Edmonton—Sherwood Park

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Edmonton—Sherwood Park

Alberta electoral district
Edmonton—Sherwood Park in relation to other federal electoral districts in Edmonton
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Ken Epp Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	118,073
Electors (2006)	84,329
Area (km²)	303
Pop. density (per km²)	389.7
Census divisions	Division No. 11
Census subdivisions	Edmonton, Strathcona County, Fort Saskatchewan

Edmonton—Sherwood Park is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. This is a suburban riding in Edmonton.

Contents 1 History 2 Members of Parliament 3 Current Member of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] History

The electoral district was created in 2003 from Elk Island, Edmonton Centre-East and a small part of the Edmonton North riding.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

• 2004-present: Ken Epp - Conservative - He previously represented Elk Island.

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Ken Epp, a former mathematics instructor. He was first elected to Parliament in the 1993 election. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada. In the last parliamentary session he served as a member of the 'Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics'. Epp has announced he will not be running in the next federal election. Tim Uppal who has previously run in Edmonton Millwoods Beaumont has been selected as the new Conservative candidate for the riding.

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Ken Epp	34,740
	Liberal	Ron Symic	7,801
	New Democrat	Laurie Lang	7,773
	Green	Lynn T. Lau	3,992

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ken Epp	27,222	57.86%		$38,874
	Liberal	Maureen Towns	11,519	24.48%		$51,197
	New Democratic Party	Chris Harwood	5,155	10.95%		$2,821
	Green	Margaret Marean	3,146	6.68%		$428
Total valid votes			47,042	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			94	0.20%
Turnout			47,136	60.15%

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Alberta federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Expenditures - 2004
• The Conservative Party of Canada Electoral District Association of Edmonton - Sherwood Park

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