Calgary-North East (previously styled Calgary North East) is a provincial electoral district in

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. The riding has existed twice, having been contested in the 1959 and abolished soon after, becoming

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. It was re-established in time for the 2019 general election in the

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Boundary history

The historic 1959 redistribution of the provincial ridings of

and

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marked the transition back to

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. From 1921 to 1959 Calgary and Edmonton, along with a few other ridings in the province elected members with

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. The redistribution created seven ridings in Calgary, two of those still exist today. This transition was done in part to standardize the electoral system across the province and because Calgary and

were becoming too large to be a single riding. The other six ridings were Calgary Bowness,

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, Calgary Glenmore,

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, Calgary South East, Calgary North. However, the riding was abolished after only one term, becoming Calgary-East. It was re-established by the 2017 Electoral Boundaries Commission, created from parts of Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill and Calgary-McCall, and was contested in the

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, however the new riding shares no territory in common with the original riding, as it's located entirely north of the 1950s city limits.

Representation history

Calgary North East was represented by

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MLA Albert Ludwig for the one term it was active. He went on to represent Calgary-East and

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after it was abolished. In 2018 and 2019, the re-created Calgary-North East saw nomination controversies for both the governing

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and opposition United Conservatives, with allegations of ballot-stuffing and non-residents voting in the contests. United Conservative candidate

Rajan Sawhney Rajan Sawhney (born May 2, 1971) is a Canadian politician and economist, who currently serves as Minister of Advanced Education and MLA for Calgary North-West. She was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent the electoral dis ...

was elected as Calgary-North East's second representative, and appointed as Minister of Community and Social Services.

Election Results

2023

2010s

References

External links

The Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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