jim Othen	294	3.25%	2.29%
Total			9,049	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			25	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			23,968	37.86%	7.02%
	New Democratic hold		Swing		3.92%
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Forest Lawn Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts

References

1. "Election results for Calgary-Forest Lawn". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2020.

Further reading

• 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

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta

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