Edmonton Northwest (federal electoral district)
 Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1987 |
| First contested | 1988 |
| Last contested | 1993 |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2021)[1] | 112,964 |
| Census division(s) | Division No. 11 |
| Census subdivision(s) | Edmonton |
Edmonton Northwest is a future federal electoral district in Alberta. A riding of the same name was previously represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997.
Geography
[edit]Edmonton Northwest was first created in 1987 from parts of Edmonton East, Edmonton North, Edmonton West and Pembina ridings, comprising the northwest part of the city of Edmonton. It was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed into Edmonton West and Yellowhead ridings.
Edmonton Northwest was re-created by the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, combining the Edmonton portion from St. Albert—Edmonton with several northerly communities of Edmonton West.[2][3]
Demographics
[edit]According to the 2021 Canadian census[4]
Languages: 66.7% English, 5.6% Tagalog, 4.7% Arabic, 2.5% Cantonese, 2.1% French, 1.4% Spanish, 1.4% Vietnamese, 1.4% Mandarin
Religions: 48.2% Christian (25.1% Catholic, 2.9% Christian Orthodox, 2.0% United Church, 1.7% Pentecostal, 1.6% Anglican, 1.2% Lutheran, 13.7% Other), 31.5% No religion, 13.7% Muslim, 2.5% Buddhist, 1.8% Hindu
Median income: $45,600 (2020)
Average income: $54,450 (2020)
| Panethnic group | 2021 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | |||||||||||||
| European[a] | 52,875 | 47.67% | ||||||||||||
| Southeast Asian[b] | 15,215 | 13.72% | ||||||||||||
| Middle Eastern[c] | 9,720 | 8.76% | ||||||||||||
| African | 9,570 | 8.63% | ||||||||||||
| East Asian[d] | 7,135 | 6.43% | ||||||||||||
| Indigenous | 6,050 | 5.45% | ||||||||||||
| South Asian | 5,920 | 5.34% | ||||||||||||
| Latin American | 1,620 | 1.46% | ||||||||||||
| Other/multiracial[e] | 2,805 | 2.53% | ||||||||||||
| Total responses | 110,910 | 98.18% | ||||||||||||
| Total population | 112,965 | 100% | ||||||||||||
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. | ||||||||||||||
History
[edit]| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmonton Northwest Riding created from Edmonton East, Edmonton North, Edmonton West and Pembina |
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| 34th | 1988–1993 | Murray Dorin | Progressive Conservative | |
| 35th | 1993–1997 | Anne McLellan | Liberal | |
| Riding dissolved into Edmonton West and Yellowhead | ||||
| Riding re-created from Edmonton Griesbach, Edmonton West, and St. Albert—Edmonton |
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Election results
[edit]2023 representation order
[edit]| 2021 federal election redistributed results[5] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 19,054 | 43.10 | |
| New Democratic | 12,215 | 27.63 | |
| Liberal | 10,112 | 22.87 | |
| People's | 2,761 | 6.24 | |
| Green | 13 | 0.03 | |
| Others | 57 | 0.13 | |
1987 representation order
[edit]| 1993 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Anne McLellan | 12,599 | 35.80 | +18.27 | ||||
| Reform | Richard Kayler | 12,587 | 35.76 | +28.04 | ||||
| National | Mel Hurtig | 4,507 | 12.81 | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Murray Dorin | 3,485 | 9.90 | -30.73 | ||||
| New Democratic | Stephanie Michaels | 1,671 | 4.75 | -29.72 | ||||
| Natural Law | Ric Johnsen | 186 | 0.53 | – | ||||
| Green | Roger Swan | 119 | 0.34 | – | ||||
| Independent | Heide Zeeper | 41 | 0.12 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 35,195 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +24.50 | ||||||
| 1988 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Murray Dorin | 15,556 | 40.63 | |||||
| New Democratic | Marie Gordon | 13,198 | 34.47 | |||||
| Liberal | Colin P. McDonald | 6,710 | 17.53 | |||||
| Reform | Paul C. Sherstan | 2,956 | 7.72 | |||||
| Independent | Fred Marshall | 200 | 0.52 | |||||
| Confederation of Regions | Lucien Maynard | 111 | 0.29 | |||||
| Commonwealth of Canada | Jerome Bohaychuk | 94 | 0.25 | |||||
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Edmonton Northwest – Final boundaries". Federal Electoral Districts Redistribution. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ "Proposal of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Alberta" (PDF). Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Alberta. 10 June 2022. p. 11.
- ^ "Report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Alberta" (PDF). Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Alberta. 16 June 2023. pp. 21–22.
- ^ "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Edmonton Northwest [Federal electoral district (2023 Representation Order)], Alberta". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.