Calgary-Beddington | |
Province: | Alberta |
Prov-Rep: | Amanda Chapman |
Prov-Rep-Party: | NDP |
Prov-Status: | active |
Prov-Created: | 2017 |
Prov-Election-First: | 2019 |
Prov-Election-Last: | 2023 |
Demo-Pop: | 50220 |
Demo-Census-Date: | 2016 |
Demo-Pop-Ref: | [1] |
Demo-Area: | 27.6 |
Calgary-Beddington is a provincial electoral district in the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The district is 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. The seat has been held by Amanda Chapman of the New Democratic Party since the 2023 Alberta election.
The district is located in northern Calgary, containing the neighbourhoods of Huntington Hills, Beddington Heights, Sandstone Valley, Country Hills, MacEwan, and Hidden Valley. The riding also includes Nose Hill Park, which lies to the south and west of the residential areas.
Members for Calgary-Beddington | ||||||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |||
See Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill 2012–2019 | ||||||
30th | 2019–2023 | Josephine Pon | United Conservative | |||
31st | 2023–present | Amanda Chapman | New Democratic |
In the 2019 Alberta general election, United Conservative Party candidate Josephine Pon would defeat NDP candidate Amanda Chapman by 3,807 votes. Pon gained the nomination for the Calgary-Beddington electoral district after Randy Kerr was removed by the UCP for failure to be "forthcoming" during the Alberta Election Commissioner's investigation into the Jeff Callaway leadership campaign for the UCP.[3] On April 30, 2019, Premier Jason Kenney would appoint Pon to Cabinet as the Minister of Seniors and Housing.[4]
Pon was unseated by Amanda Chapman from the NDP in the 2023 Alberta general election.[5]