Calgary-Bhullar-McCall

Calgary-Bhullar-McCall is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It was created in 1971, and was named after Frederick McCall and the McCall Industrial Park. As of the 2010 redistricting, the industrial park is no longer in the boundaries. In December 2021, a bill was passed renaming the constituency to Calgary-Bhullar-McCall in remembrance of late MLA Manmeet Bhullar.

Calgary-Bhullar-McCall
Alberta electoral district
Calgary-Bhullar-McCall within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 
 
Irfan Sabir
New Democratic
District created1971
First contested1971
Last contested2023

The district includes the neighbourhoods of Castleridge, Falconridge, Martindale, Saddleridge, and Skyview Ranch, and is noted for its high levels of ethnic diversity.[1]

History

The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution and was formed out of the north half of Calgary East.

The 2010 boundary redistribution significantly changed the riding. All land west of 36 Street NE was moved out of the district. The Calgary International Airport was moved into Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill while the McCall Industrial Park was moved into Calgary-Cross. A large chunk of land south of 80 Street NE and east of Falconridge Blvd NE was moved into the new Calgary-Greenway constituency.

Boundary history

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-McCall
Assembly Years Member Party
See Calgary East 1963-1971
17th 1971-1975 George Ho Lem Social Credit
18th 1975-1979 Andrew Little Progressive
Conservative
19th 1979-1982
20th 1982-1986 Stan Nelson
21st 1986-1989
22nd 1989-1993
23rd 1993-1994 Harry Sohal
1994-1995 Vacant
1995-1997 Shiraz Shariff Progressive
Conservative
24th 1997-2001
25th 2001-2004
26th 2004-2008
27th 2008-2012 Darshan Kang Liberal
28th 2012–2015
29th 2015–2019 Irfan Sabir New Democratic
30th 2019–2023
31st 2023–present

The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution. The first election held in the district that year returned former Calgary Alderman George Ho Lem who ran as a Social Credit candidate. He won a tight race over future MLA and Member of Parliament John Kushner.

The 1975 election would see the riding change hands as Ho Lem would be defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Andrew Little in a landslide. Little ran for re-election in the 1979 general election and won easily taking over 70% of the popular vote. He retired at dissolution of the assembly in 1982.

The third representative of the riding was returned in the 1982 election. The race that year saw Progressive Conservative candidate Stan Nelson returned with a landslide majority of over 75% of the popular vote and over 17,000 votes. He was re-elected to his second term in 1986 with a substantially reduced number of votes but still with a landslide majority of around 63%. Nelson would win his third term in office in 1989 with just over half the popular vote. He would retire from the Assembly at dissolution in 1993.

McCall would elect Progressive Conservative candidate Harry Sohal in the 1993 election. The race was the first closely contested since 1971. Sohal held the seat with just under 45% of the popular vote. On November 15, 1994, while out jogging, Sohal had a heart attack. He did not survive, and the seat became vacant.

On April 20, 1995 a by-election was held to replace Sohal. The election was another closely contested race with voters returning Progressive Conservative candidate Shiraz Shariff with a plurality of just over 43% of the vote. Shariff won his second term with a large majority in 1997 and was returned to his third term with a majority in 2001.

Shariff's popularity started to slide after 2001. He was nearly defeated by Liberal candidate Darshan Kang in the 2004 election when he lost nearly half of his popular vote from 2001. He won fewer votes with a lower percentage than when he was first elected in the 1995 by-election. The two faced each other in the 2008 election with the reverse result. Shariff was defeated while Kang won his first term in office.

In 2015 New Democratic Party candidate Irfan Sabir was elected, beating the Wildrose Party challenger by fewer than 500 votes. He was re-elected in 2019 with 51.7% of the popular vote.

Legislature results

2023 general election

2023 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticIrfan Sabir7,26558.00+6.28
United ConservativeAmanpreet Singh Gill5,26142.00+3.79
Total 12,52699.19
Rejected and declined 1020.81
Turnout 12,62852.91
Eligible electors 23,867
New Democratic hold Swing +1.24
Source(s)

2019 general election

2019 Alberta general election: Calgary-McCall
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticIrfan Sabir6,56751.72+21.90
United ConservativeJasraj Hallan4,85138.21-11.90
Alberta PartyAvinash Khangura6365.01
LiberalFaiza Ali Abdi2812.21-11.71
GreenJanice Fraser2181.72
 IndependenceDon Edmonstone840.66--
 Alberta AdvantageLarry Smith600.47--
Total valid votes 12,69798.86
Rejected, spoiled and declined 1471.14
Turnout 12,84456.08
Eligible voters 22,903
New Democratic notional gain from United Conservative Swing +16.90
Source(s)
"2019 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on May 5, 2019. Retrieved May 5, 2019.

2015 general election

2015 Alberta general election: Calgary-McCall
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticIrfan Sabir3,81229.95+27.80
WildroseHappy Mann3,36726.45-3.79
Progressive ConservativeJagdeep Sahota2,31718.20-11.09
LiberalAvinash Khangura2,22417.47-19.22
IndependentBurhan Khan1,0107.81
Total valid votes 12,73098.50
Rejected, spoiled and declined 1941.50
Turnout 12,92442.90-1.91
Eligible voters 30,125
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +23.51
Source(s)
"2015 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on August 1, 2017. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
2015 Alberta general election redistributed results
Party Votes %
New Democratic 2,865 29.82
Progressive Conservative 2,447 25.47
Wildrose 2,367 24.64
Liberal 1,338 13.93
Independent 591 6.15
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder

2012 general election

2012 Alberta general election: Calgary-McCall
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalDarshan Kang3,86536.69-7.69
WildroseGrant Galpin3,18530.24+24.62
Progressive ConservativeMuhammad Rasheed3,08529.29-13.87
New DemocraticCollette Singh2272.15-0.70
EvergreenHeather Brocklesby1371.30-2.69
IndependentTanveer Taj350.33
Total valid votes 10,53498.68
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 1411.32
Turnout 10,67544.81+13.12
Registered electors 23,824
Liberal hold Swing -16.16
Source(s)
"Provincial General Election of the Twenty-Eighth Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved July 13, 2015.

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election: Calgary-McCall
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalDarshan Kang4,27944.38%4.93%
Progressive ConservativeShiraz Shariff4,16143.16%-0.44%
Wildrose AllianceIna Given5425.62%-2.24%
GreenHeather Brocklesby3853.99%-0.62%
New DemocraticPreet Sihota2752.85%-1.63%
9,642
Rejected, spoiled and declined 68
Eligible electors / turnout 32,53131.69%
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing 2.69%
The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 230–233.

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election: Calgary-McCall
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeShiraz Shariff3,19543.60%-26.55%
LiberalDarshan Kang2,89139.45%17.18%
Alberta AllianceIna Given5767.86%
GreenSean Brocklesby3384.61%
New DemocraticPreet Sihota3284.48%-0.32%
Total 7,328
Rejected, spoiled and declined 86
Eligible electors / turnout 21,831 33.96%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -21.87%
"Calgary-McCall Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 3, 2012.

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election results[4] Turnout 39.00% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeShiraz Shariff6,55870.15%11.29%
LiberalJohn Phillips2,08222.27%-8.79%
New DemocraticPreet Sihota4494.80%
Alberta FirstDarryl Elvers1391.49%
Social CreditRory Cory1211.29%-8.79%
Total 9,349
Rejected, spoiled and declined 38
Eligible electors / Turnout 24,070 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 10.04%

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election results[5] Turnout 41.84% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeShiraz Shariff5,11858.86%15.22%
LiberalAmar Singh2,70131.06%-3.55%
Social CreditRory Cory87610.08%1.86%
Total 8,695
Rejected, spoiled and declined 28
Eligible electors / Turnout 20,847 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 9.39%

1995 by-election

Alberta provincial by-election, April 20, 1995: Calgary-McCall
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeShiraz Shariff2,49643.64−1.44
LiberalJeet Shergill1,98034.612.63
New DemocraticAnne McGrath71312.462.61
Social CreditDoug Cooper4708.22
Confederation of RegionsPeter Hope611.07−0.34
Total 5,720
Rejected, spoiled and declined 17
Eligible electors / Turnout 20,514 27.97
Progressive Conservative hold Swing −2.04
Source: "Calgary-McCall by-election official results". Elections Alberta. April 20, 1995. Retrieved February 6, 2012.

1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election results[6] Turnout 49.38% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeHarry Sohal4,11845.08%0.47%
  Liberal Anil Giga 2,921 31.98% 5.50%
IndependentBrian Newman1,06611.67%
New DemocraticSylvia Lille9009.85%-19.06%
Confederation of RegionsAllen Maclennan1291.41%
Total 9,134
Rejected, spoiled and declined 80
Eligible electors / Turnout 18,658 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 2.99%

1989 general election

1989 Alberta general election results[7] Turnout 39.24% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeStan Nelson5,10944.61%-18.51%
New DemocraticKen Richmond3,31128.91%0.54%
LiberalAnil Giga3,03226.48%17.97%
Total 11,452
Rejected, spoiled and declined 22
Eligible electors / Turnout 29,242 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -9.53%

1986 general election

1986 Alberta general election results[8] Turnout 32.87% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeStan Nelson5,41863.12%-13.38%
New DemocraticKen Richmond2,43528.37%16.68%
  Liberal John Gleason 730 8.51% *
Total 8,583
Rejected, spoiled and declined 18
Eligible electors / Turnout 26,167 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -15.03%

1982 general election

1982 Alberta general election results[9] Turnout 53.84% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeStan Nelson17,49376.50%5.96%
New DemocraticDennis Bennett2,67311.69%4.22%
Western Canada ConceptTerry Wolsey1,7287.56%*
IndependentDon Bryant8523.73%*
  Alberta Reform Movement Grand Majanja 120 0.52% *
Total 22,866
Rejected, spoiled and declined 31
Eligible electors / Turnout 42,524 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 5.09%

1979 general election

1979 Alberta general election results[10] Turnout 51.93% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeAndrew Little7,91870.54%5.44%
Social CreditJim Richards1,75715.65%-8.65%
New DemocraticDave Hammond8387.47%-0.34%
LiberalRon Chahal6916.16%3.02%
CommunistMichael Parker200.18%0.15%*
Total 11,224
Rejected, spoiled and declined 25
Eligible electors / Turnout 17,309 %
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 7.05%

1975 general election

1975 Alberta general election results[11] Turnout 50.68% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Progressive ConservativeAndrew Little9,10265.10%28.49%
Social CreditGeorge Ho Lem3,39724.30%-20.43%
New DemocraticDoreen Heath9977.13%-10.21%
LiberalGarry Willis4403.14%1.83%
CommunistColin Constant460.33%*
Total 13,982
Rejected, spoiled and declined 41
Eligible electors / Turnout 17,309 %
Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit Swing 24.46%

1971 general election

1971 Alberta general election results[12] Turnout 67.64% Swing
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Party Personal
Social CreditGeorge Ho Lem5,11644.73%
Progressive ConservativeJohn Kushner4,18736.61%
New DemocraticTed Takacs1,98417.34%
  Liberal Natalie Chapman 151 1.32% *
Total 11,438
Rejected, spoiled and declined 270
Eligible electors / Turnout 17,309 %
Social Credit gain Swing N/A

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-McCall[13] Turnout 33.85%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Votes % Ballots Rank
Progressive ConservativeBert Brown3,00714.53%47.53%1
Progressive ConservativeBetty Unger2,48812.02%39.32%2
Progressive ConservativeJim Silye2,47611.97%39.13%5
Progressive ConservativeCliff Breitkreuz2,0199.76%31.91%3
Progressive ConservativeDavid Usherwood1,9469.40%30.76%6
  Independent Link Byfield 1,938 9.37% 30.63% 4
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 1,803 8.71% 28.50% 10
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 1,726 8.34% 27.28% 7
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 1,721 8.32% 27.20% 8
  Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,569 7.58% 24.80% 9
Total Votes 20,693 100%
Total Ballots 6,327 3.27 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 1,062
21,831 Eligible Electors

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

Student Vote results

2004 student election

Participating Schools[14]
Bethel Christian Academy
Grant MacEwan Elementary School
James Fowler High School
Terry Fox Junior High School

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.

2004 Alberta Student Vote results[15]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive ConservativeShiraz Shariff29038.26%
  Liberal Darshan Kang 272 35.88%
Green Sean Brocklesby 94 12.40%
  NDP Preet Sihota 68 8.97%
Alberta AllianceIna Given344.49%
Total 758 100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 32

References

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  2. "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 12.
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