Banff—Airdrie
Defunct federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada
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Banff—Airdrie was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2015 to 2025.
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 Alberta electoral district | |
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Banff–Airdrie in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order. | |
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 2013 |
| District abolished | 2023 |
| First contested | 2015 |
| Last contested | 2021 |
| District webpage | profile, map |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2016)[1] | 135,762 |
| Electors (2019) | 107,281 |
| Area (km²)[2] | 12,358.29 |
| Census division(s) | Division No. 6, Division No. 15 |
| Census subdivision(s) | Airdrie, Banff, Canmore, Cochrane, Crossfield, Rocky View, Stoney 142, 143, 144 |
Banff—Airdrie was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election.[3] The riding was created out of parts of Wild Rose (98%) and Macleod (2%) electoral districts.[4]
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, it was abolished at the 2025 Canadian federal election, with the riding being split between Airdrie—Cochrane, Bow River, and Yellowhead.[5]
Demographics
| Panethnic group |
2021[6] | 2016[7] | 2011[8] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |||||||||
| European[a] | 120,715 | 79.57% | 109,295 | 82.74% | 87,100 | 85.24% | ||||||||
| Indigenous | 6,625 | 4.37% | 8,630 | 6.53% | 6,690 | 6.55% | ||||||||
| South Asian | 6,120 | 4.03% | 3,295 | 2.49% | 1,635 | 1.6% | ||||||||
| Southeast Asian[b] | 5,695 | 3.75% | 3,400 | 2.57% | 2,065 | 2.02% | ||||||||
| African | 4,220 | 2.78% | 2,165 | 1.64% | 970 | 0.95% | ||||||||
| East Asian[c] | 3,530 | 2.33% | 2,740 | 2.07% | 2,380 | 2.33% | ||||||||
| Latin American | 2,270 | 1.5% | 1,230 | 0.93% | 745 | 0.73% | ||||||||
| Middle Eastern[d] | 1,280 | 0.84% | 560 | 0.42% | 290 | 0.28% | ||||||||
| Other/Multiracial[e] | 1,260 | 0.83% | 770 | 0.58% | 320 | 0.31% | ||||||||
| Total responses | 151,710 | 97.51% | 132,090 | 97.3% | 102,185 | 96.91% | ||||||||
| Total population | 155,580 | 100% | 135,762 | 100% | 105,442 | 100% | ||||||||
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. | ||||||||||||||
Geography
The riding contains the northern and western exurbs of Calgary, and runs west along the Bow River valley and includes all of Banff National Park.
Profile
The Conservative base of support is in the east of the riding, where they dominate Airdrie, the riding's largest community, and Cochrane, as well as the communities bordering Calgary. The Liberals, NDP and Greens all perform better in the western regions of the riding. Canmore was solidly Liberal in the 2015 election and Banff broke heavily for the left of centre parties.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banff-Airdrie Riding created from Wild Rose and Macleod |
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| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Blake Richards | Conservative | |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
| 44th | 2021–2025 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Airdrie—Cochrane, Bow River, and Yellowhead |
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Election results
| 2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Blake Richards | 43,677 | 56.73 | –14.36 | $81,344.58 | |||
| New Democratic | Sarah Zagoda | 12,482 | 16.21 | +5.72 | $5,649.63 | |||
| Liberal | David Gamble | 9,572 | 12.43 | +1.64 | $27,675.24 | |||
| People's | Nadine Wellwood | 5,808 | 7.54 | +4.14 | $27,091.64 | |||
| No Affiliation | Derek Sloan | 2,020 | 2.62 | – | $135,191.03 | |||
| Maverick | Tariq Elnaga | 1,475 | 1.92 | – | $18,170.91 | |||
| Green | Aidan Blum | 1,405 | 1.82 | –2.43 | $0.00 | |||
| Independent | Caroline O'Driscoll | 489 | 0.64 | – | $10,142.91 | |||
| Independent | Ron Voss | 60 | 0.08 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 76,988 | 100.0 | – | $141,669.12 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 396 | 0.51 | ||||||
| Turnout | 77,384 | 68.78 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 112,509 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -9.9 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[9] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Blake Richards | 55,504 | 71.09 | +7.72 | $82,810.16 | |||
| Liberal | Gwyneth Midgley | 8,425 | 10.79 | –15.29 | none listed | |||
| New Democratic | Anne Wilson | 8,185 | 10.48 | +3.70 | $7,710.51 | |||
| Green | Austin Mullins | 3,315 | 4.25 | +0.48 | $824.70 | |||
| People's | Nadine Wellwood | 2,651 | 3.40 | New | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 78,080 | 99.50 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 393 | 0.50 | +0.23 | |||||
| Turnout | 78,473 | 72.48 | +0.70 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 108,264 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +7.05 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[10][11] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Blake Richards | 42,228 | 63.37 | –7.36 | $86,619.91 | |||
| Liberal | Marlo Raynolds | 17,380 | 26.08 | +18.02 | $72,801.97 | |||
| New Democratic | Joanne Boissonneault | 4,521 | 6.78 | –6.29 | $17,953.20 | |||
| Green | Mike MacDonald | 2,509 | 3.77 | –3.98 | $3,011.33 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 66,638 | 100.00 | $243,369.66 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 179 | 0.27 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 66,817 | 73.25 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 91,222 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –12.69 | ||||||
| This riding was created from parts of Wild Rose and Macleod, both of which elected Conservative candidates in the 2011 election. Blake Richards was the incumbent from Wild Rose. Changes are based on redistributed results. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[12][13] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[14] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 29,938 | 70.73 | |
| New Democratic | 5,534 | 13.08 | |
| Liberal | 3,411 | 8.06 | |
| Green | 3,277 | 7.74 | |
| Others | 165 | 0.39 | |
See also
Notes
- Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
- Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
- Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
- Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
- Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.