Edmonton—Spruce Grove

Edmonton—Spruce Grove 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.

Edmonton—Spruce Grove

Alberta electoral district
Edmonton St. Albert Sherwood Park East Centre Spruce Grove Strathcona Leduc Mill Woods Beaumont Edmonton–Spruce Grove 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]	151,389
Electors (2011)	99,397
Area (km²)[2]	1,009.36
Census divisions	Division No. 11
Census subdivisions	Edmonton, Parkland County, Spruce Grove, Stony Plain

The electoral district was created in 2003 from St. Albert, Edmonton Southwest and Edmonton West ridings and abolished in 2013 into Edmonton West, Sturgeon River—Parkland and Edmonton Centre.

Member of Parliament

This riding elected the following Member of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from St. Albert, Edmonton Southwest and Edmonton West
38th	2004–2006		Rona Ambrose	Conservative
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
Riding dissolved into Sturgeon River—Parkland, Edmonton West and Edmonton Centre

Its only Member of Parliament for the duration of the riding's existence was Rona Ambrose, a former columnist and communication consultant, who was first elected to Parliament in the 2004 election as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. She served as the Minister of Public Works and Government Services, Minister of the Environment, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Minister of Labour, Minister responsible for the Status of Women, Minister of Western Economic Diversification, President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, and Minister of Health most recently. In the 2004-2005 parliamentary session, she served as a member of the Legislative Committee on Bill C-38, Standing Committee on Finance, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade, and the Subcommittee on Fiscal Imbalance of the Standing Committee on Finance.

After the riding was dissolved in 2013, Ambrose went on to seek election in the new riding of Sturgeon River—Parkland in 2015, which she won.

Election results

2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Rona Ambrose	41,782	71.10	+2.55	$88,882
	New Democratic	Catherine Chaulk-Stokes	9,272	15.78	+3.30	$50
	Liberal	Chris Austin	5,483	9.33	-2.16	$9,593
	Green	Josh Lund	2,232	3.80	-3.69	$0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			58,769	99.75
Total rejected ballots			146	0.25	+0.08
Turnout			58,915	55.79	+2.27
Eligible voters			105,599	–	–
	Conservative hold		Swing		-0.38

2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Rona Ambrose	36,402	68.55	+1.72	$94,219
	New Democratic	Barbara Phillips	6,627	12.48	+2.00	$10,939
	Liberal	Chris Austin	6,099	11.49	-5.34	$20,611
	Green	Wendy Walker	3,975	7.49	+1.63
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,103	99.83	$97,141
Total rejected ballots			91	0.17	-0.02
Turnout			53,194	53.52	-9.93
	Conservative hold		Swing		-0.14

2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Rona Ambrose	38,826	66.83	+6.43	$67,100
	Liberal	Brad Enge	9,776	16.83	-8.75	$17,620
	New Democratic	Jason Rockwell	6,091	10.48	+1.56	$5,315
	Green	John Lackey	3,404	5.86	+0.76	$2,097
Total valid votes			58,097	99.81
Total rejected ballots			109	0.19	-0.02
Turnout			58,206	63.45	+3.12
	Conservative hold		Swing		+7.59

2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Rona Ambrose	30,497	60.40	+1.33	$73,732
	Liberal	Neil Mather	12,912	25.57	-12.21	$63,512
	New Democratic	Hayley Phillips	4,508	8.93	+5.63	$2,802
	Green	Jerry Paschen	2,572	5.09	–	$154
Total valid votes			50,489	99.79
Total rejected ballots			106	0.21
Turnout			50,595	60.33
	Conservative notional hold		Swing		+6.77

Note: Change based on redistributed results. Conservative vote is compared to the total of Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance vote in 2000.

2000 federal election redistributed results[3]
Party		Vote	%
	Canadian Alliance	26,461	55.84
	Liberal	13,762	29.04
	Progressive Conservative	4,577	9.66
	New Democratic	2,298	4.85
	Others	289	0.61

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Alberta federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

References

• "(Code 48017) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
• Riding history for Edmonton—Spruce Grove from the Library of Parliament
• Expenditures - 2008
• Expenditures - 2004

Notes

1. Statistics Canada: 2012
2. Statistics Canada: 2012
3. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections