Calgary South (provincial electoral district)

For other districts and communities of a similar name, see South Calgary (disambiguation).

Calgary South

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1960
District abolished	1971
First contested	1963
Last contested	1967

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.

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

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

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

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
• South Calgary, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta
• Calgary South, a defunct federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada
• Calgary South East (provincial electoral district), a defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada
• De Winton/South Calgary Airport, an airport south of Calgary, Alberta
• South Calgary (provincial electoral district), a defunct provincial electoral district from 1913 to 1921
• Calgary Southeast, a federal electoral district

Further reading

• Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005. The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved May 25, 2020.

External links

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta