Edmonton—Wetaskiwin

Edmonton—Wetaskiwin is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.

Edmonton—Wetaskiwin

Alberta electoral district
Edmonton—Wetaskiwin in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Mike Lake Conservative
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	158,749
Electors (2019)	122,984
Area (km²)[2]	4,947
Pop. density (per km²)	32.1
Census division(s)	Division No. 11
Census subdivision(s)	Beaumont, Devon, Edmonton, Leduc, Leduc County, Millet, Wetaskiwin, Wetaskiwin No. 10

Edmonton—Wetaskiwin 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 19 October 2015.[3] It was created out of parts of Edmonton—Leduc, Wetaskiwin, Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont and Vegreville—Wainwright.[4]

According to the 2016 census Edmonton—Wetaskiwin is the most populated riding in Canada, with more than 54,000 residents more than the national average of 104,000. Its population grew at a rate of 43.5% since the 2011 census (on which the 2013 representation order was based).[5]

Demographics

According to the Canada 2016 Census

• Languages: (2016) 76.2% English, 3.0% Tagalog, 2.8% Punjabi, 2.0% French, 1.6% Mandarin, 1.5% German, 1.1% Spanish, 1.1% Cantonese, 1.0% Urdu, 0.9% Gujarati, 0.9% Korean, 0.8% Hindi, 0.6% Arabic[6]

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Edmonton—Wetaskiwin Riding created from Edmonton—Leduc, Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont, Vegreville—Wainwright and Wetaskiwin
42nd	2015–2019		Mike Lake	Conservative
43rd	2019–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Edmonton—Wetawaskin (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mike Lake	63,346	72.4	+6.63	$66,466.27
	Liberal	Richard Wong	10,802	12.4	-9.05	$7,055.34
	New Democratic	Noah Garver	9,820	11.2	+1.48	$1,000.00
	Green	Emily Drzymala	1,660	1.9	-0.43	$0.00
	People's	Neil Doell	1,616	1.8	-	$4,865.57
	Veterans Coalition	Travis Calliou	211	0.2	-	$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			87,455	100.0
Total rejected ballots			392	0.4	+0.1
Turnout			87,847	71.4	+2.8
Eligible voters			122,984
	Conservative hold		Swing		+7.84
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mike Lake	44,949	65.77	-9.80	$108,058.16
	Liberal	Jacqueline Biollo	14,660	21.45	+15.73	$10,463.94
	New Democratic	Fritz K. Bitz	6,645	9.72	-4.55	$12,140.06
	Green	Joy-Ann Hut	1,595	2.33	-1.76	$1,420.42
	Libertarian	Brayden Whitlock	495	0.72	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			68,344	100.00		$243,641.10
Total rejected ballots			197	0.29	–
Turnout			68,541	69.58	–
Eligible voters			98,502
	Conservative hold		Swing		-12.76
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]

2011 federal election redistributed results[11]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	31,194	75.57
	New Democratic	5,891	14.27
	Liberal	2,363	5.72
	Green	1,690	4.09
	Others	143	0.35

References

1. Statistics Canada: 2016
2. Statistics Canada: 2011
3. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
4. Report – Alberta
5. "Population and Dwelling Count Highlight Tables, 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
6. https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=109979&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=888&Temporal=2016,2017&THEME=118&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=
7. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
8. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
9. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Edmonton—Wetaskiwin (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
10. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
11. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections