| Calgary-East | |
| Province: | Alberta |
| Prov-Rep: | Peter Singh |
| Prov-Rep-Party: | UCP |
| Prov-Status: | active |
| Prov-Created: | 1963 |
| Prov-Abolished: | 1971 |
| Prov-Created2: | 1993 |
| Prov-Election-First: | 1963, 1993 |
| Prov-Election-Last: | 1967, 2023 |
Calgary-East (formally styled Calgary East) is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
Calgary-East has existed twice, the first incarnation was created from Calgary North East in the redistribution of 1963. The riding was abolished in 1971 when it became Calgary-McCall. The return of Calgary-East happened in the 1993 boundary redistribution when Calgary-Forest Lawn and half of Calgary-Millican were merged.
This riding covers the central north east portion of Calgary and contains the neighbourhoods of Vista Heights, Rundle, Marlborough and Mayland Heights.
Three MLAs have held this riding to date. The first Calgary East was represented by Social Credit MLA Albert Ludwig and the second Calgary-East solidly supported Progressive Conservative candidate Moe Amery, until the 2015 Alberta election when the riding was won by NDP candidate Robyn Luff.
The original Calgary East electoral district was created in the 1963 boundary redistribution out of Calgary North East. It was abolished in 1971 and split between the new districts of Calgary-McCall and Calgary-Millican. The riding was re-created as Calgary-East in the 1993 boundary redistribution when most of Millican and Calgary-Forest Lawn were merged.
The 2010 boundary redistribution saw the eastern boundary extended east to 68 Street NE into land that was part of old Calgary-Montrose electoral district. The northern boundary cut off all land north of 16 Avenue NE and ceded it to Calgary-Cross. This change also resulted in East picking up some land that had been in old Calgary-North Hill.
| 6 Calgary-East 2003 boundaries[1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bordering districts | ||||
| North | East | West | South | |
| Calgary-Cross, Calgary-McCall | Calgary-Montrose | Calgary-Mountain View, Calgary-North Hill | Calgary-Fort | |
| riding map goes here | ||||
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. | ||||
| Starting at the intersection of 19 Street NE with 16 Avenue NE; then 1. east along 16 Avenue NE to Barlow Trail NE; 2. north along Barlow Trail NE to 32 Avenue NE; 3. east along 32 Avenue NE to 52 Street NE; 4. south along 52 Street NE to 8 Avenue SE; 5. west along 8 Avenue SE to 36 Street SE; 6. south along 36 Street SE to 26 Avenue SE; 7. west along 26 Avenue SE and its extension to the right bank of the Bow River; 8. northwest along the right bank of the Bow River to the Canadian Pacific Railway line; 9. north along the Canadian Pacific Railway line to the Light Rail Transit (LRT) line; 10. east along the LRT line to Deerfoot Trail NE; 11. north along Deerfoot Trail NE to 8 Avenue NE; 12. east along 8 Avenue NE to 19 Street NE; 13. north along 19 Street NE to the starting point. | ||||
| Note: | ||||
| 8 Calgary-East 2010 boundaries | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bordering districts | ||||
| North | East | West | South | |
| Calgary-Cross | Calgary-Green Way | Calgary-Klein and Calgary-Mountain View | Calgary-Fort | |
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. | ||||
| Note: | ||||
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-East[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | ||
| See Calgary North East 1959–1963 | |||||
| 16th | 1963–1967 | Albert Ludwig | Social Credit | ||
| 17th | 1967–1971 | ||||
| See Calgary-McCall 1971–present and Calgary-Millican 1971–1993 | |||||
| See Calgary-Forest Lawn and Calgary-Millican 1971–1993 | |||||
| 23rd | 1993–1997 | Moe Amery | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 24th | 1997–2001 | ||||
| 25th | 2001–2004 | ||||
| 26th | 2004–2008 | ||||
| 27th | 2008–2012 | ||||
| 28th | 2012–2015 | ||||
| 29th | 2015–2018 | Robyn Luff | New Democratic | ||
| 2018–2019 | Independent | ||||
| 30th | 2019–2023 | Peter Singh | United Conservative | ||
| 31st | 2023–present | ||||
The 1963 general election saw Ludwig win a super majority taking over 60% of the popular vote. He was re-elected again in the 1967 election winning just over half of the vote. He held the riding until was abolished in 1971.
The second Calgary-East was created in 1993 from a few different riding's. The election in 1993 saw Progressive Conservative candidate Moe Amery defeat former Calgary-Forest Lawn NDP incumbent Barry Pashak to pick up the new district. This was the third time these two candidates had run against each other.
Amery has since been returned to the district four more times.
| 2004 Senate Nominee Election results Calgary-East[3] | Turnout 37.08% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % votes | % ballots | Rank | Independent | Link Byfield | 1,870 | 8.66% | 25.61% | 4 | Vance Gough | 1,533 | 7.10% | 20.99% | 8 | Michael Roth | 1,497 | 6.93% | 20.50% | 7 | Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,453 | 6.73% | 19.90% | 9 | Gary Horan | 1,441 | 6.68% | 19.73% | 10 | |
| Total votes | 21,594 | 100% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total ballots | 7,303 | 2.96 votes per ballot | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 1,136 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| align=center colspan=7 | 22,759 eligible electors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Participating schools[4] | |
|---|---|
| Bob Edwards Junior High School | |
| Chris Akkerman Elementary | |
| Dr. Gordon Higgins Junior High School | |
| Sir Wilfrid Laurier School |
| 2004 Alberta student vote results[5] | |||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Liberal | Bill Harvey | 161 | 22.68% | Rich Michelenko | 99 | 13.94% | |
| Total | 710 | 100% | |||||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 28 | ||||||||||
| 2012 Alberta student vote results | ||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Liberal | Ali Abdulbaki | % | ||
| Total | 100% | |||||||