Sturgeon River—Parkland

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Sturgeon River—Parkland
Alberta electoral district
File:Sturgeon-River–Parkland 2013 Riding.png
Sturgeon River—Parkland in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Rona Ambrose
Conservative
District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 105,733
Electors (2015) 84,952
Area (km²)[2] 4,000
Pop. density (per km²) 26.4
Census divisions Division No. 11, Division No. 13
Census subdivisions Gibbons, Lac Ste. Anne, Morinville, Parkland, Spruce Grove, Stony Plain, Sturgeon

Sturgeon River—Parkland is an electoral district in Alberta. It was created in 2012 from the electoral districts of Edmonton—Spruce Grove (61%), Westlock—St. Paul (33%) and Yellowhead (6%).[3]

The riding was originally intended to be named Sturgeon River.[4]

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament Years Member Party
Sturgeon River—Parkland
Riding created from Edmonton—Spruce Grove,
Westlock—St. Paul and Yellowhead
42nd  2015–Present     Rona Ambrose Conservative

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ∆% Expenditures
Conservative Rona Ambrose 43,220 70.23 -7.26
Liberal Travis Dueck 9,586 15.58 +10.11
New Democratic Guy Desforges 6,166 10.02 -2.95
Green Brendon Greene 1,875 3.05 -0.95
Christian Heritage Ernest Chauvet 690 1.12
Total valid votes/Expense limit 61,537 100.00   $219,812.41
Total rejected ballots 157 0.25
Turnout 61,694 72.62
Eligible voters 84,952
Conservative hold Swing -8.68
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]
2011 federal election redistributed results[7]
Party Vote  %
  Conservative 33,791 77.49
  New Democratic 5,655 12.97
  Liberal 2,384 5.47
  Green 1,742 3.99
  Others 35 0.08

References

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