Calgary-Falconridge

Calgary-Falconridge is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district will be one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. It was contested for the first time in the 2019 Alberta election.

Calgary-Falconridge
Alberta electoral district
Calgary-Falconridge within the City of Calgary (2017 boundaries)
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Devinder Toor
United Conservative
District created2017
First contested2019
Last contested2019
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]52,688
Area (km²)15.1
Pop. density (per km²)3,489.3

Geography

The district is located in northeastern Calgary, containing the neighbourhoods of Whitehorn, Temple, Castleridge, Falconridge, Coral Springs, and the eastern part of Taradale.

History
Members for Calgary-Falconridge
Assembly Years Member Party
See Calgary-Cross 1993-2019, Calgary-McCall 1971-2019,
and Calgary-Greenway 2012–2019
30th 2019– Devinder Toor United Conservative

The district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended reorganizing the districts in northeast Calgary, abolishing Calgary-Greenway and shifting the other ridings eastward. Calgary-Falconridge took the neighbourhoods of Whitehorn and Temple from Calgary-East, Castleridge and Falconridge from Calgary-McCall, and Coral Springs and part of Taradale from Calgary-Greenway. This resulted in a district 13% above the average population, but the Commission justified this by pointing out that there were no plans to build new housing stock in this area.[2]

Electoral results
Redistributed results, 2015 Alberta general election
Party Votes %
New Democratic4,61534.16
Progressive Conservative4,37432.38
Wildrose2,78020.58
Liberal1,229[lower-alpha 1]9.10
Green84[lower-alpha 2]0.62
Independent339[lower-alpha 3]2.51
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder
  1. There was no Liberal candidate in Calgary-Greenway.
  2. The Greens only ran a candidate in Calgary-Cross
  3. Includes candidates in Calgary-East and Calgary Cross
2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
United ConservativeDevinder Toor6,75345.55-7.41$49,521
New DemocraticParmeet Singh Boparai6,66244.94+10.77$40,165
Alberta PartyJasbir Dhari8495.73–$12,992
LiberalDeepak Sharma5613.78-5.31$4,146
Total 14,82599.07–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 1390.93
Turnout 14,96451.87
Eligible voters 28,849
United Conservative notional hold Swing -9.09
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.

References
  1. Statistics Canada: 2016
  2. Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (October 2017). "Final Report" (PDF). p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 24, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  3. "10 - Calgary-Falconridge, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  4. 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. 39–42. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  5. 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.
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