Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont

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Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont

Alberta electoral district
[[Image: Edmonton St. Albert Sherwood Park East Centre Spruce Grove Strathcona Leduc Mill Woods Beaumont |200px]] Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont in relation to other federal electoral districts in Edmonton
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Mike Lake Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	112,919
Electors (2006)	75,171
Area (km²)	175
Pop. density (per km²)	645.3
Census divisions	Division No. 11
Census subdivisions	Edmonton, Leduc County, Beaumont

Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont (formerly known as Edmonton—Beaumont) 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 Members of Parliament 2.2 Current Member of Parliament 3 Elections results 3.1 Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont, 2006 - present 3.2 Edmonton—Beaumont, 2004 - 2006 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Geography

Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont includes the neighbourhoods of Tweedle Place, Michaels Park, Richfield, Lee Ridge, Tipaskan, Kameyosek, Meyonohk, Satoo, Ekota, Menisa, Greenview, Hillview, Tawa, Meyokumin, Sakaw, Jackson Heights, Kiniski Gargens, Flynn Dell, Minchau, Weinlos, Bisset, Daly Grove, Pollard Meadows, Crawford Plains, Larkspur, The Meadows, Wildrose, Ellerslie, Wernerville and Meadows Area in the City of Edmonton, the Town of Beaumont and the small part of Leduc County that is located between Edmonton and Beaumont. The area of the district is 175 km².

[edit] History

The electoral district was created as "Edmonton—Beaumont" in 2003 from the vast majority of Edmonton Southeast, a small part of Wetaskiwin, and a fraction of Elk Island.

In 2004, it was re-named "Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont".

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

1. 2004-2006: David Kilgour, Liberal (1991-2005), Independent (2005-2006) - He previously represented Edmonton Southeast and Edmonton—Strathcona.
2. 2006-present: Mike Lake, Conservative

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament (MP) is Mike Lake.

[edit] Elections results

[edit] Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont, 2006 - present

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mike Lake	27,191	58.6%	+16.1%	$67,482
	Liberal	Amarjit Grewal	9,809	21.1%	-21.7%	$73,522
	New Democratic Party	Neal Gray	6,749	14.6%	+4.9%	$10,297
	Green	Kate Harrington	2,073	4.5%	-0.2%	$1,347
	Independent	Kyle McLeod	477	1.0%	N/A	$8,055
	Communist	Naomi Rankin	85	0.2%	-0.1%	$280
Total valid votes			46,384	100.0%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			46,384	62.3%

Note: These are preliminary results. The numbers may change slightly upon validation.

[edit] Edmonton—Beaumont, 2004 - 2006

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	David Kilgour	17,555	42.8%		$65,152
	Conservative	Tim Uppal	17,421	42.5%		$66,701
	New Democratic Party	Paul Reikie	3,975	9.7%		$4,138
	Green	Michael Garfinkle	1,911	4.7%		$788
	Communist	Naomi Rankin	135	0.3%		$751
Total valid votes			40,997	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			181	0.44%
Turnout			41,178	59.67%

[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 (2003 - 2004)
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile (2004 - present)
• Expenditures - 2004
• Website of the Parliament of Canada

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