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Calgary Shepard is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.

Calgary Shepard was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.[3] It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of Calgary East and Calgary Southeast.[4] The riding’s name refers to Shepard, Alberta.

Demographics

According to the 2016 Canadian census
  • Languages: (2016) 77.7% English, 3.6% Tagalog, 2.3% Spanish, 1.6% French, 1.4% Vietnamese, 1.1% Mandarin, 0.9% Cantonese, 0.8% Panjabi, 0.8% Russian, 0.8% Arabic, 0.8% Polish, 0.6% German, 0.6% Urdu, 0.5% Romanian[5]
Panethnic groups in Calgary Shepard (2011−2021)
Panethnic
group 		2021[6] 2016[7] 2011[8]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
European[a] 107,835 66.17% 105,145 71.68% 84,770 77.32%
Southeast Asian[b] 16,700 10.25% 12,405 8.46% 8,360 7.63%
South Asian 9,080 5.57% 6,520 4.45% 3,370 3.07%
East Asian[c] 6,415 3.94% 5,415 3.69% 2,880 2.63%
Indigenous 6,270 3.85% 5,210 3.55% 3,635 3.32%
African 6,100 3.74% 4,415 3.01% 2,270 2.07%
Latin American 4,830 2.96% 3,245 2.21% 1,830 1.67%
Middle Eastern[d] 3,160 1.94% 2,250 1.53% 1,220 1.11%
Other/Multiracial[e] 2,560 1.57% 2,070 1.41% 1,295 1.18%
Total responses 162,965 99.71% 146,680 99.43% 109,630 99.33%
Total population 163,447 100% 147,520 100% 110,364 100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.
Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament Years Member Party
Calgary Shepard
Riding created from Calgary East and Calgary Southeast
42nd  2015–2019     Tom Kmiec Conservative
43rd  2019–2021
44th  2021–2025
45th  2025–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Calgary Shepard (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn’t run consistently are omitted)

2023 representation order

2025 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Tom Kmiec 44,363 67.99 +6.79 $64,954.09
Liberal Gul Khan 18,421 28.23 +14.31 $19,103.62
New Democratic Tory Tomblin 1,780 2.73 –13.30 $22.50
People’s Donald Legere 383 0.59 –5.14 $140.32
Green Robert Frasch 302 0.46 –1.24 none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 65,249 99.55 – $135,545.23
Total rejected ballots 294 0.45 –0.11
Turnout 65,543 71.97 +7.96
Eligible voters 91,069
Conservative notional hold Swing –3.76
Source: Elections Canada[9][10][11]
2021 federal election redistributed results[12]
Party Vote %
  Conservative 30,941 61.20
  New Democratic 8,105 16.03
  Liberal 7,039 13.92
  People’s 2,897 5.73
  Green 857 1.70
  Others 716 1.40

2013 representation order

2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Tom Kmiec 44,411 60.37 –14.64 $47,284.36
New Democratic Raj Jessel 12,103 16.45 +7.71 none listed
Liberal Cam Macdonald 10,303 14.01 +2.95 $2,027.58
People’s Ron Vaillant 4,284 5.82 +3.63 $7,189.88
Green Evelyn Tanaka 1,300 1.77 –1.23 $3,056.27
Maverick Andrea Lee 874 1.19 – $752.21
Independent Konstantine Muirhead 228 0.31 – none listed
National Citizens Alliance Jesse Halmo 56 0.08 – $276.36
Total valid votes/expense limit 73,559 99.44 – $139,111.83
Total rejected ballots 416 0.56 +0.00
Turnout 73,975 64.01 –5.74
Eligible voters 115,565
Conservative hold Swing –11.18
Source: Elections Canada[13][14][15]
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Tom Kmiec 58,614 75.01 +9.14 $42,824.82
Liberal Del Arnold 8,644 11.06 –13.63 $13,154.34
New Democratic David Brian Smith 6,828 8.74 +1.91 none listed
Green Evelyn Tanaka 2,345 3.00 +0.39 $3,079.74
People’s Kyle Scott 1,709 2.19 – $24,324.77
Total valid votes/expense limit 78,140 99.44 – $132,659.53
Total rejected ballots 441 0.56 +0.25
Turnout 78,581 69.75 +1.89
Eligible voters 112,660
Conservative hold Swing +11.39
Source: Elections Canada[16][17][18]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Tom Kmiec 43,706 65.87 –9.64 $153,176.93
Liberal Jerome James 16,379 24.69 +17.50 $7,037.44
New Democratic Dany Allard 4,532 6.83 –4.30 $10,097.24
Green Graham MacKenzie 1,734 2.61 –2.95 $1,050.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 66,351 99.69 – $241,369.87
Total rejected ballots 208 0.31 –
Turnout 66,559 67.86 –
Eligible voters 98,085
Conservative hold Swing –13.57
Source: Elections Canada[19][20][21]
2011 federal election redistributed results[22]
Party Vote %
  Conservative 29,904 75.52
  New Democratic 4,407 11.13
  Liberal 2,846 7.19
  Green 2,202 5.56
  Others 241 0.61

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
  2. ^ Statistic includes total responses of “Filipino” and “Southeast Asian” under visible minority section on census.
  3. ^ Statistic includes total responses of “Chinese”, “Korean”, and “Japanese” under visible minority section on census.
  4. ^ Statistic includes total responses of “West Asian” and “Arab” under visible minority section on census.
  5. ^ Statistic includes total responses of “Visible minority, n.i.e.” and “Multiple visible minorities” under visible minority section on census.

References

  1. ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
  2. ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
  3. ^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
  4. ^ Report – Alberta, archived from the original on August 24, 2021, retrieved July 2, 2013
  5. ^ “Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age (15A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2013 Representation Order), 2016 Census – 100% Data”. August 2, 2017.
  6. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). “Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population”. www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  7. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). “Census Profile, 2016 Census”. www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  8. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). “NHS Profile”. www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  9. ^ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). “Elections and Ridings: Calgary Shepard, Alberta (2025)”. lop.parl.ca.
  10. ^ “Forty-Fifth General Election 2025 — Poll-by-poll Results: Calgary Shepard”. elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2025.
  11. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2025). “Candidate Campaign Returns, 2025 General Election: Part 3C – Summary of Electoral Campaign Expenses and Other Outflows – Election expenses subject to the limit – Total”. elections.ca. Elections Canada. Expenses are reported “as amended” where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported “as submitted”.
  12. ^ “Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders”. Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  13. ^ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). “Elections and Ridings: Calgary Shepard, Alberta (2021)”. lop.parl.ca.
  14. ^ “Forty-Fourth General Election 2021 — Poll-by-poll Results: Calgary Shepard”. elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2021.
  15. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2021). “Candidate Campaign Returns, 2021 General Election: Part 3C – Summary of Electoral Campaign Expenses and Other Outflows – Election expenses subject to the limit – Total”. elections.ca. Elections Canada. Expenses are reported “as amended” where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported “as submitted”.
  16. ^ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). “Elections and Ridings: Calgary Shepard, Alberta (2019)”. lop.parl.ca.
  17. ^ “Forty-Third General Election 2019 — Poll-by-poll Results: Calgary Shepard”. elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2019.
  18. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2019). “Candidate Campaign Returns, 2019 General Election: Part 3C – Summary of Electoral Campaign Expenses and Other Outflows – Election expenses subject to the limit – Total”. elections.ca. Elections Canada. Expenses are reported “as amended” where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported “as submitted”.
  19. ^ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). “Elections and Ridings: Calgary Shepard, Alberta (2015)”. lop.parl.ca.
  20. ^ “Forty-Second General Election 2015 — Poll-by-poll Results: Calgary Shepard”. elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2015.
  21. ^ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2015). “Candidate Campaign Returns, 2015 General Election: Part 4 – Campaign Financial Summary – Total election expenses subject to the limit”. elections.ca. Elections Canada. Expenses are reported “as amended” where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported “as submitted”.
  22. ^ Pundits’ Guide to Canadian Elections