Yellowhead (electoral district)

Yellowhead is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. The district is in west-central Alberta and represents: parts of the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16 including Grande Cache, Improvement District No. 25 (Willmore), the Improvement District No. 12 (Jasper), the Municipality of Jasper, Yellowhead County including Hinton and Edson, Brazeau County including Drayton Valley, Lac Ste. Anne County including Alexis 133, Parkland County, Leduc County, Clearwater County including Big Horn 144A, Sunchild 202, and O'Chiese 203, and Rocky Mountain House.

History

The electoral district was created in 1976 from Rocky Mountain, Athabasca, Edmonton West, Pembina, and Wetaskiwin ridings.

Its first and most high-profile MP was Joe Clark. Clark was Prime Minister of Canada in late 1979 and early 1980. He remained a prominent figure on the Progressive Conservative front bench after losing the premiership, in opposition and as a cabinet minister under Brian Mulroney.

This riding lost territory to Peace River—Westlock and Sturgeon River—Parkland, while gaining territory from Wetaskiwin and Wild Rose, during the 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution.

Following the 2012 redistribution, portions of this electoral district (notably the town of Whitecourt) joined the newly formed riding of Peace River—Westlock while the regions of Leduc County and Rocky Mountain House were added to Yellowhead.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Canadian census

Languages: 90.5% English, 2.6% French, 1.7% German
Religions: 58.5% Christian (20.6% Catholic, 10.3% United Church, 4.3% Anglican, 4.2% Lutheran, 2.1% Baptist, 1.9% Pentecostal, 15.3% Other Christian), 1.0% Traditional Aboriginal Spirituality, 39.7% No religion
Median income (2010): $34,679

Panethnic groups in Yellowhead (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021		2016		2011
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
EuropeanTemplate:Efn	79,195		82,715		84,470
Indigenous	12,100		12,060		10,130
Southeast AsianTemplate:Efn	2,625		1,820		1,170
South Asian	745		520		265
East AsianTemplate:Efn	720		615		390
African	595		540		315
Latin American	215		310		150
Middle EasternTemplate:Efn	200		185		170
Other/multiracialTemplate:Efn	175		305		200
Total responses	96,575		99,070		97,255
Total population	99,218		101,984		98,855
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of political parties:

Party

Association name

CEO

HQ city

Yellowhead Conservative Association

Gerald Ingeveld

Rocky View

Yellowhead Federal Liberal Association

Joseph Kyle Pynch

Canmore

Yellowhead Federal NDP Riding Association

Avni Soma

Canmore

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

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

2021 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
Template:Canadian party colour |	Conservative	35,998	60.23
Template:Canadian party colour |	New Democratic	8,765	14.67
Template:Canadian party colour |	Liberal	6,344	10.62
Template:Canadian party colour |	People's	5,529	9.25
Template:Canadian party colour |	Green	747	1.25
Template:Canadian party colour |	Others	2,381	3.98

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2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
Template:Canadian party colour |	Conservative	31,238	78.07
Template:Canadian party colour |	New Democratic	5,155	12.88
Template:Canadian party colour |	Green	2,136	5.34
Template:Canadian party colour |	Liberal	1,158	2.89
Template:Canadian party colour |	Others	328	0.82

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See also

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

References

• Template:SCref
• Riding history for Yellowhead from the Library of Parliament
• Expenditures - 2008 Template:Webarchive
• Expenditures - 2004 Template:Webarchive
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures - 1997 Template:Webarchive

External links

• Elections Canada Template:Webarchive
• Website of the Parliament of Canada Template:Webarchive
• Federal Electoral District Redistribution report Template:Webarchive