Edmonton Mill Woods

For the provincial electoral district of a similar name, see Edmonton-Mill Woods.
Edmonton Mill Woods
Alberta electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 

Amarjeet Sohi
Liberal

District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 106,103
Electors (2015) 73,323
Area (km²)[2] 50
Pop. density (per km²) 2,122.1
Census divisions Division No. 11
Census subdivisions Edmonton

Edmonton Mill Woods is a federal electoral district in Alberta.

Edmonton Mill Woods was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.[3] It was created out of the electoral district of Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont.[4]

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament Years Member Party
Edmonton Mill Woods
Riding created from Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont
42nd  2015–Present     Amarjeet Sohi Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
LiberalAmarjeet Sohi 20,423 41.24 +29.52
ConservativeTim Uppal 20,331 41.06 -17.88
New DemocraticJasvir Deol 6,330 12.78 -12.61
GreenRalph McLean 1,096 2.21 -0.78
IndependentColin Stubbs 560 1.13
LibertarianAllen K.W. Paley 396 0.80
Christian HeritagePeter Downing 285 0.58
CommunistNaomi Rankin 96 0.19
Total valid votes/Expense limit 49,517100.00 $205,073.43
Total rejected ballots 2270.46
Turnout 49,74467.84
Eligible voters 73,323
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +23.70
These results were subject to a judicial recount,[5] and modified from the validated results in accordance with the Judge's rulings. The margin of Sohi over Uppal increased from 79 votes to 92 votes as a result of the recount.[6]
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]
2011 federal election redistributed results[9]
Party Vote %
  Conservative 20,895 58.94
  New Democratic 9,004 25.40
  Liberal 4,157 11.73
  Green 1,061 2.99
  Others 335 0.94

References

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