Calgary-Klein

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Calgary-Klein
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Calgary-Klein 2017.svg
Calgary-Klein within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Lizette Tejada
New Democratic
District created2010
First contested 2012
Last contested 2023

Calgary-Klein is a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The district was created in the 2010 boundary redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post voting system. The riding is named after former premier Ralph Klein.

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History

The electoral district was created in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution. It was created mainly from Calgary-North Hill and a portion of Calgary-Nose Hill.

Boundary history

Electoral history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for
Calgary-Klein
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Calgary-North Hill 1971-2012, Calgary-Nose Hill 2004-2012
28th 2012–2015 Kyle Fawcett Progressive Conservative
29th 2015–2019 Craig Coolahan New Democratic
30th 2019–2023 Jeremy Nixon United Conservative
31st 2023–present Lizette Tejada New Democratic

Prior to the election of New Democrat candidate Craig Coolahan in 2015, the antecedent electoral districts that comprise Calgary-Klein elected Progressive Conservative candidates since the 1970s. The seat returned to the NDP in the 2023 Alberta general election. [1]

Legislative election results

2023

2023 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Lizette Tejada 10,56450.87+10.97
United Conservative Jeremy Nixon 9,69746.69-0.92
Green Kenneth Drysdale3531.70+0.36
Solidarity Movement Rob Oswin1530.74–
Total20,76799.17–
Rejected and declined1730.83
Turnout20,94059.23
Eligible voters35,352
New Democratic gain from United Conservative Swing +5.95
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta [2]

2019

2019 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
United Conservative Jeremy Nixon 10,47347.62-3.65$71,085
New Democratic Craig Coolahan 8,77639.90-2.63$42,716
Alberta Party Kara Levis1,8428.37–$18,147
Liberal Michael Macdonald3961.80-4.06$1,598
Green Janine St. Jean2941.34+1.23$750
Alberta Independence C.W. Alexander2140.97–$3,445
Total21,99599.05–
Rejected, spoiled and declined2100.95
Turnout22,20564.56
Eligible voters34,392
United Conservative notional hold Swing -0.51
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta [3] [4] [5]
Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000.

2015

2015 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Craig Coolahan 8,09844.29%34.14%
Progressive Conservative Kyle Fawcett 4,87826.68%-14.54%
Wildrose Jeremy Nixon 4,20623.00%-11.58%
Liberal David Gamble1,1046.04%-5.89%
Total18,286––
Rejected, spoiled and declined1684151
Eligible electors / turnout34,70253.33%-2.15%
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing 5.48%
Source(s)
Source: "17 - Calgary-Klein, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Chief Electoral Officer (2016). 2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 151–153.
2015 Alberta general election redistributed results
PartyVotes%
New Democratic 8,00342.53
Progressive Conservative 5,11327.17
Wildrose 4,53524.10
Liberal 1,1035.86
Green 210.11
Others440.23
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder

2012

2012 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Kyle Fawcett 6,85941.21%–
Wildrose Alliance Jeremy Nixon 5,75434.58%–
Liberal Christopher Tahn1,98511.93%–
New Democratic Marc Power1,68910.15%–
Evergreen Roger Gagné3552.13%–
Total16,642––
Rejected, spoiled and declined69304
Eligible electors / turnout30,13155.47%–
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "17 - Calgary-Klein, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Alberta election 2023 results: Calgary-Klein | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  2. ↑ "15 - Calgary-Klein". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  3. ↑ "15 - Calgary-Klein, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  4. ↑ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 58–62. ISBN   978-1-988620-12-1 . Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  5. ↑ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume III Election Finances (PDF) (Report). Vol. 3. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 68–82. ISBN   978-1-988620-13-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

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