Calgary-North East

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Calgary-North East
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Calgary-North East 2017.svg
Calgary-North East within the City of Calgary (2017 boundaries).
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Gurinder Brar
New Democratic
District created1957
District abolished1959
District re-created2017
First contested1959, 2015
Last contested1959, 2023
Demographics
Population (2016)40,366
Area (km²)66.5
Pop. density (per km²)607

Calgary-North East (previously styled Calgary North East) is a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta. The riding has existed twice, having been contested in the 1959 and abolished soon after, becoming Calgary East. It was re-established in time for the 2019 general election in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

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Boundary history

The historic 1959 redistribution of the provincial ridings of Calgary and Edmonton marked the transition back to First Past the Post. From 1921 to 1959 Calgary and Edmonton, along with a few other ridings in the province elected members with Single Transferable Vote. The redistribution created seven ridings in Calgary, two of those still exist today.

This transition was done in part to standardize the electoral system across the province and because Calgary and Edmonton were becoming too large to be a single riding. The other six ridings were Calgary Bowness, Calgary West, Calgary Glenmore, Calgary Centre, Calgary South East, Calgary North.

However, the riding was abolished after only one term, becoming Calgary-East. It was re-established by the 2017 Electoral Boundaries Commission, created from parts of Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill and Calgary-McCall, and was contested in the 2019 Alberta general election, however the new riding shares no territory in common with the original riding, as it's located entirely north of the 1950s city limits.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly
for Calgary-North East [1]
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Calgary 1921-1959
14th 1959–1963 Albert Ludwig Social Credit
See Calgary-East after 1963
See Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill, Calgary-Northern Hills, and
Calgary-McCall before 2019
30th 2019–2023 Rajan Sawhney United Conservative
31st 2023– Gurinder Brar New Democratic

Calgary North East was represented by Social Credit MLA Albert Ludwig for the one term it was active. He went on to represent Calgary-East and Calgary-Mountain View after it was abolished.

In 2018 and 2019, the re-created Calgary-North East saw nomination controversies for both the governing New Democrats and opposition United Conservatives, with allegations of ballot-stuffing and non-residents voting in the contests. [2] [3] United Conservative candidate Rajan Sawhney was elected as Calgary-North East's second representative, and appointed as Minister of Community and Social Services.

Election results

2023

2023 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Gurinder Brar 11,11755.05+19.43
United Conservative Inder Grewal9,07844.95-4.39
Total20,19599.28–
Rejected and declined1470.72
Turnout20,34256.37
Eligible electors35,457
New Democratic gain from United Conservative Swing +11.91
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta [4]

2010s

2019 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Conservative Rajan Sawhney 8,37649.35-2.97
New Democratic Gurbachan Brar6,04635.62-2.88
Alberta Party Nate Pike1,79110.55-
Liberal Gul Khan7614.48-3.31
Total valid votes16,97499.39
Rejected, spoiled, and declined1050.61
Turnout17,07962.42
Eligible voters27,362
United Conservative notional hold Swing -0.05
2015 Alberta general election redistributed results
New Democratic 4,08638.50
Progressive Conservative 2,79726.35
Wildrose 2,75625.97
Liberal 8277.79
Independent 1461.38
Green 20.02
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder

1950s

1959 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Social Credit Albert Ludwig 5,94564.24
Progressive Conservative Melvin Stronach1,82919.76
Liberal E. Kitch Elton1,06011.45
Co-operative Commonwealth Jack Hampson4204.54
Total valid votes9,254100.00
Registered voters / Turnout16,96154.56
Social Credit pickup new district.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved May 20, 2009.
  2. ↑ McGarvey, Dan; January 11. "Alleged voter fraud in Calgary NDP nomination sparks calls for inquiry | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved January 16, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ McIntosh, Emma; Howell, Trevor (July 3, 2018). "UCP investigating allegations of ballot-stuffing at Calgary constituency meeting | The Star". thestar.com. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
  4. ↑ "20 - Calgary-North East". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved June 8, 2023.

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