Riding Profile:

Formed in 1993, this riding in Calgary's southwest corner is tucked between the city limits to the south and west, Anderson Road to the north, and 14th Street, Macleod Trail and Elbow Drive to the east. Following the 2004 redistribution the riding took in some areas formerly of Calgary-Shaw and lost some areas to Calgary Glenmore and Calgary-Fish Creek.

Calgary-Lougheed residents are most likely to work in professional services and retail, with the average household earning $96,738 a year. In the riding, 4.1 per cent of total income comes from government transfer payments. About seven per cent of residents are low income. Just over one in five residents are immigrants, while 44 per cent were born in-province.

Political History:

Calgary-Lougheed has voted Conservative in the three elections since it was created. Incumbent Marlene Graham, who isn't running in this election, won her seat in 1997 by beating Liberal Darryl Hawkins by almost 5,000 votes. In 2001, she was easily re-elected, winning three times as many votes as Liberal challenger Pete Montgomery. Graham's predecessor, Jim Dinning, won here in 1993. He had served since 1986 in Calgary-Shaw, the riding to which most Calgary-Lougheed voters belonged before the 1993 redistribution.

In 2001, voter turnout was 54.8 per cent.