A by-election was held in the federal riding of Calgary Midnapore in Alberta, Canada on 3 April 2017 following the resignation of Conservative MP and former Minister of National Defence Jason Kenney. The safe seat was held by the Conservative candidate Stephanie Kusie on an increased majority.
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The by-election was scheduled to coincide with four others across the country, and was one of two to be held in the city of Calgary; Calgary Heritage.
Background
editConstituency
editCalgary Midnapore covers the south-eastern corner of Calgary and is named for the Midnapore neighbourhood.
Representation
editThe electoral district was created for the 2015 federal election and has had Kenney as its only MP, however predecessor ridings from which Calgary Midnapore was created mostly out of the former seat of Calgary Southeast, with smaller portions coming from Calgary Southwest and Macleod.[1][2] It had, since the 1993 federal election, successively elected Reform, Canadian Alliance and Conservative MPs.
Campaign
editThe riding of Calgary Midnapore was vacated by Conservative MP Jason Kenney who resigned his seat effective September 23, 2016,[3] to seek the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta.[4][5]
The by-election, held on April 3, 2017, was announced on February 22, 2017. The Speaker's warrant regarding the vacancy was received on September 23, 2016. The last day a by-election could have been announced was March 22, 2017, with an election held at least 36 days afterwards.[6]
Candidates
editFormer diplomat Stephanie Kusie[7] defeated entrepreneur Myles McDougall[8] and local federal riding association president Jack Redekop[9] for the Conservative nomination, held on January 14, 2017.[7]
Haley Brown was acclaimed as the Liberal candidate on January 22.[10]
Holly Heffernan was acclaimed as the NDP candidate on February 6.[11]
Ryan Zedic was acclaimed as the Green Party of Canada candidate on December 8, 2016.[12]
Results
edit| Canadian federal by-election, April 3, 2017: Calgary Midnapore Resignation of Jason Kenney | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Stephanie Kusie | 22,454 | 77.17 | +10.44 | ||||
| Liberal | Haley Brown | 4,950 | 17.01 | −5.64 | ||||
| New Democratic | Holly Heffernan | 735 | 2.53 | −5.20 | ||||
| Green | Ryan Zedic | 625 | 2.15 | −0.51 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Larry R. Heather | 251 | 0.86 | |||||
| National Advancement | Kulbir Singh Chawla | 81 | 0.28 | |||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 29,096 | 100.0 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | - | |||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | 89,436 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +8.08 | ||||||
2015 results
edit| 2015 Canadian federal election: Calgary Midnapore | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Jason Kenney | 42,415 | 66.73 | –9.17 | $67,515.08 | |||
| Liberal | Haley Brown | 14,396 | 22.65 | +16.24 | $11,213.46 | |||
| New Democratic | Laura Weston | 4,915 | 7.73 | –2.82 | $18,349.56 | |||
| Green | Brennan Wauters | 1,691 | 2.66 | –3.77 | $4,520.21 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Peggy Askin | 145 | 0.23 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 63,562 | 100.00 | $226,378.18 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 179 | 0.28 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 63,741 | 73.13 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 87,158 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –12.71 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[13][14] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ Report – Alberta, archived from the original on August 24, 2021, retrieved April 1, 2022
- ^ "Elections Canada site". Archived from the original on January 3, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
- ^ "Calgary Tory MP Jason Kenney tweets resignation letter". Toronto Star. September 20, 2016. Archived from the original on August 24, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
- ^ David Cochrane (July 7, 2016). "Jason Kenney will resign as MP in October, not soon enough for taxpayer group". CBC News. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
- ^ Fekete, Jason (August 22, 2016). "Quitting federal politics, Stephen Harper and Jason Kenney will get multimillion-dollar pensions". National Post. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
- ^ "Vacant Seats in the House of Commons Since the 2015 General Election". Elections Canada. Archived from the original on May 1, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
- ^ a b Rumbolt, Ryan (January 14, 2017). "Stephanie Kusie voted Calgary Midnapore CPC candidate in byelection". Calgary Sun. Archived from the original on January 16, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
- ^ "Elections Canada Nominations Database". Elections Canada. Archived from the original on September 23, 2017. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
- ^ Dormer, Dave (September 26, 2016). "2 candidates seek nomination for seat vacated by Jason Kenney". CBC Calgary. Archived from the original on January 16, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
- ^ "Haley Brown named Liberal candidate in Calgary Midnapore byelection". CBC News. January 21, 2017. Archived from the original on April 5, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
- ^ "Updates: Calgary-Heritage and Calgary-Midnapore by-elections | daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics". Daveberta.ca. February 5, 2017. Archived from the original on April 14, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
- ^ "Political Participants Registration: Nomination Contests Database". Elections Canada. Archived from the original on January 31, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
- ^ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Calgary Midnapore (Validated results)". Elections Canada. October 21, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine