Calgary Midnapore

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

Calgary Midnapore

Alberta electoral district
Boundaries of Calgary Midnapore as of the 2013 Representation Order
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Stephanie Kusie Conservative
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	111,227
Electors (2019)	93,458
Area (km²)[2]	87
Pop. density (per km²)	1,278.5
Census division(s)	Division No. 6
Census subdivision(s)	Calgary

Calgary Midnapore 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, which was held in October 2015.[3][4] It was created mostly out of the former seat of Calgary Southeast, with smaller portions coming from Calgary Southwest and Macleod.[5][6] It is named for the Midnapore neighbourhood.

While Calgary has long tilted rightward, Calgary Midnapore is located in a particularly conservative area of Calgary. Counting its time as Calgary Southeast, it has always been held by a member of the major right-wing party of the day, often by large margins. After neighbouring Calgary Heritage (the former Calgary Southwest), it is the second-safest Conservative riding in Calgary.

Boundaries

Consisting of that part of the City of Calgary described as follows: commencing at the intersection of Macleod Trail S with Glenmore Trail SE (Highway No. 8); thence generally easterly along Glenmore Trail SE (Highway No. 8) to the left bank of the Bow River; thence generally southerly along said bank, including all islands adjacent to the river bank, to the southerly limit of said city; thence southerly, westerly and generally northwesterly along the southerly and westerly limits of said city to Spruce Meadows Way SW; thence northerly along said way and northerly and easterly along James McKevitt Road SW to Macleod Trail S; thence generally northerly along said trail to the point of commencement.[7]

Population

In 2013, a total of 111,227 persons lived in the riding's boundaries.[8] Of these, 86,000 spoke English as their "mother tongue" and 1,650 claimed French as their native language.[9] Of the more than 20,000 who spoke English as a second language, or not at all, the next largest group was the over 2,600 who spoke Tagalog (Filipino).[10] The number of residents who spoke English as their first official Canadian language was 107,320, and 1,580 spoke French as their primary official language.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Calgary Midnapore Riding created from Calgary Southeast, Calgary Southwest and Macleod
42nd	2015–2016		Jason Kenney	Conservative
	2017–2019		Stephanie Kusie
43rd	2019–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Calgary Midnapore (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Stephanie Kusie	50,559	74.3	-2.87	$74,411.39
	Liberal	Brian Aalto	7,507	11.0	-6.01	$1,875.42
	New Democratic	Gurmit Bhachu	6,445	9.5	+6.97	$2,059.00
	Green	Taylor Stasila	1,992	2.9	+0.75	$0.00
	People's	Edward Gao	1,585	2.3	-	$8,767.66
Total valid votes/Expense limit			68,088	100.0
Total rejected ballots			338
Turnout			68,426	73.2
Eligible voters			93,458
	Conservative hold		Swing		+1.57
Source: Elections Canada[11][12][13]

Canadian federal by-election, April 3, 2017 Resignation of Jason Kenney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephanie Kusie	22,454	77.17	+10.44
	Liberal	Haley Brown	4,950	17.01	−5.64
	New Democratic	Holly Heffernan	735	2.53	−5.20
	Green	Ryan Zedic	625	2.15	−0.51
	Christian Heritage	Larry R. Heather	251	0.86
	National Advancement	Kulbir Singh Chawla	81	0.28
Total valid votes/Expense limit			29,096	100.0	–
Total rejected ballots				-
Turnout
Eligible voters			89,436
	Conservative hold		Swing		+8.08

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jason Kenney	42,415	66.73	–9.17	$67,515.08
	Liberal	Haley Brown	14,396	22.65	+16.24	$11,213.46
	New Democratic	Laura Weston	4,915	7.73	–2.82	$18,349.56
	Green	Brennan Wauters	1,691	2.66	–3.77	$4,520.21
	Marxist–Leninist	Peggy Askin	145	0.23	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			63,562	100.00		$226,378.18
Total rejected ballots			179	0.28	–
Turnout			63,741	73.13	–
Eligible voters			87,158
	Conservative hold		Swing		–12.71
Source: Elections Canada[14][15]

2011 federal election redistributed results[16]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	37,022	75.90
	New Democratic	5,145	10.55
	Green	3,138	6.43
	Liberal	3,125	6.41
	Others	346	0.71

References

1. Statistics Canada: 2011
2. Statistics Canada: 2011
3. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
4. Elections Canada site
5. Report – Alberta
6. Elections Canada site
7. Elections Canada website
8. Find a Conservative website
9. [Statistics Canada. 2012. Calgary Midnapore, Alberta (Code 48008) and Alberta (Code 48) (table). Census Profile. 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-XWE. Ottawa. Released October 24, 2012. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed August 3, 2015). Statistics Canada website]
10. [Statistics Canada. 2012. Calgary Midnapore, Alberta (Code 48008) and Alberta (Code 48) (table). Census Profile. 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-XWE. Ottawa. Released October 24, 2012. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed August 3, 2015). Statistics Canada website]
11. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
12. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
13. "Candidate Campaign Returns". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
14. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Calgary Midnapore (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
15. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
16. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections