Calgary-Buffalo
 Alberta electoral district
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2010 boundaries
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
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| District created | 1971 | ||
| First contested | 1971 | ||
| Last contested | 2015 | ||
Calgary-Buffalo is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It is currently represented by NDP MLA Kathleen Ganley.
The riding comprises primarily the downtown core of the city of Calgary. The riding has broad demographic diversity, and comprises the most transient population in Alberta.
The riding contains a mix of corporate office towers, luxury apartment buildings, Chinatown in the north part of the riding and lower income apartments in the south along the Beltline community. The Liberals have won this riding six times, and the Progressive Conservatives six, while the Alberta Reform Movement was represented very briefly.
Due to the nature of the riding, candidates have a tougher time running a campaign in Calgary Buffalo, as traditional campaign methods have proven relatively ineffective — i.e., placement of lawn signs, door knocking, and voter identification have proven to be of limited usefulness.
The riding was created in 1971, largely out of the old Calgary Centre riding and a small portion of the eastern part of Calgary West.
The electoral district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution out of parts of Calgary Centre, Calgary Victoria Park Calgary West. The district has shifted boundaries many times over the years but has always covered the downtown core of Calgary. The 2010 boundary redistribution saw significant changes. The electoral district lost a huge portion of land to Calgary-Currie on the west boundary when it was cut from 37 Street to 14 Street SW. The East Village neighborhood and Fort Calgary were moved into Calgary-Fort on the west side and the south boundary was pushed from 17 Avenue into Lower Mount Royal to run along approximately 19 Avenue in land that used to be in Calgary-Currie.
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