Canadian federal election results in Calgary

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

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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.

2004 Election Results City of Calgary
Party		Votes	%
	Conservative	232,796	60.9
	Liberal	88,133	23.1
	N.D.P.	30,050	7.9
	Green	28,631	7.5
	Canadian Action	880	0.2
	Marijuana	516	0.1
	Marxist–Leninist	271	0.1
	Communist	245	0.1
	Christian Heritage	229	0.1
	Independents	380	0.1
Total		382,131

2015 - 42nd General Election

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% Max Veress (DAPC) 134 0.33%		Deepak Obhrai Calgary East
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% Larry R. Heather (Ind.) 114 0.20% Korry Zepik (Ind.) 73 0.12%		Stephen Harper Calgary Southwest
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% Najeeb Butt (PC) 957 2.13% Stephen Garvey (DAPC) 786 1.75% Joseph Young (Ind.)[lower-alpha 1] 182 0.40%		Devinder Shory Calgary Northeast

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.

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1. "Communist League candidate backs Quebec taxi drivers". The Militant (Volume 79, No. 32). 14 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.

2011 - 41st General Election

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 56.45%		Stephen Randall 7,144 14.18%		Paul Vargis 8,030 15.94%		Heather MacIntosh 6,558 13.02%		Peggy Askin (M-L) 209 0.41%		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 23,556 56.86%		Cam Stewart 11,466 27.68%		Colette Singh 4,252 10.26%		Sheila Brown-Eckersley 1,949 4.70%		Daniel Blanchard (M-L) 204 0.49%		Devinder Shory
Calgary—Nose Hill		Diane Ablonczy 40,392 70.20%		Margaret McLeod 6,502 11.30%		Collin Anderson 7,167 12.46%		Tony Hajj 3,479 6.05%				Diane Ablonczy
Calgary Southeast		Jason Kenney 48,206 76.26%		Brian MacPhee 4,020 6.36%		Kirk Oates 6,493 10.27%		Brett Spencer 4,079 6.45%		Antoni Grochowski (Ind.) 224 0.35%		Jason Kenney
										Paul Fromm (WBP) 190 0.30%
Calgary Southwest		Stephen 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 - 40th General Election

Electoral District	Candidates											Incumbent
		Conservative		Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
Calgary Centre		Lee Richardson 25,302		Heesung Kim 8,235		Tyler Kinch 4,204		Natalie Odd 7,661		Tony Grochowski (IND) 413		Lee Richardson
Calgary Centre-North		Jim Prentice 27,371		Doug James 5,699		John Chan 7,417		Eric Donovan 7,403		Jason McNeil (Libert.) 345 Peggy Askin (M-L) 184		Jim Prentice
Calgary East		Deepak Obhrai 21,311		Bernie Kennedy 3,255		Ian Vaughan 3,768		Nathan David Coates 3,403		Jason Devine (Communist) 323		Deepak Obhrai
Calgary Northeast		Devinder Shory 18,917		Sanam Kang 7,435		Vinay Dey 3,279		Abeed Monty Ahmad 2,035		Roger Richard (NA) 4,837 Daniel Blanchard (M-L) 211		Art Hanger†
Calgary—Nose Hill		Diane Ablonczy 35,029		Anoush Newman 6,653		Stephanie Sundberg 3,953		Tony Hajj 4,669				Diane Ablonczy
Calgary Southeast		Jason Kenney 41,322		Brad Carroll 4,880		Chris Willott 4,024		Margaret Chandler 5,744				Jason Kenney
Calgary Southwest		Stephen Harper 38,545		Marlene LaMontagne 4,918		Holly Heffernan 4,119		Kelly Christie 4,732		Dennis Young (Libert.) 304 Larry R. Heather (CHP) 256		Stephen Harper
Calgary West		Rob Anders 34,490		Jennifer Pollock 13,198		Teale Phelps Bondaroff 3,832		Randy Weeks 6,722		Kirk Schmidt (Ind.) 1,790 André Vachon (M-L) 155		Rob Anders

2006 - 39th General Election

Electoral District	Candidates											Incumbent
		Liberal		Conservative		NDP		Green		Other
Calgary Centre		Heesung Kim 10,464		Lee Richardson 30,213		Brian Pincott 7,227		John Johnson 6,372		Trevor Grover (CAP) 250		Lee Richardson
Calgary Centre-North		Matthew Moody 7,628		Jim Prentice 31,174		John Chan 9,341		Mark Andrew MacGillivray 6,573		Margaret Peggy Askin (M-L) 194 Doug Dokis (FPNP) 206 James S. Kohut (CAP) 168 Michael Falconer (Ind.) 383		Jim Prentice
Calgary East		Dobie To 5,410		Deepak Obhrai 26,766		Patrick Arnell 4,338		Mark Taylor 2,954		Jason Devine (Comm.) 239 Ghazanfar Khan (CAP) 183		Deepak Obhrai
Calgary Northeast		Jaswinder Johal 9,241		Art Hanger 27,169		Tyler Ragan 3,284		Trung Nguyen 1,833		Ron Sanderson (Ind.) 364		Art Hanger
Calgary—Nose Hill		Ted Haney 9,443		Diane Ablonczy 37,815		Bruce Kaufman 4,385		Juliet Burgess 3,573				Diane Ablonczy
Calgary Southeast		James Ludwar 6,193		Jason Kenney 44,987		Eric Leavitt 4,584		Gus Gutoski 4,076				Jason Kenney
Calgary Southwest		Michael Swanson 6,553		Stephen Harper 41,549		Holly Heffernan 4,628		Kim Warnke 4,407		Larry Heather (CHP) 279 Logan Marshall (Mar.)		Stephen Harper
Calgary West		Jennifer Pollock 14,328		Rob Anders 38,020		Teale Phelps Bondaroff 5,370		Danielle Roberts 6,653		André Vachon (M-L) 125 Tim Cayzer (CAP) 265		Rob Anders

2004 - 38th General Election

1. Calgary East
2. Calgary Centre-North
3. Calgary North
4. Calgary-Nose Hill
5. Calgary Centre
6. Calgary Southeast
7. Calgary Southwest
8. Calgary West

2000 - 37th General Election

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