Canadian federal election results in Calgary

Seats obtained by party

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This is page shows results of Canadian federal elections in the city of Calgary, Alberta.

Regional profile

Calgary is by far the most conservative major city in Canada. This political leaning goes back to the days prior to Alberta's creation as a province, when what was to become Southern Alberta (the Kickinghorse Pass) was selected over Central Alberta (Yellowhead Pass) for the route of the new Canadian Pacific Railway under the auspices of Prime Minister John A. Macdonald.

Prior to Alberta joining confederation in 1905, Calgary (and most of what is now Alberta) was represented by the riding of Alberta (Provisional District). From 1904 to 1917, the riding of Calgary represented Calgary. It was then split into two ridings (Calgary East and Calgary West).

Like rural Alberta, Calgary was a clean sweep for the main right-wing party of the day in all but one election from 1972 to 2011: Progressive Conservatives through 1988, Reform in 1993 and 1997, the Canadian Alliance in 2000 and Conservative since 2004. The one break with this tradition came in 2000, when PC leader Joe Clark took Calgary Centre. Clark's notability of being a former prime minister and the controversy of Stockwell Day's stances on same-sex marriage being an issue that caused many voters in that riding to turn away from Canadian Alliance candidate Eric Lowther and support Clark instead. With Clark having retired by the next election, Calgary returned to a Conservative sweep from 2004 to 2011. The Conservatives won an outright majority of the votes cast in each Calgary riding during this time, with vote-splitting of the residual minority of the vote among the Liberals, New Democratic Party (NDP) and Greens causing none of the races to be even close.

This trend was broken in the November 26, 2012 Calgary Centre by-election, where Liberal Harvey Locke made a formidable showing, capturing nearly 33% of the vote, leaving Conservative Joan Crockatt to capture the riding with just under 37% of the vote. Not only was this well short of a majority, but it was the closest that a centre-left party had come to taking a Calgary riding in memory. The Liberals have increasing support, especially in the centre, and the recent seat re-distributions made Calgary Centre and several other ridings somewhat less safe for the Conservatives. Meanwhile, the NDP has similar overall levels of support as the Liberals, while the Greens are stronger in Calgary than most other areas, with the potential to finish ahead of the Liberals or NDP in some ridings (as is sometimes the case in rural Alberta).

Conservative support is strongest in Calgary Heritage (formerly Calgary Southwest, the riding of Stephen Harper) and Calgary Midnapore (formerly Calgary Southeast, the riding of Jason Kenney), two of the most affluent and ethnically homogeneous Calgary ridings where Conservative support routinely tops 70%. The visible minority communities in Calgary are clustered in the ridings of Calgary Skyview (formerly Calgary Northeast) and Calgary Forest Lawn (formerly Calgary East); however, these two ridings routinely have among the lowest voter turnout levels in urban Canada.

In 2015, Calgary Centre fell to Kent Hehr, the longtime Liberal MLA for Calgary-Buffalo. Calgary Skyview voted for Liberal Darshan Kang. They were the first Liberal MPs elected from Calgary since Pat Mahoney served a single term for Calgary South from 1968 to 1972. As a measure of how deeply conservative Calgary has historically been, the Liberals had only elected three MPs from Calgary-based ridings in their entire history prior to 2015, each for only one term. The city reverted to form in 2019, with the Conservatives again taking all of Calgary amid the massive "blue wave" that swept through Alberta, winning all ten of the city's seats by 10,000 votes or more.

Votes by party throughout time

Election	Liberal	Conservative	New Democratic	Green	People's	PC	Reform / Alliance	Others
1979	57,969 25.4%	—	20,772 9.1%	—	—	144,812 63.5%	—	4,468 2.0%
1980	53,142 25.4%	—	16,583 7.9%	—	—	129,396 61.9%	—	9,929 4.7%
1984	41,144 14.9%	—	32,267 11.7%	1,366 0.5%	—	194,111 70.4%	—	6,748 2.4%
1988	41,200 12.5%	—	43,892 13.3%	670 0.2%	—	194,795 58.9%	46,744 14.1%	3,155 1.0%
1993	82,235 23.8%	—	9,296 2.7%	1,602 0.5%	—	55,971 16.2%	183,772 53.1%	13,098 3.8%
1997	77,322 24.9%	—	12,632 4.1%	2,397 0.8%	—	59,807 19.3%	155,183 50.0%	3,329 1.1%
2000	59,697 16.4%	—	12,701 3.5%	4,649 1.3%	—	79,077 21.7%	206,584 56.6%	2,118 0.6%
2004	88,133 23.1%	232,706 60.9%	30,050 7.9%	28,631 7.5%	—	—	—	2,795 0.7%
2006	69,260 16.1%	277,693 64.7%	43,157 10.1%	36,441 8.5%	—	—	—	2,656 0.6%
2008	54,446 14.2%	243,255 63.4%	34,588 9.0%	42,525 11.1%	—	—	—	8,785 2.3%
2011	57,282 13.7%	275,317 65.9%	51,691 12.4%	32,087 7.7%	—	—	—	1,603 0.4%
2015	192,749 33.1%	328,225 56.3%	41,124 7.1%	14,569 2.5%	—	—	—	6,146 1.1%
2019	111,341 18.1%	405,208 65.8%	60,856 9.9%	22,739 3.7%	11,424 1.9%	—	—	4,084 0.7%
2021	128,173 22.5%	304,967 53.4%	95,559 16.7%	10,113 1.8%	25,940 4.5%	—	—	5,983 1.0%

Vote share by party

  Liberal

  Conservative

  New Democratic

  Green

  People's

  Reform (defunct)

  Alliance (defunct)

  Progressive Conservative (defunct)

2021

Main article: 2021 Canadian federal election

Parties		1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
	Conservative	9	1	0	0	0
	Liberal	1	6	3	0	0
	New Democratic	0	3	7	0	0
	People's	0	0	0	9	0
	Green	0	0	0	1	9

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	Liberal		Conservative		NDP		Green		PPC		Other
Calgary Centre		Sabrina Grover 17,593		Greg McLean 30,375		Juan Estevez Moreno 9,694		Austin Mullins 971			575			Greg McLean
Calgary Confederation		Murray Sigler 17,560		Len Webber 28,367		Gulshan Akter 10,561		Natalie Odd 2,295		Edward Gao 2,670	178			Len Webber
Calgary Forest Lawn		Jordan Stein 9,608		Jasraj Hallan 15,434		Keira Gunn 6,254		Carey Rutherford 699		Dwayne Holub 2,468	185			Jasraj Hallan
Calgary Heritage		Scott Forsyth 8,960		Bob Benzen 30,870		Kathleen M. Johnson 9,320		Malka Labell 766		Bailey Bedard 2,682	944			Bob Benzen
Calgary Midnapore		Zarnab Zafar 7,947		Stephanie Kusie 39,147		Gurmit Bhachu 11,826		Shaun T. Pulsifer 868		Jonathan Hagel 3,930	812			Stephanie Kusie
Calgary Nose Hill		Jessica Dale-Walker 10,311		Michelle Rempel Garner 28,001		Khalis Ahmed 8,500		Judson Hansell 636		Kyle Scott 2,324	621			Michelle Rempel Garner
Calgary Rocky Ridge		Shahnaz Munir 14,693		Pat Kelly 36,034		Jena Dianne Kieren 10,748		Catriona Wright 1,052		Rory Macleod 3,003	554			Pat Kelly
Calgary Shepard		Cam Macdonald 10,303		Tom Kmiec 44,411		Raj Jessel 12,103		Evelyn Tanaka 1,300		Ron Vaillant 4,284	1,158			Tom Kmiec
Calgary Signal Hill		Shawn Duncan 11,106		Ron Liepert 35,217		Patrick King 8,863		Keiran Corrigall 1,094		Nick Debrey 2,859	568			Ron Liepert
Calgary Skyview		George Chahal 20,092		Jag Sahota 17,111		Gurinder Singh Gill 7,690		Janna So 432		Harry Dhillon 1,720	388			Jag Sahota

2019

Main article: 2019 Canadian federal election

2015

Main article: 2015 Canadian federal election

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	Conservative		NDP		Liberal		Green		Libertarian		Other
Calgary Centre		Joan Crockatt 27,746 45.30%		Jillian Ratti 3,412 5.57%		Kent Hehr 28,496 46.52%		Thana Boonlert 1,347 2.20%				Yogi Henderson (Ind.) 248 0.40%		Joan Crockatt
Calgary Confederation		Len Webber 30,669 45.91%		Kirk Heuser 4,770 7.14%		Matt Grant 29,083 43.53%		Natalie Odd 2,146 3.21%				Kevan Hunter (M-L) 140 0.21%		Michelle Rempel‡ Calgary Centre-North
Calgary Forest Lawn		Deepak Obhrai 19,694 47.98%		Abdou Souraya 4,006 9.76%		Cam Stewart 14,762 35.96%		Judson Hansell 1,229 2.99%		Matt Badura 832 2.03%		Jason Devine (Comm.) 390 0.95%		Deepak Obhrai Calgary East
												Max Veress (DAPC) 134 0.33%
Calgary Heritage		Stephen J. Harper 37,263 63.77%		Matt Masters Burgener 4,255 7.28%		Brendan Miles 15,172 25.97%		Kelly Christie 1,246 2.13%		Steven Paolasini 246 0.42%		Nicolas Duchastel de Montrouge (Ind.) 61 0.10%		Stephen Harper Calgary Southwest
												Larry R. Heather (Ind.) 114 0.20%
												Korry Zepik (Ind.) 73 0.12%
Calgary Midnapore		Jason Kenney 42,415 66.73%		Laura Weston 4,915 7.73%		Haley Brown 14,396 22.65%		Brennan Wauters 1,691 2.66%				Peggy Askin (M-L) 145 0.23%		Jason Kenney Calgary Southeast
Calgary Nose Hill		Michelle Rempel 32,760 60.04%		Bruce Kaufman 4,836 8.86%		Robert Prcic 14,671 26.89%		Laurie Scheer 1,384 2.54%		Edward Gao 727 1.33%		Faizan Butt (DAPC) 184 0.34%		Diane Ablonczy† Calgary—Nose Hill
Calgary Rocky Ridge		Pat Kelly 38,229 60.40%		Stephanie Kot 3,665 5.79%		Nirmala Naidoo 20,038 31.66%		Catriona Wright 1,360 2.15%					New District
Calgary Shepard		Tom Kmiec 43,706 65.87%		Dany Allard 4,532 6.83%		Jerome James 16,379 24.69%		Graham MacKenzie 1,734 2.61%					New District
Calgary Signal Hill		Ron Liepert 37,858 60.55%		Khalis Ahmed 3,128 5.00%		Kerry Cundal 19,108 30.56%		Taryn Knorren 1,586 2.54%		Tim Moen 679 1.09%		Jesse Rau (CHP) 160 0.26%		Rob Anders§ Calgary West
Calgary Skyview		Devinder Shory 17,885 39.75%		Sahajvir Singh 3,605 8.01%		Darshan Singh Kang 20,644 45.88%		Ed Reddy 846 1.88%				Daniel Blanchard (M-L) 88 0.20%		Devinder Shory Calgary Northeast
												Najeeb Butt (PC) 957 2.13%
												Stephen Garvey (DAPC) 786 1.75%
												Joseph Young (Ind.) 182 0.40%

2011

Main article: 2011 Canadian federal election

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	Conservative		Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
Calgary Centre		Lee Richardson 28,401 57.68%		Jennifer Pollock 8,631 17.53%		Donna Marlis Montgomery 7,314 14.86%		William Hamilton 4,889 9.93%				Lee Richardson
Calgary Centre-North		Michelle Rempel 28,443 56.53%		Stephen James Randall 7,046 14.00%		Paul Vargis 8,048 15.99%		Heather MacIntosh 6,578 13.07%		Peggy Askin (M-L) 203 0.40%		Vacant
Calgary East		Deepak Obhrai 23,372 67.43%		Josipa Petrunic 4,102 11.83%		Al Brown 4,894 14.12%		Scott W. Milton 2,047 5.91%		Jason Devine (Comm.) 246 0.71%		Deepak Obhrai
Calgary Northeast		Devinder Shory 23,550 56.80%		Cam Stewart 11,487 27.71%		Colette Singh 4,262 10.28%		Sheila Brown-Eckersley 1,953 4.71%		Daniel Blanchard (M-L) 206 0.50%		Devinder Shory
Calgary—Nose Hill		Diane Ablonczy 40,384 70.17%		Margaret McLeod 6,501 11.30%		Collin Anderson 7,189 12.49%		Tony Hajj 3,480 6.05%				Diane Ablonczy
Calgary Southeast		Jason Kenney 48,173 76.26%		Brian N. MacPhee 4,020 6.36%		Kirk Oates 6,482 10.26%		Brett Spencer 4,079 6.46%		Antoni Grochowski (Ind.) 225 0.36%		Jason Kenney
										Paul Fromm (WBP) 193 0.31%
Calgary Southwest		Stephen J Harper 42,998 75.12%		Marlene Lamontagne 4,121 7.20%		Holly Heffernan 6,823 11.92%		Kelly Christie 2,991 5.23%		Larry R. Heather (Ind.) 303 0.53%		Stephen Harper
Calgary West		Robert Anders 39,996 62.16%		Janice Kinch 11,374 17.68%		Shawna Knowles 6,679 10.38%		Anna Lisa Wagner 6,070 9.43%		André Vachon (M-L) 227 0.35%		Robert Anders

2008

Main article: 2008 Canadian federal election

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	Conservative		Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
Calgary Centre		Lee Richardson 26,085 55.60%		Heesung Kim 8,402 17.91%		Tyler Kinch 4,229 9.01%		Natalie Odd 7,778 16.58%		Antony Tony Grochowski (Ind.) 420 0.90%		Lee Richardson
Calgary Centre-North		Jim Prentice 27,361 56.54%		Doug James 5,699 11.78%		John Chan 7,413 15.32%		Eric Donovan 7,392 15.27%		Peggy Askin (M-L) 184 0.38%		Jim Prentice
										Jason E. McNeil (Libert.) 345 0.71%
Calgary East		Deepak Obhrai 21,311 66.47%		Bernie Kennedy 3,255 10.15%		Ian Vaughan 3,768 11.75%		Nathan David Coates 3,403 10.61%		Jason Devine (Comm.) 323 1.01%		Deepak Obhrai
Calgary Northeast		Devinder Shory 18,917 51.52%		Sanam S. Kang 7,433 20.24%		Vinay Dey 3,279 8.93%		Abeed Monty Ahmad 2,045 5.57%		Daniel Blanchard (M-L) 211 0.57%		Art Hanger†
										Roger Richard (NA) 4,836 13.17%
Calgary—Nose Hill		Diane Ablonczy 35,029 69.62%		Anoush Newman 6,657 13.23%		Stephanie Sundberg 3,941 7.83%		Tony Hajj 4,685 9.31%				Diane Ablonczy
Calgary Southeast		Jason Kenney 41,425 73.89%		Brad Carroll 4,878 8.70%		Chris Willott 4,024 7.18%		Margaret Chandler 5,736 10.23%				Jason Kenney
Calgary Southwest		Stephen Harper 38,548 72.96%		Marlene Lamontagne 4,918 9.31%		Holly Heffernan 4,102 7.76%		Kelly Christie 4,743 8.98%		Larry R. Heather (CHP) 256 0.48%		Stephen Harper
										Dennis Young (Libert.) 265 0.50%
Calgary West		Rob Anders 34,579 57.36%		Jennifer Pollock 13,204 21.90%		Teale Phelps Bondaroff 3,832 6.36%		Randy Weeks 6,722 11.15%		Kirk Schmidt (Ind.) 1,790 2.97%		Rob Anders
										André Vachon (M-L) 155 0.26%

2006

Main article: 2006 Canadian federal election

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	Liberal		Conservative		NDP		Green		Canadian Action		Other
Calgary Centre		Heesung Kim 10,464 19.19%		Lee Richardson 30,213 55.41%		Brian Pincott 7,227 13.25%		John N. Johnson 6,372 11.69%		Trevor Grover 250 0.46%				Lee Richardson
Calgary Centre-North		Matthew Moody 7,628 13.70%		Jim Prentice 31,174 56.00%		John Chan 9,341 16.78%		Mark MacGillivray 6,573 11.81%		James S. Kohut 168 0.30%		Margaret Peggy Askin (M-L) 194 0.35%		Jim Prentice
												Doug Dokis (FPNP) 206 0.37%
												Michael Falconar (Ind.) 383 0.69%
Calgary East		Dobie To 5,410 13.56%		Deepak Obhrai 26,766 67.10%		Patrick Arnell 4,338 10.87%		John Mark Taylor 2,954 7.41%		Ghazanfar Khan 183 0.46%		Jason Devine (Comm.) 239 0.60%		Deepak Obhrai
Calgary Northeast		Jaswinder S. Johal 9,241 22.06%		Art Hanger 27,169 64.86%		Tyler Ragan 3,284 7.84%		Trung Nguyen 1,833 4.38%				Ron Sanderson (Ind.) 364 0.87%		Art Hanger
Calgary—Nose Hill		Ted Haney 9,443 17.10%		Diane Ablonczy 37,815 68.49%		Bruce Kaufman 4,385 7.94%		Juliet Burgess 3,573 6.47%						Diane Ablonczy
Calgary Southeast		James Ludwar 6,193 10.35%		Jason Kenney 44,987 75.18%		Eric Leavitt 4,584 7.66%		Gus Gutoski 4,076 6.81%						Jason Kenney
Calgary Southwest		Mike Swanson 6,553 11.41%		Stephen J. Harper 41,549 72.36%		Holly Heffernan 4,628 8.06%		Kim Warnke 4,407 7.68%				Larry R. Heather (CHP) 279 0.49%		Stephen Harper
Calgary West		Jennifer Pollock 14,328 22.12%		Rob Anders 38,020 58.71%		Teale Phelps Bondaroff 5,370 8.29%		Danielle Roberts 6,653 10.27%		Tim Cayzer 265 0.41%		André Vachon (M-L) 125 0.19%		Rob Anders

2004

Main article: 2004 Canadian federal election

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	Liberal		Conservative		NDP		Green		Other
Calgary East		James Maxim 7,621		Deepak Obhrai 21,897		Elizabeth Thomas 3,535		Dean Kenneth Christie 2,529	245			Deepak Obhrai
Calgary North Centre		Cathy Mcclusky 11,093		Jim Prentice 28,143		John Chan 6,298		Mark Macgillivray 5,840	564		New district
Calgary Northeast		Dale Muti 8,672		Art Hanger 21,924		Giorgio Cattabeni 2,682		Morgan Duford 1,658	291			Art Hanger
Calgary Centre		Julia Turnbull 15,305		Lee Richardson 26,192		Keith Purdy 4,350		Phillip K. Liesemer 5,080	274			Lee Richardson
Calgary Southeast		Jim Tanner 8,488		Jason Kenney 36,843		Brian Pincott 3,419		George Read 3,142				Jason Kenney
Calgary Southwest		Avalon Roberts 9,501		Stephen Harper 35,297		Daria Fox 2,884		Darcy Kraus 3,210	745			Stephen Harper
Calgary West		Justin Thompson 16,402		Rob Anders 31,322		Tim Patterson 3,632		Danielle Roberts 4,274	402			Rob Anders
Calgary—Nose Hill		Ted Haney 11,051		Diane Ablonczy 31,088		Vinay Dey 3,250		Richard Larson 2,898				Diane Ablonczy

2000

Main article: 2000 Canadian federal election

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	Liberal		Canadian Alliance		PC		NDP		Green		Other
Calgary Centre		Joanne Levy 5,630		Eric Lowther 22,054		Joe Clark 26,358		Don Lepan 1,604		Michael Alvarez-Toye 1,170	426			Eric Lowther
Calgary East		Doug Perras 6,843		Deepak Obhrai 18,141		Roger Richard 5,510		Kaie Jones 1,444			1,498			Deepak Obhrai
Calgary Northeast		Sam Keshavjee 9,841		Art Hanger 28,242		Jerry Vague 5,222		H. Ken Sahil 1,852						Art Hanger
Calgary Southeast		Dana Peace 6,646		Jason Kenney 34,492		Ray Clark 11,353		Giorgio Cattabeni 1,111		James Stephen Kohut 931				Jason Kenney
Calgary Southwest		Barry J. Rust 7,954		Preston Manning 34,529		Paul Monaghan 8,679		Jennifer Stewart 2,113						Preston Manning
Calgary West		Frank Bruseker 11,181		Rob Anders 33,222		Jim Silye 13,259		Greg Klassen 2,350		Evan Osenton 1,456				Rob Anders
Calgary—Nose Hill		Brian Thiessen 11,602		Diane Ablonczy 35,904		James F. Mcardle 8,696		Jon Adams 2,227		Andrew Pickles 1,092	194			Diane Ablonczy

1997

Main article: 1997 Canadian federal election

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	Liberal		Reform		PC		NDP		Green		Other
Calgary Centre		Bev Longstaff 16,231		Eric Lowther 19,936		Rob Gray 9,230		Duncan Green 3,011		Andrea Welling 893	440			Jim Silye
Calgary East		Nagah Hage 6,766		Deepak Obhrai 13,348		Roger Richard 7,306		Kaie Jones 1,926			329		New district
Calgary Northeast		John Phillips 8,646		Art Hanger 18,719		Suzanne Sawyer 5,815		Bruce Potter 1,209			1,531			Art Hanger
Calgary Southeast		Patti-Anne Kay 8,131		Jason Kenney 24,602		Carol Kraychy 10,567		Jason Ness 1,176			235			Jan Brown
Calgary Southwest		Paul Drager 9,706		Preston Manning 27,912		Jan Brown 8,617		Mara Vogel 1,322		Sol Candel 310	264			Preston Manning
Calgary West		Dave Bronconnier 15,277		Rob Anders 24,878		Sergei Scurfield 9,594		Michael Kozakavich 2,105		Jack Locke 557	293			Stephen Harper
Calgary—Nose Hill		James Maxim 12,565		Diane Ablonczy 25,788		Pat Murray 8,678		Andrea Garnier 1,883		Frank Young 637	237			Diane Ablonczy Calgary North