Edmonton West
Federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada
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Edmonton West (French: Edmonton-Ouest) is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1988, from 1997 to 2004 and again since 2015.
 Alberta electoral district | |||
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Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Conservative | ||
| District created | 2013 | ||
| First contested | 2015 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011)[1] | 104,422 | ||
| Electors (2019) | 88,508 | ||
| Area (km²)[2] | 105 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 994.5 | ||
| Census division | Division No. 11 | ||
| Census subdivision | Edmonton (part) | ||
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Demographics
| Population, 2011 | 104,422 |
| Electors | 78,293 |
| Area (km2) | 105 |
| Population density (people per km2) | 994 |
| Panethnic group |
2021[3] | 2016[4] | 2011[5] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |||||||||
| European[a] | 70,850 | 53.58% | 70,975 | 59.22% | 69,285 | 67.37% | ||||||||
| Southeast Asian[b] | 21,410 | 16.19% | 15,490 | 12.93% | 9,705 | 9.44% | ||||||||
| East Asian[c] | 8,320 | 6.29% | 7,955 | 6.64% | 6,825 | 6.64% | ||||||||
| Indigenous | 7,885 | 5.96% | 7,145 | 5.96% | 5,080 | 4.94% | ||||||||
| South Asian | 7,390 | 5.59% | 6,285 | 5.24% | 3,820 | 3.71% | ||||||||
| African | 7,280 | 5.51% | 4,995 | 4.17% | 3,180 | 3.09% | ||||||||
| Middle Eastern[d] | 4,370 | 3.31% | 3,350 | 2.8% | 2,475 | 2.41% | ||||||||
| Latin American | 1,975 | 1.49% | 1,650 | 1.38% | 1,175 | 1.14% | ||||||||
| Other/Multiracial[e] | 2,740 | 2.07% | 2,010 | 1.68% | 1,310 | 1.27% | ||||||||
| Total responses | 132,220 | 98.53% | 119,845 | 98.34% | 102,850 | 98.49% | ||||||||
| Total population | 134,194 | 100% | 121,869 | 100% | 104,422 | 100% | ||||||||
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. | ||||||||||||||
History and geography
This riding was first created in 1914 from Edmonton riding. Originally, this was a vast rural district including most of the northwestern quadrant of the province of Alberta and a portion of the city of Edmonton: the area north of the North Saskatchewan River and west of 101st Street.[6]
In 1924, it took in parts of the now-abolished Strathcona riding that had been within Edmonton city limits. It took in the southside area lying west of 103rd Street.[7]
In 1924 the northern rural sections were also separated to form the ridings of Peace River and Athabasca.
In 1933 the more southerly portions became Jasper—Edson. The areas nearer the city but outside it became Pembina in 1966.
The urban part of riding similarly shrank over time as Edmonton's population expanded and new districts were spun off from Edmonton West. Parts of Edmonton West were lost to Edmonton—Strathcona (in 1952), Edmonton Centre (for the first time in 1966), and Edmonton North (in 1976). However, it also gained area from the (temporary) abolition of Edmonton Centre in 1976.
Edmonton West was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Edmonton Northwest and Edmonton Southwest ridings. It was re-created in 1996 from the abolished Edmonton Northwest and redrawn Edmonton Southwest ridings.
Edmonton West was abolished again in 2003 and transferred mostly into the re-formed Edmonton Centre, with a smaller portion going into Edmonton—Spruce Grove. It was re-created by the 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution from parts of the abolished Edmonton—Spruce Grove and redrawn Edmonton Centre.
Historical boundaries
1914 representation order
1924 representation order
1933 representation order
1952 representation order
1966 representation order
1976 representation order
1996 representation order
2013 representation order
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmonton West Riding created from Edmonton |
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| 13th | 1917–1921 | William Antrobus Griesbach | Government (Unionist) | |
| 14th | 1921–1925 | Donald MacBeth Kennedy | Progressive | |
| 15th | 1925–1926 | Charles Stewart | Liberal | |
| 16th | 1926–1930 | |||
| 17th | 1930–1935 | |||
| 18th | 1935–1940 | James Angus MacKinnon | ||
| 19th | 1940–1945 | |||
| 20th | 1945–1949 | |||
| 21st | 1949–1953 | George Prudham | ||
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | |||
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | Marcel Lambert | Progressive Conservative | |
| 24th | 1958–1962 | |||
| 25th | 1962–1963 | |||
| 26th | 1963–1965 | |||
| 27th | 1965–1968 | |||
| 28th | 1968–1972 | |||
| 29th | 1972–1974 | |||
| 30th | 1974–1979 | |||
| 31st | 1979–1980 | |||
| 32nd | 1980–1984 | |||
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | Murray Dorin | ||
| Riding dissolved into Edmonton Northwest and Edmonton Southwest | ||||
| Riding re-created from Edmonton Northwest and Edmonton Southwest | ||||
| 36th | 1997–2000 | Anne McLellan | Liberal | |
| 37th | 2000–2004 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Edmonton Centre and Edmonton—Spruce Grove | ||||
| Riding re-created from Edmonton—Spruce Grove and Edmonton Centre | ||||
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Kelly McCauley | Conservative | |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
| 44th | 2021–2025 | |||
| 45th | 2025–present | |||
Election results
2015–present
Graph of election results in Edmonton West (since 2015, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
| 2025 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Kelly McCauley | 32,073 | 53.53 | +7.91 | ||||
| Liberal | Brad Fournier | 23,893 | 39.87 | +15.42 | ||||
| New Democratic | Sean McQuillan | 3,223 | 5.38 | –19.14 | ||||
| People's | Brent Kinzel | 606 | 1.01 | –4.09 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Peggy Morton | 126 | 0.21 | –0.06 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 59,921 | 71.23 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 84,128 | |||||||
| Conservative notional hold | Swing | –3.76 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8][9] | ||||||||
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[10] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 22,556 | 45.62 | |
| New Democratic | 12,123 | 24.52 | |
| Liberal | 12,088 | 24.45 | |
| People's | 2,520 | 5.10 | |
| Green | 25 | 0.05 | |
| Others | 135 | 0.27 | |
| 2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Kelly McCauley | 25,278 | 45.15 | -15.75 | $70,547.20 | |||
| New Democratic | Sandra Hunter | 14,190 | 25.34 | +10.74 | $4,137.83 | |||
| Liberal | Adam Wilson Brown | 13,016 | 23.25 | +3.15 | $32,707.12 | |||
| People's | Brent Kinzel | 3,354 | 5.99 | +4.09 | $7,424.40 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Peggy Morton | 151 | 0.27 | - | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 55,989 | – | – | $118,977.75 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 302 | |||||||
| Turnout | 56,291 | |||||||
| Eligible voters | 90,594 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -13.25 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[11][12] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Kelly McCauley | 35,719 | 60.9 | +11.57 | $53,447.12 | |||
| Liberal | Kerrie Johnston | 11,812 | 20.1 | -14.79 | $13,516.82 | |||
| New Democratic | Patrick Steuber | 8,537 | 14.6 | +1.59 | none listed | |||
| Green | Jackie Pearce | 1,441 | 2.5 | +0.56 | none listed | |||
| People's | Matthew Armstrong | 1,126 | 1.9 | - | $1,582.21 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 58,635 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 304 | |||||||
| Turnout | 58,939 | 66.6 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 88,508 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +13.18 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[13][14] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Kelly McCauley | 26,370 | 49.3 | -14.9 | – | |||
| Liberal | Karen Leibovici | 18,649 | 34.9 | +22.44 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Heather MacKenzie | 6,955 | 13.0 | -6.47 | – | |||
| Green | Pamela Leslie Bryan | 1,037 | 1.9 | -1.78 | – | |||
| Libertarian | Alexander Dussault | 341 | 0.6 | – | – | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Peggy Morton | 105 | 0.2 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 53,457 | 100.0 | $212,734.82 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 233 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 53,690 | 67.58 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 79,446 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -18.65 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[15][16] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[17] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 24,733 | 64.20 | |
| New Democratic | 7,502 | 19.47 | |
| Liberal | 4,801 | 12.46 | |
| Green | 1,417 | 3.68 | |
| Others | 74 | 0.19 | |
1997–2004
Graph of election results in Edmonton West (1996-2003, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
| 2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Anne McLellan | 21,978 | 44.24% | – | $65,989 | |||
| Alliance | Betty Unger | 21,245 | 42.76% | – | $66,378 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Rory J. Koopmans | 3,009 | 6.05% | – | $5,622 | |||
| New Democratic | Richard D. Vanderberg | 2,895 | 5.82% | – | $10,850 | |||
| Canadian Action | Dan Parker | 354 | 0.71% | – | $1,157 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Peggy Morton | 194 | 0.39% | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 49,675 | 100.00% | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 169 | 0.34% | ||||||
| Turnout | 49,844 | 56.29% | ||||||
| 1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Anne McLellan | 17,802 | 43.44% | – | $56,082 | |||
| Reform | Dean Charles Kurpjuweit | 16,392 | 40.00% | – | $52,778 | |||
| New Democratic | Duane Good Striker | 3,386 | 8.26% | – | $15,860 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Helen Stephenson | 2,919 | 7.12% | – | $10,441 | |||
| Green | Roger Swan | 210 | 0.51% | – | $354 | |||
| Natural Law | Sam Thomas | 143 | 0.34% | – | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Peggy Morton | 122 | 0.29% | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 40,974 | 100.00% | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 130 | 0.32% | ||||||
| Turnout | 41,104 | 54.43% | ||||||
1917–1988
| 1984 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Murray Dorin | 25,764 | ||||||
| Liberal | Mike Macdonald | 9,673 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Michael Moroz | 7,339 | ||||||
| Confederation of Regions | Kenneth Richardson | 697 | ||||||
| Green | Chris Yanda | 326 | ||||||
| 1980 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Marcel Lambert | 18,730 | ||||||
| Liberal | Hu Harries | 9,999 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Jerome N. Slavik | 3,886 | ||||||
| Independent | Jack Pickett | 633 | ||||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Carol Arnold | 59 | ||||||
| 1979 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Marcel Lambert | 21,423 | ||||||
| Liberal | Mike Macdonald | 12,222 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Ken Nixon | 4,624 | ||||||
| Independent | Eddie Keehn | 114 | ||||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Mary Joyce | 101 | ||||||
| 1974 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Marcel Lambert | 29,990 | ||||||
| Liberal | Mike Macdonald | 21,094 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Jane Weaver | 4,605 | ||||||
| Social Credit | John B. Ludwig | 1,270 | ||||||
| Libertarian | Brent Bissell | 242 | ||||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Stan Plante | 128 | ||||||
| 1972 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Marcel Lambert | 29,876 | ||||||
| Liberal | Mel Hurtig | 21,040 | ||||||
| New Democratic | John Packer | 6,770 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Donald H. McLeod | 1,419 | ||||||
| 1968 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Marcel Lambert | 19,612 | ||||||
| Liberal | Tevie Miller | 17,306 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Kenneth Kerr | 2,793 | ||||||
| 1965 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Marcel Lambert | 30,548 | ||||||
| Liberal | Herbert Meltzer | 18,402 | ||||||
| Social Credit | R. Herb Jamieson | 8,704 | ||||||
| New Democratic | William P.M. Glass | 4,389 | ||||||
| 1963 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Marcel Lambert | 26,578 | ||||||
| Liberal | James Harper Prowse | 20,720 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Orvis A. Kennedy | 11,466 | ||||||
| New Democratic | John Motyl | 4,091 | ||||||
| 1962 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Marcel Lambert | 19,681 | ||||||
| Liberal | James Harper Prowse | 16,749 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Orvis A. Kennedy | 12,780 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Pat J. Ryan | 5,402 | ||||||
| 1958 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Marcel Lambert | 30,937 | ||||||
| Liberal | John L. Haar | 8,544 | ||||||
| Social Credit | John W. McKay | 4,893 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | David Hardman | 2,023 | ||||||
| 1957 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Marcel Lambert | 14,173 | ||||||
| Liberal | H.A. Dyde | 12,606 | ||||||
| Social Credit | John William McKay | 11,814 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Walter Mentz | 2,249 | ||||||
| 1953 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | George Prudham | 11,301 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Cyril Havard | 7,776 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harry Bryce Fowler | 4,851 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Walter Mentz | 1,977 | ||||||
| Labor–Progressive | Oliva V. Raappana | 362 | ||||||
| 1949 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | George Prudham | 14,333 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Horatio Ray Milner | 8,325 | ||||||
| Social Credit | James M. Stone | 6,215 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Walter Mentz | 2,285 | ||||||
| 1945 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | James Angus MacKinnon | 8,562 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Ellwood Miles Mason | 6,565 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Arthur Lewis Burrows | 6,002 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Mary R. Crawford | 4,112 | ||||||
| Labor–Progressive | Mary Hunter | 524 | ||||||
| 1940 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | James Angus MacKinnon | 12,350 | ||||||
| National Government | James Harwood Ogilvie | 4,054 | ||||||
| New Democracy | John B. Gillies | 3,695 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Mary R. Crawford | 1,616 | ||||||
| 1935 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | James Angus MacKinnon | 6,471 | ||||||
| Conservative | James Harwood Ogilvie | 4,781 | ||||||
| Social Credit | James Allan Reid | 3,768 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Mary R. Crawford | 1,967 | ||||||
| Reconstruction | Arthur Lewis Burrows | 949 | ||||||
| 1930 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Charles Stewart | 9,223 | ||||||
| Conservative | Frederick Charles Jamieson | 8,960 | ||||||
| By-election on 2 November 1926
Acceptance by the Honourable Charles Stewart of an office of emoulment under the Crown, 5 October 1926 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Charles Stewart | acclaimed | |||
| 1926 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Charles Stewart | 7,223 | ||||||
| Conservative | Frederick Charles Jamieson | 5,772 | ||||||
| 1925 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Charles Stewart | 6,394 | ||||||
| Conservative | James McCrie Douglas | 4,706 | ||||||
| Farmer–Labour | James East | 2,007 | ||||||
| 1921 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive | Donald MacBeth Kennedy | 10,011 | ||||||
| Liberal | Frank Oliver | 8,603 | ||||||
| Conservative | Robert Campbell | 4,441 | ||||||
| 1917 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Government (Unionist) | William Antrobus Griesbach | 9,637 | ||||||
| Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | Frank Oliver | 6,939 | ||||||
The vote tallies recorded here are the final ones after Army votes were added. Votes cast actually in Edmonton had Oliver the winner by more than 100 votes.[18]
See also
- Edmonton West provincial electoral district
- List of Canadian electoral districts
- Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
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.