Calgary Skyview
Alberta electoral district | |||
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Calgary Skyview in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order. | |||
Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
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District created | 2013 | ||
First contested | 2015 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011)[1] | 110,189 | ||
Electors (2015) | 73,643 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 123 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 895.8 | ||
Census divisions | Division No. 6 | ||
Census subdivisions | Calgary |
Calgary Skyview is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.
Calgary Skyview was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.[3] It was created out of the electoral district of Calgary Northeast.[4]
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Calgary Skyview Riding created from Calgary Northeast |
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42nd | 2015–Present | Darshan Kang | Liberal |
Election results
Canadian federal election, 2015 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Darshan Singh Kang | 20,664 | 45.88 | +17.24 | – | |||
Conservative | Devinder Shory | 17,885 | 39.75 | -16.50 | – | |||
New Democratic | Sahajvir Singh | 3,605 | 8.01 | -2.03 | – | |||
Progressive Canadian | Najeeb Butt | 957 | 2.13 | – | – | |||
Green | Ed Reddy | 846 | 1.88 | -2.75 | – | |||
Democratic Advancement | Stephen Garvey | 786 | 1.75 | – | – | |||
Independent | Joseph Young | 182 | 0.40 | – | – | |||
Marxist–Leninist | Daniel Blanchard | 88 | 0.20 | – | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 44,993 | 100.00 | $204,745.54 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 310 | 0.68 | – | |||||
Turnout | 45,303 | 61.52 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 73,643 | |||||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +16.87 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[5][6] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[7] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 16,573 | 56.25 | |
Liberal | 8,438 | 28.64 | |
New Democratic | 2,959 | 10.04 | |
Green | 1,364 | 4.63 | |
Others | 129 | 0.44 |
References
- ↑ Stastistics Canada: 2011
- ↑ Stastistics Canada: 2011
- ↑ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
- ↑ Report – Alberta
- ↑ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Calgary Skyview (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
- ↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
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