Edmonton West
Federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada
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::summary Federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| province | Alberta |
| image | |
| caption | Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election |
| fed-status | active |
| fed-district-number | 48020 |
| fed-created | 2013 |
| fed-election-first | 2015 |
| fed-election-last | 2025 |
| fed-rep | Kelly McCauley |
| fed-rep-party | Conservative |
| demo-pop-ref | |
| demo-area-ref | |
| demo-census-date | 2011 |
| demo-pop | 104422 |
| demo-electors | 88,508 |
| demo-electors-date | 2019 |
| demo-area | 105 |
| demo-cd | Division No. 11 |
| demo-csd | Edmonton (part) |
| :: |
| province = Alberta | image = | caption = Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election | fed-status = active | fed-district-number = 48020 | fed-created = 2013 | fed-abolished = | fed-election-first = 2015 | fed-election-last = 2025 | fed-rep = Kelly McCauley | fed-rep-party = Conservative | fed-rep-party-link = | demo-pop-ref = | demo-area-ref = | demo-electors-ref = | demo-census-date = 2011 | demo-pop = 104422 | demo-electors = 88,508 | demo-electors-date = 2019 | demo-area = 105 | demo-cd = Division No. 11 | demo-csd = Edmonton (part)
Edmonton West () is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1988, from 1997 to 2004 and again since 2015.
Demographics
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| Population density (people per km2) | 994 |
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::data[format=table title="[[Panethnicity|Panethnic]] groups in Edmonton West (2011−2021)"] | Panethnic group | 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Total responses | 132,220 | 119,845 | 102,850 | Total population | 134,194 | 121,869 | 104,422 | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | European | 70,850 | | 70,975 | | 69,285 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Southeast Asian | 21,410 | | 15,490 | | 9,705 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | East Asian | 8,320 | | 7,955 | | 6,825 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Indigenous | 7,885 | | 7,145 | | 5,080 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | South Asian | 7,390 | | 6,285 | | 3,820 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | African | 7,280 | | 4,995 | | 3,180 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Middle Eastern | 4,370 | | 3,350 | | 2,475 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Latin American | 1,975 | | 1,650 | | 1,175 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Other/Multiracial | 2,740 | | 2,010 | | 1,310 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ::
History and geography
This riding was first created in 1914 from Edmonton riding. Originally, this was a vast rural district including most of the northwestern quadrant of the province of Alberta and a portion of the city of Edmonton: the area north of the North Saskatchewan River and west of 101st Street.
In 1924, it took in parts of the now-abolished Strathcona riding that had been within Edmonton city limits. It took in the southside area lying west of 103rd Street.
In 1924 the northern rural sections were also separated to form the ridings of Peace River and Athabasca.
In 1933 the more southerly portions became Jasper—Edson. The areas nearer the city but outside it became Pembina in 1966.
The urban part of riding similarly shrank over time as Edmonton's population expanded and new districts were spun off from Edmonton West. Parts of Edmonton West were lost to Edmonton—Strathcona (in 1952), Edmonton Centre (for the first time in 1966), and Edmonton North (in 1976). However, it also gained area from the (temporary) abolition of Edmonton Centre in 1976.
Edmonton West was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Edmonton Northwest and Edmonton Southwest ridings. It was re-created in 1996 from the abolished Edmonton Northwest and redrawn Edmonton Southwest ridings.
Edmonton West was abolished again in 2003 and transferred mostly into the re-formed Edmonton Centre, with a smaller portion going into Edmonton—Spruce Grove. It was re-created by the 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution from parts of the abolished Edmonton—Spruce Grove and redrawn Edmonton Centre.
Historical boundaries
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Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| FromYr = 1917 | ToYr = 1921 | Assembly# = 13 | CanParty = Unionist | RepName = William Antrobus Griesbach | RepTerms# = 1 | PartyTerms# = 1 | FromYr = 1921 | ToYr = 1925 | Assembly# = 14 | CanParty = Progressive | RepName = Donald MacBeth Kennedy | RepTerms# = 1 | PartyTerms# = 1 | FromYr = 1925 | ToYr = 1926 | Assembly# = 15 | CanParty = Liberal | RepName = Charles Stewart | RepLink = Charles Stewart (premier) | RepTerms# = 3 | PartyTerms# = 8 | FromYr = 1926 | ToYr = 1930 | Assembly# = 16 | FromYr = 1930 | ToYr = 1935 | Assembly# = 17 | FromYr = 1935 | ToYr = 1940 | Assembly# = 18 | RepName = James Angus MacKinnon | RepTerms# = 3 | FromYr = 1940 | ToYr = 1945 | Assembly# = 19 | FromYr = 1945 | ToYr = 1949 | Assembly# = 20 | FromYr = 1949 | ToYr = 1953 | Assembly# = 21 | RepName = George Prudham | RepTerms# = 2 | FromYr = 1953 | ToYr = 1957 | Assembly# = 22 | FromYr = 1957 | ToYr = 1958 | Assembly# = 23 | CanParty = PC | RepName = Marcel Lambert | RepTerms# = 10 | PartyTerms# = 11 | FromYr = 1958 | ToYr = 1962 | Assembly# = 24 | FromYr = 1962 | ToYr = 1963 | Assembly# = 25 | FromYr = 1963 | ToYr = 1965 | Assembly# = 26 | FromYr = 1965 | ToYr = 1968 | Assembly# = 27 | FromYr = 1968 | ToYr = 1972 | Assembly# = 28 | FromYr = 1972 | ToYr = 1974 | Assembly# = 29 | FromYr = 1974 | ToYr = 1979 | Assembly# = 30 | FromYr = 1979 | ToYr = 1980 | Assembly# = 31 | FromYr = 1980 | ToYr = 1984 | Assembly# = 32 | FromYr = 1984 | ToYr = 1988 | Assembly# = 33 | RepName = Murray Dorin | RepTerms# = 1 | FromYr = 1997 | ToYr = 2000 | Assembly# = 36 | CanParty = Liberal | RepName = Anne McLellan | RepTerms# = 2 | PartyTerms# = 2 | FromYr = 2000 | ToYr = 2004 | Assembly# = 37 | FromYr = 2015 | ToYr = 2019 | Assembly# = 42 | CanParty = Conservative | RepName = Kelly McCauley | RepTerms# = 4 | PartyTerms# = 4 | FromYr = 2019 | ToYr = 2021 | Assembly# = 43 | FromYr = 2021 | ToYr = 2025 | Assembly# = 44 | FromYr= 2025 | ToYr = | Assembly# = 45
Election results
2015–present
| content = {{Graph:Chart | width=400 | height=300 | type=line | xAxisTitle=Year | yAxisTitle=Vote share | xAxisMin=2013 | xAxisMax=2021 | yAxisMin=0 | yAxisMax=0.7 | yAxisFormat=% | legend=Legend | y1Title=Liberal | y2Title=Conservative | y3Title=NDP | y4Title=Green | y5Title=People's | linewidth=2 | x=2011,2015,2019,2021 | y1=0.1246,0.3489,0.201,0.2325 | y2=0.642,0.4933,0.609,0.4515 | y3=0.1947,0.1301,0.146,0.2534 | y4=0.0368,0.0194,0.025, | y5=,,0.019,0.0599 | colors=#DC241f,#1c1cff,#FAA61A,#6AB023,#440088 | showSymbols=true }} | caption=Graph of election results in Edmonton West (since 2015, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted) | align=center
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| 2021 federal election redistributed results | Party | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 22,556 | ||
| New Democratic | 12,123 | ||
| Liberal | 12,088 | ||
| People's | 2,520 | ||
| Green | 25 | ||
| Others | 135 | ||
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| 2011 federal election redistributed results | Party | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 24,733 | ||
| New Democratic | 7,502 | ||
| Liberal | 4,801 | ||
| Green | 1,417 | ||
| Others | 74 | ||
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1997–2004
| content = {{Graph:Chart | width=300 | height=300 | type=line | xAxisTitle=Year | yAxisTitle=Vote share | xAxisMin=1996 | xAxisMax=2003 | yAxisMin=0 | yAxisMax=0.5 | yAxisFormat=% | legend=Legend | y1Title=Liberal | y2Title=PC | y3Title=NDP | y4Title=Reform/Alliance | linewidth=2 | x=1997,2000 | y1=0.4344,0.4424 | y2=0.0712,0.0605 | y3=0.0826,0.0582 | y4=0.4000,0.4276 | colors=#DC241f,#3686ff,#FAA61A,#018a63 | showSymbols=true }} | caption=Graph of election results in Edmonton West (1996-2003, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted) | align=center
1917–1988
The vote tallies recorded here are the final ones after Army votes were added. Votes cast actually in Edmonton had Oliver the winner by more than 100 votes.
Notes
References
References
- [[#2011fed. Statistics Canada]]: 2011
- [[#2011fed. Statistics Canada]]: 2011
- Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2022-10-26). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population".
- Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2021-10-27). "Census Profile, 2016 Census".
- Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. (2015-11-27). "NHS Profile".
- "Profile".
- "Profile".
- "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders".
- [http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?riding=2115 Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections]
- Edmonton Bulletin, Jan 11, 1918
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