Calgary-Klein
Provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada
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::summary Provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Calgary-Klein |
| province | Alberta |
| image | Calgary-Klein 2017.svg |
| caption | Calgary-Klein within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries |
| prov-rep | Lizette Tejada |
| prov-rep-party | NDP |
| prov-status | active |
| prov-created | 2010 |
| prov-election-first | 2012 |
| prov-election-last | 2023 |
| :: |
| name =Calgary-Klein | province =Alberta | image =Calgary-Klein 2017.svg | caption =Calgary-Klein within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries | prov-rep = Lizette Tejada | prov-rep-link = | prov-rep-party = NDP | prov-rep-party-link = | prov-status = active | prov-created = 2010 | prov-abolished = | prov-election-first = 2012 | prov-election-last = 2023 Calgary-Klein is a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The district was created in the 2010 boundary redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post voting system. The riding is named after former premier Ralph Klein.
History
The electoral district was created in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution. It was created mainly from Calgary-North Hill and a portion of Calgary-Nose Hill.
Boundary history
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| 17 Calgary-Klein 2010 boundaries | Bordering districts | North | west | West | east | Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill | Calgary-Cross | Calgary-Varsity | Calgary-East and Calgary-Mountain View | |||
| [[File:CalgaryKlein electoral district 2010.jpg | 200px]] | [[File:CalgaryKlein in Calgary.jpg | 200px]] | |||
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Electoral history
::data[format=table] | Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Klein | Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |---|---|---|---|---| | See Calgary-North Hill 1971-2012, Calgary-Nose Hill 2004-2012 | | | | | | 28th | 2012–2015 | | | Kyle Fawcett | Progressive Conservative | | 29th | 2015–2019 | | | Craig Coolahan | New Democratic | | 30th | 2019–2023 | | | Jeremy Nixon | United Conservative | | 31st | 2023–present | | | Lizette Tejada | New Democratic | ::
Prior to the election of New Democrat candidate Craig Coolahan in 2015, the antecedent electoral districts that comprise Calgary-Klein elected Progressive Conservative candidates since the 1970s. The seat returned to the NDP in the 2023 Alberta general election.
Legislative election results
2023
2019
2015
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| 2015 Alberta general election redistributed results | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8,003 | 42.53 | 5,113 | 27.17 |
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2012
References
References
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