Calgary Skyview

Calgary Skyview is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.

Calgary Skyview

Alberta electoral district
Boundaries of Calgary Skyview as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Jag Sahota Conservative
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	110,189
Electors (2019)	84,116
Area (km²)[2]	123
Pop. density (per km²)	895.8
Census divisions	Division No. 6
Census subdivisions	Calgary

Calgary Skyview was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.[3] It was created out of the electoral district of Calgary Northeast.[4]

Geography

The district consists of the Northeasternmost corner of the city. It includes the communities surrounding the Calgary International Airport.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census[5][6]

Ethnic groups: 37.1% White, 31.4% South Asian, 7.8% Filipino, 5.2% Black, 4.2% Chinese, 3.3% Indigenous, 2.8% Southeast Asian, 2.5% Latino, 2.0% Arab, 1.9% West Asian, 1.8% Other
Languages: 50.0% English, 16.7% Punjabi, 6.5% Urdu, 4.4% Tagalog, 3.7% Chinese, 2.7% Spanish, 1.7% Arabic, 1.5% Vietnamese, 1.4% Hindi, 1.2% Persian, 1.2% French, 1.0% Bengali, 8.0% Other
Religions: 42.4% Christian, 16.3% Sikh, 14.3% Muslim, 4.5% Hindu, 2.2% Buddhist, 0.5% Other, 19.8% None
Median income: $30,961 (2010)
Average income: $37,064 (2010)

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Calgary Skyview Riding created from Calgary Northeast
42nd	2015–2017		Darshan Kang	Liberal
	2017–2019			Independent
43rd	2019–present		Jag Sahota	Conservative

Election results

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

2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jag Sahota	26,533	52.5	+12.75
	Liberal	Nirmala Naidoo	14,327	28.3	-17.58
	New Democratic	Gurinder Singh Gill	7,540	14.9	+6.89
	Green	Signe Knutson	800	1.6	-0.28
	People's	Harry Dhillon	603	1.2
	Christian Heritage	Joseph Alexander	483	1.0
	Canada's Fourth Front	Harpreet Singh Dawar	136	0.3
	Marxist–Leninist	Daniel Blanchard	130	0.3
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,552	100.0
Total rejected ballots			497
Turnout			51,049	60.7
Eligible voters			84,116
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+15.17
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Darshan Kang	20,664	45.88	+17.24	$125,611.09
	Conservative	Devinder Shory	17,885	39.75	-16.50	$155,284.22
	New Democratic	Sahajvir Singh	3,605	8.01	-2.03	$91,462.67
	Progressive Canadian	Najeeb Butt	957	2.13	–	$5,050.00
	Green	Ed Reddy	846	1.88	-2.75	$682.50
	Democratic Advancement	Stephen Garvey	786	1.75	–	$31,134.16
	Independent	Joseph Young	182	0.40	–	$1,614.02
	Marxist–Leninist	Daniel Blanchard	88	0.20	–0.24	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,993	100.00		$206,487.35
Total rejected ballots			310	0.68	–
Turnout			45,303	61.52	–
Eligible voters			73,643
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+16.87
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]

2011 federal election redistributed results[11]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	16,573	56.25
	Liberal	8,438	28.64
	New Democratic	2,959	10.04
	Green	1,364	4.63
	Marxist–Leninist	129	0.44

References

1. Statistics Canada: 2011
2. Statistics Canada: 2011
3. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
4. Report – Alberta
5. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=48013&Data=Count&SearchText=calgary&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1
6. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=47001&Data=Count&SearchText=battlefords&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1
7. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
8. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
9. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Calgary Skyview (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
10. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
11. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections