Sturgeon River—Parkland

Sturgeon River—Parkland

Alberta electoral district

Sturgeon River—Parkland in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.

Federal electoral district

Legislature

House of Commons

Rona Ambrose
Conservative

District created

First contested

District webpage

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

↑ Stastistics Canada: 2011
↑ Stastistics Canada: 2011
↑ Report – Alberta
↑ http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&DocId=6654879&File=4
↑ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Sturgeon River—Parkland (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 24 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

Federal ridings in rural Alberta

Conservative	Banff—Airdrie Battle River—Crowfoot Bow River Edmonton—Wetaskiwin Foothills Fort McMurray—Cold Lake Grande Prairie—Mackenzie Lakeland Lethbridge Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner Peace River—Westlock Red Deer—Lacombe Red Deer—Mountain View Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan Sturgeon River—Parkland Yellowhead

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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