Edmonton—Wetaskiwin

Edmonton—Wetaskiwin
Alberta electoral district
Edmonton—Wetaskiwin in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Mike Lake
Conservative
District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1] 158,749
Electors (2015) 98,502
Area (km²)[2] 4,947
Pop. density (per km²) 32.1
Census divisions Division No. 11
Census subdivisions Beaumont, Devon, Edmonton, Leduc, Leduc County, Millet, Wetaskiwin, Wetaskiwin No. 10

Edmonton—Wetaskiwin is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.

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 parts of Edmonton—Leduc, Wetaskiwin, Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont and Vegreville—Wainwright.[4]

According to the 2016 census Edmonton—Wetaskiwin is the most populated riding in Canada, with more than 54,000 residents more than the national average of 104,000. Its population grew at a rate of 43.5% since the 2011 census (on which the 2013 representation order was based).[5]

Demographics

According to the Canada 2016 Census
  • Languages: (2016) 76.2% English, 3.0% Tagalog, 2.8% Panjabi, 2.0% French, 1.6% Mandarin, 1.5% German, 1.1% Spanish, 1.1% Cantonese, 1.0% Urdu, 0.9% Gujarati, 0.9% Korean, 0.8% Hindi, 0.6% Arabic[6]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament Years Member Party
Edmonton—Wetaskiwin
Riding created from Edmonton—Leduc,
Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont,
Vegreville—Wainwright and Wetaskiwin
42nd  2015–Present     Mike Lake Conservative

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeMike Lake44,94965.77-9.80$108,058.16
LiberalJacqueline Biollo14,66021.45+15.73$10,463.94
New DemocraticFritz K. Bitz6,6459.72-4.55$12,140.06
GreenJoy-Ann Hut1,5952.33-1.76$1,420.42
LibertarianBrayden Whitlock4950.72
Total valid votes/Expense limit 68,344100.00 $243,641.10
Total rejected ballots 1970.29
Turnout 68,54169.58
Eligible voters 98,502
Conservative hold Swing -12.76
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]
2011 federal election redistributed results[9]
Party Vote %
  Conservative31,19475.57
  New Democratic5,89114.27
  Liberal2,3635.72
  Green1,6904.09
  Others1430.35

References

  1. Statistics Canada: 2016
  2. Statistics Canada: 2011
  3. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
  4. Report – Alberta
  5. "Population and Dwelling Count Highlight Tables, 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  6. https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=109979&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=888&Temporal=2016,2017&THEME=118&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=
  7. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Edmonton—Wetaskiwin (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  8. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
  9. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections


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