Calgary-Peigan is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district will be one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. It was contested for the first time in the 2019 Alberta election.

Geography

The district is located in eastern Calgary, containing the western part of Dover, the neighbourhoods of Ogden, Riverbend, Quarry Park, Douglasdale and Douglasglen, the northern part of McKenzie Lake, and the former hamlet of Shepard. It is bounded on the west by the Bow River and stretches to the eastern edge of Calgary, also including the sprawling industrial subdivisions around the CPR lands and Ralph Klein Park. It is named for Peigan Trail SE, which forms part of its northern boundary.

History

Members for Calgary-Peigan
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Calgary-Fort 1997–2019 and Calgary-Hays 2004–2019
30th2019–2023Tanya FirUnited Conservative
31st2023

The district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended abolishing Calgary-Fort and shifting the boundaries of Calgary-Hays southward. Calgary-Peigan was formed from most of Calgary-Fort, the northern neighbourhoods of Calgary-Hays, and a small part of Calgary-Acadia (the neighbourhood of Riverbend). As Fort Calgary was moved to the district of Calgary-Buffalo, the name Calgary-Fort could no longer be used.

Electoral results

Redistributed results, 2015 Alberta election
PartyVotes%
New Democratic6,53835.57
Progressive Conservative5,82031.66
Wildrose5,04127.43
Liberal6801.64
Others3023.13
vte2019 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United ConservativeTanya Fir13,35359.83%0.74%
New DemocraticJoe Pimlott6,52729.25%-6.32%
Alberta PartyRonald Reinhold1,5346.87%
LiberalJaro Giesbrecht4251.90%0.26%
Freedom ConservativeSheyne Espey2991.34%
Alberta IndependenceWill Hatch1800.81%
Total22,318
Rejected, spoiled and declined165502
Eligible electors / turnout33,89966.33%
United Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)Source: . officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 84–87. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1.
vte2023 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United ConservativeTanya Fir11,89255.02-4.81
New DemocraticDenis Ram9,09542.08+12.84
GreenShaun Pulsifer6262.90
Total21,61399.36
Rejected and declined1390.64
Turnout21,75262.27
Eligible voters34,932
United Conservative holdSwing-8.82
Source(s)Source: Elections Alberta

See also