Calgary Midnapore

Calgary Midnapore
Alberta electoral district

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

Vacant

District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 111,227
Electors (2015) 87,158
Area (km²)[2] 87
Pop. density (per km²) 1,278.5
Census divisions Division No. 6
Census subdivisions Calgary

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

Calgary Midnapore 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, which was held in October 2015.[3][4] It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of Calgary Southeast, Calgary Southwest and Macleod.[5][6]

Boundaries

Consisting of that part of the City of Calgary described as follows: commencing at the intersection of Macleod Trail S with Glenmore Trail SE (Highway No. 8); thence generally easterly along Glenmore Trail SE (Highway No. 8) to the left bank of the Bow River; thence generally southerly along said bank, including all islands adjacent to the river bank, to the southerly limit of said city; thence southerly, westerly and generally northwesterly along the southerly and westerly limits of said city to Spruce Meadows Way SW; thence northerly along said way and northerly and easterly along James McKevitt Road SW to Macleod Trail S; thence generally northerly along said trail to the point of commencement.[7]

Population

In 2013, a total of 111,227 persons lived in the riding's boundaries.[8] Of these, 86,000 spoke English as their "mother tongue" and 1,650 claimed French as their native language.[9] Of the more than 20,000 who spoke English as a second language, or not at all, the next largest group was the over 2,600 who spoke Tagalog (Filipino).[10] The number of residents who spoke English as their first official Canadian language was 107,320, and 1,580 spoke French as their primary official language.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament Years Member Party
Calgary Midnapore
Riding created from Calgary Southeast,
Calgary Southwest and Macleod
42nd  2015–2016     Jason Kenney Conservative
 2016–Present     Vacant Vacant

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
ConservativeJason Kenney 42,415 66.73 –9.17 –
LiberalHaley Brown 14,396 22.65 +16.24 –
New DemocraticLaura Weston 4,915 7.73 –2.82 –
GreenBrennan Wauters 1,691 2.66 –3.77 –
Marxist–LeninistPeggy Askin 145 0.23 – –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 63,562100.00 $223,910.22
Total rejected ballots 1790.28–
Turnout 63,74173.13–
Eligible voters 87,158
Conservative hold Swing –12.71
Source: Elections Canada[11][12]
2011 federal election redistributed results[13]
Party Vote %
  Conservative 37,022 75.90
  New Democratic 5,145 10.55
  Green 3,138 6.43
  Liberal 3,125 6.41
  Others 346 0.71

References

  1. ↑ Stastistics Canada: 2011
  2. ↑ Stastistics Canada: 2011
  3. ↑ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
  4. ↑ Elections Canada site
  5. ↑ Report – Alberta
  6. ↑ Elections Canada site
  7. ↑ Elections Canada website
  8. ↑ Find a Conservative website
  9. ↑ [Statistics Canada. 2012. Calgary Midnapore, Alberta (Code 48008) and Alberta (Code 48) (table). Census Profile. 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-XWE. Ottawa. Released October 24, 2012. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed August 3, 2015). Statistics Canada website]
  10. ↑ [Statistics Canada. 2012. Calgary Midnapore, Alberta (Code 48008) and Alberta (Code 48) (table). Census Profile. 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-XWE. Ottawa. Released October 24, 2012. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed August 3, 2015). Statistics Canada website]
  11. ↑ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Calgary Midnapore (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  12. ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
  13. ↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
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