Canadian federal election results in Edmonton and environs

This page shows results of Canadian federal elections in Edmonton and the surrounding area.

Seats obtained by party

Conservative   New Democratic   Liberal   Alliance (defunct)   Progressive Conservative (defunct)   Reform (defunct)   Social Credit (defunct)

Regional profile

Evolution through time

Edmonton has been historically more conservative than most other large cities in Canada. Since 1958, Conservatives have won more of the seats here than any other party, although in most cases with smaller pluralities than the astronomical margins in rural Alberta. Social Credit, at first a radical movement but by the 1940's morphing into a conservative-style party, took several seats between 1935 and 1958. From 1972 to 1988, Conservatives won every Edmonton seat, although occasionally with less than half the votes in the district.

1980s-1990s

From 1935 to 2008, the CCF/NDP won only one seat in Edmonton (the only one in all of Alberta), despite taking as much as 18% of the province-wide federal vote. The NDP won an Alberta seat in 1988 when Ross Harvey won Edmonton East. They also came within 274 votes to win the April 1986 Pembina by-election, the seat was narrowly retained by the Progressive Conservatives.

The Progressive Conservatives managed to win 7 seats (out of 8) in the area in 1988 despite a significant decline in support.

Both the PC and the NDP were swept out in 1993 in favor of the Liberals and the Reform Party. The gap in votes between the Reform Party and the Liberals increased in subsequent elections, allowing the Reform Party and its successors to win a majority of the seats in the region but the Liberal vote share would exceed the 30% mark up to the 2004 election.

2000s-2020s

In 2006, the Conservatives again achieved a total sweep of Alberta, repeating their 1958-1988 shut-outs, but this was broken by the New Democratic Party in Edmonton-Strathcona in 2008. The NDP has held this seat every election since, including the 2011. In 2011, the NDP finished second in all the other Edmonton-area ridings except Edmonton-Sherwood Park (where it came in third behind the Conservative winner and an independent candidate).

In 2015, the Liberals took two ridings, the NDP retained Edmonton Strathcona, and the Tories held the remainder. In 2019, Conservatives took all the Edmonton ridings except Edmonton Strathcona, which remained in NDP hands as the only non-Tory riding in Alberta. The Conservatives' dominance in the Edmonton representation was achieved despite Conservative candidates taking a combined 55 percent of the city vote. The near-total NDP shut-out was achieved despite the NDP taking 20 percent of the city vote. Such was repeated in 2021.

Political geography

Edmonton is far friendlier to centre-left parties than the rest of Alberta. It is the current base of the provincial NDP. The NDP scored an upset victory in the 2015 provincial election in part by taking all of Edmonton, and held all but one Edmonton seat even as it lost its majority dominance in the Legislature in 2019.

Edmonton is the only part of Alberta where the federal Liberals have consistently broken through in recent times (since 1993). It held two to four seats here from 1993 to 2006, although never winning by large margins. The Liberals lost all their Edmonton seats in 2006, but won more in 2015 before losing them again in 2021. The four seats the Liberals won in 1993 were the first they had won anywhere in Alberta since 1968.

The safest Tory seats are located in the more suburban ridings outside of the city core. From 2004 to 2011, their best riding in the region was Edmonton—Spruce Grove, most of which is now Edmonton West. In 2011, for instance, the Conservatives won 71% of the vote there. They also won more than 60% of the vote in Edmonton—St. Albert, Edmonton—Leduc and Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont.

Liberals, on the other hand, have recently had most of their success in the downtown ridings, not in the suburbs. Liberals won seats in 2015 and 2019. One of the Liberal victories in 2015 was in Edmonton Centre.

The NDP, both provincially and federally, has had proven popularity in the university-oriented and culturally-diverse area of Old Strathcona, and recently has come in second or better in almost all the ridings in the Edmonton area.

Votes by party throughout time

Vote share by party

  Liberal

  Conservative

  New Democratic

  Green

  People's

  Reform (defunct)

  Alliance (defunct)

  Progressive Conservative (defunct)

2015

Main article: 2015 Canadian federal election

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	Conservative		NDP		Liberal		Green		Libertarian		Other
Edmonton Centre		James Cumming 18,703 34.95%		Gil McGowan 13,084 24.45%		Randy Boissonnault 19,902 37.19%		David Parker 1,403 2.62%				Steven Stauffer (Rhino.) 257 0.48%		Laurie Hawn†
												Kat Yaki (Ind.) 163 0.30%
Edmonton Griesbach		Kerry Diotte 19,157 39.96%		Janis Irwin 16,309 34.02%		Brian Gold 10,397 21.69%		Heather Workman 1,129 2.35%		Maryna Goncharenko 415 0.87%		Mary Joyce (M-L) 112 0.23%		Peter Goldring† Edmonton East
												Linda Northcott (Mar.) 279 0.58%
												Bun Bun Thompson (Rhino.) 144 0.30%
Edmonton Manning		Ziad Aboultaif 22,166 45.24%		Aaron Paquette 11,582 23.64%		Sukhdev Aujla 13,509 27.57%		Chris Vallee 1,079 2.20%				Mebreate Deres (Ind.) 540 1.10%	New District
												André Vachon (M-L) 125 0.26%
Edmonton Mill Woods (judicial recount)		Tim Uppal 20,331 41.06%		Jasvir Deol 6,330 12.78%		Amarjeet Sohi 20,423 41.24%		Ralph McLean 1,096 2.21%		Allen K.W. Paley 396 0.80%		Peter Downing (CHP) 285 0.58%		Mike Lake‡ Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont
												Naomi Rankin (Comm.) 96 0.19%
												Colin Stubbs (Ind.) 560 1.13%
Edmonton Riverbend		Matt Jeneroux 28,805 49.89%		Brian Fleck 9,846 17.05%		Tariq Chaudary 17,428 30.18%		Valerie Kennedy 1,275 2.21%		Steven Lack 386 0.67%				James Rajotte† Edmonton—Leduc
Edmonton Strathcona		Len Thom 17,395 31.28%		Linda Duncan 24,446 43.96%		Eleanor Olszewski 11,524 20.73%		Jacob K. Binnema 1,278 2.30%		Malcolm Stinson 311 0.56%		Ryan Bromsgrove (Pirate) 201 0.36%		Linda Duncan Edmonton—Strathcona
												Donovan Eckstrom (Rhino.) 133 0.24%
												Chris Jones (Ind.) 116 0.21%
												Dougal MacDonald (M-L) 93 0.17%
												Andrew Schurman (Ind.) 107 0.19%
Edmonton West		Kelly McCauley 26,370 49.33%		Heather MacKenzie 6,955 13.01%		Karen Leibovici 18,649 34.89%		Pamela Leslie Bryan 1,037 1.94%		Alexander Dussault 341 0.64%		Peggy Morton (M-L) 105 0.20%		Rona Ambrose‡ Edmonton—Spruce Grove
Edmonton—Wetaskiwin		Mike Lake 44,949 65.77%		Fritz K. Bitz 6,645 9.72%		Jacqueline Biollo 14,660 21.45%		Joy-Ann Hut 1,595 2.33%		Brayden Whitlock 495 0.72%			New District
St. Albert—Edmonton		Michael Cooper 26,783 45.24%		Darlene Malayko 6,609 11.16%		Beatrice Ghettuba 13,343 22.54%		Andrea Oldham 821 1.39%				Brent Rathgeber (Ind.) 11,652 19.68%		Brent Rathgeber Edmonton—St. Albert
Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan		Garnett Genuis 42,642 63.94%		Joanne Cave 6,540 9.81%		Rod Frank 13,615 20.42%		Brandie Harrop 1,648 2.47%		Stephen C. Burry 678 1.02%		James Ford (Ind.) 1,563 2.34%		Tim Uppal‡ Edmonton—Sherwood Park
Sturgeon River—Parkland		Rona Ambrose 43,220 70.23%		Guy Desforges 6,166 10.02%		Travis Dueck 9,586 15.58%		Brendon Greene 1,875 3.05%				Ernest Chauvet (CHP) 690 1.12%	New District

2011

Main article: 2011 Canadian federal election

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	Conservative		Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
Edmonton Centre		Laurie Hawn 23,625 48.03%		Mary MacDonald 11,037 22.44%		Lewis Cardinal 12,480 25.37%		David James Parker 1,676 3.41%		Peggy Morton (M-L) 81 0.16%		Laurie Hawn
										Mikkel Paulson (Pirate) 289 0.59%
Edmonton East		Peter Goldring 24,111 52.75%		Shafik Ruda 3,176 6.95%		Ray Martin 17,078 37.36%		Trey Capnerhurst 1,345 2.94%				Peter Goldring
Edmonton—Leduc		James Rajotte 37,778 63.57%		Richard Fahlman 7,270 12.23%		Artem Medvedev 11,488 19.33%		Valerie Kennedy 2,896 4.87%				James Rajotte
Edmonton—Mill Woods— Beaumont		Mike Lake 27,857 61.04%		Mike Butler 5,066 11.10%		Nadine Bailey 10,875 23.83%		Christa Baxter 1,364 2.99%		Naomi Rankin (Comm.) 100 0.22%		Mike Lake
										Brent Schaffrick (Pirate) 374 0.82%
Edmonton—St. Albert		Brent Rathgeber 34,468 63.46%		Kevin Taron 5,796 10.67%		Brian LaBelle 11,644 21.44%		Peter Johnston 2,409 4.44%				Brent Rathgeber
Edmonton—Sherwood Park		Tim Uppal 24,623 44.66%		Rick Szostak 4,131 7.49%		Mike Scott 7,971 14.46%		Chris Vallee 1,926 3.49%		James Ford (Ind.) 16,263 29.50%		Tim Uppal
										Paul St. Laurent (WBP) 222 0.40%
Edmonton—Spruce Grove		Rona Ambrose 41,782 71.10%		Chris Austin 5,483 9.33%		Catherine Chaulk-Stokes 9,272 15.78%		Joshua Lund 2,232 3.80%				Rona Ambrose
Edmonton—Strathcona		Ryan Hastman 19,762 40.55%		Matthew Sinclair 1,372 2.82%		Linda Duncan 26,093 53.55%		Andrew Fehr 1,119 2.30%		Kevan Hunter (M-L) 91 0.19%		Linda Duncan
										Kyle Murphy (Ind.) 206 0.42%
										Christopher White (Ind.) 87 0.18%

2008

Main article: 2008 Canadian federal election

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	Conservative		Liberal		NDP		Green		Other
Edmonton Centre		Laurie Hawn 22,634 49.04%		Jim Wachowich 12,661 27.43%		Donna Martyn 6,912 14.98%		David James Parker 3,746 8.12%		Peggy Morton (M-L) 203 0.44%		Laurie Hawn
Edmonton East		Peter Goldring 21,487 51.32%		Stephanie Laskoski 4,578 10.93%		Ray Martin 13,318 31.81%		Trey Capnerhurst 2,488 5.94%				Peter Goldring
Edmonton—Leduc		James Rajotte 33,174 63.21%		Donna Lynn Smith 9,234 17.59%		Hana Razga 5,994 11.42%		Valerie Kennedy 4,081 7.78%				James Rajotte
Edmonton—Mill Woods— Beaumont		Mike Lake 25,130 60.32%		Indira Saroya 7,709 18.51%		Mike Butler 6,297 15.12%		David Allan Hrushka 2,366 5.68%		Naomi Rankin (Comm.) 157 0.38%		Mike Lake
Edmonton—St. Albert		Brent Rathgeber 31,436 61.65%		Sam Sleiman 7,441 14.59%		Dave Burkhart 8,045 15.78%		Peter Johnston 4,072 7.99%				John Williams†
Edmonton—Sherwood Park		Tim Uppal 17,628 35.84%		Rick Szostak 5,575 11.34%		Brian LaBelle 6,339 12.89%		Nina Erfani 3,678 7.48%		James Ford (Ind.) 15,960 32.45%		Ken Epp†
Edmonton—Spruce Grove		Rona Ambrose 36,402 68.55%		Chris Austin 6,099 11.49%		Barb Phillips 6,627 12.48%		Wendy Walker 3,975 7.49%				Rona Ambrose
Edmonton—Strathcona		Rahim Jaffer 19,640 41.60%		Claudette Roy 4,279 9.06%		Linda Duncan 20,103 42.58%		Jane Thrall 3,040 6.44%		Kevan Hunter (M-L) 147 0.31%		Rahim Jaffer

2006

Main article: 2006 Canadian federal election

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	Liberal		Conservative		NDP		Green		Other
Edmonton Centre		Anne McLellan 22,196 38.58%		Laurie Hawn 25,805 44.85%		Donna Martyn 6,187 10.75%		David J. Parker 3,021 5.25%		Peggy Morton (M–L) 117 0.20%		Anne McLellan
										Chandra Segaran Swamy (Ind.) 204 0.35%
Edmonton East		Nicole Martel 13,088 26.16%		Peter Goldring 25,086 50.13%		Arlene Chapman 9,243 18.47%		Trey Capnerhurst 2,623 5.24%				Peter Goldring
Edmonton—Leduc		Jim Jacuta 10,856 19.46%		James Rajotte 33,764 60.53%		Marty Rybiak 7,685 13.78%		Ben Morrison Pettit 3,479 6.24%				James Rajotte
Edmonton—Mill Woods— Beaumont		Amarjit Grewal 9,809 21.15%		Mike Lake 27,191 58.62%		Neal Gray 6,749 14.55%		Kate Harrington 2,073 4.47%		Kyle McLeod (Ind.) 477 1.03%		David Kilgour
										Naomi Rankin (Comm.) 85 0.18%
Edmonton—St. Albert		Stanley Haroun 11,893 20.29%		John Williams 34,997 59.69%		Mike Melymick 8,218 14.02%		Peter Johnston 3,520 6.00%				John Williams
Edmonton—Sherwood Park		Ron Symic 7,801 14.36%		Ken Epp 34,740 63.97%		Laurie Lang 7,773 14.31%		Lynn T. Lau 3,992 7.35%				Ken Epp
Edmonton—Spruce Grove		Brad Enge 9,776 16.83%		Rona Ambrose 38,826 66.83%		Jason Rockwell 6,091 10.48%		John Lackey 3,404 5.86%				Rona Ambrose
Edmonton—Strathcona		Andy Hladyshevsky 9,391 17.80%		Rahim Jaffer 22,009 41.71%		Linda Duncan 17,153 32.51%		Cameron Wakefield 3,139 5.95%		Dave Dowling (Mar.) 390 0.74%		Rahim Jaffer
										Michael Fedeyko (PC) 582 1.10%
										Kevan Hunter (M–L) 106 0.20%

2004

Main article: 2004 Canadian federal election

Maps

1. Edmonton-Mill Woods-Beaumont
2. Edmonton Centre
3. Edmonton East
4. Edmonton-Leduc
5. Edmonton-St. Albert
6. Edmonton-Sherwood Park
7. Edmonton-Spruce Grove
8. Edmonton-Strathcona

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2000

Main article: 2000 Canadian federal election

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	Liberal		Canadian Alliance		NDP		PC		Other
Edmonton Centre-East		Sue Olsen 14,323 34.21%		Peter Goldring 17,768 42.44%		Ray Martin 7,304 17.44%		Kevin Mahfouz 2,252 5.38%		Naomi Rankin (Comm.) 222 0.53%		Peter Goldring Edmonton East
Edmonton North		Jim Jacuta 14,786 34.33%		Deborah Grey 22,063 51.22%		Laurie Lang 3,216 7.47%		Dean Sanduga 3,010 6.99%				Deborah Grey
Edmonton Southeast		David Kilgour 21,109 50.87%		Tim Uppal 16,392 39.51%		Joginder Kandola 1,285 3.10%		Allan Ryan 2,269 5.47%		Matthew James (Comm.) 97 0.23%		David Kilgour
										Michael Sekuloff (CAP) 154 0.37%
										Richard Shelford (NLP) 187 0.45%
Edmonton Southwest		Chiu Lau 18,223 33.98%		James Rajotte 26,197 48.85%		Bernie Keeler 2,746 5.12%		Joseph Fernando 5,803 10.82%		Wade McKinley (NLP) 195 0.36%		Ian McClelland
										Jerry Paschen (Green) 462 0.86%
Edmonton—Strathcona		Jonathan Dai 17,816 31.89%		Rahim Jaffer 23,463 42.00%		Hélène Narayana 8,256 14.78%		Gregory Toogood 5,047 9.04%		Kevan Hunter (M-L) 164 0.29%		Rahim Jaffer
										Ken Kirk (Mar.) 814 1.46%
										Kesa Rose Semenchuk (CAP) 299 0.54%
Edmonton West		Anne McLellan 21,978 44.24%		Betty Unger 21,245 42.77%		Richard D. Vanderberg 2,895 5.83%		Rory J. Koopmans 3,009 6.06%		Peggy Morton (M-L) 194 0.39%		Anne McLellan
										Dan Parker (CAP) 354 0.71%
St. Albert		Bob Russell 13,637 24.78%		John G. Williams 32,745 59.50%		John Williams 2,965 5.39%		Andy Jones 5,687 10.33%				John G. Williams

1997

Main article: 1997 Canadian federal election

Parties		1st	2nd	3rd	4th
	Reform	6	2	0	0
	Liberal	2	6	0	0
	New Democratic	0	0	4	4
	Progressive Conservative	0	0	4	4

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	Liberal		Reform		PC		NDP		Green		Other
Edmonton East		Judy Bethel 12,005		Peter Goldring 15,475		Carla Barkley 2,535		Hana Razga 4,096		Ed Schell 211	394			Judy Bethel
Edmonton North		Jonathan Murphy 11,820		Deborah Grey 16,124		Mitch Panciuk 2,811		Ray Martin 5,413			226			John Loney
Edmonton Southeast		David Kilgour 14,745		Eleanor Maroes 13,295		Terence Bachor 1,994		Roberta Allen 1,882			152			David Kilgour
Edmonton Southwest		Esther Starkman 14,833		Ian McClelland 22,697		Ellie Shuster 4,403		Richard Vanderberg 2,070			205			Ian McClelland
Edmonton West		Anne McLellan 17,802		Dean Charles Kurpjuweit 16,392		Helen Stephenson 2,919		Duane Good Striker 3,386		Roger Swan 210	265			Anne McLellan Edmonton Northwest
Edmonton—Strathcona		Ginette Rodger 17,654		Rahim Jaffer 20,605		Edo Nyland 3,614		Jean Mcbean 7,251		Karina Gregory 406	360			Hugh Hanrahan
Elk Island		Vic Bidzinski 8,536		Ken Epp 26,276		Peter Tadman 5,416		Mary Ellen Vandusen 2,544			559			Ken Epp
St. Albert		Doug Kennedy 12,537		John G. Williams 24,269		Mike Partington 4,645		Jim Connelly 2,172			354			John G. Williams

1993

Main article: 1993 Canadian federal election

Parties		1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
	Reform	4	4	0	0	0
	Liberal	4	4	0	0	0
	Progressive Conservative	0	0	6	2	0
	New Democratic	0	0	1	5	2
	National	0	0	1	1	5

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	Liberal		Reform		PC		NDP		National		Other
Edmonton East		Judy Bethel 11,922		Linda Robertson 11,807		Kevin Kovacs 2,672		Ross Harvey 7,976		Jim Musson 1,105	689			Ross Harvey
Edmonton North		John Loney 19,536		Ron Mix 19,334		Mitch Panciuk 4,592		Lori Hall 3,427		Ed Agoto 2,168	442			Steve Paproski
Edmonton Northwest		Anne McLellan 12,599		Richard Kayler 12,587		Murray Dorin 3,485		Stephanie Michaels 1,671		Mel Hurtig 4,507	346			Murray Dorin
Edmonton Southeast		David Kilgour 23,129		Aurell Royer 19,910		John Kurian 3,203		Ken Ross 1,988		Janet Blond 1,443	435			David Kilgour
Edmonton Southwest		Betty Macfarlan 19,570		Ian McLelland 26,582		Jim Edwards 9,385		Colleen Glenn 2,148			797			Jim Edwards
Edmonton—Strathcona		Chris Peirce 19,137		Hugh Hanrahan 19,541		Scott Thorkelson 5,617		Rita Egan 2,513		Adrian Greenwood 2,131	743			Scott Thorkelson
Elk Island		Jean Boisvert 11,589		Ken Epp 25,726		Brian O'Kurley 5,714		Steve Jacobs 1,296		James Keith Steinhubl 1,222	359			Brian O'Kurley
St. Albert		Jack Jeffery 13,860		John G. Williams 24,964		Jerry Manegre 5,884		Zahid Makhdoom 1,435		Steven Powers 2,219	641			Walter van de Walle

1988

Main article: 1988 Canadian federal election

Parties		1st	2nd	3rd	4th
	Progressive Conservative	7	1	0	0
	New Democratic	1	5	2	0
	Liberal	0	2	4	2
	Reform	0	0	2	6

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	PC		Liberal		NDP		Reform		Other
Edmonton East		William Lesick 14,394		Peggy Blair 7,167		Ross Harvey 15,051		Elaine Sim 1,728	1,062			William Lesick
Edmonton North		Steve Paproski 19,045		John Loney 9,270		Nels Rissling 15,583		A. Erich Bier 2,630	1,046			Steve Paproski
Edmonton Northwest		Murray Dorin 15,556		Colin P. Mcdonald 6,710		Marie Gordon 13,198		Paul C. Sherstan 2,956	405			Murray Dorin Edmonton West
Edmonton Southeast		David Kilgour 23,597		Chris Peirce 10,104		Harbans Dhillon 9,161		Wes Mcleod 5,192	428		New district
Edmonton Southwest		Jim Edwards 28,931		Barclay W. Johnson 10,375		Bob Friedland 8,598		Chuck Cripps 5,646	442			Jim Edwards Edmonton South
Edmonton—Strathcona		Scott Thorkelson 18,088		Una MacLean Evans 9,672		Halyna Freeland 13,686		Doug Main 12,024	583			David Kilgour
Elk Island		Brian O'Kurley 19,447		Patricia L. Hunter 3,613		Rolf E. Nielsen 9,046		Dennis Tindall 8,131	123		New district
St. Albert		Walter Van De Walle 19,945		Kent Davidson 7,140		Dennis Pawlowski 8,370		Ken Allred 5,955	1,285			Walter Van De Walle Pembina

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