Calgary Forest Lawn
 Alberta electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Boundaries of Calgary Forest Lawn as of the 2013 Representation Order | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Conservative | ||
| District created | 2013 | ||
| First contested | 2015 | ||
| Last contested | 2019 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011)[1] | 108,251 | ||
| Electors (2019) | 75,376 | ||
| Area (km²)[1] | 53 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 2,042.5 | ||
| Census divisions | Division No. 6 | ||
| Census subdivisions | Calgary | ||
Calgary Forest Lawn is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.
Calgary Forest Lawn was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.[2] It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of Calgary East and Calgary Northeast.[3]
It is named after the Calgary neighbourhood of Forest Lawn.
Demographics[edit]
- According to the Canada 2011 Census[4][4]
Ethnic groups: 47.4% White, 11.0% South Asian, 7.9% Filipino, 6.7% Southeast Asian, 6.1% Black, 5.2% Chinese, 5.0% Arab, 5.0% Indigenous, 2.6% Latino, 3.1% Other
Languages: 59.1% English, 5.2% Vietnamese, 4.7% Chinese, 4.7% Tagalog, 4.6% Punjabi, 3.8% Arabic, 2.6% Spanish, 1.5% Urdu, 1.4% French, 12.4% Other
Religions: 49.6% Christian, 11.6% Muslim, 6.0% Buddhist, 4.7% Sikh, 2.2% Hindu, 0.7% Other, 25.2% None
Median income: $27,331 (2010)
Average income: $33,458 (2010)
Members of Parliament[edit]
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary Forest Lawn Riding created from Calgary East and Calgary Northeast |
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| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Deepak Obhrai | Conservative | |
| 43rd | 2019–present | Jasraj Hallan | Conservative | |
The seat became vacant on August 2, 2019 with the death of Deepak Obhrai.[5][6] Since the vacancy occurred less than nine months before the fixed-date general election of October 21, 2019, no by-election will be held.[7]
Election results[edit]
| 2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Jasraj Hallan | 23,805 | 59.6 | +11.62 | ||||
| Liberal | Jag Anand | 8,690 | 21.7 | -14.62 | ||||
| New Democratic | Joe Pimlott | 4,227 | 10.6 | +0.84 | ||||
| Green | William Carnegie | 1,318 | 3.3 | +0.31 | ||||
| People's | Dave Levesque | 1,089 | 2.7 | - | ||||
| Independent | Brent Nichols | 388 | 1.0 | - | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Esther Sutherland | 222 | 0.6 | - | ||||
| Communist | Jonathan Trautman | 134 | 0.3 | -0.65 | ||||
| Veterans Coalition | William James Ryder | 91 | 0.2 | - | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 39,964 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 395 | |||||||
| Turnout | 40,359 | 53.5 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 75,376 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +13.12 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8][9] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Deepak Obhrai | 19,694 | 47.98 | –15.37 | $94,875.17 | |||
| Liberal | Cam Stewart | 14,762 | 35.96 | +18.50 | $22,574.93 | |||
| New Democratic | Abdou Souraya | 4,006 | 9.76 | –3.39 | $36,479.40 | |||
| Green | Judson Hansell | 1,229 | 2.99 | –2.31 | $2,422.51 | |||
| Libertarian | Matt Badura | 832 | 2.03 | – | – | |||
| Communist | Jason Devine | 390 | 0.95 | – | – | |||
| Democratic Advancement | Max Veress | 134 | 0.33 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 41,047 | 100.00 | $207,423.03 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 345 | 0.83 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 41,392 | 55.47 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 74,620 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –16.93 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[10][11] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[12] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 19,574 | 63.35 | |
| Liberal | 5,397 | 17.47 | |
| New Democratic | 4,064 | 13.15 | |
| Green | 1,638 | 5.30 | |
| Others | 227 | 0.73 | |
References[edit]
- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 2011
- ^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
- ^ Report – Alberta
- ^ a b http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=48006&Data=Count&SearchText=calgary&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1
- ^ "The Honourable Deepak Obhrai - Roles". House of Commons of Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
- ^ Sarah Rieger (2019-08-03). "MP Deepak Obhrai remembered by Calgarians as a 'true statesman'". CBC News. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
- ^ "A Federal Seat is Vacant in Calgary Forest Lawn". Elections Canada (Press release). 2019-08-20. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
- ^ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Calgary Forest Lawn (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 20 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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