Calgary Rocky Ridge

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Calgary Rocky Ridge
Alberta electoral district
Calgary-Rocky-Ridge 2013 Riding.png
Calgary Rocky Ridge in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Pat Kelly
Conservative
District created2013
First contested2015
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]108,901
Electors (2015)87,323
Area (km²)[2]90
Pop. density (per km²)1,210
Census divisionsDivision No. 6
Census subdivisionsCalgary

Calgary Rocky Ridge is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.

Calgary Rocky Ridge 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 parts of the electoral districts of Calgary—Nose Hill and Calgary West.[4]

Members of Parliament[edit]

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament Years Member Party
Calgary Rocky Ridge
Riding created from Calgary—Nose Hill and Calgary West
42nd  2015–present     Pat Kelly Conservative

Election results[edit]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Pat Kelly 38,229 60.40 –8.12 $91,014.33
Liberal Nirmala Naidoo 20,038 31.66 +19.01 $42,532.38
New Democratic Stephanie Kot 3,665 5.79 –5.68 $6,715.72
Green Catriona Wright 1,360 2.15 –5.10 $4,178.50
Total valid votes/Expense limit 63,292 100.00   $226,211.83
Total rejected ballots 167 0.26
Turnout 63,459 72.67
Eligible voters 87,323
Conservative hold Swing –13.56
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]
2011 federal election redistributed results[7]
Party Vote %
  Conservative 30,179 68.52
  Liberal 5,572 12.65
  New Democratic 5,051 11.47
  Green 3,191 7.24
  Marxist–Leninist 52 0.12

References[edit]

  1. ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
  2. ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
  3. ^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
  4. ^ Report – Alberta
  5. ^ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Calgary Rocky Ridge (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  6. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections