Calgary South (provincial electoral district)

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Calgary South
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1960
District abolished1971
First contested 1963
Last contested 1967

Calgary South was a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada from 1963 to 1971. The district was one of 63 districts in 1963, and 65 in 1967, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. [1]

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History

The Calgary South electoral district, covering southeast Calgary, was created in the early 1960s from Calgary-South East, Gleichen and Banff-Cochrane electoral districts. The district was abolished in the 1971 electoral boundary re-distribution to form both Calgary-Egmont and Calgary-Millican electoral districts.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary South
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Calgary-South East electoral district from 1959-1963,
Gleichen electoral district from 1905-1963
and Banff-Cochrane electoral district from 1940-1963
15th  1963–1967   Arthur J. Dixon Social Credit
16th  1967–1971
See Calgary-Egmont electoral district from 1971-2012
and Calgary-Millican electoral district from 1971-1993

Election results

1963

1963 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Arthur J. Dixon 5,66160.79%
Liberal Howard G. Cook2,52927.16%
New Democratic John N. Smith1,12312.06%
Total9,313
Rejected, spoiled and declined43
Eligible electors / turnout21,57543.37%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-South Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1967

1967 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit Arthur J. Dixon 5,40141.95%-18.84%
Progressive Conservative Joe Clark 4,94038.37%
New Democratic Jack D. Peters1,38810.78%-1.28%
Liberal Willis E. O'Leary1,1468.90%-18.25%
Total12,875
Rejected, spoiled and declined59
Eligible electors / turnout21,15961.13%
Social Credit hold Swing -15.02%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-South Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

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References

  1. "Election results for Calgary-South". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2020.

Further reading

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