Calgary Centre (formerly known as Calgary South Centre) is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968. It is an 42 km² riding in the city of Calgary with 124,197 people. The riding has a relatively high average household income and education level although it has a low home ownership rate compared to the rest of Canada.
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 re-named 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 gained notoriety in 2000 when residents elected former Prime Minister Joe Clark, representing the Progressive Conservatives, making the riding one of the only areas in Alberta that did not elect someone from the similarly conservative Canadian Alliance.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:
- 1968-1972: Douglas Scott Harkness - Progressive Conservative
- 1972-1993: Harvie Andre - Progressive Conservative
- 1993-1997: Jim Silye - Reform
- 1997-2000: Eric Lowther - Reform (1997-2000), Canadian Alliance (2000).
- 2000-2004: Joe Clark - Progressive Conservative.
- 2004-present: Lee Richardson - Conservative
Current Member of Parliament
Its Member of Parliament is Lee Richardson, a former businessman. He was first elected to Parliament in 1988 and represents the Conservative Party of Canada. In the last parliamentary session he served as Vice-Chair on the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development.
Election results
Calgary Centre
| Canadian federal election, 2008 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
| |
Conservative |
Lee Richardson |
25,302 |
55.2% |
-0.5% |
$72,165 |
| |
Liberal |
Heesung Kim |
8,235 |
18.0% |
-1.3% |
$34,321 |
| |
Green |
Natalie Odd |
7,661 |
16.7% |
+5.0% |
$29,509 |
| |
New Democrat |
Tyler Kinch |
4,204 |
9.2% |
-4.1% |
$9,881 |
| |
Independent |
Antony Grochowski |
413 |
0.9% |
|
|
| Total valid votes/Expense limit |
45,815 |
100% |
|
$90,677 |
| Total rejected ballots |
|
|
|
|
| Turnout |
|
% |
|
|
| Canadian federal election, 2006 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
| |
Conservative |
Lee Richardson |
30,213 |
55.7% |
+4.5% |
$82,276 |
| |
Liberal |
Heesung Kim |
10,464 |
19.3% |
-10.5% |
$36,623 |
| |
New Democratic Party |
Brian Pincott |
7,227 |
13.3% |
+4.8% |
$8,689 |
| |
Green |
John Johnson |
6,372 |
11.7% |
+1.8% |
$3,431 |
| Total valid votes |
54,276 |
100.00% |
|
| Total rejected ballots |
|
|
|
| Turnout |
|
|
|
Calgary South Centre
| Canadian federal election, 2004 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
| |
Conservative |
Lee Richardson |
26,192 |
51.15% |
-33.41% |
$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 Party |
Keith Purdy |
4,350 |
8.49% |
+5.69% |
$4,667 |
| |
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% |
Calgary Centre
| Canadian federal election, 2000 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Expenditures |
| |
Progressive Conservative |
Joe Clark |
26,358 |
46.04% |
+27.49% |
$67,789 |
| |
Canadian Alliance |
Eric Lowther |
22,054 |
38.52% |
-1.55% |
$72,436 |
| |
Liberal |
Joanne Levy |
5,630 |
9.83% |
-22.80% |
$45,827 |
| |
New Democratic Party |
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% |
| Canadian federal election, 1997 |
| 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 Party |
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% |
|
| |
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% |
|
See also
External links
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