Calgary-Klein
Calgary-Klein
Provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada
Calgary-Klein is a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The district was created in the 2010 boundary redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post voting system. The riding is named after former premier Ralph Klein.
Quick Facts Alberta electoral district, Provincial electoral district ...
 Alberta electoral district | |||
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Calgary-Klein within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
| MLA |
New Democratic | ||
| District created | 2010 | ||
| First contested | 2012 | ||
| Last contested | 2023 | ||
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The electoral district was created in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution. It was created mainly from Calgary-North Hill and a portion of Calgary-Nose Hill.
Boundary history
More information 17 Calgary-Klein 2010 boundaries, Bordering districts ...
| 17 Calgary-Klein 2010 boundaries | |||
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| Bordering districts | |||
| North | west | West | east |
| Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill | Calgary-Cross | Calgary-Varsity | Calgary-East and Calgary-Mountain View |
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| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
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Electoral history
More information Members of the Legislative Assembly for, Assembly ...
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Klein | ||||
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Calgary-North Hill 1971-2012, Calgary-Nose Hill 2004-2012 | ||||
| 28th | 2012–2015 | Kyle Fawcett | Progressive Conservative | |
| 29th | 2015–2019 | Craig Coolahan | New Democratic | |
| 30th | 2019–2023 | Jeremy Nixon | United Conservative | |
| 31st | 2023–present | Lizette Tejada | New Democratic | |
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Prior to the election of New Democrat candidate Craig Coolahan in 2015, the antecedent electoral districts that comprise Calgary-Klein elected Progressive Conservative candidates since the 1970s.
The seat returned to the NDP in the 2023 Alberta general election.[1]
2023
More information Party, Candidate ...
| 2023 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Lizette Tejada | 10,564 | 50.87 | +10.97 | ||||
| United Conservative | Jeremy Nixon | 9,697 | 46.69 | -0.92 | ||||
| Green | Kenneth Drysdale | 353 | 1.70 | +0.36 | ||||
| Solidarity Movement | Rob Oswin | 153 | 0.74 | – | ||||
| Total | 20,767 | 99.17 | – | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 173 | 0.83 | ||||||
| Turnout | 20,940 | 59.23 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 35,352 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from United Conservative | Swing | +5.95 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[2] | ||||||||
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2019
More information Party, Candidate ...
| 2019 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| United Conservative | Jeremy Nixon | 10,473 | 47.62 | -3.65 | $71,085 | |||
| New Democratic | Craig Coolahan | 8,776 | 39.90 | -2.63 | $42,716 | |||
| Alberta Party | Kara Levis | 1,842 | 8.37 | – | $18,147 | |||
| Liberal | Michael Macdonald | 396 | 1.80 | -4.06 | $1,598 | |||
| Green | Janine St. Jean | 294 | 1.34 | +1.23 | $750 | |||
| Alberta Independence | C.W. Alexander | 214 | 0.97 | – | $3,445 | |||
| Total | 21,995 | 99.05 | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 210 | 0.95 | ||||||
| Turnout | 22,205 | 64.56 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 34,392 | |||||||
| United Conservative notional hold | Swing | -0.51 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[3][4][5] Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000. | ||||||||
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2015
More information Party, Candidate ...
| 2015 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Craig Coolahan | 8,098 | 44.29% | 34.14% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Kyle Fawcett | 4,878 | 26.68% | -14.54% | ||||
| Wildrose | Jeremy Nixon | 4,206 | 23.00% | -11.58% | ||||
| Liberal | David Gamble | 1,104 | 6.04% | -5.89% | ||||
| Total | 18,286 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 168 | 41 | 51 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 34,702 | 53.33% | -2.15% | |||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | 5.48% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "17 - Calgary-Klein, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2016). 2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 151–153. | ||||||||
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More information 2015 Alberta general election redistributed results, Party ...
| 2015 Alberta general election redistributed results | ||||||
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| Party | Votes | % | ||||
| New Democratic | 8,003 | 42.53 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | 5,113 | 27.17 | ||||
| Wildrose | 4,535 | 24.10 | ||||
| Liberal | 1,103 | 5.86 | ||||
| Green | 21 | 0.11 | ||||
| Others | 44 | 0.23 | ||||
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder | ||||||
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2012
More information 2012 Alberta general election, Party ...
| 2012 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Kyle Fawcett | 6,859 | 41.21% | – | ||||
| Wildrose Alliance | Jeremy Nixon | 5,754 | 34.58% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Christopher Tahn | 1,985 | 11.93% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Marc Power | 1,689 | 10.15% | – | ||||
| Evergreen | Roger Gagné | 355 | 2.13% | – | ||||
| Total | 16,642 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 69 | 30 | 4 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 30,131 | 55.47% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "17 - Calgary-Klein, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
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2012
- "Alberta election 2023 results: Calgary-Klein | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- "15 - Calgary-Klein". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
- "15 - Calgary-Klein, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
- Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 58–62. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
- Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume III Election Finances (PDF) (Report). Vol. 3. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 68–82. ISBN 978-1-988620-13-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.