The Political RecordFederal electoral districtsNo. 48004Alberta

Calgary Centre

Calgary-Centre

Calgary Centre is a federal riding in Alberta. Greg McLean (Conservative, first elected to the House in 2019) represents Calgary Centre. Greg McLean (Conservative) held Calgary Centre for the Conservatives in the 2025 election by 2,780 votes (4.4 points), with 50.2% of the vote. Lindsay Luhnau (Liberal) was second with 45.8%, on a turnout of 68.6% of 92,309 electors. Member as of 2026-11-01.

Fig. 1 — Calgary Centre on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on 2026-11-01. Open it on the board →

Who represents Calgary Centre

Greg McLean's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Greg McLean

Member of Parliament for Calgary Centre

Conservative

MP since 2019-10-21 · 3 terms

156 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Business of Supply — Opposition Motion—Food Inflation and Budgetary Policy — Opposition Motion—Canada Carbon Rebate and Payment to Quebec — Main Estimates and Supplementary Estimates (A), 2025-26.

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The 2025 result: Conservative hold

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Calgary Centre, April 28, 2025

Shares of the 62,946 valid votes; a candidate under 1% is counted with the others. Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, the 2025 general election.

The figures

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Greg McLean	Conservative	31,604	50.2%
Lindsay Luhnau	Liberal	28,824	45.8%
Beau Shaw	New Democratic	1,665	2.6%
Others (3)		853	1.4%

Greg McLean (Conservative) won Calgary Centre on April 28, 2025 with 31,604 votes, 50.2% of the 62,946 valid votes. Lindsay Luhnau (Liberal) was second with 28,824 (45.8%), 2,780 votes and 4.4 points behind.

Of the 62,946 valid votes, Greg McLean (Conservative) took 50.2%, Lindsay Luhnau (Liberal) 45.8% and Beau Shaw (New Democratic) 2.6%; the 3 other candidates took 1.4% together. Turnout was 68.6% of 92,309 electors: 63,333 ballots cast, 62,946 of them valid, for 6 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Conservatives are down 0.3 (50.5% to 50.2%), the Liberals up 16.0 (29.8% to 45.8%) and the New Democrats down 13.7 (16.3% to 2.6%), in points of the valid votes.

2021 is Elections Canada's transposition of that election onto the 2023 boundaries, not an election held on these lines.

Since 2004: usually Conservative

The party first in Calgary Centre at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

2004Conservative51.6%by 22.1 points over the Liberals
2006Conservative56.0%by 37.0 points over the Liberals
2008Conservative56.1%by 38.6 points over the Liberals
2011Conservative58.1%by 40.9 points over the Liberals
2015†changed handsLiberal46.5%by 1.2 points over the Conservatives
2019changed handsConservative56.6%by 29.6 points over the Liberals
2021Conservative50.5%by 20.7 points over the Liberals
2025Conservative50.2%by 4.4 points over the Liberals

Each election carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate to 2019, Elections Canada's transposition for 2021, the official result for 2025. Parties are counted as they ran. † The first two are within two points, so which party was first is less certain.

The figures

Year	First	Share	Second	Margin (pts)	Basis
2004	Conservative	51.6%	Liberal	22.1	carried, our estimate
2006	Conservative	56.0%	Liberal	37.0	carried, our estimate
2008	Conservative	56.1%	Liberal	38.6	carried, our estimate
2011	Conservative	58.1%	Liberal	40.9	carried, our estimate
2015†	Liberal	46.5%	Conservative	1.2	carried, our estimate
2019	Conservative	56.6%	Liberal	29.6	carried, our estimate
2021	Conservative	50.5%	Liberal	20.7	transposed by Elections Canada
2025	Conservative	50.2%	Liberal	4.4	official result

The Conservatives were first here at seven of the eight general elections from 2004 to 2025; the Liberals were first in 2015. In 2025 the Conservatives took 50.2% of the vote here, 3.3 points below their average of 53.5% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

On today's boundaries the Conservatives were first here in 2004 (51.6%), 2006 (56.0%), 2008 (56.1%), 2011 (58.1%), 2019 (56.6%), 2021 (50.5%) and 2025 (50.2%) and the Liberals in 2015 (46.5%), each with the share of the valid votes shown.

A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 83 of the 343 ridings are usually one party's. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result. In 2015 the carried top two are within two points, so which party was first is less certain.

Before 2025

2021 Conservative · Greg McLean, by 12,782 votes (21.6 pts)
2019 Conservative · Greg McLean, by 19,535 votes (29.6 pts)
2015 Liberal · Kent Hehr, by 750 votes (1.2 pts)

In the old Calgary Centre on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Calgary Centre lived in; Elections Canada's official results.

What kind of place Calgary Centre is

Population: 120,5452021 census
Area: 45km²
Density: 2,703people per km²
Electors: 92,309on the 2025 lists

Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings

8th-smallest households
1.8 people per household, 8th lowest of 343 (Average household size, 2021 census)
Smallest by area in Alberta
45 km² · 1st of 37 in Alberta · 55th of 343 in Canada
3rd-closest race in Alberta
Won by 2,780 votes (4.4 pts) · 3rd of 37 in Alberta · 56th of 343 in Canada

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 of households that own their home is 39.8% — about 56 percent of the median riding's 71.4%.
highestlowest21st lowest of 343
Median age is 35.6 — a little lower than the median riding's 41.6.
highestlowest26th lowest of 343
Share who are immigrants is 26.6% — about 1.5 times the median riding's 17.3%.
highestlowest120th highest of 343
Median total household income is $77,500 — a little lower than the median riding's $84,000.
highestlowest121st 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 on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.

IDid this riding change?

Yes — it shrank. All of today's Calgary Centre, its electors as well as its ground, comes from the old Calgary Centre, but it is only 90% of that riding by area. The rest went elsewhere.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding

100.0%Calgary Centre 99.7% of the area · 90% of it kept

How this is measured. Electors: the share of the current riding's 2025 ordinary-list electors who lived in each former riding, each 2025 polling division placed in the 2013 riding a point inside it falls in. Area: the share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files, and how much of the former riding that part was. Area is land, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result

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

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.

Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Conservatives (94) · ■ won by another party (56) · ▨ tied (4).

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.

Voters who switch: 002,782

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.

On election day the Conservatives took 51.8%, the Liberals 43.6% and the New Democrats 3.1%; in advance and special ballots, 48.5%, 48.2% and 2.2%, in that order.

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Calgary Centre, April 28, 2025

Shares of the valid votes cast at election-day polls, and of those cast at advance polls, at mobile polls and by special ballot; the gap is the second less the first, in points. Source: Elections Canada, poll-by-poll results, the 2025 general election.

The figures

Party	Election day	Advance and special	Gap
Conservative	51.8%	48.5%	−3.3
Liberal	43.6%	48.2%	+4.6
New Democratic	3.1%	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.

VWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — Calgary Centre and its 5 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

"Calgary Centre — federal riding profile and 2025 results."
The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/calgary-centre/
Accessed 2026-11-10.

Results and transposition: Elections Canada. Boundaries: Elections Canada / Statistics Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada. Census: Statistics Canada 2021 Census. Member: House of Commons.

Figures reconcile to the certified national total of 19,641,663 votes. The member is as the House of Commons listed them on 2026-11-01. Page built 2026-11-10.