Edmonton Strathcona (federal electoral district)

Edmonton Strathcona (formerly known as Edmonton—Strathcona) is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1953. It spans the south-central part of the city of Edmonton. In the periods 2008–2015 and 2019–2021, during the 40th, 41st, and 43rd Canadian Parliaments, Edmonton Strathcona was the only federal riding in Alberta not represented by the Conservative Party.

This article is about the modern federal electoral district. For the provincial riding, see Edmonton-Strathcona (provincial electoral district).
For other uses, see Strathcona (disambiguation) § Canadian electoral districts.
Edmonton Strathcona
Alberta electoral district
Edmonton Strathcona (2013 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Heather McPherson
New Democratic
District created1952
First contested1953
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]106,066
Electors (2019)77,285
Area (km²)[2]80
Pop. density (per km²)1,325.8
Census division(s)Division No. 11
Census subdivision(s)Edmonton

Geography

The riding is home to most of Edmonton's francophones. The historic district of Old Strathcona, the University of Alberta, the University of Alberta Campus Saint-Jean and the Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre are all located in the riding.

Edmonton Strathcona encompasses the neighbourhoods of Allendale, Argyll, Avonmore, Belgravia, Bonnie Doon, Capilano, Cloverdale, Empire Park, Forest Heights, Fulton Place, Garneau, Gold Bar, Grandview Heights, Hazeldean, Holyrood, Idylwylde, Kenilworth, King Edward Park, Lansdowne, Lendrum Place, Malmo Plains, McKernan, Ottewell, Parkallen, Pleasantview, Queen Alexandra Park, Ritchie, Riverdale, Strathcona, Strathearn, Terrace Heights, and Windsor Park.

It borders on the federal ridings of Edmonton Centre, Edmonton Griesbach, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, Edmonton Mill Woods, and Edmonton Riverbend.

This district is bounded:[3]

  • On the north by the North Saskatchewan River (except for a jog that goes around the neighbourhood of Riverdale, which is north of the river).
  • On the west by the Whitemud Creek from the North Saskatchewan River to Whitemud Drive.
  • On the south by Whitemud Drive, from Whitemud Creek to the City Limits.
  • On the east by Edmonton's City Limits.

Political geography

As evidenced by the 2008 and 2011 elections, this riding is heavily polarized between more urban New Democratic Party (NDP) voters concentrated in the northwest of the riding and suburban Conservative voters concentrated in the south and east.

The NDP picked up this seat in 2008 for the first time in its history, when Edmonton lawyer Linda Duncan defeated Tory incumbent Rahim Jaffer, thanks to a consolidation of non-Conservative votes. They have retained the riding since and it has established itself as clearly the most left-leaning riding in Alberta.

Demographics
According to the Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representation[4][5]

Languages: 77.3% English, 3.8% French, 3.5% Chinese, 2.5% German, 1.5% Ukrainian, 1.3% Spanish, 1.3% Tagalog
Religions: 52.8% Christian (22.1% Catholic, 5.6% United Church, 3.5% Lutheran, 3.5% Anglican, 2.2% Baptist, 2.0% Christian Orthodox, 1.1% Pentecostal, 13.0% Other), 2.5% Muslim, 1.2% Hindu, 1.1% Buddhist, 40.6% No religion
Median income (2010): $35,026
Average income (2010): $46,710

Panethnic groups in Edmonton Strathcona (2011−2021)
Panethnic
group		 2021[6] 2016[7] 2011[8]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
European[lower-alpha 1] 71,690 71.24% 75,835 73.84% 79,705 79.24%
East Asian[lower-alpha 2] 6,895 6.85% 7,240 7.05% 5,565 5.53%
Indigenous 6,305 6.27% 5,405 5.26% 4,320 4.29%
South Asian 4,855 4.82% 4,150 4.04% 2,825 2.81%
Southeast Asian[lower-alpha 3] 3,615 3.59% 3,655 3.56% 2,925 2.91%
African 2,410 2.39% 2,335 2.27% 1,505 1.5%
Middle Eastern[lower-alpha 4] 2,180 2.17% 1,955 1.9% 1,840 1.83%
Latin American 1,500 1.49% 1,385 1.35% 1,185 1.18%
Other/Multiracial[lower-alpha 5] 1,190 1.18% 735 0.72% 730 0.73%
Total responses 100,635 98.48% 102,695 96.82% 100,585 97.48%
Total population 102,188 100% 106,066 100% 103,183 100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.
Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

History

The Strathcona riding dates back to Territorial times (see Strathcona (federal electoral district). It was represented by Liberal MPs, then a Liberal MP who after election became a Unionist, then a Conservative), and a United Farmer of Alberta MP in that early incarnation. (This riding was abolished in 1924 and its area was split among the Edmonton East, Edmonton West, Vegreville and Victoria ridings.)

The electoral district of "Edmonton-Strathcona" (later Edmonton Strathcona) was created in 1952 from Edmonton East and Edmonton West ridings.

"Edmonton—Strathcona" gained territory from Edmonton East and was renamed "Edmonton Strathcona" during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Historical boundaries
  • 1952 representation order
    1952 representation order
  • 1966 representation order
    1966 representation order
  • 1976 representation order
    1976 representation order
  • 1987 representation order
    1987 representation order
  • 1996 representation order
    1996 representation order
  • 2003 representation order
    2003 representation order
  • 2013 representation order
    2013 representation order

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament Years Member Party
Edmonton—Strathcona
Riding created from Edmonton East and Edmonton West
22nd  1953–1957     Richmond Francis Hanna Liberal
23rd  1957–1958     Sydney Herbert Thompson Social Credit
24th  1958–1962     Terry Nugent Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
28th  1968–1972     Hu Harries Liberal
29th  1972–1974     Douglas Roche Progressive Conservative
30th  1974–1979
31st  1979–1980 David Kilgour
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988
34th  1988–1993 Scott Thorkelson
35th  1993–1997     Hugh Hanrahan Reform
36th  1997–2000[nb 1] Rahim Jaffer
 2000–2000     Alliance
37th  2000–2003[nb 2]
 2003–2004     Conservative
38th  2004–2006
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011     Linda Duncan New Democratic
41st  2011–2015
Edmonton Strathcona
42nd  2015–2019     Linda Duncan New Democratic
43rd  2019–2021 Heather McPherson
44th  2021–present

Current Member of Parliament

The current Member of Parliament is Heather McPherson of the New Democratic Party who was first elected in the 2019 federal election and re-elected in the 2021 federal election. Winning 61% of the district vote in 2021, McPherson holds the largest margin of victory among elected NDP MPs in the 44th parliament.

Election results
Graph of election results in Edmonton—Strathcona, Edmonton Strathcona (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Edmonton Strathcona (2013–present)
Graph of election results in Edmonton Strathcona (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticHeather McPherson31,69060.31+13.04$84,080.08
ConservativeTunde Obasan13,31025.33-11.74$96,778.74
LiberalHibo Mohamed3,9487.51-4.11$22,672.65
People'sWes Janke2,3664.50+2.84$4,252.77
GreenKelly Green6341.21-0.82$0.00
LibertarianMalcolm Stinson2750.52-none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit 52,22399.40-0.16$108,879.96
Total rejected ballots 3170.60+0.16
Turnout 52,54069.37-2.89
Eligible voters 75,736
New Democratic hold Swing +12.39
Source: Elections Canada[9]
2019 Canadian federal election: Edmonton Strathcona
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticHeather McPherson26,82347.27+3.30$91,753.90
ConservativeSam Lilly21,03537.07+5.79$88,211.43
LiberalEleanor Olszewski6,59211.62-9.11$91,354.39
GreenMichael Kalmanovitch1,1522.03-0.27$8,919.41
People'sIan Cameron9411.66-none listed
CommunistNaomi Rankin1250.22-none listed
Marxist–LeninistDougal MacDonald770.14-0.03none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 56,74599.56
Total rejected ballots 2500.44+0.05
Turnout 56,99572.26+1.27
Eligible voters 78,876
New Democratic hold Swing -1.24
Source: Elections Canada[10][11]
2015 Canadian federal election: Edmonton Strathcona
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticLinda Duncan24,44643.96-9.75$87,241.42
ConservativeLen Thom17,39531.28-9.04$36,812.49
LiberalEleanor Olszewski11,52420.73+17.87$62,711.39
GreenJacob K. Binnema1,2782.30-0.04$1,924.74
LibertarianMalcolm Stinson3110.56–$1,599.80
PirateRyan Bromsgrove2010.36–$2,183.76
RhinocerosDonovan Eckstrom1330.24––
IndependentChris Jones1160.21––
IndependentAndrew Schurman1070.19––
Marxist–LeninistDougal MacDonald930.17-0.02–
Total valid votes/expense limit 55,60499.61 $208,715.39
Total rejected ballots 2170.39–
Turnout 55,82170.99
Eligible voters 78,635
New Democratic hold Swing -0.35
Source(s)
  • "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. February 29, 2016. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  • Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
2011 federal election redistributed results[12]
Party Vote  %
  New Democratic26,75353.71
  Conservative20,08440.32
  Liberal1,4222.85
  Green1,1652.34
  Others3840.77

Edmonton—Strathcona (1952-2013)
Graph of election results in Edmonton—Strathcona (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2011 Canadian federal election: Edmonton—Strathcona
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticLinda Duncan26,09353.55+10.97$84,389
ConservativeRyan Hastman19,76240.55−1.05$78,272
LiberalMatthew Sinclair1,3722.82−6.24$15,741
GreenAndrew Fehr1,1192.30−4.14$43
IndependentKyle Murphy2060.42–$2,005
Marxist–LeninistKevan Hunter910.19−0.12
IndependentChristopher White870.18–$880
Total valid votes/expense limit 48,730100.00
Total rejected ballots 1240.25+0.04
Turnout 48,85468.76+3.3
2008 Canadian federal election: Edmonton—Strathcona
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticLinda Duncan20,10342.58+10.07$71,669
ConservativeRahim Jaffer19,64041.60−0.11$81,597
LiberalClaudette Roy4,2799.06−8.74$72,953
GreenJane Thrall3,0406.44+0.49$3,801
Marxist–LeninistKevan Hunter1470.31+0.11
Total valid votes/expense limit 47,20999.79   $82,492
Total rejected ballots 990.21−0.07
Turnout 47,30865.4−5.2
2006 Canadian federal election: Edmonton—Strathcona
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeRahim Jaffer22,00941.71+2.31$75,063
New DemocraticLinda Duncan17,15332.51+8.71$53,478
LiberalAndy Hladyshevsky9,39117.80−11.21$76,923
GreenCameron Wakefield3,1395.95−0.54$755
Progressive CanadianMichael Fedeyko5821.10–$0.0
MarijuanaDave Dowling3900.74−0.33$0.0
Marxist–LeninistKevan Hunter1060.20−0.01$16
Total valid votes 52,770100.00
Total rejected ballots 1480.28−0.03
Turnout 52,91870.6+3.9
2004 Canadian federal election: Edmonton—Strathcona
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeRahim Jaffer19,08939.40−2.60$67,449
LiberalDebby Carlson14,05729.01−2.88$67,910
New DemocraticMalcolm Azania11,53523.80+9.02$46,100
GreenCameron Wakefield3,1466.49–$2,353
MarijuanaDave Dowling5191.07−0.38
Marxist–LeninistKevan Hunter1030.21−0.08$26
Total valid votes 48,449100.00
Total rejected ballots 1500.31
Turnout 48,59965.66
2000 Canadian federal election: Edmonton—Strathcona
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
AllianceRahim Jaffer23,46342.00+0.70$57,365
LiberalJonathan Dai17,81631.89−3.49$48,430
New DemocraticHélène Narayana8,25614.78+0.25$25,883
Progressive ConservativeGregory Toogood5,0479.03+1.79$4,252
MarijuanaKen Kirk8141.45–$149
Canadian ActionKesa Rose Semenchuk2990.53+0.35$1,485
Marxist–LeninistKevan Hunter1640.29–$275
Total valid votes 55,859100.00
1997 Canadian federal election: Edmonton—Strathcona
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ReformRahim Jaffer20,60541.30+1.95$58,003
LiberalGinette Rodger17,65435.38−3.12$58,244
New DemocraticJean McBean7,25114.53+9.48$42,936
Progressive ConservativeEdo Nyland3,6147.24−4.05$10,183
GreenKarina Gregory4060.81+0.23$520
Natural LawMaury Shapka1530.30−0.29
IndependentNaomi Rankin1150.23+0.05$1,732
Canadian ActionJ. Alex Ford920.18–$845
Total valid votes 49,890100.00
Total rejected ballots 1010.20
Turnout 49,99162.74
1993 Canadian federal election: Edmonton—Strathcona
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ReformHugh Hanrahan19,53139.35+17.10
LiberalChris Peirce19,11338.50+20.61
Progressive ConservativeScott Thorkelson5,60411.29−22.17
New DemocraticRita Egan2,5085.05−20.27
NationalAdrian Greenwood2,1314.29
Natural LawMaury Shapka2920.59
GreenHarry Garfinkle2870.58+0.28
IndependentNaomi Rankin900.18
Canada PartyOran K. Johnson830.17
Total valid votes 49,639 100.00
1988 Canadian federal election: Edmonton—Strathcona
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeScott Thorkelson18,08833.46−27.97
New DemocraticHalyna Freeland13,68625.32+5.10
ReformDoug Main12,02422.24–
LiberalUna MacLean Evans9,67217.89+2.40
RhinocerosMarcel Zeeto Kotowich1990.37–
GreenIsabelle Foord1590.29−0.56
IndependentKevin Bruce860.16–
IndependentDaniel P. Hermansen560.10–
IndependentMary Joyce430.08–
Confederation of RegionsThomas Roger Brown400.07−1.29
Total valid votes 54,053 100.00
1984 Canadian federal election: Edmonton—Strathcona
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeDavid Kilgour33,71261.43+2.05
New DemocraticDoris S. Burghardt11,09520.22+8.21
LiberalSandra Douglas-Tubb8,50015.49−11.66
Confederation of RegionsLorne Cass7491.36
GreenRussell John Mulvey4660.85
Social CreditNorman Utz2180.40
CommunistAnne McGrath1370.25−0.01
Total valid votes 54,877 100.00
1980 Canadian federal election: Edmonton—Strathcona
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeDavid Kilgour23,92059.38−0.09
LiberalJohn Borger10,93827.15−0.91
New DemocraticDoug Trace4,83712.01−0.03
RhinocerosDave Walker4531.12
CommunistJoe Hill1060.26−0.01
Marxist–LeninistSandy Mowat310.08−0.09
Total valid votes 40,285 100.00
1979 Canadian federal election: Edmonton—Strathcona
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeDavid Kilgour26,43059.47+4.73
LiberalJulian Kinisky12,47128.06−2.35
New DemocraticRobert Davidson5,35212.04+0.53
CommunistJoe Hill1200.27−0.01
Marxist–LeninistCarol Arnold730.16−0.00
Total valid votes 44,446 100.00
1974 Canadian federal election: Edmonton—Strathcona
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeDoug Roche25,80854.73+5.01
LiberalB.C. Tanner14,33730.40−0.32
New DemocraticLila Fahlman5,42611.51−5.30
Social CreditLeif Oddson1,1462.43+0.08
LibertarianRobin Gillespie2260.48
CommunistHarry Strynadka1320.28
Marxist–LeninistPeggy Askin790.17
Total valid votes 47,154 100.00
1972 Canadian federal election: Edmonton—Strathcona
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeDoug Roche26,90849.72+11.89
LiberalHu Harries16,62530.72−21.63
New DemocraticHoward Alfred Leeson9,09816.81+9.99
Social CreditBill Pelch1,2722.35
IndependentElizabeth Rowley1520.28
IndependentPeggy Morton630.12
Total valid votes 54,118 100.00
1968 Canadian federal election: Edmonton—Strathcona
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalHu Harries21,07452.35+22.59
Progressive ConservativeTerry Nugent15,22837.83−0.22
New DemocraticLawrence Radcliffe2,7456.82−3.28
IndependentJohn R. Beatty1,2063.00
Total valid votes 40,253 100.00
1965 Canadian federal election: Edmonton—Strathcona
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeTerry Nugent21,00438.05+2.68
LiberalBill Sinclair16,43129.77−0.57
Social CreditSigurd Sorenson11,69621.19−4.74
New DemocraticBill McLean5,57210.09+1.73
IndependentBill Stocks4930.89
Total valid votes 55,196 100.00
1963 Canadian federal election: Edmonton—Strathcona
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeTerry Nugent18,88035.37+0.98
LiberalJohn Decore16,19530.34+4.60
Social CreditS.A. Sorenson13,84125.93−3.22
New DemocraticIan Sowton4,4648.36−2.37
Total valid votes 53,380 100.00
1962 Canadian federal election: Edmonton—Strathcona
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeTerry Nugent16,03034.39−26.93
Social CreditS.A. Sorenson13,58529.14+11.92
LiberalRoy C. Marler11,99625.74+8.64
New DemocraticBill McLean5,00110.73+6.37
Total valid votes 46,612 100.00
1958 Canadian federal election: Edmonton—Strathcona
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeTerry Nugent25,88561.32+32.73
Social CreditSydney Herbert Thompson7,27017.22−18.43
LiberalRichmond Francis Hanna7,21817.10−12.05
Co-operative CommonwealthArnold Holmes1,8384.35−2.26
Total valid votes 42,211 100.00
1957 Canadian federal election: Edmonton—Strathcona
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditSydney Herbert Thompson13,12435.65−1.05
LiberalRichmond Francis Hanna10,73129.15−8.18
Progressive ConservativeTerry Nugent10,52528.59+11.76
Co-operative CommonwealthFloyd Albin Johnson2,4346.61−2.54
Total valid votes 36,814 100.00
1953 Canadian federal election: Edmonton—Strathcona
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalRichmond Francis Hanna8,90137.33
Social CreditOrvis A. Kennedy8,75036.70
Progressive ConservativeSidney Giffard Main4,01216.83
Co-operative CommonwealthFloyd Albin Johnson2,1829.15
Total valid votes 23,845 100.00

See also

Notes
  1. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
  2. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
  3. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
  4. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
  5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.
  1. The Reform Party merged with the Canadian Alliance on 27 March 2000.
  2. The Canadian Alliance merged with the Progressive Conservatives to form the Conservative Party on 8 December 2003.

References
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  2. Statistics Canada: 2011
  3. "History of Federal Ridings since 1867". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
  4. "2011 Census Profile". February 8, 2012.
  5. "Statistics Canada: 2011 National Household Survey Profile".
  6. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
  7. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
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  10. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  11. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  12. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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