- Calgary Fort
Infobox Canada electoral district
name =Calgary-Fort
province =Alberta
caption =2004 boundaries
prov-rep =Wayne Cao
prov-rep-link =
prov-rep-party =Progressive Conservative
prov-rep-party-link =Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
prov-status =active
prov-created =1997
prov-abolished =
prov-created2 =
prov-election-first =1997
prov-election-last =2008Calgary Fort is a provincial
electoral district for the Legislative Assembly ofAlberta ,Canada .The Electoral District is named after historical
Fort Calgary .The district lies in the Central SE of the city.The first election in Calgary Fort was in
1997 , it was created out of Calgary East. The Riding covers some of the cities older blue collar neighborhoods including Forest Lawn, Dover, Inglewood, Lynwood Ridge, Ogden, Erinwoods and the Foothills Industrial Park. The riding is largely broken with three distinct residential sections surrounded by industrial areas.The riding has suffered from a number of environmental problems in recent years caused by heavy industry. Soil contamination from the old oil refinery in Lynwood Ridge has created a ghost town of houses in limbo.
Canadian Pacific Railway has also been to blame for heavy soil contamination affecting residents along the tracks in Ogden by a chemical known asTrichloroethylene used as a track degreaser. In 1999 the Hub Oil refinery just east of Erin Woods exploded raining contamination on the neighborhood. The riding also has a quarantined site where the Inglewood Refinery used to be for soil contamination problems.The riding has been a Progressive Conservative strong hold since its creation in 1997 and only held by
Wayne Cao , however support dipped in the last election. The Liberals have managed to finish second in every election, but have lost significant votes in the last two. No candidate has run more than once to oppose the incumbent.Election Results
2004 general election
Alberta Student Vote 2004
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.References
External links
* [http://www.canlii.org/ab/laws/sta/e-4.1/20050211/whole.html Electoral Divisions Act 2003]
* [http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/maps%5Cnb%5C11.pdf Riding Map for Calgary Fort]
* [http://www.finance.gov.ab.ca/aboutalberta/ped_profiles/2004_new_boundaries/Calgary-Fort.pdf Government of Alberta Demographics Calgary Fort]
* [http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta]
* [http://www.studentvote.ca/alberta/electionresults.php Student Vote Alberta]
* [http://www.ffwdweekly.com/Issues/2005/0127/news1.htm Millican-Ogden still living with contamination FFWD Weekly January 25, 2005]
* [http://www.calgaryfort.dyndns.org Calgary Fort Alberta Alliance Constituency Association]
* [http://www.calgaryfortpcassociation.ca/ Calgary Fort Progressive Conservative Constituency Association]
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