Edmonton Strathcona

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. As of the 2019 general election, Edmonton Strathcona is the only federal riding in Alberta not held by the Conservative Party, as was previously the case between 2008 and 2015.

Geography

The riding is home to most of Edmonton's francophones. The historic district of Old Strathcona, the University of Alberta, the University of Alberta Campus Saint-Jean 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.
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 concentrated in the northwest of the riding and suburban Conservative voters concentrated 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

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, 2.5% Muslim, 1.2% Hindu, 1.1% Buddhist, 40.6% No religion

Median income : $35,026

Average income : $46,710

History

The electoral district of Strathcona dates back to Territorial times, and was represented by Liberal MPs, then a Unionist/Conservative MP, and a United Farmer of Alberta MP.
The electoral district of "Edmonton -Strathcona" 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 Heather McPherson of the New Democratic Party who was elected in the 2019 federal election.

Election results