Calgary South

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Calgary South was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1988.

This riding was created in 1952 from parts of Bow River, Calgary West and East Calgary ridings.

It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Calgary Southeast, Calgary Southwest and Calgary West ridings.

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	NICKLE, Carl O.	12,491
	Liberal	MCCORMICK, Edward Joseph	8,689
	Social Credit	GLEN, Tom	6,829
	Co-operative Commonwealth	ELLINSON, George	1,501
	Labour-Progressive	LONGRIDGE, Josephine	339

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	SMITH, Art	21,065
	Liberal	MACKAY, Donald H.	11,599
	Social Credit	WILLMOTT, Cliff M.	5,738
	Co-operative Commonwealth	RYAN, H.J.	1,033

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	SMITH, Art	29,482
	Liberal	SHANNON, Mel	7,039
	Social Credit	BROWN, Frank	3,884
	Co-operative Commonwealth	RYAN, H.J.	1,416

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	SMITH, Art	21,927
	Liberal	MORLEY, Frank S.	12,837
	Social Credit	WOODMAN, Bob	8,806
	New Democrat	HANLEY, F. William	3,654

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	HAYS, Harry W.	21,619
	Progressive Conservative	LESLIE, Jack	19,760
	Social Credit	CUMMING, Glen	8,753
	New Democrat	HANLEY, F.W.	3,760

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	BALLARD, H. Ray	20,640
	Liberal	HAYS, Harry W.	20,525
	Social Credit	PEARSON, E. Leonard	7,970
	New Democrat	GRAVELLS, David	3,678

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MAHONEY, Pat	20,472
	Progressive Conservative	BALLARD, Ray	19,716
	New Democrat	PETERS, Jack D.	2,798

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	BAWDEN, Peter	34,925
	Liberal	MAHONEY, Pat	18,437
	New Democrat	YANCHULA, Joseph	5,386
	Social Credit	CAMERON, Ralph Wilson	1,233
	Independent	MASON, E. John	110

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	BAWDEN, Peter	41,530
	Liberal	GREEN, Don	14,116
	New Democrat	HARASYMIW, Bohdan	3,558
	Social Credit	CAMERON, Ralph W.	1,120
	Independent	BROWNING, Stephen E.	607

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	THOMSON, John	37,900
	Liberal	PALMER, Jim	14,839
	New Democrat	MCCREARY, Cathie	3,584
	Social Credit	HURST, Raymond	460
	Libertarian	COMTOIS, Luc C.	174

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	THOMSON, John	34,873
	Liberal	HOMBERT, Madeline	11,754
	New Democrat	MCCREARY, Cathie	2,812
	Rhino	LAMBE, David E. Fred	887
	Independent	PETRIGO, Walter	527
	Social Credit	HANCOCK, Alma E.	305
	Marxist-Leninist	VACHON, André	34

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	SPARROW, Bobbie	55,590
	Liberal	MILLICAN, Harold	7,827
	New Democrat	QUIGLEY, Brendan	6,135
	Confederation of Regions	KOBLEY, Phyllis	866
	Independent	HEATHER, Larry	800
	Commonwealth	BOHDAN, Bill	136

[edit] See also

• Calgary South provincial electoral district
• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament