Calgary Centre (; formerly known as Calgary South Centre) is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. The riding consists of many young adults who have a relatively high average household income and education level. As the riding encompasses the downtown core and large swaths of apartment blocks in the communities west and south of downtown, Calgary Centre has a low home ownership rate compared to the rest of Canada.
History
The original Calgary Centre was created in 1966 from parts of the former electoral districts of Calgary North and Calgary South. This riding was abolished in the 2003 Representation Order when parts of it went to the neighbouring electoral districts of Calgary North Centre and Calgary West and to Calgary South Centre. The latter was renamed Calgary Centre in 2004. When it was created in 2003 (as Calgary South Centre), it included 70,972 people from the abolished district of Calgary Centre, 38,889 people from Calgary West and 7,578 from Calgary Southwest.
The riding was notable at the 2000 federal election when residents elected former Prime Minister Joe Clark, representing the Progressive Conservatives, making the riding one of the few areas in Alberta that did not elect a candidate from the Canadian Alliance.
This riding lost territory to Calgary Signal Hill and gained territory from Calgary East during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Historical boundaries
Geography The riding contains the neighbourhoods of Downtown Calgary, Beltline, Mission, Cliff Bungalow, Mount Royal, Elbow Park, Scarboro, Sunalta, Shaganappi, Killarney/Glengarry, Richmond, Bankview, South Calgary, Rutland Park, CFB - Currie, Lincoln Park, CFB - Lincoln Park, Altadore, North Glenmore Park, Britannia, Elboya, Windsor Park, Manchester, Bel-Aire, Mayfair, Meadowlark Park, Inglewood, Ramsay, Parkhill, Erlton, Rideau/Roxboro, Eau Claire, Chinatown, Downtown East Village
Demographics Languages (2011): 73.19% English, 4.13% Chinese, 2.09% French, 2.04% Spanish, 1.76% Tagalog, 1.21% Arabic, 1.21% Korean Religions (2001): 32.63% Protestant, 24.52% Catholic, 2.23% Christian Orthodox, 4.88% Other Christian, 2.60% Muslim, 1.09% Jewish, 1.04% Buddhist, 30.14% No religion Median income (2005): $30,729
+ Panethnic groups in Calgary Centre (2011−2021)Panethnicgroup202120162011 European 84,810 82,985 78,590 East Asian 9,690 9,105 8,380 South Asian 7,415 5,360 3,375 African 6,500 4,335 3,505 Southeast Asian 5,295 4,065 3,940 Indigenous 4,170 3,235 2,580 Middle Eastern 3,670 2,760 1,885 Latin American 3,415 2,235 1,995 Other 2,065 1,415 915 Total responses 127,045 115,495 105,150 Total population 130,010 119,176 108,931
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
Current member of Parliament This seat is held by Greg McLean. McLean, a member of the Conservative Party of Canada, was first elected in the 2019 federal election.
Election results
Calgary Centre, 2006–present
2021 federal election redistributed results Party Vote % Conservative 27,761 50.92 Liberal 16,391 30.06 New Democratic 8,955 16.42 Green 887 1.63 Others 527 0.97
2011 federal election redistributed resultsPundits' Guide to Canadian Elections Party Vote % Conservative 22,949 55.37 Liberal 7,926 19.12 New Democratic 6,285 15.16 Green 4,282 10.33 Others 8 0.02
Calgary South Centre, 2004–2005
Results based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is compared to a combination of Progressive Conservative Party and Canadian Alliance totals.
Calgary Centre, 1966–2003
See also List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
Notes
References
2011 results from Elections Canada Canadian Census, 2001 profile of Calgary Centre Canadian Census, 2001 profile of Calgary South Centre Expenditures - 2000 Expenditures - 1997 SI/2003-154: Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act: Proclamation Declaring the Representation Order to be in Force Effective on the First Dissolution of Parliament that Occurs after August 25, 2004, Canada Gazette Part II, Vol. 137, No. 6 Extra, 29 August 2003 2003 Representation Order Transposition of Population
External links Calgary Centre Riding All Candidate Debate (Video and Transcript) for Canadian 2008 Election