Edmonton Strathcona (formerly known as Edmonton—Strathcona) is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1953. It spans the south-central part of the city of Edmonton. In the periods from 2008 to 2015 and 2019 to 2021, during the 40th, 41st, and 43rd Canadian Parliaments, Edmonton Strathcona was the only federal riding in Alberta not represented by the Conservative Party.
Geography Edmonton Strathcona encompasses the neighbourhoods of Allendale, Argyll, Avonmore, Belgravia, Bonnie Doon, Capilano, Cloverdale, Empire Park, Forest Heights, Fulton Place, Garneau, Gold Bar, Grandview Heights, Hazeldean, Holyrood, Idylwylde, Kenilworth, King Edward Park, Lansdowne, Lendrum Place, Malmo Plains, McKernan, Ottewell, Parkallen, Pleasantview, Queen Alexandra Park, Ritchie, Riverdale, Strathcona, Strathearn, Terrace Heights, and Windsor Park.
The riding contains the historic district of Old Strathcona, the University of Alberta, the University of Alberta Campus Saint-Jean and the Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre.
It borders on the federal ridings of Edmonton Centre, Edmonton Griesbach, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, Edmonton Southeast, Edmonton Gateway and Edmonton Riverbend.
This district is bounded: On the north by the North Saskatchewan River (except for a jog that goes around the neighbourhood of Riverdale, which is north of the river). On the west by the Whitemud Creek from the North Saskatchewan River to Whitemud Drive. On the south by Whitemud Drive, from Whitemud Creek to the City Limits. On the east by Edmonton's City Limits.
Political geography As evidenced by the 2008 and 2011 elections, this riding is heavily polarized between more urban New Democratic Party (NDP) voters concentrated in the northwest of the riding and suburban Conservative voters concentrated in the south and east.
The NDP picked up this seat in 2008 for the first time in its history, when Edmonton lawyer Linda Duncan defeated Tory incumbent Rahim Jaffer, thanks to a consolidation of non-Conservative votes. They have retained the riding since and it has established itself as clearly the most left-leaning riding in Alberta. Since the 2021 federal election, Edmonton-Strathcona has been the safest NDP seat in all of Canada.
Demographics According to the 2011 Canadian census; 2013 representation
Languages: 77.3% English, 3.8% French, 3.5% Chinese, 2.5% German, 1.5% Ukrainian, 1.3% Spanish, 1.3% Tagalog Religions: 52.8% Christian (22.1% Catholic, 5.6% United Church, 3.5% Lutheran, 3.5% Anglican, 2.2% Baptist, 2.0% Christian Orthodox, 1.1% Pentecostal, 13.0% Other), 2.5% Muslim, 1.2% Hindu, 1.1% Buddhist, 40.6% No religion Median income (2010): $35,026 Average income (2010): $46,710
+ Panethnic groups in Edmonton Strathcona (2011−2021)Panethnicgroup202120162011 European 71,690 75,835 79,705 East Asian 6,895 7,240 5,565 Indigenous 6,305 5,405 4,320 South Asian 4,855 4,150 2,825 Southeast Asian 3,615 3,655 2,925 African 2,410 2,335 1,505 Middle Eastern 2,180 1,955 1,840 Latin American 1,500 1,385 1,185 Other/Multiracial 1,190 735 730 Total responses 100,635 102,695 100,585 Total population 102,188 106,066 103,183
History The Strathcona riding dates back to Territorial times (see Strathcona (federal electoral district). It was represented by Liberal MPs, then a Liberal MP who after election became a Unionist, then became a Conservative), and a United Farmer of Alberta MP in that early incarnation. (This riding was abolished in 1924, and its area was split among the Edmonton East, Edmonton West and Vegreville ridings.)
The electoral district of Edmonton—Strathcona (later Edmonton Strathcona) was created in 1952 from Edmonton East and Edmonton West ridings.
Edmonton—Strathcona gained territory from Edmonton East and was renamed "Edmonton Strathcona" during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Historical boundaries
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons:
Current member of Parliament The current member of Parliament is Heather McPherson of the New Democratic Party who was first elected in the 2019 federal election and re-elected in the 2021 federal election. Winning 61% of the district vote in 2021, McPherson holds the largest margin of victory among elected NDP MPs in the 44th parliament.
Election results
Edmonton Strathcona (2013–present)
2021 federal election redistributed results Party Vote % New Democratic 32,556 57.95 Conservative 15,040 26.77 Liberal 5,068 9.02 People's 2,539 4.52 Green 701 1.25 Others 273 0.49
2011 federal election redistributed resultsPundits' Guide to Canadian Elections Party Vote % New Democratic 26,753 53.71 Conservative 20,084 40.32 Liberal 1,422 2.85 Green 1,165 2.34 Others 384 0.77
Edmonton—Strathcona (1952-2013)
See also List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
Notes
References
External links 2006 Election Resource wiki
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