Calgary Northeast

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Calgary Northeast

Alberta electoral district
[[Image: Calgary Centre East Centre North Northeast Southeast Southwest West Nose Hill |200px]] 'Calgary Northeast in relation to the other Calgary ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Art Hanger Conservative
District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2006
Demographics
Population (2006)	129,015
Electors (2006)	80,760
Area (km²)	127
Pop. density (per km²)	1,015.9
Census divisions	Division No. 6
Census subdivisions	Calgary

Calgary Northeast is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. It is an urban riding in the city of Calgary.

Contents 1 History 2 Members of Parliament 2.1 Current Member of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] History

This riding was created in 1987 from Calgary East and Bow River ridings.

In 2003, parts of this electoral district were transferred to Calgary Centre-North riding.

[edit] Members of Parliament

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

1. 1988-1993: Alex Kindy - Progressive Conservative
2. 1993-present: Art Hanger - Conservative

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Art Hanger, a former police officer. He was first elected in 1993. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada. He is the Conservative critic on Immigration. In the last parliamentary session he served as a member on the 'Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics', 'Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations' and the 'Subcommittee on Solicitation Laws of the Standing Committee on Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness'.

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Art Hanger	27,169	64.86%	+2.63%	$68,252
	Liberal	Jaswinder Johal	9,241	22.06%	-2.55%	$48,718
	New Democratic Party	Tyler Ragan	3,284	7.84%	+0.23%	$2,663
	Green	Trung Nguyen	1,833	4.38%	-0.32%	$0
	Independent	Ron Sanderson	364	0.87%		$700
Total valid votes			41,891	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			208	0.49%
Turnout			42,099	52.13%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Art Hanger	21,924	62.23%		$66,385
	Liberal	Dale Muti	8,672	24.61%		$39,001
	New Democratic Party	Giorgio Cattabeni	2,682	7.61%		$1,371
	Green	Morgan DuFord	1,658	4.70%		$501
	Action	Steve Garland	291	0.82%
Total valid votes			35,227	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			180	0.51%
Turnout			35,407	47.81%

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Canadian Alliance	Art Hanger	28,242	62.54%		$69,998
	Liberal	Sam Keshavjee	9,841	21.79%		$46,501
	Progressive Conservative	Jerry Vague	5,222	11.56%
	New Democratic Party	H. Ken Sahil	1,852	4.10%		$1,509
Total valid votes			45,157	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			306	0.67%
Turnout			45,463	50.58%

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Art Hanger	18,719	52.11%		$63,343
	Liberal	John Phillips	8,646	24.07%		$26,784
	Progressive Conservative	Suzanne Sawyer	5,815	16.18%		$16,104
	Independent	Harry Sekhon	1,300	3.61%		$25,901
	New Democratic Party	Bruce Potter	1,209	3.36%		$413
	Natural Law	Bruce Hansen	231	0.64%
Total valid votes			35,920	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			88	0.24%
Turnout			36,008	50.87%

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Reform	Art Hanger	20,774
	Liberal	Colin Macdonald	15,082
	Progressive Conservative	David Aftergood	5,228
	Independent	Alex Kindy	3,245
	New Democrat	Ken Richmond	1,314
	National	Ray McLeod	857
	Natural Law	Neeraj Varma	176
	Green	Norm Norcross	135

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Alex Kindy	25,890
	Liberal	Anil Giga	7,663
	New Democrat	Ken Richmond	7,319
	Reform	Stewart Larsen	6,155
	Independent	Jimmy Carleton	296

[edit] See also

• Calgary North East provincial electoral district
• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Alberta federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Calgary NorthEast Conservative Party District Association
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures - 1997
• Elections Canada
• Website of the Parliament of Canada

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