Calgary East

For the provincial electoral district, see Calgary-East. For the defunct territorial electoral district, see East Calgary (territorial electoral district).

Calgary East is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1953, 1979 to 1988, 1997 to 2015, and since 2025. It was a lower income urban riding in Calgary, with a sizable visible minority population.

Calgary East

Alberta electoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Jasraj Hallan Conservative
District created	1914
First contested	1917
Last contested	2025
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)[1]	119,550
Census division(s)	Division No. 6
Census subdivision(s)	Calgary (part)

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, this riding was restored upon the call of the 2025 Canadian federal election. It will be created out of Calgary Forest Lawn south of 16 Ave NE plus part of Vista Heights, and part of Calgary Shepard north of a line following 130 Ave SE to 52 St SE to Glenmore Trail.^[2]

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[3]

Languages: 70.3% English, 5.3% Tagalog, 4.1% Vietnamese, 2.7% Arabic, 2.0% Spanish, 1.8% French, 1.4% Cantonese, 1.2% Tigrigna

Religions: 48.2% Christian (23.2% Catholic, 2.9% United Church, 2.3% Christian Orthodox, 1.8% Anglican, 1.2% Pentecostal, 1.1% Lutheran, 1.0% Baptist, 14.7% Other), 37.1% No religion, 8.5% Muslim, 3.6% Buddhist

Median income: $38,400 (2020)

Average income: $46,880 (2020)

Panethnic groups in Calgary East (2021)

Panethnic group	2021
	Pop.	%
European[a]	62,630	52.64%
Southeast Asian[b]	19,945	16.76%
African	10,605	8.91%
Indigenous	6,660	5.6%
Middle Eastern[c]	5,855	4.92%
South Asian	4,240	3.56%
East Asian[d]	3,505	2.95%
Latin American	2,665	2.24%
Other/multiracial[e]	2,875	2.42%
Total responses	118,980	99.52%
Total population	119,555	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

History

This riding was originally created in 1914 as East Calgary from the electoral districts of Calgary and Macleod. The riding's name was changed in 1924 to Calgary East. It was abolished in 1952 when its territory was redistributed between Calgary North, Calgary South, and Macleod, with a small section going to Bow River. It was re-created in 1976 from parts of Calgary North, Calgary South, and Palliser ridings.

It was again abolished in 1987 when its territory was redistributed between Calgary Centre, Calgary Northeast, Calgary Southeast, Calgary Southwest, and Crowfoot ridings.

This electoral district was again created in 1996 from the ridings of Calgary Centre, Calgary Northeast, Calgary Southeast, and Wild Rose.

In 2013, Calgary East was abolished a third time. Most of the riding became part of Calgary Forest Lawn, with smaller portions transferred to Calgary Shepard and Calgary Centre.

This electoral district was created for a fourth time in 2023 from the ridings of Calgary Forest Lawn, and Calgary Shepard.^[4]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Calgary and Macleod
East Calgary
13th	1917–1921		Daniel Lee Redman	Conservative
14th	1921–1925		William Irvine	Labour
Calgary East
15th	1925–1926		Fred Davis	Conservative
16th	1926–1930		Herbert Bealey Adshead	Labour
17th	1930–1935		George Douglas Stanley	Conservative
18th	1935–1940		John Landeryou	Social Credit
19th	1940–1945		George Henry Ross	Liberal
20th	1945–1949		Douglas Harkness	Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1953
Riding dissolved into Bow River, Calgary North, Calgary South and Macleod
Riding re-created from Calgary North, Calgary South and Palliser
31st	1979–1980		John Kushner	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988		Alex Kindy
Riding dissolved into Calgary Centre, Calgary Southwest, Calgary Northeast and Calgary Southeast
Riding re-created from Calgary Northeast and Calgary Southeast
36th	1997–2000		Deepak Obhrai	Reform
	2000–2000			Alliance
37th	2000–2003
	2003–2004			Conservative
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
Riding dissolved into Calgary Shepard, Calgary Forest Lawn, Calgary Centre and Calgary Midnapore
Riding re-created from Calgary Shepard and Calgary Forest Lawn
45th	2025–present		Jasraj Hallan	Conservative

Election results

Calgary East, since 2025

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jasraj Hallan	32,490	60.46	+7.60
	Liberal	Priti Obhrai-Martin	17,062	31.75	+13.21
	New Democratic	Jennifer Geha	2,092	3.89	–14.19
	People's	Harry Dhillon	908	1.69	–5.48
	Green	Carey Rutherford	727	1.35	–0.77
	Christian Heritage	Garry Dirk	321	0.60	N/A
	Communist	Jonathan Trautman	137	0.25	N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			53,737	60.12
Eligible voters			89,390
	Conservative notional hold		Swing		–2.81
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]

2021 federal election redistributed results[7]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	24,157	52.86
	Liberal	8,474	18.54
	New Democratic	8,264	18.08
	People's	3,275	7.17
	Green	967	2.12
	Others	566	1.24

Calgary East, 1997–2015

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Deepak Obhrai	23,372	67.43	+0.96	$81,882
	New Democratic	Al Brown	4,894	14.12	+2.37
	Liberal	Josipa Petrunic	4,102	11.83	+1.68	$43,497
	Green	Scott Milton	2,047	5.91	-4.70	$3,246
	Communist	Jason Devine	246	0.71	-0.30	$502
Total valid votes/Expense limit			34,661	100.00
Total rejected ballots			186	0.53	–
Turnout			34,847	46.16	–
Eligible voters			75,496	–	–

Total number of votes:

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Deepak Obhrai	21,311	66.47	-0.63	$77,330
	New Democratic	Ian Vaughan	3,768	11.75	+0.88	$831
	Green	Nathan Coates	3,403	10.61	+3.20	$2,722
	Liberal	Bernie Kennedy	3,255	10.15	-2.95	$6,934
	Communist	Jason Devine	323	1.01	+0.41	$417
Total valid votes/Expense limit			32,060	100.00	$83,826
Total rejected ballots			–	–
Turnout			–	–
	Conservative hold		Swing		-0.8

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Deepak Obhrai	26,766	67.10	+5.99	$79,928
	Liberal	Dobie To	5,410	13.56	-7.71
	New Democratic	Patrick Arnell	4,338	10.87	+1.01	$2,762
	Green	J. Mark Taylor	2,955	7.41	+0.36	$1,910
	Communist	Jason Devine	239	0.60	-0.08	$279
	Canadian Action	Ghazanfar Khan	183	0.46	–	$99
Total valid votes			39,890	100.00
Total rejected ballots			181	0.45
Turnout			40,071	50.45

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Deepak Obhrai	21,897	61.11	-9.61	$55,864
	Liberal	James Maxim	7,621	21.27	+0.81	$50,725
	New Democratic	Elizabeth Thomas	3,535	9.86	+5.55	$5,211
	Green	Dean Kenneth Christie	2,529	7.05	–	$1,526
	Communist	Jason Devine	245	0.68	+0.14	$750
Total valid votes			35,827	100.00
Total rejected ballots			207	0.57
Turnout			36,034	47.79

Note: Conservative vote is compared to total of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Deepak Obhrai	18,141	54.25	+9.27	$50,082
	Liberal	Doug Perras	6,843	20.46	-2.34	$13,817
	Progressive Conservative	Roger Richard	5,510	16.47	-8.15	$26,576
	New Democratic	Kaie Jones	1,444	4.31	-2.18	$4,528
	Marijuana	Grant Adam Krieger	1,222	3.65	–	$1,331
	Communist	Jason Devine	152	0.54	–	$415
	Natural Law	Neeraj Varma	124	0.37	-0.73
Total valid votes			33,436	100.00
Total rejected ballots			118	0.35
Turnout			33,554	48.19

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to Reform vote in 1997.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Deepak Obhrai	13,348	44.98	–	$47,624
	Progressive Conservative	Roger Richard	7,306	24.62	-34.23	$40,312
	Liberal	Nagah Hage	6,766	22.80	-0.77	$20,633
	New Democratic	Kaie Jones	1,926	6.49	-7.19	$6,993
	Natural Law	Santo Esposito	329	1.10	–
Total valid votes			29,675	100.00
Total rejected ballots			175	0.59
Turnout			29,850	47.88

Calgary East, 1979–1988

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Alex Kindy	36,825	58.85	+6.02
	Liberal	Rod Sykes	14,749	23.57	-3.13
	New Democratic	Barry Pashak	8,558	13.68	+3.40
	Independent	Dave G. Wereschuk	993	1.59
	Confederation of Regions	Nora Galenzoski	658	1.05
	Social Credit	Jim Othen	343	0.55	-0.42
	Libertarian	Wayne Kollinger	324	0.52
	Communist	Bruce Potter	122	0.19	+0.06
Total valid votes			62,572	100.00

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Kushner	23,073	52.84	-8.05
	Liberal	Albert Ludwig	11,662	26.71	+3.02
	New Democratic	Barry Pashak	4,490	10.28	-0.84
	Independent	Jim C. Young	3,271	7.49
	Rhinoceros	Philip J. Pazdor	638	1.46
	Social Credit	Jim Othen	422	0.97	-0.76
	Communist	Bruce Potter	58	0.13	-0.01
	Marxist–Leninist	Peggy Askin	55	0.13	+0.01
Total valid votes			43,669	100.00

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	John Kushner	28,320	60.88
	Liberal	Albert Ludwig	11,019	23.69
	New Democratic	Barry Pashak	5,172	11.12
	Independent	George Barber	1,080	2.32
	Social Credit	Ted Hammond	805	1.73
	Communist	Bruce Potter	65	0.14
	Marxist–Leninist	Peggy Askin	54	0.12
Total valid votes			46,515	100.00

Calgary East, 1925 - 1952

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Douglas Harkness	9,641	35.87	+4.35
	Liberal	Donald Hugh Mackay	8,555	31.83	+12.55
	Social Credit	Clifford Norman Clarke	5,597	20.83	-2.83
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Warwick Freeman Kelloway	3,083	11.47	-11.35
Total valid votes			26,876	100.00

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Douglas Harkness	7,799	31.52	+7.91
	Social Credit	Clifford Menzies Willmott	5,854	23.66	-1.58
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Peter Newton Russell Morrison	5,646	22.82	-0.79
	Liberal	George Henry Ross	4,771	19.28	-8.25
	Labor–Progressive	Lionel Frank Edwards	672	2.72
Total valid votes			24,742	100.00

Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to National Government vote in 1940.

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Henry Ross	5,815	27.54	+13.21
	Social Credit	John Landeryou	5,330	25.24	-21.34
	National Government	Hugh Farthing	4,987	23.61	-9.80
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Warwick Freeman Kelloway	4,986	23.61	+17.94
Total valid votes			21,118	100.00

Note: National Government vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1940.

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	John Landeryou	8,376	46.58
	Conservative	George Douglas Stanley	6,009	33.42	-31.98
	Liberal	Joseph Tweed Shaw	2,576	14.33
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Edith Patterson	1,020	5.67
Total valid votes			17,981	100.00

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Douglas Stanley	11,344	65.40	+22.64
	Labour	Herbert Bealey Adshead	6,002	34.60	-21.28
Total valid votes			17,346	100.00

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Herbert Bealey Adshead	6,707	55.88	+24.41
	Conservative	Fred Davis	5,132	42.76	-4.40
	Independent	William Edward Wood Guy	163	1.36
Total valid votes			12,002	100.00

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Fred Davis	5,560	47.16
	Labour	William Irvine	3,710	31.47
	Liberal	William McCartney Davidson	2,519	21.37
Total valid votes			11,789	100.00

East Calgary, 1917–1925

v t e 1921 Canadian federal election: East Calgary
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Labour	William Irvine	6,135
	Conservative	Arthur LeRoy Smith	4,237
	Liberal	Duncan Marshall	3,684

v t e 1917 Canadian federal election: East Calgary
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	Daniel Lee Redman	8,363
	Liberal–Labour	William Irvine	3,911

(In 1917 William Irvine ran as a joint candidate of the Non-Partisan League and the Calgary Labour League.^[8])

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada