Calgary Forest Lawn is a former federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2015 to 2025.
Calgary Forest Lawn was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015. It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of Calgary East and Calgary Northeast.
The 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution transferred the northern neighbourhoods of Coral Springs, Monterey Park, Rundle and Prineridge to the new riding of Calgary McKnight. While the remaining portion was transferred to the newly created riding of Calgary East."New Federal Electoral Map for Alberta". Federal Electoral Districts Redistribution 2022. July 20, 2023. Retrieved November 18th 2024.
It is named after the Calgary neighbourhood of Forest Lawn.
Demographics According to the 2011 Canadian census
Languages: 59.1% English, 5.2% Vietnamese, 4.7% Chinese, 4.7% Tagalog, 4.6% Punjabi, 3.8% Arabic, 2.6% Spanish, 1.5% Urdu, 1.4% French, 12.4% Other Religions: 49.6% Christian, 11.6% Muslim, 6.0% Buddhist, 4.7% Sikh, 2.2% Hindu, 0.7% Other, 25.2% None Median income: $27,331 (2010) Average income: $33,458 (2010)
+ Panethnic groups in Calgary Forest Lawn (2011−2021)Panethnicgroup202120162011 European 40,140 47,305 51,760 Southeast Asian 20,240 18,465 15,810 African 11,595 9,285 6,550 South Asian 11,065 12,740 11,840 Middle Eastern 9,140 7,960 6,065 Indigenous 5,180 5,160 4,555 East Asian 3,850 4,825 5,835 Latin American 2,525 2,775 2,755 Other/Multiracial 3,255 2,575 2,245 Total responses 106,985 111,100 107,425 Total population 107,939 111,830 108,183
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
The seat became vacant on August 2, 2019, with the death of Deepak Obhrai. Since the vacancy occurred less than nine months before the fixed-date general election of October 21, 2019, no by-election was held.
Election results
2011 federal election redistributed resultsPundits' Guide to Canadian Elections Party Vote % Conservative 19,574 63.35 Liberal 5,397 17.47 New Democratic 4,064 13.15 Green 1,638 5.30 Others 227 0.73
List of EDAs
Calgary Forest Lawn Federal Liberal Association Chief Executive Officer: Zachary E.D. Trynacity-Popowich
Financial agent: Lindsay E. Amantea
Calgary Forest Lawn Conservative Association Chief Executive Officer: Dilpreet K. Samra
Calgary Forest Lawn Federal Green Party Association Chief Executive Officer: K. Diann Duthie
Financial agent: Gerald R. Dumontier
Calgary Forest Lawn Federal NDP Riding Association Chief Executive Officer: Maria T. Glavine
Financial agent: Jason J. Nishiyama
Calgary North PPC Association Chief Executive Officer: Marc-Antoine P.G. Lebeau
Financial agent: Ernie E. Rawlyck
Director-At-Large: Isaias Nolasco
See also List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
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