Calgary Forest Lawn is a former federal

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, Canada, that was represented in the

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from 2015 to 2025. Calgary Forest Lawn was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the

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, scheduled for October 2015. It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of

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and

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. The

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transferred the northern neighbourhoods of Coral Springs, Monterey Park, Rundle and Prineridge to the new riding of

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. While the remaining portion was transferred to the newly created riding of

. It is named after the Calgary neighbourhood of Forest Lawn.

Demographics

:''According to the

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'' Languages: 59.1% English, 5.2% Vietnamese, 4.7% Chinese, 4.7% Tagalog, 4.6% Punjabi, 3.8% Arabic, 2.6% Spanish, 1.5% Urdu, 1.4% French, 12.4% Other
Religions: 49.6% Christian, 11.6% Muslim, 6.0% Buddhist, 4.7% Sikh, 2.2% Hindu, 0.7% Other, 25.2% None
Median income: $27,331 (2010)
Average income: $33,458 (2010)

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the

: The seat became vacant on August 2, 2019 with the death of Deepak Obhrai. Since the vacancy occurred less than nine months before the fixed-date general election of October 21, 2019, no by-election was held.

Election results

List of EDAs

Calgary Forest Lawn Federal Liberal Association

Chief Executive Officer: Zachary E.D. Trynacity-Popowich Financial agent: Lindsay E. Amantea

Calgary Forest Lawn Conservative Association

Chief Executive Officer: Dilpreet K. Samra

Calgary Forest Lawn Federal Green Party Association

Chief Executive Officer: K. Diann Duthie Financial agent: Gerald R. Dumontier

Calgary Forest Lawn Federal NDP Riding Association

Chief Executive Officer: Maria T. Glavine Financial agent: Jason J. Nishiyama

Calgary North PPC Association

Chief Executive Officer: Marc-Antoine P.G. Lebeau Financial agent: Ernie E. Rawlyck Director-At-Large: Isaias Nolasco

Notes

References

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