Calgary Forest Lawn

Calgary Forest Lawn
Alberta electoral district
Calgary Forest Lawn in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Deepak Obhrai
Conservative
District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 108,251
Electors (2015) 74,620
Area (km²)[1] 53
Pop. density (per km²) 2,042.5
Census divisions Division No. 6
Census subdivisions Calgary

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 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]

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census[4][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–Present     Deepak Obhrai Conservative

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeDeepak Obhrai19,69447.98–15.37$94,875.17
LiberalCam Stewart14,76235.96+18.50$22,574.93
New DemocraticAbdou Souraya4,0069.76–3.39$36,479.40
GreenJudson Hansell1,2292.99–2.31$2,422.51
LibertarianMatt Badura8322.03––
CommunistJason Devine3900.95––
Democratic AdvancementMax Veress1340.33––
Total valid votes/Expense limit 41,047100.00 $207,423.03
Total rejected ballots 3450.83–
Turnout 41,39255.47–
Eligible voters 74,620
Conservative hold Swing –16.93
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]
2011 federal election redistributed results[7]
Party Vote %
  Conservative19,57463.35
  Liberal5,39717.47
  New Democratic4,06413.15
  Green1,6385.30
  Others2270.73

References

  1. 1 2 Statistics Canada: 2011
  2. ↑ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
  3. ↑ Report – Alberta
  4. 1 2 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. ↑ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Calgary Forest Lawn (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  6. ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections


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