Calgary Signal Hill (Alberta) 52/338

 Calgary Signal Hill (Alberta)

Today we're in Calgary Signal Hill!

Calgary Signal Hill has existed as a riding since the 2012 redistribution, created from Calgary West and Calgary Centre. The population of the riding was 121,392 in 2016. The riding is named for the Signal Hill neighbourhood, which had a population of 13,914 residents as of the 2012 municipal census. The riding has a median income of $111,190, the 9th largest in the country but only the 5th highest in Alberta.

Politically, it is very conservative. Shocking, right? There is actually something to be said about how the leftist vote (Liberal, NDP, Green) reduced between 2011 and 2019. The combined total in 2011-2019 is as follows, 34.8, 38.1, and 27.1. Why is this? I don't know, probably just the Alberta leftist sentiment from 2019. The riding is currently represented by Conservative MP Ron Liepert.

Liberals have typically done better in Calgary than the rest of Alberta, put still very Conservative. In the 21st century, the Liberals have outperformed the provincial Liberal vote at an average of 2.5%. Their best performance was the breakthrough in 2015. The Liberals won more seats than they ever had in modern history in Calgary, 2! But in all honesty, going from 13.7% in the city to 33.1% is a huge gain, and while they lost the two seats and 15% of the vote, they still had a 4.4% gain over their 2011 results. In 2019, this seat was 16/34 in Alberta and 313/338 in Canada by margin.

Rating:

Name: 8.8/10 - I appreciate the name from a neighbourhood, maybe Calgary Sarcee would be better.

Shape: 6.8/10 - It isn't awful, the river is good, and the streets are okay, the west is kind of  gross though.

Individuality: 5.3/10 - It is cool that it has a high income, and that the Libertarian leader ran here in 2015, but it is basically the most average Calgary riding.

Total: 20.9/30 (69.7%)

See you tomorrow in our final Calgary riding, Calgary Skyview!