Battle River—Crowfoot

Battle River—Crowfoot
Alberta electoral district

Battle River–Crowfoot in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 

Kevin Sorenson
Conservative

District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 107,140
Electors (2015) 80,698
Area (km²)[2] 53,072
Pop. density (per km²) 2
Census divisions Division No. 5, Division No. 7, Division No. 10, Division No. 11
Census subdivisions Beaver, Camrose, Camrose County, Drumheller, Kneehill, Leduc, Stettler, Stettler No. 6, Wainwright, Wainwright No. 61

Battle River—Crowfoot is a federal electoral district in Alberta.

Battle River—Crowfoot 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 2015.[3] It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of Crowfoot and Vegreville—Wainwright.[4]

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament Years Member Party
Battle River—Crowfoot
Riding created from Crowfoot and Vegreville—Wainwright
42nd  2015–Present     Kevin Sorenson Conservative

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
ConservativeKevin Sorenson 47,552 80.91 –2.18
LiberalAndy Kowalski 5,505 9.37 +7.21
New DemocraticKatherine Swampy 3,844 6.54 –3.30
GreenGary Kelly 1,868 3.18 –0.72
Total valid votes/Expense limit 58,769100.00 $263,457.48
Total rejected ballots 1600.27
Turnout 58,92973.02
Eligible voters 80,698
Conservative notional hold Swing –4.69
This riding was created from parts of Crowfoot and Vegreville—Wainwright, both of which elected Conservative candidates in the 2011 election. Kevin Sorenson was the incumbent from Crowfoot. Changes are based on redistributed results.
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]
2011 federal election redistributed results[7]
Party Vote %
  Conservative 39,645 83.09
  New Democratic 4,694 9.84
  Green 1,859 3.90
  Liberal 1,028 2.15
  Others 487 1.02

References

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