Calgary South (provincial electoral district)

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]

For other districts and communities of a similar name, see South Calgary (disambiguation).
Calgary South
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1960
District abolished1971
First contested1963
Last contested1967

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
1963 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditArthur J. Dixon5,66160.79%–
LiberalHoward G. Cook2,52927.16%–
New DemocraticJohn N. Smith1,12312.06%–
Total 9,313––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 43––
Eligible electors / turnout 21,57543.37%–
Source(s)
Source: "Calgary-South Official Results 1963 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1967 general election
1967 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditArthur J. Dixon5,40141.95%-18.84%
Progressive ConservativeJoe Clark4,94038.37%–
New DemocraticJack D. Peters1,38810.78%-1.28%
LiberalWillis E. O'Leary1,1468.90%-18.25%
Total 12,875––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 59––
Eligible electors / turnout 21,15961.13%–
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.

Further reading

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