Calgary (federal electoral district)
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 Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1903 |
| District abolished | 1914 |
| First contested | 1905 |
| Last contested | 1911 |
Calgary was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1917. It was located initially in the North-West Territories. Following the creation of the province of Alberta in 1905, the riding was located in that province. (From 1905 to 1907, Calgary riding also included parts of Saskatchewan.)
Members of Parliament
This riding was created in 1903, and abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed between Calgary West, East Calgary and Macleod ridings.
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Calgary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Alberta | ||||
| 10th | 1905–1908 | Maitland Stewart McCarthy | Conservative | |
| 11th | 1908–1911 | |||
| 12th | 1911–1917 | Richard Bennett | ||
| Riding dissolved into Calgary West, East Calgary and Macleod |
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Election results
| 1911 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | R. B. Bennett | 7,671 | 58.15 | +8.49 | ||||
| Liberal | Isaac Stephen Gerow Van Wart | 4,805 | 36.42 | –4.93 | ||||
| Unknown | Arthur Masters | 716 | 5.43 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 13,192 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | unknown | |||||||
| Turnout | 13,192 | 75.44 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 17,486 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +6.71 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[1][2] | ||||||||
| 1908 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Maitland Stewart McCarthy | 4,105 | 49.66 | –4.38 | ||||
| Liberal | Charles John Stewart | 3,418 | 41.35 | –4.61 | ||||
| Socialist | Frank Sherman | 743 | 8.99 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,266 | 99.23 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 64 | 0.77 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 8,330 | 81.63 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 10,205 | |||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[3][4] | ||||||||
| 1904 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Maitland Stewart McCarthy | 2,993 | 54.04 | – | ||||
| Liberal | Charles John Stewart | 2,545 | 45.96 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,538 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | unknown | |||||||
| Turnout | 5,538 | 74.37 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 7,447 | |||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[5][6] | ||||||||
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