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Edmonton—Wetaskiwin

Edmonton—Wetaskiwin
Alberta electoral district
Edmonton–Wetaskiwin 2013 Riding.png
Edmonton—Wetaskiwin in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Mike Lake
Conservative
District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016) 158,749
Electors (2015) 98,502
Area (km²) 4,947
Pop. density (per km²) 32.1
Census divisions Division No. 11
Census subdivisions Beaumont, Devon, Edmonton, Leduc, Leduc County, Millet, Wetaskiwin, Wetaskiwin No. 10

Edmonton—Wetaskiwin is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.

Edmonton—Wetaskiwin 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 19 October 2015. It was created out of parts of Edmonton—Leduc, Wetaskiwin, Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont and Vegreville—Wainwright.

According to the 2016 census Edmonton—Wetaskiwin is the most populated riding in Canada, with more than 54,000 residents more than the national average of 104,000. Its population grew at a rate of 43.5% since the 2011 census (on which the 2013 representation order was based).

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


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