Battle River—Crowfoot

Federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Battle River—Crowfoot is a federal electoral district in Alberta. It covers a large portion of rural east-central Alberta, and has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.

LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created2013
First contested2015
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Battle River—Crowfoot and its predecessor ridings have a long history of being among the most heavily conservative ridings in the country. Candidates from right-wing parties have consistently secured over three-fourths of the vote since the 1970s.

Geography

Battle River—Crowfoot is a rural riding, located in east-central Alberta. Its largest city is Camrose. It stretches from the Highway 14 corridor in the north to the Red Deer River and beyond in the south. The riding stretches from the Saskatchewan border in the east to the Highway 56 corridor in the west.

The riding contains the municipal districts of Beaver County, Wainwright No. 61, Camrose County, Flagstaff County, Provost No. 52, Stettler County No. 6, Paintearth County No. 18, Kneehill County, Starland County, Acadia No. 34, Special Areas No. 2, 3 and 4, all of the cities towns and villages enclosed in those municipal districts, plus the Town of Drumheller.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census, 2023 representation order[3]

Racial groups: 88.5% White, 5.3% Indigenous, 2.8% Filipino
Languages: 90.0% English, 4.1% German, 1.3% Tagalog, 1.2% French
Religions: 58.7% Christian (16.7% Catholic, 9.2% United Church, 6.4% Lutheran, 2.5% Anglican, 1.6% Baptist, 1.3% Pentecostal, 1.2% Anabaptist, 19.8% Other), 39.9% None
Median income: $41,200 (2020)
Average income: $51,650 (2020)

History

Battle River—Crowfoot was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 2015 Canadian federal election.[4] It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of Crowfoot, Vegreville—Wainwright, Medicine Hat and Wetaskiwin.[5][6] At the time of its creation, the riding contained the municipal districts of Beaver County, Wainwright No. 61, Camrose County, Flagstaff County, Provost No. 52, Stettler County No. 6, Paintearth County No. 18, Starland County, Acadia No. 34, Special Areas No. 2, 3 and 4, Leduc County east of Highway 21, the northern half of Kneehill County (including Three Hills and Trochu), all of the cities towns and villages enclosed in those municipal districts, plus the Town of Drumheller.

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding gained the remainder of Kneehill County, including the villages of Linden, Acme and Carbon from Bow River, and lost all of its territory in Leduc County to Leduc—Wetaskiwin.

Electoral history

Even by the standards of rural Alberta, Battle River—Crowfoot is a heavily conservative area. The riding and its predecessors, Acadia, Battle River, Battle River—Camrose, Camrose, and Crowfoot, have been represented by right-leaning MPs for all but two years since 1935, and the major right-wing party of the day has usually won here in massive landslides.

Since the 1990s, the major right-wing party of the day has won by some of the largest margins ever recorded in Canadian politics, with other parties lucky to get 30 percent of the vote between them. The Conservative Party of Canada has kept this tradition going since its formation in 2003. Its candidates in what is now Battle River—Crowfoot have consistently secured some of the largest vote shares and largest margins of victory in the country.

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Year Party Candidate Vote share Margin Vote share rank Margin rank
2025 by-election   Conservative Pierre Poilievre 80.9%71.1% N/a
2025 Damien Kurek 82.8%71.1% 2nd2nd
2021 71.3%61.5% 3rd2nd
2019 85.5%80.4% 1st1st
2015 Kevin Sorenson 80.1%71.5% 2nd[a]2nd[a]
2011 84.0%74.8% 1st1st
2008 82.0%74.1% 1st1st
2006 82.6%75.2% 1st1st
2004 80.2%72.5% 1st1st
2000   Alliance 70.6%56.4% 13th14th
1997   Reform Jack Ramsay 71.0%55.5% 5th[a]6th[a]
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(Results before 2015 are for Crowfoot)

Its first member, Kevin Sorenson, was first elected for Crowfoot in 2000 with 70 percent of the vote–the only time that he garnered less than 80 percent of the vote. He was succeeded by Damien Kurek, won in 2019 with more than 85% of the vote. He was reelected in 2021 with 70 percent of the vote, the lowest vote share for the Conservatives or their predecessors in two decades. Even then, no other candidate managed even 10 percent of the vote.

In 2025, Kurek announced his intention to resign to provide a vacancy which could allow Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre a chance to run in Battle River—Crowfoot, which triggered a by-election. Poilievre had lost his bid for reelection in his old riding of Carleton, and sought to return to the House by running in a safe riding.[7] Kurek subsequently resigned on June 17.[8] As expected, Poilievre won the August 18 by-election handily with almost 81 percent of the vote; no other candidate cleared 10 percent.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

More information Parliament, Years ...
Parliament Years Member Party
Battle River—Crowfoot
Riding created from Crowfoot, Vegreville—Wainwright, Medicine Hat and Wetaskiwin
42nd  2015–2019     Kevin Sorenson Conservative
43rd  2019–2021 Damien Kurek
44th  2021–2025
45th  2025–2025
 2025–present Pierre Poilievre
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Election results

Graph of election results in Battle River—Crowfoot (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2023 representation order

More information Party, Candidate ...
Canadian federal by-election, August 18, 2025
Resignation of Damien Kurek
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativePierre Poilievre41,30880.86-1.98
IndependentBonnie Critchley5,0189.82
LiberalDarcy Spady2,0954.10-7.57
New DemocraticKatherine Swampy1,0612.08-1.10
UnitedGrant Abraham7571.48
People'sJonathan Bridges1380.27-1.31
GreenAshley MacDonald1160.23-0.50
LibertarianMichael Harris1030.20
Christian HeritageJeff Willerton920.18
IndependentSarah Spanier490.10
MarijuanaKenneth Kirk400.08
CentristAhmed Hassan150.03
IndependentBert William Westergard110.02
IndependentBreccan Zimmer110.02
IndependentDillon Anderson100.02
IndependentNicole Betts70.01
IndependentNickolas Meuters-Murphy70.01
IndependentDiane Prentice70.01
IndependentGlen Armstrong60.01
IndependentCaitlyn Baker60.01
IndependentLisa Parsons60.01
IndependentJason Buzzell50.01
IndependentJenny Cartwright50.01
IndependentDeborah Chalmers50.01
IndependentWilliam Grant50.01
IndependentPaul Jones50.01
IndependentBrennen Perry50.01
IndependentAnthony Perullo50.01
IndependentMyles René Laurent St. Pierre50.01
IndependentFraser Anderson40.01
IndependentRebecca Boyce40.01
IndependentPierre Gauthier40.01
IndependentPreston Hoff40.01
IndependentMark Ruthenberg40.01
IndependentCeilidh Stewart40.01
IndependentDanica Boe30.01
IndependentAaron Bowles30.01
IndependentSarah Burke30.01
IndependentDavid Cherniak30.01
IndependentJohn Dale30.01
IndependentEmily Goose30.01
IndependentCorey Hales30.01
IndependentGrace Pender30.01
IndependentNoah Reid30.01
IndependentDavid Sader30.01
IndependentMolly Sun30.01
IndependentNicola Zoghbi30.01
IndependentAlex Banks20.00
IndependentStacy Lynn Billingsley20.00
IndependentMarten Borch20.00
IndependentJakeb Brown20.00
IndependentAnnelies Cooper20.00
IndependentHannah DeWolfe20.00
IndependentElizabeth Dupuis20.00
IndependentKenneth Durham20.00
IndependentMichael Dyck20.00
IndependentKatherine Dyson20.00
IndependentMichael Louis Fitzgerald20.00
IndependentDaniel Gagnon20.00
IndependentKerri Hildebrandt20.00
IndependentElsie Kipp20.00
IndependentChris Kowalchuk20.00
IndependentJohnson Hon Wa Lee20.00
IndependentMaria Light20.00
IndependentDerek Adam MacKay20.00
IndependentJeffrey McLean20.00
IndependentRiley Moss20.00
IndependentKimberley Nugent20.00
IndependentAlexander Panchuk20.00
IndependentYagya Parihar20.00
IndependentSamuel Pignedoli20.00
IndependentLorant Polya20.00
IndependentJayson Roy20.00
IndependentAdam Smith20.00
IndependentPatrick Strzalkowski20.00
IndependentCallan Wassenaar20.00
IndependentJeremy Wedel20.00
IndependentHazel Westwood20.00
IndependentNicholas Ashmore10.00
IndependentMichael Bednarski10.00
IndependentLilia Boisvert10.00
IndependentAlain Bourgault10.00
IndependentEva Bowering10.00
IndependentJoshua Brauner10.00
IndependentAlexandre Brochu10.00
IndependentChun Chen10.00
IndependentShawn Clendining10.00
IndependentLindsay Elaine Shyla Colosimo10.00
IndependentDylan Colquhoun10.00
IndependentJayson Cowan10.00
IndependentMichael Davis10.00
IndependentGeneviève Dorval10.00
IndependentJordan Drew10.00
IndependentMurray Dunham10.00
IndependentEric Duong10.00
IndependentMark Eccleston10.00
IndependentJeremy Edwards10.00
IndependentAllison Fanjoy10.00
IndependentGabriel Finn10.00
IndependentHubert Fischer10.00
IndependentMatthew Gillies10.00
IndependentPeter Gorman10.00
IndependentJacqueline Grabowski10.00
IndependentAndrew Guenther10.00
IndependentBlake Hamilton10.00
IndependentJason Hodgson10.00
IndependentDakota Hourie10.00
IndependentUneeb Islam10.00
IndependentMichael Jones10.00
IndependentRichard Kenkel10.00
IndependentMadison Kennedy10.00
IndependentAbraham Lau10.00
IndependentCharles Lemieux10.00
IndependentRobert Marsden10.00
IndependentAgnieszka Marszalek10.00
IndependentGeoffrey Meens10.00
IndependentSophia Nguyen10.00
IndependentPascal Noël10.00
IndependentSteve Oates10.00
IndependentLény Painchaud10.00
IndependentLanna Palsson10.00
IndependentCéline Paquin10.00
IndependentMeagan Roberge10.00
IndependentMelanie Roberge10.00
IndependentMark Russell10.00
IndependentKayll Schaefer10.00
IndependentHakim Sheriff10.00
IndependentEric Shorten10.00
IndependentBradley Stewart10.00
IndependentMário Stocco10.00
IndependentFaith Tabladillo10.00
IndependentAlex Vallée10.00
IndependentDennis Vanmeer10.00
IndependentBryan Wang10.00
IndependentJoshua Wong10.00
IndependentYao ZhangLi10.00
IndependentDavid Zhu10.00
IndependentBarry Zukewich10.00
IndependentMarthalee Aykroyd00.00
IndependentLine Bélanger00.00
IndependentMichel Bélanger00.00
IndependentJeani Boudreault00.00
IndependentJeffery Brazeau00.00
IndependentBo Cai00.00
IndependentCameron Campos00.00
IndependentNicolas Champagne00.00
IndependentJaël Champagne Gareau00.00
IndependentClaude Cordon Pichilla00.00
IndependentTristan Dell00.00
IndependentGerrit Dogger00.00
IndependentAbel Erazo-Ibarra00.00
IndependentTracy Farber00.00
IndependentBrian Farrenkopf00.00
IndependentThomas Fitzgerald00.00
IndependentConnor Fullerton00.00
IndependentJordan Gerrard00.00
IndependentEric Gilmour00.00
IndependentLaurie Goble00.00
IndependentDavid Patrick Greene00.00
IndependentNicolette Gross00.00
IndependentKathleen Gudmundsson00.00
IndependentRichard Haley00.00
IndependentKazimir Haykowsky00.00
IndependentIriella Hicks00.00
IndependentLoren Hicks00.00
IndependentSeyed Hosseini Lavasani00.00
IndependentGlendyn Howse00.00
IndependentRyan Huard00.00
IndependentJack Jean-Louis00.00
IndependentDerek Jouppi00.00
IndependentErich Jurgens00.00
IndependentElza Kephart00.00
IndependentDannielle Konkle00.00
IndependentSolomon Krygier-Paine00.00
IndependentAndrew Kulas00.00
IndependentSamuel Lafontaine00.00
IndependentAlain Lamontagne00.00
IndependentEric Laverdure00.00
IndependentJocelyn LeBlanc-Courchaine00.00
IndependentAlexander Lein00.00
IndependentRenée Lemieux00.00
IndependentJeffrey Leroux00.00
IndependentLitma Kai Ching Leung00.00
IndependentCedric Ludlow00.00
IndependentJennifer Margaret Mackenzie-Miller00.00
IndependentNicolas Maltais00.00
IndependentKevin Manzano00.00
IndependentEric March00.00
IndependentDevin McManus00.00
IndependentRobert Melting Tallow00.00
IndependentJoanne L Metters00.00
IndependentNicholas Mew00.00
IndependentMark Moutter00.00
IndependentRob Mumford00.00
IndependentMolly Munn00.00
IndependentSam Nabi00.00
IndependentJohn Francis O'Flynn00.00
IndependentClifford Pine00.00
IndependentBrian Ramchandar00.00
IndependentSpencer Rocchi00.00
IndependentWallace Richard Rowat00.00
IndependentBarry Rueger00.00
IndependentChris Scrimes00.00
IndependentCharles Douglas Sleep00.00
IndependentJulie St-Amand00.00
IndependentPascal St-Amand00.00
IndependentAndi Sweet00.00
IndependentCorinne Unrau00.00
IndependentTyson Warner00.00
IndependentSimon John Edwin Wedel00.00
IndependentMichaiah Williams00.00
IndependentBrian Wishart00.00
IndependentMichael Wisniewski00.00
IndependentBelinda Christine Young00.00
Total valid votes 51,08599.59
Total rejected ballots 2110.41-0.19
Turnout 51,29659.83-16.66
Eligible voters 85,736
Conservative hold Swing
Source: Elections Canada[9]
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More information Party, Candidate ...
2025 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeDamien Kurek53,68482.84+11.55$91,654.90
LiberalBrent Sutton7,56611.67+7.38$3,126.03
New DemocraticJames MacKay2,0613.18–6.52none listed
People'sJonathan Bridges1,0221.58–7.69$4.50
GreenDouglas Gook4740.73–0.21none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 64,80799.40$159,014.07
Total rejected ballots 3910.60+0.16
Turnout 65,19874.45+2.67
Eligible voters 87,578
Conservative hold Swing +9.47
Source: Elections Canada[10][11][12]
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More information 2021 federal election redistributed results, Party ...
2021 federal election redistributed results[13]
Party Vote %
  Conservative42,53171.38
  New Democratic5,7829.70
  People's5,5569.33
  Liberal2,5364.26
  Maverick2,4404.10
  Green5450.91
  Veterans Coalition1760.30
  Christian Heritage150.03
Total valid votes59,58198.56
Rejected ballots2620.44
Registered voters/ estimated turnout83,68571.51
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2013 representation order

More information Party, Candidate ...
2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeDamien Kurek41,81971.29–14.20$97,164.96
New DemocraticTonya Ratushniak5,7619.82+4.71$1,764.29
People'sDennis Trepanier5,4409.27+6.67$1,916.25
LiberalLeah Diane McLeod2,5154.29+0.19$2,023.58
MaverickJeff Golka2,3934.08$28,982.24
GreenDaniel Brisbin5540.94–1.77$234.04
Veterans CoalitionJohn Irwin1780.30none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 58,66099.56$135,622.71
Total rejected ballots 2600.44–0.12
Turnout 58,92071.77–3.66
Eligible voters 82,090
Conservative hold Swing –9.45
Source: Elections Canada[14][15][16]
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More information Party, Candidate ...
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeDamien Kurek53,30985.49+4.58$56,911.61
New DemocraticNatasha Fryzuk3,1855.11–1.43none listed
LiberalDianne Clarke2,5574.10–5.27none listed
GreenGeordie Nelson1,6892.71–0.47$2,467.23
People'sDavid A. Michaud1,6202.60none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 62,36099.44$132,092.34
Total rejected ballots 3520.56+0.29
Turnout 62,71275.43+3.34
Eligible voters 83,139
Conservative hold Swing +3.01
Source: Elections Canada[17][18][19]
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More information Party, Candidate ...
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeKevin Sorenson47,55280.91–2.18$39,101.55
LiberalAndy Kowalski5,5059.37+7.21$1,133.54
New DemocraticKatherine Swampy3,8446.54–3.30$9,738.25
GreenGary Kelly1,8683.18–0.72$419.14
Total valid votes/expense limit 58,76999.73$264,066.87
Total rejected ballots 1600.27
Turnout 58,92972.09
Eligible voters 81,746
Conservative notional hold Swing –4.70
This riding was created from parts of Crowfoot and Vegreville—Wainwright, both of which elected Conservative candidates in the 2011 election. Kevin Sorenson was the incumbent from Crowfoot. Changes are based on redistributed results.
Source: Elections Canada[20][21][22]
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More information 2011 federal election redistributed results, Party ...
2011 federal election redistributed results[23]
Party Vote %
  Conservative39,64683.09
  New Democratic4,6949.84
  Green1,8593.90
  Liberal1,0272.15
  Others4861.02
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Student Vote results

More information 2025 Canadian federal election, Party ...
2025 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
ConservativeDamien Kurek2,83067.59
LiberalBrent Sutton46111.01
New DemocraticJames MacKay3368.02
GreenDouglas Gook3817.59
People'sJonathan Bridges2425.78
Total votes 4,187100
Source: Student Vote Canada[24]
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More information 2021 Canadian federal election, Party ...
2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
ConservativeDamien Kurek2,44750.70
New DemocraticTonya Ratushniak75615.67
People'sDennis Trepanier4449.20
GreenDaniel Brisbin3998.27
LiberalLean Diane McLeod3547.34
MaverickJeff Golka2906.01
Veterans CoalitionJohn Irwin1362.82
Total votes 4,826100
Source: Student Vote Canada[25]
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More information 2019 Canadian federal election, Party ...
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
ConservativeDamien Kurek3,68167.48
New DemocraticNatashan Fryzuk60411.07
GreenGeordie Nelson4017.35
LiberalDianne Clarke4017.35
People'sDavid A. Michaud3686.75
Total votes 5,455100
Source: Student Vote Canada[26]
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Notes

  1. Ranked 1st among right of centre party candidates.

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