Banff—Airdrie Explained

Province:Alberta
Fed-Status:active
Fed-District-Number:48001
Fed-Created:2013
Fed-Abolished:2023
Fed-Election-First:2015
Fed-Election-Last:2021
Fed-Rep:Blake Richards
Fed-Rep-Party:Conservative
Demo-Pop-Ref:[1]
Demo-Area-Ref:[2]
Demo-Census-Date:2016
Demo-Pop:135762
Demo-Electors:107,281
Demo-Electors-Date:2019
Demo-Area:12358.29
Demo-Cd:Division No. 6, Division No. 15
Demo-Csd:Airdrie, Banff, Canmore, Cochrane, Crossfield, Rocky View, Stoney 142, 143, 144

Banff—Airdrie is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.

Banff—Airdrie was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election. The riding was created out of parts of Wild Rose (98%) and Macleod (2%) electoral districts.

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, it will be abolished at the first election held after April 22, 2024. With the riding being spit between Airdrie—Cochrane, Bow River, and Yellowhead.[3]

Demographics

Panethnic
group! colspan="2"
2021[4] 2016[5] 2011[6]
European120,715109,29587,100
Indigenous6,6258,6306,690
South Asian6,1203,2951,635
Southeast Asian5,6953,4002,065
African4,2202,165970
East Asian3,5302,7402,380
Latin American2,2701,230745
Middle Eastern1,280560290
Other/Multiracial1,260770320
Total responses151,710132,090102,185
Total population155,580135,762105,442

Geography

The riding contains the northern and western exurbs of Calgary, and runs west along the Bow River valley and includes all of Banff National Park.

Profile

The Conservative base of support is in the east of the riding, where they dominate Airdrie, the riding's largest community, and Cochrane, as well as the communities bordering Calgary. The Liberals, NDP and Greens all perform better in the western regions of the riding. Canmore was solidly Liberal in the 2015 election and Banff broke heavily for the left of centre parties.

Members of Parliament

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

Election results

2011 federal election redistributed results[7]
PartyVote%
 29,938 70.73
 5,534 13.08
 3,411 8.06
 3,277 7.74
 Others 165 0.39

Notes and References

  1. [#2016fed|Statistics Canada]
  2. [#2016fed|Statistics Canada]
  3. Web site: New Federal Electoral Map for Alberta.
  4. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2022-10-26 . Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population . 2023-03-26 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  5. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2021-10-27 . Census Profile, 2016 Census . 2023-03-26 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  6. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2015-11-27 . NHS Profile . 2023-03-26 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  7. http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?riding=2096 Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections