Calgary-Klein
Alberta electoral district
Calgary-Klein within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Lizette Tejada
New Democratic
District created2010
First contested2012
Last contested2023

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.

History

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

Electoral history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for
Calgary-Klein
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

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]

Legislature results

2023 general election

2023 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticLizette Tejada10,56450.87+10.97
United ConservativeJeremy Nixon9,69746.69-0.92
GreenKenneth Drysdale3531.70+0.36
Solidarity MovementRob Oswin1530.74–
Total 20,76799.17–
Rejected and declined 1730.83
Turnout 20,94059.23
Eligible voters 35,352
New Democratic gain from United Conservative Swing +5.95
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[2]

2019 general election

2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
United ConservativeJeremy Nixon10,47347.62-3.65$71,085
New DemocraticCraig Coolahan8,77639.90-2.63$42,716
Alberta PartyKara Levis1,8428.37–$18,147
LiberalMichael Macdonald3961.80-4.06$1,598
GreenJanine St. Jean2941.34+1.23$750
Alberta IndependenceC.W. Alexander2140.97–$3,445
Total 21,99599.05–
Rejected, spoiled and declined 2100.95
Turnout 22,20564.56
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.

2015 general election

2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticCraig Coolahan8,09844.29%34.14%
Progressive ConservativeKyle Fawcett4,87826.68%-14.54%
WildroseJeremy Nixon4,20623.00%-11.58%
LiberalDavid Gamble1,1046.04%-5.89%
Total 18,286––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 1684151
Eligible electors / turnout 34,70253.33%-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.
2015 Alberta general election redistributed results
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

2012 general election

2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeKyle Fawcett6,85941.21%–
Wildrose AllianceJeremy Nixon5,75434.58%–
LiberalChristopher Tahn1,98511.93%–
New DemocraticMarc Power1,68910.15%–
EvergreenRoger Gagné3552.13%–
Total 16,642––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 69304
Eligible electors / turnout 30,13155.47%–
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.

Senate nominee results

2012 Senate nominee election district results

References

  1. ↑ "Alberta election 2023 results: Calgary-Klein | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  2. ↑ "15 - Calgary-Klein". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  3. ↑ "15 - Calgary-Klein, 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. 58–62. 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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