Calgary Centre (; formerly known as Calgary South Centre) is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. The riding consists of many young adults who have a relatively high average household income and education level. As the riding encompasses the Downtown Calgary and large swaths of apartment blocks in the communities west and south of downtown, Calgary Centre has a low home ownership rate compared to the rest of Canada.
History
The original Calgary Centre was created in 1966 from parts of the former electoral districts of
Calgary North and
Calgary South. This riding was abolished in the 2003 Representation Order when parts of it went to the neighbouring electoral districts of Calgary North Centre and
Calgary West and to Calgary South Centre. The latter was renamed Calgary Centre in 2004. When it was created in 2003 (as Calgary South Centre), it included 70,972 people from the abolished district of Calgary Centre, 38,889 people from
Calgary West and 7,578 from Calgary Southwest.
The riding was notable at the 2000 federal election when residents elected former Prime Minister Joe Clark, representing the Progressive Conservatives, making the riding one of the few areas in Alberta that did not elect a candidate from the Canadian Alliance.
This riding lost territory to Calgary Signal Hill and gained territory from Calgary East during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Historical boundaries
Geography
The riding contains the neighbourhoods of
Downtown Calgary, Beltline, Mission,
Cliff Bungalow, Mount Royal,
Elbow Park, Scarboro,
Sunalta, Shaganappi, Killarney/Glengarry, Richmond,
Bankview, South Calgary,
Rutland Park, CFB - Currie, Lincoln Park, CFB - Lincoln Park,
Altadore, North Glenmore Park, Britannia,
Elboya, Windsor Park, Manchester, Bel-Aire, Mayfair, Meadowlark Park, Inglewood, Ramsay, Parkhill, Erlton, Rideau/Roxboro, Eau Claire, Chinatown, Downtown East Village
Demographics
Languages (2011): 73.19% English, 4.13% Chinese, 2.09% French, 2.04% Spanish, 1.76% Tagalog, 1.21% Arabic, 1.21% Korean
Religions (2001): 32.63% Protestant, 24.52% Catholic, 2.23% Christian Orthodox, 4.88% Other Christian, 2.60% Muslim, 1.09% Jewish, 1.04% Buddhist, 30.14% No religion
Median income (2005): $30,729
| + Panethnicity groups in Calgary Centre (2011−2021)
! rowspan="2" | Panethnicity
group
! colspan="2" | 2021 | 2016 | 2011 |
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| European | 84,810 | | 82,985 | | 78,590 | |
| East Asian | 9,690 | | 9,105 | | 8,380 | |
| South Asian | 7,415 | | 5,360 | | 3,375 | |
| Black Canadians | 6,500 | | 4,335 | | 3,505 | |
| Southeast Asia | 5,295 | | 4,065 | | 3,940 | |
| Indigenous | 4,170 | | 3,235 | | 2,580 | |
| Middle Eastern | 3,670 | | 2,760 | | 1,885 | |
| Latin American | 3,415 | | 2,235 | | 1,995 | |
| Other | 2,065 | | 1,415 | | 915 | |
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Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
Current member of Parliament
This seat is held by Greg McLean. McLean, a member of the Conservative Party of Canada, was first elected in the 2019 federal election.
Election results
Calgary Centre, 2006–present
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| | 50.92 |
| | 30.06 |
| | 16.42 |
| | 1.63 |
| | 0.97 |
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| | 55.37 |
| | 19.12 |
| | 15.16 |
| | 10.33 |
| | 0.02 |
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Calgary South Centre, 2004–2005
Results based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is compared to a combination of Progressive Conservative Party and Canadian Alliance totals.
Calgary Centre, 1966–2003
|align="left" colspan=2|Progressive Conservative
gain from Reform
|align="right"|
Swing
|align="right"| -14.5
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See also
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List of Canadian electoral districts
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Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
Notes
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