Calgary Centre-North
Former federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada
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Calgary Centre-North (formerly known as Calgary North Centre) was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015. It was a mixed urban and suburban constituency in Calgary – with a dense urban area close to the Bow River in the south and suburbs in the north of the riding, west of Deerfoot Trail and east of Nose Hill Park.
 Alberta electoral district | |
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Calgary Centre-North in relation to the other Calgary ridings | |
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 2003 |
| District abolished | 2013 |
| First contested | 2004 |
| Last contested | 2011 |
| District webpage | profile, map |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2011)[1] | 114,784 |
| Electors (2011) | 83,832 |
| Area (km²)[2] | 48.05 |
| Census division | Division No. 6 |
| Census subdivision | Calgary |
History
This riding was created as "Calgary North Centre" in 2003 from Calgary Centre (38%), Calgary—Nose Hill (38%) and Calgary Northeast (24%).
In 2004, it was renamed "Calgary Centre-North". In 2013, it was abolished and redistributed into Calgary Confederation (67%) and Calgary Nose Hill (33%) ridings.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Calgary North Centre | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Calgary Centre, Calgary Northeast and Calgary—Nose Hill |
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| 38th | 2004–2006 | Jim Prentice | Conservative | |
| Calgary Centre-North | ||||
| 39th | 2006–2008 | Jim Prentice | Conservative | |
| 40th | 2008–2010 | |||
| 41st | 2011–2015 | Michelle Rempel | ||
| Riding dissolved into Calgary Confederation and Calgary Nose Hill | ||||
Election results
Calgary Centre-North
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Michelle Rempel Garner | 28,443 | 56.53 | –0.01 | $81,987.23 | |||
| New Democratic | Paul Vargis | 8,048 | 15.99 | +0.67 | $14,987.13 | |||
| Liberal | Stephen Randall | 7,046 | 14.00 | +2.22 | $55,715.23 | |||
| Green | Heather MacIntosh | 6,578 | 13.07 | –2.20 | $42,839.60 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Margaret Peggy Askin | 203 | 0.40 | +0.02 | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 50,318 | 99.60 | – | $90,413.51 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 200 | 0.40 | +0.03 | |||||
| Turnout | 50,518 | 59.71 | +3.42 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 84,609 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –0.34 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[3][4][5] | ||||||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Jim Prentice | 27,361 | 56.54 | +0.54 | $69,415.18 | |||
| New Democratic | John Chan | 7,413 | 15.32 | –1.46 | $24,843.71 | |||
| Green | Eric Donovan | 7,392 | 15.27 | +3.46 | $19,802.30 | |||
| Liberal | Doug James | 5,699 | 11.78 | –1.92 | $12,025.64 | |||
| Libertarian | Jason E. McNeil | 345 | 0.71 | – | $3,354.62 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Margaret Peggy Askin | 184 | 0.38 | +0.03 | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 48,394 | 99.64 | – | $88,581.95 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 177 | 0.36 | –0.02 | |||||
| Turnout | 48,571 | 56.29 | –7.51 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 86,287 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –0.46 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[6][7][8] | ||||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Jim Prentice | 31,174 | 56.00 | +1.81 | $68,692.06 | |||
| New Democratic | John Chan | 9,341 | 16.78 | +4.65 | $20,639.09 | |||
| Liberal | Matthew Moody | 7,628 | 13.70 | –7.66 | $15,651.89 | |||
| Green | Mark MacGillivray | 6,573 | 11.81 | +0.57 | $7,133.24 | |||
| Independent | Michael Falconar | 383 | 0.69 | –0.04 | $1,118.01 | |||
| First Peoples National | Doug Dokis | 206 | 0.37 | – | $717.70 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Margaret Peggy Askin | 194 | 0.35 | +0.00 | $60.00 | |||
| Canadian Action | James Kohut | 168 | 0.30 | – | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 55,667 | 99.62 | – | $84,783.07 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 213 | 0.38 | +0.02 | |||||
| Turnout | 55,880 | 63.80 | +2.83 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 87,581 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +3.23 | ||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[9][10][11] | ||||||||
Calgary North Centre
| 2004 Canadian federal election: Calgary North Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Jim Prentice | 28,143 | 54.19 | – | $54,480.31 | |||
| Liberal | Cathy McClusky | 11,093 | 21.36 | – | $43,209.00 | |||
| New Democratic | John Chan | 6,298 | 12.13 | – | $15,356.72 | |||
| Green | Mark MacGillivray | 5,840 | 11.24 | – | $4,032.78 | |||
| Independent | Michael Falconar | 380 | 0.73 | – | $3,176.06 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Margaret Peggy Askin | 184 | 0.35 | – | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 51,938 | 99.64 | – | $81,240.04 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 188 | 0.36 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 52,126 | 60.97 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 85,490 | |||||||
| Conservative gain from | Swing | N/A | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[12][13][14] | ||||||||