Calgary-Bhullar-McCall
Provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada
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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 park is no longer in the boundaries. In December 2021, a bill was passed renaming the constituency to Calgary-Bhullar-McCall in remembrance of late MLA Manmeet Bhullar.
 Alberta electoral district | |||
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Calgary-Bhullar-McCall within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
| MLA |
New Democratic | ||
| District created | 1971 | ||
| First contested | 1971 | ||
| Last contested | 2023 | ||
The district includes the neighbourhoods of Castleridge, Falconridge, Martindale, Saddleridge, and Skyview Ranch, and is noted for its high levels of ethnic diversity.[1]
History
The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution and was formed out of the north half of Calgary East.
The 2010 boundary redistribution significantly changed the riding. All land west of 36 Street NE was moved out of the district. The Calgary International Airport was moved into Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill while the McCall Industrial Park was moved into Calgary-Cross. A large chunk of land south of 80 Street NE and east of Falconridge Blvd NE was moved into the new Calgary-Greenway constituency.
Boundary history
| 16 Calgary-McCall 2003 boundaries[2] | |||
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| Bordering districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Airdrie-Chestermere and Foothills-Rocky View | Airdrie-Chestermere | Calgary-Mackay, Calgary-North Hill and Calgary-Nose Hill | Calgary-Cross, Calgary-East and Calgary-North Hill |
| riding map goes here |  | ||
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
| Starting at the intersection of the north Calgary city boundary with Deerfoot Trail NE; then 1. east and south along the city boundary to McKnight Boulevard NE; 2. west along McKnight Boulevard NE to 36 Street NE; 3. south along 36 Street NE to 32 Avenue NE; 4. west along 32 Avenue NE to Deerfoot Trail NE; 5. generally north and northeast along Deerfoot Trail NE to the starting point. | |||
| Note: | |||
| 20 Calgary-McCall 2010 boundaries | |||
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| Bordering districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Chestermere-Rocky View | Chestermere-Rocky View | Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill | Calgary-Cross and Calgary-Greenway |
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| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
| Note: | |||
Representation history
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary-McCall Riding created from Calgary East |
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| 17th | 1971–1975 | George Ho Lem | Social Credit | |
| 18th | 1975–1979 | Andrew Little | Progressive Conservative | |
| 19th | 1979–1982 | |||
| 20th | 1982–1986 | Stan Nelson | ||
| 21st | 1986–1989 | |||
| 22nd | 1989–1993 | |||
| 23rd | 1993–1994 | Harry Sohal | ||
| 1995–1997 | Shiraz Shariff | |||
| 24th | 1997–2001 | |||
| 25th | 2001–2004 | |||
| 26th | 2004–2008 | |||
| 27th | 2008–2012 | Darshan Kang | Liberal | |
| 28th | 2012–2015 | |||
| 29th | 2015–2019 | Irfan Sabir | New Democratic | |
| 30th | 2019–2023 | |||
| Calgary-Bhullar-McCall | ||||
| 31st | 2023–Present | Irfan Sabir | New Democratic | |
The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution. The first election held in the district that year returned former Calgary Alderman George Ho Lem who ran as a Social Credit candidate. He won a tight race over future MLA and Member of Parliament John Kushner.
The 1975 election would see the riding change hands as Ho Lem would be defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Andrew Little in a landslide. Little ran for re-election in the 1979 general election and won easily taking over 70% of the popular vote. He retired at dissolution of the assembly in 1982.
The third representative of the riding was returned in the 1982 election. The race that year saw Progressive Conservative candidate Stan Nelson returned with a landslide majority of over 75% of the popular vote and over 17,000 votes. He was re-elected to his second term in 1986 with a substantially reduced number of votes but still with a landslide majority of around 63%. Nelson would win his third term in office in 1989 with just over half the popular vote. He would retire from the Assembly at dissolution in 1993.
McCall would elect Progressive Conservative candidate Harry Sohal in the 1993 election. The race was the first closely contested since 1971. Sohal held the seat with just under 45% of the popular vote. On November 15, 1994, while out jogging, Sohal had a heart attack. He did not survive, and the seat became vacant.
On April 20, 1995, a by-election was held to replace Sohal. The election was another closely contested race with voters returning Progressive Conservative candidate Shiraz Shariff with a plurality of just over 43% of the vote. Shariff won his second term with a large majority in 1997 and was returned to his third term with a majority in 2001.
Shariff's popularity started to slide after 2001. He was nearly defeated by Liberal candidate Darshan Kang in the 2004 election when he lost nearly half of his popular vote from 2001. He won fewer votes with a lower percentage than when he was first elected in the 1995 by-election. The two faced each other in the 2008 election with the reverse result. Shariff was defeated while Kang won his first term in office.
In 2015 New Democratic Party candidate Irfan Sabir was elected, beating the Wildrose Party challenger by fewer than 500 votes. He was re-elected in 2019 with 51.7% of the popular vote.
Legislative election results
2023
| 2023 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Irfan Sabir | 7,265 | 58.00 | +6.28 | ||||
| United Conservative | Amanpreet Singh Gill | 5,261 | 42.00 | +3.79 | ||||
| Total | 12,526 | 99.19 | – | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 102 | 0.81 | ||||||
| Turnout | 12,628 | 52.91 | ||||||
| Eligible electors | 23,867 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +1.24 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[3] | ||||||||
2019
| 2019 Alberta general election: Calgary-McCall | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Irfan Sabir | 6,567 | 51.72 | +21.90 | ||||
| United Conservative | Jasraj Hallan | 4,851 | 38.21 | -11.90 | ||||
| Alberta Party | Avinash Khangura | 636 | 5.01 | |||||
| Liberal | Faiza Ali Abdi | 281 | 2.21 | -11.71 | ||||
| Green | Janice Fraser | 218 | 1.72 | |||||
| Independence | Don Edmonstone | 84 | 0.66 | -- | ||||
| Alberta Advantage | Larry Smith | 60 | 0.47 | -- | ||||
| Total valid votes | 12,697 | 98.86 | ||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 147 | 1.14 | ||||||
| Turnout | 12,844 | 56.08 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 22,903 | |||||||
| New Democratic notional gain from United Conservative | Swing | +16.90 | ||||||
Source(s)
"2019 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved May 5, 2019. | ||||||||
2015
| 2015 Alberta general election: Calgary-McCall | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Irfan Sabir | 3,812 | 29.95 | +27.80 | ||||
| Wildrose | Happy Mann | 3,367 | 26.45 | -3.79 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jagdeep Sahota | 2,317 | 18.20 | -11.09 | ||||
| Liberal | Avinash Khangura | 2,224 | 17.47 | -19.22 | ||||
| Independent | Burhan Khan | 1,010 | 7.81 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 12,730 | 98.50 | ||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 194 | 1.50 | ||||||
| Turnout | 12,924 | 42.90 | -1.91 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 30,125 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +23.51 | ||||||
Source(s)
"2015 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2017. | ||||||||
| 2015 Alberta general election redistributed results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | ||||
| New Democratic | 2,865 | 29.82 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | 2,447 | 25.47 | ||||
| Wildrose | 2,367 | 24.64 | ||||
| Liberal | 1,338 | 13.93 | ||||
| Independent | 591 | 6.15 | ||||
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder | ||||||
2012
| 2012 Alberta general election: Calgary-McCall | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Darshan Kang | 3,865 | 36.69 | -7.69 | ||||
| Wildrose | Grant Galpin | 3,185 | 30.24 | +24.62 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Muhammad Rasheed | 3,085 | 29.29 | -13.87 | ||||
| New Democratic | Collette Singh | 227 | 2.15 | -0.70 | ||||
| Evergreen | Heather Brocklesby | 137 | 1.30 | -2.69 | ||||
| Independent | Tanveer Taj | 35 | 0.33 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 10,534 | 98.68 | ||||||
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 141 | 1.32 | ||||||
| Turnout | 10,675 | 44.81 | +13.12 | |||||
| Registered electors | 23,824 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -16.16 | ||||||
Source(s)
"Provincial General Election of the Twenty-Eighth Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved July 13, 2015. | ||||||||
2008
| 2008 Alberta general election: Calgary-McCall | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Darshan Kang | 4,279 | 44.38% | 4.93% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Shiraz Shariff | 4,161 | 43.16% | -0.44% | ||||
| Wildrose Alliance | Ina Given | 542 | 5.62% | -2.24% | ||||
| Green | Heather Brocklesby | 385 | 3.99% | -0.62% | ||||
| New Democratic | Preet Sihota | 275 | 2.85% | -1.63% | ||||
| 9,642 | ||||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 68 | |||||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 32,531 | 31.69% | ||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | 2.69% | ||||||
| The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 230–233. | ||||||||
2004
| 2004 Alberta general election: Calgary-McCall | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Shiraz Shariff | 3,195 | 43.60% | -26.55% | ||||
| Liberal | Darshan Kang | 2,891 | 39.45% | 17.18% | ||||
| Alberta Alliance | Ina Given | 576 | 7.86% | |||||
| Green | Sean Brocklesby | 338 | 4.61% | |||||
| New Democratic | Preet Sihota | 328 | 4.48% | -0.32% | ||||
| Total | 7,328 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 86 | |||||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 21,831 | 33.96% | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -21.87% | ||||||
| "Calgary-McCall Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 3, 2012. | ||||||||
2001
| 2001 Alberta general election results[4] | Turnout 39.00% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Progressive Conservative | Shiraz Shariff | 6,558 | 70.15% | 11.29% | ||
| Liberal | John Phillips | 2,082 | 22.27% | -8.79% | ||
| New Democratic | Preet Sihota | 449 | 4.80% | |||
| Alberta First | Darryl Elvers | 139 | 1.49% | |||
| Social Credit | Rory Cory | 121 | 1.29% | -8.79% | ||
| Total | 9,349 | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 38 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 24,070 | % | ||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 10.04% | ||||
1997
| 1997 Alberta general election results[5] | Turnout 41.84% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Progressive Conservative | Shiraz Shariff | 5,118 | 58.86% | 15.22% | ||
| Liberal | Amar Singh | 2,701 | 31.06% | -3.55% | ||
| Social Credit | Rory Cory | 876 | 10.08% | 1.86% | ||
| Total | 8,695 | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 28 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 20,847 | % | ||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 9.39% | ||||
1995 by-election
| Alberta provincial by-election, April 20, 1995: Calgary-McCall | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Shiraz Shariff | 2,496 | 43.64 | −1.44 | ||||
| Liberal | Jeet Shergill | 1,980 | 34.61 | 2.63 | ||||
| New Democratic | Anne McGrath | 713 | 12.46 | 2.61 | ||||
| Social Credit | Doug Cooper | 470 | 8.22 | |||||
| Confederation of Regions | Peter Hope | 61 | 1.07 | −0.34 | ||||
| Total | 5,720 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 17 | |||||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 20,514 | 27.97 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | −2.04 | ||||||
| Source: "Calgary-McCall by-election official results". Elections Alberta. April 20, 1995. Retrieved February 6, 2012. | ||||||||
1993
| 1993 Alberta general election results[6] | Turnout 49.38% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Progressive Conservative | Harry Sohal | 4,118 | 45.08% | 0.47% | ||
| Liberal | Anil Giga | 2,921 | 31.98% | 5.50% | ||
| Independent | Brian Newman | 1,066 | 11.67% | |||
| New Democratic | Sylvia Lille | 900 | 9.85% | -19.06% | ||
| Confederation of Regions | Allen Maclennan | 129 | 1.41% | |||
| Total | 9,134 | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 80 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 18,658 | % | ||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 2.99% | ||||
1989
| 1989 Alberta general election results[7] | Turnout 39.24% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Progressive Conservative | Stan Nelson | 5,109 | 44.61% | -18.51% | ||
| New Democratic | Ken Richmond | 3,311 | 28.91% | 0.54% | ||
| Liberal | Anil Giga | 3,032 | 26.48% | 17.97% | ||
| Total | 11,452 | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 22 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 29,242 | % | ||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -9.53% | ||||
1986
| 1986 Alberta general election results[8] | Turnout 32.87% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Progressive Conservative | Stan Nelson | 5,418 | 63.12% | -13.38% | ||
| New Democratic | Ken Richmond | 2,435 | 28.37% | 16.68% | ||
| Liberal | John Gleason | 730 | 8.51% | * | ||
| Total | 8,583 | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 18 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 26,167 | % | ||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -15.03% | ||||
1982
| 1982 Alberta general election results[9] | Turnout 53.84% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Progressive Conservative | Stan Nelson | 17,493 | 76.50% | 5.96% | ||
| New Democratic | Dennis Bennett | 2,673 | 11.69% | 4.22% | ||
| Western Canada Concept | Terry Wolsey | 1,728 | 7.56% | * | ||
| Independent | Don Bryant | 852 | 3.73% | * | ||
| Alberta Reform Movement | Grand Majanja | 120 | 0.52% | * | ||
| Total | 22,866 | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 31 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 42,524 | % | ||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 5.09% | ||||
1979
| 1979 Alberta general election results[10] | Turnout 51.93% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Progressive Conservative | Andrew Little | 7,918 | 70.54% | 5.44% | ||
| Social Credit | Jim Richards | 1,757 | 15.65% | -8.65% | ||
| New Democratic | Dave Hammond | 838 | 7.47% | -0.34% | ||
| Liberal | Ron Chahal | 691 | 6.16% | 3.02% | ||
| Communist | Michael Parker | 20 | 0.18% | 0.15% | * | |
| Total | 11,224 | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 25 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 17,309 | % | ||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 7.05% | ||||
1975
| 1975 Alberta general election results[11] | Turnout 50.68% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Progressive Conservative | Andrew Little | 9,102 | 65.10% | 28.49% | ||
| Social Credit | George Ho Lem | 3,397 | 24.30% | -20.43% | ||
| New Democratic | Doreen Heath | 997 | 7.13% | -10.21% | ||
| Liberal | Garry Willis | 440 | 3.14% | 1.83% | ||
| Communist | Colin Constant | 46 | 0.33% | * | ||
| Total | 13,982 | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 41 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 17,309 | % | ||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit | Swing | 24.46% | ||||
1971
| 1971 Alberta general election results[12] | Turnout 67.64% | Swing | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal | |
| Social Credit | George Ho Lem | 5,116 | 44.73% | |||
| Progressive Conservative | John Kushner | 4,187 | 36.61% | |||
| New Democratic | Ted Takacs | 1,984 | 17.34% | |||
| Liberal | Natalie Chapman | 151 | 1.32% | * | ||
| Total | 11,438 | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 270 | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 17,309 | % | ||||
| Social Credit gain | Swing | N/A | ||||
Senate nominee election results
2004
| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-McCall[13] | Turnout 33.85% | |||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % votes | % ballots | Rank | |
| Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 3,007 | 14.53% | 47.53% | 1 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 2,488 | 12.02% | 39.32% | 2 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 2,476 | 11.97% | 39.13% | 5 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 2,019 | 9.76% | 31.91% | 3 | |
| Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 1,946 | 9.40% | 30.76% | 6 | |
| Independent | Link Byfield | 1,938 | 9.37% | 30.63% | 4 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 1,803 | 8.71% | 28.50% | 10 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 1,726 | 8.34% | 27.28% | 7 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 1,721 | 8.32% | 27.20% | 8 | |
| Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,569 | 7.58% | 24.80% | 9 | |
| Total votes | 20,693 | 100% | ||||
| Total ballots | 6,327 | 3.27 votes per ballot | ||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 1,062 | |||||
| 21,831 eligible electors | ||||||
Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot
Student vote results
2004
| Participating schools[14] |
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| Bethel Christian Academy |
| Grant MacEwan Elementary School |
| James Fowler High School |
| Terry Fox Junior High School |
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.
| 2004 Alberta student vote results[15] | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | Shiraz Shariff | 290 | 38.26% | |
| Liberal | Darshan Kang | 272 | 35.88% | |
| Green | Sean Brocklesby | 94 | 12.40% | |
| NDP | Preet Sihota | 68 | 8.97% | |
| Alberta Alliance | Ina Given | 34 | 4.49% | |
| Total | 758 | 100% | ||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 32 | |||