Yellowhead (electoral district)

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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,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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)
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Panethnic group	[[Population\|Template:Abbr]]	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr
European Template:Efn	79,195	Template:Percentage	82,715	Template:Percentage	84,470	Template:Percentage
Indigenous	12,100	Template:Percentage	12,060	Template:Percentage	10,130	Template:Percentage
Southeast Asian Template:Efn	2,625	Template:Percentage	1,820	Template:Percentage	1,170	Template:Percentage
South Asian	745	Template:Percentage	520	Template:Percentage	265	Template:Percentage
East Asian Template:Efn	720	Template:Percentage	615	Template:Percentage	390	Template:Percentage
African	595	Template:Percentage	540	Template:Percentage	315	Template:Percentage
Latin American	215	Template:Percentage	310	Template:Percentage	150	Template:Percentage
Middle Eastern Template:Efn	200	Template:Percentage	185	Template:Percentage	170	Template:Percentage
Other/multiracial Template:Efn	175	Template:Percentage	305	Template:Percentage	200	Template:Percentage
Total responses	96,575	Template:Percentage	99,070	Template:Percentage	97,255	Template:Percentage
Total population	99,218	Template:Percentage	101,984	Template:Percentage	98,855	Template:Percentage
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Riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of political parties:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Party		Association name	CEO	HQ city Template:Canadian party colour	Yellowhead Conservative Association	Gerald Ingeveld	Rocky View Template:Canadian party colour	Yellowhead Federal Liberal Association	Joseph Kyle Pynch	Canmore Template:Canadian party colour	Yellowhead Federal NDP Riding Association	Avni Soma	Canmore

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

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Election results

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2021 federal election redistributed results<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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<ref>Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections Template:Webarchive</ref>
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