Edmonton—Wetaskiwin is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.
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![]() Edmonton—Wetaskiwin in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order. | |||
Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Conservative | ||
District created | 2013 | ||
First contested | 2015 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2021)[1] | 209,431 | ||
Electors (2019) | 133,853 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 4,947 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 42.3 | ||
Census division(s) | Division No. 11 | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Beaumont, Devon, Edmonton, Leduc, Leduc County, Millet, Wetaskiwin, Wetaskiwin No. 10 |
Edmonton—Wetaskiwin was 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 19 October 2015.[3] It was created out of the bulk of Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont, as well as parts of Edmonton—Leduc, Wetaskiwin, and Vegreville—Wainwright.[4]
According to the 2021 census, Edmonton—Wetaskiwin is the most populated riding in Canada, with almost 100,000 residents more than the national average of 109,444. Its population grew at a rate of 89.28% since the 2011 census (on which the 2013 representation order was based).[5][6]
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Edmonton—Wetaskiwin Riding created from Edmonton—Leduc, Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont, Vegreville—Wainwright and Wetaskiwin |
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42nd | 2015–2019 | Mike Lake | Conservative | |
43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
44th | 2021–present |
2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Mike Lake | 48,340 | 55.7 | -16.7 | ||||
New Democratic | Hugo Charles | 18,259 | 21.0 | +10.2 | ||||
Liberal | Ron Thiering | 12,229 | 14.1 | +1.7 | ||||
People's | Tyler Beauchamp | 7,670 | 8.8 | +7.0 | ||||
Veterans Coalition | Travis Caillou | 345 | 0.4 | +0.2 | ||||
Total valid votes | 86,843 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 576 | 0.7 | +0.3 | |||||
Turnout | 87,419 | 66.5 | -4.9 | |||||
Eligible voters | 131,407 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -13.5 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[8] |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Mike Lake | 63,346 | 72.4 | +6.63 | $66,466.27 | |||
Liberal | Richard Wong | 10,802 | 12.4 | -9.05 | $7,055.34 | |||
New Democratic | Noah Garver | 9,820 | 11.2 | +1.48 | $1,000.00 | |||
Green | Emily Drzymala | 1,660 | 1.9 | -0.43 | $0.00 | |||
People's | Neil Doell | 1,616 | 1.8 | - | $4,865.57 | |||
Veterans Coalition | Travis Calliou | 211 | 0.2 | - | $0.00 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 87,455 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 392 | 0.4 | +0.1 | |||||
Turnout | 87,847 | 71.4 | +2.8 | |||||
Eligible voters | 122,984 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.84 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[9][10] |
2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Mike Lake | 44,949 | 65.77 | -9.80 | $108,058.16 | |||
Liberal | Jacqueline Biollo | 14,660 | 21.45 | +15.73 | $10,463.94 | |||
New Democratic | Fritz Bitz | 6,645 | 9.72 | -4.55 | $12,140.06 | |||
Green | Joy-Ann Hut | 1,595 | 2.33 | -1.76 | $1,420.42 | |||
Libertarian | Brayden Whitlock | 495 | 0.72 | – | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 68,344 | 100.00 | $243,641.10 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 197 | 0.29 | – | |||||
Turnout | 68,541 | 69.58 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 98,502 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -12.76 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[11][12] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[13] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 31,194 | 75.57 | |
New Democratic | 5,891 | 14.27 | |
Liberal | 2,363 | 5.72 | |
Green | 1,690 | 4.09 | |
Others | 143 | 0.35 |
The hybrid electoral district of Edmonton—Wetaskiwin had a 2021 decennial census population of 209,431, an increase of 89.28% from the 2011 census.
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