# Calgary Forest Lawn

Calgary Forest Lawn is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.
Calgary Forest Lawn was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was 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 Northeast.
The 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution transferred the northern neighbourhoods of Coral Springs, Monterey Park, Rundle and Prineridge to the new riding of Calgary McKnight. While the remaining portion was transferred to the newly created riding of Calgary East.
It is named after the Calgary neighbourhood of Forest Lawn.

## Demographics

    According to the 2011 Canadian census
Languages: 59.1% English, 5.2% Vietnamese, 4.7% Chinese, 4.7% Tagalog, 4.6% Punjabi, 3.8% Arabic, 2.6% Spanish, 1.5% Urdu, 1.4% French, 12.4% Other Religions: 49.6% Christian, 11.6% Muslim, 6.0% Buddhist, 4.7% Sikh, 2.2% Hindu, 0.7% Other, 25.2% None Median income: $27,331 (2010)
Average income: $33,458 (2010)
Panethnic groups in Calgary Forest Lawn (2011−2021) :
| Panethnic group | 2021 | 2021 | 2016 | 2016 | 2011 | 2011 |
| Panethnic group | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % |
| European | 40,140 | 37.52% | 47,305 | 42.58% | 51,760 | 48.18% |
| Southeast Asian | 20,240 | 18.92% | 18,465 | 16.62% | 15,810 | 14.72% |
| African | 11,595 | 10.84% | 9,285 | 8.36% | 6,550 | 6.1% |
| South Asian | 11,065 | 10.34% | 12,740 | 11.47% | 11,840 | 11.02% |
| Middle Eastern | 9,140 | 8.54% | 7,960 | 7.16% | 6,065 | 5.65% |
| Indigenous | 5,180 | 4.84% | 5,160 | 4.64% | 4,555 | 4.24% |
| East Asian | 3,850 | 3.6% | 4,825 | 4.34% | 5,835 | 5.43% |
| Latin American | 2,525 | 2.36% | 2,775 | 2.5% | 2,755 | 2.56% |
| Other/Multiracial | 3,255 | 3.04% | 2,575 | 2.32% | 2,245 | 2.09% |
| Total responses | 106,985 | 99.12% | 111,100 | 99.35% | 107,425 | 99.3% |
| Total population | 107,939 | 100% | 111,830 | 100% | 108,183 | 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 Forest Lawn Riding created from Calgary East and Calgary Northeast |||||
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Deepak Obhrai | Conservative |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | Jasraj Hallan | Conservative |
| 44th | 2021–present | Jasraj Hallan | Conservative |
| Riding dissolved into Calgary East and Calgary McKnight |||||
The seat became vacant on August 2, 2019 with the death of Deepak Obhrai. Since the vacancy occurred less than nine months before the fixed-date general election of October 21, 2019, no by-election was held.

## Election results

2021 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Jasraj Hallan | 15,434 | 44.5 | -15.1 | $78,534.34 |
| | Liberal | Jordan Stein | 9,608 | 27.7 | +6.0 | $25,462.78 |
| | New Democratic | Keira Gunn | 6,254 | 18.1 | +7.5 | $1,836.99 |
| | People's | Dwayne Holub | 2,468 | 7.1 | +4.4 | $0.00 |
| | Green | Carey Rutherford | 699 | 2.0 | -1.3 | $89.23 |
| | Communist | Jonathan Trautman | 185 | 0.5 | +0.2 | $0.00 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 34,648 | 100.0 | – | $107,834.34 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 442 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,090 | 48.16 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 72,858 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -10.55 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte2019 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Jasraj Hallan | 23,805 | 59.6 | +11.62 | $90,097.72 |
| | Liberal | Jag Anand | 8,690 | 21.7 | -14.62 | none listed |
| | New Democratic | Joe Pimlott | 4,227 | 10.6 | +0.84 | none listed |
| | Green | William Carnegie | 1,318 | 3.3 | +0.31 | £2,962.82 |
| | People's | Dave Levesque | 1,089 | 2.7 | - | none listed |
| | Independent | Brent Nichols | 388 | 1.0 | - | none listed |
| | Christian Heritage | Esther Sutherland | 222 | 0.6 | - | none listed |
| | Communist | Jonathan Trautman | 134 | 0.3 | -0.65 | $476.56 |
| | Veterans Coalition | William James Ryder | 91 | 0.2 | - | none listed |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 39,964 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 395 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,359 | 53.5 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 75,376 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +13.12 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte2015 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Deepak Obhrai | 19,694 | 47.98 | –15.37 | $94,875.17 |
| | Liberal | Cam Stewart | 14,762 | 35.96 | +18.50 | $22,574.93 |
| | New Democratic | Abdou Souraya | 4,006 | 9.76 | –3.39 | $36,479.40 |
| | Green | Judson Hansell | 1,229 | 2.99 | –2.31 | $2,422.51 |
| | Libertarian | Matt Badura | 832 | 2.03 | – | – |
| | Communist | Jason Devine | 390 | 0.95 | – | – |
| | Democratic Advancement | Max Veress | 134 | 0.33 | – | – |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 41,047 | 100.00 | | $207,423.03 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 345 | 0.83 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,392 | 55.47 | – |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 74,620 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | –16.93 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2011 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Conservative | 19,574 | 63.35 |
| Liberal | 5,397 | 17.47 |
| New Democratic | 4,064 | 13.15 |
| Green | 1,638 | 5.30 |
| Others | 227 | 0.73 |

## List of EDAs
### Calgary Forest Lawn Federal Liberal Association

Chief Executive Officer: Zachary E.D. Trynacity-Popowich
Financial agent: Lindsay E. Amantea

### Calgary Forest Lawn Conservative Association

Chief Executive Officer: Dilpreet K. Samra

### Calgary Forest Lawn Federal Green Party Association

Chief Executive Officer: K. Diann Duthie
Financial agent: Gerald R. Dumontier

### Calgary Forest Lawn Federal NDP Riding Association

Chief Executive Officer: Maria T. Glavine
Financial agent: Jason J. Nishiyama

### Calgary North PPC Association

Chief Executive Officer: Marc-Antoine P.G. Lebeau
Financial agent: Ernie E. Rawlyck
Director-At-Large: Isaias Nolasco