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{{Short description|Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada}}
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{{Infobox Canada electoral district
| name                =Foothills-Rocky View
| province            =Alberta
| image               = Whereisfoothillsrockyview.png
| caption             =2004 boundaries
| prov-status         =defunct
| prov-created        =2004
| prov-abolished      =2012
| prov-election-first =2004
| prov-election-last  =2008
}}
'''Foothills-Rocky View''' was a [[Provinces and territories of Canada|provincial]] [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] in [[Alberta]], Canada, mandated to return a single [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|member]] to the [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]] from under the [[first-past-the-post voting]] system 2004 to 2012.

==History==
The Foothills-Rocky View electoral district was located on the western rural edge of [[Calgary]] in southern Alberta. It was created in the 2003 electoral boundary re-distribution from the eastern portion of the electoral district of [[Banff-Cochrane]] and the western portion of the old electoral district of [[Airdrie-Rocky View]] which comprises the northern portion of the riding.<ref name="2003boundarychanges">{{cite web|title=Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta |url=https://archive.org/details/proposedelectora00albe_1 |date=February 2003 |access-date=May 29, 2020 |author=Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission |publisher=[[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]]}}</ref> The district is named after the Foothills of Southern Alberta and [[Rocky View County]]. The riding included part of the town of [[Cochrane, Alberta|Cochrane]], [[Bragg Creek, Alberta|Bragg Creek]], and the Springbank area.

The Foothills-Rocky View electoral district was dissolved in the 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution, and portions of the district would incorporate the [[Airdrie (electoral district)|Airdrie]], [[Banff-Cochrane]], and [[Chestermere-Rocky View]] electoral districts for the [[2012 Alberta general election]].<ref name="2017boundarychanges">{{cite book|title=Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta |url=http://www.assembly.ab.ca/lao/library/egovdocs/2017/alch/224424.pdf |date=October 2017 |isbn=978-1-988620-04-6 |access-date=May 29, 2020 |author=Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission |publisher=[[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]]}}</ref>

The district and its antecedents have been favourable to electing Progressive Conservative candidates in recent decades.

===Boundary history===
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!colspan=4|53 Foothills-Rocky View 2003 boundaries<ref name="2003bound">{{Cite canlaw
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!colspan=4|Bordering districts
|-
!North
!East
!West
!South
|-
|[[Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills]]
|[[Airdrie-Chestermere]], [[Calgary-Bow]], [[Calgary-Elbow]], [[Calgary-Glenmore]], [[Calgary-Foothills]], [[Calgary-Lougheed]], [[Calgary-Mackay]], [[Calgary-North West]], [[Calgary-Shaw]], [[Calgary-West]], [[Highwood (electoral district)|Highwood]]
|[[Banff-Cochrane]]
|Highwood
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|colspan=2 align=center|''riding map goes here''
|[[Image:Foothillsrockyviewinrelationtocalgary.png|thumb|150px|center|Foothills-Rocky View in relation to Calgary ridings]]
|[[Image:Whereisfoothillsrockyview.png|thumb|150px|center|Foothills-Rocky View in the province of Alberta]]
|-
!colspan=4|Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
|-
|colspan=4|Starting at the intersection of the east boundary of Rge. 6 W5 and the north boundary of Twp. 28; then 1. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 3 in Twp. 29, Rge. 2 W5; 2. north along the east boundary of Secs. 3 and 10 to the north boundary of Sec. 11 in the Twp.; 3. east along the north boundary of Secs. 11 and 12 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 7, 8 and 9 in Twp. 29, Rge. 1 W5 to the east boundary of Sec. 16 in the Twp.; 4. north along the east boundary of Sec. 16 to the north boundary of Sec. 15 in the Twp.; 5. east along the north boundary of Secs. 15 and 14 in the Twp. to its intersection with the centre line of Highway 2; 6. south along Highway 2 to the north boundary of Sec. 24 in Twp. 27, Rge. 1 W5; 7. west along the north boundary of Secs. 24, 23 and 22 to the east boundary of Sec. 21; 8. south along the east boundary of Secs. 21, 16, 9 and 4 in the Twp. and Secs. 33, 28, 21 and 16 in Twp. 26, Rge. 1 W5 to the north boundary of Sec. 10 in the Twp.; 9. east along the north boundary of Secs. 10, 11 and 12 (Highway 566) to the centre line of Highway 2; 10. south along the centre line of Highway 2 to the north Calgary city boundary; 11. west, south and east along the Calgary city boundary to the intersection with the centre line of Highway 2; 12. south along Highway 2 to the intersection with Highway 2A; 13. south along Highway 2A to the north boundary of Sec. 5 in Twp. 21, Rge. 29 W4; 14. west along the north boundary of Sec. 5 in Twp. 21, Rge. 29 W4 and the north boundary of Sec. 1 in Twp. 21, Rge. 1 W5 to the east boundary of Sec. 2 in Twp. 21, Rge. 1 W5; 15. south along the east boundary of Sec. 2 in Twp. 21, Rge. 1 W5 and Secs. 35, 26 and 23 in Twp. 20, Rge. 1 W5 to Highway 7; 16. west and south along Highway 7 to the north boundary of Sec. 9 in Twp. 20, Rge. 2 W5; 17. south along the east boundary of Sec. 9 and 4 in the Twp. and Secs. 33 and 28 in Twp. 19 to the north boundary of Sec. 21 in Twp. 19, Rge. 2 W5; 18. west along Secs. 21, 20 and 19 in the Twp. and Sec. 24 in Twp. 19, Rge. 3 W5 to the east boundary of Sec. 26 in Twp. 19, Rge. 3 W5; 19. north along the east boundary of Secs. 26 and 35 to the north boundary of Twp. 19, Rge. 3 W5; 20. west along the north boundary of Twp. 19 to Highway 546; 21. in a southwesterly direction along Highway 546 to the east boundary of the Rocky Mountain Forest Reserve (at north boundary of Sec. 26, Twp. 19, Rge. 4 W5); 22. north along the Rocky Mountain Forest Reserve to the north boundary of Twp. 23, Rge. 6 W5; 23. north along the east boundary of Rge. 6 to the south boundary of the Stoney Indian Reserve No. 42, 143 and 144; 24. generally in an easterly direction along the boundary of the Stoney Indian Reserve to the west boundary of the Town of Cochrane; 25. in a southeasterly and northerly direction along the Cochrane town boundary to the north Cochrane boundary (at the north boundary of Sec. 1, Twp. 26, Rge. 4 W5); 26. north along the east boundary of Sec. 12 to the north boundary of Sec. 12; 27. west along the north boundary of Secs. 12, 11, 10 and 9 to the east boundary of Sec. 8; 28. south along the east boundary of Sec. 8 to the north boundary of the Stoney Indian Reserve No. 142, 143 and 144; 29. in a westerly direction along the Stoney Indian Reserve boundary to the east shore of Ghost Lake Reservoir at the north boundary of Sec. 12 in Twp. 26, Rge. 6 W5; 30. west along the north boundary of Sec. 12 to the northwest shore of the Ghost Lake Reservoir; 31. in a northerly direction along the west shore of the Ghost Lake Reservoir to the east boundary of Sec. 23; 32. north along the east boundary of Secs. 23, 26 and 35 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 2 and 11 in Twp. 27, Rge. 6 W5 to the south boundary of the Stoney Indian Reserve 142B; 33. east along the south boundary of the Stoney Indian Reserve 142B to the east boundary of Rge. 6 W5; 34. north along the east boundary of Rge. 6 to the north boundary of Twp. 28, the starting point.
|-
|colspan=4|'''Note:'''
|}
{| class="wikitable" align=right
!colspan=5|Members of the Legislative Assembly for Foothills-Rocky View<ref name="memberslist">{{cite web|title=Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006 |url=http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |access-date=February 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024650/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf |archive-date=September 30, 2007 }}</ref>
|-
!Assembly
!Years
!colspan="2"|Member
!Party
|-
|align="center" colspan=5|''See [[Banff-Cochrane]] 1979-2001 and [[Airdrie-Rocky View]] 1993-2001''
|-
|[[26th Alberta Legislative Assembly|26th]]
|2004–2008
|rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|rowspan=2|[[Ted Morton]]
|rowspan=2|[[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]]
|-
|[[27th Alberta Legislative Assembly|27th]]
|2008–2012
|-
|colspan=5 align=center|''See [[Airdrie (electoral district)|Airdrie]], [[Banff-Cochrane]] and [[Chestermere-Rocky View]] 2012-2019''
|}

===Electoral history===
The electoral district was created in the 2004 boundary redistribution. In the election held that year Progressive Conservative candidate [[Ted Morton]] who chose not to run for another term of senator-in-waiting in the [[2004 Alberta Senate nominee election|2004 Senate nominee election]] decided to run for seat to the legislature instead.

Morton defeated four other candidates with 60% of the vote to pick up the new district for the Progressive Conservatives. After the election Morton began his race to succeed [[Ralph Klein]] in the [[2006 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership election|2006 Progressive Conservative leadership race]]. Morton lost but was appointed to cabinet by new Premier [[Ed Stelmach]] in 2006.

Morton ran for a second term in the 2008 general election. He slightly increased his popular vote and returned to power with a big majority. In 2010 he was shuffled to the Minister of Finance portfolio.

==Legislative election results==

===2004===
{{2004 Alberta general election/Foothills-Rocky View}}

===2008===
{{2008 Alberta general election/Foothills-Rocky View}}

==Senate nominee election results==

===2004===
{| class="wikitable"
|colspan="5" align=center|'''[[2004 Alberta Senate nominee election|2004 Senate nominee election results]]: Foothills-Rocky View'''<ref name="senresults2004">{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Reports/SN_snetabulation.pdf |title=Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results |publisher=Elections Alberta |access-date=March 1, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090704143923/http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Reports/SN_snetabulation.pdf |archive-date=July 4, 2009 }}</ref>
|colspan="2"|'''Turnout 50.42%'''
|-
| colspan="2"| '''Affiliation'''
|'''Candidate'''
|'''Votes'''
|'''% votes'''
|'''% ballots'''
|'''Rank'''
{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}}
|[[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Bert Brown]]
|5,787
|19.76%
|61.15%
|1
{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}}
|Progressive Conservative
|[[Jim Silye]]
|4,283
|14.62%
|45.26%
|5
{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}}
|Progressive Conservative
|[[Betty Unger]]
|3,987
|13.61%
|42.13%
|2
{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}}
|Progressive Conservative
|David Usherwood
|2,942
|10.04%
|31.09%
|6
{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}}
|Progressive Conservative
|[[Cliff Breitkreuz]]
|2,882
|9.84%
|30.45%
|3
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|[[Link Byfield]]
|2,819
|9.62%
|29.79%
|4
{{CANelec|AB|Alliance|Vance Gough|1,896|6.47%|20.03%|8}}
{{CANelec|AB|Alliance|Michael Roth|1,608|5.49%|16.99%|7}}
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|row}}
|Independent
|[[Tom Sindlinger]]
|1,597
|5.45%
|16.88%
|9
{{CANelec|AB|Alliance|Gary Horan|1,490|5.10%|15.74%|10}}
|-
|colspan="3" align="right"|'''Total votes'''
|'''29,291'''
|colspan="3"|'''100%'''
|-
|colspan="3" align="right"|'''Total ballots'''
|'''9,464'''
|colspan="3"|'''3.10 votes per ballot'''
|-
|colspan="3" align="right"|'''Rejected, spoiled and declined'''
|colspan="4"|'''1,839'''
|}
''Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot''

==2004 student vote results==
{| class="wikitable" align=right
!Participating schools<ref name="school">{{cite web|url=http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Schools.htm |title=School by School results |publisher=Student Vote Canada |access-date=2008-04-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213075644/http://studentvote.ca/admin/election/Schools.htm/ |archive-date=February 13, 2012 }}</ref>
|-
|Millarville Community School
|-
|Springbank Community High School
|-
|Springbank Middle School
|-
|Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School
|-
|W G Murdoch 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.

{| class="wikitable"
| colspan="5" align="center"|'''2004 Alberta student vote results'''<ref name="stu2004">{{cite web|url=http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Candidate.htm |title=Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates |publisher=Student Vote Canada |access-date=2008-04-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006095842/http://www.studentvote.ca/admin/election/Candidate.htm |archive-date=October 6, 2007 }}</ref>
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top" | '''Affiliation'''
| valign="top" |'''Candidate'''
| valign="top" |'''Votes'''
| valign="top" |'''%'''
{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row}}
|[[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]]
|[[Ted Morton]]
|571
|42.42%
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Green|row-name}}
|Shelley Willson
|377
|28.01%
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row}}
|[[Alberta Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Herb Coburn
|219
|16.27%
{{CANelec|AB|Alliance|Jason Herasemluk|97|7.21%}}
{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|row}}
|[[Alberta New Democratic Party|NDP]]
|Roland Schmidt
|82
|6.09%
|-
|colspan="3" align ="right"|'''Total'''
|'''1,346'''
|'''100%'''
|-
|colspan="3" align="right"|'''Rejected, spoiled and declined'''
|colspan="2"|'''57'''
|}

== See also ==
* [[List of Alberta provincial electoral districts]]
* [[Canadian provincial electoral districts]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book |author1=Office of the Chief Electoral Officer |author2=Legislative Assembly Office |author2-link=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |author-link1=Elections Alberta |title=A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005 |date=2006 |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |series=The Centennial Series |location=Edmonton, AB |isbn=0-9689217-8-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/centennialseries04perr/mode/2up |access-date=25 May 2020}}

==External links==
*[http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/ Elections Alberta]
*[http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ The Legislative Assembly of Alberta]
*[http://www.assembly.ab.ca/lao/library/egovdocs/2004/alyl/228689.pdf Information Package: Foothills-Rocky View Electoral District] - Legislature Library 2004

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