Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont

Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont (originally known as Edmonton—Beaumont) was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015.

Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont
Alberta electoral district
Edmonton St. Albert Sherwood Park East Centre Spruce Grove Strathcona Leduc Mill Woods Beaumont Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont in relation to other federal electoral districts in Edmonton
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	2003
District abolished	2013
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	137,228
Electors (2011)	80,250
Area (km²)[2]	178.25
Census divisions	Division No. 11
Census subdivisions	Edmonton, Leduc County, Beaumont

Geography

Edmonton–Mill Woods–Beaumont includes the neighbourhoods of Tweddle Place, Michaels Park, Richfield, Lee Ridge, Tipaskan, Kameyosek, Meyonohk, Satoo, Ekota, Menisa, Greenview, Hillview, Tawa, Meyokumin, Sakaw, Jackson Heights, Kiniski Gardens, Flynn Dell, Minchau, Weinlos, Bisset, Daly Grove, Pollard Meadows, Crawford Plains, Larkspur, The Meadows, Wildrose, Ellerslie, Wernerville and Meadows Area in the City of Edmonton, the Town of Beaumont and the small part of Leduc County that is located between Edmonton and Beaumont. The area of the district is 175 km².

History

The electoral district was created as "Edmonton–Beaumont" in 2003 from the vast majority of Edmonton Southeast, a small part of Wetaskiwin, and a fraction of Elk Island.

In 2004, it was renamed "Edmonton–Mill Woods–Beaumont".

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Edmonton—Beaumont Riding created from Edmonton Southeast, Wetaskiwin and Elk Island
38th	2004–2005		David Kilgour	Liberal
38th	2005–2006		David Kilgour	Independent
Riding renamed — Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont
39th	2006–2008		Mike Lake	Conservative
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
Riding dissolved into Edmonton Mill Woods and Edmonton—Wetaskiwin

Elections results

Edmonton–Mill Woods–Beaumont, 2006–present

2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mike Lake	27,857	61.04	+0.72	$44,902
	New Democratic	Nadine Bailey	10,875	23.83	+8.71	$11,236
	Liberal	Mike Butler	5,066	11.10	-7.40
	Green	Christa Baxter	1,364	2.99	-2.69	$1,705
	Pirate	Brent Schaffrick	374	0.82	*	$2,461
	Communist	Naomi Rankin	100	0.22	-0.16	$562
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,636	99.58
Total rejected ballots			191	0.42	+0.07
Turnout			45,827	53.13	+1.03
Eligible voters			85,259	–	–
	Conservative hold		Swing		-4.00

2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mike Lake	25,130	60.32	+1.70	$80,034
	Liberal	Indira Saroya	7,709	18.51	-2.64	$82,941
	New Democratic	Mike Butler	6,297	15.12	+0.57	$4,620
	Green	David Allan Hrushka	2,366	5.68	+1.21
	Communist	Naomi Rankin	157	0.38	+0.19	$395
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,659	100.00	$84,984
Total rejected ballots			146	0.35	+0.07
Turnout			41,805	52.0	-10.3

2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mike Lake	27,191	58.62	+16.13	$67,482
	Liberal	Amarjit Grewal	9,809	21.15	-21.67	$73,522
	New Democratic	Neal Gray	6,749	14.55	+4.85	$10,297
	Green	Kate Harrington	2,073	4.47	-0.19	$1,347
	Independent	Kyle McLeod	477	1.03	N/A	$8,055
	Communist	Naomi Rankin	85	0.18	-0.15	$280
Total valid votes			46,384	100.00
Total rejected ballots			131	0.28	+0.16
Turnout			46,515	62.3	-2.6

Edmonton–Beaumont, 2004–2006

2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	David Kilgour	17,555	42.82	–	$65,152
	Conservative	Tim Uppal	17,421	42.49	–	$66,701
	New Democratic	Paul Reikie	3,975	9.70	–	$4,138
	Green	Michael Garfinkle	1,911	4.65	–	$788
	Communist	Naomi Rankin	135	0.33	–	$751
Total valid votes			40,997	100.00
Total rejected ballots			181	0.44
Turnout			41,178	59.67

See also

List of Canadian federal electoral districts
Alberta federal electoral districts
Past Canadian electoral districts

References

"(Code 48011) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-06.

Notes

Statistics Canada: 2012
Statistics Canada: 2012

External links

Federal ridings in Calgary and Edmonton
Conservative	Calgary Centre Calgary Confederation Calgary Forest Lawn Calgary Heritage Calgary Midnapore Calgary Nose Hill Calgary Rocky Ridge Calgary Shepard Calgary Signal Hill Calgary Skyview Edmonton Centre Edmonton Griesbach Edmonton Manning Edmonton Mill Woods Edmonton Riverbend Edmonton West St. Albert—Edmonton
New Democratic	Edmonton Strathcona

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