Английская Википедия:Calgary-North
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:For multi Шаблон:Infobox Canada electoral district Calgary-North (previously styled Calgary North) is a single member electoral district in Calgary, Alberta. The electoral district existed from 1959 to 1971, and was re-established for the 2019 Alberta general election.
Boundary history
1959 Redistribution
The Alberta government decided to return to using the first past the post system of voting from Single Transferable Vote for the 1959 general election. The province redistributed the Calgary and Edmonton super riding's and standardized the voting system across the province.
Calgary North was one of the six electoral districts created that year in Calgary. The others were Calgary Bowness, Calgary Centre, Calgary West, Calgary Glenmore, Calgary North East, and Calgary South East.[1]
The riding was abolished in 1971, split up between Calgary-McKnight, Calgary-North Hill and Calgary-Mountain View.
| Calgary North 1957 Boundaries[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bordering Districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Banff-Cochrane | Calgary North East | Calgary Bowness, Calgary West | Calgary Centre |
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 1957, An Act to amend The Legislative Assembly Act. | |||
| riding map goes here | map in relation to other districts in Calgary goes here | ||
| "Electoral Division of Calgary North, the boundary whereof is as follows: Commencing at the intersection of the centre line of Centre Street in the City of Calgary with the left bank of the Bow River; thence in a generally westerly direction along the said left bank to the west limit of Fourteenth Street North West in the City of Calgary; thence northerly along the west limit of Fourteenth Street North West of the fifth meridian; thence easterly along the north boundaries of sections 9 and 10 in the said township; thence westerly along the north boundary of section 34, township 24 range 1, west of the fifth meridian to the centre line of Centre Street aforesaid; thence southerly along the centre line of Centre Street to the point of commencement. | |||
| Note: Boundaries came into force in 1959. | |||
| Calgary North 1961 Boundaries[2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bordering Districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Banff-Cochrane | Calgary East | Calgary Queens Park | Calgary Centre |
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 1961, An Act to amend The Legislative Assembly Act and The Election Act. | |||
| riding map goes here | map in relation to other districts in Calgary goes here | ||
| "Electoral Division of Calgary North, the boundary whereof is as follows: Commencing at the north-east corner of section 10, township 25, range 1, west of the 5th meridian to the centre line of the Calgary-Edmonton Branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway; thence in a general south-easterly direction along the said centre line to the centre line of the Edmonton Trail; thence in a general south-westerly and southerly direction along the said centre line to the centre line of the 4th street bridge; thence in a general south-westerly direction along the said centre line to the right bank of the Bow River; thence upstream along the said right bank to the centre line of the Louise Bridge; thence in a general north-westerly direction along the said centre line to the centre line of 10th street north west; thence in ageneral northerly direction along the said centre line to the centre line of 16th avenue north west; thence easterly along the said centrea line to the centre line of 4th street north west; thence northerly along the said centre line to the westerly production of the centre line of Blackthorn Road; thence westerly along the said production to the east boundary of section 9, township 25, range 1 west of the 5th meridian, to the north-east corner of said section; thence easterly along the north boundary of section 10, township 25, range 1, west of the 5th meridian, to the point of commencement. | |||
| Note: Boundaries lasted until the district was abolished in 1971. | |||
2017 redistribution
The riding was re-created (with the current hyphenated name) from Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill and Calgary-Northern Hills. It will be contested in the next Alberta general election.
Representation history
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-North[3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Calgary 1921-1959 | ||||
| 14th | 1959–1963 | rowspan=3 Шаблон:Canadian party colour| | Rose Wilkinson | Social Credit |
| 15th | 1963–1967 | Robert Simpson | ||
| 16th | 1967–1971 | |||
| See Calgary-McKnight, Calgary-North Hill and Calgary-Mountain View after 1971 | ||||
| See Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill and Calgary- Northern Hills before 2019 | ||||
| 30th | 2019–2023 | rowspan=2 Шаблон:Canadian party colour| | Muhammad Yaseen | United Conservative |
| 31st | 2023– | |||
The first election held in 1959 was contested by two incumbents from the Calgary electoral district facing each other, Rose Wilkinson and Grant MacEwan, plus former MLA Aylmer Liesemer who had been defeated in the 1955 Alberta general election. Wilkinson would win and serve her final term representing the district.
The second election held in 1963 would see Social Credit keep the seat under MLA Robert Simpson. He would win a second term in 1967 and hold the district until it was abolished in 1971.
Election results
2023
Шаблон:2023 Alberta general election/Calgary-North
2010s
Шаблон:2019 Alberta general election/Calgary-North
