Yellowhead (electoral district)

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Yellowhead
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Yellowhead (federal electoral district).svg
Yellowhead in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Gerald Soroka
Conservative
District created1976
First contested 1979
Last contested 2021
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011) [1] 98,855
Electors (2019)74,005
Area (km²) [2] 76,127
Pop. density (per km²)1.3
Census division(s) Division No. 9, Division No. 11, Division No. 13, Division No. 14
Census subdivision(s) Brazeau County, Clearwater County, Drayton Valley, Edson, Grande Cache, Municipal District of Greenview No. 16, Hinton, Jasper National Park & Municipality of Jasper, Lac Ste. Anne County, Leduc County, Parkland County, Rocky Mountain House, Willmore Wilderness Park, Yellowhead County

Yellowhead is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. The district is in west-central Alberta and represents: parts of the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16 including Grande Cache, Improvement District No. 25 (Willmore), the Improvement District No. 12 (Jasper), the Municipality of Jasper, Yellowhead County including Hinton and Edson, Brazeau County including Drayton Valley, Lac Ste. Anne County including Alexis 133, Parkland County, Leduc County, Clearwater County including Big Horn 144A, Sunchild 202, and O'Chiese 203, and Rocky Mountain House.

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History

The electoral district was created in 1976 from Rocky Mountain, Athabasca, Edmonton West, Pembina, and Wetaskiwin ridings.

Its first and most high-profile MP was Joe Clark. Clark was Prime Minister of Canada in late 1979 and early 1980. He remained a prominent figure on the Progressive Conservative front bench after losing the premiership, in opposition and as a cabinet minister under Brian Mulroney.

This riding lost territory to Peace River—Westlock and Sturgeon River—Parkland, while gaining territory from Wetaskiwin and Wild Rose, during the 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution.

Following the 2012 redistribution, [3] portions of this electoral district (notably the town of Whitecourt) joined the newly formed riding of Peace River—Westlock while the regions of Leduc County and Rocky Mountain House were added to Yellowhead. [4] [5]

Demographics

According to the 2011 Canadian census

Languages: 90.5% English, 2.6% French, 1.7% German
Religions: 58.5% Christian (20.6% Catholic, 10.3% United Church, 4.3% Anglican, 4.2% Lutheran, 2.1% Baptist, 1.9% Pentecostal, 15.3% Other Christian), 1.0% Traditional Aboriginal Spirituality, 39.7% No religion
Median income (2010): $34,679

Panethnic groups in Yellowhead (2011−2021)
Panethnic group2021 [6] 2016 [7] 2011 [8]
Pop. %Pop.%Pop.%
European [a] 79,19582,71584,470
Indigenous 12,10012,06010,130
Southeast Asian [b] 2,6251,8201,170
South Asian 745520265
East Asian [c] 720615390
African 595540315
Latin American 215310150
Middle Eastern [d] 200185170
Other/multiracial [e] 175305200
Total responses96,57599,07097,255
Total population99,218101,98498,855
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.
Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of political parties: [9]

PartyAssociation nameCEOHQ city
Conservative Yellowhead Conservative AssociationDouglas E WoodhouseEdson
Liberal Yellowhead Federal Liberal AssociationZachary E.D. Trynacity-Popowich Edmonton
Libertarian Yellowhead Libertarian AssociationCory A. Lystang Mayerthorpe
Maverick Yellowhead EDARobert W. Landers Hinton
New Democratic Yellowhead Federal NDP Riding AssociationTom BoyceEdmonton
People's Yellowhead - PPC AssociationJames CuthillRocky Mountain House

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Yellowhead
Riding created from Rocky Mountain, Athabasca,
Edmonton West, Pembina and Wetaskiwin
31st  1979–1980   Joe Clark Progressive Conservative
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988
34th  1988–1993
35th  1993–1997   Cliff Breitkreuz Reform
36th  1997–2000
 2000–2000   Alliance
37th  2000–2003 Rob Merrifield
 2003–2004   Conservative
38th  2004–2006
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2014
 2014–2015 Jim Eglinski
42nd  2015–2019
43rd  2019–2021 Gerald Soroka
44th  2021–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Yellowhead (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2025 Canadian federal election
The 2025 general election will be held on April 28.
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
People's Vicky Bayford
New Democratic Avni Soma
Conservative William Stevenson
Total valid votes/Expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Source: Elections Canada
2021 federal election redistributed results [10]
PartyVote %
  Conservative 35,99860.23
  New Democratic 8,76514.67
  Liberal 6,34410.62
  People's 5,5299.25
  Green 7471.25
 Others2,3813.98
2021 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Gerald Soroka 33,60366.2-15.9$18,788.06
People's Michael Manchen6,47512.7+9.9$3,063.64
New Democratic Guillaume Roy5,97711.8+4.8$0.00
Liberal Sheila Schumacher2,8295.6+0.4$0.00
Maverick Todd Muir1,7613.5–$9,914.16
Veterans Coalition Gordon Francey1470.3+0.1$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit50,79299.42-0.04$134,881.08
Total rejected ballots2940.58+0.04
Turnout51,08669.2-6.8
Eligible voters73,799
Conservative hold Swing -10.8
Source: Elections Canada [11]
2019 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Gerald Soroka 45,96482.1+9.85$16,739.58
New Democratic Kristine Bowman3,8987.0-2.05none listed
Liberal Jeremy Hoefsloot2,9125.2-9.02none listed
People's Douglas Galavan1,5922.8-$4,988.84
Green Angelena Satdeo1,2722.3-0.63$0.00
Libertarian Cory Lystang2220.4-1.16none listed
Veterans Coalition Gordon Francey1080.2-$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit55,968100.0
Total rejected ballots303
Turnout56,27176.0
Eligible voters74,005
Conservative hold Swing +5.95
Source: Elections Canada [12] [13]
2015 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Jim Eglinski 37,95072.25-5.81$39,133.01
Liberal Ryan Maguhn7,46714.22+11.32$4,198.93
New Democratic Ken Kuzminski4,7539.05-3.83$1,285.08
Green Sandra Wolf Lange1,5382.93-2.41$19.05
Libertarian Cory Lystang8171.56$3,093.70
Total valid votes/Expense limit52,525100.00 $258,177.16
Total rejected ballots1610.31–
Turnout52,68671.20–
Eligible voters73,996
Conservative hold Swing -8.57
Source: Elections Canada [14] [15]
2011 federal election redistributed results [16]
PartyVote %
  Conservative 31,23878.07
  New Democratic 5,15512.88
  Green 2,1365.34
  Liberal 1,1582.89
 Others3280.82
Canadian federal by-election, November 17, 2014
By-election due to the resignation of Rob Merrifield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Jim Eglinski 7,88462.57−14.46– 
Liberal Ryan Heinz Maguhn2,51819.98+17.11– 
New Democratic Eric Rosendahl 1,2039.55−3.51– 
Independent Dean Williams6224.94 – 
Libertarian Cory Lystang3742.97 – 
Total valid votes/expense limit 100.0   –  
Total rejected ballots   
Turnout12,60116.06−40.10
Eligible voters78,481 +6.00
Conservative hold Swing −15.79
Source(s)
"By-election Results". Elections Canada. November 17, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
2011 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Rob Merrifield 31,92577.03+5.18$ 44,010.72
New Democratic Mark Wells5,41113.06+0.7918.01
Green Monika Shaeffer2,1325.14−4.054,290.85
Liberal Zack Siezmagraff1,1902.87−1.114,013.79
Christian Heritage Jacob Strydhorst4040.97−0.654,318.68
Canadian Action Melissa Brade3840.93−0.16753.39
Total valid votes/Expense limit41,446100.00+10.85$106,445.21
Total rejected ballots1290.31+0.04
Turnout41,57556.16+6.19
Eligible voters74,036  
Source(s)
"Official Voting Results — Forty-First General Election 2011" . Retrieved November 18, 2014.
"Candidates' Details - Campaign Financial Summary (Part 4)". Elections Canada. May 2, 2011.
2008 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Rob Merrifield 26,86371.85+0.66$ 56,963.15
New Democratic Ken Kuzminski4,58712.27+1.325,958.90
Green Monika Schaefer3,4379.19+2.562,250.26
Liberal Mohamed El-Rafih1,4893.98−5.46Not reported 
Christian Heritage John M. Wierenga6061.62−0.1612,235.84
Canadian Action Melissa Brade4081.09–1,477.48
Total valid votes/Expense limit37,390100.00−13.13$103,154.58
Total rejected ballots1030.27+0.05
Turnout37,49349.97−10.22
Source(s)
"Official Voting Results — Fortieth General Election 2008" . Retrieved November 18, 2014.
"Candidates' Details - Campaign Financial Summary (Part 4)". Elections Canada. October 14, 2008.
2006 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Rob Merrifield 30,64071.19+2.58$57,683
New Democratic Noel Lapierre4,71210.95−0.52$6,110
Liberal Nancy Love4,0669.45−2.05$4,448
Green Monika Schaefer2,8566.64+0.08$499
Christian Heritage John Marvin Wierenga7651.78−0.09$15,607
Total valid votes43,039100.0  +11.42
Total rejected ballots940.22−0.03
Turnout43,13360.19+3.6
2004 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Rob Merrifield 26,50368.61−10.1$54,539
Liberal Peter Crossley4,44111.50−4.1$10,183
New Democratic Noel Lapierre4,42911.47+6.8$8,611
Green Eric Stieglitz2,5346.56 $2,297
Christian Heritage Jacob Strydhorst7211.87+1.0$13,333
Total valid votes38,628100.0  
Total rejected ballots960.25−0.1
Turnout38,72456.6−3.8
2000 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Alliance Rob Merrifield 26,82466.1+0.1$40,389
Liberal John Higgerty6,34815.6+1.4$20,093
Progressive Conservative Dale F. Galbraith5,14112.7-0.5$5,162
New Democratic J. Noel Lapierre1,9104.7-0.1$1,369
Independent Jacob Strydhorst3710.9–$8,158
Total valid votes40,594100.0
Total rejected ballots1510.4+0.1
Turnout40,74560.43.5
1997 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Reform Cliff Breitkreuz 22,96066.0+10.9$49,326
Liberal Nancy Love Crawford6,31814.2-7.5$46,729
Progressive Conservative Ross Douglas Pugh4,38313.2-0.8$9,515
New Democratic Dennis Atkinson1,7594.8+0.5
Total valid votes35,420100.0
Total rejected ballots1120.3
Turnout35,53257.0
1993 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform Cliff Breitkreuz 22,79055.0+27.1
Liberal John Higgerty8,96421.6+11.7
Progressive Conservative Marilyn Stecyk5,76613.9-30.6
New Democratic Joe Woytowich1,8044.4-11.0
National Alex S. Mann1,1472.8
Christian Heritage Peter Piers4411.1-0.7
Natural Law Dennis Ronald Michaelchuk2840.7
Independent Douglas Bruce Pederson2090.5
Total valid votes41,405100.0
1988 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Joe Clark 17,84744.5-29.5
Reform Preston Manning 11,20727.9
New Democratic Muriel Stanley Venne6,17215.4+1.7
Liberal John Higgerty3,9879.9+1.8
Christian Heritage John M. Torringa7081.8
Confederation of Regions Peter E. Hope900.2-1.4
Independent Pat Geo. A. O'Hara860.2
Total valid votes40,097100.0
1984 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Joe Clark 37,46274.0+4.5
New Democratic Rick Hardy6,90613.6+2.3
Liberal Louis H. Joy4,0978.1-10.1
Confederation of Regions G.R. Snow8291.6
Rhinoceros Douglas Alan Bush7731.5
Social Credit Audrey Sweigard5531.1
Total valid votes50,620100.0
1980 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Joe Clark 27,95369.5-0.5
Liberal Laurie Switzer7,30218.1+1.0
New Democratic Laird Mitchell4,56211.3+2.6
Independent Robert L.T. Brower2490.6
Independent Brian K. Fallis1700.4
Total valid votes40,236100.0
1979 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Joe Clark 28,84970.0
Liberal Laurie Switzer7,08317.2
New Democratic Bob Ritchie3,6008.7
Independent Lex Miller1,5353.7
Independent Ronnie B. Plaunt1430.3
Total valid votes41,210100.0

See also

References

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.
  1. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2011
  2. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2011
  3. ↑ Report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Alberta 2012 (PDF). Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Alberta. April 6, 2013. ISBN   978-1-100-22175-5. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Yellowhead – Maps Corner/Boundaries description". Elections Canada. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts (effective after May 1, 2014)". Elections Canada. October 14, 2015. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  6. ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  7. ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  8. ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Registered Association Database : Search Electoral District Associations".
  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 — Yellowhead (Validated results)". Elections Canada. October 23, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  15. ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
  16. ↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
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