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Legislature
  
House of Commons

First contested
  
1953

District webpage
  
profile, map

Elector
  
76,160

District created
  
1952

Last contested
  
2015

Province
  
Alberta

Edmonton Strathcona

MP
  
Linda Duncan New Democratic

Census divisions
  
Division No. 11, Alberta, Edmonton

Edmonton Strathcona (formerly known as Edmonton—Strathcona) is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1953. It spans the south central part of the city of Edmonton. Between 2008 and 2015, Edmonton—Strathcona was the only federal riding in Alberta not held by the Conservative Party.

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Geography

The riding is home to most of Edmonton's francophones. The historic district of Old Strathcona, the University of Alberta and the Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre are all located in the riding.

Edmonton–Strathcona encompasses the neighbourhoods of Allendale, Argyll, Avonmore, Belgravia, Bonnie Doon, Capilano, Cloverdale, Empire Park, Forest Heights, Fulton Place, Garneau, Gold Bar, Grandview Heights, Hazeldean, Holyrood, Idylwylde, Kenilworth, King Edward Park, Lansdowne, Lendrum Place, Malmo Plains, McKernan, Ottewell, Parkallen, Pleasantview, Queen Alexandra Park, Ritchie, Riverdale, Strathcona, Strathearn, Terrace Heights, and Windsor Park.

It borders on the federal ridings of Edmonton Centre, Edmonton Griesbach, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, Edmonton Mill Woods, and Edmonton Riverbend.

This district is bounded:

  • On the north by the North Saskatchewan River (except for a jog that goes around the neighbourhood of Riverdale, which is north of the river).
  • On the west by the Whitemud Creek from the North Saskatchewan River to Whitemud Drive.
  • On the south by Whitemud Drive, from Whitemud Creek to the City Limits.
  • On the east by Edmonton's City Limits.

    • Political geography

    As evidenced by the 2008 and 2011 elections, this riding is heavily polarized between more urban NDP voters in the northwest of the riding and suburban Conservative voters in the south and east.

    The NDP picked up this seat in 2008 for the first time in its history, when Edmonton lawyer Linda Duncan defeated Tory incumbent Rahim Jaffer, thanks to a consolidation of non-Conservative votes.

    Demographics

    According to the Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representation

    Ethnic groups: 79.2% White, 4.4% Chinese, 4.3% Aboriginal, 2.8% South Asian, 2.1% Filipino, 1.5% Black, 1.2% Latin American, 1.0% Arab
    Languages: 77.3% English, 3.8% French, 3.5% Chinese, 2.5% German, 1.5% Ukrainian, 1.3% Spanish, 1.3% Tagalog
    Religions: 52.8% Christian (22.1% Catholic, 5.6% United Church, 3.5% Lutheran, 3.5% Anglican, 2.2% Baptist, 2.0% Christian Orthodox, 1.1% Pentecostal, 13.0% Other), 2.5% Muslim, 1.2% Hindu, 1.1% Buddhist, 40.6% No religion
    Median income (2010): $35,026
    Average income (2010): $46,710

    History

    The electoral district was created in 1952 from Edmonton East and Edmonton West ridings.

    "Edmonton—Strathcona" gained territory from Edmonton East and was renamed "Edmonton Strathcona" during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

    Members of Parliament

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

    Current Member of Parliament

    Its Member of Parliament is Linda Duncan of the New Democratic Party who was first elected in the 2008 federal election.

    References

    Edmonton Strathcona Wikipedia
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