Edmonton Southeast

Edmonton Southeast is a federal electoral district in Alberta that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2025. A riding of the same name previously existed from 1988 to 2004.

Edmonton Southeast

Alberta electoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Jagsharan Singh Mahal Conservative
District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2025
Demographics
Population (2021)[1]	113,208
Electors (2025)	70,526
Area (km²)	71
Pop. density (per km²)	1,594.5
Census division(s)	Division No. 11
Census subdivision(s)	Edmonton (part)

Geography

Edmonton Southeast is located in the city of Edmonton in the province of Alberta. It was re-created by the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution. The riding was formed from the eastern half of Edmonton Mill Woods, with its southern boundary extended to reach Edmonton's expanded city limits.^[2][3]

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[4]

Languages: 54.5% English, 20.3% Punjabi, 4.5% Tagalog, 2.5% Gujarati, 2.1% Hindi, 1.9% Spanish, 1.9% French, 1.8% Urdu, 1.0% Malayalam

Religions: 36.3% Christian (18.4% Catholic, 1.5% United Church, 1.3% Pentecostal, 1.1% Lutheran, 14.0% Other), 23.7% No religion, 23.0% Sikh, 9.4% Hindu, 6.1% Muslim

Median income: $40,800 (2020)

Average income: $48,880 (2020)

Panethnic groups in Edmonton Southeast (2021)

Panethnic group	2021
	Pop.	%
South Asian	43,940	39.1%
European[a]	39,585	35.22%
Southeast Asian[b]	11,450	10.19%
African	5,130	4.56%
Indigenous	4,450	3.96%
Latin American	2,555	2.27%
East Asian[c]	2,285	2.03%
Middle Eastern[d]	1,135	1.01%
Other/multiracial[e]	1,865	1.66%
Total responses	112,385	99.27%
Total population	113,210	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

History

The original riding was created in 1987. In 2003, it was redistributed into the Edmonton—Beaumont and Edmonton—Strathcona ridings.

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Edmonton Southeast Riding created from Edmonton South, Edmonton—Strathcona, Pembina, and Wetaskiwin
34th	1988–1990		David Kilgour	Progressive Conservative
	1990–1990			Independent
	1990–1993			Liberal
35th	1993–1997
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
Riding dissolved into Edmonton—Beaumont and Edmonton—Strathcona
Riding re-created from Edmonton Mill Woods and Edmonton—Wetaskiwin
45th	2025–present		Jagsharan Singh Mahal	Conservative

Election results

2023 representation order

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jagsharan Singh Mahal	25,205	52.85	+15.15
	Liberal	Amarjeet Sohi	18,451	38.69	+4.69
	New Democratic	Harpreet Grewal	2,531	5.31	–17.01
	People's	Martin Schuetza	946	1.98	–3.70
	Independent	Gurleen Chandi	292	0.61	N/A
	Communist	Corinne Benson	268	0.56	N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			47,693	66.62
Eligible voters			71,593
	Conservative notional hold		Swing		+5.23
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]

2021 federal election redistributed results[7]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	15,597	37.70
	Liberal	14,068	34.00
	New Democratic	9,237	22.32
	People's	2,352	5.68
	Others	122	0.29

1996 representation order

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	David Kilgour	21,109	50.87	$59,600
	Alliance	Tim Uppal	16,392	39.50	$59,294
	Progressive Conservative	Allan Ryan	2,269	5.46	$870
	New Democratic	Joginder Kandola	1,285	3.09	$7,150
	Natural Law	Richard Shelford	187	0.45
	Canadian Action	Michael Sekuloff	154	0.37	$1,475
	Communist	Matthew James	97	0.23	$238
Total valid votes			41,493
Total rejected ballots			139	0.33
Turnout			41,632	61.83

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	David Kilgour	14,745	45.98%		$23,451
	Reform	Eleanor Maroes	13,295	41.45%		$31,536
	Progressive Conservative	Terence Bachor	1,994	6.21%		$16,341
	New Democratic Party	Roberta Allen	1,882	5.86%		$1,557
	Natural Law	Eshwar Jagdeo	152	0.47%
Total valid votes			32,068	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			58	0.18%
Turnout			32,126	56.05%

1987 representation order

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	KILGOUR, David	22,917
	Reform	ROYER, Aurell	19,586
	Progressive Conservative	KURIAN, John	3,372
	New Democratic	ROSS, Ken	2,088
	National	BLOND, Janet	1,443
	Green	SCHELL, Ed	235
	Natural Law	SHELFORD, Richard	194
	Canada Party	GUSHNOWSKI, Michael	96

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	KILGOUR, David	23,597
	Liberal	PEIRCE, Chris	10,104
	New Democratic	DHILLON, Harbans	9,161
	Reform	MCLEOD, Wes	5,192
	Green	GARFINKLE, Harry	184
	Confederation of Regions	JOHNSON, Oran	102
	Commonwealth of Canada	BOHDAN, Dorothy	76
	Not affiliated	MORTON, Peggy	66

See also

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