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.

Calgary-Klein

Alberta electoral district
Calgary-Klein within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA	Lizette Tejada New Democratic
District created	2010
First contested	2012
Last contested	2023

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
Bordering districts
North	west	West	east
Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill	Calgary-Cross	Calgary-Varsity	Calgary-East and Calgary-Mountain View
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.
Note:

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.^[1]

Legislative election results

2023

v t e 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[2]

2019

v t e 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[3][4][5] Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000.

2015

v t e 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.

See also

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts