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Calgary East

Federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada

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Calgary East (French: Calgary-Est) is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1953, 1979 to 1988, 1997 to 2015, and since 2025. It has always been a lower-income urban riding in Calgary, with a sizable visible minority population.

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, this riding was restored upon the call of the 2025 Canadian federal election. It was created out of Calgary Forest Lawn south of 16 Ave NE plus part of Vista Heights, and part of Calgary Shepard north of a line following 130 Ave SE to 52 St SE to Glenmore Trail.

01Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census

Languages: 70.3% English, 5.3% Tagalog, 4.1% Vietnamese, 2.7% Arabic, 2.0% Spanish, 1.8% French, 1.4% Cantonese, 1.2% Tigrigna

Religions: 48.2% Christian (23.2% Catholic, 2.9% United Church, 2.3% Christian Orthodox, 1.8% Anglican, 1.2% Pentecostal, 1.1% Lutheran, 1.0% Baptist, 14.7% Other), 37.1% No religion, 8.5% Muslim, 3.6% Buddhist

Median income: $38,400 (2020)

Average income: $46,880 (2020)

Panethnic groups in Calgary East (2021)
Panethnic group	2021
Panethnic group	Pop.	%
European	62,630	52.64%
Southeast Asian	19,945	16.76%
African	10,605	8.91%
Indigenous	6,660	5.6%
Middle Eastern	5,855	4.92%
South Asian	4,240	3.56%
East Asian	3,505	2.95%
Latin American	2,665	2.24%
Other/multiracial	2,875	2.42%
Total responses	118,980	99.52%
Total population	119,555	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

02History

This riding was originally created in 1914 as East Calgary from the electoral districts of Calgary and Macleod. The riding's name was changed in 1924 to Calgary East. It was abolished in 1952 when its territory was redistributed between Calgary North, Calgary South, and Macleod, with a small section going to Bow River. It was re-created in 1976 from parts of Calgary North, Calgary South, and Palliser ridings.

It was again abolished in 1987 when its territory was redistributed between Calgary Centre, Calgary Northeast, Calgary Southeast, Calgary Southwest, and Crowfoot ridings.

This electoral district was again created in 1996 from the ridings of Calgary Centre, Calgary Northeast, Calgary Southeast, and Wild Rose.

In 2013, Calgary East was abolished a third time. Most of the riding became part of Calgary Forest Lawn, with smaller portions transferred to Calgary Shepard and Calgary Centre.

This electoral district was created for a fourth time in 2023 from the ridings of Calgary Forest Lawn, and Calgary Shepard.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from Calgary and Macleod
East Calgary
13th	1917-1921	Daniel Lee Redman	Conservative
14th	1921-1925	William Irvine	Labour
Calgary East
15th	1925-1926	Fred Davis	Conservative
16th	1926-1930	Herbert Bealey Adshead	Labour
17th	1930-1935	George Douglas Stanley	Conservative
18th	1935-1940	John Landeryou	Social Credit
19th	1940-1945	George Henry Ross	Liberal
20th	1945-1949	Douglas Harkness	Progressive Conservative
21st	1949-1953	Douglas Harkness	Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Bow River, Calgary North, Calgary South and Macleod
Riding re-created from Calgary North, Calgary South and Palliser
31st	1979-1980	John Kushner	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980-1984	John Kushner
33rd	1984-1988	Alex Kindy
Riding dissolved into Calgary Centre, Calgary Southwest, Calgary Northeast and Calgary Southeast
Riding re-created from Calgary Northeast and Calgary Southeast
36th	1997-2000	Deepak Obhrai	Reform
36th	2000-2000		Alliance
37th	2000-2003		Alliance
37th	2003-2004		Conservative
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006-2008
40th	2008-2011
41st	2011-2015
Riding dissolved into Calgary Shepard, Calgary Forest Lawn, Calgary Centre and Calgary Midnapore
Riding re-created from Calgary Shepard and Calgary Forest Lawn
45th	2025, present	Jasraj Hallan	Conservative

03Election results

Calgary East, since 2025

2025 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jasraj Singh Hallan	32,490	60.53	+7.67	$96,499.50
	Liberal	Priti Obhrai-Martin	17,062	31.79	+13.25	$33,455.72
	New Democratic	Jennifer Geha	2,092	3.90	, 14.18	none listed
	People's	Harry Dhillon	908	1.69	, 5.48	none listed
	Green	Carey Rutherford	664	1.24	, 0.88	none listed
	Christian Heritage	Garry Dirk	321	0.60	,	$425.00
	Communist	Jonathan Trautman	137	0.26	, 0.01	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			53,674	99.13	,	$135,227.44
Total rejected ballots			469	0.87	+0.33
Turnout			54,143	60.16	+14.22
Eligible voters			90,001
	Conservative hold		Swing		+10.46
Source: Elections Canada

2021 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	24,157	52.86
	Liberal	8,474	18.54
	New Democratic	8,264	18.08
	People's	3,275	7.17
	Green	967	2.12
	Others	566	1.24

Calgary East, 1997-2015

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Deepak Obhrai	23,372	67.43	+0.96	$79,466.97
	New Democratic	Al Brown	4,894	14.12	+2.37	none listed
	Liberal	Josipa Petrunic	4,102	11.83	+1.68	$37,155.33
	Green	Scott W. Milton	2,047	5.91	, 4.70	$3,160.59
	Communist	Jason Devine	246	0.71	, 0.30	$502.42
Total valid votes/expense limit			34,661	99.47	,	$85,741.55
Total rejected ballots			186	0.53	+0.06
Turnout			34,847	45.94	+4.15
Eligible voters			75,850
	Conservative hold		Swing		+1.67
Source: Elections Canada

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Deepak Obhrai	21,311	66.47	, 0.63	$77,527.91
	New Democratic	Ian Vaughan	3,768	11.75	+0.88	$831.25
	Green	Nathan David Coates	3,403	10.61	+3.20	$2,713.17
	Liberal	Bernie Kennedy	3,255	10.15	, 3.41	$6,923.42
	Communist	Jason Devine	323	1.01	+0.41	$417.13
Total valid votes/expense limit			32,060	99.52	,	$83,826.32
Total rejected ballots			154	0.48	+0.03
Turnout			32,214	41.79	, 8.65
Eligible voters			77,083
	Conservative hold		Swing		, 0.75
Source: Elections Canada

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Deepak Obhrai	26,766	67.10	+5.98	$78,232.62
	Liberal	Dobie Yiu-Chung To	5,410	13.56	, 7.71	$12,149.82
	New Democratic	Patrick Arnell	4,338	10.87	+1.00	$2,642.75
	Green	John Mark Taylor	2,954	7.41	+0.35	$1,910.10
	Communist	Jason Devine	239	0.60	, 0.08	$279.95
	Canadian Action	Ghazanfar Khan	183	0.46	,	$99.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			39,890	99.55	,	$80,770.23
Total rejected ballots			181	0.45	, 0.12
Turnout			40,071	50.45	+2.66
Eligible voters			79,435
	Conservative hold		Swing		+6.85
Source: Elections Canada

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Deepak Obhrai	21,897	61.12	, 9.62	$55,404.14
	Liberal	James Maxim	7,621	21.27	+0.80	$50,725.48
	New Democratic	Elizabeth Thomas	3,535	9.87	,	$4,491.19
	Green	Dean Kenneth Christie	2,529	7.06	,	$1,526.26
	Communist	Jason Devine	245	0.68	+0.23	$750.22
Total valid votes/expense limit			35,827	99.43	,	$76,374.37
Total rejected ballots			207	0.57	+0.22
Turnout			36,034	47.79	, 0.41
Eligible voters			75,407
	Conservative gain from Alliance		Swing		, 5.21
Source: Elections Canada

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Deepak Obhrai	18,141	54.26	+9.28	$50,082
	Liberal	Doug Perras	6,843	20.47	, 2.33	$13,817
	Progressive Conservative	Roger Richard	5,510	16.48	, 8.14	$26,576
	New Democratic	Kaie Jones	1,444	4.32	, 2.17	$4,528
	Marijuana	Grant Adam Krieger	1,222	3.65	,	$1,331
	Communist	Jason Devine	152	0.45	,	$415
	Natural Law	Neeraj Varma	124	0.37	, 0.74	none listed
Total valid votes			33,436	99.65
Total rejected ballots			118	0.35	, 0.23
Turnout			33,554	48.19	+0.31
Eligible voters			69,624
	Alliance gain from Reform		Swing		+28.30
Source: Elections Canada

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Deepak Obhrai	13,348	44.98	,	$47,624
	Progressive Conservative	Roger Richard	7,306	24.62	,	$40,312
	Liberal	Nagah Hage	6,766	22.80	,	$20,633
	New Democratic	Kaie Jones	1,926	6.49	,	$6,993
	Natural Law	Santo Esposito	329	1.11	,	none listed
Total valid votes			29,675	99.41
Total rejected ballots			175	0.59	+0.13
Turnout			29,850	47.88	, 17.74
Eligible voters			62,338
	Reform gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+34.80
Source: Elections Canada

Calgary East, 1979-1988

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Alex Kindy	36,825	58.85	+6.01
	Liberal	Rod Sykes	14,749	23.57	, 3.14
	New Democratic	Barry Pashak	8,558	13.68	+3.40
	Independent	Dave G. Wereschuk	993	1.59	,
	Confederation of Regions	Nora Galenzoski	658	1.05	,
	Social Credit	Jim Othen	343	0.55	, 0.42
	Libertarian	Wayne Kollinger	324	0.52	,
	Communist	Bruce Potter	122	0.19	+0.06
Total valid votes			62,572	99.54
Total rejected ballots			289	0.46	+0.19
Turnout			62,861	65.63	+10.30
Eligible voters			95,783
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+4.58
Source: Elections Canada

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Kushner	23,073	52.84	, 8.04
	Liberal	Albert Ludwig	11,662	26.71	+3.02
	New Democratic	Barry Pashak	4,490	10.28	, 0.84
	Independent	Jim C. Young	3,271	7.49	,
	Rhinoceros	Philip J. Pazdor	638	1.46	,
	Social Credit	Jim Othen	422	0.97	, 0.76
	Communist	Bruce Potter	58	0.13	, 0.01
	Marxist-Leninist	Margaret Peggy Askin	55	0.13	+0.01
Total valid votes			43,669	99.73
Total rejected ballots			117	0.27	, 0.06
Turnout			43,786	55.33	, 8.57
Eligible voters			79,132
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		, 5.53
Source: Elections Canada

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Kushner	28,320	60.88	,
	Liberal	Albert Ludwig	11,019	23.69	,
	New Democratic	Barry Pashak	5,172	11.12	,
	Independent	George Barber	1,080	2.32	,
	Social Credit	Ted Hammond	805	1.73	,
	Communist	Bruce Potter	65	0.14	,
	Marxist-Leninist	Margaret Peggy Askin	54	0.12	,
Total valid votes			46,515	99.67
Total rejected ballots			154	0.33	,
Turnout			46,669	63.90	,
Eligible voters			73,036
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		N/A
Source: Elections Canada

Calgary East, 1925 - 1952

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Douglas Harkness	9,641	35.87	+4.35
	Liberal	Donald Hugh Mackay	8,555	31.83	+12.55
	Social Credit	Clifford Norman Clarke	5,597	20.83	, 2.83
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Warwick Freeman Kelloway	3,083	11.47	, 11.35
Total valid votes			26,876	99.05
Total rejected ballots			257	0.95	, 1.41
Turnout			27,133	69.05	, 4.31
Eligible voters			39,296
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+8.45
Source: Library of Parliament

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Douglas Harkness	7,799	31.52	+7.91
	Social Credit	Clifford Menzies Willmott	5,854	23.66	, 1.58
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Peter Newton Russell Morrison	5,646	22.82	, 0.79
	Liberal	George Henry Ross	4,771	19.28	, 8.26
	Labor-Progressive	Lionel Frank Edwards	672	2.72	,
Total valid votes			24,742	97.64
Total rejected ballots			598	2.36	+0.64
Turnout			25,340	73.35	+2.63
Eligible voters			34,545
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+4.75
Source: Library of Parliament

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Henry Ross	5,815	27.54	+13.21
	Social Credit	John Landeryou	5,330	25.24	, 21.34
	National Government	Hugh Farthing	4,987	23.61	, 9.81
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Warwick Freeman Kelloway	4,986	23.61	+17.94
Total valid votes			21,118	98.28
Total rejected ballots			369	1.72	+0.60
Turnout			21,487	70.73	, 0.73
Eligible voters			30,381
	Liberal gain from Social Credit		Swing		+17.28
Source: Library of Parliament

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	John Landeryou	8,376	46.58	,
	Conservative	George Douglas Stanley	6,009	33.42	, 31.98
	Liberal	Joseph Tweed Shaw	2,576	14.33	,
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Edith Patterson	1,020	5.67	,
Total valid votes			17,981	98.88
Total rejected ballots			203	1.12	+1.12
Turnout			18,184	71.45	+3.04
Eligible voters			25,449
	Social Credit gain from Conservative		Swing		+39.28
Source: Library of Parliament

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Douglas Stanley	11,344	65.40	+22.64
	Labour	Herbert Bealey Adshead	6,002	34.60	, 21.28
Total valid votes			17,346	100.00
Total rejected ballots			unknown
Turnout			17,346	68.41	+8.55
Eligible voters			25,355
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing		+21.96
Source: Library of Parliament

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Herbert Bealey Adshead	6,707	55.88	+24.41
	Conservative	Fred Davis	5,132	42.76	, 4.40
	Independent	William Edward Wood Guy	163	1.36	,
Total valid votes			12,002	100.00
Total rejected ballots			unknown
Turnout			12,002	59.86	+6.95
Eligible voters			20,050
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing		+14.41
Source: Library of Parliament

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fred Davis	5,560	47.16	,
	Labour	William Irvine	3,710	31.47	,
	Liberal	William McCartney Davidson	2,519	21.37	,
Total valid votes			11,789	100.00
Total rejected ballots			unknown
Turnout			11,789	52.91	,
Eligible voters			22,283
	Conservative hold		Swing		N/A
Source: Library of Parliament

East Calgary, 1917-1925

1921 Canadian federal election: East Calgary
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Irvine	6,135	43.65	+11.79
	Conservative	Arthur LeRoy Smith	4,237	30.14	,
	Liberal	Duncan Marshall	3,684	26.21	,
Total valid votes			14,056	100.00
Total rejected ballots			unknown
Turnout			14,056	62.22	, 36.59
Eligible voters			22,591
	Labour gain from Government (Unionist)		Swing		N/A
Source: Library of Parliament

1917 Canadian federal election: East Calgary
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Government (Unionist)	Daniel Lee Redman	8,363	68.14
	Liberal-Labour	William Irvine	3,911	31.86
Total valid votes			12,274	100.00
Total rejected ballots			unknown
Turnout			12,274	98.81
Eligible voters			12,422
Note: In 1917 William Irvine ran as a joint candidate of the Non-Partisan League and the Calgary Labour League.
Source: Library of Parliament

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