Calgary Shepard

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

Calgary Shepard
Alberta electoral district
Boundaries of Calgary Shepard as of the 2013 Representation Order
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Tom Kmiec
Conservative
District created2013
First contested2015
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]110,296
Electors (2019)111,936
Area (km²)[2]186
Pop. density (per km²)593
Census division(s)Division No. 6
Census subdivision(s)Calgary

Calgary Shepard was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.[3] It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of Calgary East and Calgary Southeast.[4] The riding's name refers to Shepard, Alberta.

Demographics
According to the Canada 2016 Census
  • Languages: (2016) 77.7% English, 3.6% Tagalog, 2.3% Spanish, 1.6% French, 1.4% Vietnamese, 1.1% Mandarin, 0.9% Cantonese, 0.8% Panjabi, 0.8% Russian, 0.8% Arabic, 0.8% Polish, 0.6% German, 0.6% Urdu, 0.5% Romanian[5]

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament Years Member Party
Calgary Shepard
Riding created from Calgary East and Calgary Southeast
42nd  2015–2019     Tom Kmiec Conservative
43rd  2019–2021
44th  2021–present

Election results
Graph of election results in Calgary Shepard (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeTom Kmiec44,41160.4-14.6
New DemocraticRaj Jessel12,10316.5+7.8
LiberalCam Macdonald10,30314.0+2.9
People'sRon Vaillant4,2845.8+3.3
GreenEvelyn Tanaka1,3001.8+1.2
MaverickAndrea Lee8741.2–
IndependentKonstantine Muirhead2280.3–
National Citizens AllianceJesse Halmo560.1–
Total valid votes 73,559100.0
Total rejected ballots 416
Turnout 73,97564.2
Eligible voters 115,176
Conservative hold Swing -11.2
Source: Elections Canada[6]
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeTom Kmiec58,61475.0+9.13$41,477.43
LiberalDel Arnold8,64411.1-13.59$13,154.34
New DemocraticDavid Brian Smith6,8288.7+1.87none listed
GreenEvelyn Tanaka2,3453.0+0.39$3,079.74†
People'sKyle Scott1,7092.2-$15,461.75
Total valid votes/expense limit 78,140100.0
Total rejected ballots 441
Turnout 78,58169.8
Eligible voters 112,660
Conservative hold Swing +11.36
†Amount as submitted from C1 of Part 6 of the Candidate Campaign Return.
Source: Elections Canada[7][8][9]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeTom Kmiec43,70665.87–9.64$153,176.93
LiberalJerome James16,37924.69+17.50$7,037.44
New DemocraticDany Allard4,5326.83–4.30$10,097.24
GreenGraham MacKenzie1,7342.61–2.95–
Total valid votes/Expense limit 66,351100.00 $241,369.87
Total rejected ballots 2080.31–
Turnout 66,55967.9–
Eligible voters 98,085
Conservative hold Swing –13.57
Source: Elections Canada[10][11][12]


2011 federal election redistributed results[13]
Party Vote  %
  Conservative29,90475.52
  New Democratic4,40711.13
  Liberal2,8467.19
  Green2,2025.56
  Others2410.61

References
  1. Statistics Canada: 2011
  2. Statistics Canada: 2011
  3. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
  4. Report – Alberta
  5. "Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age (15A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2013 Representation Order), 2016 Census - 100% Data". August 2, 2017.
  6. "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts".
  7. "Forty-Third General Election 2019 - Official Voting Results: List of candidates by electoral district and individual results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
  8. "Forty-Third General Election 2019 - Official Voting Results: Voting results by electoral district". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
  9. "Candidate Campaign Return". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
  10. "Forty-Second General Election 2015 - Official Voting Results: List of candidates by electoral district and individual results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
  11. "Forty-Second General Election 2015 - Official Voting Results: Voting results by electoral district". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
  12. "Candidate Campaign Return". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
  13. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections


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