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Federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada

Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.

Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan 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.[2] It was created out of parts of Edmonton—Sherwood Park and Vegreville—Wainwright.[3]

Demographics[edit]

According to the Canada 2011 Census[4][5]

Ethnic groups: 90.6% White, 4.2% Aboriginal, 1.4% South Asian
Languages: 90.2% English, 2.2% French, 1.8% German, 1.1% Ukrainian
Religions: 67.3% Christian (26.8% Catholic, 10.0% United Church, 5.5% Lutheran, 4.2% Anglican, 2.3% Baptist, 1.6% Christian Orthodox, 1.5% Pentecostal, 15.4% Other), 30.6% No religion
Median income (2010): $44,302
Average income (2010): $60,210

Members of Parliament[edit]

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

Election results[edit]

Graph of election results in Sherwood Park – Fort Saskatchewan (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn’t run consistently are omitted; *Most of the “Other” vote belonged to James Ford)

2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % Expenditures
Conservative Garnett Genuis 53,600 73.37 +9.43 $59,435.26
New Democratic Aidan Theroux 8,867 12.14 +2.33 $8,662.98
Liberal Ron Thiering 7,357 10.07 -10.35 $9,038.34
Green Laura Sanderson 1,592 2.18 -0.29 $0.00
People’s Darren Villetard 1,334 1.83 – $1,638.00
Veterans Coalition Patrick McElrea 300 0.41 – $0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 73,050 99.56
Total rejected ballots 321 0.44 +0.17
Turnout 73,371 76.29 +2.23
Eligible voters 96,171
Conservative hold Swing +3.55
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % Expenditures
Conservative Garnett Genuis 42,642 63.94 +14.48 $114,842.36
Liberal Rod Frank 13,615 20.42 +13.95 $23,559.35
New Democratic Joanne Cave 6,540 9.81 -1.42 $15,416.14
Green Brandie Harrop 1,648 2.47 -1.59 $3,796.57
Independent James Ford 1,563 2.34 -26.44 $5,420.41
Libertarian Stephen C. Burry 678 1.02 * $3,387.73
Total valid votes/expense limit 66,686 99.73   $228,934.10
Total rejected ballots 180 0.27 –
Turnout 66,866 74.06 –
Eligible voters 90,289
Conservative hold Swing +0.27
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Statistics Canada: 2011
  2. ^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
  3. ^ Report – Alberta
  4. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 8, 2012). “Statistics Canada: 2011 Census Profile”. www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  5. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (May 8, 2013). “2011 National Household Survey Profile – Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)”. www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  6. ^ “Election Night Results – Electoral Districts”. Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  7. ^ “List of confirmed candidates”. Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  8. ^ “Official Voting Results”. Elections Canada. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  9. ^ “Official Voting Results”. Elections Canada. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  10. ^ Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits
  11. ^ Pundits’ Guide to Canadian Elections