Calgary South

For other districts and communities of a similar name, see South Calgary (disambiguation).

Calgary South was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1988. This riding was created in 1952 from parts of Bow River, Calgary West and Calgary East ridings.

It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Calgary Southwest and Calgary West ridings.

Election results

Location of Calgary South within Calgary between the 1952 and 1966 representation orders

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Carl Olof Nickle	12,491
	Liberal	Edward Joseph McCormick	8,689
	Social Credit	Tom Glen	6,829
	Co-operative Commonwealth	George Ellinson	1,501
	Labor–Progressive	Josephine Longridge	339

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Arthur Ryan Smith	21,065
	Liberal	Donald Hugh MacKay	11,599
	Social Credit	Cliff M. Willmott	5,738
	Co-operative Commonwealth	H.J. Ryan	1,033

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Arthur Ryan Smith	29,482
	Liberal	Mel Shannon	7,039
	Social Credit	Frank Brown	3,884
	Co-operative Commonwealth	H.J. Ryan	1,416

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Arthur Ryan Smith	21,927
	Liberal	Frank S. Morley	12,837
	Social Credit	Bob Woodman	8,806
	New Democratic	F. William Hanley	3,654

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Harry Hays	21,619
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Leslie	19,760
	Social Credit	Glen Cumming	8,753
	New Democratic	F.W. Hanley	3,760

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Harold Raymond Ballard	20,640
	Liberal	Harry Hays	20,525
	Social Credit	E. Leonard Pearson	7,970
	New Democratic	David Gravells	3,678

Location of Calgary South within Calgary between the 1966 and 1976 representation orders

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Pat Mahoney	20,472
	Progressive Conservative	Harold Raymond Ballard	19,716
	New Democratic	Jack D. Peters	2,798

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Bawden	34,925
	Liberal	Pat Mahoney	18,437
	New Democratic	Joseph Yanchula	5,386
	Social Credit	Ralph Wilson Cameron	1,233
	Independent	E. John Mason	110

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Bawden	41,530
	Liberal	Don Green	14,116
	New Democratic	Bohdan Harasymiw	3,558
	Social Credit	Ralph W. Cameron	1,120
	Independent	Stephen E. Browning	607

Location of Calgary South within Calgary between the 1976 and 1987 representation orders

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John William Thomson	37,900
	Liberal	Jim Palmer	14,839
	New Democratic	Cathie McCreary	3,584
	Social Credit	Raymond Hurst	460
	Libertarian	Luc C. Comtois	174

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John William Thomson	34,873
	Liberal	Madeline Hombert	11,754
	New Democratic	Cathie McCreary	2,812
	Rhinoceros	David E. Fred Lambe	887
	Independent	Walter Petrigo	527
	Social Credit	Alma E. Hancock	305
	Marxist–Leninist	André Vachon	34

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bobbie Sparrow	55,590	77.91	+9.79
	Liberal	Harold Millican	7,827	10.97	-11.99
	New Democratic	Brendan Quigley	6,135	8.60	+3.10
	Confederation of Regions	Phyllis Kobley	866	1.21
	Independent	Larry Heather	800	1.12
	Commonwealth of Canada	Bill Bohdan	136	0.19
Total valid votes			71,354
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+10.89

See also

• Calgary South (provincial electoral district)
• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada