Calgary East
Alberta electoral district | |
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Calgary East in relation to the other Calgary ridings | |
Defunct federal electoral district | |
Legislature | House of Commons |
District created | 1914 |
District abolished | 2013 |
First contested | 1917 |
Last contested | 2011 |
District webpage | profile, map |
Demographics | |
Population (2011)[1] | 111,223 |
Electors (2011) | 75,298 |
Area (km²)[2] | 113.34 |
Census divisions | Division No. 6 |
Census subdivisions | Calgary |
Calgary East was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1953, 1979 to 1988, from 1997 to 2015. It was a lower income urban riding in Calgary, with a sizable visible minority population.
History
This riding was originally created in 1914 as East Calgary from Calgary and Macleod. The riding's name was changed in 1924 to Calgary East.
It was abolished in 1952 when it was redistributed between Calgary North, Calgary South and Macleod ridings.
It was re-created in 1976 from parts of Calgary North, Calgary South and Palliser ridings.
It was again abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed between Calgary Centre, Calgary Northeast, Calgary Southeast, Crowfoot and Calgary Southwest ridings.
This electoral district was again created in 1996 from Calgary Centre, Calgary Northeast, Calgary Southeast, and Wild Rose ridings.
It was abolished for a third time in 2013 into Calgary Forest Lawn, Calgary Shepard and Calgary Centre.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Election results
Calgary East, 1997 - present
Canadian federal election, 2011 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Deepak Obhrai | 23,372 | 67.43 | +0.96 | $81,882 | |||
New Democratic | Al Brown | 4,894 | 14.12 | +2.37 | ||||
Liberal | Josipa Petrunic | 4,102 | 11.83 | +1.68 | $43,497 | |||
Green | Scott Milton | 2,047 | 5.91 | -4.70 | $3,246 | |||
Communist | Jason Devine | 246 | 0.71 | -0.30 | $502 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 34,661 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 186 | 0.53 | – | |||||
Turnout | 34,847 | 46.16 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 75,496 | – | – |
Total number of votes:
Canadian federal election, 2008 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Deepak Obhrai | 21,311 | 66.47 | -0.63 | $77,330 | |||
New Democratic | Ian Vaughan | 3,768 | 11.75 | +0.88 | $831 | |||
Green | Nathan Coates | 3,403 | 10.61 | +3.20 | $2,722 | |||
Liberal | Bernie Kennedy | 3,255 | 10.15 | -2.95 | $6,934 | |||
Communist | Jason Devine | 323 | 1.01 | +0.41 | $417 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 32,060 | 100.00 | $83,826 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | – | – | ||||||
Turnout | – | – | ||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.8 |
Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Deepak Obhrai | 26,766 | 67.10 | +5.99 | $79,928 | |||
Liberal | Dobie To | 5,410 | 13.56 | -7.71 | ||||
New Democratic | Patrick Arnell | 4,338 | 10.87 | +1.01 | $2,762 | |||
Green | J. Mark Taylor | 2,955 | 7.41 | +0.36 | $1,910 | |||
Communist | Jason Devine | 239 | 0.60 | -0.08 | $279 | |||
Canadian Action | Ghazanfar Khan | 183 | 0.46 | – | $99 | |||
Total valid votes | 39,890 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 181 | 0.45 | ||||||
Turnout | 40,071 | 50.45 |
Canadian federal election, 2004 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Deepak Obhrai | 21,897 | 61.11 | -9.61 | $55,864 | |||
Liberal | James Maxim | 7,621 | 21.27 | +0.81 | $50,725 | |||
New Democratic | Elizabeth Thomas | 3,535 | 9.86 | +5.55 | $5,211 | |||
Green | Dean Kenneth Christie | 2,529 | 7.05 | – | $1,526 | |||
Communist | Jason Devine | 245 | 0.68 | +0.14 | $750 | |||
Total valid votes | 35,827 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 207 | 0.57 | ||||||
Turnout | 36,034 | 47.79 |
Note: Conservative vote is compared to total of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000.
Canadian federal election, 2000 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Alliance | Deepak Obhrai | 18,141 | 54.25 | +9.27 | $50,082 | |||
Liberal | Doug Perras | 6,843 | 20.46 | -2.34 | $13,817 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Roger Richard | 5,510 | 16.47 | -8.15 | $26,576 | |||
New Democratic | Kaie Jones | 1,444 | 4.31 | -2.18 | $4,528 | |||
Marijuana | Grant Adam Krieger | 1,222 | 3.65 | – | $1,331 | |||
Communist | Jason Devine | 152 | 0.54 | – | $415 | |||
Natural Law | Neeraj Varma | 124 | 0.37 | -0.73 | ||||
Total valid votes | 33,436 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 118 | 0.35 | ||||||
Turnout | 33,554 | 48.19 |
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to Reform vote in 1997.
Canadian federal election, 1997 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Reform | Deepak Obhrai | 13,348 | 44.98 | – | $47,624 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Roger Richard | 7,306 | 24.62 | -34.23 | $40,312 | |||
Liberal | Nagah Hage | 6,766 | 22.80 | -0.77 | $20,633 | |||
New Democratic | Kaie Jones | 1,926 | 6.49 | -7.19 | $6,993 | |||
Natural Law | Santo Esposito | 329 | 1.10 | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 29,675 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 175 | 0.59 | ||||||
Turnout | 29,850 | 47.88 |
Calgary East, 1979 - 1988
Canadian federal election, 1984 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Alex Kindy | 36,825 | 58.85 | +6.02 | ||||
Liberal | Rod Sykes | 14,749 | 23.57 | -3.13 | ||||
New Democratic | Barry Pashak | 8,558 | 13.68 | +3.40 | ||||
Independent | Dave G. Wereschuk | 993 | 1.59 | |||||
Confederation of Regions | Nora Galenzoski | 658 | 1.05 | |||||
Social Credit | Jim Othen | 343 | 0.55 | -0.42 | ||||
Libertarian | Wayne Kollinger | 324 | 0.52 | |||||
Communist | Bruce Potter | 122 | 0.19 | +0.06 | ||||
Total valid votes | 62,572 | 100.00 |
Canadian federal election, 1980 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | John Kushner | 23,073 | 52.84 | -8.05 | ||||
Liberal | Albert Ludwig | 11,662 | 26.71 | +3.02 | ||||
New Democratic | Barry Pashak | 4,490 | 10.28 | -0.84 | ||||
Independent | Jim C. Young | 3,271 | 7.49 | |||||
Rhinoceros | Philip J. Pazdor | 638 | 1.46 | |||||
Social Credit | Jim Othen | 422 | 0.97 | -0.76 | ||||
Communist | Bruce Potter | 58 | 0.13 | -0.01 | ||||
Marxist–Leninist | Peggy Askin | 55 | 0.13 | +0.01 | ||||
Total valid votes | 43,669 | 100.00 |
Canadian federal election, 1979 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Progressive Conservative | John Kushner | 28,320 | 60.88 | |||||
Liberal | Albert Ludwig | 11,019 | 23.69 | |||||
New Democratic | Barry Pashak | 5,172 | 11.12 | |||||
Independent | George Barber | 1,080 | 2.32 | |||||
Social Credit | Ted Hammond | 805 | 1.73 | |||||
Communist | Bruce Potter | 65 | 0.14 | |||||
Marxist–Leninist | Peggy Askin | 54 | 0.12 | |||||
Total valid votes | 46,515 | 100.00 |
Calgary East, 1925 - 1952
Canadian federal election, 1949 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Douglas Harkness | 9,641 | 35.87 | +4.35 | ||||
Liberal | Donald Hugh Mackay | 8,555 | 31.83 | +12.55 | ||||
Social Credit | Clifford Norman Clarke | 5,597 | 20.83 | -2.83 | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Warwick Freeman Kelloway | 3,083 | 11.47 | -11.35 | ||||
Total valid votes | 26,876 | 100.00 |
Canadian federal election, 1945 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Douglas Harkness | 7,799 | 31.52 | +7.91 | ||||
Social Credit | Clifford Menzies Willmott | 5,854 | 23.66 | -1.58 | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Peter Newton Russell Morrison | 5,646 | 22.82 | -0.79 | ||||
Liberal | George Henry Ross | 4,771 | 19.28 | -8.25 | ||||
Labor–Progressive | Lionel Frank Edwards | 672 | 2.72 | |||||
Total valid votes | 24,742 | 100.00 |
Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to National Government vote in 1940.
Canadian federal election, 1940 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Liberal | George Henry Ross | 5,815 | 27.54 | +13.21 | ||||
Social Credit | John Landeryou | 5,330 | 25.24 | -21.34 | ||||
National Government | Hugh Farthing | 4,987 | 23.61 | -9.80 | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Warwick Freeman Kelloway | 4,986 | 23.61 | +17.94 | ||||
Total valid votes | 21,118 | 100.00 |
Note: National Government vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1940.
Canadian federal election, 1935 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Social Credit | John Landeryou | 8,376 | 46.58 | |||||
Conservative | George Douglas Stanley | 6,009 | 33.42 | -31.98 | ||||
Liberal | Joseph Tweed Shaw | 2,576 | 14.33 | |||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Edith Patterson | 1,020 | 5.67 | |||||
Total valid votes | 17,981 | 100.00 |
Canadian federal election, 1930 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Conservative | George Douglas Stanley | 11,344 | 65.40 | +22.64 | ||||
Labour | Herbert Bealey Adshead | 6,002 | 34.60 | -21.28 | ||||
Total valid votes | 17,346 | 100.00 |
Canadian federal election, 1926 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Labour | Herbert Bealey Adshead | 6,707 | 55.88 | +24.41 | ||||
Conservative | Fred Davis | 5,132 | 42.76 | -4.40 | ||||
Independent | William Edward Wood Guy | 163 | 1.36 | |||||
Total valid votes | 12,002 | 100.00 |
Canadian federal election, 1925 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Conservative | Fred Davis | 5,560 | 47.16 | |||||
Labour | William Irvine | 3,710 | 31.47 | |||||
Liberal | William McCartney Davidson | 2,519 | 21.37 | |||||
Total valid votes | 11,789 | 100.00 |
East Calgary, 1917 - 1925
Canadian federal election, 1921: East Calgary | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Labour | William Irvine | 6,135 | ||||||
Conservative | Arthur LeRoy Smith | 4,237 | ||||||
Liberal | Duncan Marshall | 3,684 |
Canadian federal election, 1917: East Calgary | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Government (Unionist) | Daniel Lee Redman | 8,363 | ||||||
Liberal–Labour | William Irvine | 3,911 |
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Alberta federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
References
- "(Code 48002) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- Riding history for Calgary East (1924-1952) from the Library of Parliament
- Riding history for Calgary East (1976-1987) from the Library of Parliament
- Riding history for Calgary East (1996-present) from the Library of Parliament
- Expenditures - 2008
- Expenditures - 2004
- Expenditures - 2000
- Expenditures - 1997
- Elections Canada
- Website of the Parliament of Canada
Notes
- ↑ Stastistics Canada: 2012
- ↑ Stastistics Canada: 2012