YELLOWHEAD (ELECTORAL DISTRICT)

Profile
''Yellowhead'' in relation to the other Alberta ridings''
Population, 2001	97,993
Electors	68,457
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

'Yellowhead' is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979. The district is in west-central Alberta, and represents the counties of Yellowhead, Woodlands, Lac Ste. Anne, Barrhead, the improvement districts No. 9 (Willmore) and No. 12 (Jasper), the special municipality of Jasper and parts of Greenview, Brazeau, Parkland and Clearwater.

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History

Members of Parliament

Current Member of Parliament

Election results

See also

External links

History

The electoral district was created in 1976 from Rocky Mountain, Athabasca, Edmonton West, Pembina, and Wetaskiwin ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
#1979-1993: Joe Clark, Progressive Conservative
#1993-2000: Cliff Breitkreuz, Reform
#2000-present: Rob Merrifield, Canadian Alliance (2000-2003), Conservative (2003-present)

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Rob Merrifield, a former farmer. He was first elected to Parliament in the 2000 election. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada. In the last parliamentary session, he served as vice-chair on the 'Standing Committee on Health'.

Election results

|-
|Conservative
|Rob Merrifield
|align="right"|26,503
|align="right"|68.61%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$54,539
|Liberal
|Peter Crossley
|align="right"|4,441
|align="right"|11.49%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$10,183
|New Democrat
|Noel Lapierre
|align="right"|4,429
|align="right"|11.46%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$8,611
|Green
|Eric Stieglitz
|align="right"|2,534
|align="right"|6.56%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$2,297
|Christian Heritage
|Jacob Strydhorst
|align="right"|721
|align="right"|1.86%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$13,333
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|38,628
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|96
!align="right"|0.25%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|38,724
!align="right"|56.57%
!align="right"|
|-
|Canadian Alliance
|Rob Merrifield
|align="right"|26,824
|align="right"|66.07%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$40,389
|Liberal
|John Higgerty
|align="right"|6,348
|align="right"|15.63%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$20,093
|Progressive Conservative
|Dale F. Galbraith
|align="right"|5,141
|align="right"|12.66%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$5,162
|New Democrat
|J. Noel Lapierre
|align="right"|1,910
|align="right"|4.70%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$1,369
|No affiliation
|Jacob Strydhorst
|align="right"|371
|align="right"|0.91%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|$8,158
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|40,594
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|151
!align="right"|0.37%
!align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|40,745
!align="right"|60.43%
!align="right"|
|-
|Reform
|Cliff Breitkreuz
|align="right"|22,960
|align="right"|65.95%
|
|align="right"|$49,326
|Liberal
|Nancy Love Crawford
|align="right"|6,318
|align="right"|14.19%
|
|align="right"|$46,729
|Progressive Conservative
|Ross Douglas Pugh
|align="right"|4,383
|align="right"|13.17%
|
|align="right"|$9,515
|New Democrat
|Dennis Atkinson
|align="right"|1,759
|align="right"|4.83%
|
|align="right"|
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|35,420
!align="right"|100.00%
!
!
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|112
!align="right"|0.32%
!
!
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|35,532
!align="right"|56.95%
!
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See also

★ List of Canadian federal electoral districts

★ Alberta federal electoral districts

★ Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

★ Library of Parliament Riding Profile

★ Expenditures - 2004

★ Expenditures - 2000

★ Expenditures - 1997

★ Elections Canada

★ Website of the Parliament of Canada