Edmonton Strathcona

{{short description|Federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada}} {{about|the modern federal electoral district|the provincial riding|Edmonton-Strathcona (provincial electoral district)}} {{other uses|Strathcona (disambiguation)#Canadian electoral districts}} {{Use Canadian English|date=October 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox Canada electoral district | province = Alberta | image = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|from=Canadian federal electoral districts/2025/Edmonton Strathcona.map|frame-latitude=53.52|frame-longitude=-113.45|frame-align=center|frame-height=300|frame-width=400|zoom=11|overlay-horizontal-alignment=right|overlay-vertical-alignment=bottom|overlay=100x100px}} | caption = Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election | fed-status = active | fed-district-number = 48019 | fed-created = 1952 | fed-abolished = | fed-election-first = 1953 | fed-election-last = 2025 | fed-rep = Heather McPherson | fed-rep-party = NDP | demo-pop-ref = <ref>Statistics Canada: 2011</ref> | demo-area-ref = <ref>Statistics Canada: 2011</ref> | demo-electors-ref = | demo-census-date = 2016 | demo-pop = 106066 | demo-electors = 77,285 | demo-electors-date = 2019 | demo-area = 80 | demo-cd = Division No. 11 | demo-csd = Edmonton (part) }}

'''Edmonton Strathcona''' (formerly known as '''Edmonton—Strathcona''') is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1953. It spans the south-central part of the city of Edmonton. In the periods from 2008 to 2015 and 2019 to 2021, during the 40th, 41st, and 43rd Canadian Parliaments, Edmonton Strathcona was the only federal riding in Alberta not represented by the Conservative Party.

==Geography== Edmonton Strathcona encompasses the neighbourhoods of Allendale, Argyll, Avonmore, Belgravia, Bonnie Doon, Capilano, Cloverdale, Empire Park, Forest Heights, Fulton Place, Garneau, Gold Bar, Grandview Heights, Hazeldean, Holyrood, Idylwylde, Kenilworth, King Edward Park, Lansdowne, Lendrum Place, Malmo Plains, McKernan, Ottewell, Parkallen, Pleasantview, Queen Alexandra Park, Ritchie, Riverdale, Strathcona, Strathearn, Terrace Heights, and Windsor Park.

The riding contains the historic district of Old Strathcona, the University of Alberta, the University of Alberta Campus Saint-Jean and the Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre.

It borders on the federal ridings of Edmonton Centre, Edmonton Griesbach, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, Edmonton Southeast, Edmonton Gateway and Edmonton Riverbend.

This district is bounded:<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Federal Ridings since 1867|url={{CanRiding|ID=202|plainurl=y}}|publisher=Parliament of Canada|access-date=27 March 2011}}</ref> * On the north by the North Saskatchewan River (except for a jog that goes around the neighbourhood of Riverdale, which is north of the river). * On the west by the Whitemud Creek from the North Saskatchewan River to Whitemud Drive. * On the south by Whitemud Drive, from Whitemud Creek to the City Limits. * On the east by Edmonton's City Limits.

===Political geography=== As evidenced by the 2008 and 2011 elections, this riding is heavily polarized between more urban New Democratic Party (NDP) voters concentrated in the northwest of the riding and suburban Conservative voters concentrated in the south and east.

The NDP picked up this seat in 2008 for the first time in its history, when Edmonton lawyer Linda Duncan defeated Tory incumbent Rahim Jaffer, thanks to a consolidation of non-Conservative votes. They have retained the riding since and it has established itself as clearly the most left-leaning riding in Alberta. Since the 2021 federal election, Edmonton-Strathcona has been the safest NDP seat in all of Canada.

==Demographics== :''According to the 2011 Canadian census; 2013 representation<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=48019&Geo2=PR&Code2=48&Data=Count&SearchText=Edmonton%20Strathcona&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1|title = 2011 Census Profile|date = February 8, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=48019&Data=Count&SearchText=Edmonton%20Strathcona&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1|title = Statistics Canada: 2011 National Household Survey Profile| date=May 8, 2013 }}</ref>''

'''Languages:''' 77.3% English, 3.8% French, 3.5% Chinese, 2.5% German, 1.5% Ukrainian, 1.3% Spanish, 1.3% Tagalog '''Religions:''' 52.8% Christian (22.1% Catholic, 5.6% United Church, 3.5% Lutheran, 3.5% Anglican, 2.2% Baptist, 2.0% Christian Orthodox, 1.1% Pentecostal, 13.0% Other), 2.5% Muslim, 1.2% Hindu, 1.1% Buddhist, 40.6% No religion '''Median income (2010):''' $35,026 '''Average income (2010):''' $46,710

{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable" |+ Panethnic groups in Edmonton Strathcona (2011−2021) ! rowspan="2" |Panethnic group ! colspan="2" |2021<ref name="2021censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title= Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Edmonton%20Strathcona&DGUIDlist=2013A000448019&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref> ! colspan="2" |2016<ref name="2016census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2021-10-27 |title= Census Profile, 2016 Census |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED&Code1=48019&Geo2=PR&Code2=48&SearchText=Edmonton%20Strathcona&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref> ! colspan="2" |2011<ref name="2011census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2015-11-27 |title= NHS Profile |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=48019&Data=Count&SearchText=Edmonton%20Strathcona&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref> |- !{{abbr|Pop.|Population}} !{{Abbr|%|percentage}} !{{abbr|Pop.|Population}} !{{Abbr|%|percentage}} !{{abbr|Pop.|Population}} !{{Abbr|%|percentage}} |- | European{{efn|Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.|name=euro}} | 71,690 | {{Percentage | 71690 | 100635 | 2 }} | 75,835 | {{Percentage | 75835 | 102695 | 2 }} | 79,705 | {{Percentage | 79705 | 100585 | 2 }} |- | East Asian{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.|name=EastAsian}} | 6,895 | {{Percentage | 6895 | 100635 | 2 }} | 7,240 | {{Percentage | 7240 | 102695 | 2 }} | 5,565 | {{Percentage | 5565 | 100585 | 2 }} |- | Indigenous | 6,305 | {{Percentage | 6305 | 100635 | 2 }} | 5,405 | {{Percentage | 5405 | 102695 | 2 }} | 4,320 | {{Percentage | 4320 | 100585 | 2 }} |- | South Asian | 4,855 | {{Percentage | 4855 | 100635 | 2 }} | 4,150 | {{Percentage | 4150 | 102695 | 2 }} | 2,825 | {{Percentage | 2825 | 100585 | 2 }} |- | Southeast Asian{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.|name=SoutheastAsian}} | 3,615 | {{Percentage | 3615 | 100635 | 2 }} | 3,655 | {{Percentage | 3655 | 102695 | 2 }} | 2,925 | {{Percentage | 2925 | 100585 | 2 }} |- | African | 2,410 | {{Percentage | 2410 | 100635 | 2 }} | 2,335 | {{Percentage | 2335 | 102695 | 2 }} | 1,505 | {{Percentage | 1505 | 100585 | 2 }} |- | Middle Eastern{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.|name=MiddleEastern}} | 2,180 | {{Percentage | 2180 | 100635 | 2 }} | 1,955 | {{Percentage | 1955 | 102695 | 2 }} | 1,840 | {{Percentage | 1840 | 100585 | 2 }} |- | Latin American | 1,500 | {{Percentage | 1500 | 100635 | 2 }} | 1,385 | {{Percentage | 1385 | 102695 | 2 }} | 1,185 | {{Percentage | 1185 | 100585 | 2 }} |- | Other/Multiracial{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, {{abbr|n.i.e.|not included elsewhere}}" and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.|name=Other}} | 1,190 | {{Percentage | 1190 | 100635 | 2 }} | 735 | {{Percentage | 735 | 102695 | 2 }} | 730 | {{Percentage | 730 | 100585 | 2 }} |- ! Total responses ! 100,635 ! {{Percentage | 100635 | 102188 | 2 }} ! 102,695 ! {{Percentage | 102695 | 106066 | 2 }} ! 100,585 ! {{Percentage | 100585 | 103183 | 2 }} |- ! Total population ! 102,188 ! {{Percentage | 102188 | 102188 | 2 }} ! 106,066 ! {{Percentage | 106066 | 106066 | 2 }} ! 103,183 ! {{Percentage | 103183 | 103183 | 2 }} |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="15" |{{small|Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.}} |}

==History== The Strathcona riding dates back to Territorial times (see Strathcona (federal electoral district). It was represented by Liberal MPs, then a Liberal MP who after election became a Unionist, then became a Conservative), and a United Farmer of Alberta MP in that early incarnation. (This riding was abolished in 1924, and its area was split among the Edmonton East, Edmonton West and Vegreville ridings.)

The electoral district of Edmonton—Strathcona (later Edmonton Strathcona) was created in 1952 from Edmonton East and Edmonton West ridings.

Edmonton—Strathcona gained territory from Edmonton East and was renamed "Edmonton Strathcona" during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

===Historical boundaries===

{{Gallery | title = | align = center | footer = | style = | state = | height = | width = | captionstyle = | File: 195248008 Edmonton--Strathcona.svg | 1952 representation order | File: 196648009 Edmonton--Strathcona.svg | 1966 representation order | File: 197648012 Edmonton--Strathcona.svg | 1976 representation order | File: 198748015 Edmonton-Strathcona.svg | 1987 representation order | File: 199648014 Edmonton--Strathcona.svg | 1996 representation order | File: 200348018 Edmonton Strathcona.svg | 2003 representation order | File: 201348019 Edmonton Strathcona.svg | 2013 representation order }}

===Members of Parliament===

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

{{CanMP}} {{CanMP nodata|Edmonton—Strathcona ''Riding created from'' Edmonton East ''and'' Edmonton West}} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1953 | ToYr = 1957 | Assembly# =22 | CanParty = Liberal | RepName = Richmond Francis Hanna | RepTerms# = 1 | PartyTerms# = 1 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1957 | ToYr = 1958 | Assembly# = 23 | CanParty = Social Credit | RepName = Sydney Herbert Thompson | RepTerms# = 1 | PartyTerms# = 1 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1958 | ToYr = 1962 | Assembly# = 24 | CanParty = PC | RepName = Terry Nugent | RepTerms# = 4 | PartyTerms# = 4 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1962 | ToYr = 1963 | Assembly# = 25 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1963 | ToYr = 1965 | Assembly# = 26 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1965 | ToYr = 1968 | Assembly# = 27 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1968 | ToYr = 1972 | Assembly# = 28 | CanParty = Liberal | RepName = Hu Harries | RepTerms# = 1 | PartyTerms# = 1 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1972 | ToYr = 1974 | Assembly# = 29 | CanParty = PC | RepName = Douglas Roche | RepLink = Doug Roche | RepTerms# = 2 | PartyTerms# = 6 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1974 | ToYr = 1979 | Assembly# = 30 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1979 | ToYr = 1980 | Assembly# = 31 | RepName = David Kilgour | RepLink = David Kilgour | RepTerms# = 3 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1980 | ToYr = 1984 | Assembly# = 32 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1984 | ToYr = 1988 | Assembly# = 33

}} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1988 | ToYr = 1993 | Assembly# = 34 | RepName = Scott Thorkelson | RepTerms# = 1 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1993 | ToYr = 1997 | Assembly# = 35 | CanParty = Reform | RepName = Hugh Hanrahan | RepTerms# = 1 | PartyTerms# = 2 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1997 | ToYr = 2000{{#tag:ref|The Reform Party merged with the Canadian Alliance on 27 March 2000.|group=nb}} | Assembly# = 36 | RepName = Rahim Jaffer | RepTerms# = 6 | PartyTerms# = 1 | #ByElections = 1 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 2000 | ToYr = 2000 | CanParty = Canadian Alliance | PartyTerms# = 2 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 2000 | ToYr = 2003{{#tag:ref|The Canadian Alliance merged with the Progressive Conservatives to form the Conservative Party on 8 December 2003.|group=nb}} | Assembly# = 37 | #ByElections = 1 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 2003 | ToYr = 2004 | CanParty = Conservative | PartyTerms# = 3 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 2004 | ToYr = 2006 | Assembly# = 38 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 2006 | ToYr = 2008 | Assembly# = 39 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 2008 | ToYr = 2011 | Assembly# = 40 | CanParty = NDP | RepName = Linda Duncan | RepTerms# = 2 | PartyTerms# = 2 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 2011 | ToYr = 2015 | Assembly# = 41 }} {{CanMP nodata|Edmonton Strathcona}} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 2015 | ToYr = 2019 | Assembly# = 42 | CanParty = NDP | RepName = Linda Duncan | RepTerms# = 1 | PartyTerms# = 4 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 2019 | ToYr = 2021 | Assembly# = 43 | RepName = Heather McPherson | RepTerms# = 3 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 2021 | ToYr = 2025 | Assembly# = 44 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr= 2025 | ToYr = | Assembly# = 45 }} {{CanMP end}}

===Current member of Parliament=== The current member of Parliament is Heather McPherson of the New Democratic Party who was first elected in the 2019 federal election and re-elected in the 2021 federal election. Winning 61% of the district vote in 2021, McPherson holds the largest margin of victory among elected NDP MPs in the 44th parliament.

==Election results== {{Image frame | width = 900 | content = {{Chart|definition=Election results in Edmonton—Strathcona and Edmonton Strathcona.chart|data=Election results in Edmonton—Strathcona and Edmonton Strathcona.tab|Width=700}} | caption=Graph of election results in Edmonton—Strathcona, Edmonton Strathcona (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted) | align=center }}

===Edmonton Strathcona (2013–present)=== {{Image frame | width = 900 | content = {{Chart|definition=Election results in Edmonton Strathcona.chart|data=Election results in Edmonton Strathcona.tab|Width=400}} | caption=Graph of election results in Edmonton Strathcona (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted) | align=center }}

{{2025 Canadian federal election/Edmonton Strathcona}} {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="4" | 2021 federal election redistributed results<ref>{{Cite web| title=Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders|url=https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=rep/tra/2023rep&document=index&lang=e|access-date=9 April 2024|website=Elections Canada}}</ref> |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | % |- | {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} |   | New Democratic ||align=right| 32,556 ||align=right| 57.95 |- | {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} |   | Conservative ||align=right| 15,040 ||align=right| 26.77 |- | {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} |   | Liberal ||align=right| 5,068 ||align=right| 9.02 |- | {{Canadian party colour|CA|PPC|background}} |   | People's ||align=right| 2,539 ||align=right| 4.52 |- | {{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} |   | Green ||align=right| 701 ||align=right| 1.25 |- | {{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|background}} |   | Others ||align=right| 273 ||align=right| 0.49 |} {{2021 Canadian federal election/Edmonton Strathcona}} {{2019 Canadian federal election/Edmonton Strathcona}} {{2015 Canadian federal election/Edmonton Strathcona}} {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="4" | 2011 federal election redistributed results<ref>[http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?riding=2114 Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections]</ref> |- ! width="130" bgcolor="#ddddff" colspan="2" | Party ! width="50" bgcolor="#ddddff" | Vote ! width="30" bgcolor="#ddddff" | % |- | {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} |   | New Democratic ||align=right| 26,753 ||align=right| 53.71 |- | {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} |   | Conservative ||align=right| 20,084 ||align=right| 40.32 |- | {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} |   | Liberal ||align=right| 1,422 ||align=right| 2.85 |- | {{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} |   | Green ||align=right| 1,165 ||align=right| 2.34 |- | {{Canadian party colour|CA|Independents|background}} |   | Others ||align=right| 384 ||align=right| 0.77 |}

===Edmonton—Strathcona (1952-2013)=== {{Image frame | width = 900 | content = {{Chart|definition=Election results in Edmonton—Strathcona.chart|data=Election results in Edmonton—Strathcona.tab|Width=700}} | caption=Graph of election results in Edmonton—Strathcona (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted) | align=center }} {{2011 Canadian federal election/Edmonton—Strathcona}} {{2008 Canadian federal election/Edmonton—Strathcona}} {{2006 Canadian federal election/Edmonton—Strathcona}} {{2004 Canadian federal election/Edmonton—Strathcona}} {{2000 Canadian federal election/Edmonton—Strathcona}} {{1997 Canadian federal election/Edmonton—Strathcona}} {{1993 Canadian federal election/Edmonton—Strathcona}} {{1988 Canadian federal election/Edmonton—Strathcona}} {{1984 Canadian federal election/Edmonton—Strathcona}} {{1980 Canadian federal election/Edmonton—Strathcona}} {{1979 Canadian federal election/Edmonton—Strathcona}} {{1974 Canadian federal election/Edmonton—Strathcona}} {{1972 Canadian federal election/Edmonton—Strathcona}} {{1968 Canadian federal election/Edmonton—Strathcona}} {{1965 Canadian federal election/Edmonton—Strathcona}} {{1963 Canadian federal election/Edmonton—Strathcona}} {{1962 Canadian federal election/Edmonton—Strathcona}} {{1958 Canadian federal election/Edmonton—Strathcona}} {{1957 Canadian federal election/Edmonton—Strathcona}} {{1953 Canadian federal election/Edmonton—Strathcona}}

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==References== *{{SCref|unit=fed|name=2011fed|access-date=2011-03-06|48018}} {{reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060222033952/http://www.ddsi.info/wiki/index.php/Edmonton%E2%80%94Strathcona 2006 Election Resource wiki] * {{CanRiding|ID=15206|name=Edmonton Strathcona}} * [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/webpep/fin2/summary_report.aspx Expenditures - 2008] * [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/webpep/fin/select_election.aspx?entity=1&lang=e Expenditures - 2004] * [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/ecCandidates2/Default.asp?L=E&Page=SearchByEdResult&DB=AsSubmitted&EL=226&ST=ED&ID=48014 Expenditures - 2000] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060929195238/http://www.elections.ca/eccandidates/district.asp?ran=2008.092&objectType=district&action=provinces&ul=1&ElectionID=191 Expenditures - 1997] * [http://www.elections.ca/ Elections Canada]

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