Calgary-Beddington
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 Alberta electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Calgary-Beddington within the City of Calgary (2017 boundaries) | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
| MLA |
New Democratic | ||
| District created | 2017 | ||
| First contested | 2019 | ||
| Last contested | 2023 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016)[1] | 50,220 | ||
| Area (km²) | 27.6 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 1,819.6 | ||
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 Josephine Pon of the United Conservative Party since the 2019 Alberta election.
Geography[edit]
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.
History[edit]
| Members for Calgary-Beddington | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
The Calgary-Beddington electoral district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended renaming Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill and changing its shape, removing its northern area but adding neighbourhoods from Calgary-Foothills and Calgary-Northern Hills. The Commission chose the name Beddington for this district because it "would most readily identify its location to residents in Calgary." The boundaries of the new electoral district in 2017 would have a population of 50,220, 7% above the provincial average of 46,803.[2]
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]
Electoral results[edit]
| 2023 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Amanda Chapman | 10,269 | 49.66 | +13.95 | ||||
| United Conservative | Josephine Pon | 9,726 | 47.04 | -6.07 | ||||
| Alberta Party | Wayne Jackson | 473 | 2.29 | -5.93 | ||||
| Liberal | Zarnab Shahid Zafar | 210 | 1.02 | -0.67 | ||||
| Total | 20,678 | 99.32 | – | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 142 | 0.68 | ||||||
| Turnout | 20,820 | 58.28 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 35,724 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from United Conservative | Swing | +10.01 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[6] | ||||||||
| 2019 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| United Conservative | Josephine Pon | 11,625 | 53.11 | -3.74 | $31,776 | |||
| New Democratic | Amanda Chapman | 7,818 | 35.71 | -0.93 | $15,589 | |||
| Alberta Party | Carol-Lynn Darch | 1,799 | 8.22 | – | $2,014 | |||
| Liberal | Chandan Tadavalkar | 370 | 1.69 | -2.91 | $1,651 | |||
| Alberta Independence | Tom Grbich | 161 | 0.74 | – | $500 | |||
| Independent | Alexander Dea | 117 | 0.53 | – | $1,101 | |||
| Total | 21,890 | 99.53 | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 103 | 0.47 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 21,993 | 63.12 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 34,845 | |||||||
| United Conservative notional hold | Swing | -1.41 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[7][8][9] Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000. | ||||||||
| Redistributed results, 2015 Alberta general election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | ||||
| New Democratic | 6,982 | 36.64 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | 5,547 | 29.11 | ||||
| Wildrose | 5,286 | 27.74 | ||||
| Liberal | 876 | 4.60 | ||||
| Green | 364 | 1.91 | ||||
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder | ||||||
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2016
- ^ Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (October 2017). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 978-1-988620-04-6. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ Rieger, Sarah (March 6, 2019). "UCP removes Calgary-Beddington candidate for not being 'forthright' about campaign contribution". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Calgary, AB. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ "Josephine Pon biography". www.alberta.ca. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
- ^ "Alberta election 2023 results: Calgary-Beddington | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- ^ "02 - Calgary-Beddington". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
- ^ "02 - Calgary-Beddington, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
- ^ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 7–10. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
- ^ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume III Election Finances (PDF) (Report). Vol. 3. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 68–82. ISBN 978-1-988620-13-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
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