Calgary Centre-North
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 Alberta electoral district | |
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Calgary Centre-North in relation to the other Calgary ridings | |
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 2003 |
| District abolished | 2013 |
| First contested | 2004 |
| Last contested | 2011 |
| District webpage | profile, map |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2011)[1] | 114,784 |
| Electors (2011) | 83,832 |
| Area (km²)[2] | 48.05 |
| Census division | Division No. 6 |
| Census subdivision | Calgary |
Calgary Centre-North (formerly known as Calgary North Centre) was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015. It was a mixed urban and suburban constituency in Calgary – with a dense urban area close to the Bow River in the south and suburbs in the north of the riding, west of Deerfoot Trail and east of Nose Hill Park.
History
[edit]This riding was created as "Calgary North Centre" in 2003 from Calgary Centre (38%), Calgary—Nose Hill (38%) and Calgary Northeast (24%).
In 2004, it was renamed "Calgary Centre-North". In 2013, it was abolished and redistributed into Calgary Confederation (67%) and Calgary Nose Hill (33%) ridings.
Members of Parliament
[edit]This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Calgary North Centre | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Calgary Centre, Calgary Northeast and Calgary—Nose Hill |
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| 38th | 2004–2006 | Jim Prentice | Conservative | |
| Calgary Centre-North | ||||
| 39th | 2006–2008 | Jim Prentice | Conservative | |
| 40th | 2008–2010 | |||
| 41st | 2011–2015 | Michelle Rempel | ||
| Riding dissolved into Calgary Confederation and Calgary Nose Hill | ||||
Election results
[edit]Calgary Centre-North
[edit]| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Michelle Rempel Garner | 28,443 | 56.53 | –0.01 | $81,987.23 | |||
| New Democratic | Paul Vargis | 8,048 | 15.99 | +0.67 | $14,987.13 | |||
| Liberal | Stephen Randall | 7,046 | 14.00 | +2.22 | $55,715.23 | |||
| Green | Heather MacIntosh | 6,578 | 13.07 | –2.20 | $42,839.60 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Margaret Peggy Askin | 203 | 0.40 | +0.02 | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 50,318 | 99.60 | – | $90,413.51 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 200 | 0.40 | +0.03 | |||||
| Turnout | 50,518 | 59.71 | +3.42 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 84,609 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –0.34 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[3][4][5] | ||||||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Jim Prentice | 27,361 | 56.54 | +0.54 | $69,415.18 | |||
| New Democratic | John Chan | 7,413 | 15.32 | –1.46 | $24,843.71 | |||
| Green | Eric Donovan | 7,392 | 15.27 | +3.46 | $19,802.30 | |||
| Liberal | Doug James | 5,699 | 11.78 | –1.92 | $12,025.64 | |||
| Libertarian | Jason E. McNeil | 345 | 0.71 | – | $3,354.62 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Margaret Peggy Askin | 184 | 0.38 | +0.03 | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 48,394 | 99.64 | – | $88,581.95 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 177 | 0.36 | –0.02 | |||||
| Turnout | 48,571 | 56.29 | –7.51 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 86,287 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –0.46 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[6][7][8] | ||||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Jim Prentice | 31,174 | 56.00 | +1.81 | $68,692.06 | |||
| New Democratic | John Chan | 9,341 | 16.78 | +4.65 | $20,639.09 | |||
| Liberal | Matthew Moody | 7,628 | 13.70 | –7.66 | $15,651.89 | |||
| Green | Mark MacGillivray | 6,573 | 11.81 | +0.57 | $7,133.24 | |||
| Independent | Michael Falconar | 383 | 0.69 | –0.04 | $1,118.01 | |||
| First Peoples National | Doug Dokis | 206 | 0.37 | – | $717.70 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Margaret Peggy Askin | 194 | 0.35 | +0.00 | $60.00 | |||
| Canadian Action | James Kohut | 168 | 0.30 | – | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 55,667 | 99.62 | – | $84,783.07 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 213 | 0.38 | +0.02 | |||||
| Turnout | 55,880 | 63.80 | +2.83 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 87,581 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +3.23 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[9][10][11] | ||||||||
Calgary North Centre
[edit]| 2004 Canadian federal election: Calgary North Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Jim Prentice | 28,143 | 54.19 | – | $54,480.31 | |||
| Liberal | Cathy McClusky | 11,093 | 21.36 | – | $43,209.00 | |||
| New Democratic | John Chan | 6,298 | 12.13 | – | $15,356.72 | |||
| Green | Mark MacGillivray | 5,840 | 11.24 | – | $4,032.78 | |||
| Independent | Michael Falconar | 380 | 0.73 | – | $3,176.06 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Margaret Peggy Askin | 184 | 0.35 | – | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 51,938 | 99.64 | – | $81,240.04 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 188 | 0.36 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 52,126 | 60.97 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 85,490 | |||||||
| Conservative gain from | Swing | N/A | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[12][13][14] | ||||||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Statistics Canada: 2012
- ↑ Statistics Canada: 2012
- ↑ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Calgary Centre-North, Alberta (2011)". lop.parl.ca.
- ↑ "Forty-First General Election 2011 — Poll-by-poll Results: Calgary Centre-North". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2011.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2011). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2011 General Election: Part 4 – Campaign Financial Summary – Total election expenses subject to the limit". elections.ca. Elections Canada.
Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
- ↑ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Calgary Centre-North, Alberta (2008)". lop.parl.ca.
- ↑ "Fortieth General Election 2008 — Poll-by-poll Results: Calgary Centre-North". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2008.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2008). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2008 General Election: Part 4 – Campaign Financial Summary – Total election expenses subject to the limit". elections.ca. Elections Canada.
Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
- ↑ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Calgary Centre-North, Alberta (2006)". lop.parl.ca.
- ↑ "Thirty-Ninth General Election 2006 — Poll-by-poll Results: Calgary Centre-North". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2006.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2006). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2006 General Election: Part 4 – Campaign Financial Summary – Total election expenses subject to the limit". elections.ca. Elections Canada.
Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
- ↑ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Calgary Centre-North, Alberta (2004)". lop.parl.ca.
- ↑ "Thirty-Eighth General Election 2004 — Poll-by-poll Results: Calgary North Centre". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2004.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2004). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2004 General Election: Part 4 – Campaign Financial Summary – Total election expenses subject to the limit". elections.ca. Elections Canada.
Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
- "Calgary Centre-North (Code 48003) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
