Edmonton—Wetaskiwin

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
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District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)	158,749
Electors (2019)	133,853
Area (km²)	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

Federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada

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

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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 the bulk of Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont, as well as parts of Edmonton—Leduc, Wetaskiwin, and Vegreville—Wainwright.^[4]

According to the 2021 census, Edmonton—Wetaskiwin is the most populated riding in Canada, with almost 100,000 residents more than the national average of 109,444. Its population grew at a rate of 89.28% since the 2011 census (on which the 2013 representation order was based).^[5]^[6]

Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding will be replaced by Leduc—Wetaskiwin.^[7]

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)

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[euro-12] Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.

[SoutheastAsian-13] Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.

[EastAsian-14] Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.

[MiddleEastern-15] Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.

[Other-16] Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

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Statistics Canada: 2021

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Statistics Canada: 2011

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Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts

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Report – Alberta

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"Population and dwelling counts: Canada and federal electoral districts (2013 Representation Order)". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved July 31, 2022.

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"Proposed Boundaries – Alberta". Federal Electoral Districts Redistribution. Retrieved July 31, 2022. The hybrid electoral district of Edmonton—Wetaskiwin had a 2021 decennial census population of 209,431, an increase of 89.28% from the 2011 census.

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"Leduc—Wetaskiwin–Final boundaries". FEDERAL ELECTORAL DISTRICTS REDISTRIBUTION 2022.

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"Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age (15A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2013 Representation Order), 2016 Census - 100% Data". August 2, 2017.

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Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 1, 2023.

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Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 1, 2023.

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Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 1, 2023.

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"List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 27, 2021.

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"List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.

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"Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 7, 2019.

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"October 19, 2015 Election Results — Edmonton—Wetaskiwin (Validated results)". Elections Canada. October 21, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.

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Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

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Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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Panethnic group	2021^[9]		2016^[10]		2011^[11]
Panethnic group	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European^{[lower-alpha 1]}	120,025	57.9%	106,890	68.16%	86,640	79.1%
South Asian	30,570	14.75%	15,440	9.85%	5,395	4.93%
Southeast Asian^{[lower-alpha 2]}	16,080	7.76%	9,205	5.87%	4,345	3.97%
Indigenous	11,170	5.39%	8,395	5.35%	6,135	5.6%
East Asian^{[lower-alpha 3]}	11,140	5.37%	7,275	4.64%	3,235	2.95%
African	9,165	4.42%	4,645	2.96%	1,485	1.36%
Middle Eastern^{[lower-alpha 4]}	3,330	1.61%	1,690	1.08%	870	0.79%
Latin American	3,160	1.52%	1,860	1.19%	755	0.69%
Other/Multiracial^{[lower-alpha 5]}	2,635	1.27%	1,435	0.92%	660	0.6%
Total responses	207,290	98.98%	156,830	98.79%	109,530	98.99%
Total population	209,431	100%	158,749	100%	110,644	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Parliament	Years		Party
Edmonton—Wetaskiwin Riding created from Edmonton—Leduc, Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont, Vegreville—Wainwright and Wetaskiwin
42nd	2015–2019	Mike Lake	Conservative
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mike Lake	48,340	55.7	-16.7	$62,059.26
	New Democratic	Hugo Charles	18,259	21.0	+10.2	$6,933.72
	Liberal	Ron Thiering	12,229	14.1	+1.7	$5,253.34
	People's	Tyler Beauchamp	7,670	8.8	+7.0	$7,473.41
	Veterans Coalition	Travis Caillou	345	0.4	+0.2	$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			86,843	100.0	–	$152.378.46
Total rejected ballots			576	0.7	+0.3
Turnout			87,419	66.5	-4.9
Eligible voters			131,407
	Conservative hold		Swing		-13.5
Source: Elections Canada^[12]

v t e 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^[13]^[14]

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 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^[15]^[16]

Edmonton—Wetaskiwin

Edmonton—Wetaskiwin

Demographics

Members of Parliament

Election results

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2011 federal election redistributed results^[17]
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