Calgary-Klein
Provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada
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Calgary-Klein is a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The district was created in the 2010 boundary redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post voting system. The riding is named after former premier Ralph Klein.
 Alberta electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Calgary-Klein within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
| MLA |
New Democratic | ||
| District created | 2010 | ||
| First contested | 2012 | ||
| Last contested | 2023 | ||
History
The electoral district was created in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution. It was created mainly from Calgary-North Hill and a portion of Calgary-Nose Hill.
Boundary history
| 17 Calgary-Klein 2010 boundaries | |||
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| Bordering districts | |||
| North | west | West | east |
| Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill | Calgary-Cross | Calgary-Varsity | Calgary-East and Calgary-Mountain View |
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| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
| Note: | |||
Electoral history
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Klein | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Calgary-North Hill 1971-2012, Calgary-Nose Hill 2004-2012 | ||||
| 28th | 2012–2015 | Kyle Fawcett | Progressive Conservative | |
| 29th | 2015–2019 | Craig Coolahan | New Democratic | |
| 30th | 2019–2023 | Jeremy Nixon | United Conservative | |
| 31st | 2023–present | Lizette Tejada | New Democratic | |
Prior to the election of New Democrat candidate Craig Coolahan in 2015, the antecedent electoral districts that comprise Calgary-Klein elected Progressive Conservative candidates since the 1970s. The seat returned to the NDP in the 2023 Alberta general election.[1]
Legislative election results
2023
| 2023 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Lizette Tejada | 10,564 | 50.87 | +10.97 | ||||
| United Conservative | Jeremy Nixon | 9,697 | 46.69 | -0.92 | ||||
| Green | Kenneth Drysdale | 353 | 1.70 | +0.36 | ||||
| Solidarity Movement | Rob Oswin | 153 | 0.74 | – | ||||
| Total | 20,767 | 99.17 | – | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 173 | 0.83 | ||||||
| Turnout | 20,940 | 59.23 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 35,352 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from United Conservative | Swing | +5.95 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[2] | ||||||||
2019
| 2019 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| United Conservative | Jeremy Nixon | 10,473 | 47.62 | -3.65 | $71,085 | |||
| New Democratic | Craig Coolahan | 8,776 | 39.90 | -2.63 | $42,716 | |||
| Alberta Party | Kara Levis | 1,842 | 8.37 | – | $18,147 | |||
| Liberal | Michael Macdonald | 396 | 1.80 | -4.06 | $1,598 | |||
| Green | Janine St. Jean | 294 | 1.34 | +1.23 | $750 | |||
| Alberta Independence | C.W. Alexander | 214 | 0.97 | – | $3,445 | |||
| Total | 21,995 | 99.05 | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 210 | 0.95 | ||||||
| Turnout | 22,205 | 64.56 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 34,392 | |||||||
| United Conservative notional hold | Swing | -0.51 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[3][4][5] Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000. | ||||||||
2015
| 2015 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Craig Coolahan | 8,098 | 44.29% | 34.14% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Kyle Fawcett | 4,878 | 26.68% | -14.54% | ||||
| Wildrose | Jeremy Nixon | 4,206 | 23.00% | -11.58% | ||||
| Liberal | David Gamble | 1,104 | 6.04% | -5.89% | ||||
| Total | 18,286 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 168 | 41 | 51 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 34,702 | 53.33% | -2.15% | |||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | 5.48% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "17 - Calgary-Klein, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2016). 2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 151–153. | ||||||||
| 2015 Alberta general election redistributed results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | ||||
| New Democratic | 8,003 | 42.53 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | 5,113 | 27.17 | ||||
| Wildrose | 4,535 | 24.10 | ||||
| Liberal | 1,103 | 5.86 | ||||
| Green | 21 | 0.11 | ||||
| Others | 44 | 0.23 | ||||
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder | ||||||
2012
| 2012 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Kyle Fawcett | 6,859 | 41.21% | – | ||||
| Wildrose Alliance | Jeremy Nixon | 5,754 | 34.58% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Christopher Tahn | 1,985 | 11.93% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Marc Power | 1,689 | 10.15% | – | ||||
| Evergreen | Roger Gagné | 355 | 2.13% | – | ||||
| Total | 16,642 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 69 | 30 | 4 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 30,131 | 55.47% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "17 - Calgary-Klein, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||