Calgary Confederation

Calgary Confederation
Alberta electoral district
	Boundaries of Calgary Confederation as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Len Webber; Conservative
;
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	111,785
Electors (2019)	91,789
Area (km²)	54
Pop. density (per km²)	2,070.1
Census division(s)	Division No. 6
Census subdivision(s)	Calgary

Calgary Confederation is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015. It was created in 2012 from the electoral districts of Calgary Centre-North (70%), Calgary West (23%) and Calgary—Nose Hill (8%).^[2]

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Calgary Confederation (2011−2021)
Panethnic group	2021^[3]		2016^[4]		2011^[5]
Panethnic group	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European^[a]	82,215	68.15%	85,475	72.96%	85,035	78.27%
East Asian^[b]	13,435	11.14%	11,350	9.69%	9,950	9.16%
South Asian	5,200	4.31%	4,365	3.73%	3,050	2.81%
Southeast Asian^[c]	4,370	3.62%	3,530	3.01%	2,425	2.23%
Indigenous	4,075	3.38%	3,255	2.78%	2,575	2.37%
African	3,420	2.84%	3,400	2.9%	2,035	1.87%
Middle Eastern^[d]	3,135	2.6%	2,770	2.36%	1,365	1.26%
Latin American	2,435	2.02%	1,825	1.56%	1,360	1.25%
Other^[e]	2,335	1.94%	1,190	1.02%	855	0.79%
Total responses	120,630	97.23%	117,160	96.01%	108,650	97.2%
Total population	124,064	100%	122,023	100%	111,785	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years		Party
Calgary Confederation Riding created from Calgary Centre-North, Calgary West and Calgary—Nose Hill
42nd	2015–2019	Len Webber	Conservative
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Graph of election results in Calgary Confederation (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2021 federal election redistributed results^[6]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	27,326	45.69
	Liberal	16,680	27.89
	New Democratic	10,596	17.72
	People's	2,777	4.64
	Green	2,202	3.68
	Others	228	0.38

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Len Webber	28,367	46.0	-9.1	$66,944.08
	Liberal	Murray Sigler	17,560	28.5	+5.9	$95,299.28
	New Democratic	Gulshan Akter	10,561	17.1	+7.0	$4,394.78
	People's	Edward Gao	2,670	4.3	+2.6	$2,377.79
	Green	Natalie Odd	2,295	3.7	-5.0	$16,335.22
	Marxist–Leninist	Kevan Hunter	178	0.3	+0.1	$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			61,631	99.4	–	$119,393.54
Total rejected ballots			369	0.6
Turnout			62,000	68.02
Eligible voters			91,149
	Conservative hold		Swing		-7.5
Source: Elections Canada^[7]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Len Webber	36,312	55.1	+9.2	$83,521.26
	Liberal	Jordan Stein	14,908	22.6	–20.9	$74,229.77
	New Democratic	Gurcharan Singh Sidhu	7,312	11.1	+4.0	$1,171.80
	Green	Natalie Odd	5,700	8.7	+5.5	$27,621.83
	People's	Colin Korol	1,136	1.7	+1.7	$0.00
	Libertarian	Tim Moen	407	0.6	+0.6	none listed
	Marxist–Leninist	Kevan Hunter	117	0.2	–	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			65,892	100.0
Total rejected ballots			410	0.6	+0.3
Turnout			66,302	72.2
Eligible voters			91,789
	Conservative hold		Swing		+15.05
Source: Elections Canada^[8]^[9]^[10]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Len Webber	30,669	45.91	–6.52	$153,636.85
	Liberal	Matt Grant	29,083	43.53	+25.89	$159,579.52
	New Democratic	Kirk Heuser	4,770	7.14	–8.69	$57,375.70
	Green	Natalie Odd	2,146	3.21	–10.49	$21,308.54
	Marxist–Leninist	Kevan Hunter	140	0.21	–0.19	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			66,808	100.00		$228,532.64
Total rejected ballots			216	0.32	–
Turnout			67,024	75.43	–
Eligible voters			88,854
	Conservative hold		Swing		–16.21
Source: Elections Canada^[11]^[12]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[13]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	26,619	52.43
	Liberal	8,957	17.64
	New Democratic	8,036	15.83
	Green	6,956	13.70
	Marxist–Leninist	202	0.40

^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

^ ^a ^b Statistics Canada: 2011
^ Report – Alberta
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
^ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts".
^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
^ "Results Validated by the Returning Officer". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
^ "Candidate Campaign Returns". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
^ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Calgary Confederation (Validated results)". Elections Canada. October 22, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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