Calgary-North

Calgary-North (previously styled Calgary North) is a single member electoral district in Calgary, Alberta. The electoral district existed from 1959 to 1971, and was re-established for the 2019 Alberta general election.

Calgary-North
Alberta electoral district
Calgary-North within the city of Calgary (2017 boundaries).
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 
 
Muhammad Yaseen
United Conservative
District created1957
District abolished1971
District re-created2017
First contested1959, 2019
Last contested1967, 2023
Demographics
Population (2016)39,120
Area (km²)21.2
Pop. density (per km²)1,845.3

Boundary history

1959 Redistribution

The Alberta government decided to return to using the first past the post system of voting from Single Transferable Vote for the 1959 general election. The province redistributed the Calgary and Edmonton super riding's and standardized the voting system across the province.

Calgary North was one of the six electoral districts created that year in Calgary. The others were Calgary Bowness, Calgary Centre, Calgary West, Calgary Glenmore, Calgary North East, and Calgary South East.[1]

The riding was abolished in 1971, split up between Calgary-McKnight, Calgary-North Hill and Calgary-Mountain View.

2017 redistribution

The riding was re-created (with the current hyphenated name) from Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill and Calgary-Northern Hills. It will be contested in the next Alberta general election.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly
for Calgary-North[3]
Assembly Years Member Party
See Calgary 1921-1959
14th 1959–1963 Rose Wilkinson Social Credit
15th 1963–1967 Robert Simpson
16th 1967–1971
See Calgary-McKnight, Calgary-North Hill
and Calgary-Mountain View after 1971
See Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill and Calgary-
Northern Hills
before 2019
30th 2019–2023 Muhammad Yaseen United Conservative
31st 2023

The first election held in 1959 was contested by two incumbents from the Calgary electoral district facing each other, Rose Wilkinson and Grant MacEwan, plus former MLA Aylmer Liesemer who had been defeated in the 1955 Alberta general election. Wilkinson would win and serve her final term representing the district.

The second election held in 1963 would see Social Credit keep the seat under MLA Robert Simpson. He would win a second term in 1967 and hold the district until it was abolished in 1971.

Election results

2023

2023 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
United ConservativeMuhammad Yaseen7,92750.41-4.82
New DemocraticRajesh Angral7,79849.59+18.51
Total 15,72599.28
Rejected and declined 1140.72
Turnout 15,83956.81
Eligible electors 27,882
United Conservative hold Swing -11.67
Source(s)

2010s

2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
United ConservativeMuhammad Yaseen8,40955.2N/A
New DemocraticKelly Mandryk4,73131.1-6.6
Alberta PartyGary Arora1,59110.5N/A
LiberalSalma Hag3652.4-3.4
Alberta IndependenceBrad Hopkins1280.8N/A
Total valid votes 15,224
Rejected, spoiled, and declined
Registered electors 25,331
Turnout 60.1
2015 Alberta general election redistributed results
New Democratic3,59737.70%
Progressive Conservative2,97231.15%
Wildrose2,39725.13%
Liberal5515.78%
Others230.24%

1950s and 60s

1967 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditRobert A. Simpson4,30843.00%-13.94%
Progressive ConservativeHenry M. Beaumont3,91539.08%13.43%
New DemocraticWalter H. Siewert1,15711.55%3.73%
LiberalCharles W. Loughridge6386.37%-3.22%
Total 10,018
Rejected, spoiled and declined 62
Eligible electors / Turnout 16,14362.44%9.96%
Social Credit hold Swing -13.68%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-North Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
1963 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditRobert A. Simpson4,71356.94%5.12%
Progressive ConservativeLarry B. Nugent2,12325.65%-0.71%
LiberalRobert F. Goss7949.59%-9.32%
New DemocraticSteven P. Galan6477.82%4.91%
Total 8,277
Rejected, spoiled and declined 18
Eligible electors / Turnout 15,80452.49%-10.14%
Social Credit hold Swing 2.92%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-North Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
1959 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditRose Wilkinson6,65551.82%
Progressive ConservativeJames David Macdonald3,38526.36%
LiberalGrant MacEwan2,42918.91%
Co-operative CommonwealthAylmer John Eggert Liesemer3742.91%
Total 12,843
Rejected, spoiled and declined 34
Eligible electors / Turnout 20,56262.63%
Social Credit pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-North Official Results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

References

  1. "41". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 1957. p. 184.
  2. "43". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 1961. p. 226.
  3. "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved May 20, 2009.
  4. "19 - Calgary-North". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 8, 2023.

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