Edmonton—Leduc

Edmonton—Leduc
Alberta electoral district
Edmonton St. Albert Sherwood Park East Centre Spruce Grove Strathcona Leduc Mill Woods Beaumont Edmonton–Leduc in relation to other federal electoral districts in Edmonton
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	2003
District abolished	2013
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)^[1]	150,234
Electors (2011)	92,861
Area (km²)^[2]	421.23
Census divisions	Division No. 11
Census subdivisions	Edmonton, Leduc, Leduc County, Devon

Edmonton—Leduc was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015.

Geography

The district includes the southwestern portion of Edmonton, the Town of Devon and the City of Leduc and its vicinity.

History

The electoral district was created in 2003 as a result of the creation of two extra Alberta seats. It is composed from the following previous ridings: 55.5% from Edmonton Southwest, 20.9% from Edmonton—Strathcona and 23.6% from Wetaskiwin.

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Edmonton—Leduc Riding created from Edmonton Southwest, Edmonton—Strathcona and Wetaskiwin
38th	2004–2006	James Rajotte	Conservative
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
Riding dissolved into Edmonton Riverbend and Edmonton—Wetaskiwin

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is James Rajotte, a former executive assistant. He was first elected to Parliament in the 2000 election. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Elections results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	James Rajotte	37,778	63.57	+0.37	$75,315
	New Democratic	Artem Medvedev	11,488	19.33	+7.91	$14,916
	Liberal	Richard Peter Fahlman	7,270	12.23	-5.36	$22,157
	Green	Valerie Kennedy	2,896	4.87	-2.90	$8,166
Total valid votes/Expense limit			59,432	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			149	0.25	+0.03
Turnout			59,581	59.62	+2.98
Eligible voters			99,942	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	James Rajotte	33,174	63.20	+2.67	$81,190
	Liberal	Donna Lynn Smith	9,234	17.59	-1.87	$29,456
	New Democratic	Hana Razga	5,994	11.42	-2.36	$15,390
	Green	Valerie Kennedy	4,081	7.77	+1.53	$1,154
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,483	100.00	$92,972
Total rejected ballots			118	0.22
Turnout			52,601	56.64

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	James Rajotte	33,764	60.53	+5.49
	Liberal	Jim Jacuta	10,856	19.46	-9.85
	New Democratic	Martin Rybiak	7,685	13.78	+4.37
	Green	Ben Morrison Pettit	3,479	6.24	+0.02
Total valid votes			55,784	100.00

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	James Rajotte	26,791	55.04	–	$54,847
	Liberal	Bruce King	14,269	29.31	–	$46,445
	New Democratic	Doug McLachlan	4,581	9.41	–	$7,563
	Green	Bruce Sinclair	3,029	6.22	–	$107
Total valid votes			48,670	100.00
Total rejected ballots			111	0.23
Turnout			48,781	65.08

References

"(Code 48014) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-06.

Notes

↑ Statistics Canada: 2012
↑ Statistics Canada: 2012

External links

Federal ridings in Calgary and Edmonton

Conservative	Calgary Confederation Calgary Forest Lawn Calgary Heritage Calgary Midnapore Calgary Nose Hill Calgary Rocky Ridge Calgary Shepard Calgary Signal Hill Edmonton Griesbach Edmonton Manning Edmonton Riverbend Edmonton West St. Albert—Edmonton

Liberal	Calgary Centre Calgary Skyview Edmonton Centre Edmonton Mill Woods

New Democratic	Edmonton Strathcona

Federal ridings in the Canadian Prairies

Rural Manitoba	Brandon—Souris Churchill—Keewatinook Aski Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa Portage—Lisgar Provencher Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman

Winnipeg	Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley Elmwood—Transcona Kildonan—St. Paul Saint Boniface—Saint Vital Winnipeg Centre Winnipeg North Winnipeg South Winnipeg South Centre

Saskatchewan (South, North)	Battlefords—Lloydminster Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek Cypress Hills—Grasslands Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River Prince Albert Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan Regina—Lewvan Regina—Qu'Appelle Regina—Wascana Saskatoon—Grasswood Saskatoon—University Saskatoon West Souris—Moose Mountain Yorkton—Melville

Rural Alberta	Banff—Airdrie Battle River—Crowfoot Bow River Foothills Fort McMurray—Cold Lake Grande Prairie—Mackenzie Lakeland Lethbridge Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner Peace River—Westlock Red Deer—Lacombe Red Deer—Mountain View Sturgeon River—Parkland Yellowhead

Edmonton and environs	Edmonton Centre Edmonton Griesbach Edmonton Manning Edmonton Mill Woods Edmonton Riverbend Edmonton Strathcona Edmonton West Edmonton—Wetaskiwin St. Albert—Edmonton Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan

Calgary	Calgary Centre Calgary Confederation Calgary Forest Lawn Calgary Heritage Calgary Midnapore Calgary Nose Hill Calgary Rocky Ridge Calgary Shepard Calgary Signal Hill Calgary Skyview

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