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Federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada

Calgary Rocky Ridge is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.

Calgary Rocky Ridge 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, scheduled for October 2015.[3] It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of Calgary—Nose Hill and Calgary West.[4]

Demographics[edit]

Panethnic groups in Calgary Rocky Ridge (2011−2021)
Panethnic
group 		2021[5] 2016[6] 2011[7]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
European[a] 75,910 52.92% 77,590 59.49% 74,795 69.28%
East Asian[b] 19,125 13.33% 17,030 13.06% 12,435 11.52%
South Asian 16,345 11.4% 12,530 9.61% 6,875 6.37%
African 9,290 6.48% 5,630 4.32% 2,600 2.41%
Southeast Asian[c] 8,110 5.65% 6,105 4.68% 3,660 3.39%
Middle Eastern[d] 4,955 3.45% 3,785 2.9% 2,570 2.38%
Latin American 3,395 2.37% 2,965 2.27% 1,940 1.8%
Indigenous 3,100 2.16% 2,470 1.89% 1,795 1.66%
Other/Multiracial[e] 3,200 2.23% 2,315 1.78% 1,285 1.19%
Total responses 143,440 98.7% 130,415 98.93% 107,955 99.13%
Total population 145,326 100% 131,823 100% 108,901 100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.
Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Members of Parliament[edit]

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Election results[edit]

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

2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % Expenditures
Conservative Pat Kelly 48,253 68.3 +7.90 $60,362.31
Liberal Todd Kathol 13,012 18.4 -13.26 $38,880.98
New Democratic Nathan LeBlanc Fortin 6,051 8.6 +2.81 none listed
Green Catriona Wright 2,011 2.8 +0.65 $4,625.33
People’s Tyler Poulin 1,053 1.5 – none listed
Independent Shaoli Wang 270 0.4 – $0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 70,650 100.0
Total rejected ballots 284
Turnout 70,934 72.3
Eligible voters 98,092
Conservative hold Swing +10.58
Source: Elections Canada[9][10][11]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % Expenditures
Conservative Pat Kelly 38,229 60.40 –8.12 $91,014.33
Liberal Nirmala Naidoo 20,038 31.66 +19.01 $42,532.38
New Democratic Stephanie Kot 3,665 5.79 –5.68 $6,715.72
Green Catriona Wright 1,360 2.15 –5.10 $4,178.50
Total valid votes/expense limit 63,292 100.00   $226,211.83
Total rejected ballots 167 0.26 –
Turnout 63,459 72.67 –
Eligible voters 87,323
Conservative hold Swing –13.56
Source: Elections Canada[12][13]
  1. ^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
  2. ^ Statistic includes total responses of “Chinese”, “Korean”, and “Japanese” under visible minority section on census.
  3. ^ Statistic includes total responses of “Filipino” and “Southeast Asian” under visible minority section on census.
  4. ^ Statistic includes total responses of “West Asian” and “Arab” under visible minority section on census.
  5. ^ Statistic includes total responses of “Visible minority, n.i.e.” and “Multiple visible minorities” under visible minority section on census.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
  2. ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
  3. ^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
  4. ^ Report – Alberta
  5. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). “Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population”. www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  6. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). “Census Profile, 2016 Census”. www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  7. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). “NHS Profile”. www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  8. ^ “Election Night Results – Electoral Districts”.
  9. ^ “List of confirmed candidates”. Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  10. ^ “Election Night Results”. Elections Canada. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  11. ^ “Candidate Campaign Returns”. Elections Canada. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  12. ^ “October 19, 2015 Election Results — Calgary Rocky Ridge (Validated results)”. Elections Canada. October 23, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  13. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ Pundits’ Guide to Canadian Elections