Calgary Skyview

Calgary Skyview
Alberta electoral district

Calgary Skyview in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 

Darshan Kang
Liberal

District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 110,189
Electors (2015) 73,643
Area (km²)[2] 123
Pop. density (per km²) 895.8
Census divisions Division No. 6
Census subdivisions Calgary

Calgary Skyview is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.

Calgary Skyview was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.[3] It was created out of the electoral district of Calgary Northeast.[4]

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament Years Member Party
Calgary Skyview
Riding created from Calgary Northeast
42nd  2015–Present     Darshan Kang Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
LiberalDarshan Singh Kang 20,664 45.88 +17.24
ConservativeDevinder Shory 17,885 39.75 -16.50
New DemocraticSahajvir Singh 3,605 8.01 -2.03
Progressive CanadianNajeeb Butt 957 2.13
GreenEd Reddy 846 1.88 -2.75
Democratic AdvancementStephen Garvey 786 1.75
IndependentJoseph Young 182 0.40
Marxist–LeninistDaniel Blanchard 88 0.20
Total valid votes/Expense limit 44,993100.00 $204,745.54
Total rejected ballots 3100.68
Turnout 45,30361.52
Eligible voters 73,643
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +16.87
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]
2011 federal election redistributed results[7]
Party Vote %
  Conservative 16,573 56.25
  Liberal 8,438 28.64
  New Democratic 2,959 10.04
  Green 1,364 4.63
  Others 129 0.44

References

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