Bob Hawkesworth

Bob Hawkesworth
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary Mountain View
In office 1986–1993
Preceded by	Bohdan Zip
Succeeded by	Mark Hlady
Personal details
Born	Robert Andrew Hawkesworth February 18, 1951 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Political party	Alberta New Democratic Party

Robert Andrew "Bob" Hawkesworth (born February 18, 1951) is a Canadian politician and a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.^[1]

Life and career

Hawkesworth was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He attended the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary before being elected in 1980 to Calgary City Council as alderman for Ward 3. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1986 general election to represent the riding of Calgary Mountain View for the Alberta New Democratic Party. His Progressive Conservative (PC) opponent (whom he defeated by just 257 votes) in that election was Jim Prentice, a future federal government minister and Premier of Alberta.^[2] Hawkesworth was re-elected in the 1989 election before being defeated in the 1993 election by Mark Hlady. He returned to City Council and served as alderman for Ward 4 until October 18, 2010.

Hawkesworth received the 2000 Calgary United Way Spirits of Gold Award for co-chairing the Calgary Homeless Initiative and was named one of Alberta's 50 Most Influential People by Alberta Venture Magazine.

Hawkesworth ran for Mayor in the Calgary civic election held on October 18, 2010, which was won by Naheed Nenshi. He withdrew on October 13 to support Barb Higgins. Under Calgary's electoral rules a candidate can not run for multiple positions meaning Ward 4 did not have an incumbent on the ballot.

In July 2015, Hawkesworth won the NDP nomination for the by-election in the Calgary-Foothills district, due in September of that year. The seat had been vacated by Jim Prentice (whom Hawkesworth had defeated almost 30 years earlier) following the PCs defeat by the NDP at the 2015 general election.^[3] But in the by-election on September 3, 2015, he lost out to Wildrose candidate Prasad Panda.^[4]

Electoral history

2015 Calgary-Foothills by-election

Alberta provincial by-election, September 3, 2015: Calgary-Foothills Voiding of general election results due to Jim Prentice disclaiming his seat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Wildrose	Prasad Panda	4,877	38.35	+20.24
	New Democratic	Bob Hawkesworth	3,270	25.71	-6.65
	Progressive Conservative	Blair Houston	2,746	21.59	-18.74
	Liberal	Ali Bin Zahid	791	6.22	-0.94
	Alberta Party	Mark Taylor	610	4.80	+4.80
	Green	Janet Keeping	377	2.96	+0.92
	Independent	Antoni Grochowski	46	0.36	–
Total valid votes			12,717
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots
Turnout				39.48
Eligible voters			32,212
	Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+19.49

1993 Alberta general election

1993 Alberta general election results[5]			Turnout 53.49%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Mark Hlady	5,768	46.21%	12.85%
	New Democratic	Bob Hawkesworth	3,255	26.08%	-25.67%
	Liberal	Jonathan Horlick	2,791	22.36%	7.47%
	Social Credit	George Clark	481	3.85%
	Confederation of Regions	Bruce Jackman	116	0.93%
	Natural Law	Alberta Scraba	71	0.57%	*
Total			12,482
Rejected, spoiled and declined			38
Eligible electors / Turnout			23,408	%
	Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		20.76%

1989 Alberta general election

1989 Alberta general election results[6]			Turnout 54.99%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	New Democratic	Bob Hawkesworth	6,469	51.75%	6.10%
	Progressive Conservative	Vicky Adamson	4,171	33.36%	-10.16%
	Liberal	Kevin Murphy	1,862	14.89%	5.48%
Total			12,502
Rejected, spoiled and declined			52
Eligible electors / Turnout			22,831	%
	NDP hold				Swing 8.13%

1986 Alberta general election

1986 Alberta general election results[7]			Turnout 51.56%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	New Democratic	Bob Hawkesworth	5,524	45.65%	18.58%
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Prentice	5,267	43.52%	-14.17%
	Liberal	Doug Rae	1,139	9.41%	6.04%
	Independent	Tom Erhart	172	1.42%
Total			12,102
Rejected, spoiled and declined			57
Eligible electors / Turnout			23,542	%
	NDP gain from Progressive Conservative.				Swing 16.38%

References

2. "Election Results - Calgary Mountain View 1986". Alberta's Political History. University of Alberta.
3. "Bob Hawkesworth to run for NDP in Calgary-Foothills byelection". CBC.
4. "Wildrose's Panda defeats NDP in Calgary-Foothills byelection battle". Calgary Herald, September 4, 2015.
5. "Calgary-Mountain View Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
6. "Calgary-Mountain View Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
7. "Calgary-Mountain View Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 1, 2010.