Foothills (electoral district)
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 Alberta electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Foothills in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order. | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Conservative | ||
| District created | 2013 | ||
| First contested | 2015 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011)[1] | 105,515 | ||
| Electors (2015) | 82,380 | ||
| Area (km²)[2] | 20,877 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 5.1 | ||
| Census divisions | Division No. 3, Division No. 6, Division No. 15 | ||
| Census subdivisions | Cardston, Claresholm, Crowsnest Pass, Foothills No. 31, High River, Okotoks, Pincher Creek, Pincher Creek No. 9, Rocky View, Willow Creek No. 26 | ||
Foothills is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.[3]
History[edit]
Foothills 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 October 19, 2015.[4] It was created out of part of Macleod plus very small parts of Lethbridge (Waterton Lakes National Park) and Calgary Southwest (a small section north of Spruce Meadows).
Members of Parliament[edit]
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foothills Riding created from Calgary Southwest, Lethbridge and Macleod |
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| 42nd | 2015–present | John Barlow | Conservative | |
Election results[edit]
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | John Barlow | 46,166 | 75.70 | -2.12 | $66,508.37 | |||
| Liberal | Tanya MacPherson | 8,149 | 13.36 | +9.84 | $3,837.36 | |||
| New Democratic | Alison Thompson | 3,919 | 6.43 | -3.67 | $9,096.95 | |||
| Green | Romy Tittel | 1,983 | 3.25 | -1.50 | $16,306.65 | |||
| Libertarian | Cory Morgan | 424 | 0.70 | – | – | |||
| Christian Heritage | Marc Slingerland | 345 | 0.57 | – | $9,192.08 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 60,986 | 100.00 | $237,098.11 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 141 | 0.23 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 61,127 | 74.20 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 82,380 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -5.98 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5][6] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[7] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 35,900 | 77.82 | |
| New Democratic | 4,656 | 10.09 | |
| Green | 2,193 | 4.75 | |
| Liberal | 1,624 | 3.52 | |
| Others | 1,758 | 3.81 | |
References[edit]
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
- ^ Report – Alberta
- ^ When and Where to Vote - Elections Canada
- ^ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Foothills (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
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