Calgary Skyview
Alberta electoral district | |||
---|---|---|---|
Calgary Skyview in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order. | |||
Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Independent | ||
District created | 2013 | ||
First contested | 2015 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011)[1] | 110,189 | ||
Electors (2015) | 73,643 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 123 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 895.8 | ||
Census divisions | Division No. 6 | ||
Census subdivisions | Calgary |
Calgary Skyview is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.
Calgary Skyview 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, scheduled for October 2015.[3] It was created out of the electoral district of Calgary Northeast.[4]
Geography[edit]
The district consists of the Northeasternmost corner of the city. It includes the communities surrounding the Calgary International Airport.
Demographics[edit]
- According to the Canada 2011 Census[5][6]
Ethnic groups: 37.1% White, 31.4% South Asian, 7.8% Filipino, 5.2% Black, 4.2% Chinese, 3.3% Indigenous, 2.8% Southeast Asian, 2.5% Latino, 2.0% Arab, 1.9% West Asian, 1.8% Other
Languages: 50.0% English, 16.7% Punjabi, 6.5% Urdu, 4.4% Tagalog, 3.7% Chinese, 2.7% Spanish, 1.7% Arabic, 1.5% Vietnamese, 1.4% Hindi, 1.2% Persian, 1.2% French, 1.0% Bengali, 8.0% Other
Religions: 42.4% Christian, 16.3% Sikh, 14.3% Muslim, 4.5% Hindu, 2.2% Buddhist, 0.5% Other, 19.8% None
Median income: $30,961 (2010)
Average income: $37,064 (2010)
Members of Parliament[edit]
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Calgary Skyview Riding created from Calgary Northeast |
||||
42nd | 2015–2017 | Darshan Kang | Liberal | |
2017–present | Independent |
Election results[edit]
2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Darshan Singh Kang | 20,664 | 45.88 | +17.24 | $125,611.09 | |||
Conservative | Devinder Shory | 17,885 | 39.75 | -16.50 | $155,284.22 | |||
New Democratic | Sahajvir Singh | 3,605 | 8.01 | -2.03 | $91,462.67 | |||
Progressive Canadian | Najeeb Butt | 957 | 2.13 | – | $5,050.00 | |||
Green | Ed Reddy | 846 | 1.88 | -2.75 | $682.50 | |||
Democratic Advancement | Stephen Garvey | 786 | 1.75 | – | $31,134.16 | |||
Independent | Joseph Young | 182 | 0.40 | – | $1,614.02 | |||
Marxist–Leninist | Daniel Blanchard | 88 | 0.20 | –0.24 | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 44,993 | 100.00 | $206,487.35 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 310 | 0.68 | – | |||||
Turnout | 45,303 | 61.52 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 73,643 | |||||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +16.87 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[7][8] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[9] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 16,573 | 56.25 | |
Liberal | 8,438 | 28.64 | |
New Democratic | 2,959 | 10.04 | |
Green | 1,364 | 4.63 | |
Marxist–Leninist | 129 | 0.44 |
References[edit]
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
- ^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
- ^ Report – Alberta
- ^ http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=48013&Data=Count&SearchText=calgary&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1
- ^ http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=47001&Data=Count&SearchText=battlefords&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1
- ^ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Calgary Skyview (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 22 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
This article about a Canadian electoral district is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |