Canadian federal election results in Calgary

Seats obtained by party
  Alliance (defunct)
  Reform (defunct)
  Social Credit (defunct)
  Labour (defunct)

This is page shows results of Canadian federal elections in the city of Calgary, Alberta.

Regional profile

Calgary is by far the most conservative major city in Canada. This political leaning goes back to the days prior to Alberta's creation as a province, when what was to become Southern Alberta (the Kickinghorse Pass) was selected over Central Alberta (Yellowhead Pass) for the route of the new Canadian Pacific Railway under the auspices of Prime Minister John A. Macdonald.

Prior to Alberta joining confederation in 1905, Calgary (and most of what is now Alberta) was represented by the riding of Alberta (Provisional District). From 1904 to 1917, the riding of Calgary represented Calgary. It was then split into two ridings (Calgary East and Calgary West).

Like rural Alberta, Calgary was a clean sweep for the main right-wing party of the day in all but one election from 1972 to 2011: Progressive Conservatives through 1988, Reform in 1993 and 1997, the Canadian Alliance in 2000 and Conservative since 2004. The one break with this tradition came in 2000, when PC leader Joe Clark took Calgary Centre. Clark's notability of being a former prime minister and the controversy of Stockwell Day's stances on same-sex marriage being an issue that caused many voters in that riding to turn away from Canadian Alliance candidate Eric Lowther and support Clark instead. With Clark having retired by the next election, Calgary returned to a Conservative sweep from 2004 to 2011. The Conservatives won an outright majority of the votes cast in each Calgary riding during this time, with vote-splitting of the residual minority of the vote among the Liberals, New Democratic Party (NDP) and Greens causing none of the races to be even close.

This trend was broken in the November 26, 2012 Calgary Centre by-election, where Liberal Harvey Locke made a formidable showing, capturing nearly 33% of the vote, leaving Conservative Joan Crockatt to capture the riding with just under 37% of the vote. Not only was this well short of a majority, but it was the closest that a centre-left party had come to taking a Calgary riding in memory. The Liberals have increasing support, especially in the centre, and the recent seat re-distributions made Calgary Centre and several other ridings somewhat less safe for the Conservatives. Meanwhile, the NDP has similar overall levels of support as the Liberals, while the Greens are stronger in Calgary than most other areas, with the potential to finish ahead of the Liberals or NDP in some ridings (as is sometimes the case in rural Alberta).

Conservative support is strongest in Calgary Heritage (formerly Calgary Southwest, the riding of Stephen Harper) and Calgary Midnapore (formerly Calgary Southeast, the riding of Jason Kenney), two of the most affluent and ethnically homogeneous Calgary ridings where Conservative support routinely tops 70%. The visible minority communities in Calgary are clustered in the ridings of Calgary Skyview (formerly Calgary Northeast) and Calgary Forest Lawn (formerly Calgary East); however, these two ridings routinely have among the lowest voter turnout levels in urban Canada.

In 2015, Calgary Centre fell to Kent Hehr, the longtime Liberal MLA for Calgary-Buffalo. Calgary Skyview voted for Liberal Darshan Kang. They were the first Liberal MPs elected from Calgary since Pat Mahoney served a single term for Calgary South from 1968 to 1972. As a measure of how deeply conservative Calgary has historically been, the Liberals had only elected three MPs from Calgary-based ridings in their entire history prior to 2015, each for only one term. The city reverted to form in 2019, with the Conservatives again taking all of Calgary amid the massive "blue wave" that swept through Alberta, winning all ten of the city's seats by 10,000 votes or more.

Votes by party throughout time

Election Liberal Conservative New Democratic Green People's PC Reform /
Alliance
Others
1979 57,969
25.4%
20,772
9.1%
144,812
63.5%
4,468
2.0%
1980 53,142
25.4%
16,583
7.9%
129,396
61.9%
9,929
4.7%
1984 41,144
14.9%
32,267
11.7%
1,366
0.5%
194,111
70.4%
6,748
2.4%
1988 41,200
12.5%
43,892
13.3%
670
0.2%
194,795
58.9%
46,744
14.1%
3,155
1.0%
1993 82,235
23.8%
9,296
2.7%
1,602
0.5%
55,971
16.2%
183,772
53.1%
13,098
3.8%
1997 77,322
24.9%
12,632
4.1%
2,397
0.8%
59,807
19.3%
155,183
50.0%
3,329
1.1%
2000 59,697
16.4%
12,701
3.5%
4,649
1.3%
79,077
21.7%
206,584
56.6%
2,118
0.6%
2004 88,133
23.1%
232,706
60.9%
30,050
7.9%
28,631
7.5%
2,795
0.7%
2006 69,260
16.1%
277,693
64.7%
43,157
10.1%
36,441
8.5%
2,656
0.6%
2008 54,446
14.2%
243,255
63.4%
34,588
9.0%
42,525
11.1%
8,785
2.3%
2011 57,282
13.7%
275,317
65.9%
51,691
12.4%
32,087
7.7%
1,603
0.4%
2015 192,749
33.1%
328,225
56.3%
41,124
7.1%
14,569
2.5%
6,146
1.1%
2019 111,341
18.1%
405,208
65.8%
60,856
9.9%
22,739
3.7%
11,424
1.9%
4,084
0.7%
2021 128,173
22.5%
304,967
53.4%
95,559
16.7%
10,113
1.8%
25,940
4.5%
5,983
1.0%
Vote share by party
  Green
  Reform (defunct)
  Alliance (defunct)

2021

Parties 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Conservative 9 1 0 0 0
Liberal 1 6 3 0 0
New Democratic 0 3 7 0 0
People's 0 0 0 9 0
Green 0 0 0 1 9
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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Conservative NDP Green PPC Other
Calgary Centre Sabrina Grover
17,593
Greg McLean
30,375
Juan Estevez Moreno
9,694
Austin Mullins
971
575 Greg McLean
Calgary Confederation Murray Sigler
17,560
Len Webber
28,367
Gulshan Akter
10,561
Natalie Odd
2,295
Edward Gao
2,670
178 Len Webber
Calgary Forest Lawn Jordan Stein
9,608
Jasraj Hallan
15,434
Keira Gunn
6,254
Carey Rutherford
699
Dwayne Holub
2,468
185 Jasraj Hallan
Calgary Heritage Scott Forsyth
8,960
Bob Benzen
30,870
Kathleen M. Johnson
9,320
Malka Labell
766
Bailey Bedard
2,682
944 Bob Benzen
Calgary Midnapore Zarnab Zafar
7,947
Stephanie Kusie
39,147
Gurmit Bhachu
11,826
Shaun T. Pulsifer
868
Jonathan Hagel
3,930
812 Stephanie Kusie
Calgary Nose Hill Jessica Dale-Walker
10,311
Michelle Rempel Garner
28,001
Khalis Ahmed
8,500
Judson Hansell
636
Kyle Scott
2,324
621 Michelle Rempel Garner
Calgary Rocky Ridge Shahnaz Munir
14,693
Pat Kelly
36,034
Jena Dianne Kieren
10,748
Catriona Wright
1,052
Rory Macleod
3,003
554 Pat Kelly
Calgary Shepard Cam Macdonald
10,303
Tom Kmiec
44,411
Raj Jessel
12,103
Evelyn Tanaka
1,300
Ron Vaillant
4,284
1,158 Tom Kmiec
Calgary Signal Hill Shawn Duncan
11,106
Ron Liepert
35,217
Patrick King
8,863
Keiran Corrigall
1,094
Nick Debrey
2,859
568 Ron Liepert
Calgary Skyview George Chahal
20,092
Jag Sahota
17,111
Gurinder Singh Gill
7,690
Janna So
432
Harry Dhillon
1,720
388 Jag Sahota

2019

2015

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Conservative NDP Liberal Green Libertarian Other
Calgary Centre Joan Crockatt
27,746
45.30%
Jillian Ratti
3,412
5.57%
Kent Hehr
28,496
46.52%
Thana Boonlert
1,347
2.20%
Yogi Henderson (Ind.)
248
0.40%
Joan Crockatt
Calgary Confederation Len Webber
30,669
45.91%
Kirk Heuser
4,770
7.14%
Matt Grant
29,083
43.53%
Natalie Odd
2,146
3.21%
Kevan Hunter (M-L)
140
0.21%
Michelle Rempel
Calgary Centre-North
Calgary Forest Lawn Deepak Obhrai
19,694
47.98%
Abdou Souraya
4,006
9.76%
Cam Stewart
14,762
35.96%
Judson Hansell
1,229
2.99%
Matt Badura
832
2.03%
Jason Devine (Comm.)
390 0.95%
Deepak Obhrai
Calgary East
Max Veress (DAPC)
134 0.33%
Calgary Heritage Stephen J. Harper
37,263
63.77%
Matt Masters Burgener
4,255
7.28%
Brendan Miles
15,172
25.97%
Kelly Christie
1,246
2.13%
Steven Paolasini
246
0.42%
Nicolas Duchastel de Montrouge (Ind.)
61 0.10%
Stephen Harper
Calgary Southwest
Larry R. Heather (Ind.)
114 0.20%
Korry Zepik (Ind.)
73 0.12%
Calgary Midnapore Jason Kenney
42,415
66.73%
Laura Weston
4,915
7.73%
Haley Brown
14,396
22.65%
Brennan Wauters
1,691
2.66%
Peggy Askin (M-L)
145
0.23%
Jason Kenney
Calgary Southeast
Calgary Nose Hill Michelle Rempel
32,760
60.04%
Bruce Kaufman
4,836
8.86%
Robert Prcic
14,671
26.89%
Laurie Scheer
1,384
2.54%
Edward Gao
727
1.33%
Faizan Butt (DAPC)
184
0.34%
Diane Ablonczy
Calgary—Nose Hill
Calgary Rocky Ridge Pat Kelly
38,229
60.40%
Stephanie Kot
3,665
5.79%
Nirmala Naidoo
20,038
31.66%
Catriona Wright
1,360
2.15%
New District
Calgary Shepard Tom Kmiec
43,706
65.87%
Dany Allard
4,532
6.83%
Jerome James
16,379
24.69%
Graham MacKenzie
1,734
2.61%
New District
Calgary Signal Hill Ron Liepert
37,858
60.55%
Khalis Ahmed
3,128
5.00%
Kerry Cundal
19,108
30.56%
Taryn Knorren
1,586
2.54%
Tim Moen
679
1.09%
Jesse Rau (CHP)
160
0.26%
Rob Anders§
Calgary West
Calgary Skyview Devinder Shory
17,885
39.75%
Sahajvir Singh
3,605
8.01%
Darshan Singh Kang
20,644
45.88%
Ed Reddy
846
1.88%
Daniel Blanchard (M-L)
88 0.20%
Devinder Shory
Calgary Northeast
Najeeb Butt (PC)
957 2.13%
Stephen Garvey (DAPC)
786 1.75%
Joseph Young (Ind.)[a]
182 0.40%

2011

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Conservative Liberal NDP Green Other
Calgary Centre Lee Richardson
28,401
57.68%
Jennifer Pollock
8,631
17.53%
Donna Marlis Montgomery
7,314
14.86%
William Hamilton
4,889
9.93%
Lee Richardson
Calgary Centre-North Michelle Rempel
28,443
56.53%
Stephen James Randall
7,046
14.00%
Paul Vargis
8,048
15.99%
Heather MacIntosh
6,578
13.07%
Peggy Askin (M-L)
203
0.40%
Vacant
Calgary East Deepak Obhrai
23,372
67.43%
Josipa Petrunic
4,102
11.83%
Al Brown
4,894
14.12%
Scott W. Milton
2,047
5.91%
Jason Devine (Comm.)
246
0.71%
Deepak Obhrai
Calgary Northeast Devinder Shory
23,550
56.80%
Cam Stewart
11,487
27.71%
Colette Singh
4,262
10.28%
Sheila Brown-Eckersley
1,953
4.71%
Daniel Blanchard (M-L)
206
0.50%
Devinder Shory
Calgary—Nose Hill Diane Ablonczy
40,384
70.17%
Margaret McLeod
6,501
11.30%
Collin Anderson
7,189
12.49%
Tony Hajj
3,480
6.05%
Diane Ablonczy
Calgary Southeast Jason Kenney
48,173
76.26%
Brian N. MacPhee
4,020
6.36%
Kirk Oates
6,482
10.26%
Brett Spencer
4,079
6.46%
Antoni Grochowski (Ind.)
225 0.36%
Jason Kenney
Paul Fromm (WBP)
193 0.31%
Calgary Southwest Stephen J Harper
42,998
75.12%
Marlene Lamontagne
4,121
7.20%
Holly Heffernan
6,823
11.92%
Kelly Christie
2,991
5.23%
Larry R. Heather (Ind.)
303
0.53%
Stephen Harper
Calgary West Robert Anders
39,996
62.16%
Janice Kinch
11,374
17.68%
Shawna Knowles
6,679
10.38%
Anna Lisa Wagner
6,070
9.43%
André Vachon (M-L)
227
0.35%
Robert Anders

2008

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Conservative Liberal NDP Green Other
Calgary Centre Lee Richardson
26,085
55.60%
Heesung Kim
8,402
17.91%
Tyler Kinch
4,229
9.01%
Natalie Odd
7,778
16.58%
Antony Tony Grochowski (Ind.)
420
0.90%
Lee Richardson
Calgary Centre-North Jim Prentice
27,361
56.54%
Doug James
5,699
11.78%
John Chan
7,413
15.32%
Eric Donovan
7,392
15.27%
Peggy Askin (M-L)
184 0.38%
Jim Prentice
Jason E. McNeil (Libert.)
345 0.71%
Calgary East Deepak Obhrai
21,311
66.47%
Bernie Kennedy
3,255
10.15%
Ian Vaughan
3,768
11.75%
Nathan David Coates
3,403
10.61%
Jason Devine (Comm.)
323
1.01%
Deepak Obhrai
Calgary Northeast Devinder Shory
18,917
51.52%
Sanam S. Kang
7,433
20.24%
Vinay Dey
3,279
8.93%
Abeed Monty Ahmad
2,045
5.57%
Daniel Blanchard (M-L)
211 0.57%
Art Hanger
Roger Richard (NA)
4,836 13.17%
Calgary—Nose Hill Diane Ablonczy
35,029
69.62%
Anoush Newman
6,657
13.23%
Stephanie Sundberg
3,941
7.83%
Tony Hajj
4,685
9.31%
Diane Ablonczy
Calgary Southeast Jason Kenney
41,425
73.89%
Brad Carroll
4,878
8.70%
Chris Willott
4,024
7.18%
Margaret Chandler
5,736
10.23%
Jason Kenney
Calgary Southwest Stephen Harper
38,548
72.96%
Marlene Lamontagne
4,918
9.31%
Holly Heffernan
4,102
7.76%
Kelly Christie
4,743
8.98%
Larry R. Heather (CHP)
256 0.48%
Stephen Harper
Dennis Young (Libert.)
265 0.50%
Calgary West Rob Anders
34,579
57.36%
Jennifer Pollock
13,204
21.90%
Teale Phelps Bondaroff
3,832
6.36%
Randy Weeks
6,722
11.15%
Kirk Schmidt (Ind.)
1,790 2.97%
Rob Anders
André Vachon (M-L)
155 0.26%

2006

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Conservative NDP Green Canadian Action Other
Calgary Centre Heesung Kim
10,464
19.19%
Lee Richardson
30,213
55.41%
Brian Pincott
7,227
13.25%
John N. Johnson
6,372
11.69%
Trevor Grover
250
0.46%
Lee Richardson
Calgary Centre-North Matthew Moody
7,628
13.70%
Jim Prentice
31,174
56.00%
John Chan
9,341
16.78%
Mark MacGillivray
6,573
11.81%
James S. Kohut
168
0.30%
Margaret Peggy Askin (M-L)
194 0.35%
Jim Prentice
Doug Dokis (FPNP)
206 0.37%
Michael Falconar (Ind.)
383 0.69%
Calgary East Dobie To
5,410
13.56%
Deepak Obhrai
26,766
67.10%
Patrick Arnell
4,338
10.87%
John Mark Taylor
2,954
7.41%
Ghazanfar Khan
183
0.46%
Jason Devine (Comm.)
239
0.60%
Deepak Obhrai
Calgary Northeast Jaswinder S. Johal
9,241
22.06%
Art Hanger
27,169
64.86%
Tyler Ragan
3,284
7.84%
Trung Nguyen
1,833
4.38%
Ron Sanderson (Ind.)
364
0.87%
Art Hanger
Calgary—Nose Hill Ted Haney
9,443
17.10%
Diane Ablonczy
37,815
68.49%
Bruce Kaufman
4,385
7.94%
Juliet Burgess
3,573
6.47%
Diane Ablonczy
Calgary Southeast James Ludwar
6,193
10.35%
Jason Kenney
44,987
75.18%
Eric Leavitt
4,584
7.66%
Gus Gutoski
4,076
6.81%
Jason Kenney
Calgary Southwest Mike Swanson
6,553
11.41%
Stephen J. Harper
41,549
72.36%
Holly Heffernan
4,628
8.06%
Kim Warnke
4,407
7.68%
Larry R. Heather (CHP)
279
0.49%
Stephen Harper
Calgary West Jennifer Pollock
14,328
22.12%
Rob Anders
38,020
58.71%
Teale Phelps Bondaroff
5,370
8.29%
Danielle Roberts
6,653
10.27%
Tim Cayzer
265
0.41%
André Vachon (M-L)
125
0.19%
Rob Anders

2004

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Conservative NDP Green Other
Calgary East James Maxim
7,621
Deepak Obhrai
21,897
Elizabeth Thomas
3,535
Dean Kenneth Christie
2,529
245 Deepak Obhrai
Calgary North Centre Cathy Mcclusky
11,093
Jim Prentice
28,143
John Chan
6,298
Mark Macgillivray
5,840
564 New district
Calgary Northeast Dale Muti
8,672
Art Hanger
21,924
Giorgio Cattabeni
2,682
Morgan Duford
1,658
291 Art Hanger
Calgary Centre Julia Turnbull
15,305
Lee Richardson
26,192
Keith Purdy
4,350
Phillip K. Liesemer
5,080
274 Lee Richardson
Calgary Southeast Jim Tanner
8,488
Jason Kenney
36,843
Brian Pincott
3,419
George Read
3,142
Jason Kenney
Calgary Southwest Avalon Roberts
9,501
Stephen Harper
35,297
Daria Fox
2,884
Darcy Kraus
3,210
745 Stephen Harper
Calgary West Justin Thompson
16,402
Rob Anders
31,322
Tim Patterson
3,632
Danielle Roberts
4,274
402 Rob Anders
Calgary—Nose Hill Ted Haney
11,051
Diane Ablonczy
31,088
Vinay Dey
3,250
Richard Larson
2,898
Diane Ablonczy

2000

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Canadian Alliance PC NDP Green Other
Calgary Centre Joanne Levy
5,630
Eric Lowther
22,054
Joe Clark
26,358
Don Lepan
1,604
Michael Alvarez-Toye
1,170
426 Eric Lowther
Calgary East Doug Perras
6,843
Deepak Obhrai
18,141
Roger Richard
5,510
Kaie Jones
1,444
1,498 Deepak Obhrai
Calgary Northeast Sam Keshavjee
9,841
Art Hanger
28,242
Jerry Vague
5,222
H. Ken Sahil
1,852
Art Hanger
Calgary Southeast Dana Peace
6,646
Jason Kenney
34,492
Ray Clark
11,353
Giorgio Cattabeni
1,111
James Stephen Kohut
931
Jason Kenney
Calgary Southwest Barry J. Rust
7,954
Preston Manning
34,529
Paul Monaghan
8,679
Jennifer Stewart
2,113
Preston Manning
Calgary West Frank Bruseker
11,181
Rob Anders
33,222
Jim Silye
13,259
Greg Klassen
2,350
Evan Osenton
1,456
Rob Anders
Calgary—Nose Hill Brian Thiessen
11,602
Diane Ablonczy
35,904
James F. Mcardle
8,696
Jon Adams
2,227
Andrew Pickles
1,092
194 Diane Ablonczy

1997

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Reform PC NDP Green Other
Calgary Centre Bev Longstaff
16,231
Eric Lowther
19,936
Rob Gray
9,230
Duncan Green
3,011
Andrea Welling
893
440 Jim Silye
Calgary East Nagah Hage
6,766
Deepak Obhrai
13,348
Roger Richard
7,306
Kaie Jones
1,926
329 New district
Calgary Northeast John Phillips
8,646
Art Hanger
18,719
Suzanne Sawyer
5,815
Bruce Potter
1,209
1,531 Art Hanger
Calgary Southeast Patti-Anne Kay
8,131
Jason Kenney
24,602
Carol Kraychy
10,567
Jason Ness
1,176
235 Jan Brown[b]
Calgary Southwest Paul Drager
9,706
Preston Manning
27,912
Jan Brown
8,617
Mara Vogel
1,322
Sol Candel
310
264 Preston Manning
Calgary West Dave Bronconnier
15,277
Rob Anders
24,878
Sergei Scurfield
9,594
Michael Kozakavich
2,105
Jack Locke
557
293 Stephen Harper
Calgary—Nose Hill James Maxim
12,565
Diane Ablonczy
25,788
Pat Murray
8,678
Andrea Garnier
1,883
Frank Young
637
237 Diane Ablonczy
Calgary North

Notes and References

Notes

  1. ^ Young was a candidate for the Communist League[1] which is not a registered political party and ineligible to be listed on the ballot. He chose to be listed as an Independent.
  2. ^ Elected as a Reform MP in 1993. Left the Reform caucus in 1996 to sit as an Independent Reform and then Independent later in 1996. Ran as a Progressive-Conservative in Calgary Southwest in the 1997 election.

References

  1. ^ "Communist League candidate backs Quebec taxi drivers". The Militant. Vol. 79, no. 32. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
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