Foothills (electoral district)

Foothills
Alberta electoral district

Foothills in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 

John Barlow
Conservative

District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 105,515
Electors (2015) 82,380
Area (km²)[2] 20,877
Pop. density (per km²) 5.1
Census divisions Division No. 3, Division No. 6, Division No. 15
Census subdivisions Cardston, Claresholm, Crowsnest Pass, Foothills No. 31, High River, Okotoks, Pincher Creek, Pincher Creek No. 9, Rocky View, Willow Creek No. 26

Foothills is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.[3]

History

Foothills 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 19th, 2015.[4] It was created out of part of Macleod plus very small parts of Lethbridge (Waterton Lakes National Park) and Calgary Southwest (a small section north of Spruce Meadows).

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament Years Member Party
Foothills
Riding created from Calgary Southwest, Lethbridge and Macleod
42nd  2015–Present     John Barlow Conservative

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
ConservativeJohn Barlow 46,166 75.70 -2.12
LiberalTanya MacPherson 8,149 13.36 +9.84
New DemocraticAlison Thompson 3,919 6.43 -3.67
GreenRomy S. Tittel 1,983 3.25 -1.50
LibertarianCory Morgan 424 0.70
Christian HeritageMarc Slingerland 345 0.57
Total valid votes/Expense limit 60,986100.00 $234,738.91
Total rejected ballots 1410.23
Turnout 61,12774.20
Eligible voters 82,380
Conservative hold Swing -5.98
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]
2011 federal election redistributed results[7]
Party Vote %
  Conservative 35,900 77.82
  New Democratic 4,656 10.09
  Green 2,193 4.75
  Liberal 1,624 3.52
  Others 1,758 3.81

References

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