Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan

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Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan
Alberta electoral district
File:Sherwood-Park–Fort-Saskatchewan 2013 Riding.png
Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Garnett Genuis
Conservative
District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 111,541
Electors (2015) 88,876
Area (km²)[1] 1,271
Pop. density (per km²) 87.8
Census divisions Division No. 11
Census subdivisions Fort Saskatchewan, Strathcona County

Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan is a federal electoral district in Alberta.

Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan 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 October 2015.[2] It was created out of parts of Edmonton—Sherwood Park and Vegreville—Wainwright.[3]

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census[4][5]

Ethnic groups: 90.6% White, 4.2% Aboriginal, 1.4% South Asian
Languages: 90.2% English, 2.2% French, 1.8% German, 1.1% Ukrainian
Religions: 67.3% Christian (26.8% Catholic, 10.0% United Church, 5.5% Lutheran, 4.2% Anglican, 2.3% Baptist, 1.6% Christian Orthodox, 1.5% Pentecostal, 15.4% Other), 30.6% No religion
Median income (2010): $44,302
Average income (2010): $60,210

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament Years Member Party
Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan
Riding created from Edmonton—Sherwood Park and Vegreville—Wainwright
42nd  2015–Present     Garnett Genuis Conservative

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ∆% Expenditures
Conservative Garnett Genuis 42,642 63.94 +14.48
Liberal Rod Frank 13,615 20.42 +13.95
New Democratic Joanne Cave 6,540 9.81 -1.42
Green Brandie Harrop 1,648 2.47 -1.59
Independent James Ford 1,563 2.34 *
Libertarian Stephen C. Burry 678 1.02 *
Total valid votes/Expense limit 66,686 100.00   $228,167.97
Total rejected ballots 180 0.27
Turnout 66,866 75.24
Eligible voters 88,876
Conservative hold Swing +0.27
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]
2011 federal election redistributed results[8]
Party Vote  %
  Conservative 24,890 49.46
  Others 14,485 28.78
  New Democratic 5,649 11.23
  Liberal 3,254 6.47
  Green 2,046 4.07

References


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