Calgary-Bow

This is a middle- and upper-income riding in the west of the city of Calgary. Residents’ occupations are led by the professions and retail.

Bow has the area south of the river east to a southern bend, then the Montgomery neighbourhood north of the river. Communities south of the Bow include: upper-income Valley Ridge in the northwest corner, all middle-income Crestmont, Greenwood Village Mobile Home Park and the middle-income high-rise Greenwood and Green Briar, Bowness and south of Canada Olympic Park, Cougar Ridge, West Springs, West Spring Farms, Patterson and Prominence Point.

In lthe southeast on the river, upper-income Wildwood and Spruce Cliff. House prices are about 10 per cent above the provincial average and family income well above average.

• 37,462 electors according to February 2023 data
• Current MLA: Demetrios Nicolaides, UCP
• 2019 voter turnout: 67.9%

ELECTION HISTORY

The riding was part of the old Bowness until 1971. Bow was formed in 1971 and the MLA was Social Credit’s Roy Wilson from 1971-1975. Neil Webber (PC) held the seat from 1975-1989. Bonnie Laing was elected for the Tories from 1989-2001.

Alana DeLong (PC) was elected in 2001-2015 and retired with Byron Nelson the Tory candidate, losing a close one to Deborah Drever of the NDP. Drever lost to UCP’s Demetrios Nicolaides in 2019.