Calgary Forest Lawn

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the former provincial electoral district, see Calgary-Forest Lawn.
Calgary Forest Lawn
Alberta electoral district

Calgary Forest Lawn in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 

Deepak Obhrai
Conservative

District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 108,251
Electors (2015) 74,620
Area (km²)[1] 53
Pop. density (per km²) 2,042.5
Census divisions Division No. 6
Census subdivisions Calgary

Calgary Forest Lawn is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.

Calgary Forest Lawn was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.[2] It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of Calgary East and Calgary Northeast.[3]

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament Years Member Party
Calgary Forest Lawn
Riding created from Calgary East and Calgary Northeast
42nd  2015–Present     Deepak Obhrai Conservative

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
ConservativeDeepak Obhrai 19,694 47.98 –15.37
LiberalCam Stewart 14,762 35.96 +18.50
New DemocraticAdbou Souraya 4,006 9.76 –3.39
GreenJudson Hansell 1,229 2.99 –2.31
LibertarianMatt Badura 832 2.03
CommunistJason Devine 390 0.95
Democratic AdvancementMax Veress 134 0.33
Total valid votes/Expense limit 41,047100.00 $206,437.77
Total rejected ballots 3450.83
Turnout 41,39255.47
Eligible voters 74,620
Conservative hold Swing –16.93
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]
2011 federal election redistributed results[6]
Party Vote %
  Conservative 19,574 63.35
  Liberal 5,397 17.47
  New Democratic 4,064 13.15
  Green 1,638 5.30
  Others 227 0.73

References

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