Edmonton—Leduc

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]

Edmonton—Leduc

Alberta electoral district
Edmonton St. Albert Sherwood Park East Centre Spruce Grove Strathcona Leduc Mill Woods Beaumont Edmonton–Leduc in relation to other federal electoral districts in Edmonton
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	2003
District abolished	2013
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	150,234
Electors (2011)	92,861
Area (km²)[2]	421.23
Census division(s)	Division No. 11
Census subdivision(s)	Edmonton, Leduc, Leduc County, Devon

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:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Edmonton—Leduc Riding created from Edmonton Southwest, Edmonton—Strathcona and Wetaskiwin
38th	2004–2006		James Rajotte	Conservative
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
Riding dissolved into Edmonton Riverbend and Edmonton—Wetaskiwin

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.

Elections results

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	James Rajotte	37,778	63.57	+0.37	$75,315
	New Democratic	Artem Medvedev	11,488	19.33	+7.91	$14,916
	Liberal	Richard Peter Fahlman	7,270	12.23	-5.36	$22,157
	Green	Valerie Kennedy	2,896	4.87	-2.90	$8,166
Total valid votes/Expense limit			59,432	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			149	0.25	+0.03
Turnout			59,581	59.62	+2.98
Eligible voters			99,942	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	James Rajotte	33,174	63.20	+2.67	$81,190
	Liberal	Donna Lynn Smith	9,234	17.59	-1.87	$29,456
	New Democratic	Hana Razga	5,994	11.42	-2.36	$15,390
	Green	Valerie Kennedy	4,081	7.77	+1.53	$1,154
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,483	100.00	$92,972
Total rejected ballots			118	0.22
Turnout			52,601	56.64

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Rajotte	33,764	60.53	+5.49
	Liberal	Jim Jacuta	10,856	19.46	-9.85
	New Democratic	Martin Rybiak	7,685	13.78	+4.37
	Green	Ben Morrison Pettit	3,479	6.24	+0.02
Total valid votes			55,784	100.00

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	James Rajotte	26,791	55.04	–	$54,847
	Liberal	Bruce King	14,269	29.31	–	$46,445
	New Democratic	Doug McLachlan	4,581	9.41	–	$7,563
	Green	Bruce Sinclair	3,029	6.22	–	$107
Total valid votes			48,670	100.00
Total rejected ballots			111	0.23
Turnout			48,781	65.08

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada