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Yellowhead (electoral district)

Yellowhead is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. The district is in west-central Alberta and represents: parts of the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16 including Grande Cache, Improvement District No. 25 (Willmore), the Improvement District No. 12 (Jasper), the Municipality of Jasper, Yellowhead County including Hinton and Edson, Brazeau County including Drayton Valley, Lac Ste. Anne County including Alexis 133, Parkland County, Leduc County, Clearwater County including Big Horn 144A, Sunchild 202, and O'Chiese 203, and Rocky Mountain House.

History

The electoral district was created in 1976 from Rocky Mountain, Athabasca, Edmonton West, Pembina, and Wetaskiwin ridings.

Its first and most high-profile MP was Joe Clark. Clark was Prime Minister of Canada in late 1979 and early 1980. He remained a prominent figure on the Progressive Conservative front bench after losing the premiership, in opposition and as a cabinet minister under Brian Mulroney.

This riding lost territory to Peace River—Westlock and Sturgeon River—Parkland, while gaining territory from Wetaskiwin and Wild Rose, during the 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution.

Following the 2012 redistribution,[3] portions of this electoral district (notably the town of Whitecourt) joined the newly formed riding of Peace River—Westlock while the regions of Leduc County and Rocky Mountain House were added to Yellowhead.[4][5]

Demographics

According to the 2011 Canadian census

Languages: 90.5% English, 2.6% French, 1.7% German
Religions: 58.5% Christian (20.6% Catholic, 10.3% United Church, 4.3% Anglican, 4.2% Lutheran, 2.1% Baptist, 1.9% Pentecostal, 15.3% Other Christian), 1.0% Traditional Aboriginal Spirituality, 39.7% No religion
Median income (2010): $34,679

Riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of political parties:[9]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

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


See also

References

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 "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
  4. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" 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.
  1. ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
  2. ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
  3. ^ Report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Alberta 2012 (PDF). April 6, 2013. ISBN 978-1-100-22175-5. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  4. ^ "Yellowhead – Maps Corner/Boundaries description". Elections Canada. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  5. ^ "Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts (effective after May 1, 2014)". Elections Canada. October 14, 2015. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  6. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  7. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  8. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  9. ^ "Registered Association Database : Search Electoral District Associations".
  10. ^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  11. ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  12. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  13. ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  14. ^ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Yellowhead (Validated results)". Elections Canada. October 23, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  15. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
  16. ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

External links

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