Calgary-North East (previously styled Calgary North East) is a provincial electoral district in

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 ...

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. The riding has existed twice, having been contested in the 1959 and abolished soon after, becoming

Calgary East 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 ...

. It was re-established in time for the 2019 general election in the

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Boundary history

The historic 1959 redistribution of the provincial ridings of

and

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marked the transition back to

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. From 1921 to 1959 Calgary and Edmonton, along with a few other ridings in the province elected members with

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. The redistribution created seven ridings in Calgary, two of those still exist today. This transition was done in part to standardize the electoral system across the province and because

and

were becoming too large to be a single riding. The other six ridings were

Calgary Bowness Calgary Bowness was a provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single Member of the Legislative Assembly, member to the Legislative Assembly of Albert ...

Calgary West Calgary West was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1953, and from 1979 to 2015. It was in the western part of the City of Calgary. The electoral district was or ...

Calgary Glenmore Calgary-Glenmore, formally styled Calgary Glenmore from 1957 to 1971, is a provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single m ...

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, Calgary South East,

Calgary North Calgary North was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1997. This riding was created in 1952 from parts of the Bow River, Calgary West and East Calgary ridings. The e ...

. However, the riding was abolished after only one term, becoming

Calgary-East Calgary-East (formally styled Calgary East) is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Calgary-East has existed twice, the first incarnatio ...

. It has been re-established by the 2017 Electoral Boundaries Commission, created from parts of Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill and

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 will be contested in the

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Representation history

Calgary North East was represented by

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MLA

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for the one term it was active. He went on to represent

and

Calgary-Mountain View Calgary-Mountain View is 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. The district was created in 1971 and i ...

after it was abolished. In 2018 and 2019, the re-created Calgary-North East saw nomination controversies for both the governing

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and opposition United Conservatives, with allegations of ballot-stuffing and non-residents voting in the contests. United Conservative candidate

Rajan Sawhney Rajan Sawhney (born May 2, 1971) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent the electoral district of Calgary-North East in the 30th Alberta Legislature. She is a member of the United Conservat ...

was elected as Calgary-North East's second representative, and appointed as Minister of Community and Social Services.

Election Results

1950s

2010s

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redistributed results

References

External links

The Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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