Edmonton—Sherwood Park

Edmonton—Sherwood Park
Alberta electoral district
Edmonton St. Albert Sherwood Park East Centre Spruce Grove Strathcona Leduc Mill Woods Beaumont Edmonton–Sherwood Park 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]	136,897
Electors (2011)	89,520
Area (km²)^[2]	306.06
Census divisions	Division No. 11
Census subdivisions	Edmonton, Sherwood Park, Strathcona County, Fort Saskatchewan

Edmonton—Sherwood Park 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.

History

The electoral district was created in 2003 from Elk Island, Edmonton Centre-East and a small part of the Edmonton North riding.

This riding elected the following Member of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from Elk Island, Edmonton Centre-East and Edmonton North
38th	2004–2006	Ken Epp	Conservative
39th	2006–2008	Ken Epp
40th	2008–2011	Tim Uppal
41st	2011–2015	Tim Uppal
Riding dissolved into Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan and Edmonton Manning

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Tim Uppal	24,623	44.66	+8.82	$92,544
	Independent	James Ford	16,263	29.50	-2.95	$43,356
	New Democratic	Mike Scott	7,971	14.46	+1.57	$61
	Liberal	Rick Szostak	4,131	7.49	-3.85	$21,455
	Green	Chris Vallee	1,926	3.49	-3.99	$1,475
	Western Block	Paul St. Laurent	222	0.40	*	$1,689
Total valid votes/Expense limit			55,136	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			148	0.27	-0.01
Turnout			55,284	59.14	+4.05
Eligible voters			93,478	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Tim Uppal	17,628	35.84	-28.13	$85,943
	Independent	James Ford	15,960	32.45	–	$34,907
	New Democratic	Brian LaBelle	6,339	12.89	-1.42	$110
	Liberal	Rick Szostak	5,575	11.34	-3.02	$24,297
	Green	Nina Erfani	3,678	7.48	+0.13	$3,171
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,180	100.00	$90,906
Total rejected ballots			139	0.28
Turnout			49,319	55.09

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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