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This is page shows results of Canadian federal elections in the city of Calgary, Alberta.
Calgary is by far the most conservative major city in Canada. This political leaning goes back to the days prior to Alberta's creation as a province, when what was to become Southern Alberta (the Kickinghorse Pass) was selected over Central Alberta (Yellowhead Pass) for the route of the new Canadian Pacific Railway under the auspices of Prime Minister John A. Macdonald.
Prior to Alberta joining confederation in 1905, Calgary (and most of what is now Alberta) was represented by the riding of Alberta (Provisional District). From 1904 to 1917, the riding of Calgary represented Calgary. It was then split into two ridings (Calgary East and Calgary West).
Like rural Alberta, Calgary was a clean sweep for the main right-wing party of the day in all but one election from 1972 to 2011: Progressive Conservatives through 1988, Reform in 1993 and 1997, the Canadian Alliance in 2000 and Conservative since 2004. The one break with this tradition came in 2000, when PC leader Joe Clark took Calgary Centre. Clark's notability of being a former prime minister and the controversy of Stockwell Day's stances on same-sex marriage being an issue that caused many voters in that riding to turn away from Canadian Alliance candidate Eric Lowther and support Clark instead. With Clark having retired by the next election, Calgary returned to a Conservative sweep from 2004 to 2011. The Conservatives won an outright majority of the votes cast in each Calgary riding during this time, with vote-splitting of the residual minority of the vote among the Liberals, New Democratic Party (NDP) and Greens causing none of the races to be even close.
This trend was broken in the November 26, 2012 Calgary Centre by-election, where Liberal Harvey Locke made a formidable showing, capturing nearly 33% of the vote, leaving Conservative Joan Crockatt to capture the riding with just under 37% of the vote. Not only was this well short of a majority, but it was the closest that a centre-left party had come to taking a Calgary riding in memory. The Liberals have increasing support, especially in the centre, and the recent seat re-distributions made Calgary Centre and several other ridings somewhat less safe for the Conservatives. Meanwhile, the NDP has similar overall levels of support as the Liberals, while the Greens are stronger in Calgary than most other areas, with the potential to finish ahead of the Liberals or NDP in some ridings (as is sometimes the case in rural Alberta).
Conservative support is strongest in Calgary Heritage (formerly Calgary Southwest, the riding of Stephen Harper) and Calgary Midnapore (formerly Calgary Southeast, the riding of Jason Kenney), two of the most affluent and ethnically homogeneous Calgary ridings where Conservative support routinely tops 70%. The visible minority communities in Calgary are clustered in the ridings of Calgary Skyview (formerly Calgary Northeast) and Calgary Forest Lawn (formerly Calgary East); however, these two ridings routinely have among the lowest voter turnout levels in urban Canada.
In 2015, Calgary Centre fell to Kent Hehr, the longtime Liberal MLA for Calgary-Buffalo. Calgary Skyview voted for Liberal Darshan Kang. They were the first Liberal MPs elected from Calgary since Pat Mahoney served a single term for Calgary South from 1968 to 1972. As a measure of how deeply conservative Calgary has historically been, the Liberals had only elected three MPs from Calgary-based ridings in their entire history prior to 2015, each for only one term. The city reverted to form in 2019, with the Conservatives again taking all of Calgary amid the massive "blue wave" that swept through Alberta, winning all ten of the city's seats by 10,000 votes or more.
| Election | Liberal | Conservative | New Democratic | Green | People's | PC | Reform / Alliance | Others |
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| 1984 | 41,144 14.9% | — | 32,267 11.7% | 1,366 0.5% | — | 194,111 70.4% | — | 6,748 2.4% |
| 1988 | 41,200 12.5% | — | 43,892 13.3% | 670 0.2% | — | 194,795 58.9% | 46,744 14.1% | 3,155 1.0% |
| 1993 | 82,235 23.8% | — | 9,296 2.7% | 1,602 0.5% | — | 55,971 16.2% | 183,772 53.1% | 13,098 3.8% |
| 1997 | 77,322 24.9% | — | 12,632 4.1% | 2,397 0.8% | — | 59,807 19.3% | 155,183 50.0% | 3,329 1.1% |
| 2000 | 59,697 16.4% | — | 12,701 3.5% | 4,649 1.3% | — | 79,077 21.7% | 206,584 56.6% | 2,118 0.6% |
| 2004 | 88,133 23.1% | 232,706 60.9% | 30,050 7.9% | 28,631 7.5% | — | — | — | 2,795 0.7% |
| 2006 | 69,260 16.1% | 277,693 64.7% | 43,157 10.1% | 36,441 8.5% | — | — | — | 2,656 0.6% |
| 2008 | 54,446 14.2% | 243,255 63.4% | 34,588 9.0% | 42,525 11.1% | — | — | — | 8,785 2.3% |
| 2011 | 57,282 13.7% | 275,317 65.9% | 51,691 12.4% | 32,087 7.7% | — | — | — | 1,603 0.4% |
| 2015 | 192,749 33.1% | 328,225 56.3% | 41,124 7.1% | 14,569 2.5% | — | — | — | 6,146 1.1% |
| 2019 | 130,876 21.3% | 385,673 62.6% | 60,856 9.9% | 22,739 3.7% | 11,424 1.9% | — | — | 4,084 0.7% |
| 2021 | 128,173 22.5% | 304,967 53.4% | 95,559 16.7% | 10,113 1.8% | 25,940 4.5% | — | — | 5,983 1.0% |
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| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
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| Conservative | NDP | Liberal | Green | Libertarian | Other | |||||||||
| Calgary Centre | Joan Crockatt 27,746 45.30% | Jillian Ratti 3,412 5.57% | Kent Hehr 28,496 46.52% | Thana Boonlert 1,347 2.20% | Yogi Henderson (Ind.) 248 0.40% | Joan Crockatt | ||||||||
| Calgary Confederation | Len Webber 30,669 45.91% | Kirk Heuser 4,770 7.14% | Matt Grant 29,083 43.53% | Natalie Odd 2,146 3.21% | Kevan Hunter (M-L) 140 0.21% | Michelle Rempel‡ Calgary Centre-North | ||||||||
| Calgary Forest Lawn | Deepak Obhrai 19,694 47.98% | Abdou Souraya 4,006 9.76% | Cam Stewart 14,762 35.96% | Judson Hansell 1,229 2.99% | Matt Badura 832 2.03% | Jason Devine (Comm.) 390 0.95% | Deepak Obhrai Calgary East | |||||||
| Max Veress (DAPC) 134 0.33% | ||||||||||||||
| Calgary Heritage | Stephen J. Harper 37,263 63.77% | Matt Masters Burgener 4,255 7.28% | Brendan Miles 15,172 25.97% | Kelly Christie 1,246 2.13% | Steven Paolasini 246 0.42% | Nicolas Duchastel de Montrouge (Ind.) 61 0.10% | Stephen Harper Calgary Southwest | |||||||
| Larry R. Heather (Ind.) 114 0.20% | ||||||||||||||
| Korry Zepik (Ind.) 73 0.12% | ||||||||||||||
| Calgary Midnapore | Jason Kenney 42,415 66.73% | Laura Weston 4,915 7.73% | Haley Brown 14,396 22.65% | Brennan Wauters 1,691 2.66% | Peggy Askin (M-L) 145 0.23% | Jason Kenney Calgary Southeast | ||||||||
| Calgary Nose Hill | Michelle Rempel 32,760 60.04% | Bruce Kaufman 4,836 8.86% | Robert Prcic 14,671 26.89% | Laurie Scheer 1,384 2.54% | Edward Gao 727 1.33% | Faizan Butt (DAPC) 184 0.34% | Diane Ablonczy† Calgary—Nose Hill | |||||||
| Calgary Rocky Ridge | Pat Kelly 38,229 60.40% | Stephanie Kot 3,665 5.79% | Nirmala Naidoo 20,038 31.66% | Catriona Wright 1,360 2.15% | New District | |||||||||
| Calgary Shepard | Tom Kmiec 43,706 65.87% | Dany Allard 4,532 6.83% | Jerome James 16,379 24.69% | Graham MacKenzie 1,734 2.61% | New District | |||||||||
| Calgary Signal Hill | Ron Liepert 37,858 60.55% | Khalis Ahmed 3,128 5.00% | Kerry Cundal 19,108 30.56% | Taryn Knorren 1,586 2.54% | Tim Moen 679 1.09% | Jesse Rau (CHP) 160 0.26% | Rob Anders§ Calgary West | |||||||
| Calgary Skyview | Devinder Shory 17,885 39.75% | Sahajvir Singh 3,605 8.01% | Darshan Singh Kang 20,644 45.88% | Ed Reddy 846 1.88% | Daniel Blanchard (M-L) 88 0.20% | Devinder Shory Calgary Northeast | ||||||||
| Najeeb Butt (PC) 957 2.13% | ||||||||||||||
| Stephen Garvey (DAPC) 786 1.75% | ||||||||||||||
| Joseph Young (Ind.) [lower-alpha 1] 182 0.40% | ||||||||||||||
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
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| Conservative | Liberal | NDP | Green | Other | ||||||||
| Calgary Centre | Lee Richardson 28,401 57.68% | Jennifer Pollock 8,631 17.53% | Donna Marlis Montgomery 7,314 14.86% | William Hamilton 4,889 9.93% | Lee Richardson | |||||||
| Calgary Centre-North | Michelle Rempel 28,443 56.53% | Stephen James Randall 7,046 14.00% | Paul Vargis 8,048 15.99% | Heather MacIntosh 6,578 13.07% | Peggy Askin (M-L) 203 0.40% | Vacant | ||||||
| Calgary East | Deepak Obhrai 23,372 67.43% | Josipa Petrunic 4,102 11.83% | Al Brown 4,894 14.12% | Scott W. Milton 2,047 5.91% | Jason Devine (Comm.) 246 0.71% | Deepak Obhrai | ||||||
| Calgary Northeast | Devinder Shory 23,550 56.80% | Cam Stewart 11,487 27.71% | Colette Singh 4,262 10.28% | Sheila Brown-Eckersley 1,953 4.71% | Daniel Blanchard (M-L) 206 0.50% | Devinder Shory | ||||||
| Calgary—Nose Hill | Diane Ablonczy 40,384 70.17% | Margaret McLeod 6,501 11.30% | Collin Anderson 7,189 12.49% | Tony Hajj 3,480 6.05% | Diane Ablonczy | |||||||
| Calgary Southeast | Jason Kenney 48,173 76.26% | Brian N. MacPhee 4,020 6.36% | Kirk Oates 6,482 10.26% | Brett Spencer 4,079 6.46% | Antoni Grochowski (Ind.) 225 0.36% | Jason Kenney | ||||||
| Paul Fromm (WBP) 193 0.31% | ||||||||||||
| Calgary Southwest | Stephen J Harper 42,998 75.12% | Marlene Lamontagne 4,121 7.20% | Holly Heffernan 6,823 11.92% | Kelly Christie 2,991 5.23% | Larry R. Heather (Ind.) 303 0.53% | Stephen Harper | ||||||
| Calgary West | Robert Anders 39,996 62.16% | Janice Kinch 11,374 17.68% | Shawna Knowles 6,679 10.38% | Anna Lisa Wagner 6,070 9.43% | André Vachon (M-L) 227 0.35% | Robert Anders | ||||||
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
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| Conservative | Liberal | NDP | Green | Other | ||||||||
| Calgary Centre | Lee Richardson 26,085 55.60% | Heesung Kim 8,402 17.91% | Tyler Kinch 4,229 9.01% | Natalie Odd 7,778 16.58% | Antony Tony Grochowski (Ind.) 420 0.90% | Lee Richardson | ||||||
| Calgary Centre-North | Jim Prentice 27,361 56.54% | Doug James 5,699 11.78% | John Chan 7,413 15.32% | Eric Donovan 7,392 15.27% | Peggy Askin (M-L) 184 0.38% | Jim Prentice | ||||||
| Jason E. McNeil (Libert.) 345 0.71% | ||||||||||||
| Calgary East | Deepak Obhrai 21,311 66.47% | Bernie Kennedy 3,255 10.15% | Ian Vaughan 3,768 11.75% | Nathan David Coates 3,403 10.61% | Jason Devine (Comm.) 323 1.01% | Deepak Obhrai | ||||||
| Calgary Northeast | Devinder Shory 18,917 51.52% | Sanam S. Kang 7,433 20.24% | Vinay Dey 3,279 8.93% | Abeed Monty Ahmad 2,045 5.57% | Daniel Blanchard (M-L) 211 0.57% | Art Hanger† | ||||||
| Roger Richard (NA) 4,836 13.17% | ||||||||||||
| Calgary—Nose Hill | Diane Ablonczy 35,029 69.62% | Anoush Newman 6,657 13.23% | Stephanie Sundberg 3,941 7.83% | Tony Hajj 4,685 9.31% | Diane Ablonczy | |||||||
| Calgary Southeast | Jason Kenney 41,425 73.89% | Brad Carroll 4,878 8.70% | Chris Willott 4,024 7.18% | Margaret Chandler 5,736 10.23% | Jason Kenney | |||||||
| Calgary Southwest | Stephen Harper 38,548 72.96% | Marlene Lamontagne 4,918 9.31% | Holly Heffernan 4,102 7.76% | Kelly Christie 4,743 8.98% | Larry R. Heather (CHP) 256 0.48% | Stephen Harper | ||||||
| Dennis Young (Libert.) 265 0.50% | ||||||||||||
| Calgary West | Rob Anders 34,579 57.36% | Jennifer Pollock 13,204 21.90% | Teale Phelps Bondaroff 3,832 6.36% | Randy Weeks 6,722 11.15% | Kirk Schmidt (Ind.) 1,790 2.97% | Rob Anders | ||||||
| André Vachon (M-L) 155 0.26% | ||||||||||||
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
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| Liberal | Conservative | NDP | Green | Canadian Action | Other | |||||||||
| Calgary Centre | Heesung Kim 10,464 19.19% | Lee Richardson 30,213 55.41% | Brian Pincott 7,227 13.25% | John N. Johnson 6,372 11.69% | Trevor Grover 250 0.46% | Lee Richardson | ||||||||
| Calgary Centre-North | Matthew Moody 7,628 13.70% | Jim Prentice 31,174 56.00% | John Chan 9,341 16.78% | Mark MacGillivray 6,573 11.81% | James S. Kohut 168 0.30% | Margaret Peggy Askin (M-L) 194 0.35% | Jim Prentice | |||||||
| Doug Dokis (FPNP) 206 0.37% | ||||||||||||||
| Michael Falconar (Ind.) 383 0.69% | ||||||||||||||
| Calgary East | Dobie To 5,410 13.56% | Deepak Obhrai 26,766 67.10% | Patrick Arnell 4,338 10.87% | John Mark Taylor 2,954 7.41% | Ghazanfar Khan 183 0.46% | Jason Devine (Comm.) 239 0.60% | Deepak Obhrai | |||||||
| Calgary Northeast | Jaswinder S. Johal 9,241 22.06% | Art Hanger 27,169 64.86% | Tyler Ragan 3,284 7.84% | Trung Nguyen 1,833 4.38% | Ron Sanderson (Ind.) 364 0.87% | Art Hanger | ||||||||
| Calgary—Nose Hill | Ted Haney 9,443 17.10% | Diane Ablonczy 37,815 68.49% | Bruce Kaufman 4,385 7.94% | Juliet Burgess 3,573 6.47% | Diane Ablonczy | |||||||||
| Calgary Southeast | James Ludwar 6,193 10.35% | Jason Kenney 44,987 75.18% | Eric Leavitt 4,584 7.66% | Gus Gutoski 4,076 6.81% | Jason Kenney | |||||||||
| Calgary Southwest | Mike Swanson 6,553 11.41% | Stephen J. Harper 41,549 72.36% | Holly Heffernan 4,628 8.06% | Kim Warnke 4,407 7.68% | Larry R. Heather (CHP) 279 0.49% | Stephen Harper | ||||||||
| Calgary West | Jennifer Pollock 14,328 22.12% | Rob Anders 38,020 58.71% | Teale Phelps Bondaroff 5,370 8.29% | Danielle Roberts 6,653 10.27% | Tim Cayzer 265 0.41% | André Vachon (M-L) 125 0.19% | Rob Anders | |||||||
| 2004 election results: City of Calgary | |||
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| Party | Votes | % | |
| Conservative | 232,796 | 60.9 | |
| Liberal | 88,133 | 23.1 | |
| N.D.P. | 30,050 | 7.9 | |
| Green | 28,631 | 7.5 | |
| Canadian Action | 880 | 0.2 | |
| Marijuana | 516 | 0.1 | |
| Marxist–Leninist | 271 | 0.1 | |
| Communist | 245 | 0.1 | |
| Christian Heritage | 229 | 0.1 | |
| Independents | 380 | 0.1 | |
| Total | 382,131 | ||
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