- Source: Bow River (electoral district)
Bow River is a federal electoral district in southern Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1968, from 1979 to 1988 and since 2015.
This riding was first created in 1914 from Macleod riding. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Calgary North, Crowfoot, Palliser and Rocky Mountain ridings.
It was re-created in 1976 from parts of Crowfoot, Lethbridge, Palliser and Rocky Mountain ridings. It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Calgary North, Calgary Northeast, Calgary West, Crowfoot, Lethbridge, Macleod, Red Deer and Wild Rose ridings.
It was re-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. This newest iteration of the riding was created out of parts of Crowfoot (53%), Medicine Hat (37%) and Macleod (10%) ridings.
Demographics
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
Election results
= 2015–present
== 1976–1987
== 1917–1968
=See also
List of Canadian electoral districts
Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
Notes
References
External links
Riding history for Bow River from the Library of Parliament
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Bow River (electoral district)
- Palliser (Alberta electoral district)
- Rocky Mountain (federal electoral district)
- Bow River (disambiguation)
- Crowfoot (electoral district)
- Calgary-Bow
- Acadia (federal electoral district)
- Little Bow
- Highwood (electoral district)
- Macleod (federal electoral district)