Calgary-Bhullar-McCall

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Calgary-Bhullar-McCall
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Calgary-McCall 2017.svg
Calgary-Bhullar-McCall within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Irfan Sabir
New Democratic
District created1971
First contested 1971
Last contested 2023

Calgary-Bhullar-McCall is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It was created in 1971, and was named after Frederick McCall and the McCall Industrial Park. As of the 2010 redistricting, the industrial park is no longer in the boundaries. In December 2021, a bill was passed renaming the constituency to Calgary-Bhullar-McCall in remembrance of late MLA Manmeet Bhullar.

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The district includes the neighbourhoods of Castleridge, Falconridge, Martindale, Saddleridge, and Skyview Ranch, and is noted for its high levels of ethnic diversity. [1]

History

The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution and was formed out of the north half of Calgary East.

The 2010 boundary redistribution significantly changed the riding. All land west of 36 Street NE was moved out of the district. The Calgary International Airport was moved into Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill while the McCall Industrial Park was moved into Calgary-Cross. A large chunk of land south of 80 Street NE and east of Falconridge Blvd NE was moved into the new Calgary-Greenway constituency.

Boundary history

Representation history

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Calgary-McCall
Riding created from Calgary East
17th  1971–1975   George Ho Lem Social Credit
18th  1975–1979   Andrew Little Progressive Conservative
19th  1979–1982
20th  1982–1986 Stan Nelson
21st  1986–1989
22nd  1989–1993
23rd  1993–1994 Harry Sohal
 1995–1997 Shiraz Shariff
24th  1997–2001
25th  2001–2004
26th  2004–2008
27th  2008–2012   Darshan Kang Liberal
28th  2012–2015
29th  2015–2019   Irfan Sabir New Democratic
30th  2019–2023
Calgary-Bhullar-McCall
31st  2023–Present   Irfan Sabir New Democratic

The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution. The first election held in the district that year returned former Calgary Alderman George Ho Lem who ran as a Social Credit candidate. He won a tight race over future MLA and Member of Parliament John Kushner.

The 1975 election would see the riding change hands as Ho Lem would be defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Andrew Little in a landslide. Little ran for re-election in the 1979 general election and won easily taking over 70% of the popular vote. He retired at dissolution of the assembly in 1982.

The third representative of the riding was returned in the 1982 election. The race that year saw Progressive Conservative candidate Stan Nelson returned with a landslide majority of over 75% of the popular vote and over 17,000 votes. He was re-elected to his second term in 1986 with a substantially reduced number of votes but still with a landslide majority of around 63%. Nelson would win his third term in office in 1989 with just over half the popular vote. He would retire from the Assembly at dissolution in 1993.

McCall would elect Progressive Conservative candidate Harry Sohal in the 1993 election. The race was the first closely contested since 1971. Sohal held the seat with just under 45% of the popular vote. On November 15, 1994, while out jogging, Sohal had a heart attack. He did not survive, and the seat became vacant.

On April 20, 1995, a by-election was held to replace Sohal. The election was another closely contested race with voters returning Progressive Conservative candidate Shiraz Shariff with a plurality of just over 43% of the vote. Shariff won his second term with a large majority in 1997 and was returned to his third term with a majority in 2001.

Shariff's popularity started to slide after 2001. He was nearly defeated by Liberal candidate Darshan Kang in the 2004 election when he lost nearly half of his popular vote from 2001. He won fewer votes with a lower percentage than when he was first elected in the 1995 by-election. The two faced each other in the 2008 election with the reverse result. Shariff was defeated while Kang won his first term in office.

In 2015 New Democratic Party candidate Irfan Sabir was elected, beating the Wildrose Party challenger by fewer than 500 votes. He was re-elected in 2019 with 51.7% of the popular vote.

Legislative election results

2023

2023 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Irfan Sabir 7,26558.00+6.28
United Conservative Amanpreet Singh Gill5,26142.00+3.79
Total12,52699.19–
Rejected and declined1020.81
Turnout12,62852.91
Eligible electors23,867
New Democratic hold Swing +1.24
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta [3]

2019

2019 Alberta general election : Calgary-McCall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Irfan Sabir 6,56751.72+21.90
United Conservative Jasraj Hallan 4,85138.21-11.90
Alberta Party Avinash Khangura6365.01
Liberal Faiza Ali Abdi2812.21-11.71
Green Janice Fraser2181.72
  Independence Don Edmonstone840.66--
  Alberta Advantage Larry Smith600.47--
Total valid votes12,69798.86
Rejected, spoiled and declined1471.14
Turnout12,84456.08
Eligible voters22,903
New Democratic notional gain from United Conservative Swing +16.90
Source(s)
"2019 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved May 5, 2019.

2015

2015 Alberta general election : Calgary-McCall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Irfan Sabir 3,81229.95+27.80
Wildrose Happy Mann3,36726.45-3.79
Progressive Conservative Jagdeep Sahota 2,31718.20-11.09
Liberal Avinash Khangura2,22417.47-19.22
Independent Burhan Khan1,0107.81
Total valid votes12,73098.50
Rejected, spoiled and declined1941.50
Turnout12,92442.90-1.91
Eligible voters30,125
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +23.51
Source(s)
"2015 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
2015 Alberta general election redistributed results
PartyVotes%
New Democratic 2,86529.82
Progressive Conservative 2,44725.47
Wildrose 2,36724.64
Liberal 1,33813.93
Independent 5916.15
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder

2012

2012 Alberta general election : Calgary-McCall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Darshan Kang 3,86536.69-7.69
Wildrose Grant Galpin3,18530.24+24.62
Progressive Conservative Muhammad Rasheed3,08529.29-13.87
New Democratic Collette Singh2272.15-0.70
Evergreen Heather Brocklesby1371.30-2.69
Independent Tanveer Taj350.33
Total valid votes10,53498.68
Rejected, spoiled, and declined1411.32
Turnout10,67544.81+13.12
Registered electors23,824
Liberal hold Swing -16.16
Source(s)
"Provincial General Election of the Twenty-Eighth Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved July 13, 2015.

2008

2008 Alberta general election : Calgary-McCall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Darshan Kang 4,27944.38%4.93%
Progressive Conservative Shiraz Shariff 4,16143.16%-0.44%
Wildrose Alliance Ina Given5425.62%-2.24%
Green Heather Brocklesby3853.99%-0.62%
New Democratic Preet Sihota2752.85%-1.63%
9,642
Rejected, spoiled and declined68
Eligible electors / turnout32,53131.69%
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing 2.69%
The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 230–233.

2004

2004 Alberta general election : Calgary-McCall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Shiraz Shariff 3,19543.60%-26.55%
Liberal Darshan Kang 2,89139.45%17.18%
Alberta Alliance Ina Given5767.86%
Green Sean Brocklesby3384.61%
New Democratic Preet Sihota3284.48%-0.32%
Total7,328
Rejected, spoiled and declined86
Eligible electors / turnout21,831 33.96%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -21.87%
"Calgary-McCall Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 3, 2012.

2001

2001 Alberta general election results [4] Turnout 39.00%Swing
AffiliationCandidateVotes%PartyPersonal
Progressive Conservative Shiraz Shariff 6,55870.15%11.29%
Liberal John Phillips2,08222.27%-8.79%
New Democratic Preet Sihota4494.80%
Alberta First Darryl Elvers1391.49%
Social Credit Rory Cory1211.29%-8.79%
Total9,349
Rejected, spoiled and declined38
Eligible electors / Turnout24,070 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 10.04%

1997

1997 Alberta general election results [5] Turnout 41.84%Swing
AffiliationCandidateVotes%PartyPersonal
Progressive Conservative Shiraz Shariff 5,11858.86%15.22%
Liberal Amar Singh2,70131.06%-3.55%
Social Credit Rory Cory87610.08%1.86%
Total8,695
Rejected, spoiled and declined28
Eligible electors / Turnout20,847 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 9.39%

1995 by-election

Alberta provincial by-election, April 20, 1995: Calgary-McCall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Shiraz Shariff 2,49643.64−1.44
Liberal Jeet Shergill1,98034.612.63
New Democratic Anne McGrath 71312.462.61
Social Credit Doug Cooper4708.22
Confederation of Regions Peter Hope611.07−0.34
Total5,720
Rejected, spoiled and declined17
Eligible electors / Turnout20,514 27.97
Progressive Conservative hold Swing −2.04
Source: "Calgary-McCall by-election official results". Elections Alberta. April 20, 1995. Retrieved February 6, 2012.

1993

1993 Alberta general election results [6] Turnout 49.38%Swing
AffiliationCandidateVotes%PartyPersonal
Progressive Conservative Harry Sohal 4,11845.08%0.47%
  Liberal Anil Giga2,92131.98%5.50%
Independent Brian Newman1,06611.67%
New Democratic Sylvia Lille9009.85%-19.06%
Confederation of Regions Allen Maclennan1291.41%
Total9,134
Rejected, spoiled and declined80
Eligible electors / Turnout18,658 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 2.99%

1989

1989 Alberta general election results [7] Turnout 39.24%Swing
AffiliationCandidateVotes%PartyPersonal
Progressive Conservative Stan Nelson 5,10944.61%-18.51%
New Democratic Ken Richmond3,31128.91%0.54%
Liberal Anil Giga3,03226.48%17.97%
Total11,452
Rejected, spoiled and declined22
Eligible electors / Turnout29,242 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -9.53%

1986

1986 Alberta general election results [8] Turnout 32.87%Swing
AffiliationCandidateVotes%PartyPersonal
Progressive Conservative Stan Nelson 5,41863.12%-13.38%
New Democratic Ken Richmond2,43528.37%16.68%
  Liberal John Gleason7308.51%*
Total8,583
Rejected, spoiled and declined18
Eligible electors / Turnout26,167 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -15.03%

1982

1982 Alberta general election results [9] Turnout 53.84%Swing
AffiliationCandidateVotes%PartyPersonal
Progressive Conservative Stan Nelson 17,49376.50%5.96%
New Democratic Dennis Bennett2,67311.69%4.22%
Western Canada Concept Terry Wolsey1,7287.56%*
Independent Don Bryant8523.73%*
  Alberta Reform Movement Grand Majanja1200.52%*
Total22,866
Rejected, spoiled and declined31
Eligible electors / Turnout42,524 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 5.09%

1979

1979 Alberta general election results [10] Turnout 51.93%Swing
AffiliationCandidateVotes%PartyPersonal
Progressive Conservative Andrew Little 7,91870.54%5.44%
Social Credit Jim Richards1,75715.65%-8.65%
New Democratic Dave Hammond8387.47%-0.34%
Liberal Ron Chahal6916.16%3.02%
Communist Michael Parker200.18%0.15%*
Total11,224
Rejected, spoiled and declined25
Eligible electors / Turnout17,309 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 7.05%

1975

1975 Alberta general election results [11] Turnout 50.68%Swing
AffiliationCandidateVotes%PartyPersonal
Progressive Conservative Andrew Little 9,10265.10%28.49%
Social Credit George Ho Lem 3,39724.30%-20.43%
New Democratic Doreen Heath9977.13%-10.21%
Liberal Garry Willis4403.14%1.83%
Communist Colin Constant460.33%*
Total13,982
Rejected, spoiled and declined41
Eligible electors / Turnout17,309 %
Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit Swing 24.46%

1971

1971 Alberta general election results [12] Turnout 67.64%Swing
AffiliationCandidateVotes%PartyPersonal
Social Credit George Ho Lem 5,11644.73%
Progressive Conservative John Kushner 4,18736.61%
New Democratic Ted Takacs1,98417.34%
  Liberal Natalie Chapman1511.32%*
Total11,438
Rejected, spoiled and declined270
Eligible electors / Turnout17,309 %
Social Credit gain Swing N/A

Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-McCall [13] Turnout 33.85%
AffiliationCandidateVotes% votes% ballotsRank
Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 3,00714.53%47.53%1
Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 2,48812.02%39.32%2
Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 2,47611.97%39.13%5
Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 2,0199.76%31.91%3
Progressive Conservative David Usherwood1,9469.40%30.76%6
 Independent Link Byfield 1,9389.37%30.63%4
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan1,8038.71%28.50%10
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth1,7268.34%27.28%7
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough1,7218.32%27.20%8
 Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,5697.58%24.80%9
Total votes20,693100%
Total ballots6,3273.27 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined1,062
21,831 eligible electors

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

2012

Student vote results

2004

Participating schools [14]
Bethel Christian Academy
Grant MacEwan Elementary School
James Fowler High School
Terry Fox Junior High School

On November 19, 2004, a student vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.

2004 Alberta student vote results [15]
AffiliationCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Shiraz Shariff 29038.26%
  Liberal Darshan Kang 27235.88%
Green Sean Brocklesby9412.40%
  NDP Preet Sihota688.97%
Alberta Alliance Ina Given344.49%
Total758100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined32

2012

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  2. ↑ "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 12.
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  5. ↑ "1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
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