# Calgary Shepard

Calgary Shepard is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.
Calgary Shepard was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015. It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of Calgary East and Calgary Southeast. The riding's name refers to Shepard, Alberta.

## Demographics

    According to the 2016 Canadian census
* Languages: (2016) 77.7% English, 3.6% Tagalog, 2.3% Spanish, 1.6% French, 1.4% Vietnamese, 1.1% Mandarin, 0.9% Cantonese, 0.8% Panjabi, 0.8% Russian, 0.8% Arabic, 0.8% Polish, 0.6% German, 0.6% Urdu, 0.5% Romanian
Panethnic groups in Calgary Shepard (2011−2021) :
| Panethnic group | 2021 | 2021 | 2016 | 2016 | 2011 | 2011 |
| Panethnic group | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % |
| European | 107,835 | 66.17% | 105,145 | 71.68% | 84,770 | 77.32% |
| Southeast Asian | 16,700 | 10.25% | 12,405 | 8.46% | 8,360 | 7.63% |
| South Asian | 9,080 | 5.57% | 6,520 | 4.45% | 3,370 | 3.07% |
| East Asian | 6,415 | 3.94% | 5,415 | 3.69% | 2,880 | 2.63% |
| Indigenous | 6,270 | 3.85% | 5,210 | 3.55% | 3,635 | 3.32% |
| African | 6,100 | 3.74% | 4,415 | 3.01% | 2,270 | 2.07% |
| Latin American | 4,830 | 2.96% | 3,245 | 2.21% | 1,830 | 1.67% |
| Middle Eastern | 3,160 | 1.94% | 2,250 | 1.53% | 1,220 | 1.11% |
| Other/Multiracial | 2,560 | 1.57% | 2,070 | 1.41% | 1,295 | 1.18% |
| Total responses | 162,965 | 99.71% | 146,680 | 99.43% | 109,630 | 99.33% |
| Total population | 163,447 | 100% | 147,520 | 100% | 110,364 | 100% |
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. |||||||

## Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Calgary Shepard Riding created from Calgary East and Calgary Southeast |||||
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Tom Kmiec | Conservative |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | Tom Kmiec | Conservative |
| 44th | 2021–present | Tom Kmiec | Conservative |

## Election results
### 2023 representation order

2021 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Conservative | 30,941 | 61.20 |
| New Democratic | 8,105 | 16.03 |
| Liberal | 7,039 | 13.92 |
| People's | 2,897 | 5.73 |
| Green | 857 | 1.70 |
| Others | 716 | 1.40 |

### 2013 representation order

vte2021 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Tom Kmiec | 44,411 | 60.4 | -14.6 | $47,238.67 |
| | New Democratic | Raj Jessel | 12,103 | 16.5 | +7.8 | $0.00 |
| | Liberal | Cam Macdonald | 10,303 | 14.0 | +2.9 | $2,027.58 |
| | People's | Ron Vaillant | 4,284 | 5.8 | +3.3 | $0.00 |
| | Green | Evelyn Tanaka | 1,300 | 1.8 | +1.2 | $3,056.27 |
| | Maverick | Andrea Lee | 874 | 1.2 | – | $752.21 |
| | Independent | Konstantine Muirhead | 228 | 0.3 | – | $0.00 |
| | National Citizens Alliance | Jesse Halmo | 56 | 0.1 | – | $276.36 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 73,559 | 100.0 | – | $139,111.83 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 416 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 73,975 | 64.2 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 115,176 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -11.2 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte2019 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Tom Kmiec | 58,614 | 75.0 | +9.13 | $41,477.43 |
| | Liberal | Del Arnold | 8,644 | 11.1 | -13.59 | $13,154.34 |
| | New Democratic | David Brian Smith | 6,828 | 8.7 | +1.87 | none listed |
| | Green | Evelyn Tanaka | 2,345 | 3.0 | +0.39 | $3,079.74† |
| | People's | Kyle Scott | 1,709 | 2.2 | - | $15,461.75 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 78,140 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 441 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 78,581 | 69.8 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 112,660 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +11.36 |
| †Amount as submitted from C1 of Part 6 of the Candidate Campaign Return. Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte2015 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Tom Kmiec | 43,706 | 65.87 | –9.64 | $153,176.93 |
| | Liberal | Jerome James | 16,379 | 24.69 | +17.50 | $7,037.44 |
| | New Democratic | Dany Allard | 4,532 | 6.83 | –4.30 | $10,097.24 |
| | Green | Graham MacKenzie | 1,734 | 2.61 | –2.95 | – |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 66,351 | 100.00 | | $241,369.87 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 208 | 0.31 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 66,559 | 67.9 | – |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 98,085 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | –13.57 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2011 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Conservative | 29,904 | 75.52 |
| New Democratic | 4,407 | 11.13 |
| Liberal | 2,846 | 7.19 |
| Green | 2,202 | 5.56 |
| Others | 241 | 0.61 |