Canadian federal election results in Edmonton and environs
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This is page shows results of Canadian federal elections in Edmonton and the surrounding area.
Regional profile
Edmonton is by far the most liberalLiberalism
Liberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally, liberals support ideas such as constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights,...
area in Alberta, and is the current base of the provincial NDP
Alberta New Democratic Party
The Alberta New Democratic Party or Alberta NDP is a social-democratic political party in Alberta, Canada, which was originally founded as the Alberta section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...
and the provincial Liberals
Alberta Liberal Party
The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...
. However, it is still more conservative
Canadian conservatism
Conservatism in Canada is generally considered to be primarily represented by the Conservative Party of Canada at the federal level, and by various right-wing parties at the provincial level...
than most other large cities in Canada. The Conservatives
Conservative Party of Canada
The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...
currently hold all but one seat here, although in most cases with smaller pluralities than the astronomical margins in rural Alberta. This is the only area in Alberta where the Liberals
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
have broken through, having won between two and four seats here from 1993
Canadian federal election, 1993
The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time...
to 2004
Canadian federal election, 2004
The Canadian federal election, 2004 , was held on June 28, 2004 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 38th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin lost its majority, but was able to form a minority government after the elections...
, although never by large margins. They lost all their seats in 2006
Canadian federal election, 2006
The 2006 Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 39th Parliament of Canada. The Conservative Party of Canada won the greatest number of seats: 40.3% of seats, or 124 out of 308, up from 99 seats in 2004, and 36.3% of votes:...
as the Conservatives took power back. In 2008, the Conservative stronghold in Alberta was broken by the New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...
(NDP) in Edmonton-Strathcona, although all other seats remained under Conservative control. Of the "Edmonton" ridings only three are wholly within the city limits of Edmonton (Centre, East, and Strathcona); the others all include surrounding suburban and rural areas. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the wholly urban Edmonton seats lean to the left of the suburban ones and tend to be the most competitive seats in Alberta. In 2011, the NDP took the second-place spot in all Edmonton-area ridings except Edmonton-Sherwood Park
Edmonton-Sherwood Park
Edmonton-Sherwood Park is a former provincial electoral district located in the Alberta cities of Edmonton and Sherwood Park. The electoral district was split in 1986 between Edmonton-Gold Bar and Sherwood Park....
(where they came in third behind the Conservative winner and an independent candidate) and Edmonton-Strathcona (which they won outright by thirteen percentage points).
2004 - 38th General Election
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