Calgary-Klein
Calgary-Klein is a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The district was created in the 2010 boundary redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post voting system. The riding is named after former premier Ralph Klein.
History
The electoral district was created in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution. It was created mainly from Calgary-North Hill and a portion of Calgary-Nose Hill.
Boundary history
| 17 Calgary-Klein 2010 boundaries | |||
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| Bordering districts | |||
| North | west | West | east |
| Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill | Calgary-Cross | Calgary-Varsity | Calgary-East and Calgary-Mountain View |
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| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
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Electoral history
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Klein | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Calgary-North Hill 1971-2012, Calgary-Nose Hill 2004-2012 | ||||
| 28th | 2012–2015 | Kyle Fawcett | Progressive Conservative | |
| 29th | 2015–2019 | Craig Coolahan | New Democratic | |
| 30th | 2019–2023 | Jeremy Nixon | United Conservative | |
| 31st | 2023–present | Lizette Tejada | New Democratic | |
Prior to the election of New Democrat candidate Craig Coolahan in 2015, the antecedent electoral districts that comprise Calgary-Klein elected Progressive Conservative candidates since the 1970s.
The seat returned to the NDP in the 2023 Alberta general election.
Legislative election results
2023
| 2023 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Lizette Tejada | 10,564 | 50.87 | +10.97 | ||||
| United Conservative | Jeremy Nixon | 9,697 | 46.69 | -0.92 | ||||
| Green | Kenneth Drysdale | 353 | 1.70 | +0.36 | ||||
| Solidarity Movement | Rob Oswin | 153 | 0.74 | – | ||||
| Total | 20,767 | 99.17 | – | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 173 | 0.83 | ||||||
| Turnout | 20,940 | 59.23 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 35,352 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from United Conservative | Swing | +5.95 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta | ||||||||
2019
| 2019 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| United Conservative | Jeremy Nixon | 10,473 | 47.62 | -3.65 | $71,085 | |||
| New Democratic | Craig Coolahan | 8,776 | 39.90 | -2.63 | $42,716 | |||
| Alberta Party | Kara Levis | 1,842 | 8.37 | – | $18,147 | |||
| Liberal | Michael Macdonald | 396 | 1.80 | -4.06 | $1,598 | |||
| Green | Janine St. Jean | 294 | 1.34 | +1.23 | $750 | |||
| Alberta Independence | C.W. Alexander | 214 | 0.97 | – | $3,445 | |||
| Total | 21,995 | 99.05 | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 210 | 0.95 | ||||||
| Turnout | 22,205 | 64.56 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 34,392 | |||||||
| United Conservative notional hold | Swing | -0.51 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000. | ||||||||
2015
| 2015 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Craig Coolahan | 8,098 | 44.29% | 34.14% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Kyle Fawcett | 4,878 | 26.68% | -14.54% | ||||
| Wildrose | Jeremy Nixon | 4,206 | 23.00% | -11.58% | ||||
| Liberal | David Gamble | 1,104 | 6.04% | -5.89% | ||||
| Total | 18,286 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 168 | 41 | 51 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 34,702 | 53.33% | -2.15% | |||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | 5.48% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "17 - Calgary-Klein, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2016). 2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 151–153. | ||||||||
| 2015 Alberta general election redistributed results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | ||||
| New Democratic | 8,003 | 42.53 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | 5,113 | 27.17 | ||||
| Wildrose | 4,535 | 24.10 | ||||
| Liberal | 1,103 | 5.86 | ||||
| Green | 21 | 0.11 | ||||
| Others | 44 | 0.23 | ||||
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder | ||||||
2012
| 2012 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Kyle Fawcett | 6,859 | 41.21% | – | ||||
| Wildrose Alliance | Jeremy Nixon | 5,754 | 34.58% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Christopher Tahn | 1,985 | 11.93% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Marc Power | 1,689 | 10.15% | – | ||||
| Evergreen | Roger Gagné | 355 | 2.13% | – | ||||
| Total | 16,642 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 69 | 30 | 4 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 30,131 | 55.47% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "17 - Calgary-Klein, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
Senate nominee election results
2012
References
- ^ "Alberta election 2023 results: Calgary-Klein | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- ^ "15 - Calgary-Klein". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
- ^ "15 - Calgary-Klein, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
- ^ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 58–62. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
- ^ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume III Election Finances (PDF) (Report). Vol. 3. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 68–82. ISBN 978-1-988620-13-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.