Crowfoot (electoral district)

Crowfoot

Alberta electoral district
Crowfoot in relation to the other Alberta ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Kevin Sorenson Conservative
District created	1966
First contested	1968
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	114,825
Electors (2011)	87,897
Area (km²)	43,759
Pop. density (per km²)	2.6
Census divisions	Division No. 5, Division No. 6, Division No. 7, Division No. 10
Census subdivisions	Rocky View County, Camrose, Mountain View County, Strathmore, Chestermere, Wheatland County, Drumheller, Camrose County, Stettler, Kneehill County

Crowfoot is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.

It is in the central part of the province, and is named in honour of Chief Crowfoot, leader of the Blackfoot First Nations in the 19th century.

This electoral district was also home to the largest margin of victory in any federal riding in the 2004 and 2006 federal elections: Conservative candidate Kevin Sorenson won 37,649 votes, or 80.2% of the riding's total in 2004. This represented a difference of 34,034 votes, or 72.5%, from the candidate with the riding's second most votes, Liberal Adam Campbell who only received 3,615 votes, or 7.7% of the riding's votes. It was the riding with the highest Conservative vote in the 2004 and 2006 elections. In 2006, Sorenson increased his vote even further, to 43,009 votes, 82.5% of the total.

Geography

The district includes the Town of Drumheller and the city of Camrose, along with the counties of Acadia, Wheatland, Kneehill, Starland, Stettler, Paintearth, Camrose and Special Areas 2, 3 and 4.

History

This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Acadia, Bow River and Macleod ridings.

In 2003, parts of Wild Rose riding were added.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Acadia, Bow River and Macleod prior to 1966
28th	1968–1972		Jack Horner	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1977
	1977–1979			Liberal
31st	1979–1980		Arnold Malone	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997		Jack Ramsay	Reform
36th	1997–2000
	2000			Independent Canadian Alliance
	2000			Independent
37th	2000–2003		Kevin Sorenson	Canadian Alliance
	2003–2004			Conservative
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Current Member of Parliament

Its current Member of Parliament (MP) is Kevin Sorenson, a former businessman and farmer. He was first elected in 2000. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. In the 39th parliamentary session he served as Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development Trade. In the 40th and thus far in the 41st Parliament he is Chair of the Public Safety and National Security Standing Committee.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Kevin Sorenson	44,115	83.99	+1.95
	New Democrat	Ellen Parker	4,805	9.15	+1.25
	Green	Konrad Schellenberg	1,711	3.26	-2.71
	Liberal	Omar Harb	1,224	2.33	-1.76
	Independent	John C. Turner	463	0.88	-
	Christian Heritage	Gerard Groenedijk	204	0.39	-
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,522	100.00
Total rejected ballots			131	0.25	-0.02
Turnout			52,653	59.73	+5
Eligible voters			88,152

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Kevin Sorenson	39,342	82.04	-0.52	$63,199
	New Democrat	Ellen Parker	3,783	7.90	+0.50	$5,585
	Green	Kaitlin Kettenbach	2,875	5.97	+1.49
	Liberal	Sharon Howe	1,958	4.09	-1.47	$1,397
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,958	100.00		$106,273
Total rejected ballots			127	0.26	-0.01
Turnout			48,085	55	-10
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.51

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Kevin Sorenson	43,210	82.56	+2.36
	New Democrat	Ellen Parker	3,875	7.40	+0.50
	Liberal	Adam Campbell	2,908	5.56	-2.14
	Green	Cameron Wigmore	2,347	4.48	+0.66
Total valid votes			52,340	100.00
Total rejected ballots			142	0.27	+0.07
Turnout			52,482	65	+3

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Kevin Sorenson	37,649	80.20	-4.51	$43,903
	Liberal	Adam Campbell	3,615	7.70	+1.51	$3,455
	New Democrat	Ellen Parker	3,241	6.90	+3.86	$2,514
	Green	Arnold Baker	1,795	3.82
	Marijuana	Max Leonard Cornelssen	639	1.36
Total valid votes			46,939	100.00
Total rejected ballots			89	0.19	-0.01
Turnout			47,028	62.36	-3.82

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance vote in 2000.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Canadian Alliance	Kevin Sorenson	33,767	70.55	-0.44	$44,001
	Progressive Conservative	Verlyn Olson	6,778	14.16	-1.34	$18,591
	Liberal	Orest Werezak	2,964	6.19	-3.52	$2,938
	Independent	Jack Ramsay	2,668	5.57		$18,085
	New Democrat	Jay Russell	1,457	3.04	-0.75	$788
	Independent	Valerie Morrow	223	0.46		$7,959
Total valid votes			47,857	100.00
Total rejected ballots			117	0.20	0.00
Turnout			47,974	66.18	+2.12

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Jack Ramsay	30,589	70.99	+4.95	$48,007
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Marshall	6,679	15.50	-2.48	$18,052
	Liberal	Redford W. Peeples	4,185	9.71	-2.82	$5,178
	New Democrat	Bill Scotten	1,635	3.79	+1.39	$859
Total valid votes			43,088	100.00
Total rejected ballots			79	0.2
Turnout			43,167	64.06

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Jack Ramsay	23,550	66.04	+33.99
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Heidecker	6,411	17.98	-35.70
	Liberal	Darryl Sandford	4,468	12.53	+5.93
	New Democrat	Berend J. Wilting	857	2.40	-5.26
	Natural Law	Alan J. Livingston	260	0.73
	Not affiliated	Anita Ashmore	113	0.32
Total valid votes			35,659	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Arnold Malone	19,079	53.68	-24.15
	Reform	Jack Ramsay	11,392	32.05
	New Democrat	Fred Rappel	2,725	7.67	-1.67
	Liberal	Doug Moe	2,344	6.60	-0.76
Total valid votes			35,540	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Arnold Malone	26,291	77.83	+1.22
	New Democrat	L. Gladys Creasy	3,153	9.33	+3.10
	Liberal	Vange MacNaughton	2,483	7.35	-8.18
	Confederation of Regions	Joe Domanski	1,559	4.62
	Social Credit	Arthur E. Robinson	294	0.87	-0.75
Total valid votes			33,780	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Arnold Malone	23,491	76.61	-0.51
	Liberal	Jack Horner	4,761	15.53	-2.67
	New Democrat	Roger Milbrandt	1,912	6.24	+1.56
	Social Credit	Jim Green	498	1.62
Total valid votes			30,662	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Arnold Malone	25,202	77.12	+1.62
	Liberal	Jack Horner	5,947	18.20	+3.65
	New Democrat	Roger Milbrandt	1,529	4.68	+0.20
Total valid votes			32,678	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Horner	18,048	75.51	-0.03
	Liberal	Ernest R. Patterson	3,477	14.55	+4.06
	Social Credit	Jim Green	1,307	5.47	-1.69
	New Democrat	Muriel McCreary	1,071	4.48	-2.34
Total valid votes			23,903	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Horner	18,667	75.54	+2.09
	Liberal	Andy McAlister	2,591	10.48	-10.80
	Social Credit	Jim Green	1,768	7.15
	New Democrat	Gloria Jean Ann Mcgowan	1,686	6.82	+1.55
Total valid votes			24,712	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Horner	16,508	73.45
	Liberal	Noel Sharp	4,783	21.28
	New Democrat	Stuart McCready	1,185	5.27
Total valid votes			22,476	100.00

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Alberta federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

Sources

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• 2011 results from Elections Canada
• Expenditures - 2008
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures - 1997

External links

• Elections Canada
• Website of the Parliament of Canada