Edmonton—Wetaskiwin

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
Alberta electoral district
Edmonton—Wetaskiwin in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Mike Lake
Conservative
District created2013
First contested2015
Last contested2019
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]158,749
Electors (2019)122,984
Area (km²)[2]4,947
Pop. density (per km²)32.1
Census divisionsDivision No. 11
Census subdivisionsBeaumont, 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 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% Punjabi, 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  2015–2019     Mike Lake Conservative
43rd  2019–present

Election results
Graph of election results in Edmonton—Wetawaskin (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeMike Lake63,34672.4+6.63
LiberalRichard Wong10,80212.4-9.05
New DemocraticNoah Garver9,82011.2+1.48
GreenEmily Drzymala1,6601.9-0.43
People'sNeil Doell1,6161.8-
Veterans CoalitionTravis Calliou2110.2-
Total valid votes/Expense limit 87,455100.0  
Total rejected ballots 3920.4+0.1
Turnout 87,84771.4+2.8
Eligible voters 122,984
Conservative hold Swing +7.84
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]
2015 Canadian federal election
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[9][10]
2011 federal election redistributed results[11]
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. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  8. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  9. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Edmonton—Wetaskiwin (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  10. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  11. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections


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