2023 Calgary Heritage federal by-election

A by-election was held in the federal riding of Calgary Heritage in Alberta, Canada on July 24, 2023, following the resignation of Conservative MP Bob Benzen.^[1]

2023 Calgary Heritage federal by-election

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Riding of Calgary Heritage
Turnout	28.83%
First party Second party Third party   CPC LPC NDP Candidate Shuvaloy Majumdar Elliot Weinstein Gurmit Bhachu Party Conservative Liberal New Democratic Popular vote 15,803 3,463 3,425 Percentage 65.54% 14.36% 14.21 Swing 7.89 2.37 3.20
MP before election Bob Benzen Conservative Elected MP Shuvaloy Majumdar Conservative

Background

Constituency

Calgary Heritage covers the southwestern corner of Calgary. The electoral district was created for the 2015 federal election and is largely composed of the former riding of Calgary Southwest which was held by conservative parties throughout its existence. Calgary Heritage is considered a safe seat for the Conservatives.^[2] This part of Calgary has been represented by centre-right parties continuously since the 1972 election.

Representation

The riding of Calgary Heritage was vacated on December 31, 2022 following the October 20 announcement from Conservative MP Bob Benzen that he would resign his seat by the end of the year in order to return to the private sector. Benzen had held the seat since a 2017 by-election in which he was elected to replace former Prime Minister and former Conservative leader Stephen Harper.^[3] The by-election was called for July 24, 2023, following the conclusion of the 2023 Alberta general election.^[4][5]

Candidates

Shuvaloy Majumdar, global director for Harper's international consulting firm Harper & Associates defeated former parliamentary staffer Quinn Heffron for the Conservative nomination.^[6][7][8] Elliot Weinstein was acclaimed as the candidate for the Liberal Party.^[9] The People's Party of Canada Nominated PPC Western Lieutenant Kelly Lorencz as their candidate, who contested Red Deer—Mountain View, He defeated Bailey Bedard in the nomination.^[10] In April 2023, the Green Party chose Ravenmoon Crocker as their candidate.^[11] On July 3, 2023, the Maverick Party announced Dan Irving as their candidate.^[12]

Results

v t e Canadian federal by-election, July 24, 2023: Calgary Heritage Resignation of Bob Benzen
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shuv Majumdar	15,853	65.63	+7.98
	Liberal	Elliot Weinstein	3,465	14.34	-2.39
	New Democratic	Gurmit Bhachu	3,429	14.20	-3.21
	People's	Kelly Lorencz	656	2.72	-2.29
	Green	Ravenmoon Crocker	407	1.68	+0.26
	Christian Heritage	Larry R. Heather	144	0.60	-
	Maverick	Dan Irving	131	0.54	-0.79
	No Affiliation	Donovan Eckstrom	71	0.29	-
Total valid votes			24,156	100.00
Total rejected ballots			57	0.24	-0.34
Turnout			24,213	28.89	-37.00
Eligible voters			83,799
	Conservative hold		Swing		+5.13
Source: Elections Canada[13]

2021 result

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Calgary Heritage
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bob Benzen	30,870	57.66	-13.07	$68,220.18
	New Democratic	Kathleen Johnson	9,320	17.41	+8.26	$1,119.48
	Liberal	Scott Forsyth	8,960	16.73	+2.77	$8,531.08
	People's	Bailey Bedard	2,682	5.01	+3.06	$2,115.28
	Green	Malka Labell	766	1.43	-2.08	$21.70
	Maverick	Annelise Freeman	714	1.33	–	$4,651.15
	Rhinoceros	Mark Dejewski	230	0.43	–	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			53,542	99.42	-0.13	$111,217.22
Total rejected ballots			313	0.58	+0.13
Turnout			53,855	65.89	-4.76
Eligible voters			81,735
	Conservative hold		Swing		-10.66
Source: Elections Canada[14]

See also

• 2017 Calgary Heritage federal by-election