Calgary Victoria Park Explained

Calgary Victoria Park
Province:	Alberta
Prov-Status:	defunct
Prov-Created:	1967
Prov-Abolished:	1970
Prov-Election-First:	1967
Prov-Election-Last:	1967

Calgary Victoria Park was a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1967 to 1971.^[1]

The riding existed for four years and would be contested once for the 1967 election. After which the Alberta Legislature passed the 1970 An Act to amend The Election Act and The Legislative Assembly Act to redraw provincial electoral districts. Calgary Centre and Calgary Victoria Park were split between Calgary-Buffalo, Calgary-Mountain View, Calgary-Bow, Calgary-Millican and Calgary-North Hill.^[2]

The riding was named after the community of Victoria Park.^[3]

See also

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts

Further reading

• Book: Office of the Chief Electoral Officer . Legislative Assembly Office . Legislative Assembly of Alberta . Elections Alberta . A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005 . 2006 . Legislative Assembly of Alberta . The Centennial Series . Edmonton, AB . 0-9689217-8-7 . 25 May 2020.

External links

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta

Notes and References

1. Web site: Election results for Calgary Victoria Park. . abheritage.ca. . Heritage Community Foundation . 8 June 2020 . https://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208183724/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/year_result.php?Constit=Calgary-Victoria%20Park . December 8, 2010 . Wayback Machine.
2. The Election Act . RSA . 1970 . C-117 . http://canlii.ca/t/53rn7 .
3. Web site: Nomenclature of Victoria Park . 2022-07-29 . www.victoriapark.wa.gov.au . en-AU.