Calgary-East (formally styled Calgary East) is a
provincial electoral district
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...
in
Alberta
Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...
, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the province of Alberta, Canada. It sits in the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton. The Legislative Assembly currently has 87 members, elected first past the post from singl ...
.
Calgary-East has existed twice, the first incarnation was created from
Calgary North East
Calgary-North East (previously styled Calgary North East) is a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta. The riding has existed twice, having been contested in the 1959 and abolished soon after, becoming Calgary East. It was re-establis ...
in the redistribution of 1963. The riding was abolished in 1971 when it became
Calgary-McCall
Calgary-Bhullar-McCall is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It was created in 1971, and was named after Frederick McCall and the McCall Industrial Park. As of the 2010 redistricting, the industrial ...
. The return of Calgary-East happened in the 1993 boundary redistribution when
Calgary-Forest Lawn and half of
Calgary-Millican were merged.
This riding covers the central north east portion of
Calgary
Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...
and contains the neighbourhoods of Vista Heights, Rundle, Marlborough and Mayland Heights.
Three MLAs have held this riding to date. The first Calgary East was represented by Social Credit MLA
Albert Ludwig
Albert Ludwig (November 14, 1919 – February 16, 2019) was a Canadian politician and World War II combat veteran, lawyer, judge and author from Alberta.
Early life
Ludwig was born in 1919 in Melfort, Saskatchewan. Ludwig joined the Canadian A ...
and the second Calgary-East solidly supported Progressive Conservative candidate
Moe Amery
Moe Amery (né Amiri; September 20, 1954) is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, who represented the constituency of Calgary-East as a Progressive Conservative.
Early life
Amery was born Moe Amiri (he changed his name so ...
, until the 2015 Alberta election when the riding was won by NDP candidate
Robyn Luff.
History
The original Calgary East electoral district was created in the 1963 boundary redistribution out of Calgary North East. It was abolished in 1971 and split between the new districts of
Calgary-McCall
Calgary-Bhullar-McCall is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It was created in 1971, and was named after Frederick McCall and the McCall Industrial Park. As of the 2010 redistricting, the industrial ...
and
Calgary-Millican. The riding was re-created as Calgary-East in the 1993 boundary redistribution when most of Millican and
Calgary-Forest Lawn were merged.
The 2010 boundary redistribution saw the eastern boundary extended east to 68 Street NE into land that was part of old
Calgary-Montrose electoral district. The northern boundary cut off all land north of 16 Avenue NE and ceded it to
Calgary-Cross
Calgary-Cross is a current provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Created in 1993, the district is one of List of Alberta provincial electoral districts, 87 dis ...
. This change also resulted in East picking up some land that had been in old
Calgary-North Hill.
Boundary history
Representation history
The first electoral district of Calgary East was created in the boundary redistribution in 1963. The first and only member to represent the old district was Social Credit Member of the Legislative Assembly
Albert Ludwig
Albert Ludwig (November 14, 1919 – February 16, 2019) was a Canadian politician and World War II combat veteran, lawyer, judge and author from Alberta.
Early life
Ludwig was born in 1919 in Melfort, Saskatchewan. Ludwig joined the Canadian A ...
who had been the incumbent in the predecessor riding of Calgary North East.
The 1963 general election saw Ludwig win a super majority taking over 60% of the popular vote. He was re-elected again in the 1967 election winning just over half of the vote. He held the riding until was abolished in 1971.
The second Calgary-East was created in 1993 from a few different riding's. The election in 1993 saw Progressive Conservative candidate
Moe Amery
Moe Amery (né Amiri; September 20, 1954) is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, who represented the constituency of Calgary-East as a Progressive Conservative.
Early life
Amery was born Moe Amiri (he changed his name so ...
defeat former
Calgary-Forest Lawn NDP incumbent
Barry Pashak
Leonard Barry Pashak (April 21, 1937February 3, 2021) was a Canadian college instructor and politician. He served as member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (MLA) from 1986 to 1993, sitting with the opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) ...
to pick up the new district. This was the third time these two candidates had run against each other.
Amery has since been returned to the district four more times.
Legislature results 1963–1971
1963 general election
1967 general election
Election results 1993-present
Senate nominee results
2004 Senate nominee election district results
''Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot''
Student Vote results
2004 election
On November 19, 2004 a Student Vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.
2012 election
See also
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East Calgary
Calgary East was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1953, 1979 to 1988, from 1997 to 2015. It was a lower income urban riding in Calgary, with a sizable visible min ...
Federal electoral district
*
East Calgary
Calgary East was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1953, 1979 to 1988, from 1997 to 2015. It was a lower income urban riding in Calgary, with a sizable visible min ...
Northwest Territories territorial electoral district
References
External links
Electoral Divisions Act 2003Demographics for Calgary EastRiding Map for Calgary EastWebsite of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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Alberta provincial electoral districts
Politics of Calgary