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Calgary Centre
Calgary-Centre
Federal riding · AB · No. 48004 · 2023 representation order
- Member
- Greg McLean Conservative
- 2025 result
- Conservative hold by 2,780 votes
- Turnout
- 68.6% of 92,309 electors
- Population
- 120,545 2021 census
- Area
- 45 km²
- Figures as of
- 2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
- Smallest households1.8 people per household, 8th lowest of 343 (Average household size, 2021 census)
- Smallest by area in Alberta45 km² · 1st of 37 in Alberta · 55th of 343 in Canada
- Closest race in AlbertaWon by 2,780 votes (4.4 pts) · 3rd of 37 in Alberta · 56th of 343 in Canada
In brief
- Greg McLean held the seat for the Conservatives by 2,780 votes (+4.4 points).
- The riding shrank in 2023: it keeps 90% of the old Calgary Centre.
- Election-day and advance voters agreed on the winner; 52.3% of votes were cast on the day.
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is the 18th highest of 343 ridings.
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Greg McLean
IDid this riding change?
Yes — it shrank. All of today's Calgary Centre comes from the old Calgary Centre, but it is only 90% of that riding. The rest went elsewhere.
Share of today's areaFormer riding
99.7%Calgary Centre 90% of it kept
How this is measured. Share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files. It is area, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.
IIThe 2025 result
Conservative hold
Elected
Greg McLean
Conservative
31,604
50.2% of valid votes
Margin
2,780
votes · +4.4 pts
Runner-up
Lindsay Luhnau
Liberal
28,824
45.8% of valid votes
Conservative 50.2% · Liberal 45.8% · New Democratic 2.6%
Turnout68.6% of 92,309 electors
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | 2021 | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg McLean | Conservative | 31,604 | 50.2% | 50.5% | −0.3 |
| Lindsay Luhnau | Liberal | 28,824 | 45.8% | 29.8% | +16.0 |
| Beau Shaw | New Democratic | 1,665 | 2.6% | 16.3% | −13.7 |
3 further candidates, each under 1% of the vote
| Robert Hawley | People's | 365 | 0.6% |
| Jayden Baldonado | Green | 362 | 0.6% |
| Scott Fea | Other | 126 | 0.2% |
The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.
IIIHow close was it, really
Swing needed to flip
2.2 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
1,665 votes
New Democratic took fewer than the 2,780-vote margin.
Election-day polls won by others
56 of 154
4 polls ended in an exact tie.
Flip the seatHypothetical
It would have taken 1,391 voters switching from Conservative to Liberal — 2.2% of the 62,946 valid votes, 2.2 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.
Conservative31,604
Liberal28,824
Still Conservative by 2,780 votes. Actual margin: 2,780.
IVElection day versus advance
Only 52.3% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.
Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Conservative51.8%48.5%−3.3
Liberal43.6%48.2%+4.6
New Democratic3.1%2.2%−0.9
An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.
VWhat kind of place this is
- Median total household income is $77,500 — a little lower than the median riding's $84,000.highestlowest121st lowest of 343
- Median age is 35.6 — a little lower than the median riding's 41.6.highestlowest26th lowest of 343
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57.9% — about 2.1 times the median riding's 28.2%.highestlowest18th highest of 343
- Share who are immigrants is 26.6% — about 1.5 times the median riding's 17.3%.highestlowest120th highest of 343
- Share of households that own their home is 39.8% — about 56 percent of the median riding's 71.4%.highestlowest21st lowest of 343
- Share with French as a mother tongue is 1.8% — a little higher than the median riding's 1.6%.highestlowest146th highest of 343
2021 Census, keyed to the 2023 representation order. Comparisons are against the median riding, not Canada as a whole. Each rule places this riding among all 343.
VIWhere it is
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The card
No. 48004AB · 2025
Calgary Centre
Greg McLean
- Result
- Conservative hold by 2,780
- Turnout
- 68.6%
- Population
- 120,545
- Area
- 45 km²
Smallest householdsSmallest by area in AlbertaClosest race in Alberta
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