# Calgary South

Calgary South was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1988. This riding was created in 1952 from parts of Bow River, Calgary West and Calgary East ridings.
It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Calgary Southwest and Calgary West ridings.

## Election results

1953 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Carl Olof Nickle | 12,491 |
| Liberal | Edward Joseph McCormick | 8,689 |
| Social Credit | Tom Glen | 6,829 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | George Ellinson | 1,501 |
| Labor–Progressive | Josephine Longridge | 339 |
1957 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Arthur Ryan Smith | 21,065 |
| Liberal | Donald Hugh MacKay | 11,599 |
| Social Credit | Cliff M. Willmott | 5,738 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | H.J. Ryan | 1,033 |
1958 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Arthur Ryan Smith | 29,482 |
| Liberal | Mel Shannon | 7,039 |
| Social Credit | Frank Brown | 3,884 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | H.J. Ryan | 1,416 |
1962 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Arthur Ryan Smith | 21,927 |
| Liberal | Frank S. Morley | 12,837 |
| Social Credit | Bob Woodman | 8,806 |
| New Democratic | F. William Hanley | 3,654 |
1963 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Harry Hays | 21,619 |
| Progressive Conservative | Jack Leslie | 19,760 |
| Social Credit | Glen Cumming | 8,753 |
| New Democratic | F.W. Hanley | 3,760 |
1965 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Harold Raymond Ballard | 20,640 |
| Liberal | Harry Hays | 20,525 |
| Social Credit | E. Leonard Pearson | 7,970 |
| New Democratic | David Gravells | 3,678 |
1968 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Pat Mahoney | 20,472 |
| Progressive Conservative | Harold Raymond Ballard | 19,716 |
| New Democratic | Jack D. Peters | 2,798 |
1972 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Peter Bawden | 34,925 |
| Liberal | Pat Mahoney | 18,437 |
| New Democratic | Joseph Yanchula | 5,386 |
| Social Credit | Ralph Wilson Cameron | 1,233 |
| Independent | E. John Mason | 110 |
1974 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Peter Bawden | 41,530 |
| Liberal | Don Green | 14,116 |
| New Democratic | Bohdan Harasymiw | 3,558 |
| Social Credit | Ralph W. Cameron | 1,120 |
| Independent | Stephen E. Browning | 607 |
1979 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | John William Thomson | 37,900 |
| Liberal | Jim Palmer | 14,839 |
| New Democratic | Cathie McCreary | 3,584 |
| Social Credit | Raymond Hurst | 460 |
| Libertarian | Luc C. Comtois | 174 |
1980 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | John William Thomson | 34,873 |
| Liberal | Madeline Hombert | 11,754 |
| New Democratic | Cathie McCreary | 2,812 |
| Rhinoceros | David E. Fred Lambe | 887 |
| Independent | Walter Petrigo | 527 |
| Social Credit | Alma E. Hancock | 305 |
| Marxist–Leninist | André Vachon | 34 |
1984 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Bobbie Sparrow | 55,590 | 77.91 | +9.79 |
| | Liberal | Harold Millican | 7,827 | 10.97 | -11.99 |
| | New Democratic | Brendan Quigley | 6,135 | 8.60 | +3.10 |
| | Confederation of Regions | Phyllis Kobley | 866 | 1.21 | |
| | Independent | Larry Heather | 800 | 1.12 | |
| | Commonwealth of Canada | Bill Bohdan | 136 | 0.19 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 71,354 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +10.89 |