Calgary Midnapore is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015. It has been represented by Stephanie Kusie since she won the 2017 by-election.
Calgary Midnapore was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, which was held in October 2015.Elections Canada site It was created mostly out of the former seat of Calgary Southeast, with smaller portions coming from Calgary Southwest and Macleod.Elections Canada site It is named for the Midnapore neighbourhood.
While Calgary has long tilted rightward, Calgary Midnapore is located in a particularly conservative area of Calgary. Counting its time as Calgary Southeast, it has always been held by a member of the major right-wing party of the day, often by large margins. After neighbouring Calgary Heritage (the former Calgary Southwest), it is the second-safest Conservative riding in Calgary.
Boundaries Consisting of that part of the City of Calgary described as follows: commencing at the intersection of Macleod Trail S with Glenmore Trail SE (Highway No. 8); thence generally easterly along Glenmore Trail SE (Highway No. 8) to the left bank of the Bow River; thence generally southerly along said bank, including all islands adjacent to the river bank, to the southerly limit of said city; thence southerly, westerly and generally northwesterly along the southerly and westerly limits of said city to Spruce Meadows Way SW; thence northerly along said way and northerly and easterly along James McKevitt Road SW to Macleod Trail S; thence generally northerly along said trail to the point of commencement.Elections Canada website
Demographics In 2013, a total of 111,227 persons lived in the riding's boundaries.Find a Conservative website Of these, 86,000 spoke English as their "mother tongue" and 1,650 claimed French as their native language.[Statistics Canada. 2012. Calgary Midnapore, Alberta (Code 48008) and Alberta (Code 48) (table). Census Profile. 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-XWE. Ottawa. Released October 24, 2012. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed August 3, 2015). Statistics Canada website] Of the more than 20,000 who spoke English as a second language, or not at all, the next largest group was the over 2,600 who spoke Tagalog (Filipino).[Statistics Canada. 2012. Calgary Midnapore, Alberta (Code 48008) and Alberta (Code 48) (table). Census Profile. 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-XWE. Ottawa. Released October 24, 2012. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed August 3, 2015). Statistics Canada website] The number of residents who spoke English as their first official Canadian language was 107,320, and 1,580 spoke French as their primary official language.
+ Panethnic groups in Calgary Midnapore (2011−2021)Panethnicgroup202120162011 European 88,255 89,705 87,600 Southeast Asian 11,115 7,830 5,735 East Asian 6,300 6,070 5,525 South Asian 5,880 4,710 3,090 African 4,445 2,710 1,685 Indigenous 4,225 3,445 2,705 Latin American 3,610 2,470 1,785 Middle Eastern 2,300 1,730 930 Other/Multiracial 1,340 1,250 785 Total responses 127,470 119,920 109,835 Total population 129,110 121,844 111,227
Members of Parliament This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
Election results
2023 representation order
2021 federal election redistributed results Party Vote % Conservative 35,683 60.27 New Democratic 10,974 18.54 Liberal 7,376 12.46 People's 3,603 6.09 Green 796 1.34 Others 773 1.31
2013 representation order
2011 federal election redistributed resultsPundits' Guide to Canadian Elections Party Vote % Conservative 37,022 75.90 New Democratic 5,145 10.55 Green 3,138 6.43 Liberal 3,125 6.41 Others 346 0.71
See also List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
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