Edmonton Griesbach

Edmonton Griesbach

Alberta electoral district
Edmonton Griesbach in relation to other federal electoral districts in Edmonton (2013 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Kerry Diotte Conservative
District created	2013
First contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	107,809
Electors (2015)	79,980
Area (km²)	46
Pop. density (per km²)	2,343.7
Census divisions	Division No. 11
Census subdivisions	Edmonton

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. It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of Edmonton East and Edmonton—St. Albert.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representation

Ethnic groups: 65.9% White, 9.4% Aboriginal, 6.0% Black, 4.9% Chinese, 3.2% Southeast Asian, 2.7% Arab, 2.3% Filipino, 2.1% Latin American, 1.7% South Asian
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

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–present		Kerry Diotte	Conservative

Election results

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	100.00		$214,842.90
Total rejected ballots			289	0.60	–
Turnout			48,231	60.03	–
Eligible voters			79,980
	Conservative hold		Swing		–4.55
Source: Elections Canada

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