Foothills (electoral district)
Federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada
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Foothills is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.[3]
 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] | 105,515 | ||
| Electors (2019) | 86,027 | ||
| Area (km²)[2] | 20,877 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 5.1 | ||
| Census division(s) | Division No. 3, Division No. 6, Division No. 15 | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Okotoks, Foothills, High River, Willow Creek, Crowsnest Pass, Cardston County (part), Blood (Kainai Nation), Vulcan County (part), Claresholm, Pincher Creek | ||
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History
Foothills 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 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 19, 2015.[4] It was created out of the bulk of Macleod, plus very small parts of Lethbridge (Waterton Lakes National Park) and Calgary Southwest (a small section north of Spruce Meadows).
The name of the riding refers to the Rocky Mountain Foothills, which spread across southwestern Alberta from the Continental Divide at the British Columbia border.
Demographics
| Panethnic group |
2021[5] | 2016[6] | 2011[7] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |||||||||
| European[a] | 95,885 | 86.12% | 96,045 | 87.48% | 91,880 | 89.76% | ||||||||
| Indigenous | 7,035 | 6.32% | 7,030 | 6.4% | 6,575 | 6.42% | ||||||||
| Southeast Asian[b] | 3,430 | 3.08% | 2,465 | 2.25% | 1,150 | 1.12% | ||||||||
| South Asian | 1,280 | 1.15% | 1,225 | 1.12% | 835 | 0.82% | ||||||||
| East Asian[c] | 1,145 | 1.03% | 1,305 | 1.19% | 915 | 0.89% | ||||||||
| Latin American | 800 | 0.72% | 520 | 0.47% | 305 | 0.3% | ||||||||
| African | 970 | 0.87% | 655 | 0.6% | 480 | 0.47% | ||||||||
| Middle Eastern[d] | 355 | 0.32% | 205 | 0.19% | 65 | 0.06% | ||||||||
| Other/Multiracial[e] | 440 | 0.4% | 335 | 0.31% | 170 | 0.17% | ||||||||
| Total responses | 111,340 | 96.72% | 109,785 | 96.96% | 102,365 | 97.01% | ||||||||
| Total population | 115,118 | 100% | 113,227 | 100% | 105,515 | 100% | ||||||||
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. | ||||||||||||||
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foothills Riding created from Calgary Southwest, Lethbridge and Macleod |
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| 42nd | 2015–2019 | John Barlow | Conservative | |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
| 44th | 2021–2025 | |||
| 45th | 2025–present | |||
Election results
View source data.
Graph of election results in Foothills (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2023 representation order
| 2025 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | John Barlow | 54,874 | 76.33 | +7.90 | $47,026.09 | |||
| Liberal | John Bruinsma | 13,706 | 19.07 | +12.13 | $7,907.92 | |||
| New Democratic | Kaitte Aurora | 1,923 | 2.68 | –8.72 | none listed | |||
| People's | Paul O'Halloran | 796 | 1.11 | –7.10 | $1,007.34 | |||
| Green | Emma Hoberg | 589 | 0.82 | –0.50 | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 71,888 | 99.53 | – | $150,002.51 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 336 | 0.47 | +0.08 | |||||
| Turnout | 72,224 | 74.34 | +2.67 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 97,153 | |||||||
| Conservative notional hold | Swing | N/A | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8][9] | ||||||||
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[10] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 41,847 | 68.43 | |
| New Democratic | 6,968 | 11.39 | |
| People's | 5,024 | 8.21 | |
| Liberal | 4,246 | 6.94 | |
| Green | 808 | 1.32 | |
| Others | 2,264 | 3.70 | |
2013 representation order
| 2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | John Barlow | 44,456 | 69.23 | –12.90 | $30,501.15 | |||
| New Democratic | Michelle Traxel | 7,117 | 11.08 | +5.34 | none listed | |||
| People's | Daniel Hunter | 5,111 | 7.96 | +5.37 | none listed | |||
| Liberal | Paula Shimp | 4,441 | 6.92 | +1.04 | $3,499.22 | |||
| Maverick | Josh Wylie | 2,289 | 3.57 | – | $16,164.90 | |||
| Green | Brett Rogers | 802 | 1.25 | –2.41 | $48.80 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 64,216 | 99.61 | – | $126,382.56 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 251 | 0.39 | –0.05 | |||||
| Turnout | 64,467 | 71.67 | –3.30 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 89,956 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[11][12] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | John Barlow | 53,872 | 82.13 | +6.43 | $47,839.43 | |||
| Liberal | Cheryl Moller | 3,856 | 5.88 | –7.48 | $3,716.22 | |||
| New Democratic | Mickail Hendi | 3,767 | 5.74 | –0.68 | none listed | |||
| Green | Bridget Lacey | 2,398 | 3.66 | +0.40 | $1,668.77 | |||
| People's | Greg Hession | 1,698 | 2.59 | – | $11,956.99 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 65,591 | 99.56 | – | $120,864.76 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 290 | 0.44 | +0.21 | |||||
| Turnout | 65,881 | 74.97 | +1.92 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 87,873 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +7.05 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[13][14] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | John Barlow | 46,166 | 75.70 | –2.12 | $66,508.37 | |||
| Liberal | Tanya MacPherson | 8,149 | 13.36 | +9.84 | $3,837.36 | |||
| New Democratic | Alison Thompson | 3,919 | 6.43 | –3.67 | $9,096.95 | |||
| Green | Romy Tittel | 1,983 | 3.25 | –1.50 | $16,227.65 | |||
| Libertarian | Cory Morgan | 424 | 0.70 | – | none listed | |||
| Christian Heritage | Marc Slingerland | 345 | 0.57 | – | $9,192.08 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 60,986 | 99.77 | – | $237,098.11 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 141 | 0.23 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 61,127 | 73.05 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 83,675 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –5.98 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[15][16] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[17] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 35,900 | 77.82 | |
| New Democratic | 4,656 | 10.09 | |
| Green | 2,193 | 4.75 | |
| Liberal | 1,624 | 3.52 | |
| Others | 1,758 | 3.81 | |
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.
