Calgary Forest Lawn

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

Calgary Forest Lawn

Alberta electoral district
Boundaries of Calgary Forest Lawn as of the 2013 Representation Order
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Jasraj Hallan Conservative
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	108,251
Electors (2019)	75,376
Area (km²)[1]	53
Pop. density (per km²)	2,042.5
Census division(s)	Division No. 6
Census subdivision(s)	Calgary

Calgary Forest Lawn was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.[2] It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of Calgary East and Calgary Northeast.[3]

It is named after the Calgary neighbourhood of Forest Lawn.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census[4]

Ethnic groups: 47.4% White, 11.0% South Asian, 7.9% Filipino, 6.7% Southeast Asian, 6.1% Black, 5.2% Chinese, 5.0% Arab, 5.0% Indigenous, 2.6% Latino, 3.1% Other
Languages: 59.1% English, 5.2% Vietnamese, 4.7% Chinese, 4.7% Tagalog, 4.6% Punjabi, 3.8% Arabic, 2.6% Spanish, 1.5% Urdu, 1.4% French, 12.4% Other
Religions: 49.6% Christian, 11.6% Muslim, 6.0% Buddhist, 4.7% Sikh, 2.2% Hindu, 0.7% Other, 25.2% None
Median income: $27,331 (2010)
Average income: $33,458 (2010)

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Calgary Forest Lawn Riding created from Calgary East and Calgary Northeast
42nd	2015–2019		Deepak Obhrai	Conservative
43rd	2019–present		Jasraj Hallan	Conservative

The seat became vacant on August 2, 2019 with the death of Deepak Obhrai.[5][6] Since the vacancy occurred less than nine months before the fixed-date general election of October 21, 2019, no by-election will be held.[7]

Election results

Graph of election results in Calgary Forest Lawn (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	Jasraj Hallan	23,805	59.6	+11.62	$90,097.72
	Liberal	Jag Anand	8,690	21.7	-14.62	none listed
	New Democratic	Joe Pimlott	4,227	10.6	+0.84	none listed
	Green	William Carnegie	1,318	3.3	+0.31	£2,962.82
	People's	Dave Levesque	1,089	2.7	-	none listed
	Independent	Brent Nichols	388	1.0	-	none listed
	Christian Heritage	Esther Sutherland	222	0.6	-	none listed
	Communist	Jonathan Trautman	134	0.3	-0.65	$476.56
	Veterans Coalition	William James Ryder	91	0.2	-	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			39,964	100.0
Total rejected ballots			395
Turnout			40,359	53.5
Eligible voters			75,376
	Conservative hold		Swing		+13.12
Source: Elections Canada[8][9][10]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Deepak Obhrai	19,694	47.98	–15.37	$94,875.17
	Liberal	Cam Stewart	14,762	35.96	+18.50	$22,574.93
	New Democratic	Abdou Souraya	4,006	9.76	–3.39	$36,479.40
	Green	Judson Hansell	1,229	2.99	–2.31	$2,422.51
	Libertarian	Matt Badura	832	2.03	–	–
	Communist	Jason Devine	390	0.95	–	–
	Democratic Advancement	Max Veress	134	0.33	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,047	100.00		$207,423.03
Total rejected ballots			345	0.83	–
Turnout			41,392	55.47	–
Eligible voters			74,620
	Conservative hold		Swing		–16.93
Source: Elections Canada[11][12]

2011 federal election redistributed results[13]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	19,574	63.35
	Liberal	5,397	17.47
	New Democratic	4,064	13.15
	Green	1,638	5.30
	Others	227	0.73

References

1. Statistics Canada: 2011
2. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
3. Report – Alberta
4. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=48006&Data=Count&SearchText=calgary&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1
5. "The Honourable Deepak Obhrai - Roles". House of Commons of Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
6. Sarah Rieger (2019-08-03). "MP Deepak Obhrai remembered by Calgarians as a 'true statesman'". CBC News. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
7. "A Federal Seat is Vacant in Calgary Forest Lawn". Elections Canada (Press release). 2019-08-20. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
8. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
9. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
10. "Candidate Campaign Returns". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
11. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Calgary Forest Lawn (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
12. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
13. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections