Calgary (federal electoral district)

Calgary was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1917. It was located initially in the North-West Territories. Following the creation of the province of Alberta in 1905, the riding was located in that province. (From 1905 to 1907, Calgary riding also included parts of Saskatchewan.)

Calgary

Alberta electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1903
District abolished	1914
First contested	1905
Last contested	1911

History

This riding was created in 1903, and abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed between Calgary West, East Calgary and Macleod ridings.

Members of Parliament

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

Calgary
Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Alberta
10th	1905–1908		Maitland Stewart McCarthy	Conservative
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917		Richard Bennett
Riding dissolved into Calgary West, East Calgary and Macleod

Election results

v t e 1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Maitland Stewart McCarthy	2,993	54.04
	Liberal	Charles John Stewart	2,545	45.96
Total valid votes			5,538	100.00

v t e 1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Maitland Stewart McCarthy	4,105	49.66
	Liberal	Charles John Stewart	3,418	41.35
	Socialist	Frank Henry Sherman	743	8.99
Total valid votes			8,266	100.00

v t e 1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Bennett	7,671	58.15
	Liberal	Isaac Stephen Gerow Van Wart	4,805	36.42
	Unknown	Arthur Masters	716	5.43
Total valid votes			13,192	100.00

See also

• Calgary (provincial electoral district)
• Calgary (N.W.T. electoral district)
• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada