Calgary-East (formally styled Calgary East) is a
provincial electoral district
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
in
Alberta
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, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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.
Calgary-East has existed twice, the first incarnation was created from
Calgary North East in the redistribution of 1963. The riding was abolished in 1971 when it became
Calgary-McCall. The return of Calgary-East happened in the 1993 boundary redistribution when
Calgary-Forest Lawn and half of
Calgary-Millican were merged.
This riding covers the central north east portion of
Calgary
Calgary () is a major city in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806 making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in C ...
and contains the neighbourhoods of Vista Heights, Rundle, Marlborough and Mayland Heights.
Three MLAs have held this riding to date. The first Calgary East was represented by Social Credit MLA
Albert Ludwig and the second Calgary-East solidly supported Progressive Conservative candidate
Moe Amery, until the 2015 Alberta election when the riding was won by NDP candidate
Robyn Luff.
History
The original Calgary East electoral district was created in the 1963 boundary redistribution out of Calgary North East. It was abolished in 1971 and split between the new districts of
Calgary-McCall and
Calgary-Millican. The riding was re-created as Calgary-East in the 1993 boundary redistribution when most of Millican and
Calgary-Forest Lawn were merged.
The 2010 boundary redistribution saw the eastern boundary extended east to 68 Street NE into land that was part of old
Calgary-Montrose electoral district. The northern boundary cut off all land north of 16 Avenue NE and ceded it to
Calgary-Cross
Calgary-Cross is a current provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Created in 1993, the district is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past th ...
. This change also resulted in East picking up some land that had been in old
Calgary-North Hill
Calgary-North Hill was a Provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single Member of the Legislative Assembly, member to the Legislative Asse ...
.
Boundary history
Representation history
The first electoral district of Calgary East was created in the boundary redistribution in 1963. The first and only member to represent the old district was Social Credit Member of the Legislative Assembly
Albert Ludwig who had been the incumbent in the predecessor riding of Calgary North East.
The 1963 general election saw Ludwig win a super majority taking over 60% of the popular vote. He was re-elected again in the 1967 election winning just over half of the vote. He held the riding until was abolished in 1971.
The second Calgary-East was created in 1993 from a few different riding's. The election in 1993 saw Progressive Conservative candidate
Moe Amery defeat former
Calgary-Forest Lawn NDP incumbent
Barry Pashak to pick up the new district. This was the third time these two candidates had run against each other.
Amery has since been returned to the district four more times.
Legislative election results
1963
1967
1993–present
Senate nominee election results
2004
''Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot''
Student vote results
2004
On November 19, 2004, a student vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.
2012
See also
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List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
Alberta provincial electoral districts are currently single member ridings that each elect one member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. There are 87 districts fixed in law in Alberta, Canada.
History
The original 25 districts were drawn u ...
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Canadian provincial electoral districts
Canadian provincial electoral districts have boundaries that are non- coterminous with those of the federal electoral districts, except for districts in the province of Ontario, where districts in the Southern Ontario region are coterminous wh ...
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East Calgary Federal electoral district
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East Calgary North-West Territories territorial electoral district
References
External links
Electoral Divisions Act 2003Demographics for Calgary EastRiding Map for Calgary EastWebsite of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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Alberta provincial electoral districts
Politics of Calgary