Calgary North (provincial electoral district)
- Calgary North (provincial electoral district)
Calgary North provincial electoral district was a riding in the north part of Calgary, Alberta. The riding has existed twice. The first incarnation was used in the elections of 1913 and 1917 and the second incarnation was used in elections between 1959 and 1967.
In 1913 the original Calgary riding was temporarily broken into three ridings. Calgary South and Calgary Centre were created along with this one.
In 1921 Calgary went back to being one riding.
In 1959 the original Calgary riding was broken into seven ridings when the government standardized the province to First Past the Post.
The riding disappeared in the 1971 redistribution, when it was merged with Calgary Queens Park and became Calgary McKnight.
1959 Redistribution
The historic 1959 redistribution of the provincial ridings of Calgary and Edmonton marked the transition back to First Past the Post. From 1926 to 1959 Calgary and Edmonton used Single Transferable Vote while the rest of the province had the option of how to count votes. The redistribution created seven ridings in Calgary, two of those still exist today.
This transition was done in part to standardize the electoral system across the province and because Calgary and Edmonton were becoming two large to be a single riding.
The other six ridings were Calgary Bowness, Calgary West, Calgary Glenmore, Calgary Centre, Calgary North East, Calgary South East.
Results 1913 - 1917 and 1959 - 1967
ee also
*Calgary North Federal Election District
External links
* [http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta]
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