Edmonton Mill Woods (federal electoral district)

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For the provincial electoral district of a similar name, see Edmonton-Mill Woods.
Edmonton Mill Woods
Alberta electoral district
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Amarjeet Sohi
Liberal
District created2013
First contested2015
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]106,103
Electors (2015)73,323
Area (km²)[2]50
Pop. density (per km²)2,122.1
Census division(s)Division No. 11
Census subdivision(s)Edmonton

Edmonton Mill Woods is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.

Edmonton Mill Woods was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.[3] It was created out of the electoral district of Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont.[4]

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament Years Member Party
Edmonton Mill Woods
Riding created from Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont
42nd  2015–present     Amarjeet Sohi Liberal

Election results

2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Amarjeet Sohi 20,423 41.24 +29.52 $136,379.94
Conservative Tim Uppal 20,331 41.06 -17.88 $126,472.41
New Democratic Jasvir Deol 6,330 12.78 -12.61 $55,302.53
Green Ralph McLean 1,096 2.21 -0.78 $1,671.63
Independent Colin Stubbs 560 1.13 – $5,091.44
Libertarian Allen K.W. Paley 396 0.80 – –
Christian Heritage Peter Downing 285 0.58 – $3,798.53
Communist Naomi Rankin 96 0.19 – –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 49,517 100.00   $206,234.63
Total rejected ballots 227 0.46 –
Turnout 49,744 67.84 –
Eligible voters 73,323
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +23.70
These results were subject to a judicial recount,[5] and modified from the validated results in accordance with the Judge's rulings. The margin of Sohi over Uppal increased from 79 votes to 92 votes as a result of the recount.[6]
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]
2011 federal election redistributed results[9]
Party Vote %
  Conservative 20,895 58.94
  New Democratic 9,004 25.40
  Liberal 4,157 11.73
  Green 1,061 2.99
  Others 335 0.94

References

  1. ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
  2. ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
  3. ^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
  4. ^ Report – Alberta
  5. ^ "Tim Uppal's request for Edmonton-Mill Woods recount granted by judge". CBC News. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ "Judicial recount results arriving after narrow election wins". CBC News. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Edmonton Mill Woods (Results as Certified by a Judge)". Elections Canada. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  8. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections


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