Calgary Centre-North

Calgary Centre-North (formerly known as Calgary North Centre) was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015. It was a mixed urban and suburban constituency in Calgary – with a dense urban area close to the Bow River in the south and suburbs in the north of the riding, west of Deerfoot Trail and east of Nose Hill Park.

Calgary Centre-North

Alberta electoral district
Calgary Centre East Centre North Northeast Southeast Southwest West Nose Hill Calgary Centre-North in relation to the other Calgary ridings
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	2003
District abolished	2013
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	114,784
Electors (2011)	83,832
Area (km²)[2]	48.05
Census division(s)	Division No. 6
Census subdivision(s)	Calgary

History

This riding was created as "Calgary North Centre" in 2003 from Calgary Centre (38%), Calgary—Nose Hill (38%) and Calgary Northeast (24%).

In 2004, it was renamed "Calgary Centre-North". In 2013, it was abolished and redistributed into Calgary Confederation (67%) and Calgary Nose Hill (33%) ridings.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Calgary North Centre
Riding created from Calgary Centre, Calgary Northeast and Calgary—Nose Hill
38th	2004–2006		Jim Prentice	Conservative
Calgary Centre-North
39th	2006–2008		Jim Prentice	Conservative
40th	2008–2010
41st	2011–2015		Michelle Rempel
Riding dissolved into Calgary Confederation and Calgary Nose Hill

Election results

Calgary Centre-North

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Michelle Rempel	28,443	56.53	0.00	$82,363.77
	New Democratic	Paul Vargis	8,048	15.99	+0.67	$15,914.50
	Liberal	Stephen Randall	7,046	14.00	+2.23	$55,742.32
	Green	Heather MacIntosh	6,578	13.07	-2.22	$42,457.33
	Marxist–Leninist	Peggy Askin	203	0.40	+0.02	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			50,318	100.00		$
Total rejected ballots			200	0.40	–
Turnout			50,518	60.55	–
Eligible voters			83,431	–	–

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jim Prentice	27,371	56.53	+0.53	$67,126
	New Democratic	John Chan	7,417	15.32	-1.46	$24,957
	Green	Eric Donovan	7,403	15.29	+3.49	$10,654
	Liberal	Doug James	5,699	11.77	-1.93	$12,026
	Libertarian	Jason McNeil	345	0.71	+0.71	$3,315
	Marxist–Leninist	Peggy Askin	184	0.38	+0.04	n/a
Total valid votes/expense limit			48,419	100.00		$88,582
Total rejected ballots				–	–
Turnout				–	–
	Conservative hold		Swing		+1.0

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jim Prentice	31,174	56.00	+1.82	$69,871
	New Democratic	John Chan	9,341	16.78	+4.66	$23,559
	Liberal	Matthew Moody	7,628	13.70	-7.65	$16,352
	Green	Marc Andrew MacGillivray	6,573	11.80	+0.56	$4,212
	Independent	Michael Falconar	383	0.68	-0.05	$1,133
	First Peoples National	Doug Dokis	206	0.37	–	$0
	Marxist–Leninist	Margaret Peggy Askin	194	0.34	-0.01	$59
	Canadian Action	James Kohut	168	0.30	–	$0
Total valid votes			55,667	100.00
Total rejected ballots			213	0.38
Turnout			55,880	63.80

Calgary North Centre

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election: Calgary North Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jim Prentice	28,143	54.18	*	$55,236
	Liberal	Cathy McClusky	11,093	21.35	*	$43,208
	New Democratic	John Chan	6,298	12.12	*	$15,764
	Green	Mark MacGillivray	5,840	11.24	*	$3,450
	Independent	Michael Falconar	380	0.73	*	$3,076
	Marxist–Leninist	Margaret Peggy Askin	184	0.35	*	$46
Total valid votes			51,938	100.00		–
Total rejected ballots			188	0.36	–
Turnout			52,126	60.97	–

See also

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