Edmonton—Leduc

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Edmonton—Leduc

Alberta electoral district
Edmonton—Leduc in relation to other federal electoral districts in Edmonton
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		James Rajotte Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	116,986
Electors (2006)	83,677
Area (km²)	415
Pop. density (per km²)	281.9
Census divisions	Division No. 11
Census subdivisions	Edmonton, Leduc, Leduc County, Devon

Edmonton—Leduc is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 2.1 Member of Parliament 2.2 Current Member of Parliament 3 Elections results 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Geography

The district includes the southwestern portion of Edmonton, the Town of Devon and the City of Leduc and its vicinity.

[edit] History

The electoral district was created in 2003 as a result of the creation of two extra Alberta seats. It is composed from the following previous ridings: 55.5% from Edmonton Southwest, 20.9% from Edmonton-Strathcona and 23.6% from Wetaskiwin.

[edit] Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

• 2004-present: James Rajotte - Conservative - He previously represented Edmonton Southwest.

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is James Rajotte, a former executive assistant. He was first elected to Parliament in the 2000 election. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada. He is the Conservative critic of Industry.

[edit] Elections results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Rajotte	33,764
	Liberal	Jim Jacuta	10,856
	New Democrat	Martin Rybiak	7,685
	Green	Ben Morrison Pettit	3,479

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	James Rajotte	26,791	55.04%		$54,847
	Liberal	Bruce King	14,269	29.31%		$46,445
	New Democratic Party	Doug McLachlan	4,581	9.41%		$7,563
	Green	Bruce Sinclair	3,029	6.22%		$107
Total valid votes			48,670	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			111	0.23%
Turnout			48,781	65.08%

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Expenditures - 2004
• Website of the Parliament of Canada

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