Edmonton West

Edmonton West

Alberta electoral district
File:Edmonton West 2013 Riding.jpg
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Kelly McCauley Conservative
District created	2013
First contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	104,422
Electors (2015)	79,446
Area (km²)	105
Pop. density (per km²)	994.5
Census divisions	Division No. 11
Census subdivisions	Edmonton

Edmonton West (French: Edmonton-Ouest) is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1988, from 1997 to 2004 and again since 2015.

Demographics

Population, 2011	104,422
Electors	78,293
Area (km²)	105
Population density (people per km²)	994

History and geography

This riding was first created in 1914 from Edmonton riding. Originally this was vast rural district including most of the northwestern quadrant of the province of Alberta and a small portion of the city of Edmonton. In 1924 the northern rural sections were separated to form the ridings of Peace River and Athabasca and in 1933 the more southerly portions became Jasper—Edson, and the areas nearer the city 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 (1952), Edmonton Centre (first time 1966), Edmonton North, (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 Edmonton Northwest, Edmonton Southwest ridings.

Edmonton West was abolished again in 2003 and transferred mostly into Edmonton Centre, with a smaller portion going into Edmonton—Spruce Grove. It was recreated by the Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012 from parts of Edmonton—Spruce Grove and Edmonton Centre.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Edmonton West Riding created from Edmonton
13th	1917–1921		William Antrobus Griesbach	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925		Donald MacBeth Kennedy	Progressive
15th	1925–1926		Charles Stewart	Liberal
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940		James Angus MacKinnon
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1953		George Prudham
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958		Marcel Lambert	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988		Murray Dorin
Riding dissolved into Edmonton Northwest and Edmonton Southwest
Riding re-created from Edmonton Northwest and Edmonton Southwest
36th	1997–2000		Anne McLellan	Liberal
37th	2000–2004
Riding dissolved into Edmonton Centre and Edmonton—Spruce Grove
Riding re-created from Edmonton—Spruce Grove and Edmonton Centre
42nd	2015–Present		Kelly McCauley	Conservative

Election results

2015–present

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Kelly McCauley	26,370	49.33	-14.87	–
	Liberal	Karen Leibovici	18,649	34.89	+22.42	–
	New Democratic	Heather MacKenzie	6,955	13.01	-6.46	–
	Green	Pamela Leslie Bryan	1,037	1.94	-1.74	–
	Libertarian	Alexander Dussault	341	0.64	–	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Peggy Morton	105	0.20	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,457	100.00		$212,734.82
Total rejected ballots			233	0.43	–
Turnout			53,690	67.58	–
Eligible voters			79,446
	Conservative hold		Swing		-18.65
Source: Elections Canada

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	24,733	64.20
	New Democratic	7,502	19.47
	Liberal	4,801	12.46
	Green	1,417	3.68
	Others	74	0.19

1997–2004

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Anne McLellan	21,978	44.24%	–	$65,989
	Alliance	Betty Unger	21,245	42.76%	–	$66,378
	Progressive Conservative	Rory J. Koopmans	3,009	6.05%	–	$5,622
	New Democratic	Richard D. Vanderberg	2,895	5.82%	–	$10,850
	Canadian Action	Dan Parker	354	0.71%	–	$1,157
	Marxist–Leninist	Peggy Morton	194	0.39%	–
Total valid votes			49,675	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			169	0.34%
Turnout			49,844	56.29%

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Anne McLellan	17,802	43.44%	–	$56,082
	Reform	Dean Charles Kurpjuweit	16,392	40.00%	–	$52,778
	New Democratic	Duane Good Striker	3,386	8.26%	–	$15,860
	Progressive Conservative	Helen Stephenson	2,919	7.12%	–	$10,441
	Green	Roger Swan	210	0.51%	–	$354
	Natural Law	Sam Thomas	143	0.34%	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Peggy Morton	122	0.29%	–
Total valid votes			40,974	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			130	0.32%
Turnout			41,104	54.43%

1917–1988

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Murray Dorin	25,764
	Liberal	Mike Macdonald	9,673
	New Democratic	Michael Moroz	7,339
	Confederation of Regions	Kenneth Richardson	697
	Green	Chris Yanda	326

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Lambert	18,730
	Liberal	Hu Harries	9,999
	New Democratic	Jerome N. Slavik	3,886
	Independent	Jack Pickett	633
	Marxist–Leninist	Carol Arnold	59

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Lambert	21,423
	Liberal	Mike Macdonald	12,222
	New Democratic	Ken Nixon	4,624
	Independent	Eddie Keehn	114
	Marxist–Leninist	Mary Joyce	101

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Lambert	29,990
	Liberal	Mike Macdonald	21,094
	New Democratic	Jane Weaver	4,605
	Social Credit	John B. Ludwig	1,270
	Libertarian	Brent Bissell	242
	Marxist–Leninist	Stan Plante	128

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Lambert	29,876
	Liberal	Mel Hurtig	21,040
	New Democratic	John Packer	6,770
	Social Credit	Donald H. McLeod	1,419

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Lambert	19,612
	Liberal	Tevie Miller	17,306
	New Democratic	Kenneth Kerr	2,793

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Lambert	30,548
	Liberal	Herbert Meltzer	18,402
	Social Credit	R. Herb Jamieson	8,704
	New Democratic	William P.M. Glass	4,389

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Lambert	30,937
	Liberal	John L. Haar	8,544
	Social Credit	John W. McKay	4,893
	Co-operative Commonwealth	David Hardman	2,023

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Lambert	14,173
	Liberal	H.A. Dyde	12,606
	Social Credit	John William McKay	11,814
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Walter Mentz	2,249

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Prudham	11,301
	Social Credit	Cyril Havard	7,776
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Bryce Fowler	4,851
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Walter Mentz	1,977
	Labor–Progressive	Oliva V. Raappana	362

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Prudham	14,333
	Progressive Conservative	Horatio Ray Milner	8,325
	Social Credit	James M. Stone	6,215
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Walter Mentz	2,285

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Angus MacKinnon	8,562
	Social Credit	Ellwood Miles Mason	6,565
	Progressive Conservative	Arthur Lewis Burrows	6,002
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Mary R. Crawford	4,112
	Labor–Progressive	Mary Hunter	524

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Angus MacKinnon	12,350
	National Government	James Harwood Ogilvie	4,054
	New Democracy	John B. Gillies	3,695
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Mary R. Crawford	1,616

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Angus MacKinnon	6,471
	Conservative	James Harwood Ogilvie	4,781
	Social Credit	James Allan Reid	3,768
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Mary R. Crawford	1,967
	Reconstruction	Arthur Lewis Burrows	949

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Stewart	9,223
	Conservative	Frederick Charles Jamieson	8,960

By-election on 2 November 1926 Acceptance by the Honourable Charles Stewart of an office of emoulment under the Crown, 5 October 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Stewart	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Stewart	7,223
	Conservative	Frederick Charles Jamieson	5,772

See also

• Edmonton West Provincial electoral district
• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile (1914 - 1987)
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile (1996 - 2003)
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures - 1997
• Elections Canada
• Website of the Parliament of Canada