Edmonton—Spruce Grove

Edmonton—Spruce Grove
Alberta electoral district
Edmonton St. Albert Sherwood Park East Centre Spruce Grove Strathcona Leduc Mill Woods Beaumont Edmonton–Spruce Grove 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)^[1]	151,389
Electors (2011)	99,397
Area (km²)^[2]	1,009.36
Census divisions	Division No. 11
Census subdivisions	Edmonton, Parkland County, Spruce Grove, Stony Plain

Edmonton—Spruce Grove 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.

The electoral district was created in 2003 from St. Albert, Edmonton Southwest and Edmonton West ridings and abolished in 2013 into Edmonton West, Sturgeon River—Parkland and Edmonton Centre.

Member of Parliament

This riding elected the following Member of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from St. Albert, Edmonton Southwest and Edmonton West
38th	2004–2006	Rona Ambrose	Conservative
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
Riding dissolved into Sturgeon River—Parkland, Edmonton West and Edmonton Centre

Its only Member of Parliament for the duration of the riding's existence was Rona Ambrose, a former columnist and communication consultant, who was first elected to Parliament in the 2004 election as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. She served as the Minister of Public Works and Government Services, Minister of the Environment, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Minister of Labour, Minister responsible for the Status of Women, Minister of Western Economic Diversification, President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, and Minister of Health most recently. In the 2004-2005 parliamentary session, she served as a member of the Legislative Committee on Bill C-38, Standing Committee on Finance, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade, and the Subcommittee on Fiscal Imbalance of the Standing Committee on Finance.

After the riding was dissolved in 2013, Ambrose went on to seek election in the new riding of Sturgeon River—Parkland in 2015, which she won.

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Rona Ambrose	41,782	71.10	+2.56	$88,882
	New Democratic	Catherine Chaulk-Stokes	9,272	15.78	+3.30	$50
	Liberal	Chris Austin	5,483	9.33	-2.17	$9,593
	Green	Josh Lund	2,232	3.80	-3.68	$0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			58,769	100.00
Total rejected ballots			146	0.25	+0.08
Turnout			58,915	56.53	+3.01
Eligible voters			104,226	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Rona Ambrose	36,402	68.54	+1.71	$94,219
	New Democratic	Barbara Phillips	6,627	12.48	+2.00	$10,939
	Liberal	Chris Austin	6,099	11.50	-5.33	$20,611
	Green	Wendy Walker	3,975	7.48	+1.62
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,103	100.00	$97,141
Total rejected ballots			91	0.17	-0.02
Turnout			53,194	53.52	-9.93
	Conservative hold		Swing		-0.1

Federal ridings in Calgary and Edmonton

Conservative	Calgary Confederation Calgary Forest Lawn Calgary Heritage Calgary Midnapore Calgary Nose Hill Calgary Rocky Ridge Calgary Shepard Calgary Signal Hill Edmonton Griesbach Edmonton Manning Edmonton Riverbend Edmonton West St. Albert—Edmonton

Liberal	Calgary Centre Calgary Skyview Edmonton Centre Edmonton Mill Woods

New Democratic	Edmonton Strathcona

Federal ridings in the Canadian Prairies

Rural Manitoba	Brandon—Souris Churchill—Keewatinook Aski Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa Portage—Lisgar Provencher Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman

Winnipeg	Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley Elmwood—Transcona Kildonan—St. Paul Saint Boniface—Saint Vital Winnipeg Centre Winnipeg North Winnipeg South Winnipeg South Centre

Saskatchewan (South, North)	Battlefords—Lloydminster Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek Cypress Hills—Grasslands Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River Prince Albert Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan Regina—Lewvan Regina—Qu'Appelle Regina—Wascana Saskatoon—Grasswood Saskatoon—University Saskatoon West Souris—Moose Mountain Yorkton—Melville

Rural Alberta	Banff—Airdrie Battle River—Crowfoot Bow River Foothills Fort McMurray—Cold Lake Grande Prairie—Mackenzie Lakeland Lethbridge Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner Peace River—Westlock Red Deer—Lacombe Red Deer—Mountain View Sturgeon River—Parkland Yellowhead

Edmonton and environs	Edmonton Centre Edmonton Griesbach Edmonton Manning Edmonton Mill Woods Edmonton Riverbend Edmonton Strathcona Edmonton West Edmonton—Wetaskiwin St. Albert—Edmonton Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan

Calgary	Calgary Centre Calgary Confederation Calgary Forest Lawn Calgary Heritage Calgary Midnapore Calgary Nose Hill Calgary Rocky Ridge Calgary Shepard Calgary Signal Hill Calgary Skyview

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