Calgary Heritage

Calgary Heritage

Alberta electoral district
Calgary Heritage in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Stephen Harper Conservative
District created	2013
First contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	108,320
Electors (2015)	80,213
Area (km²)[1]	70
Pop. density (per km²)	1,547.4
Census divisions	Division No. 6
Census subdivisions	Calgary

Calgary Heritage is a federal electoral district in Alberta.

Calgary Heritage was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the calling of the 42nd Canadian federal election, which was held on 19 October 2015. It is essentially a reconfigured version of Calgary Southwest, the former riding of Stephen Harper, who served as the Prime Minister of Canada from 2006 until his party was defeated in 2015. Territory from the former Calgary Southwest comprises 99% of the new riding, while territory from Calgary Southeast makes up 1%.^[2]

While Harper was handily re-elected to this riding in the 2015 election, his Conservatives lost their bid for a fresh mandate.^[3] Harper handed over power to new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on November 4, 2015, and will continue as a backbench MP for the time being.

Geography

The riding is located in the southwestern corner of Calgary.

Riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of political parties:

Party		Association Name	CEO	HQ Address
	Conservative	Calgary Heritage Conservative Association	Rick Billington	1910, 717 - 7th Avenue S.W, T2P 0Z3
	Green	Calgary Heritage Federal Green Party Association	Kelly J. Christie	491 Queen Charlotte Road SE
	Liberal	Calgary Heritage Federal Liberal Association	Eric Peters	1301-8880 Horton Road SW
	New Democratic	Calgary Heritage Federal NDP Riding Association	Roger Moreau	648 Parkvalley Road SE

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Calgary Heritage Riding created from Calgary Southeast and Calgary Southwest
42nd	2015–Present		Stephen Harper	Conservative

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Stephen Harper	37,263	63.77	–10.65	–
	Liberal	Brendan Miles	15,172	25.97	+18.50	–
	New Democratic	Matt Masters	4,255	7.28	–4.84	–
	Green	Kelly Christie	1,246	2.13	–3.37	–
	Libertarian	Steven Paolasini	246	0.42	–	–
	Independent	Larry R. Heather	114	0.20	–	–
	Independent	Korry Zepik	73	0.12	–	–
	Independent	Nicolas Duchastel de Montrouge	61	0.10	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			58,430	100.00		$214,423.85
Total rejected ballots			228	0.39	–
Turnout			58,658	73.13	–
Eligible voters			80,213
	Conservative hold		Swing		–14.58
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]

2011 federal election redistributed results[6]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	34,761	74.38
	New Democratic	5,663	12.12
	Liberal	3,485	7.46
	Green	2,568	5.50
	Others	255	0.55

References

1. Stastistics Canada: 2011
2. Report – Alberta
3. http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/when-does-justin-trudeau-become-prime-minister/
4. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Calgary Heritage (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
5. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
6. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections