Edmonton—Sherwood Park (federal electoral district)

For the provincial electoral district, see Edmonton-Sherwood Park (provincial electoral district).

Edmonton–Sherwood Park was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015. It was a suburban riding in Edmonton.

Edmonton—Sherwood Park

Alberta electoral district
Edmonton St. Albert Sherwood Park East Centre Spruce Grove Strathcona Leduc Mill Woods Beaumont Edmonton–Sherwood Park in relation to other federal electoral districts in Edmonton
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	2003
District abolished	2013
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	136,897
Electors (2011)	89,520
Area (km²)	306.06
Census division(s)	Division No. 11
Census subdivision(s)	Edmonton, Sherwood Park, Strathcona County, Fort Saskatchewan

History

The electoral district was created in 2003 from Elk Island, Edmonton Centre-East and a small part of the Edmonton North riding.

It was abolished in 2015. The Edmonton portion became part of Edmonton Manning, while Sherwood Park became part of Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Elk Island, Edmonton Centre-East and Edmonton North
38th	2004–2006		Ken Epp	Conservative
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011		Tim Uppal
41st	2011–2015
Riding dissolved into Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan and Edmonton Manning

Election results

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Tim Uppal	24,623	44.66	+8.82	$92,544
	Independent	James Ford	16,263	29.50	-2.95	$43,356
	New Democratic	Mike Scott	7,971	14.46	+1.57	$61
	Liberal	Rick Szostak	4,131	7.49	-3.85	$21,455
	Green	Chris Vallee	1,926	3.49	-3.99	$1,475
	Western Block	Paul St. Laurent	222	0.40	*	$1,689
Total valid votes/expense limit			55,136	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			148	0.27	-0.01
Turnout			55,284	59.14	+4.05
Eligible voters			93,478	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Tim Uppal	17,628	35.84	-28.13	$85,943
	Independent	James Ford	15,960	32.45	–	$34,907
	New Democratic	Brian LaBelle	6,339	12.89	-1.42	$110
	Liberal	Rick Szostak	5,575	11.34	-3.02	$24,297
	Green	Nina Erfani	3,678	7.48	+0.13	$3,171
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,180	100.00	$90,906
Total rejected ballots			139	0.28
Turnout			49,319	55.09

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ken Epp	34,740	63.97	+6.11
	Liberal	Ron Symic	7,801	14.36	-10.12
	New Democratic	Laurie Lang	7,773	14.31	+3.36
	Green	Lynn T. Lau	3,992	7.35	+0.67
Total valid votes			54,306	100.00

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ken Epp	27,222	57.86	–	$38,874
	Liberal	Maureen Towns	11,519	24.48	–	$51,197
	New Democratic	Chris Harwood	5,155	10.95	–	$2,821
	Green	Margaret Marean	3,146	6.68	–	$428
Total valid votes			47,042	100.00
Total rejected ballots			94	0.20
Turnout			47,136	60.15

See also

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

References

• "Edmonton—Sherwood Park (federal electoral district) (Code 48016) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
• Riding history for Edmonton—Sherwood Park from the Library of Parliament
• Expenditures - 2008
• Expenditures - 2004