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2021 Canadian federal election: Bow River

Martin Shields
Member of Parliament for Bow River
In office October 19, 2015 –March 23, 2025
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Martin Shields	35,676	69.8	-14.1	$58,577.57
	People's	Jonathan Bridges	5,108	10.0	+7.6	$1,097.41
	New Democratic	Michael MacLean	4,726	9.2	+3.6	$0.00
	Liberal	Getu Shawile	3,869	7.6	+1.8	$7,802.63
	Maverick	Orrin Bliss	1,368	2.7	–	$8,111.55
	Christian Heritage	Tom Lipp	391	0.8	-0.06	$9,741.82
Total valid votes/expense limit			51,138	100.0	–	$122,402.30
Total rejected ballots			300
Turnout			51,438	63.5
Eligible voters			81,042
	Conservative hold		Swing		-10.85
Source: Elections Canada [5]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election : Bow River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Martin Shields	46,279	83.9	+6.48	$65,788.69
	Liberal	Margaret Rhemtulla	3,173	5.8	-7.88	none listed
	New Democratic	Lynn Macwilliam	3,086	5.6	+0.35	none listed
	People's	Tom Ikert	1,321	2.4	-	none listed
	Green	Hendrika Maria Tuithof de Jonge	826	1.5	-0.34	$0.00
	Christian Heritage	Tom Lipp	453	0.8	+0.24	$9,450.78
Total valid votes/expense limit			55,138	100.0
Total rejected ballots			234
Turnout			55,372	70.1
Eligible voters			78,944
	Conservative hold		Swing		+7.31
Source: Elections Canada [6] [7] [8]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election : Bow River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Martin Shields	38,701	77.42	–5.97	$79,588.40
	Liberal	William MacDonald Alexander	6,840	13.68	+10.14	$2,815.97
	New Democratic	Lynn MacWilliam	2,622	5.25	–2.91	$1,102.35
	Green	Rita Ann Fromholt	919	1.84	–1.57	–
	Independent	Andrew Kucy	543	1.09	–	$7,287.85
	Christian Heritage	Frans VandeStroet	280	0.56	–	$883.46
	Democratic Advancement	Fahed Khalid	83	0.17	–	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,988	100.00		$229,883.88
Total rejected ballots			151	0.30	–
Turnout			50,139	66.72	–
Eligible voters			75,146
	Conservative hold		Swing		–8.06
Source: Elections Canada [9] [10]

2013 Brooks mayoral election
Candidate [11]	Vote [11]	%
Martin Shields	1,879	72.38
Priscilla Petersen	483	18.61
Loran Casimere Fells	234	9.01

2010 Brooks mayoral election
Candidate	Vote	%
Martin Shields	2,141	86.1
Patrick Ketchmark	346	13.9

2007 Brooks mayoral election
Candidate	Vote	%
Martin Shields	1,527	57.3
Carol Secondiak	1,137	42.7

References

1. Martin Shields – Parliament of Canada biography
2. "Brooks mayor Martin Shields selected over Rob Anders in Bow River Tory nomination". 20 September 2014.
3. "Meet your federal candidates". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
4. Zdebiak, Brandon (7 February 2025). "Bow River's longtime MP Martin Shields to step aside ahead of upcoming federal election". StrathmoreNow. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
5. "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts".
6. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
7. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
8. "Candidate Campaign Returns". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
9. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Bow River (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
10. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
11. "City Brooks - Alberta's Centennial City". Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2013-10-21.

External links

• Martin Shields – Parliament of Canada biography