The Political Record · Federal electoral districts
Calgary McKnight
Federal riding · AB · No. 48009 · 2023 representation order
- Member
- Dalwinder Gill Conservative
- 2025 result
- Conservative gain by 1,317 votes
- Turnout
- 56.5% of 76,258 electors
- Population
- 123,775 2021 census
- Area
- 74 km²
- Figures as of
- 2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
- Lowest turnout in Canada56.5% of 76,258 electors voted · 10th of 343
- Largest households3.4 people per household, 7th highest of 343 (Average household size, 2021 census)
- Closest race in AlbertaWon by 1,317 votes (3.1 pts) · 2nd of 37 in Alberta · 27th of 343 in Canada
- Most candidates on the ballot in Alberta7 candidates stood · 3rd of 37 in Alberta · 24th of 343 in Canada
- Most populous in Alberta123,775 people, 2021 census · 3rd of 37 in Alberta · 37th of 343 in Canada
- Changed hands in 2025One of 58 of 343 ridings where the winning party changed from the transposed 2021 result (4 of 37 in Alberta)
In brief
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Dalwinder Gill
- Member: Official Languages
- Member: Scrutiny of Regulations
IDid this riding change?
Yes. 23% of today's Calgary McKnight came from ridings other than the old Calgary Skyview.
Share of today's areaFormer riding
77.1%Calgary Skyview 47% of it kept
22.8%Calgary Forest Lawn 32% 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 gain
Elected
Dalwinder Gill
Conservative
20,863
49.1% of valid votes
Margin
1,317
votes · +3.1 pts
Runner-up
George Chahal
Liberal
19,546
46.0% of valid votes
Conservative 49.1% · Liberal 46.0% · New Democratic 2.8%
Turnout56.5% of 76,258 electors
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | 2021 | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalwinder Gill | Conservative | 20,863 | 49.1% | 33.9% | +15.2 |
| George Chahal | Liberal | 19,546 | 46.0% | 43.3% | +2.7 |
| Arlington Antonio Santiago | New Democratic | 1,204 | 2.8% | 16.0% | −13.2 |
4 further candidates, each under 1% of the vote
| Najeeb Butt | People's | 323 | 0.8% |
| Evelyn Tanaka | Green | 273 | 0.6% |
| Benjamin Cridland | Other | 162 | 0.4% |
| Syed Hasnain | Other | 107 | 0.3% |
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
1.6 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
1,204 votes
New Democratic took fewer than the 1,317-vote margin.
Election-day polls won by others
61 of 175
2 polls ended in an exact tie.
Flip the seatHypothetical
It would have taken 659 voters switching from Conservative to Liberal — 1.6% of the 42,478 valid votes, 1.6 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.
Conservative20,863
Liberal19,546
Still Conservative by 1,317 votes. Actual margin: 1,317.
IVElection day versus advance
Only 57.3% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.
Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Conservative50.0%48.0%−2.0
Liberal44.5%48.1%+3.6
New Democratic3.2%2.3%−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 $92,000 — a little higher than the median riding's $84,000.highestlowest101st highest of 343
- Median age is 36.0 — a little lower than the median riding's 41.6.highestlowest32nd lowest of 343
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27.4% — about the same as the median riding's 28.2%.highestlowest167th lowest of 343
- Share who are immigrants is 51.4% — about 3.0 times the median riding's 17.3%.highestlowest27th highest of 343
- Share of households that own their home is 73.8% — a little higher than the median riding's 71.4%.highestlowest137th highest of 343
- Share with French as a mother tongue is 0.7% — about 44 percent of the median riding's 1.6%.highestlowest48th lowest 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. 48009AB · 2025
Calgary McKnight
Dalwinder Gill
- Result
- Conservative gain by 1,317
- Turnout
- 56.5%
- Population
- 123,775
- Area
- 74 km²
Lowest turnout in CanadaLargest householdsClosest race in AlbertaMost candidates on the ballot in AlbertaMost populous in AlbertaChanged hands in 2025
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