Calgary Forest Lawn
 Alberta electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Calgary Forest Lawn in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order. | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Conservative | ||
| District created | 2013 | ||
| First contested | 2015 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011)[1] | 108,251 | ||
| Electors (2015) | 74,620 | ||
| Area (km²)[1] | 53 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 2,042.5 | ||
| Census division(s) | Division No. 6 | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Calgary | ||
Calgary Forest Lawn is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.
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.[2] It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of Calgary East and Calgary Northeast.[3]
Demographics
- According to the Canada 2011 Census[4][4]
Ethnic groups: 47.4% White, 11.0% South Asian, 7.9% Filipino, 6.7% Southeast Asian, 6.1% Black, 5.2% Chinese, 5.0% Arab, 5.0% Indigenous, 2.6% Latino, 3.1% Other
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)
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary Forest Lawn Riding created from Calgary East and Calgary Northeast |
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| 42nd | 2015–present | Deepak Obhrai | Conservative | |
Election results
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Deepak Obhrai | 19,694 | 47.98 | –15.37 | $94,875.17 | |||
| Liberal | Cam Stewart | 14,762 | 35.96 | +18.50 | $22,574.93 | |||
| New Democratic | Abdou Souraya | 4,006 | 9.76 | –3.39 | $36,479.40 | |||
| Green | Judson Hansell | 1,229 | 2.99 | –2.31 | $2,422.51 | |||
| Libertarian | Matt Badura | 832 | 2.03 | – | – | |||
| Communist | Jason Devine | 390 | 0.95 | – | – | |||
| Democratic Advancement | Max Veress | 134 | 0.33 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 41,047 | 100.00 | $207,423.03 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 345 | 0.83 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 41,392 | 55.47 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 74,620 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –16.93 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5][6] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[7] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
References
- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 2011
- ^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
- ^ Report – Alberta
- ^ a b http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=48006&Data=Count&SearchText=calgary&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1
- ^ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Calgary Forest Lawn (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
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