Peace River—Westlock Explained

Province:Alberta
Fed-Status:active
Fed-District-Number:48028
Fed-Created:2013
Fed-Election-First:2015
Fed-Election-Last:2021
Fed-Rep:Arnold Viersen
Fed-Rep-Party:Conservative
Demo-Pop-Ref:[1]
Demo-Area-Ref:[2]
Demo-Census-Date:2011
Demo-Pop:108095
Demo-Electors:73,809
Demo-Electors-Date:2019
Demo-Area:105095
Demo-Cd:Division No. 13, Division No. 17, Division No. 18, Division No. 19
Demo-Csd:Barrhead, Barrhead No. 11, Big Lakes, Greenview No. 16, Mackenzie, Peace River, Slave Lake, Westlock, Westlock County, Whitecourt

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

Peace River—Westlock 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 19, 2015. It was created out of parts of Peace River, Fort McMurray—Athabasca, Yellowhead, and Westlock—St. Paul.

Conservative Arnold Viersen, a former mechanic, has been the riding's MP since 2015.

Demographics

Panethnic group! colspan="2"
2021[3] 2016[4] 2011[5]
European74,20577,43579,005
Indigenous23,36524,32522,525
Southeast Asian3,7002,3551,360
South Asian905620515
African790645200
East Asian595775520
Middle Eastern365225190
Latin American205190335
Other/multiracial16016080
Total responses104,300106,720104,745
Total population107,223109,965108,095

Members of Parliament

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

Profile

This riding is a typical conservative stronghold riding. There are several ridings in Alberta that the Conservative Party of Canada realistically expects to win, and this is one of them. However, the northern portion of the riding is less strongly conservative than the rest, with pockets of support for the NDP. Historically, this riding has been always right-leaning, with support beginning toward the old Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, shifting toward the right-populist Reform Party after the time of prime minister Brian Mulroney, and then held by the new Conservative Party of Canada since the unification of the Progressive Conservatives and Canadian Alliance in 2003.

Election results

2023 representation order

2021 federal election redistributed results[6]
PartyVote%
 30,446 62.65
 6,396 13.16
 6,089 12.53
 2,664 5.48
 364 0.75
 Others 2,635 5.42

2013 representation order

2011 federal election redistributed results[7]
PartyVote%
 28,986 77.81
 4,859 21.10
 1,436 3.85
 1,357 3.64
 Others 616 1.65

Notes and References

  1. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
  2. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
  3. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2022-10-26 . Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population . 2023-09-02 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  4. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2021-10-27 . Census Profile, 2016 Census . 2023-09-02 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  5. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2015-11-27 . NHS Profile . 2023-09-02 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  6. Web site: Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders. 9 April 2024. Elections Canada.
  7. http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?riding=2123 Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections