Calgary Confederation

Calgary Confederation is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015. It was created in 2012 from the electoral districts of Calgary Centre-North (70%), Calgary West (23%) and Calgary—Nose Hill (8%).[2]

Calgary Confederation

Alberta electoral district
Boundaries of Calgary Confederation as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Len Webber Conservative
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	111,785
Electors (2019)	91,789
Area (km²)[1]	54
Pop. density (per km²)	2,070.1
Census division(s)	Division No. 6
Census subdivision(s)	Calgary

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Calgary Confederation Riding created from Calgary Centre-North, Calgary West and Calgary—Nose Hill
42nd	2015–2019		Len Webber	Conservative
43rd	2019–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Calgary Confederation (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	Len Webber	36,312	55.1	+9.2	$83,521.26
	Liberal	Jordan Stein	14,908	22.6	–20.9	$74,229.77
	New Democratic	Gurcharan Singh Sidhu	7,312	11.1	+4.0	$1,171.80
	Green	Natalie Odd	5,700	8.7	+5.5	$27,621.83
	People's	Colin Korol	1,136	1.7	+1.7	$0.00
	Libertarian	Tim Moen	407	0.6	+0.6	none listed
	Marxist–Leninist	Kevan Hunter	117	0.2	–	$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			65,892	100.0
Total rejected ballots			410	0.6	+0.3
Turnout			66,302	72.2
Eligible voters			91,789
	Conservative hold		Swing		+15.05
Source: Elections Canada[3][4][5]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Len Webber	30,669	45.91	–6.52	$153,636.85
	Liberal	Matt Grant	29,083	43.53	+25.89	$159,579.52
	New Democratic	Kirk Heuser	4,770	7.14	–8.69	$57,375.70
	Green	Natalie Odd	2,146	3.21	–10.49	$21,308.54
	Marxist–Leninist	Kevan Hunter	140	0.21	–0.19	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			66,808	100.00		$228,532.64
Total rejected ballots			216	0.32	–
Turnout			67,024	75.43	–
Eligible voters			88,854
	Conservative hold		Swing		–16.21
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]

2011 federal election redistributed results[8]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	26,619	52.43
	Liberal	8,957	17.64
	New Democratic	8,036	15.83
	Green	6,956	13.70
	Marxist–Leninist	202	0.40

References

1. Statistics Canada: 2011
2. Report – Alberta
3. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
4. "Results Validated by the Returning Officer". Elections Canada. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
5. "Candidate Campaign Returns". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
6. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Calgary Confederation (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
7. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
8. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections