Calgary South

{{Short description|Former federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada}} {{For|other districts and communities of a similar name|South Calgary (disambiguation)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=February 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox Canada electoral district | province = Alberta | image = | caption = | coordinates = | coordinates_caption = | coordinates_date = | fed-status = defunct | fed-district-number = | fed-created = 1953 | fed-abolished = 1988 | fed-election-first = 1952 | fed-election-last = 1984 | fed-rep = | fed-rep-link = | fed-rep-party = | demo-pop-ref = | demo-area-ref = | demo-electors-ref = | demo-census-date = | demo-pop = | demo-electors = | demo-electors-date = | demo-area = | demo-cd = | demo-csd = }} '''Calgary South''' was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1988. This riding was created in 1952 from parts of Bow River, Calgary West and Calgary East ridings.

It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Calgary Southwest and Calgary West ridings.

== Members of Parliament == {{CanMP|Calgary South}} {{CanMP nodata|Electoral district created from Bow River, Calgary West and Calgary East}} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1953 | ToYr = 1957 | Assembly# = 22 | CanParty = PC | RepName = Carl Nickle | RepTerms# = 1 | PartyTerms# = 4 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1957 | ToYr = 1958 | Assembly# = 23 | RepName = Arthur Ryan Smith | RepTerms# = 3 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1958 | ToYr = 1962 | Assembly# = 24 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1962 | ToYr = 1963 | Assembly# = 25 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1963 | ToYr = 1965 | Assembly# = 26 | CanParty = Liberal | RepName = Harry Hays | RepTerms# = 1 | PartyTerms# = 1 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1965 | ToYr = 1968 | Assembly# = 27 | CanParty = PC | RepName = Harold Raymond Ballard | RepTerms# = 1 | PartyTerms# = 1 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1968 | ToYr = 1972 | Assembly# = 28 | CanParty = Liberal | RepName = Patrick Morgan Mahoney | RepTerms# = 1 | PartyTerms# = 1 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1972 | ToYr = 1974 | Assembly# = 29 | CanParty = PC | RepName = Peter Bawden | RepTerms# = 2 | PartyTerms# = 5 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1974 | ToYr = 1979 | Assembly# = 30 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1979 | ToYr = 1980 | Assembly# = 31 | RepName = John William Thomson | RepTerms# = 2 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1980 | ToYr = 1984 | Assembly# = 32 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1984 | ToYr = 1988 | Assembly# = 33 | RepName = Bobbie Sparrow | RepTerms# = 1 }} {{CanMP nodata|Electoral district dissolved into Calgary Southwest and Calgary West}} {{CanMP end}}

==Election results== === 1984 === [[File:197648006 Calgary South.svg|thumb|Location of Calgary South within Calgary between the 1976 and 1987 representation orders]] {{CANelec/top|CA|1984|Calgary South|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|CA|Progressive Conservative |Bobbie Sparrow|55,590|77.91|+9.79}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Harold Millican|7,827|10.97|–11.99}} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|Brendan Quigley|6,135|8.60|+3.11}} {{CANelec|CA|Confederation of Regions|Phyllis Kobley|866|1.21|–}} {{CANelec|CA|Independent|Larry R. Heather|800|1.12|–}} {{CANelec|CA|PCC|Bill Bohdan|136|0.19|–}} {{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|71,354|99.80}} {{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|144|0.20|+0.07}} {{CANelec/total|Turnout|71,498|75.37|+10.31}} {{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|94,859}} {{CANelec/hold|CA|Progressive Conservative |+10.89}} {{CANelec/source|Source: Elections Canada<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/ElectionsRidings/Ridings/Profile?OrganizationId=1389|title=Elections and Ridings: Calgary South, Alberta (1984) |author=Canada, Library of Parliament |date=2026 |website=lop.parl.ca}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |author1=Canada, Chief Electoral Officer |title=Thirty-Third General Election, 1984: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer |date=1984 |publisher=Queen's Printer |location=Ottawa |url=https://archive.org/details/31761115529752 |isbn=0-662-53477-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |author1=Canada, Chief Electoral Officer |title=Thirty-Third General Election, 1984: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer - Respecting Election Expenses |date=1984 |publisher=Queen's Printer |location=Ottawa |url=https://archive.org/details/31761115530149 |isbn=0-662-53472-7 }}</ref>}} {{end}} === 1980 === {{CANelec/top|CA|1980|Calgary South|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|CA|Progressive Conservative |John William Thomson|34,873|68.12|+1.58}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Madeline J. Hombert|11,754|22.96|–3.09}} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|Cathie McCreary|2,812|5.49|–0.80}} {{CANelec|CA|Rhinoceros (historical)|David Fred Lambe|887|1.73|–}} {{CANelec|CA|Independent|Walter Petrigo|527|1.03|–}} {{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Alma E. Hancock|305|0.60|–0.21}} {{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|André Vachon|34|0.07|–}} {{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|51,192|99.87}} {{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|69|0.13|–0.07}} {{CANelec/total|Turnout|51,261|65.06|–9.88}} {{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|78,789}} {{CANelec/hold|CA|Progressive Conservative |+2.34}} {{CANelec/source|Source: Elections Canada<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/ElectionsRidings/Ridings/Profile?OrganizationId=1389|title=Elections and Ridings: Calgary South, Alberta (1980) |author=Canada, Library of Parliament |date=2026 |website=lop.parl.ca}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |author1=Canada, Chief Electoral Officer |title=Thirty-Second General Election, 1980: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer |date=1980 |publisher=Queen's Printer |location=Ottawa |url=https://archive.org/details/31761115529745 |isbn=0-660-50630-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |author1=Canada, Chief Electoral Officer |title=Thirty-Second General Election, 1980: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer - Respecting Election Expenses |date=1980 |publisher=Queen's Printer |location=Ottawa |url=https://archive.org/details/micro_IA40243509_0262 |isbn=0-662-51248-0}}</ref>}} {{end}} === 1979 === {{CANelec/top|CA|1979|Calgary South|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|CA|Progressive Conservative |John William Thomson|37,900|66.54|–1.62}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Jim Palmer|14,839|26.05|+2.88}} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|Cathie McCreary|3,584|6.29|+0.45}} {{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Raymond Hurst|460|0.81|–1.03}} {{CANelec|CA|Libertarian|Luc C. Comtois|174|0.31|–}} {{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|56,957|99.80}} {{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|117|0.20|–0.09}} {{CANelec/total|Turnout|57,074|74.94|+4.21}} {{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|76,158}} {{CANelec/hold|CA|Progressive Conservative |–2.25}} {{CANelec/source|Source: Elections Canada<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/ElectionsRidings/Ridings/Profile?OrganizationId=1389|title=Elections and Ridings: Calgary South, Alberta (1979) |author=Canada, Library of Parliament |date=2026 |website=lop.parl.ca}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |author1=Canada, Chief Electoral Officer |title=Thirty-First General Election, 1979: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer |date=1979 |publisher=Queen's Printer |location=Ottawa |url=https://archive.org/details/31761115529737 |isbn=0-660-50445-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |author1=Canada, Chief Electoral Officer |title=Thirty-First General Election, 1979: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer - Respecting Election Expenses |date=1979 |publisher=Queen's Printer |location=Ottawa |url=https://archive.org/details/31761115530131 |isbn=0-662-50834-3}}</ref>}} {{end}} === 1974 === [[File:196648005 Calgary South.svg|thumb|Location of Calgary South within Calgary between the 1966 and 1976 representation orders]] {{CANelec/top|CA|1974|Calgary South|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|CA|Progressive Conservative |Peter Bawden|41,530|68.16|+10.04}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Don Green|14,116|23.17|–7.51}} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|Bohdan Harasymiw|3,558|5.84|–3.12}} {{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Ralph Wilson Cameron|1,120|1.84|–0.21}} {{CANelec|CA|Independent|Stephen E. Browning|607|1.00|–}} {{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|60,931|99.71}} {{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|177|0.29|–2.74}} {{CANelec/total|Turnout|61,108|70.73|–8.47}} {{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|86,392}} {{CANelec/hold|CA|Progressive Conservative |+8.78}} {{CANelec/source|Source: Library of Parliament<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/ElectionsRidings/Ridings/Profile?OrganizationId=1389|title=Elections and Ridings: Calgary South, Alberta (1974) |author=Canada, Library of Parliament |date=2026 |website=lop.parl.ca}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |author1=Canada, Chief Electoral Officer |title=Thirtieth General Election, 1974: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer |date=1974 |publisher=Queen's Printer |location=Ottawa |url=https://archive.org/details/31761115529729}}</ref>}} {{end}} === 1972 === {{CANelec/top|CA|1972|Calgary South|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|CA|Progressive Conservative |Peter Bawden|34,925|58.12|+12.25}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Pat Mahoney|18,437|30.68|–16.94}} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|Joseph Yanchula|5,386|8.96|+2.45}} {{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Ralph Wilson Cameron|1,233|2.05|–}} {{CANelec|CA|Independent|E. John Mason|110|0.18|–}} {{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|60,091|96.97}} {{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|1,875|3.03|+2.46}} {{CANelec/total|Turnout|61,966|79.20|+3.26}} {{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|78,236}} {{CANelec/gain|CA|Progressive Conservative |Liberal|+14.60}} {{CANelec/source|Source: Library of Parliament<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/ElectionsRidings/Ridings/Profile?OrganizationId=1389|title=Elections and Ridings: Calgary South, Alberta (1972) |author=Canada, Library of Parliament |date=2026 |website=lop.parl.ca}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |author1=Canada, Chief Electoral Officer |title=Twenty-Ninth General Election, 1972: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer |date=1972 |publisher=Queen's Printer |location=Ottawa |url=https://archive.org/details/31761115529711}}</ref>}} {{end}} === 1968 === {{CANelec/top|CA|1968|Calgary South|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Pat Mahoney|20,472|47.62|+8.76}} {{CANelec|CA|Progressive Conservative |Harold Raymond Ballard|19,716|45.87|+6.79}} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|Jack D. Peters|2,798|6.51|–0.45}} {{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|42,986|99.43}} {{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|247|0.57|–0.30}} {{CANelec/total|Turnout|43,233|75.94|+4.40}} {{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|56,934}} {{CANelec/gain|CA|Liberal|Progressive Conservative |+7.78}} {{CANelec/source|Source: Library of Parliament<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/ElectionsRidings/Ridings/Profile?OrganizationId=1389|title=Elections and Ridings: Calgary South, Alberta (1968) |author=Canada, Library of Parliament |date=2026 |website=lop.parl.ca}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |author1=Canada, Chief Electoral Officer |title=Twenty-Eighth General Election, 1968: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer |date=1968 |publisher=Queen's Printer |location=Ottawa |hdl=2027/umn.31951d013775853 |hdl-access=free}}</ref>}} {{end}} === 1965 === [[File:195248006 Calgary South.svg|thumb|Location of Calgary South within Calgary between the 1952 and 1966 representation orders]] {{CANelec/top|CA|1965|Calgary South|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|CA|Progressive Conservative |Harold Raymond Ballard|20,640|39.08|+2.41}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Harry Hays|20,525|38.86|–1.26}} {{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|E. Leonard Pearson|7,970|15.09|–1.15}} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|David Gravells|3,678|6.96|–0.02}} {{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|52,813|99.13}} {{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|461|0.87|+0.35}} {{CANelec/total|Turnout|53,274|71.54|–6.07}} {{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|74,469}} {{CANelec/gain|CA|Progressive Conservative |Liberal|+1.84}} {{CANelec/source|Source: Library of Parliament<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/ElectionsRidings/Ridings/Profile?OrganizationId=1389|title=Elections and Ridings: Calgary South, Alberta (1965) |author=Canada, Library of Parliament |date=2026 |website=lop.parl.ca}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |author1=Canada, Chief Electoral Officer |title=Twenty-Seventh General Election, 1965: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer |date=1965 |publisher=Queen's Printer |location=Ottawa |hdl=2027/umn.31951d013775845 |hdl-access=free |url=https://archive.org/details/31761115541195}}</ref>}} {{end}} === 1963 === {{CANelec/top|CA|1963|Calgary South|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Harry Hays|21,619|40.12|+12.94}} {{CANelec|CA|Progressive Conservative |Jack Leslie|19,760|36.67|–9.76}} {{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Glen Cumming|8,753|16.24|–2.41}} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|F. William Hanley|3,760|6.98|–0.76}} {{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|53,892|99.48}} {{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|282|0.52|–0.34}} {{CANelec/total|Turnout|54,174|77.61|+6.00}} {{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|69,807}} {{CANelec/gain|CA|Liberal|Progressive Conservative |+11.35}} {{CANelec/source|Source: Library of Parliament<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/ElectionsRidings/Ridings/Profile?OrganizationId=1389|title=Elections and Ridings: Calgary South, Alberta (1963) |author=Canada, Library of Parliament |date=2026 |website=lop.parl.ca}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |author1=Canada, Chief Electoral Officer |title=Twenty-Sixth General Election, 1963: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer |date=1963 |publisher=Queen's Printer |location=Ottawa |hdl=2027/umn.31951d013775837 |hdl-access=free |url=https://archive.org/details/31761115541187}}</ref>}} {{end}} === 1962 === {{CANelec/top|CA|1962|Calgary South|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|CA|Progressive Conservative |Arthur Ryan Smith|21,927|46.43|–24.07}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Frank S. Morley|12,837|27.18|+10.35}} {{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Bob Woodman|8,806|18.65|+9.36}} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|F. William Hanley|3,654|7.74|+4.35}} {{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|47,224|99.14}} {{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|412|0.86|–0.06}} {{CANelec/total|Turnout|47,636|71.61|–2.07}} {{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|66,524}} {{CANelec/hold|CA|Progressive Conservative |–17.21}} {{CANelec/source|Source: Library of Parliament<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/ElectionsRidings/Ridings/Profile?OrganizationId=1389|title=Elections and Ridings: Calgary South, Alberta (1962) |author=Canada, Library of Parliament |date=2026 |website=lop.parl.ca}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |author1=Canada, Chief Electoral Officer |title=Twenty-Fifth General Election, 1962: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer |date=1962 |publisher=Queen's Printer |location=Ottawa |hdl=2027/uc1.a0004484481 |hdl-access=free |url=https://archive.org/details/31761115541179}}</ref>}} {{end}} === 1958 === {{CANelec/top|CA|1958|Calgary South|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|CA|Progressive Conservative |Arthur Ryan Smith|29,482|70.50|+17.08}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Mel Shannon|7,039|16.83|–12.58}} {{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Frank Brown|3,884|9.29|–5.26}} {{CANelec|CA|CCF|Herbert James Ryan|1,416|3.39|+0.77}} {{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|41,821|99.08}} {{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|389|0.92|–0.38}} {{CANelec/total|Turnout|42,210|73.68|+1.11}} {{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|57,290}} {{CANelec/hold|CA|Progressive Conservative |+14.83}} {{CANelec/source|Source: Library of Parliament<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/ElectionsRidings/Ridings/Profile?OrganizationId=1389|title=Elections and Ridings: Calgary South, Alberta (1958) |author=Canada, Library of Parliament |date=2026 |website=lop.parl.ca}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |author1=Canada, Chief Electoral Officer |title=Twenty-Fourth General Election, 1958: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer |date=1958 |publisher=Queen's Printer |location=Ottawa |url=https://archive.org/details/31761115541161 }}</ref>}} {{end}} === 1957 === {{CANelec/top|CA|1957|Calgary South|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|CA|Progressive Conservative |Arthur Ryan Smith|21,065|53.42|+11.57}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Donald Hugh Mackay|11,599|29.41|+0.30}} {{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Clifford Menzies Willmott|5,738|14.55|–8.33}} {{CANelec|CA|CCF|Herbert James Ryan|1,033|2.62|–2.41}} {{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|39,435|98.70}} {{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|519|1.30|+0.14}} {{CANelec/total|Turnout|39,954|72.57|+10.68}} {{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|55,054}} {{CANelec/hold|CA|Progressive Conservative |+5.94}} {{CANelec/source|Source: Library of Parliament<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/ElectionsRidings/Ridings/Profile?OrganizationId=1389|title=Elections and Ridings: Calgary South, Alberta (1957) |author=Canada, Library of Parliament |date=2026 |website=lop.parl.ca}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |author1=Canada, Chief Electoral Officer |title=Twenty-Third General Election, 1957: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer |date=1957 |publisher=Queen's Printer |location=Ottawa |hdl=2027/mdp.39015061584382 |hdl-access=free |url=https://archive.org/details/31761115541153}}</ref>}} {{end}} === 1953 === {{CANelec/top|CA|1953|Calgary South|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|CA|Progressive Conservative |Carl Nickle|12,491|41.85|–}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Edward Joseph McCormick|8,689|29.11|–}} {{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Tom Glen|6,829|22.88|–}} {{CANelec|CA|CCF|George Edwin Ellinson|1,501|5.03|–}} {{CANelec|CA|Labor-Progressive |Josephine Longridge|339|1.14|–}} {{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|29,849|98.84}} {{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|349|1.16|–}} {{CANelec/total|Turnout|30,198|61.89|–}} {{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|48,790}} {{CANelec/notgain|CA|Progressive Conservative|N/A}} {{CANelec/source|Source: Library of Parliament<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/ElectionsRidings/Ridings/Profile?OrganizationId=1389|title=Elections and Ridings: Calgary South, Alberta (1953) |author=Canada, Library of Parliament |date=2026 |website=lop.parl.ca}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |author1=Canada, Chief Electoral Officer |title=Twenty-Second General Election, 1953: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer |date=1953 |publisher=Queen's Printer |location=Ottawa |url=https://archive.org/details/31761115541146}}</ref>}} {{end}}

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