Yellowhead (electoral district)

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For the provincial electoral district, see West Yellowhead (electoral district).
Yellowhead
Alberta electoral district
File:Yellowhead 2013 Riding.png
Yellowhead in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 		  
Jim Eglinski
Conservative
District created 1976
First contested 1979
Last contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 98,855
Electors (2015) 73,996
Area (km²)[2] 76,127
Pop. density (per km²) 1.3
Census divisions Division No. 9, Division No. 11, Division No. 13, Division No. 14
Census subdivisions Brazeau County, Clearwater County, Drayton Valley, Edson, Grande Cache, Municipal District of Greenview No. 16, Hinton, Jasper National Park & Municipality of Jasper, Lac Ste. Anne County, Leduc County, Parkland County, Rocky Mountain House, Willmore Wilderness Park, Yellowhead County

Yellowhead is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. The district is in west-central Alberta and represents: parts of the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16 including Grande Cache, Improvement District No. 25 (Willmore), the Improvement District No. 12 (Jasper), the Municipality of Jasper, Yellowhead County including Hinton and Edson, Brazeau County including Drayton Valley, Lac Ste. Anne County including Alexis 133, Parkland County, Leduc County, Clearwater County including Big Horn 144A, Sunchild 202, and O'Chiese 203, and Rocky Mountain House.

History

The electoral district was created in 1976 from Rocky Mountain, Athabasca, Edmonton West, Pembina, and Wetaskiwin ridings.

Its most high-profile MP has been Joe Clark, who was Prime Minister 1979-80 and a prominent cabinet and opposition figure.

This riding lost territory to Peace River—Westlock and Sturgeon River—Parkland, and gained territory from Wetaskiwin and Wild Rose during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Following the 2013 redistribution,[3] portions of this electoral district (notably the town of Whitecourt) joined the newly formed riding of Peace River—Westlock while the regions of Leduc County and Rocky Mountain House were added to Yellowhead.[4][5]

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census

Ethnic groups: 85.3% White, 11.7% Aboriginal, 1.0% Filipino
Languages: 90.5% English, 2.6% French, 1.7% German
Religions: 58.5% Christian (20.6% Catholic, 10.3% United Church, 4.3% Anglican, 4.2% Lutheran, 2.1% Baptist, 1.9% Pentecostal, 15.3% Other Christian), 1.0% Traditional Aboriginal Spirituality, 39.7% No religion
Median income (2010): $34,679

Riding Associations

Riding associations are the local branches of political parties:

Party Association Name CEO HQ Address HQ City
Conservative Yellowhead Conservative Association Sherry L. Wassing 16203 Township Road 542A Yellowhead
Liberal Yellowhead Federal Liberal Association RaeAnne Hall 116 Benbow Place Hinton
Libertarian Yellowhead Libertarian Association Cory A. Lystang PO Box 1500 Mayerthorpe
New Democratic Yellowhead Federal NDP Riding Association Altaf A. Ali 17414 Highway 748 North Yellowhead

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Yellowhead
Riding created from Rocky Mountain, Athabasca,
Edmonton West, Pembina and Wetaskiwin
31st  1979–1980     Joe Clark Progressive Conservative
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988
34th  1988–1993
35th  1993–1997     Cliff Breitkreuz Reform
36th  1997–2000
 2000–2000     Alliance
37th  2000–2003 Rob Merrifield
 2003–2004     Conservative
38th  2004–2006
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2014
 2014–2015 Jim Eglinski
42nd  2015–Present

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ∆% Expenditures
Conservative Jim Eglinski 37,950 72.25 -5.81 –
Liberal Ryan Maguhn 7,467 14.22 +11.32 –
New Democratic Ken Kuzminski 4,753 9.05 -3.83 –
Green Sandra Wolf Lange 1,538 2.93 -2.41 –
Libertarian Cory Lystang 817 1.56 –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 52,525 100.00   $257,007.56
Total rejected ballots 161 0.31 –
Turnout 52,686 71.20 –
Eligible voters 73,996
Conservative hold Swing -8.57
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]
2011 federal election redistributed results[8]
Party Vote  %
  Conservative 31,238 78.07
  New Democratic 5,155 12.88
  Green 2,136 5.34
  Liberal 1,158 2.89
  Others 328 0.82
Canadian federal by-election, November 17, 2014
By-election due to the resignation of Rob Merrifield
Party Candidate Votes % ∆% Expenditures
Conservative Jim Eglinski 7,884 62.57 −14.46 –  
Liberal Ryan Heinz Maguhn 2,518 19.98 +17.11 –  
New Democratic Eric Rosendahl 1,203 9.55 −3.51 –  
Independent Dean Williams 622 4.94   –  
Libertarian Cory Lystang 374 2.97   –  
Total valid votes/Expense limit   100.0     –  
Total rejected ballots      
Turnout 12,601 16.06 −40.10
Eligible voters 78,481   +6.00
Conservative hold Swing −15.79
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Canadian federal election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ∆% Expenditures
Conservative Rob Merrifield 31,925 77.03 +5.18 $ 44,010.72
New Democratic Mark Wells 5,411 13.06 +0.79 18.01
Green Monika Shaeffer 2,132 5.14 −4.05 4,290.85
Liberal Zack Siezmagraff 1,190 2.87 −1.11 4,013.79
Christian Heritage Jacob Strydhorst 404 0.97 −0.65 4,318.68
Canadian Action Melissa Brade 384 0.93 −0.16 753.39
Total valid votes/Expense limit 41,446 100.00 +10.85 $106,445.21
Total rejected ballots 129 0.31 +0.04
Turnout 41,575 56.16 +6.19
Eligible voters 74,036    
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Canadian federal election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ∆% Expenditures
Conservative Rob Merrifield 26,863 71.85 +0.66 $ 56,963.15
New Democratic Ken Kuzminski 4,587 12.27 +1.32 5,958.90
Green Monika Schaefer 3,437 9.19 +2.56 2,250.26
Liberal Mohamed El-Rafih 1,489 3.98 −5.46 Not reported  
Christian Heritage John M. Wierenga 606 1.62 −0.16 12,235.84
Canadian Action Melissa Brade 408 1.09 – 1,477.48
Total valid votes/Expense limit 37,390 100.00 −13.13 $103,154.58
Total rejected ballots 103 0.27 +0.05
Turnout 37,493 49.97 −10.22
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Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ∆% Expenditures
Conservative Rob Merrifield 30,640 71.19 +2.58 $57,683
New Democratic Noel Lapierre 4,712 10.95 −0.52 $6,110
Liberal Nancy Love 4,066 9.45 −2.05 $4,448
Green Monika Schaefer 2,856 6.64 +0.08 $499
Christian Heritage John Marvin Wierenga 765 1.78 −0.09 $15,607
Total valid votes 43,039 100.0   +11.42
Total rejected ballots 94 0.22 −0.03
Turnout 43,133 60.19 +3.6
Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ∆% Expenditures
Conservative Rob Merrifield 26,503 68.61 −10.1 $54,539
Liberal Peter Crossley 4,441 11.50 −4.1 $10,183
New Democratic Noel Lapierre 4,429 11.47 +6.8 $8,611
Green Eric Stieglitz 2,534 6.56   $2,297
Christian Heritage Jacob Strydhorst 721 1.87 +1.0 $13,333
Total valid votes 38,628 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 96 0.25 −0.1
Turnout 38,724 56.6 −3.8
Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ∆% Expenditures
Alliance Rob Merrifield 26,824 66.1 +0.1 $40,389
Liberal John Higgerty 6,348 15.6 +1.4 $20,093
Progressive Conservative Dale F. Galbraith 5,141 12.7 -0.5 $5,162
New Democratic J. Noel Lapierre 1,910 4.7 -0.1 $1,369
Independent Jacob Strydhorst 371 0.9 – $8,158
Total valid votes 40,594 100.0
Total rejected ballots 151 0.4 +0.1
Turnout 40,745 60.4 3.5
Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ∆% Expenditures
Reform Cliff Breitkreuz 22,960 66.0 +10.9 $49,326
Liberal Nancy Love Crawford 6,318 14.2 -7.5 $46,729
Progressive Conservative Ross Douglas Pugh 4,383 13.2 -0.8 $9,515
New Democratic Dennis Atkinson 1,759 4.8 +0.5
Total valid votes 35,420 100.0
Total rejected ballots 112 0.3
Turnout 35,532 57.0
Canadian federal election, 1993
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Reform Cliff Breitkreuz 22,790 55.0 +27.1
Liberal John Higgerty 8,964 21.6 +11.7
Progressive Conservative Marilyn Stecyk 5,766 13.9 -30.6
New Democratic Joe Woytowich 1,804 4.4 -11.0
National Alex S. Mann 1,147 2.8
Christian Heritage Peter Piers 441 1.1 -0.7
Natural Law Dennis Ronald Michaelchuk 284 0.7
Independent Douglas Bruce Pederson 209 0.5
Total valid votes 41,405 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Progressive Conservative Joe Clark 17,847 44.5 -29.5
Reform Preston Manning 11,207 27.9
New Democratic Muriel Stanley Venne 6,172 15.4 +1.7
Liberal John Higgerty 3,987 9.9 +1.8
Christian Heritage John M. Torringa 708 1.8
Confederation of Regions Peter E. Hope 90 0.2 -1.4
Independent Pat Geo. A. O'Hara 86 0.2
Total valid votes 40,097 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1984
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Progressive Conservative Joe Clark 37,462 74.0 +4.5
New Democratic Rick Hardy 6,906 13.6 +2.3
Liberal Louis H. Joy 4,097 8.1 -10.1
Confederation of Regions G.R. Snow 829 1.6
Rhinoceros Douglas Alan Bush 773 1.5
Social Credit Audrey Sweigard 553 1.1
Total valid votes 50,620 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1980
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Progressive Conservative Joe Clark 27,953 69.5 -0.5
Liberal Laurie Switzer 7,302 18.1 +1.0
New Democratic Laird Mitchell 4,562 11.3 +2.6
Independent Robert L.T. Brower 249 0.6
Independent Brian K. Fallis 170 0.4
Total valid votes 40,236 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Joe Clark 28,849 70.0
Liberal Laurie Switzer 7,083 17.2
New Democratic Bob Ritchie 3,600 8.7
Independent Lex Miller 1,535 3.7
Independent Ronnie B. Plaunt 143 0.3
Total valid votes 41,210 100.0

See also

References

Notes

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External links

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Constituency represented by the Prime Minister
1979		 Succeeded by
Mount Royal
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  8. ↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
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