Edmonton—Leduc Explained

Province:Alberta
Caption:Edmonton–Leduc in relation to other federal electoral districts in Edmonton
Fed-Status:defucnt
Fed-District-Number:48014
Fed-Created:2003
Fed-Abolished:2013
Fed-Election-First:2004
Fed-Election-Last:2011
Demo-Pop-Ref:[1]
Demo-Area-Ref:[2]
Demo-Census-Date:2011
Demo-Pop:150234
Demo-Electors:92861
Demo-Electors-Date:2011
Demo-Area:421.23
Demo-Cd:Division No. 11
Demo-Csd:Edmonton, Leduc, Leduc County, Devon

Edmonton—Leduc was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015. As a result of changes to the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, based on the 2011 census, the number of seats in the House of Commons of Canada increased from 308 to 338. Alberta's seat count increased from 28 to 34. The riding was redistributed into the new ridings of Edmonton Riverbend and Edmonton—Wetaskiwin.[3]

Geography

The district includes a southwestern portion of Edmonton, the Town of Devon and the City of Leduc and its vicinity.

History

The electoral district was created in 2003 as a result of the creation of two extra Alberta seats. It is composed from the following previous ridings: 55.5% from Edmonton Southwest, 20.9% from Edmonton—Strathcona and 23.6% from Wetaskiwin.

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Most recent member of Parliament

Its last sitting member of Parliament was James Rajotte, a former executive assistant. He was first elected to Parliament in the 2000 election. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.

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Notes and References

  1. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
  2. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
  3. Web site: Edmonton – Leduc, AB (2003 Rep. Order) ›› Pundits' Guide. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150826054153/http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?rid=1201. 2015-08-26.