Foothills (electoral district)

Foothills

Alberta electoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	John Barlow Conservative
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2025
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011) [1]	105,515
Electors (2019)	86,027
Area (km²) [2]	20,877
Pop. density (per km²)	5.1
Census division(s)	Division No. 3, Division No. 6, Division No. 15
Census subdivision(s)	Okotoks, Foothills, High River, Willow Creek, Crowsnest Pass, Cardston County (part), Blood (Kainai Nation), Vulcan County (part), Claresholm, Pincher Creek

Foothills is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015. ^[3]

History

Foothills 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 October 19, 2015. ^[4] It was created out of the bulk of Macleod, plus very small parts of Lethbridge (Waterton Lakes National Park) and Calgary Southwest (a small section north of Spruce Meadows).

The name of the riding refers to the Rocky Mountain Foothills, which spread across southwestern Alberta from the Continental Divide at the British Columbia border.

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Foothills (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021 [5]		2016 [6]		2011 [7]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European [a]	95,885	86.12%	96,045	87.48%	91,880	89.76%
Indigenous	7,035	6.32%	7,030	6.4%	6,575	6.42%
Southeast Asian [b]	3,430	3.08%	2,465	2.25%	1,150	1.12%
South Asian	1,280	1.15%	1,225	1.12%	835	0.82%
East Asian [c]	1,145	1.03%	1,305	1.19%	915	0.89%
Latin American	800	0.72%	520	0.47%	305	0.3%
African	970	0.87%	655	0.6%	480	0.47%
Middle Eastern [d]	355	0.32%	205	0.19%	65	0.06%
Other/Multiracial [e]	440	0.4%	335	0.31%	170	0.17%
Total responses	111,340	96.72%	109,785	96.96%	102,365	97.01%
Total population	115,118	100%	113,227	100%	105,515	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Foothills Riding created from Calgary Southwest, Lethbridge and Macleod
42nd	2015–2019		John Barlow	Conservative
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–2025
45th	2025–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Foothills (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2023 representation order

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	John Barlow	54,874	76.3
	Liberal	John Bruinsma	13,706	19.1
	New Democratic	Kaitte Aurora	1,923	2.7
	People's	Paul O'Halloran	796	1.1
	Green	Emma Hoberg	589	0.8
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Source: Elections Canada [8] [9]

2021 federal election redistributed results [10]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	41,847	68.43
	New Democratic	6,968	11.39
	People's	5,024	8.21
	Liberal	4,246	6.94
	Green	808	1.32
	Others	2,264	3.70

2013 representation order

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	John Barlow	44,456	69.23	-12.90	$33,083.27
	New Democratic	Michelle Traxel	7,117	11.08	+5.34	$0.00
	People's	Daniel Hunter	5,111	7.96	+5.37	$0.00
	Liberal	Paula Shimp	4,441	6.92	+1.04	$3,499.22
	Maverick	Josh Wylie	2,289	3.57	–	$16,164.90
	Green	Brett Rogers	802	1.25	-2.41	$48.80
Total valid votes/expense limit			64,216	–	–	$126,382.56
Total rejected ballots			251
Turnout
Eligible voters
Source: Elections Canada [11]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	John Barlow	53,872	82.13	+6.63	$51,528.31
	Liberal	Cheryl Moller	3,856	5.88	-7.48	$3,720.22
	New Democratic	Mickail Hendi	3,767	5.74	-0.69	$0.00
	Green	Bridget Lacey	2,398	3.66	+0.41	none listed
	People's	Greg Hession	1,698	2.59	–	$11,956.99
Total valid votes/expense limit			65,591	100.0
Total rejected ballots			290
Turnout			65,881	76,6
Eligible voters			86,027
	Conservative hold		Swing		+7.05
Source: Elections Canada [12] [13]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	John Barlow	46,166	75.70	-2.12	$66,508.37
	Liberal	Tanya MacPherson	8,149	13.36	+9.84	$3,837.36
	New Democratic	Alison Thompson	3,919	6.43	-3.67	$9,096.95
	Green	Romy Tittel	1,983	3.25	-1.50	$16,306.65
	Libertarian	Cory Morgan	424	0.70	–	–
	Christian Heritage	Marc Slingerland	345	0.57	–	$9,192.08
Total valid votes/expense limit			60,986	100.00		$237,098.11
Total rejected ballots			141	0.23	–
Turnout			61,127	74.20	–
Eligible voters			82,380
	Conservative hold		Swing		-5.98
Source: Elections Canada [14] [15]

2011 federal election redistributed results [16]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	35,900	77.82
	New Democratic	4,656	10.09
	Green	2,193	4.75
	Liberal	1,624	3.52
	Others	1,758	3.81

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

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.

References

1. Statistics Canada: 2011
2. Statistics Canada: 2011
3. Report – Alberta
4. When and Where to Vote - Elections Canada
5. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
6. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
7. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
8. "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
9. https://globalnews.ca/news/11130637/canada-election-2025-results-foothills/
10. "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada . Retrieved April 9, 2024.
11. "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada . Retrieved September 2, 2021.
12. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
13. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
14. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Foothills (Validated results)". Elections Canada. October 22, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
15. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
16. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections