Calgary Heritage is a federal electoral district in

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, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015. Calgary Heritage was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the calling of the

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, which was held that 19 October. It is essentially a reconfigured version of

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, the former riding of Stephen Harper, who served as the

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from 2006 to 2015. Territory from the former Calgary Southwest comprises 99% of the new riding, while territory from Calgary Southeast makes up 1%. While Calgary as a whole has long been considered heartland for the Conservative Party of Canada and its antecedents, Calgary Heritage is located in a particularly conservative area of Calgary. Its predecessor, Calgary Southwest, frequently gave Conservative candidates some of the highest margins in the nation. Had it existed under its current boundaries in 2011, Harper would have won over 74 percent of the vote. While Harper was handily re-elected to this riding in 2015, his Conservatives lost their bid for a fresh mandate to the Liberals. Stephen Harper resigned as prime minister on November 4, 2015, shortly before the new prime minister

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's swearing-in. Harper then resigned as MP for Calgary Heritage on August 26, 2016. A by-election to fill the seat was held on April 3, 2017;

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retained it for the Conservatives and was subsequently re-elected in 2019 and 2021, though he has since announced his intention to resign by the end of 2022.

Geography

The riding is located in the southwestern corner of Calgary. It contains the neighbourhoods of Bayview,

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, Bridlewood, Canyon Meadows, Cedarbrae, Chinook Park, Eagle Ridge,

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, Haysboro, Kelvin Grove, Kingsland, Lakeview,

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(south of Glenmore Trail), Oakridge, Palliser, Pump Hill, Shawnee Slopes, Southwood, Woodbine and

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Demographics

:''According to the Canada 2011 Census'' Ethnic groups: 75.9% White, 5.8% Filipino, 4.7% Chinese, 3.1% South Asian, 2.4% Aboriginal, 2.2% Latin American, 2.1% Black
Languages: 74.9% English, 3.7% Chinese, 3.0% Tagalog, 2.3% Spanish, 1.9% Russian, 1.8% French, 1.1% German
Religions: 61.6% Christian (26.1% Catholic, 7.7% United Church, 4.8% Anglican, 2.9% Christian Orthodox, 2.5% Lutheran, 1.5% Presbyterian, 1.5% Baptist, 1.3% Pentecostal, 12.6% Other Christian), 2.5% Muslim, 2.4% Jewish, 1.2% Hindu, 31.4% None.
Median income: $39,383 (2010)
Average income: $57,511 (2010)

Riding associations

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s are the local branches of political parties:

Members of Parliament

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

Election results

References

{{Ridings in the Prairies Alberta federal electoral districts Politics of Calgary