Banff—Airdrie

Banff—Airdrie is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.

Banff—Airdrie

Alberta electoral district
Banff–Airdrie in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Blake Richards Conservative
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	135,762
Electors (2019)	107,281
Area (km²)[2]	12,358.29
Pop. density (per km²)	11
Census divisions	Division No. 6, Division No. 15
Census subdivisions	Airdrie, Banff, Canmore, Cochrane, Crossfield, Rocky View, Stoney 142, 143, 144

Banff—Airdrie 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] The riding was created out of parts of Wild Rose (98%) and Macleod (2%) electoral districts.[4]

Geography

The riding contains the northern and western exurbs of Calgary, and runs west along the Bow River valley and includes all of Banff National Park.

Profile

The Conservative base of support is in the east of the riding, where they dominate Airdrie, the riding's largest community, and Cochrane, as well as the communities bordering Calgary. The Liberals, NDP and Greens all perform better in the western regions of the riding. Canmore was solidly Liberal in the 2015 election and Banff broke heavily for the left of centre parties.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Banff-Airdrie Riding created from Wild Rose and Macleod
42nd	2015–2019		Blake Richards	Conservative
43rd	2019–present

Election results

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

2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Blake Richards	55,504	71.1	+7.73
	Liberal	Gwyneth Midgley	8,425	10.8	-15.28
	New Democratic	Anne Wilson	8,185	10.5	+3.72
	Green	Austin Mullins	3,315	4.2	+0.43
	People's	Nadine Wellwood	2,651	3.4
Total valid votes/Expense limit			78,080	100.0
Total rejected ballots			393
Turnout			78,473	73.1
Eligible voters			107,281
	Conservative hold		Swing		+7.05
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Blake Richards	42,228	63.37	–7.36	$86,619.91
	Liberal	Marlo Raynolds	17,380	26.08	+18.02	$72,801.97
	New Democratic	Joanne Boissonneault	4,521	6.78	–6.29	$17,953.20
	Green	Mike MacDonald	2,509	3.77	–3.98	$3,011.33
Total valid votes/Expense limit			66,638	100.00		$243,369.66
Total rejected ballots			179	0.27	–
Turnout			66,817	73.25	–
Eligible voters			91,222
	Conservative hold		Swing		–12.69
This riding was created from parts of Wild Rose and Macleod, both of which elected Conservative candidates in the 2011 election. Blake Richards was the incumbent from Wild Rose. Changes are based on redistributed results.
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]

2011 federal election redistributed results[9]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	29,938	70.73
	New Democratic	5,534	13.08
	Liberal	3,411	8.06
	Green	3,277	7.74
	Others	165	0.39

References

1. Statistics Canada: 2017
2. Statistics Canada: 2017
3. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
4. Report – Alberta
5. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
6. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
7. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Banff—Airdrie (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
8. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
9. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections