Calgary-McCall

Calgary-McCall
Alberta electoral district
	Calgary-McCall within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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District created	1971
First contested	1971
Last contested	2019

Calgary-McCall is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It was created in 1971, and was named after Frederick McCall and the McCall Industrial Park. As of the 2010 redistricting, the industrial park is no longer in the boundaries.

The district includes the neighbourhoods of Castleridge, Falconridge, Martindale, Saddleridge, and Skyview Ranch, and is noted for its high levels of ethnic diversity.[1]

History

The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution and was formed out of the north half of Calgary East.

The 2010 boundary redistribution significantly changed the riding. All land west of 36 Street NE was moved out of the district. The Calgary International Airport was moved into Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill while the McCall Industrial Park was moved into Calgary-Cross. A large chunk of land south of 80 Street NE and east of Falconridge Blvd NE was moved into the new Calgary-Greenway constituency.

Boundary history

16 Calgary-McCall 2003 Boundaries[2]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Airdrie-Chestermere and Foothills-Rocky View	Airdrie-Chestermere	Calgary-Mackay, Calgary-North Hill and Calgary-Nose Hill	Calgary-Cross, Calgary-East and Calgary-North Hill
riding map goes here
Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act.
Starting at the intersection of the north Calgary city boundary with Deerfoot Trail NE; then 1. east and south along the city boundary to McKnight Boulevard NE; 2. west along McKnight Boulevard NE to 36 Street NE; 3. south along 36 Street NE to 32 Avenue NE; 4. west along 32 Avenue NE to Deerfoot Trail NE; 5. generally north and northeast along Deerfoot Trail NE to the starting point.
Note:

20 Calgary-McCall 2010 Boundaries
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
Chestermere-Rocky View	Chestermere-Rocky View	Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill	Calgary-Cross and Calgary-Greenway

Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act.

Note:

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-McCall
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Calgary East 1963-1971
17th	1971-1975		George Ho Lem	Social Credit
18th	1975-1979		Andrew Little	Progressive Conservative
19th	1979-1982		Andrew Little
20th	1982-1986		Stan Nelson
21st	1986-1989
22nd	1989-1993
23rd	1993-1994		Harry Sohal
	1994-1995		Vacant
	1995-1997		Shiraz Shariff	Progressive Conservative
24th	1997-2001
25th	2001-2004
26th	2004-2008
27th	2008-2012		Darshan Kang	Liberal
28th	2012–2015		Darshan Kang	Liberal
29th	2015–2019		Irfan Sabir	New Democratic
30th	2019–present		Irfan Sabir	New Democratic

The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution. The first election held in the district that year returned former Calgary Alderman George Ho Lem who ran as a Social Credit candidate. He won a tight race over future MLA and Member of Parliament John Kushner.

The 1975 election would see the riding change hands as Ho Lem would be defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Andrew Little in a landslide. Little ran for re-election in the 1979 general election and won easily taking over 70% of the popular vote. He retired at dissolution of the assembly in 1982.

The third representative of the riding was returned in the 1982 election. The race that year saw Progressive Conservative candidate Stan Nelson returned with a landslide majority of over 75% of the popular vote and over 17,000 votes. He was re-elected to his second term in 1986 with a substantially reduced number of votes but still with a landslide majority of around 63%. Nelson would win his third term in office in 1989 with just over half the popular vote. He would retire from the Assembly at dissolution in 1993.

McCall would elect Progressive Conservative candidate Harry Sohal in the 1993 election. The race was the first closely contested since 1971. Sohal held the seat with just under 45% of the popular vote. On November 15, 1994, while out jogging, Sohal had a heart attack. He did not survive, and the seat became vacant.

On April 20, 1995 a by-election was held to replace Sohal. The election was another closely contested race with voters returning Progressive Conservative candidate Shiraz Shariff with a plurality of just over 43% of the vote. Shariff won his second term with a large majority in 1997 and was returned to his third term with a majority in 2001.

Shariff's popularity started to slide after 2001. He was nearly defeated by Liberal candidate Darshan Kang in the 2004 election when he lost nearly half of his popular vote from 2001. He won fewer votes with a lower percentage than when he was first elected in the 1995 by-election. The two faced each other in the 2008 election with the reverse result. Shariff was defeated while Kang won his first term in office.

In 2015 New Democratic Party candidate Irfan Sabir was elected, beating the Wildrose Party challenger by fewer than 500 votes. He was re-elected in 2019 with 51.7% of the popular vote.

Legislature results

1971 general election

1971 Alberta general election results[3]			Turnout 67.64%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Social Credit	George Ho Lem	5,116	44.73%
	Progressive Conservative	John Kushner	4,187	36.61%
	New Democratic	Ted Takacs	1,984	17.34%
	Liberal	Natalie Chapman	151	1.32%	*
Total			11,438
Rejected, spoiled and declined			270
Eligible electors / Turnout			17,309	%
	Social Credit gain		Swing		N/A

1975 general election

1975 Alberta general election results[4]			Turnout 50.68%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew Little	9,102	65.10%	28.49%
	Social Credit	George Ho Lem	3,397	24.30%	-20.43%
	New Democratic	Doreen Heath	997	7.13%	-10.21%
	Liberal	Garry Willis	440	3.14%	1.83%
	Communist	Colin Constant	46	0.33%	*
Total			13,982
Rejected, spoiled and declined			41
Eligible electors / Turnout			17,309	%
	Progressive Conservative gain from Social Credit		Swing		24.46%

1979 general election

1979 Alberta general election results[5]			Turnout 51.93%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew Little	7,918	70.54%	5.44%
	Social Credit	Jim Richards	1,757	15.65%	-8.65%
	New Democratic	Dave Hammond	838	7.47%	-0.34%
	Liberal	Ron Chahal	691	6.16%	3.02%
	Communist	Michael Parker	20	0.18%	0.15%	*
Total			11,224
Rejected, spoiled and declined			25
Eligible electors / Turnout			17,309	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		7.05%

1982 general election

1982 Alberta general election results[6]			Turnout 53.84%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Stan Nelson	17,493	76.50%	5.96%
	New Democratic	Dennis Bennett	2,673	11.69%	4.22%
	Western Canada Concept	Terry Wolsey	1,728	7.56%	*
	Independent	Don Bryant	852	3.73%	*
	Alberta Reform Movement	Grand Majanja	120	0.52%	*
Total			22,866
Rejected, spoiled and declined			31
Eligible electors / Turnout			42,524	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		5.09%

1986 general election

1986 Alberta general election results[7]			Turnout 32.87%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Stan Nelson	5,418	63.12%	-13.38%
	New Democratic	Ken Richmond	2,435	28.37%	16.68%
	Liberal	John Gleason	730	8.51%	*
Total			8,583
Rejected, spoiled and declined			18
Eligible electors / Turnout			26,167	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-15.03%

1989 general election

1989 Alberta general election results[8]			Turnout 39.24%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Stan Nelson	5,109	44.61%	-18.51%
	New Democratic	Ken Richmond	3,311	28.91%	0.54%
	Liberal	Anil Giga	3,032	26.48%	17.97%
Total			11,452
Rejected, spoiled and declined			22
Eligible electors / Turnout			29,242	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-9.53%

1993 general election

1993 Alberta general election results[9]			Turnout 49.38%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Sohal	4,118	45.08%	0.47%
	Liberal	Anil Giga	2,921	31.98%	5.50%
	Independent	Brian Newman	1,066	11.67%
	New Democratic	Sylvia Lille	900	9.85%	-19.06%
	Confederation of Regions	Allen Maclennan	129	1.41%
Total			9,134
Rejected, spoiled and declined			80
Eligible electors / Turnout			18,658	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		2.99%

1995 by-election

Alberta provincial by-election, April 20, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Shiraz Shariff	2,496	43.64	−1.44
	Liberal	Jeet Shergill	1,980	34.61	2.63
	New Democratic	Anne McGrath	713	12.46	2.61
	Social Credit	Doug Cooper	470	8.22
	Confederation of Regions	Peter Hope	61	1.07	−0.34
Total			5,720
Rejected, spoiled and declined			17
Eligible electors / Turnout			20,514	27.97
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−2.04
Source: "Calgary-McCall by-election official results". Elections Alberta. April 20, 1995. Retrieved February 6, 2012.

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election results[10]			Turnout 41.84%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Shiraz Shariff	5,118	58.86%	15.22%
	Liberal	Amar Singh	2,701	31.06%	-3.55%
	Social Credit	Rory Cory	876	10.08%	1.86%
Total			8,695
Rejected, spoiled and declined			28
Eligible electors / Turnout			20,847	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		9.39%

2001 general election

2001 Alberta general election results[11]			Turnout 39.00%		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	Shiraz Shariff	6,558	70.15%	11.29%
	Liberal	John Phillips	2,082	22.27%	-8.79%
	New Democratic	Preet Sihota	449	4.80%
	Alberta First	Darryl Elvers	139	1.49%
	Social Credit	Rory Cory	121	1.29%	-8.79%
Total			9,349
Rejected, spoiled and declined			38
Eligible electors / Turnout			24,070	%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		10.04%

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Shiraz Shariff	3,195	43.60%	-26.55%
	Liberal	Darshan Kang	2,891	39.45%	17.18%
	Alberta Alliance	Ina Given	576	7.86%
	Green	Sean Brocklesby	338	4.61%
	New Democratic	Preet Sihota	328	4.48%	-0.32%
Total			7,328
Rejected, spoiled and declined			86
Eligible electors / Turnout			21,831	33.96%
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-21.87%
"Calgary-McCall Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 3, 2012.

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Darshan Kang	4,279	44.38%	4.93%
	Progressive Conservative	Shiraz Shariff	4,161	43.16%	-0.44%
	Wildrose Alliance	Ina Given	542	5.62%	-2.24%
	Green	Heather Brocklesby	385	3.99%	-0.62%
	New Democratic	Preet Sihota	275	2.85%	-1.63%
9,642
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			68
Eligible electors / turnout			32,531	31.69%
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		2.69%
The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 230–233.

2012 general election

2012 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Darshan Kang	3,865	36.69	-7.69
	Wildrose	Grant Galpin	3,185	30.24	+24.62
	Progressive Conservative	Muhammad Rasheed	3,085	29.29	-13.87
	New Democratic	Collette Singh	227	2.15	-0.70
	Evergreen	Heather Brocklesby	137	1.30	-2.69
	Independent	Tanveer Taj	35	0.33
Total valid votes			10,534	98.68
Rejected, spoiled, and declined			141	1.32
Turnout			10,675	44.81	+13.12
Registered electors			23,824
	Liberal hold		Swing		-16.16
Source(s) "Provincial General Election of the Twenty-Eighth Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved 13 July 2015.

2015 general election

2015 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Irfan Sabir	3,812	29.95	+27.80
	Wildrose	Happy Mann	3,367	26.45	-3.79
	Progressive Conservative	Jagdeep Sahota	2,317	18.20	-11.09
	Liberal	Avinash Khangura	2,224	17.47	-19.22
	Independent	Burhan Khan	1,010	7.81
Total valid votes			12,730	98.50
Rejected, spoiled and declined			194	1.50
Turnout			12,924	42.90	-1.91
Eligible voters			30,125
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+23.51
Source(s) "2015 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2017-08-01.

2019 general election

2019 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Irfan Sabir	6,567	51.7%	+21.75%
	United Conservative	Jasraj Hallan	4,851	38.2%	-6.45%
	Alberta Party	Avinash Khangura	636	5.0%
	Liberal	Faiza Ali Abdi	281	2.2%	-15.27%
	Green	Janice Fraser	218	1.7%
	Independence	Don Edmonstone	84	0.7%	--
	Alberta Advantage	Larry Smith	60	0.5%	--
Total valid votes			12,697
Rejected, spoiled and declined			111	34	2
Turnout			54.3%
Eligible voters			23,609
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+14.10
Source(s) "2019 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2019-05-05.

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Calgary-McCall[12]					Turnout 33.85%
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	% Votes	% Ballots	Rank
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	3,007	14.53%	47.53%	1
	Progressive Conservative	Betty Unger	2,488	12.02%	39.32%	2
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Silye	2,476	11.97%	39.13%	5
	Progressive Conservative	Cliff Breitkreuz	2,019	9.76%	31.91%	3
	Progressive Conservative	David Usherwood	1,946	9.40%	30.76%	6
	Independent	Link Byfield	1,938	9.37%	30.63%	4
	Alberta Alliance	Gary Horan	1,803	8.71%	28.50%	10
	Alberta Alliance	Michael Roth	1,726	8.34%	27.28%	7
	Alberta Alliance	Vance Gough	1,721	8.32%	27.20%	8
	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	1,569	7.58%	24.80%	9
Total Votes			20,693	100%
Total Ballots			6,327	3.27 Votes Per Ballot
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			1,062
21,831 Eligible Electors

Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot

Student Vote results

2004 student election

Participating Schools[13]
Bethel Christian Academy
Grant MacEwan Elementary School
James Fowler High School
Terry Fox Junior High School

On November 19, 2004 a Student Vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.

2004 Alberta Student Vote results[14]
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Shiraz Shariff	290	38.26%
	Liberal	Darshan Kang	272	35.88%
	Green	Sean Brocklesby	94	12.40%
	NDP	Preet Sihota	68	8.97%
	Alberta Alliance	Ina Given	34	4.49%
Total			758	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			32

References

Howell, Trevor (April 28, 2015). "Riding: Calgary-McCall". Calgary Herald. Postmedia. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
"E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 12.
"Calgary-McCall Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2010.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
"Calgary-McCall Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2010.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
"Calgary-McCall Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2010.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
"Calgary-McCall Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2010.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
"Calgary-McCall Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2010.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
"Calgary-McCall Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2010.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
"Calgary-McCall Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2010.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
"1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
"Calgary-McCall Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
"Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
"School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
"Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

External links

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[1] Howell, Trevor (April 28, 2015). "Riding: Calgary-McCall". Calgary Herald. Postmedia. Retrieved 5 April 2016.

[2003bound-2] "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. p. 12.

[1971_official-3] "Calgary-McCall Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2010.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[1975_official-4] "Calgary-McCall Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2010.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[1979_official-5] "Calgary-McCall Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2010.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[1982_official-6] "Calgary-McCall Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2010.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[1986_official-7] "Calgary-McCall Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2010.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[1989_official-8] "Calgary-McCall Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2010.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[1993_official-9] "Calgary-McCall Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2010.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[1997_official-10] "1997 General Election". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved January 26, 2012.

[2001_elec-11] "Calgary-McCall Official Results 2001 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved March 3, 2010.

[senresults2004-12] "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.

[school-13] "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-18.

[stu2004-14] "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

Current Alberta provincial electoral districts
North	Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul Central Peace-Notley Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo Grande Prairie Grande Prairie-Wapiti Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland Lesser Slave Lake Morinville-St. Albert Peace River St. Albert West Yellowhead
Edmonton	Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview Edmonton-Castle Downs Edmonton-City Centre Edmonton-Decore Edmonton-Ellerslie Edmonton-Glenora Edmonton-Gold Bar Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood Edmonton-Manning Edmonton-McClung Edmonton-Meadows Edmonton-Mill Woods Edmonton-North West Edmonton-Riverview Edmonton-Rutherford Edmonton-South Edmonton-South West Edmonton-Strathcona Edmonton-West Henday Edmonton-Whitemud
Central	Camrose Drayton Valley-Devon Drumheller-Stettler Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville Innisfail-Sylvan Lake Lacombe-Ponoka Leduc-Beaumont Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills Red Deer-North Red Deer-South Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre Spruce Grove-Stony Plain Sherwood Park Strathcona-Sherwood Park Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright
Calgary	Calgary-Acadia Calgary-Beddington Calgary-Bow Calgary-Buffalo Calgary-Cross Calgary-Currie Calgary-East Calgary-Edgemont Calgary-Elbow Calgary-Falconridge Calgary-Fish Creek Calgary-Foothills Calgary-Glenmore Calgary-Hays Calgary-Klein Calgary-Lougheed Calgary-McCall Calgary-Mountain View Calgary-North Calgary-North West Calgary-North East Calgary-Peigan Calgary-Shaw Calgary-South East Calgary-Varsity Calgary-West
South	Airdrie-Cochrane Airdrie-East Banff-Kananaskis Brooks-Medicine Hat Cardston-Siksika Chestermere-Strathmore Cypress-Medicine Hat Highwood Lethbridge-East Lethbridge-West Livingstone-Macleod Taber-Warner
See also: Politics of Alberta List of Alberta general elections 2019 election