Edmonton Griesbach

Edmonton Griesbach is a federal electoral district in Alberta. Edmonton Griesbach 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 19 October 2015.^[3] It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of Edmonton East and Edmonton—St. Albert.^[4] The riding name refers to Griesbach, Edmonton.

Edmonton Griesbach

Alberta electoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Kerry Diotte Conservative
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2025
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	107,809
Electors (2019)	82,242
Area (km²)[2]	46
Pop. density (per km²)	2,343.7
Census division	Division No. 11
Census subdivision	Edmonton (part)

Demographics

According to the 2011 Canadian census; 2013 representation^[5][6]

Languages: 71.8% English, 4.1% Chinese, 2.5% Ukrainian, 2.5% French, 2.3% Arabic, 1.8% Vietnamese, 1.7% Spanish, 1.2% Italian, 1.2% Tagalog, 1.1% Portuguese, 1.1% German, 1.0% Polish
Religions: 57.4% Christian (28.2% Catholic, 4.9% United Church, 3.2% Christian Orthodox, 2.7% Anglican, 2.2% Lutheran, 1.4% Pentecostal, 1.3% Baptist, 13.5% Other), 6.9% Muslim, 3.3% Buddhist, 31.0% No religion
Median income (2010): $29,059
Average income (2010): $36,696

Panethnic groups in Edmonton Griesbach (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021[7]		2016[8]		2011[9]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European[a]	60,215	55.53%	63,745	59.02%	67,740	65.92%
African	11,435	10.55%	9,920	9.18%	6,175	6.01%
Indigenous	11,080	10.22%	10,865	10.06%	9,610	9.35%
Southeast Asian[b]	8,810	8.12%	7,320	6.78%	5,580	5.43%
Middle Eastern[c]	5,690	5.25%	4,900	4.54%	3,150	3.07%
East Asian[d]	4,250	3.92%	5,025	4.65%	5,240	5.1%
South Asian	2,635	2.43%	2,675	2.48%	1,765	1.72%
Latin American	2,490	2.3%	2,100	1.94%	2,195	2.14%
Other/Multiracial[e]	1,820	1.68%	1,465	1.36%	1,300	1.27%
Total responses	108,435	97.08%	108,010	96.19%	102,755	95.31%
Total population	111,699	100%	112,287	100%	107,809	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 the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Edmonton Griesbach Riding created from Edmonton East and Edmonton—St. Albert
42nd	2015–2019		Kerry Diotte	Conservative
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–2025		Blake Desjarlais	New Democratic
45th	2025–present		Kerry Diotte	Conservative

Election results

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

2023 representation order

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Kerry Diotte	22,256	45.37	+9.06
	New Democratic	Blake Desjarlais	16,719	34.08	–6.28
	Liberal	Patrick Lennox	8,936	18.22	+3.05
	People's	Thomas Matty	440	0.90	–5.04
	Green	Michael Hunter	302	0.62	–0.51
	Communist	Alex Boykowich	144	0.29	–0.01
	Independent	Crystal Vargas	118	0.24	N/A
	Canadian Future	Brent Tyson	74	0.15	N/A
	Marxist–Leninist	Mary Joyce	64	0.13	–0.07
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			49,053	56.91
Eligible voters			86,199
	Conservative notional gain from New Democratic		Swing		+7.67
Source: Elections Canada[10][11]

2021 federal election redistributed results[12]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	17,429	40.36
	Conservative	15,681	36.31
	Liberal	6,552	15.17
	People's	2,567	5.94
	Green	489	1.13
	Others	466	1.08

2013 representation order

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Blake Desjarlais	17,457	40.5	+15.4	$83,759.98
	Conservative	Kerry Diotte	15,957	37.1	-14.3	$76,024.95
	Liberal	Habiba Mohamud	5,979	13.9	+3.4	$61,293.65
	People's	Thomas Matty	2,617	6.1	+3.8	$6,908.51
	Green	Heather Lau	538	1.2	-1.3	$0.00
	Libertarian	Morgan Watson	268	0.6	-	none listed
	Communist	Alex Boykowich	140	0.3	-0.1	$0.00
	Marxist–Leninist	Mary Joyce	103	0.2	-0.0	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			43,059	99.9	–	$111,212.30
Total rejected ballots			495
Turnout			43,554	53.2%
Eligible voters			81,057
	New Democratic gain from Conservative		Swing		-3.6
Source: Elections Canada[13][14]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Kerry Diotte	24,120	51.36	+11.40	$76,825.14
	New Democratic	Mark Cherrington	11,800	25.13	-8.89	$55,645.21
	Liberal	Habiba Mohamud	8,100	17.25	-4.44	$66,889.67
	Green	Safi Khan	1,189	2.53	+0.18	none listed
	People's	Barbara Ellen Nichols	1,074	2.29	-	none listed
	Independent	Andrzej Gudanowski	216	0.46	-	none listed
	Christian Heritage	Christina Alva Armas	203	0.43	-	none listed
	Communist	Alex Boykowich	170	0.36	-	none listed
	Marxist–Leninist	Mary Joyce	91	0.19	-0.04	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			46,963	99.33
Total rejected ballots			319	0.67	+0.08
Turnout			47,282	56.84	-2.51
Eligible voters			83,188
	Conservative hold		Swing		+10.15
Source: Elections Canada[15][16]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Kerry Diotte	19,157	39.96	–12.55	$93,048.30
	New Democratic	Janis Irwin	16,309	34.02	–3.45	$150,799.22
	Liberal	Brian Gold	10,397	21.69	+15.11	$14,575.14
	Green	Heather Workman	1,129	2.35	–1.08	$1,404.61
	Libertarian	Maryna Goncharenko	415	0.87	–	$150.44
	Marijuana	Linda Northcott	279	0.58	–	–
	Rhinoceros	Bun Bun Thompson	144	0.30	–	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Mary Joyce	112	0.23	–	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			47,942	99.40		$214,842.90
Total rejected ballots			289	0.60	–
Turnout			48,231	59.35	–
Eligible voters			81,265
	Conservative hold		Swing		–4.55
Source: Elections Canada[17][18]

2011 federal election redistributed results[19]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	19,832	52.51
	New Democratic	14,151	37.47
	Liberal	2,484	6.58
	Green	1,299	3.44

See also

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

Notes

1. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
2. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
3. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
4. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.