Calgary South
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Calgary South was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1988.
This riding was created in 1952 from parts of Bow River, Calgary West and East Calgary ridings.
It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Calgary Southeast, Calgary Southwest and Calgary West ridings.
Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1953 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Carl Olof Nickle | 12,491 | ||||||
| Liberal | Edward Joseph McCormick | 8,689 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Tom Glen | 6,829 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | George Ellinson | 1,501 | ||||||
| Labor–Progressive | Josephine Longridge | 339 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1957 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Arthur Ryan Smith | 21,065 | ||||||
| Liberal | Donald Hugh MacKay | 11,599 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Cliff M. Willmott | 5,738 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | H.J. Ryan | 1,033 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1958 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Arthur Ryan Smith | 29,482 | ||||||
| Liberal | Mel Shannon | 7,039 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Frank Brown | 3,884 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | H.J. Ryan | 1,416 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1962 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Arthur Ryan Smith | 21,927 | ||||||
| Liberal | Frank S. Morley | 12,837 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Bob Woodman | 8,806 | ||||||
| New Democratic | F. William Hanley | 3,654 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1963 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Harry Hays | 21,619 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jack Leslie | 19,760 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Glen Cumming | 8,753 | ||||||
| New Democratic | F.W. Hanley | 3,760 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1965 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harold Raymond Ballard | 20,640 | ||||||
| Liberal | Harry Hays | 20,525 | ||||||
| Social Credit | E. Leonard Pearson | 7,970 | ||||||
| New Democratic | David Gravells | 3,678 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1968 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Patrick Morgan Mahoney | 20,472 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harold Raymond Ballard | 19,716 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Jack D. Peters | 2,798 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1972 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Peter Bawden | 34,925 | ||||||
| Liberal | Patrick Morgan Mahoney | 18,437 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Joseph Yanchula | 5,386 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Ralph Wilson Cameron | 1,233 | ||||||
| Independent | E. John Mason | 110 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1974 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Peter Bawden | 41,530 | ||||||
| Liberal | Don Green | 14,116 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Bohdan Harasymiw | 3,558 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Ralph W. Cameron | 1,120 | ||||||
| Independent | Stephen E. Browning | 607 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1979 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | John William Thomson | 37,900 | ||||||
| Liberal | Jim Palmer | 14,839 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Cathie McCreary | 3,584 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Raymond Hurst | 460 | ||||||
| Libertarian | Luc C. Comtois | 174 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1980 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | John William Thomson | 34,873 | ||||||
| Liberal | Madeline Hombert | 11,754 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Cathie McCreary | 2,812 | ||||||
| Rhinoceros | David E. Fred Lambe | 887 | ||||||
| Independent | Walter Petrigo | 527 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Alma E. Hancock | 305 | ||||||
| Marxist–Leninist | André Vachon | 34 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1984 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bobbie Sparrow | 55,590 | ||||||
| Liberal | Harold Millican | 7,827 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Brendan Quigley | 6,135 | ||||||
| Confederation of Regions | Phyllis Kobley | 866 | ||||||
| Independent | Larry Heather | 800 | ||||||
| Commonwealth of Canada | Bill Bohdan | 136 | ||||||
See also
- Calgary South provincial electoral district
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
