Peace River—Westlock

Peace River—Westlock

Alberta electoral district
Peace River—Westlock in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Arnold Viersen Conservative
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011) [1]	108,095
Electors (2019)	73,809
Area (km²) [1]	105,095
Pop. density (per km²)	1
Census division(s)	Division No. 13, Division No. 17, Division No. 18, Division No. 19
Census subdivision(s)	Barrhead, Barrhead No. 11, Big Lakes, Greenview No. 16, Mackenzie, Peace River, Slave Lake, Westlock, Westlock County, Whitecourt

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

Peace River—Westlock was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. ^[2] It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 19, 2015. ^[3] It was created out of parts of Peace River, Fort McMurray—Athabasca, Yellowhead, and Westlock—St. Paul. ^[4]

Conservative Arnold Viersen, a former mechanic, has been the riding's MP since 2015.

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Peace River—Westlock (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021 [5]		2016 [6]		2011 [7]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European [a]	74,205	71.15%	77,435	72.56%	79,005	75.43%
Indigenous	23,365	22.4%	24,325	22.79%	22,525	21.5%
Southeast Asian [b]	3,700	3.55%	2,355	2.21%	1,360	1.3%
South Asian	905	0.87%	620	0.58%	515	0.49%
African	790	0.76%	645	0.6%	200	0.19%
East Asian [c]	595	0.57%	775	0.73%	520	0.5%
Middle Eastern [d]	365	0.35%	225	0.21%	190	0.18%
Latin American	205	0.2%	190	0.18%	335	0.32%
Other/multiracial [e]	160	0.15%	160	0.15%	80	0.08%
Total responses	104,300	97.27%	106,720	97.05%	104,745	96.9%
Total population	107,223	100%	109,965	100%	108,095	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
Peace River—Westlock Riding created from Fort McMurray—Athabasca, Peace River Westlock—St. Paul, and Yellowhead
42nd	2015–2019		Arnold Viersen	Conservative
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Profile

This riding is a typical conservative stronghold riding. There are several ridings in Alberta that the Conservative Party of Canada realistically expects to win, and this is one of them. However, the northern portion of the riding is less strongly conservative than the rest, with pockets of support for the NDP. Historically, this riding has been always right-leaning, with support beginning toward the old Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, shifting toward the right-populist Reform Party after the time of prime minister Brian Mulroney, and then held by the new Conservative Party of Canada since the unification of the Progressive Conservatives and Canadian Alliance in 2003.

Election results

Graph of election results in Peace River—Westlock (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
The 2025 general election will be held on April 28.
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Landen Tischer
	Conservative	Arnold Viersen
	People's	Allan Weideli
Total valid votes/Expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Source: Elections Canada

2021 federal election redistributed results [8]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	30,446	62.65
	New Democratic	6,396	13.16
	People's	6,089	12.53
	Liberal	2,664	5.48
	Green	364	0.75
	Others	2,635	5.42

2013 representation order

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Arnold Viersen	29,486	63.0	-17.6	$57,120.49
	New Democratic	Gail Ungstad	6,019	12.9	+5.4	$10,267.72
	People's	Darryl Boisson	5,916	12.6	+9.5	$3,808.47
	Maverick	Colin Krieger	2,573	5.5	—	$8,852.55
	Liberal	Leslie Penny	2,431	5.2	-0.9	$1,390.57
	Green	Jordan Francis MacDougall	364	0.8	-1.9	$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			46,789	–	–	$135,210.15
Total rejected ballots			198	0.42	-0.25
Turnout			46,987	63.2	-7.2
Eligible voters			74,324
	Conservative hold		Swing		-11.5
Source: Elections Canada [9] [10]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Arnold Viersen	41,659	80.6	+11.25	$61,848.92
	New Democratic	Jennifer Villebrun	3,886	7.5	-6.89	none listed
	Liberal	Leslie Penny	3,148	6.1	-6.74	$5,946.81
	People's	John Schrader	1,579	3.1	-	$4,989.63
	Green	Peter Nygaard	1,377	2.7	+0.18	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			51,649	100.0
Total rejected ballots			347
Turnout			51,996	70.4
Eligible voters			73,809
	Conservative hold		Swing		+9.07
Source: Elections Canada [11] [12]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Arnold Viersen	34,342	69.35	-8.46	$74,852.55
	New Democratic	Cameron Alexis	7,127	14.39	+1.35	$10,844.13
	Liberal	Chris Brown	6,360	12.84	+9.20	$6,504.94
	Green	Sabrina Lee Levac	1,247	2.52	-1.34	–
	Libertarian	Jeremy Sergeew	443	0.89	–	$108.02
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,519	100.00		$259,766.62
Total rejected ballots			170	0.34	–
Turnout			49,689	65.93	–
Eligible voters			75,362
	Conservative hold		Swing		-4.90
Source: Elections Canada [13] [14]

2011 federal election redistributed results [15]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	28,986	77.81
	New Democratic	4,859	21.10
	Green	1,436	3.85
	Liberal	1,357	3.64
	Others	616	1.65

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. District Description
3. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
4. Report – Alberta
5. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
6. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
7. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
8. "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada . Retrieved April 9, 2024.
9. "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada . Retrieved September 2, 2021.
10. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada . Retrieved October 28, 2021.
11. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
12. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
13. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Peace River—Westlock (Validated results)". Elections Canada. October 24, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
14. "Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates". Archived from the original on August 15, 2015. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
15. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections