Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan

Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.

Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan

Alberta electoral district
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
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	111,541
Electors (2019)	95,317
Area (km²)[1]	1,271
Pop. density (per km²)	87.8
Census division(s)	Division No. 11
Census subdivision(s)	Fort Saskatchewan, Strathcona County

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.[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	2015–2019		Garnett Genuis	Conservative
43rd	2019–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Sherwood Park - Fort Saskatchewan (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted; *Most of the "Other" vote belonged to James Ford)

2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Garnett Genuis	53,600	73.4	+9.46	$59,435.26
	New Democratic	Aidan Theroux	8,867	12.1	+2.29	$8,662.98
	Liberal	Ron Thiering	7,357	10.1	-10.32	$9,038.34
	Green	Laura Sanderson	1,592	2.2	-0.27	$0.00
	People's	Darren Villetard	1,334	1.8	-	$1,638.00
	Veterans Coalition	Patrick McElrea	300	0.4	-	$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			73,050	100.0
Total rejected ballots			321
Turnout			73,371	77.0
Eligible voters			95,317
	Conservative hold		Swing		+3.59
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Garnett Genuis	42,642	63.94	+14.48	$114,842.36
	Liberal	Rod Frank	13,615	20.42	+13.95	$23,559.35
	New Democratic	Joanne Cave	6,540	9.81	-1.42	$15,416.14
	Green	Brandie Harrop	1,648	2.47	-1.59	$3,796.57
	Independent	James Ford	1,563	2.34	-26.44	$5,420.41
	Libertarian	Stephen C. Burry	678	1.02	*	$3,387.73
Total valid votes/Expense limit			66,686	100.00		$228,934.10
Total rejected ballots			180	0.27	–
Turnout			66,866	75.24	–
Eligible voters			88,876
	Conservative hold		Swing		+0.27
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]

2011 federal election redistributed results[10]
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

1. Statistics Canada: 2011
2. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
3. Report – Alberta
4. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2012-02-08). "Statistics Canada: 2011 Census Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
5. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2013-05-08). "2011 National Household Survey Profile - Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
6. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
7. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
8. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
9. Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits
10. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections