Edmonton—Spruce Grove
 Alberta electoral district
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Edmonton–Spruce Grove in relation to other federal electoral districts in Edmonton
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| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 2003 |
| District abolished | 2013 |
| First contested | 2004 |
| Last contested | 2011 |
| District webpage | profile, map |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2011) | 151,389 |
| Electors (2011) | 99,397 |
| Area (km²) | 1,009.36 |
| Census divisions | Division No. 11 |
| Census subdivisions | Edmonton, Parkland County, Spruce Grove, Stony Plain |
Edmonton—Spruce Grove was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015. It was a suburban riding in Edmonton.
The electoral district was created in 2003 from St. Albert, Edmonton Southwest and Edmonton West ridings and abolished in 2013 into Edmonton West, Sturgeon River—Parkland and Edmonton Centre.
This riding elected the following Member of Parliament:
Its only Member of Parliament for the duration of the riding's existence was Rona Ambrose, a former columnist and communication consultant, who was first elected to Parliament in the 2004 election as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. She served as the Minister of Public Works and Government Services, Minister of the Environment, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Minister of Labour, Minister responsible for the Status of Women, Minister of Western Economic Diversification, President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, and Minister of Health most recently. In the 2004-2005 parliamentary session, she served as a member of the Legislative Committee on Bill C-38, Standing Committee on Finance, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade, and the Subcommittee on Fiscal Imbalance of the Standing Committee on Finance.
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