Calgary Centre

For the provincial electoral districts similarly named, see North Calgary and Calgary Centre (provincial electoral district).

Calgary Centre (French: Calgary-Centre; formerly known as Calgary South Centre) is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. The riding consists of many young adults who have a relatively high average household income and education level. As the riding encompasses the downtown core and large swaths of apartment blocks in the communities west and south of downtown, Calgary Centre has a low home ownership rate compared to the rest of Canada.^[when?]

Calgary Centre

Alberta electoral district
Boundaries of Calgary Centre as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Coordinates:	51°02′25″N 114°06′06″W
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Greg McLean Conservative
District created	1966
First contested	1968
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	108,931
Electors (2019)	95,408
Area (km²)[1]	49
Pop. density (per km²)	2,223.1
Census division(s)	Division No. 6
Census subdivision(s)	Calgary

History

The original Calgary Centre was created in 1966 from parts of the former electoral districts of Calgary North and Calgary South. This riding was abolished in the 2003 Representation Order when parts of it went to the neighbouring electoral districts of Calgary North Centre and Calgary West and to Calgary South Centre. The latter was renamed Calgary Centre in 2004. When it was created in 2003 (as Calgary South Centre), it included 70,972 people from the abolished district of Calgary Centre, 38,889 people from Calgary West and 7,578 from Calgary Southwest.

The riding was notable at the 2000 federal election when residents elected former Prime Minister Joe Clark, representing the Progressive Conservatives, making the riding one of the few areas in Alberta that did not elect a candidate from the Canadian Alliance.

This riding lost territory to Calgary Signal Hill and gained territory from Calgary East during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Historical boundaries

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  1966 representation order
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  1976 representation order
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  1987 representation order
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  1996 representation order
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  2003 representation order
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  2013 representation order

Geography

The riding contains the neighbourhoods of Downtown Calgary, Beltline, Mission, Cliff Bungalow, Mount Royal, Elbow Park, Scarboro, Sunalta, Shaganappi, Killarney/Glengarry, Richmond, Bankview, South Calgary, Rutland Park, CFB - Currie, Lincoln Park, CFB - Lincoln Park, Altadore, North Glenmore Park, Britannia, Elboya, Windsor Park, Manchester, Bel-Aire, Mayfair, Meadowlark Park, Inglewood, Ramsay, Parkhill, Erlton, Rideau/Roxboro, Eau Claire, Chinatown, Downtown East Village

Demographics

Languages (2011): 73.19% English, 4.13% Chinese, 2.09% French, 2.04% Spanish, 1.76% Tagalog, 1.21% Arabic, 1.21% Korean
Religions (2001): 32.63% Protestant, 24.52% Catholic, 2.23% Christian Orthodox, 4.88% Other Christian, 2.60% Muslim, 1.09% Jewish, 1.04% Buddhist, 30.14% No religion
Median income (2005): $30,729

Panethnic groups in Calgary Centre (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021[2]		2016[3]		2011[4]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European[lower-alpha 1]	84,810	66.76%	82,985	71.85%	78,590	74.74%
East Asian[lower-alpha 2]	9,690	7.63%	9,105	7.88%	8,380	7.97%
South Asian	7,415	5.84%	5,360	4.64%	3,375	3.21%
African	6,500	5.12%	4,335	3.75%	3,505	3.33%
Southeast Asian[lower-alpha 3]	5,295	4.17%	4,065	3.52%	3,940	3.75%
Indigenous	4,170	3.28%	3,235	2.8%	2,580	2.45%
Middle Eastern[lower-alpha 4]	3,670	2.89%	2,760	2.39%	1,885	1.79%
Latin American	3,415	2.69%	2,235	1.94%	1,995	1.9%
Other[lower-alpha 5]	2,065	1.63%	1,415	1.23%	915	0.87%
Total responses	127,045	97.72%	115,495	96.91%	105,150	96.53%
Total population	130,010	100%	119,176	100%	108,931	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Calgary Centre Riding created from Calgary North and Calgary South
28th	1968–1972		Douglas Harkness	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974		Harvie Andre
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997		Jim Silye	Reform
36th	1997–2000[nb 1]		Eric Lowther
	2000–2000			Alliance
37th	2000–2003[nb 2]		Joe Clark	Progressive Conservative
	2003–2004			Independent
38th	2004–2006		Lee Richardson	Conservative
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2012[nb 3]
	2012–2015		Joan Crockatt
42nd	2015–2019		Kent Hehr	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021		Greg McLean	Conservative
44th	2021–present

Current member of Parliament

This seat is held by Greg McLean. McLean, a member of the Conservative Party of Canada, was elected in the 2019 federal election.

Election results

Graph of election results in Calgary (South) Centre (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Calgary Centre, 2006–present

2021 federal election redistributed results[5]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	27,761	50.92
	Liberal	16,391	30.06
	New Democratic	8,955	16.42
	Green	887	1.63
	Others	527	0.97

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Greg McLean	30,375	51.3	-5.13	$62,659.16
	Liberal	Sabrina Grover	17,593	29.7	+2.72	$75,514.56
	New Democratic	Juan Estevez Moreno	9,694	16.4	+6.51	$3,174.97
	Green	Austin Mullins	971	1.6	-2.73	$415.62
	Christian Heritage	Dawid Pawlowski	575	1.0	+0.81	$4,650.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			59,208	99.15	-0.27	$122,167.91
Total rejected ballots			509	0.85	+0.27
Turnout			59,717	63.04	-5.17
Eligible voters			94,726
	Conservative hold		Swing		-1.89
Source: Elections Canada[6]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Greg McLean	37,306	56.64	+11.34	$111,276.33
	Liberal	Kent Hehr	17,771	26.98	-19.54	$112,059.94
	New Democratic	Jessica Buresi	6,516	9.89	+4.32	$832.79
	Green	Thana Boonlert	2,853	4.33	+2.13	$7,973.82
	People's	Chevy Johnston	907	1.38	-	$13,514.03
	Animal Protection	Eden Gould	247	0.38	-	$1,717.18
	Independent	Michael Pewtress	138	0.21		$1,189.15
	Christian Heritage	Dawid Pawlowski	126	0.19	-	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			65,864	99.42
Total rejected ballots			385	0.58	+0.21
Turnout			66,249	68.21	-1.89
Eligible voters			97,129
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+15.44
Source: Elections Canada[7][8][9]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Kent Hehr	28,496	46.52	+27.40	$190,509.57
	Conservative	Joan Crockatt	27,746	45.30	-10.07	$157,845.73
	New Democratic	Jillian Ratti	3,412	5.57	-9.59	$19,466.71
	Green	Thana Boonlert	1,347	2.20	-8.13	$3,584.84
	Independent	Yogi Henderson	248	0.40		$1,203.28
Total valid votes/expense limit			61,249	99.63		$222,181.20
Total rejected ballots			227	0.37	–
Turnout			61,476	70.10	–
Eligible voters			87,697
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+18.73
Source: Elections Canada[10][11]

2011 federal election redistributed results[12]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	22,949	55.37
	Liberal	7,926	19.12
	New Democratic	6,285	15.16
	Green	4,282	10.33
	Others	8	0.02

v t e Canadian federal by-election, November 26, 2012
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Joan Crockatt	10,191	36.87	−20.81	$95,251
	Liberal	Harvey Locke	9,033	32.68	+15.15	$97,025
	Green	Chris Turner	7,090	25.65	+15.74	$100,180
	New Democratic	Dan Meades	1,064	3.85	−11.01	$90,148
	Independent	Antoni Grochowski	141	0.51	–	$0
	Libertarian	Tony Prashad	121	0.44	–	$255
Total valid votes/expense limit			27,640	100.00	–	$102,128.86
Total rejected ballots			92
Turnout			27,732	29.51
Eligible voters			93,984
	Conservative hold		Swing		−35.96
By-election due to the resignation of Lee Richardson.
Source: "November 26, 2012 By-elections". Elections Canada. November 27, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2012.

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Lee Richardson	28,401	57.68	+2.08	$80,989.16
	Liberal	Jennifer Pollock	8,631	17.53	-0.37	$52,961.24
	New Democratic	Donna Marlis Montgomery	7,314	14.86	+5.85	$0.00
	Green	William Hamilton	4,889	9.93	-6.64	$30,754.09
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,235	100.00		$93,844.88
Total rejected ballots			261	0.53	–
Turnout			49,496	55.41	–
Eligible voters			89,322	–	–
	Conservative hold		Swing		+1.2

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Lee Richardson	26,085	55.60	+0.19	$72,165
	Liberal	Heesung Kim	8,402	17.90	-1.29	$34,321
	Green	Natalie Odd	7,778	16.57	+4.89	$29,509
	New Democratic	Tyler Kinch	4,229	9.01	-4.24	$9,881
	Independent	Antony Grochowski	420	0.89	*	n/a
Total valid votes/Expense limit			46,914	100.00		$90,677
Total rejected ballots			228	0.48	-0.02
Turnout			47,142	53.16	-8.86
	Conservative hold		Swing		+0.7

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Lee Richardson	30,213	55.41	+4.26	$82,276
	Liberal	Heesung Kim	10,464	19.19	-10.70	$36,623
	New Democratic	Brian Pincott	7,227	13.25	+4.76	$8,689
	Green	John Johnson	6,372	11.68	+1.76	$3,431
	Canadian Action	Trevor Grover	259	0.45	-0.08
Total valid votes			54,525	100.00		–
Total rejected ballots			275	0.50	+0.11
Turnout			54,800	62.02	+4.48
	Conservative hold		Swing		+7.5

Calgary South Centre, 2004–2005

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Lee Richardson	26,192	51.15	-33.42	$78,167
	Liberal	Julia Turnbull	15,305	29.89	+20.06	$71,037
	Green	Phillip K. Liesemer	5,080	9.92	+7.88	$1,898
	New Democratic	Keith Purdy	4,350	8.49	+5.69	$4,667
	Canadian Action	Trevor Grover	274	0.53	*	n/a
Total valid votes			51,201	100.00	- 6,041	–
Total rejected ballots			202	0.39	+0.02
Turnout			51,403	57.54	+0.76
	Conservative hold		Swing		-23.21

Results based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is compared to a combination of Progressive Conservative Party and Canadian Alliance totals.

Calgary Centre, 1966–2003

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Clark	26,358	46.05	+27.49	$67,789
	Alliance	Eric Lowther	22,054	38.52	-1.55	$72,436
	Liberal	Joanne Levy	5,630	9.83	-22.80	$45,827
	New Democratic	Don LePan	1,604	2.80	-3.25	$1,780
	Green	Michael Alvarez-Toye	1,170	2.04	+0.25	$1,062
	Independent	Beverley Smith	293	0.51	*	$5,223
	Marxist–Leninist	Margaret Peggy Askin	133	0.23	-0.10	$284
Total valid votes			57,242	100.00	+7,501	–
Total rejected ballots			213	0.37	-0.04
Turnout			57,455	56.78	-1.12
	Progressive Conservative gain from Reform		Swing	-14.5

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Eric Lowther	19,936	40.07	-4.69	$66,910
	Liberal	Bev Longstaff	16,231	32.63	+2.17	$64,840
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Gray	9,230	18.55	+3.81	$59,080
	New Democratic	Duncan Green	3,011	6.05	+1.55	$8,377
	Green	Andrea Welling	893	1.79	+0.82	$173
	Natural Law	Roni Shapka	273	0.54	-0.17	n/a
	Marxist–Leninist	Marg Askin	167	0.33	+0.15	$767
Total valid votes			49,741	100.00	-25	–
Total rejected ballots			206	0.41	–
Turnout			49,947	57.90	–

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Jim Silye	22,276	44.76	+32.33
	Liberal	Bob Blair	15,157	30.46	+18.74
	Progressive Conservative	Sean O'Neil	7,334	14.74	-38.98
	New Democratic	Catherine McCreary	2,237	4.50	-15.52
	National	Peter Hoff	1,743	3.50	*
	Green	Rebecca Matiowsky	482	0.97	-0.28
	Natural Law	Annie Anderson	354	0.71	*
	Canada Party	Bruce Jackman	93	0.19	*
	Marxist–Leninist	Margaret Askin	90	0.18	-0.02
Total			49,766	100.00	-3,836

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Harvie Andre	28,794	53.72	-12.63
	New Democratic	Elaine Husband	10,731	20.02	+6.34
	Reform	John Hamilton	6,662	12.43	*
	Liberal	Bob Robinson	6,280	11.72	-4.13
	Green	Norman Conrad	670	1.25	-0.78
	Libertarian	John King	358	0.67	+0.19
	No affiliation	Marg Askin	107	0.20	*
Total			53,602	100.00	+16,040

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Harvie Andre	24,924	66.35	+8.96
	Liberal	Karen Gainer	5,955	15.85	-14.06
	New Democratic	Susan Keeley	5,138	13.68	+4.45
	Green	Glen Staples	761	2.03	*
	Confederation of Regions	Jean Ferguson	604	1.61	*
	Libertarian	Joseph Kyriakakis	180	0.48	*
Total			37,562	100.00	+5,136

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Harvie Andre	18,610	57.39	-1.71
	Liberal	George Ho Lem	9,698	29.91	+1.72
	New Democratic	David Jones	2,994	9.23	-1.71
	Rhinoceros	Willy Samoil	766	2.36	*
	Social Credit	Thomas Erhart	257	0.79	-0.60
	Communist	Casey Swann	58	0.18	-0.02
	Marxist–Leninist	Julie Northrup	43	0.13	-0.05
Total			32,426	100.00	- 5,010

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Harvie Andre	22,124	59.10	-4.05
	Liberal	Frances Wright	10,555	28.19	+1.90
	New Democratic	Bohdan Harasymiw	4,095	10.94	+2.79
	Social Credit	Thomas Erhart	522	1.39	-0.32
	Communist	Casey Swann	74	0.20	-0.25
	Marxist–Leninist	Julie Northrup	66	0.18	-0.06
Total			37,436	100.00	- 265

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Harvie Andre	23,810	63.15	+9.85
	Liberal	Frances Wright	9,912	26.29	-4.53
	New Democratic	George McGuire	3,072	8.15	-4.87
	Social Credit	Clifford Willmott	646	1.71	-0.83
	Communist	David Whitefield	170	0.45	*
	Marxist–Leninist	Dean Magel	91	0.24	*
Total			37,701	100.00

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Harvie Andre	22,669	53.30	+6.23
	Liberal	Nicholas Taylor	13,110	30.82	-15.42
	New Democratic	David Jones	5,538	13.02	+6.33
	Social Credit	Clifford Willmott	1,081	2.54	*
	No affiliation	Frank Cottingham	80	0.19	*
	No affiliation	Colin Constant	53	0.12	*
Total			42,531	100.00

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Douglas Harkness	16,977	47.07
	Liberal	Nicholas Taylor	16,676	46.24
	New Democratic	Margaret Jackson	2,413	6.69
Total			36,066	100.00

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

Notes

1. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
2. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
3. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
4. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

1. The Reform Party merged with the Canadian Alliance Party on 27 March 2000.
2. Joe Clark did not join with other Progressive Conservatives in the merger with the Canadian Alliance to form the Conservative Party on 8 December 2003.
3. Lee Richardson resigned as MP on 30 May 2012 to accept an appointment as Principal Secretary to the Premier of Alberta. His successor was elected in a by-election on 26 November 2012.

References

• "Calgary Centre (Code 48006) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
• Riding history for Calgary Centre (1966 - 2003) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Calgary South Centre (2003 - 2004) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Calgary Centre (2004 - 2008) from the Library of Parliament
• 2011 results from Elections Canada
• Canadian Census, 2001 profile of Calgary Centre
• Canadian Census, 2001 profile of Calgary South Centre
• Expenditures - 2008
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures - 1997
• SI/2003-154: Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act: Proclamation Declaring the Representation Order to be in Force Effective on the First Dissolution of Parliament that Occurs after August 25, 2004, Canada Gazette Part II, Vol. 137, No. 6 Extra, 29 August 2003
• 2003 Representation Order Transposition of Population

1. Statistics Canada: 2011
2. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
3. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
4. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
5. "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
6. "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts".
7. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
8. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
9. "Candidate Campaign Returns". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
10. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. February 29, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
11. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
12. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

External links

• Calgary Centre Riding All Candidate Debate (Video and Transcript) for Canadian 2008 Election