Calgary Forest Lawn (Alberta) 46/338

 Calgary Forest Lawn (Alberta)

Today we're in eastern Calgary with Calgary Forest Lawn!

Calgary Forest Lawn has existed as a riding since the 2012 redistribution, created from Calgary East and Calgary Northeast. The population of the riding was 111,830 in 2016. The riding has a fairly high proportion of South Asian and Filipino population (11.2% and 10.4% respectively.) The riding is named for the Forest Lawn neighbourhood.

Politically, this riding is, you guessed it, Conservative for the past, basically forever. It was Social Credit for 23 years, but that's also under very different boundaries and it was 64 years ago. It was closer than before in 2015, when the Liberals finished only 12 points behind the Conservatives. The riding is currently represented by Conservative MP Jasraj Hallan.

Going along the track of tragic stories from yesterday, the MP before Jasraj Hallan, Deepak Obhrai, was the longest serving Conservative in the House of Commons up to his death on August 2nd, 2019. He was first elected in 1997 as a Reform MP, beating the PC candidate by 20 points. He died of liver cancer around the same time as another prominent Conservative MP Mark Warawa who died on June 20th, 2019. In 2019, the riding was 9/34 in Alberta and 286/338 in Canada by margin.

Rating:

Name: 8.4/10 - I appreciate ridings that are named for neighbourhoods, but it seems not that large, at least not large enough to define a riding after it.

Shape: 5.6/10 - Not a huge fan of the appendages. 

Individuality: 4.3/10 - Not too different, it is cool the MP was the longest serving Conservative.

Total: 18.3/30 (61%)

See you tomorrow in Calgary Heritage! (Sounds familiar, there's someone important from there, right?)