Calgary Skyview

Calgary Skyview

Alberta electoral district
Boundaries of Calgary Skyview as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	George Chahal Liberal
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011) [1]	110,189
Electors (2019)	84,116
Area (km²) [2]	123
Pop. density (per km²)	895.8
Census division(s)	Division No. 6
Census subdivision(s)	Calgary

Calgary Skyview is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.

Calgary Skyview was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015. ^[3] It was created out of the electoral district of Calgary Northeast. ^[4]

In the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, southern parts of the riding will break off into the new Calgary McKnight district. ^[5]

Geography

The district consists of the Northeasternmost corner of the city of Calgary. It includes the communities surrounding the Calgary International Airport.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Canadian census ^[6]

Languages: 50.0% English, 16.7% Punjabi, 6.5% Urdu, 4.4% Tagalog, 3.7% Chinese, 2.7% Spanish, 1.7% Arabic, 1.5% Vietnamese, 1.4% Hindi, 1.2% Persian, 1.2% French, 1.0% Bengali, 8.0% Other
Religions: 42.4% Christian, 16.3% Sikh, 14.3% Muslim, 4.5% Hindu, 2.2% Buddhist, 0.5% Other, 19.8% None
Median income: $30,961 (2010)
Average income: $37,064 (2010)

Panethnic groups in Calgary Skyview (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021 [7]		2016 [8]		2011 [9]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
South Asian	65,630	41.38%	50,290	37.22%	34,385	31.38%
European [lower-alpha 1]	33,480	21.11%	37,870	28.03%	41,315	37.7%
Southeast Asian [lower-alpha 2]	21,395	13.49%	16,055	11.88%	11,605	10.59%
African	13,075	8.24%	9,705	7.18%	5,655	5.16%
Middle Eastern [lower-alpha 3]	7,620	4.8%	6,315	4.67%	4,335	3.96%
East Asian [lower-alpha 4]	6,085	3.84%	5,665	4.19%	5,020	4.58%
Latin American	3,945	2.49%	3,365	2.49%	2,770	2.53%
Indigenous	3,695	2.33%	3,330	2.46%	2,940	2.68%
Other/Multiracial [lower-alpha 5]	3,685	2.32%	2,515	1.86%	1,545	1.41%
Total responses	158,605	99.35%	135,110	99.54%	109,575	99.44%
Total population	159,642	100%	135,730	100%	110,189	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Calgary Skyview Riding created from Calgary Northeast
42nd	2015–2017		Darshan Kang	Liberal
	2017–2019			Independent
43rd	2019–2021		Jag Sahota	Conservative
44th	2021–present		George Chahal	Liberal

Election results

Graph of election results in Calgary Skyview (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2023 representation order

2021 federal election redistributed results [10]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	16,151	44.96
	Liberal	11,899	33.12
	New Democratic	5,938	16.53
	People's	1,344	3.74
	Green	328	0.91
	Others	262	0.73

2013 representation order

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	George Chahal	20,092	42.4	+14.06	$107,596.46
	Conservative	Jag Sahota	17,111	36.1	-16.39	$82,418.22
	New Democratic	Gurinder Singh Gill	7,690	16.2	+1.28	$14,336.31
	People's	Harry Dhillon	1,720	3.6	+2.41	$3,904.85
	Green	Janna So	432	0.9	-0.68	$0.00
	Independent	Lee Aquart	184	0.4	–	$4,123.83
	Marxist–Leninist	Daniel Blanchard	111	0.2	-0.06	$0.00
	Centrist	Nadeem Rana	93	0.2	–	$674.40
Total valid votes/expense limit			47,433	–	–	$116,250.12
Total rejected ballots			502
Turnout			47,935	54.88	-5.24
Eligible voters			87,347
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+15.23
Source: Elections Canada [11]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jag Sahota	26,533	52.49	+12.74	$102,315.20
	Liberal	Nirmala Naidoo	14,327	28.34	-17.54	$62,601.08
	New Democratic	Gurinder Singh Gill	7,540	14.92	+6.90	none listed
	Green	Signe Knutson	800	1.58	-0.30	$0.00
	People's	Harry Dhillon	603	1.19		$8,416.69
	Christian Heritage	Joseph Alexander	483	0.96		none listed
	Canada's Fourth Front	Harpreet Singh Dawar	136	0.27		none listed
	Marxist–Leninist	Daniel Blanchard	130	0.26	+0.06	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			50,552	99.03
Total rejected ballots			497	0.97	+0.29
Turnout			51,049	60.12	-0.61
Eligible voters			84,915
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+15.14
Source: Elections Canada [12] [13]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Darshan Kang	20,664	45.88	+17.24	$125,611.09
	Conservative	Devinder Shory	17,885	39.75	-16.50	$155,284.22
	New Democratic	Sahajvir Singh	3,605	8.01	-2.03	$91,462.67
	Progressive Canadian	Najeeb Butt	957	2.13	–	$5,050.00
	Green	Ed Reddy	846	1.88	-2.75	$682.50
	Democratic Advancement	Stephen Garvey	786	1.75	–	$31,134.16
	Independent	Joseph Young	182	0.40	–	$1,614.02
	Marxist–Leninist	Daniel Blanchard	88	0.20	–0.24	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,993	99.32		$206,487.35
Total rejected ballots			310	0.68	–
Turnout			45,303	60.72	–
Eligible voters			74,604
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+16.87
Source: Elections Canada [14] [15]

2011 federal election redistributed results [16]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	16,573	56.25
	Liberal	8,438	28.64
	New Democratic	2,959	10.04
	Green	1,364	4.63
	Marxist–Leninist	129	0.44

Notes

1. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
2. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
3. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
4. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

References

1. Statistics Canada: 2011
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