Calgary Queens Park was a
provincial
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electoral district
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in
Calgary
Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...
,
Alberta
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,
Canada
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, mandated to return a single
member
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to the
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the province of Alberta, Canada. It sits in the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton. The Legislative Assembly currently has 87 members, elected first past the post from singl ...
using the
first past the post
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method of voting from 1963 to 1971.
History
The riding was created from a slice of
Calgary Bowness
Calgary Bowness was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1959 to 1971.
Calgary Bowness History
Boundary ...
during the 1963 election. The riding disappeared when it was merged with
Calgary North
Calgary North was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1997.
This riding was created in 1952 from parts of the Bow River, Calgary West and East Calgary ridings.
The e ...
to create
Calgary-McKnight
Calgary-McKnight was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1971 to 1993.
History
The Calgary-McKnight ele ...
during the 1971 election.
The riding was a thin strip that ran north from
Downtown
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to the north end city limits, and on the west side of
Centre Street.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
Election results
1963 general election
1967 general election
See also
*
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.
History
The original twenty five districts were drawn u ...
References
Further reading
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External links
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Politics of Calgary
1963 establishments in Alberta
1967 disestablishments in Alberta
Constituencies established in 1963
Constituencies disestablished in 1967