Edmonton—Spruce Grove

Edmonton—Spruce Grove
Alberta electoral district
Edmonton–Spruce Grove in relation to other federal electoral districts in Edmonton
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 2003
District abolished 2013
First contested 2004
Last contested 2011
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 151,389
Electors (2011) 99,397
Area (km²)[2] 1,009.36
Census divisions Division No. 11
Census subdivisions Edmonton, Parkland County, Spruce Grove, Stony Plain

Edmonton—Spruce Grove was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015. It was a suburban riding in Edmonton.

The electoral district was created in 2003 from St. Albert, Edmonton Southwest and Edmonton West ridings and abolished in 2013 into Edmonton West, Sturgeon River—Parkland and Edmonton Centre.

Member of Parliament

This riding elected the following Member of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from St. Albert, Edmonton Southwest
and Edmonton West
38th  2004–2006     Rona Ambrose Conservative
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2015
Riding dissolved into Sturgeon River—Parkland,
Edmonton West and Edmonton Centre

Its only Member of Parliament for the duration of the riding's existence was Rona Ambrose, a former columnist and communication consultant, who was first elected to Parliament in the 2004 election as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. She served as the Minister of Public Works and Government Services, Minister of the Environment, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Minister of Labour, Minister responsible for the Status of Women, Minister of Western Economic Diversification, President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, and Minister of Health most recently. In the 2004-2005 parliamentary session, she served as a member of the Legislative Committee on Bill C-38, Standing Committee on Finance, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade, and the Subcommittee on Fiscal Imbalance of the Standing Committee on Finance.

After the riding was dissolved in 2013, Ambrose went on to seek election in the new riding of Sturgeon River—Parkland in 2015, which she won.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
ConservativeRona Ambrose 41,782 71.10 +2.55 $88,882
New DemocraticCatherine Chaulk-Stokes 9,272 15.78 +3.30 $50
LiberalChris Austin 5,483 9.33 -2.16 $9,593
GreenJosh Lund 2,232 3.80 -3.69 $0
Total valid votes/Expense limit 58,76999.75
Total rejected ballots 146 0.25+0.08
Turnout 58,915 55.79+2.27
Eligible voters 105,599
Conservative hold Swing -0.38
Canadian federal election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
ConservativeRona Ambrose 36,402 68.55 +1.72 $94,219
New DemocraticBarbara Phillips 6,627 12.48 +2.00 $10,939
LiberalChris Austin 6,099 11.49 -5.34 $20,611
GreenWendy Walker 3,975 7.49 +1.63
Total valid votes/Expense limit 53,10399.83 $97,141
Total rejected ballots 910.17-0.02
Turnout 53,194 53.52-9.93
Conservative hold Swing -0.14
Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
ConservativeRona Ambrose 38,826 66.83 +6.43 $67,100
LiberalBrad Enge 9,776 16.83 -8.75 $17,620
New DemocraticJason Rockwell 6,091 10.48 +1.56 $5,315
GreenJohn Lackey 3,404 5.86 +0.76 $2,097
Total valid votes 58,09799.81
Total rejected ballots 1090.19 -0.02
Turnout 58,20663.45 +3.12
Conservative hold Swing +7.59
Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
ConservativeRona Ambrose 30,497 60.40 +1.33 $73,732
LiberalNeil Mather 12,912 25.57 -12.21 $63,512
New DemocraticHayley Phillips 4,508 8.93 +5.63 $2,802
GreenJerry Paschen 2,572 5.09 $154
Total valid votes 50,48999.79
Total rejected ballots 1060.21
Turnout 50,59560.33
Conservative notional hold Swing +6.77

Note: Change based on redistributed results. Conservative vote is compared to the total of Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance vote in 2000.

2000 federal election redistributed results[3]
Party Vote %
  Canadian Alliance 26,461 55.84
  Liberal 13,762 29.04
  Progressive Conservative 4,577 9.66
  New Democratic 2,298 4.85
  Others 289 0.61

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