Edmonton—Sherwood Park

Edmonton—Sherwood Park

Alberta electoral district
Edmonton St. Albert Sherwood Park East Centre Spruce Grove Strathcona Leduc Mill Woods Beaumont
Edmonton–Sherwood Park in relation to other federal electoral districts in Edmonton
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Tim Uppal Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	118,073
Electors (2011)	89,520
Area (km²)	303
Pop. density (per km²)	389.7
Census divisions	Division No. 11
Census subdivisions	Edmonton, Sherwood Park, Strathcona County, Fort Saskatchewan

Edmonton—Sherwood Park is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. This is a suburban riding in Edmonton.

History

The electoral district was created in 2003 from Elk Island, Edmonton Centre-East and a small part of the Edmonton North riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
38th	2004–2006		Ken Epp	Conservative
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011		Tim Uppal	Conservative
41st	2011–present

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Tim Uppal. He was first elected to Parliament in the 2008 election. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Tim Uppal	24,623	44.66	+8.82
	Independent	James Ford	16,263	29.50	-2.95
	New Democratic	Mike Scott	7,971	14.46	+1.57
	Liberal	Rick Szostak	4,131	7.49	-3.85
	Green	Chris Vallee	1,926	3.49	-3.99
	Western Block	Paul St. Laurent	222	0.40	*
Total valid votes/Expense limit			55,136	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			148	0.27	-0.01
Turnout			55,284	59.14	+4.05
Eligible voters			93,478	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Tim Uppal	17,628	35.84	-28.13	$85,943
	Independent	James Ford	15,960	32.45	–	$34,907
	New Democratic	Brian LaBelle	6,339	12.89	-1.42	$110
	Liberal	Rick Szostak	5,575	11.34	-3.02	$24,297
	Green	Nina Erfani	3,678	7.48	+0.13	$3,171
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,180	100.00	$90,906
Total rejected ballots			139	0.28
Turnout			49,319	55.09

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Conservative	Ken Epp	34,740	63.97	+6.11
	Liberal	Ron Symic	7,801	14.36	-10.12
	New Democratic	Laurie Lang	7,773	14.31	+3.36
	Green	Lynn T. Lau	3,992	7.35	+0.67
Total valid votes			54,306	100.00

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ken Epp	27,222	57.86	–	$38,874
	Liberal	Maureen Towns	11,519	24.48	–	$51,197
	New Democratic	Chris Harwood	5,155	10.95	–	$2,821
	Green	Margaret Marean	3,146	6.68	–	$428
Total valid votes			47,042	100.00
Total rejected ballots			94	0.20
Turnout			47,136	60.15

See also

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

Sources

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Expenditures - 2008
• Expenditures - 2004

External links

• The Conservative Party of Canada Electoral District Association of Edmonton - Sherwood Park