Edmonton Centre

For the former provincial electoral district, see Edmonton-Centre.

Edmonton Centre (French: Edmonton-Centre) is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and since 2004.

Edmonton Centre

Alberta electoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Eleanor Olszewski Liberal
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2025
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	109,941
Electors (2019)	81,766
Area (km²)[2]	46
Pop. density (per km²)	2,390
Census division	Division No. 11
Census subdivision	Edmonton (part)

Geography

The riding is anchored in the heart of Downtown Edmonton. It also includes Spruce Avenue, Rossdale, Central McDougall, Prince Rupert, Wîhkwêntôwin, Queen Mary Park, Westwood, Prince Charles, Sherbrooke, Dovercourt, Woodcroft, Inglewood, Westmount, North Glenora, Glenora, McQueen, Grovenor, Gagnon Estate, Canora, High Park, Crestwood, Jasper Park, Parkview, Laurier Heights, Lynnwood, Patricia Heights, Rio Terrace, and Quesnell Heights.

In geographic terms, Edmonton Centre is bounded by the North Saskatchewan River and Whitemud Drive to the south, 97 Street to the east, Alberta Highway 16 and CN Rail line to the north, and 156 Street to the west.

History

The electoral district was originally created in 1966 from Edmonton East and Edmonton West ridings.

It was abolished in 1976, with parts of it being transferred to Edmonton North, Edmonton East and Edmonton West ridings.

It was re-created in 2003 from Edmonton West, Edmonton Southwest and a small part of Edmonton Centre-East.

Edmonton Centre lost territory to Edmonton West and gained territory from Edmonton—Spruce Grove during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Following the 2022 electoral redistribution, Edmonton Centre will gain the neighbourhoods of Athlone, Kensington and Calder from Edmonton Griesbach, and will gain the neighbourhoods of Glenwood, Britannia Youngstown and Mayfield from Edmonton West. It will lose the remainder of the neighbourhood of McCauley to Edmonton Griesbach, and will lose all of its territory south of the Mackenzie Ravine to 95 Avenue to Edmonton West.

Historical boundaries

• 
  1966 representation order
• 
  2003 representation order
• 
  2013 representation order

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Edmonton Centre (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021[3]		2016[4]		2011[5]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European[a]	65,925	61.88%	67,770	64.21%	72,240	70.77%
African	10,245	9.62%	7,835	7.42%	4,365	4.28%
Indigenous	8,565	8.04%	7,245	6.86%	6,755	6.62%
Southeast Asian[b]	7,195	6.75%	7,595	7.2%	7,065	6.92%
East Asian[c]	5,295	4.97%	5,740	5.44%	5,600	5.49%
South Asian	4,205	3.95%	3,880	3.68%	2,265	2.22%
Middle Eastern[d]	1,945	1.83%	2,280	2.16%	1,575	1.54%
Latin American	1,660	1.56%	1,780	1.69%	1,550	1.52%
Other/Multiracial[e]	1,495	1.4%	1,430	1.35%	675	0.66%
Total responses	106,540	97.63%	105,540	96%	102,080	96.19%
Total population	109,125	100%	109,941	100%	106,121	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Edmonton Centre Riding created from Edmonton East and Edmonton West
28th	1968–1972		Steve Paproski	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
Riding dissolved into Edmonton North, Edmonton East and Edmonton West
Riding re-created from Edmonton West, Edmonton Southwest and Edmonton Centre-East
38th	2004–2006		Anne McLellan	Liberal
39th	2006–2008		Laurie Hawn	Conservative
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019		Randy Boissonnault	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021		James Cumming	Conservative
44th	2021–2025		Randy Boissonnault	Liberal
45th	2025–present		Eleanor Olszewski

Current member of Parliament

Eleanor Olszewski of the Liberal Party has represented the riding in Parliament since the 2025 Canadian federal election.

Election results

Edmonton Centre (2003-present)

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Graph of election results in Edmonton Centre (2003-present) (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Eleanor Olszewski	24,238	44.46	+13.25
	Conservative	Sayid Ahmed	20,814	38.18	+5.58
	New Democratic	Trisha Estabrooks	8,458	15.52	–14.89
	People's	John Ross	470	0.86	–4.00
	Christian Heritage	David John Bohonos	159	0.29	N/A
	Independent	Gregory Bell	157	0.29	N/A
	Independent	Mike Dutcher	138	0.25	N/A
	Communist	Naomi Rankin	134	0.25	N/A
	Independent	Ronald S. Billingsley Jr.	106	0.19	N/A
	Marxist–Leninist	Merryn Edwards de la O	77	0.14	–0.06
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			54,751	63.92
Eligible voters			85,660
	Liberal notional gain from Conservative		Swing		+3.84
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]

Transposition of 2021 votes to 2022 electoral redistribution[8]
Party		Votes	%
	Conservative	16,146	32.60
	Liberal	15,456	31.21
	New Democratic	15,061	30.41
	People's	2,405	4.86
	Green	56	0.11
	Others	401	0.81

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Randy Boissonnault	16,560	33.7	+0.6	$109,821.36
	Conservative	James Cumming	15,945	32.4	-9.05	$81,069.18
	New Democratic	Heather MacKenzie	14,171	28.8	+8.16	$50,495.97
	People's	Brock Crocker	2,094	4.3	+2.78	$3,172.62
	Libertarian	Valerie Keefe	266	0.5	-	$0.00
	Marxist–Leninist	Merryn Edwards	112	0.2	+0.05	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,148	–	–	$110,160.12
Total rejected ballots			342
Turnout			49,490
Eligible voters			78,769
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+4.83
Source: Elections Canada[9]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	James Cumming	22,006	41.45	+6.50	none listed
	Liberal	Randy Boissonnault	17,524	33.01	-4.18	none listed
	New Democratic	Katherine Swampy	10,959	20.64	-3.81	$53,174.12
	Green	Grad Murray	1,394	2.63	+0.00	none listed
	People's	Paul Hookham	805	1.52	-	$5,550.42
	Rhinoceros	Donovan Eckstrom	206	0.39	-0.09	$0.00
	Independent	Adil Pirbhai	119	0.22		$3,475.90
	Marxist–Leninist	Peggy Morton	79	0.15	-	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			53,092	99.32
Total rejected ballots			362	0.68	+0.24
Turnout			53,454	64.32	-2.72
Eligible voters			83,112
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+5.34
Source: Elections Canada[10][11][12]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Randy Boissonnault	19,902	37.19	+13.46	$126,839.87
	Conservative	James Cumming	18,703	34.95	-11.25	$132,838.67
	New Democratic	Gil McGowan	13,084	24.45	-1.37	$109,525.67
	Green	David Parker	1,403	2.62	-0.94	$113.87
	Rhinoceros	Steven Stauffer	257	0.48	–	–
	Independent	Kat Yaki	163	0.30	–	$2,097.91
Total valid votes/expense limit			53,512	99.56		$211,594.41
Total rejected ballots			234	0.44	–
Turnout			53,746	67.04	–
Eligible voters			80,173
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+12.35
Source: Elections Canada[13][14]

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Laurie Hawn	23,625	48.03	−1.00	$78,297
	New Democratic	Lewis Cardinal	12,480	25.37	+10.70	$71,055
	Liberal	Mary Macdonald	11,037	22.44	−4.99	$73,942
	Green	David Parker	1,676	3.41	−4.70	$1,779
	Pirate	Mikkel Paulson	289	0.59	*
	Marxist–Leninist	Peggy Morton	81	0.16	−0.27
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,188	100.00
Total rejected ballots			201	0.41	+0.09
Turnout			49,389	58.06	+6.49
Eligible voters			84,725	–	–

Transposition of 2011 votes to 2012 electoral redistribution[15]
Party		Votes	%
	Conservative	19,908	46.20
	New Democratic	11,127	25.82
	Liberal	10,226	23.73
	Green	1,534	3.56
	Others	296	0.69

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Laurie Hawn	22,634	49.03	+4.21	$86,008
	Liberal	Jim Wachowich	12,661	27.43	−11.14	$88,061
	New Democratic	Donna Martyn	6,912	14.97	+4.20	$36,132
	Green	David Parker	3,746	8.11	+2.86	$2,244
	Marxist–Leninist	Peggy Morton	203	0.43	+0.23	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			46,156	100.00		$90,809
Total rejected ballots			146	0.32	–
Turnout			46,302	51.57	−12.1

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Laurie Hawn	25,811	44.82	+3.68
	Liberal	Anne McLellan	22,221	38.57	−3.92
	New Democratic	Donna Martyn	6,201	10.77	+1.66
	Green	David J. Parker	3,022	5.25	+0.39
	Independent	John Baloun	217	0.47	+0.06
	Marxist–Leninist	Peggy Morton	116	0.20	+0.06
Total valid votes			57,588	100.00
Total rejected ballots			–	–
Turnout			–	63.7	+2.9

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Anne McLellan	22,560	42.49	$79,849
	Conservative	Laurie Hawn	21,839	41.14	$81,655
	New Democratic	Meghan McMaster	4,836	9.11	$21,577
	Green	David J. Parker	2,584	4.86	$310
	Marijuana	Lyle Kenny	509	0.95	–
	Progressive Canadian	Sean Tisdall	456	0.85	–
	Independent	John Baloun	221	0.41	$2,803
	Marxist–Leninist	Peggy Morton	78	0.14	$26
Total valid votes			53,083	100.00
Total rejected ballots			234	0.44
Turnout			53,317	59.77

Edmonton Centre (1968–1979)

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Graph of election results in Edmonton Centre (1966-1976) (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t e 1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Steve Paproski	18,165	54.29	+6.83
	Liberal	Branny Schepanovich	10,501	31.39	+6.67
	New Democratic	George Labercane	3,717	11.11	−2.54
	Social Credit	Gerry Beck	766	2.29	−11.36
	Libertarian	Reg Jacklin	125	0.37
	Communist	Noah Jarbeau	116	0.35
	Marxist–Leninist	Daniel Nelson	68	0.20
Total valid votes			33,458	100.00

v t e 1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Steve Paproski	21,443	47.46	+12.84
	Liberal	Branny Schepanovich	11,165	24.71	−9.19
	New Democratic	George Labercane	6,166	13.65	+4.88
	Social Credit	Martin Hattersley	6,166	13.65
	Independent	Glenn Pylypa	134	0.30
	Independent	Diane Robichaud	106	0.23
Total valid votes			45,180	100.00

v t e 1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Steve Paproski	12,062	34.62
	Liberal	Donald Gray	11,811	33.90
	Independent Liberal	William Hawrelak	7,912	22.71
	New Democratic	Norman Dolman	3,054	8.77
Total valid votes			34,839	100.00

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
• Edmonton Centre provincial electoral district