Sturgeon River—Parkland

Sturgeon River—Parkland is a federal electoral district in the Edmonton Capital Region of northern Alberta, Canada, and has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015. It was created in 2012 from the electoral districts of Edmonton—Spruce Grove (61%), Westlock—St. Paul (33%) and Yellowhead (6%).^[2]

Sturgeon River—Parkland

Alberta electoral district
Sturgeon River—Parkland in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Dane Lloyd Conservative
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)^[1]	120,784
Electors (2019)	92,965
Area (km²)^[1]	3,982.274
Pop. density (per km²)	30.3
Census division(s)	Division No. 11, Division No. 13
Census subdivision(s)	Alexander 134, Birch Cove, Bon Accord, Enoch Cree Nation 135, Gibbons, Lac Ste. Anne, Legal, Morinville, Nakamun Park, Onoway, Parkland, Redwater, Sandy Beach, Spring Lake, Spruce Grove, Stony Plain, Sturgeon, Sunrise Beach

It was essentially the suburban portion of Edmonton—Spruce Grove. That riding's MP, Rona Ambrose of the Conservative Party of Canada, opted to transfer there, and won easily. She was interim leader of the Tories, and hence Leader of the Opposition, until her resignation in May 2017. She retired from politics two months later, and Dane Lloyd easily retained it for the Conservatives in the by-election.

The riding was originally intended to be named Sturgeon River.^[3]

Demographics

According to the 2016 Canadian census^[4] or 2011 Canadian census^[5][6]

Languages: 91.0% English, 3.1% French, 1.3% German (2016)
Religions: 65.8% Christian, 0.6% Traditional (Aboriginal) spirituality, 0.6% Muslim, 0.7% other, 32.3% none (2011)
Median income: $47,406 (2015)

Panethnic groups in Sturgeon River—Parkland (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021^[7]		2016^[8]		2011^[9]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European^[a]	103,015	83.87%	102,370	86.17%	92,635	88.68%
Indigenous	12,740	10.37%	11,600	9.76%	8,355	8%
Southeast Asian^[b]	2,485	2.02%	1,795	1.51%	915	0.88%
South Asian	1,300	1.06%	585	0.49%	655	0.63%
African	1,285	1.05%	730	0.61%	610	0.58%
East Asian^[c]	915	0.74%	595	0.5%	580	0.56%
Latin American	505	0.41%	530	0.45%	270	0.26%
Middle Eastern^[d]	230	0.19%	340	0.29%	315	0.3%
Other/multiracial^[e]	370	0.3%	250	0.21%	135	0.13%
Total responses	122,820	98.37%	118,795	98.36%	104,455	98.79%
Total population	124,849	100%	120,779	100%	105,733	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Sturgeon River—Parkland Riding created from Edmonton—Spruce Grove, Westlock—St. Paul and Yellowhead
42nd	2015–2017		Rona Ambrose	Conservative
	2017–2019		Dane Lloyd
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Election results

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

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dane Lloyd	40,957	61.6	-15.9	$57,089.49
	New Democratic	Kendra Mills	12,532	18.9	+8.8	$954.45
	People's	Murray MacKinnon	6,671	10.0	+7.6	$0.00
	Liberal	Irene Walker	4,579	6.9	+0.1	$0.00
	Maverick	Jeff Dunham	1,240	1.9	N/A	$8,119.77
	Christian Heritage	Jeffrey Willerton	497	0.7	+0.1	$11,257.72
Total valid votes/expense limit			66,476	99.5	–	$122,026.85
Total rejected ballots			331	0.5
Turnout			66,807	70.6
Eligible voters			94,598
	Conservative hold		Swing		-12.4
Source: Elections Canada^[10]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dane Lloyd	53,235	77.5	+0.14	$58,200.08
	New Democratic	Guy Desforges	6,940	10.1	+2.40	$1,087.50
	Liberal	Ronald Brochu	4,696	6.8	-5.23	none listed
	Green	Cass Romyn	1,745	2.5	-	$3,311.72
	People's	Tyler Beauchamp	1,625	2.4	-	none listed
	Christian Heritage	Ernest Chauvet	416	0.6	-2.30	$4,500.34
Total valid votes/expense limit			68,657	100.0
Total rejected ballots			314
Turnout			68,971	74.2
Eligible voters			92,965
	Conservative hold		Swing		-1.13
Source: Elections Canada^[11]^[12]

2017 Sturgeon River—Parkland federal by-election

Canadian federal by-election, October 23, 2017 Resignation of Rona Ambrose
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dane Lloyd	16,125	77.36	+7.13
	Liberal	Brian Gold	2,508	12.03	-3.55
	New Democratic	Shawna Gawreluck	1,606	7.70	-2.32
	Christian Heritage	Ernest Chauvet	605	2.90	+1.78
Total valid votes/expense limit			20,844
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Conservative hold		Swing		+5.34
Source: Elections Canada

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Rona Ambrose	43,220	70.23	-7.26	$98,166.59
	Liberal	Travis Dueck	9,586	15.58	+10.11	$258.78
	New Democratic	Guy Desforges	6,166	10.02	-2.95	$7,730.56
	Green	Brendon Greene	1,875	3.05	-0.95	$3,593.60
	Christian Heritage	Ernest Chauvet	690	1.12	–	$10,477.93
Total valid votes/expense limit			61,537	100.00		$222,470.71
Total rejected ballots			157	0.25	–
Turnout			61,694	70.91	–
Eligible voters			86,994
	Conservative hold		Swing		-8.68
Source: Elections Canada^[13]^[14]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[15]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	33,791	77.49
	New Democratic	5,655	12.97
	Liberal	2,384	5.47
	Green	1,742	3.99
	Libertarian	35	0.08

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.

References

1. Statistics Canada: 2017
2. Report – Alberta
3. "Government Bill (House of Commons) C-37 (41-2) - Third Reading - Riding Name Change Act, 2014 - Parliament of Canada".
4. "Census Profile, 2016 Census, Statistics Canada - Validation Error".
5. "Statistics Canada: 2011 National Household Survey Profile". May 8, 2013.
6. "Statistics Canada: 2011 National Household Survey Profile". May 8, 2013.
7. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
8. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
9. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
10. "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
11. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
12. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
13. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Sturgeon River—Parkland (Validated results)". Elections Canada. October 24, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
14. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
15. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections