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, 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.

Demographics

:According to the 2011 Canadian census

Languages: 90.5% English, 2.6% French, 1.7% German <br />

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 <br />

Median income (2010): $34,679

{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"

|+ Panethnic groups in Yellowhead (2011−2021)

! rowspan="2" |Panethnic group

! colspan="2" |2021

! colspan="2" |2016

! colspan="2" |2011

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!

!

!

!

!

!

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| European

| 79,195

|

| 82,715

|

| 84,470

|

|-

| Indigenous

| 12,100

|

| 12,060

|

| 10,130

|

|-

| Southeast Asian

| 2,625

|

| 1,820

|

| 1,170

|

|-

| South Asian

| 745

|

| 520

|

| 265

|

|-

| East Asian

| 720

|

| 615

|

| 390

|

|-

| African

| 595

|

| 540

|

| 315

|

|-

| Latin American

| 215

|

| 310

|

| 150

|

|-

| Middle Eastern

| 200

|

| 185

|

| 170

|

|-

| Other/multiracial

| 175

|

| 305

|

| 200

|

|-

! Total responses

! 96,575

!

! 99,070

!

! 97,255

!

|- class="sortbottom"

! Total population

! 99,218

!

! 101,984

!

! 98,855

!

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| colspan="15" |

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Riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of political parties:

{| class="wikitable"

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| colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top" | Party

| valign="top" |Association name

| valign="top" |CEO

| valign="top" |HQ city

|Yellowhead Conservative Association

|Gerald Ingeveld

|Rocky View

|Yellowhead Federal Liberal Association

|Joseph Kyle Pynch

|Canmore

|Yellowhead Federal NDP Riding Association

|Avni Soma

|Canmore

|}

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! colspan="4" | 2021 federal election redistributed results

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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %

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| | &nbsp;

| Conservative ||align=right| 35,998 ||align=right| 60.23

|-

| | &nbsp;

| New Democratic ||align=right| 8,765 ||align=right| 14.67

|-

| | &nbsp;

| Liberal ||align=right| 6,344 ||align=right| 10.62

|-

| | &nbsp;

| People's ||align=right| 5,529 ||align=right| 9.25

|-

| | &nbsp;

| Green ||align=right| 747 ||align=right| 1.25

|-

| | &nbsp;

| Others ||align=right| 2,381 ||align=right| 3.98

|}

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! colspan="4" | 2011 federal election redistributed results

|-

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %

|-

| | &nbsp;

| Conservative ||align=right| 31,238 ||align=right| 78.07

|-

| | &nbsp;

| New Democratic ||align=right| 5,155 ||align=right| 12.88

|-

| | &nbsp;

| Green ||align=right| 2,136 ||align=right| 5.34

|-

| | &nbsp;

| Liberal ||align=right| 1,158 ||align=right| 2.89

|-

| | &nbsp;

| Others ||align=right| 328 ||align=right| 0.82

|}

See also

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

References

  • Expenditures - 2000
  • Expenditures - 1997

Notes

  • Elections Canada
  • Website of the Parliament of Canada
  • Federal Electoral District Redistribution report