Calgary Centre

Calgary Centre (Template:Langx; 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.

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)

Panethnic group	2021		2016		2011
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
EuropeanTemplate:Efn	84,810		82,985		78,590
East AsianTemplate:Efn	9,690		9,105		8,380
South Asian	7,415		5,360		3,375
African	6,500		4,335		3,505
Southeast AsianTemplate:Efn	5,295		4,065		3,940
Indigenous	4,170		3,235		2,580
Middle EasternTemplate:Efn	3,670		2,760		1,885
Latin American	3,415		2,235		1,995
OtherTemplate:Efn	2,065		1,415		915
Total responses	127,045		115,495		105,150
Total population	130,010		119,176		108,931
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

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

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Graph of election results in Calgary (South) Centre (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Calgary Centre, 2006–present

2021 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
Template:Canadian party colour |	Conservative	27,761	50.92
Template:Canadian party colour |	Liberal	16,391	30.06
Template:Canadian party colour |	New Democratic	8,955	16.42
Template:Canadian party colour |	Green	887	1.63
Template:Canadian party colour |	Others	527	0.97

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
Template:Canadian party colour |	Conservative	22,949	55.37
Template:Canadian party colour |	Liberal	7,926	19.12
Template:Canadian party colour |	New Democratic	6,285	15.16
Template:Canadian party colour |	Green	4,282	10.33
Template:Canadian party colour |	Others	8	0.02

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Calgary South Centre, 2004–2005

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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

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See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

• Template:SCref
• Riding history for Calgary Centre (1966 - 2003) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Calgary South Centre (2003 - 2004) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Calgary Centre (2004 - 2008) from the Library of Parliament
• 2011 results from Elections Canada
• Canadian Census, 2001 profile of Calgary Centre
• Canadian Census, 2001 profile of Calgary South Centre
• Expenditures - 2008
• Expenditures - 2004
• 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