2017 Calgary Midnapore federal by-election explained

Election Name:2017 Calgary Midnapore federal by-election
Country:Canada
Registered:89,436
Next Year:2019
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:no
Party Name:no
Previous Election:2015 Canadian federal election
Previous Year:2015
Next Election:2019 Canadian federal election
Seats For Election:Riding of Calgary Midnapore
Candidate1:Stephanie Kusie
Popular Vote1:22,454
Percentage1:77.17%
Swing1: 10.44%
Candidate2:Haley Brown
Popular Vote2:4,950
Percentage2:17.01%
Swing2: 5.64%
MP
Before Election:Jason Kenney
After Election:Stephanie Kusie

A by-election was held in the federal riding of Calgary Midnapore in Alberta, Canada on 3 April 2017 following the resignation of Conservative MP and former Minister of National Defence Jason Kenney. The safe seat was held by the Conservative candidate Stephanie Kusie on an increased majority.

The by-election was scheduled to coincide with four others across the country, and was one of two to be held in the city of Calgary; Calgary Heritage.

Background

Constituency

Calgary Midnapore covers the south-eastern corner of Calgary and is named for the Midnapore neighbourhood.

Representation

The electoral district was created for the 2015 federal election and has had Kenney as its only MP, however predecessor ridings from which Calgary Midnapore was created mostly out of the former seat of Calgary Southeast, with smaller portions coming from Calgary Southwest and Macleod.[1] It had, since the 1993 federal election, successively elected Reform, Canadian Alliance and Conservative MPs.

Campaign

The riding of Calgary Midnapore was vacated by Conservative MP Jason Kenney who resigned his seat effective September 23, 2016,[2] to seek the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta.[3] [4]

The by-election, held on April 3, 2017, was announced on February 22, 2017. The Speaker's warrant regarding the vacancy was received on September 23, 2016. The last day a by-election could have been announced was March 22, 2017, with an election held at least 36 days afterwards.[5]

Candidates

Former diplomat Stephanie Kusie[6] defeated entrepreneur Myles McDougall[7] and local federal riding association president Jack Redekop[8] for the Conservative nomination, held on January 14, 2017.

Haley Brown was acclaimed as the Liberal candidate on January 22.[9]

Holly Heffernan was acclaimed as the NDP candidate on February 6.[10]

Ryan Zedic was acclaimed as the Green Party of Canada candidate on December 8, 2016.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elections Canada site . 2022-04-01 . 2022-01-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220103061117/https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=cir%2Fmaps2%2Falberta&document=index&lang=e . live .
  2. News: September 20, 2016 . Calgary Tory MP Jason Kenney tweets resignation letter . . April 4, 2017 . August 24, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170824220404/https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/09/20/calgary-tory-mp-jason-kenney-tweets-resignation-letter.html . live .
  3. News: David Cochrane . July 7, 2016 . Jason Kenney will resign as MP in October, not soon enough for taxpayer group . . April 4, 2017 . March 8, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210308042651/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jason-kenney-canadian-taxpayers-federation-alberta-1.3668514 . live .
  4. News: Fekete . Jason . August 22, 2016 . Quitting federal politics, Stephen Harper and Jason Kenney will get multimillion-dollar pensions . . April 4, 2017.
  5. Web site: Vacant Seats in the House of Commons Since the 2015 General Election . April 4, 2017 . . May 1, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170501225059/http://elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=cir%2Fdis&document=vacant_2015&lang=e . live .
  6. News: Rumbolt . Ryan . January 14, 2017 . Stephanie Kusie voted Calgary Midnapore CPC candidate in byelection . . dead . January 16, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170116045134/http://www.calgarysun.com/2017/01/14/stephanie-kusie-voted-calgary-midnapore-pc-candidate-in-byelection . January 16, 2017.
  7. Web site: Elections Canada Nominations Database . September 23, 2017 . Elections Canada . September 23, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170923172734/http://www.elections.ca/WPAPPS/WPR/EN/NC . live .
  8. News: Dormer . Dave . September 26, 2016 . 2 candidates seek nomination for seat vacated by Jason Kenney . . January 16, 2017 . January 16, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170116164049/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/stephanie-kusie-calgary-midnapore-jason-kenney-1.3779335 . live .
  9. News: January 21, 2017 . Haley Brown named Liberal candidate in Calgary Midnapore byelection . . April 4, 2017 . April 5, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170405004217/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-midnapore-byelection-haley-brown-1.3946871 . live .
  10. Web site: February 5, 2017 . Updates: Calgary-Heritage and Calgary-Midnapore by-elections | daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics . April 4, 2017 . Daveberta.ca . April 14, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170414173251/http://daveberta.ca/2017/02/updates-calgary-heritage-and-calgary-midnapore-by-elections/ . live .
  11. Web site: Political Participants Registration: Nomination Contests Database . April 4, 2017 . . January 31, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170131185605/http://www.elections.ca/WPAPPS/WPR/EN/NC/Details?province=-1&distyear=2013&district=1613&party=-1&selectedid=8564 . live .

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