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.
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![]() Calgary-Klein within the City of Calgary, 2017 boundaries | |||
Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
MLA |
United Conservative | ||
District created | 2010 | ||
First contested | 2012 | ||
Last contested | 2019 |
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.
17 Calgary-Klein 2010 Boundaries | |||
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Bordering Districts | |||
North | west | West | east |
Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill | Calgary-Cross | Calgary-Varsity | Calgary-East and Calgary-Mountain View |
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Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
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Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Klein | ||||
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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–present | Jeremy Nixon | United Conservative |
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.
2012 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Kyle Fawcett | 6,859 | 41.21% | – | ||||
Wildrose Alliance | Jeremy Nixon | 5,754 | 34.58% | – | ||||
Liberal | Christopher Tahn | 1,985 | 11.93% | – | ||||
New Democratic | Marc Power | 1,689 | 10.15% | – | ||||
Evergreen | Roger Gagné | 355 | 2.13% | – | ||||
Total | 16,642 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 69 | 30 | 4 | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 30,131 | 55.47% | – | |||||
Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "17 - Calgary-Klein, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Craig Coolahan | 8,098 | 44.29% | 34.14% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Kyle Fawcett | 4,878 | 26.68% | -14.54% | ||||
Wildrose | Jeremy Nixon | 4,206 | 23.00% | -11.58% | ||||
Liberal | David Gamble | 1,104 | 6.04% | -5.89% | ||||
Total | 18,286 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 168 | 41 | 51 | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 34,702 | 53.33% | -2.15% | |||||
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | 5.48% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "17 - Calgary-Klein, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2016). 2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 151–153. |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
United Conservative | Jeremy Nixon | 10,473 | 47.62 | -2.06 | $71,085 | |||
New Democratic | Craig Coolahan | 8,776 | 39.90 | -4.39 | $42,716 | |||
Alberta Party | Kara Levis | 1,842 | 8.37 | – | $18,147 | |||
Liberal | Michael Macdonald | 396 | 1.80 | -4.24 | $1,598 | |||
Green | Janine St. Jean | 294 | 1.34 | – | $750 | |||
Alberta Independence | C.W. Alexander | 214 | 0.97 | – | $3,445 | |||
Total | 21,995 | – | – | |||||
Rejected, spoiled and declined | 139 | 61 | 10 | |||||
Eligible electors / turnout | 34,392 | 64.39% | +11.06% | |||||
United Conservative gain from New Democratic | Swing | – | ||||||