Calgary-Beddington is a

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in the city of

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, Canada. The district is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the

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using the

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method of voting. The seat has been held by Amanda Chapman of the

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since the 2023 Alberta election.

Geography

The district is located in northern

, containing the neighbourhoods of Huntington Hills, Beddington Heights, Sandstone Valley, Country Hills, MacEwan, and Hidden Valley. The riding also includes

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, which lies to the south and west of the residential areas.

History

The Calgary-Beddington electoral district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended renaming

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and changing its shape, removing its northern area but adding neighbourhoods from Calgary-Foothills and

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. The Commission chose the name Beddington for this district because it "would most readily identify its location to residents in Calgary." The boundaries of the new electoral district in 2017 would have a population of 50,220, 7% above the provincial average of 46,803. In the

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candidate Josephine Pon would defeat

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candidate Amanda Chapman by 3,807 votes. Pon gained the nomination for the Calgary-Beddington electoral district after Randy Kerr was removed by the UCP for failure to be "forthcoming" during the Alberta Election Commissioner's investigation into the Jeff Callaway leadership campaign for the UCP. On April 30, 2019,

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would appoint Pon to Cabinet as the Minister of Seniors and Housing. Pon was

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from the NDP in the

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Electoral results

References

External links

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{{coord missing, Alberta Alberta provincial electoral districts Politics of Calgary

Geography

History

Electoral results

See also

References

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