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Calgary Centre
Federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada
Federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| province | Alberta |
| image | |
| caption | Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election |
| coordinates | |
| coordinates_date | 2015-01-15 |
| fed-status | active |
| fed-district-number | 48004 |
| fed-created | 1966 |
| fed-election-first | 1968 |
| fed-election-last | 2025 |
| fed-rep | Greg McLean |
| fed-rep-party | Conservative |
| demo-pop-ref | |
| demo-area-ref | |
| demo-census-date | 2011 |
| demo-pop | 108931 |
| demo-electors | 95,408 |
| demo-electors-date | 2019 |
| demo-area | 49 |
| demo-cd | Division No. 6 |
| demo-csd | Calgary (part) |
| fed-status = active | fed-district-number = 48004 | fed-created = 1966 | fed-abolished = | fed-election-first = 1968 | fed-election-last = 2025 | fed-rep = Greg McLean | fed-rep-link = | fed-rep-party = Conservative | demo-pop-ref = | demo-area-ref = | demo-electors-ref = | demo-census-date = 2011 | demo-pop = 108931 | demo-electors = 95,408 | demo-electors-date = 2019 | demo-area = 49 | demo-cd = Division No. 6 | demo-csd = Calgary (part)
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.
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
| File: 196648003 Calgary Centre.svg | 1966 representation order | File: 197648003 Calgary Centre.svg | 1976 representation order | File: 198748003 Calgary Centre.svg | 1987 representation order | File: 199648002 Calgary Centre Calgary-Centre.svg | 1996 representation order | File: 200348006 Calgary Centre.svg | 2003 representation order | File: 201348004 Calgary Centre.svg | 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 | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| group | 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Total responses | 127,045 | 115,495 | 105,150 | Total population | 130,010 | 119,176 | 108,931 |
| European | 84,810 | 82,985 | 78,590 | ||||||||||||||
| East Asian | 9,690 | 9,105 | 8,380 | ||||||||||||||
| South Asian | 7,415 | 5,360 | 3,375 | ||||||||||||||
| African | 6,500 | 4,335 | 3,505 | ||||||||||||||
| Southeast Asian | 5,295 | 4,065 | 3,940 | ||||||||||||||
| Indigenous | 4,170 | 3,235 | 2,580 | ||||||||||||||
| Middle Eastern | 3,670 | 2,760 | 1,885 | ||||||||||||||
| Latin American | 3,415 | 2,235 | 1,995 | ||||||||||||||
| Other | 2,065 | 1,415 | 915 | ||||||||||||||
| 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:
| Assembly# = 28 | PartyTerms# = 7 | Assembly# = 29 | RepTerms# = 6 | Assembly# = 30 | Assembly# = 31 | Assembly# = 32 | Assembly# = 33 | Assembly# = 34 | Assembly# = 35 | PartyTerms# = 2 | Assembly# = 36 | RepTerms# = 2 | #ByElections = 1 | Assembly# = 37 | RepTerms# = 2 | #ByElections = 1 | Assembly# =38 | RepTerms# = 4 | PartyTerms# = 5 | Assembly# = 39 | Assembly# = 40 | Assembly# = 41 | #ByElections = 1 | Assembly# = 42 | Assembly# = 43 | RepTerms# = 3 | PartyTerms# = 3 | Assembly# = 44 | Assembly# = 45
Current member of Parliament
This seat is held by Greg McLean. McLean, a member of the Conservative Party of Canada, was first elected in the 2019 federal election.
Election results
Calgary Centre, 2006–present
| 2021 federal election redistributed results | 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 |
| 2011 federal election redistributed results | 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 |
|-
Calgary South Centre, 2004–2005
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
Notes
References
- 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
References
- [[#2011fed. Statistics Canada]]: 2011
- Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2022-10-26). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population".
- Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2021-10-27). "Census Profile, 2016 Census".
- Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2015-11-27). "NHS Profile".
- "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders".
- [http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?riding=2099 Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections]
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