Banff—Airdrie
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|---|---|---|---|
 Banff–Airdrie 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 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016)[1] | 135,762 | ||
| Electors (2015) | 91,222 | ||
| Area (km²)[2] | 12,358.29 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 11 | ||
| Census divisions | Division No. 6, Division No. 15 | ||
| Census subdivisions | Airdrie, Banff, Canmore, Cochrane, Crossfield, Rocky View, Stoney 142, 143, 144 | ||
Banff—Airdrie is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.
Banff—Airdrie 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 October 2015.[3] The riding was created out of parts of Wild Rose (98%) and Macleod (2%) electoral districts.[4]
Geography
The riding contains the northern and western exurbs of Calgary, and runs west along the Bow River valley and includes all of Banff National Park.
Profile
The Conservative base of support is in the east of the riding, where they dominate Airdrie, the riding's largest community, and Cochrane, as well as the communities bordering Calgary. The Liberals, NDP and Greens all perform better in the western regions of the riding. Canmore was solidly Liberal in the 2015 election and Banff broke heavily for the left of centre parties.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banff—Airdrie Riding created from Wild Rose and Macleod |
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| 42nd | 2015–Present | Blake Richards | Conservative | |
Election results
| Canadian federal election, 2015 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Blake Richards | 42,228 | 63.37 | –7.36 | $86,619.91 | |||
| Liberal | Marlo Raynolds | 17,380 | 26.08 | +18.02 | $72,801.97 | |||
| New Democratic | Joanne Boissonneault | 4,521 | 6.78 | –6.29 | $17,953.20 | |||
| Green | Mike MacDonald | 2,509 | 3.77 | –3.98 | $3,011.33 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 66,638 | 100.00 | $243,369.66 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 179 | 0.27 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 66,817 | 73.25 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 91,222 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –12.69 | ||||||
| This riding was created from parts of Wild Rose and Macleod, both of which elected Conservative candidates in the 2011 election. Blake Richards was the incumbent from Wild Rose. Changes are based on redistributed results. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5][6] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[7] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 29,938 | 70.73 | |
| New Democratic | 5,534 | 13.08 | |
| Liberal | 3,411 | 8.06 | |
| Green | 3,277 | 7.74 | |
| Others | 165 | 0.39 | |
References
- ↑ Statistics Canada: 2017
- ↑ Statistics Canada: 2017
- ↑ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
- ↑ Report – Alberta
- ↑ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Banff—Airdrie (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
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