Calgary Midnapore
 Alberta electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Calgary Midnapore in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order. | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Conservative | ||
| District created | 2013 | ||
| First contested | 2015 | ||
| Last contested | 2017 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011)[1] | 111,227 | ||
| Electors (2015) | 87,158 | ||
| Area (km²)[2] | 87 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 1,278.5 | ||
| Census divisions | Division No. 6 | ||
| Census subdivisions | Calgary | ||
Calgary Midnapore is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.
Calgary Midnapore was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, which was held in October 2015.[3][4] It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of Calgary Southeast, Calgary Southwest and Macleod.[5][6]
Boundaries[edit]
Consisting of that part of the City of Calgary described as follows: commencing at the intersection of Macleod Trail S with Glenmore Trail SE (Highway No. 8); thence generally easterly along Glenmore Trail SE (Highway No. 8) to the left bank of the Bow River; thence generally southerly along said bank, including all islands adjacent to the river bank, to the southerly limit of said city; thence southerly, westerly and generally northwesterly along the southerly and westerly limits of said city to Spruce Meadows Way SW; thence northerly along said way and northerly and easterly along James McKevitt Road SW to Macleod Trail S; thence generally northerly along said trail to the point of commencement.[7]
Population[edit]
In 2013, a total of 111,227 persons lived in the riding's boundaries.[8] Of these, 86,000 spoke English as their "mother tongue" and 1,650 claimed French as their native language.[9] Of the more than 20,000 who spoke English as a second language, or not at all, the next largest group was the over 2,600 who spoke Tagalog (Filipino).[10] The number of residents who spoke English as their first official Canadian language was 107,320, and 1,580 spoke French as their primary official language.
Members of Parliament[edit]
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary Midnapore Riding created from Calgary Southeast, Calgary Southwest and Macleod |
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| 42nd | 2015–2016 | Jason Kenney | Conservative | |
| 2017–present | Stephanie Kusie | |||
Election results[edit]
| Canadian federal by-election, April 3, 2017 Resignation of Jason Kenney | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Stephanie Kusie | 22,454 | 77.17 | +10.44 | ||||
| Liberal | Haley Brown | 4,950 | 17.01 | −5.64 | ||||
| New Democratic | Holly Heffernan | 735 | 2.53 | −5.20 | ||||
| Green | Ryan Zedic | 625 | 2.15 | −0.51 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Larry R. Heather | 251 | 0.86 | |||||
| National Advancement | Kulbir Singh Chawla | 81 | 0.28 | |||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 29,096 | 100.0 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | - | |||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | 89,436 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +8.08 | ||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Jason Kenney | 42,415 | 66.73 | –9.17 | $67,515.08 | |||
| Liberal | Haley Brown | 14,396 | 22.65 | +16.24 | $11,213.46 | |||
| New Democratic | Laura Weston | 4,915 | 7.73 | –2.82 | $18,349.56 | |||
| Green | Brennan Wauters | 1,691 | 2.66 | –3.77 | $4,520.21 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Peggy Askin | 145 | 0.23 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 63,562 | 100.00 | $226,378.18 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 179 | 0.28 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 63,741 | 73.13 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 87,158 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –12.71 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[11][12] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[13] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 37,022 | 75.90 | |
| New Democratic | 5,145 | 10.55 | |
| Green | 3,138 | 6.43 | |
| Liberal | 3,125 | 6.41 | |
| Others | 346 | 0.71 | |
References[edit]
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
- ^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
- ^ Elections Canada site
- ^ Report – Alberta
- ^ Elections Canada site
- ^ Elections Canada website
- ^ Find a Conservative website
- ^ [Statistics Canada. 2012. Calgary Midnapore, Alberta (Code 48008) and Alberta (Code 48) (table). Census Profile. 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-XWE. Ottawa. Released October 24, 2012. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed August 3, 2015). Statistics Canada website]
- ^ [Statistics Canada. 2012. Calgary Midnapore, Alberta (Code 48008) and Alberta (Code 48) (table). Census Profile. 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-XWE. Ottawa. Released October 24, 2012. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed August 3, 2015). Statistics Canada website]
- ^ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Calgary Midnapore (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
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