Airdrie—Cochrane (federal electoral district)

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Airdrie—Cochrane
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Airdrie--Cochrane (federal electoral district)
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Blake Richards
Conservative
District created 2023
First contested 2025
Last contested 2025
Demographics
Population (2021) [1] 115,230
Census division(s) Division No. 6
Census subdivision(s) Airdrie, Rocky View (part), Cochrane

Airdrie—Cochrane is a federal electoral district in Calgary Metropolitan Region, Alberta, Canada. It came into effect upon the call of the 2025 Canadian federal election, following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution. [2]

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Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census [3]

Languages: 86.9% English, 2.5% French, 1.5% Tagalog, 1.4% Spanish, 1.3% Punjabi

Religions: 47.8% Christian (18.0% Catholic, 4.1% United Church, 2.7% Anglican, 1.7% Lutheran, 1.4% Baptist, 1.3% Pentecostal, 1.2% Latter Day Saints, 17.3% Other), 46.2% No religion, 2.4% Muslim, 1.7% Sikh

Median income: $50,800 (2020)

Average income: $65,600 (2020)

Panethnic groups in Airdrie—Cochrane (2021)
Panethnic group2021
Pop. %
European [a] 89,940
Indigenous 5,360
South Asian 4,955
Southeast Asian [b] 4,230
African 3,910
Latin American 1,910
East Asian [c] 1,730
Middle Eastern [d] 1,145
Other/multiracial [e] 970
Total responses114,145
Total population115,240
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.
Demographics based on 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

History

It was created in 2023 as "Airdrie—Cochrane" from parts of Banff—Airdrie, including the Airdrie, Cochrane, and parts of Rocky View County.

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Airdrie—Cochrane
Riding created from Banff—Airdrie
45th  2025–present   Blake Richards Conservative

Electoral results

2025 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Blake Richards 50,25271.22+11.32
Liberal Sean Secord16,71423.69+13.53
New Democratic Sarah Zagoda2,5913.67−11.25
Libertarian David Sabine6230.88N/A
Christian Heritage Christopher Bell3800.54N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit70,56099.36
Total rejected ballots4570.64
Turnout71,01775.40
Eligible voters94,181
Conservative notional hold Swing −1.11
Source: Elections Canada [4] [5]
Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations.
2021 federal election redistributed results [6]
PartyVote%
  Conservative 33,82159.90
  New Democratic 8,42714.92
  Liberal 5,73910.16
  People's 4,6498.23
  Green 7121.26
 Others3,1155.52

See also

References

  1. Statistics Canada: 2021
  2. "New Federal Electoral Map for Alberta".
  3. "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Airdrie--Cochrane [Federal electoral district (2023 Representation Order)], Alberta". Statistics Canada . Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  4. "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
  5. "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
  6. "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada . Retrieved April 9, 2024.

Notes

  1. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
  2. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
  3. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
  4. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
  5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.