Calgary South (provincial electoral district)

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Calgary South
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1960
District abolished1971
First contested1963
Last contested1967

Calgary South was a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada from 1963 to 1971. The district was one of 63 districts in 1963, and 65 in 1967, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.[1]

History[]

The Calgary South electoral district, covering southeast Calgary, was created in the early 1960s from Calgary-South East, Gleichen and Banff-Cochrane electoral districts. The district was abolished in the 1971 electoral boundary re-distribution to form both Calgary-Egmont and Calgary-Millican electoral districts.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)[]

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary South
Assembly Years Member Party
See Calgary-South East electoral district from 1959-1963,
Gleichen electoral district from 1905-1963
and Banff-Cochrane electoral district from 1940-1963
15th  1963–1967     Arthur J. Dixon Social Credit
16th  1967–1971
See Calgary-Egmont electoral district from 1971-2012
and Calgary-Millican electoral district from 1971-1993

Election results[]

1963 general election[]

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1963 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Arthur J. Dixon 5,661 60.79% –
Liberal Howard G. Cook 2,529 27.16% –
New Democratic John N. Smith 1,123 12.06% –
Total 9,313 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 43 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 21,575 43.37% –
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-South Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1967 general election[]

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1967 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Arthur J. Dixon 5,401 41.95% -18.84%
Progressive Conservative Joe Clark 4,940 38.37% –
New Democratic Jack D. Peters 1,388 10.78% -1.28%
Liberal Willis E. O'Leary 1,146 8.90% -18.25%
Total 12,875 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 59 – –
Eligible electors / turnout 21,159 61.13% –
Social Credit hold Swing -15.02%
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-South Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Election results for Calgary-South". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2020.

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Coordinates: 50°55′37″N 114°02′35″W / 50.927°N 114.043°W / 50.927; -114.043

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