Peace River—Westlock
Federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada
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Peace River—Westlock is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.
 Alberta electoral district | |||
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Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election. Point indicates the towns of Peace River and Westlock. | |||
| 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] | 108,095 | ||
| Electors (2019) | 73,809 | ||
| Area (km²)[1] | 105,095 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 1 | ||
| Census division(s) | Division No. 13, Division No. 17, Division No. 18, Division No. 19 | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Mackenzie, Whitecourt, Greenview (part), Westlock County, Slave Lake, Peace River, Barrhead County, Big Lakes, Westlock, Woodlands | ||
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Peace River—Westlock was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order.[2] It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 19, 2015.[3] It was created out of parts of Peace River, Fort McMurray—Athabasca, Yellowhead, and Westlock—St. Paul.[4]
Conservative Arnold Viersen, a former mechanic, has been the riding's MP since 2015.
Demographics
| Panethnic group | 2021[5] | 2016[6] | 2011[7] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |||||||||
| European[a] | 74,205 | 71.15% | 77,435 | 72.56% | 79,005 | 75.43% | ||||||||
| Indigenous | 23,365 | 22.4% | 24,325 | 22.79% | 22,525 | 21.5% | ||||||||
| Southeast Asian[b] | 3,700 | 3.55% | 2,355 | 2.21% | 1,360 | 1.3% | ||||||||
| South Asian | 905 | 0.87% | 620 | 0.58% | 515 | 0.49% | ||||||||
| African | 790 | 0.76% | 645 | 0.6% | 200 | 0.19% | ||||||||
| East Asian[c] | 595 | 0.57% | 775 | 0.73% | 520 | 0.5% | ||||||||
| Middle Eastern[d] | 365 | 0.35% | 225 | 0.21% | 190 | 0.18% | ||||||||
| Latin American | 205 | 0.2% | 190 | 0.18% | 335 | 0.32% | ||||||||
| Other/multiracial[e] | 160 | 0.15% | 160 | 0.15% | 80 | 0.08% | ||||||||
| Total responses | 104,300 | 97.27% | 106,720 | 97.05% | 104,745 | 96.9% | ||||||||
| Total population | 107,223 | 100% | 109,965 | 100% | 108,095 | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peace River—Westlock Riding created from Fort McMurray—Athabasca, Peace River Westlock—St. Paul, and Yellowhead |
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| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Arnold Viersen | Conservative | |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
| 44th | 2021–2025 | |||
| 45th | 2025–present | |||
Profile
This riding is a typical conservative stronghold riding. There are several ridings in Alberta that the Conservative Party of Canada realistically expects to win, and this is one of them. However, the northern portion of the riding is less strongly conservative than the rest, with pockets of support for the NDP. Historically, this riding has been always right-leaning, with support beginning toward the old Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, shifting toward the right-populist Reform Party after the time of prime minister Brian Mulroney, and then held by the new Conservative Party of Canada since the unification of the Progressive Conservatives and Canadian Alliance in 2003.
Election results
2023 representation order
| 2025 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Arnold Viersen | 41,130 | 77.07 | +14.42 | $46,167.37 | |||
| Liberal | Luke Markowski | 6,278 | 11.76 | +6.28 | $3,870.20 | |||
| Independent | Darrell Teske | 3,048 | 5.71 | – | $3,401.45 | |||
| New Democratic | Landen Tischer | 2,913 | 5.46 | –7.70 | $3,117.39 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 53,369 | 99.26 | – | $159,831.97 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 398 | 0.74 | +0.32 | |||||
| Turnout | 53,767 | 64.96 | +2.88 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 82,772 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +11.06 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8][9] | ||||||||
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[10] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 30,446 | 62.65 | |
| New Democratic | 6,396 | 13.16 | |
| People's | 6,089 | 12.53 | |
| Liberal | 2,664 | 5.48 | |
| Green | 364 | 0.75 | |
| Others | 2,635 | 5.42 | |
2013 representation order
| 2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Arnold Viersen | 29,486 | 63.02 | –17.64 | $61,652.70 | |||
| New Democratic | Gail Ungstad | 6,019 | 12.86 | +5.34 | $10,267.72 | |||
| People's | Darryl Boisson | 5,916 | 12.64 | +9.59 | $3,808.47 | |||
| Maverick | Colin Krieger | 2,573 | 5.50 | – | $8,852.55 | |||
| Liberal | Leslie Penny | 2,431 | 5.20 | –0.90 | $3,859.51 | |||
| Green | Jordan Francis MacDougall | 364 | 0.78 | –1.89 | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 46,789 | 99.58 | – | $135,210.15 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 198 | 0.42 | –0.25 | |||||
| Turnout | 46,987 | 62.08 | –6.50 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 75,685 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –11.49 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[11][12] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Arnold Viersen | 41,659 | 80.66 | +11.31 | $59,488.81 | |||
| New Democratic | Jennifer Villebrun | 3,886 | 7.52 | –6.87 | none listed | |||
| Liberal | Leslie Penny | 3,148 | 6.10 | –6.75 | $5,377.60 | |||
| People's | John Schrader | 1,579 | 3.06 | – | $4,989.63 | |||
| Green | Peter Nygaard | 1,377 | 2.67 | +0.15 | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 51,649 | 99.33 | – | $130,930.83 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 347 | 0.67 | +0.33 | |||||
| Turnout | 51,996 | 68.58 | +4.48 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 75,814 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +9.09 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[13][14] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Arnold Viersen | 34,342 | 69.35 | –8.46 | $74,852.55 | |||
| New Democratic | Cameron Alexis | 7,127 | 14.39 | +1.35 | $10,844.13 | |||
| Liberal | Chris Brown | 6,360 | 12.84 | +9.20 | $6,504.94 | |||
| Green | Sabrina Lee Levac | 1,247 | 2.52 | –1.34 | none listed | |||
| Libertarian | Jeremy Sergeew | 443 | 0.90 | – | $108.02 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 49,519 | 99.66 | – | $259,766.62 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 170 | 0.34 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 49,689 | 64.10 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 77,515 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –4.90 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[15][16] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[17] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 28,986 | 77.81 | |
| New Democratic | 4,859 | 21.10 | |
| Green | 1,436 | 3.85 | |
| Liberal | 1,357 | 3.64 | |
| Others | 616 | 1.65 | |
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.