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Federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada
Calgary Skyview is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.
Calgary Skyview 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 the electoral district of Calgary Northeast.[4]
Geography[edit]
The district consists of the Northeasternmost corner of the city of Calgary. It includes the communities surrounding the Calgary International Airport.
Demographics[edit]
- According to the Canada 2011 Census[5]
Languages: 50.0% English, 16.7% Punjabi, 6.5% Urdu, 4.4% Tagalog, 3.7% Chinese, 2.7% Spanish, 1.7% Arabic, 1.5% Vietnamese, 1.4% Hindi, 1.2% Persian, 1.2% French, 1.0% Bengali, 8.0% Other
Religions: 42.4% Christian, 16.3% Sikh, 14.3% Muslim, 4.5% Hindu, 2.2% Buddhist, 0.5% Other, 19.8% None
Median income: $30,961 (2010)
Average income: $37,064 (2010)
Panethnic group |
2021[6] | 2016[7] | 2011[8] | |||||||||||
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Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |||||||||
South Asian | 65,630 | 41.38% | 50,290 | 37.22% | 34,385 | 31.38% | ||||||||
European[a] | 33,480 | 21.11% | 37,870 | 28.03% | 41,315 | 37.7% | ||||||||
Southeast Asian[b] | 21,395 | 13.49% | 16,055 | 11.88% | 11,605 | 10.59% | ||||||||
African | 13,075 | 8.24% | 9,705 | 7.18% | 5,655 | 5.16% | ||||||||
Middle Eastern[c] | 7,620 | 4.8% | 6,315 | 4.67% | 4,335 | 3.96% | ||||||||
East Asian[d] | 6,085 | 3.84% | 5,665 | 4.19% | 5,020 | 4.58% | ||||||||
Latin American | 3,945 | 2.49% | 3,365 | 2.49% | 2,770 | 2.53% | ||||||||
Indigenous | 3,695 | 2.33% | 3,330 | 2.46% | 2,940 | 2.68% | ||||||||
Other/Multiracial[e] | 3,685 | 2.32% | 2,515 | 1.86% | 1,545 | 1.41% | ||||||||
Total responses | 158,605 | 99.35% | 135,110 | 99.54% | 109,575 | 99.44% | ||||||||
Total population | 159,642 | 100% | 135,730 | 100% | 110,189 | 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 Skyview (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn’t run consistently are omitted)
2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
Liberal | Darshan Kang | 20,664 | 45.88 | +17.24 | $125,611.09 | |||
Conservative | Devinder Shory | 17,885 | 39.75 | -16.50 | $155,284.22 | |||
New Democratic | Sahajvir Singh | 3,605 | 8.01 | -2.03 | $91,462.67 | |||
Progressive Canadian | Najeeb Butt | 957 | 2.13 | – | $5,050.00 | |||
Green | Ed Reddy | 846 | 1.88 | -2.75 | $682.50 | |||
Democratic Advancement | Stephen Garvey | 786 | 1.75 | – | $31,134.16 | |||
Independent | Joseph Young | 182 | 0.40 | – | $1,614.02 | |||
Marxist–Leninist | Daniel Blanchard | 88 | 0.20 | –0.24 | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 44,993 | 99.32 | $206,487.35 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 310 | 0.68 | – | |||||
Turnout | 45,303 | 60.72 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 74,604 | |||||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +16.87 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[12][13] |
- ^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of “Filipino” and “Southeast Asian” under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of “West Asian” and “Arab” under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of “Chinese”, “Korean”, and “Japanese” under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of “Visible minority, n.i.e.” and “Multiple visible minorities” under visible minority section on census.
References[edit]
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
- ^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
- ^ Report – Alberta
- ^ “Statistics Canada: 2011 National Household Survey Profile”. May 8, 2013.
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). “Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population”. www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). “Census Profile, 2016 Census”. www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). “NHS Profile”. www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ “Election night results”. Elections Canada. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
- ^ “List of confirmed candidates”. Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ “Official Voting Results”. Elections Canada. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
- ^ “Official Voting Results”. Elections Canada. February 29, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
- ^ 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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