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Calgary-Edgemont is a
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in
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,
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. The district is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the
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using the
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method of voting. It was contested for the first time in the 2019 Alberta election.


Geography

The district is located in northwestern
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 ...
, containing the neighbourhoods of Dalhousie, Edgemont,
Ranchlands Ranchlands is a residential area, residential neighbourhood in the northwest quadrant of Calgary, Alberta. It is bounded to the north by John Laurie Boulevard, to the east by Sarcee Trail, to the south by Crowchild Trail and to the west by Nose ...
, Hawkwood, and
Hamptons The Hamptons, part of the East End of Long Island, consist of the towns of Southampton and East Hampton, which together comprise the South Fork of Long Island, in Suffolk County, New York. The Hamptons are a popular seaside resort and one of ...
.


History

The district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended renaming
Calgary-Hawkwood Calgary-Hawkwood was a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 2012 to 2019. History The Calgary-Haw ...
and shifting its boundaries eastward into
Calgary-Foothills Calgary-Foothills is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the northwest corner of Calgary. It elected six consecutive Progressive Conservative MLAs from its creation in 1971 until ouste ...
and
Calgary-Varsity Calgary-Varsity is a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The district was created in 1993 and returns a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. It comprises the communities of Varsity, Dalhousie, Brentwood ...
, losing the Silver Springs,
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and
Arbour Lake Arbour Lake is a residential neighbourhood in the northwest quadrant of Calgary, Alberta. It is bounded to the north by Country Hills Boulevard, to the south by Crowchild Trail, to the east by Nose Hill Drive, to the west by Stoney Trail. Ar ...
neighbourhoods while gaining Dalhousie, Edgemont, and
Hamptons The Hamptons, part of the East End of Long Island, consist of the towns of Southampton and East Hampton, which together comprise the South Fork of Long Island, in Suffolk County, New York. The Hamptons are a popular seaside resort and one of ...
. The riding is one of the more populous districts created in this redistribution, resulting from the Commission's decision not to divide any of its communities.


Electoral results


2019 general election


References

{{AB-ED Alberta provincial electoral districts Politics of Calgary