Calgary Midnapore Explained

Province:Alberta
Fed-Status:active
Fed-District-Number:48008
Fed-Created:2013
Fed-Election-First:2015
Fed-Election-Last:2021
Fed-Rep:Stephanie Kusie
Fed-Rep-Party:Conservative
Demo-Pop-Ref:[1]
Demo-Area-Ref:[2]
Demo-Census-Date:2011
Demo-Pop:111227
Demo-Electors:93,458
Demo-Electors-Date:2019
Demo-Area:87
Demo-Cd:Division No. 6
Demo-Csd:Calgary

Calgary Midnapore is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015. It has been represented by Stephanie Kusie since she won the 2017 by-election.

Calgary Midnapore 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, which was held in October 2015.[3] It was created mostly out of the former seat of Calgary Southeast, with smaller portions coming from Calgary Southwest and Macleod.[4] It is named for the Midnapore neighbourhood.

While Calgary has long tilted rightward, Calgary Midnapore is located in a particularly conservative area of Calgary. Counting its time as Calgary Southeast, it has always been held by a member of the major right-wing party of the day, often by large margins. After neighbouring Calgary Heritage (the former Calgary Southwest), it is the second-safest Conservative riding in Calgary.

Boundaries

Consisting of that part of the City of Calgary described as follows: commencing at the intersection of Macleod Trail S with Glenmore Trail SE (Highway No. 8); thence generally easterly along Glenmore Trail SE (Highway No. 8) to the left bank of the Bow River; thence generally southerly along said bank, including all islands adjacent to the river bank, to the southerly limit of said city; thence southerly, westerly and generally northwesterly along the southerly and westerly limits of said city to Spruce Meadows Way SW; thence northerly along said way and northerly and easterly along James McKevitt Road SW to Macleod Trail S; thence generally northerly along said trail to the point of commencement.[5]

Demographics

In 2013, a total of 111,227 persons lived in the riding's boundaries.[6] Of these, 86,000 spoke English as their "mother tongue" and 1,650 claimed French as their native language.[7] Of the more than 20,000 who spoke English as a second language, or not at all, the next largest group was the over 2,600 who spoke Tagalog (Filipino).[8] The number of residents who spoke English as their first official Canadian language was 107,320, and 1,580 spoke French as their primary official language.

Panethnic
group! colspan="2"
2021[9] 2016[10] 2011[11]
European88,25589,70587,600
Southeast Asian11,1157,8305,735
East Asian6,3006,0705,525
South Asian5,8804,7103,090
African4,4452,7101,685
Indigenous4,2253,4452,705
Latin American3,6102,4701,785
Middle Eastern2,3001,730930
Other/Multiracial1,3401,250785
Total responses127,470119,920109,835
Total population129,110121,844111,227

Members of Parliament

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

Election results

2023 representation order

2021 federal election redistributed results[12]
PartyVote%
 35,683 60.27
 10,974 18.54
 7,376 12.46
 3,603 6.09
 796 1.34
 Others 773 1.31

2013 representation order

2011 federal election redistributed results[13]
PartyVote%
 37,022 75.90
 5,145 10.55
 3,138 6.43
 3,125 6.41
 Others 346 0.71

Notes and References

  1. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
  2. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
  3. http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=cir/maps2/alberta&document=index&lang=e# Elections Canada site
  4. http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=cir/maps2/alberta&document=index&lang=e# Elections Canada site
  5. http://www.elections.ca/res/cir/maps2/mapprov.asp?map=48008&lang=e Elections Canada website
  6. http://findaconservative.ca/ridings/calgary-midnapore/ Find a Conservative website
  7. Statistics Canada. 2012. Calgary Midnapore, Alberta (Code 48008) and Alberta (Code 48) (table). Census Profile. 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-XWE. Ottawa. Released October 24, 2012. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E(accessed August 3, 2015). Statistics Canada website
  8. Statistics Canada. 2012. Calgary Midnapore, Alberta (Code 48008) and Alberta (Code 48) (table). Census Profile. 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-XWE. Ottawa. Released October 24, 2012. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E(accessed August 3, 2015). Statistics Canada website
  9. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2022-10-26 . Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population . 2023-03-26 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  10. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2021-10-27 . Census Profile, 2016 Census . 2023-03-26 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  11. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2015-11-27 . NHS Profile . 2023-03-26 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  12. Web site: Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders. 9 April 2024. Elections Canada.
  13. http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?riding=2103 Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections