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Calgary South was a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada from 1963 to 1971. The district was one of 63 districts in 1963, and 65 in 1967, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.[1]
 Alberta electoral district | |
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| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1960 |
| District abolished | 1971 |
| First contested | 1963 |
| Last contested | 1967 |
History
The Calgary South electoral district, covering southeast Calgary, was created in the early 1960s from Calgary-South East, Gleichen and Banff-Cochrane electoral districts. The district was abolished in the 1971 electoral boundary re-distribution to form both Calgary-Egmont and Calgary-Millican electoral districts.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary South | ||||
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Calgary-South East electoral district from 1959-1963, Gleichen electoral district from 1905-1963 and Banff-Cochrane electoral district from 1940-1963 |
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| 15th | 1963–1967 | Arthur J. Dixon | Social Credit | |
| 16th | 1967–1971 | |||
| See Calgary-Egmont electoral district from 1971-2012 and Calgary-Millican electoral district from 1971-1993 |
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Election results
1963 general election
| 1963 Alberta general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Arthur J. Dixon | 5,661 | 60.79% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Howard G. Cook | 2,529 | 27.16% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | John N. Smith | 1,123 | 12.06% | – | ||||
| Total | 9,313 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 43 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 21,575 | 43.37% | – | |||||
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-South Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1967 general election
| 1967 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | Arthur J. Dixon | 5,401 | 41.95% | -18.84% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Joe Clark | 4,940 | 38.37% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Jack D. Peters | 1,388 | 10.78% | -1.28% | ||||
| Liberal | Willis E. O'Leary | 1,146 | 8.90% | -18.25% | ||||
| Total | 12,875 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 59 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 21,159 | 61.13% | – | |||||
| Social Credit hold | Swing | -15.02% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-South Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
See also
- List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
- South Calgary, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta
- Calgary South, a defunct federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada
- Calgary South East (provincial electoral district), a defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada
- De Winton/South Calgary Airport, an airport south of Calgary, Alberta
- South Calgary (provincial electoral district), a defunct provincial electoral district from 1913 to 1921
- Calgary Southeast, a federal electoral district
References
- "Election results for Calgary-South". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
Further reading
- Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005. The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
External links
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See also: Elections in Canada | |
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