Calgary Victoria Park

Calgary Victoria Park
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1967
District abolished	1970
First contested	1967
Last contested	1967

Calgary Victoria Park was a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1967 to 1971.^[1]^[2]

The riding existed for four years and would be contested once for the 1967 election. After which the Alberta Legislature passed the 1970 An Act to amend The Election Act and The Legislative Assembly Act to redraw provincial electoral districts. Calgary Centre and Calgary Victoria Park were split between Calgary-Buffalo, Calgary-Mountain View, Calgary-Bow, Calgary-Millican and Calgary-North Hill.^[2]

The riding was named after the community of Victoria Park.^[3]

Election Results 1967

v t e 1967 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	David John Russell	4,796	43.33%
	Social Credit	Art Davis	3,956	35.74%
	New Democratic	Ted Takacs	1,229	11.10%
	Liberal	Reginald J. Gibbs	1,088	9.83%
Total			11,069	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			78	–
Eligible electors / turnout			17,982	61.99%
Source(s) Source: "Calgary-Victoria Park Official Results 1967 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

^ "Election results for Calgary Victoria Park". abheritage.ca. Wayback Machine: Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
^ ^a ^b The Election Act, RSA 1970, c. C-117
^ "Nomenclature of Victoria Park". www.victoriapark.wa.gov.au. Retrieved July 29, 2022.