Calgary-Beddington

Calgary-Beddington is a provincial electoral district in the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. The seat has been held by Josephine Pon of the United Conservative Party since the 2019 Alberta election.

Calgary-Beddington
Alberta electoral district
Calgary-Beddington within the City of Calgary (2017 boundaries)
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Josephine Pon
United Conservative
District created2017
First contested2019
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]50,220
Area (km²)27.6
Pop. density (per km²)1,819.6

Geography

The district is located in northern Calgary, containing the neighbourhoods of Huntington Hills, Beddington Heights, Sandstone Valley, Country Hills, MacEwan, and Hidden Valley. The riding also includes Nose Hill Park, which lies to the south and west of the residential areas.

History
Members for Calgary-Beddington
Assembly Years Member Party
See Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill 2012–2019
30th 2019–present Josephine Pon United Conservative

The Calgary-Beddington electoral district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended renaming Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill and changing its shape, removing its northern area but adding neighbourhoods from Calgary-Foothills and Calgary-Northern Hills. The Commission chose the name Beddington for this district because it "would most readily identify its location to residents in Calgary." The boundaries of the new electoral district in 2017 would have a population of 50,220, 7% above the provincial average of 46,803.[2]

In the 2019 Alberta general election, United Conservative Party candidate Josephine Pon would defeat NDP candidate Amanda Chapman by 3,807 votes. Pon gained the nomination for the Calgary-Beddington electoral district after Randy Kerr was removed by the UCP for failure to be "forthcoming" during the Alberta Election Commissioner's investigation into the Jeff Callaway leadership campaign for the UCP.[3] On April 30, 2019, Premier Jason Kenney would appoint Pon to Cabinet as the Minister of Seniors and Housing.[4]

Electoral results
Redistributed results, 2015 Alberta general election
Party Votes %
New Democratic6,96736.74%
Progressive Conservative5,49428.97%
Wildrose5,27727.83%
Liberal8634.55%
Others3621.91%
2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
United ConservativeJosephine Pon11,62553.11%-3.69%
New DemocraticAmanda Chapman7,81835.71%-1.03%
Alberta PartyCarol-Lynn Darch1,7998.22%–
LiberalChandan Tadavalkar3701.69%-2.86%
Alberta IndependenceTom Grbich1610.74%–
IndependentAlexander Dea1170.53%–
Total 21,890––
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 103––
Eligible electors / Turnout 34,84563.12%–
United Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "02 - Calgary-Beddington, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
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See also

References
  1. Statistics Canada: 2016
  2. Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (October 2017). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 978-1-988620-04-6. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  3. Rieger, Sarah (March 6, 2019). "UCP removes Calgary-Beddington candidate for not being 'forthright' about campaign contribution". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Calgary, AB. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  4. "Josephine Pon biography". www.alberta.ca. Retrieved 2019-10-27.

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