The historic 1959 redistribution of the provincial ridings of Calgary and Edmonton marked the transition back to First Past the Post.

This transition was done in part to standardize the electoral system across the province and because Calgary and Edmonton were becoming too large to be a single riding.

Calgary North East was represented by Social Credit MLA Albert Ludwig for the one term it was active.

In 2018 and 2019, the re-created Calgary-North East saw nomination controversies for both the governing New Democrats and opposition United Conservatives, with allegations of ballot-stuffing and non-residents voting in the contests.

[2][3] United Conservative candidate Rajan Sawhney was elected as Calgary-North East's second representative, and appointed as Minister of Community and Social Services.