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Calgary Confederation (Alberta)

Today we're one riding north with Calgary Confederation!

Calgary Confederation has existed as a riding since the 2012 redistribution, one of two new Calgary ridings in this redistribution. The riding is north of Bow River and contains the University of Calgary in the southwest part of the riding. The riding is named for Confederation Park, which was created in 1967 to commemorate the centennial. The population was 122,023 in 2016.

Politically, the riding is fairly similar to the rest of Calgary. It has been staunchly Conservative for most of its existence, a left-of-center party never getting more than 21%, until 2015, when the Liberals only lost by 1,586 votes or 2.38%. Things returned to the status quo, with some minor gains for the Liberals, still getting more 22% of the votes. The riding is currently represented by Conservative MP Len Webber.

The riding had previously been represented by Conservative MP Jim Prentice. He was first elected in 2004, and stayed in federal office until he retired to become the vice-chairman of CIBC. He entered provincial politics in 2014, becoming the interim leader of the Alberta PC's and became Premier where he stayed until the 2015 election when he resigned after the NDP won their majority. He tragically died on October 13th, 2016 after a small plane crash in Lake Country, BC. He was given a state funeral, which was attended by politicians of every stripe, including Premier Christy Clark, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, former Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and Premier Rachel Notley. In 2019, the riding was 6/34 in Alberta and 265/338 in Canada.

Rating:

Name: 8.9/10 - I love ridings that are named after the landscape! There is quite a bit of green space in this riding, so it makes sense.

Shape: 6.5/10 - It does a pretty good job of following streets and rivers, but not good enough.

Individuality: 6.4/10 - It is interesting how the Liberals kept some of their momentum in 2019, despite still losing by 30+ points.

Total: 21.8/30 (72.7%)

See you tomorrow in Calgary Forest Lawn!