Edmonton Centre

Edmonton Centre (Template:Langx) is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and since 2004.

Geography

The riding is anchored in the heart of Downtown Edmonton. It also includes Spruce Avenue, Rossdale, Central McDougall, Prince Rupert, Wîhkwêntôwin, Queen Mary Park, Westwood, Prince Charles, Sherbrooke, Dovercourt, Woodcroft, Inglewood, Westmount, North Glenora, Glenora, McQueen, Grovenor, Gagnon Estate, Canora, High Park, Crestwood, Jasper Park, Parkview, Laurier Heights, Lynnwood, Patricia Heights, Rio Terrace, and Quesnell Heights.

In geographic terms, Edmonton Centre is bounded by the North Saskatchewan River and Whitemud Drive to the south, 97 Street to the east, Alberta Highway 16 and CN Rail line to the north, and 156 Street to the west.

History

The electoral district was originally created in 1966 from Edmonton East and Edmonton West ridings.

It was abolished in 1976, with parts of it being transferred to Edmonton North, Edmonton East and Edmonton West ridings.

It was re-created in 2003 from Edmonton West, Edmonton Southwest and a small part of Edmonton Centre-East.

Edmonton Centre lost territory to Edmonton West and gained territory from Edmonton—Spruce Grove during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Following the 2022 electoral redistribution, Edmonton Centre will gain the neighbourhoods of Athlone, Kensington and Calder from Edmonton Griesbach, and will gain the neighbourhoods of Glenwood, Britannia Youngstown and Mayfield from Edmonton West. It will lose the remainder of the neighbourhood of McCauley to Edmonton Griesbach, and will lose all of its territory south of the Mackenzie Ravine to 95 Avenue to Edmonton West.

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Edmonton Centre (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021		2016		2011
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
EuropeanTemplate:Efn	65,925		67,770		72,240
African	10,245		7,835		4,365
Indigenous	8,565		7,245		6,755
Southeast AsianTemplate:Efn	7,195		7,595		7,065
East AsianTemplate:Efn	5,295		5,740		5,600
South Asian	4,205		3,880		2,265
Middle EasternTemplate:Efn	1,945		2,280		1,575
Latin American	1,660		1,780		1,550
Other/MultiracialTemplate:Efn	1,495		1,430		675
Total responses	106,540		105,540		102,080
Total population	109,125		109,941		106,121
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 Parliament:

Current member of Parliament

Eleanor Olszewski of the Liberal Party has represented the riding in Parliament since the 2025 Canadian federal election.

Election results

Edmonton Centre (2003-present)

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Graph of election results in Edmonton Centre (2003-present) (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Transposition of 2021 votes to 2022 electoral redistribution
Party		Votes	%
Template:Canadian party colour |	Conservative	16,146	32.60
Template:Canadian party colour |	Liberal	15,456	31.21
Template:Canadian party colour |	New Democratic	15,061	30.41
Template:Canadian party colour |	People's	2,405	4.86
Template:Canadian party colour |	Green	56	0.11
Template:Canadian party colour |	Others	401	0.81

Transposition of 2011 votes to 2012 electoral redistribution
Party		Votes	%
Template:Canadian party colour |	Conservative	19,908	46.20
Template:Canadian party colour |	New Democratic	11,127	25.82
Template:Canadian party colour |	Liberal	10,226	23.73
Template:Canadian party colour |	Green	1,534	3.56
Template:Canadian party colour |	Others	296	0.69

Edmonton Centre (1968–1979)

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Graph of election results in Edmonton Centre (1966-1976) (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
• Edmonton Centre provincial electoral district

References

• Template:SCref
• Riding history for Edmonton Centre (1966 - 1976) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Edmonton Centre (2003 - present) from the Library of Parliament
• Expenditures - 2008
• Expenditures - 2004