| Province | Alberta |
|---|---|
| Fed-status | active |
| Fed-district-number | 48014 |
| Fed-created | 2003 |
| Fed-election-first | 2004 |
| Fed-election-last | 2025 |
| Fed-rep | Eleanor Olszewski |
| Fed-rep-party | Liberal |
| Demo-pop-ref | [1] |
| Demo-area-ref | [2] |
| Demo-census-date | 2016 |
| Demo-pop | 109941 |
| Demo-electors | 81,766 |
| Demo-electors-date | 2019 |
| Demo-area | 46 |
| Demo-cd | Division No. 11 |
| Demo-csd | Edmonton (part) |
Edmonton Centre (French: Edmonton-Centre) is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and since 2004.
Geography
The riding is anchored in the heart of Downtown Edmonton. It also includes Spruce Avenue, Rossdale, Central McDougall, Prince Rupert, Wîhkwêntôwin, Queen Mary Park, Westwood, Prince Charles, Sherbrooke, Dovercourt, Woodcroft, Inglewood, Westmount, North Glenora, Glenora, McQueen, Grovenor, Gagnon Estate, Canora, High Park, Crestwood, Jasper Park, Parkview, Laurier Heights, Lynnwood, Patricia Heights, Rio Terrace, and Quesnell Heights.
In geographic terms, Edmonton Centre is bounded by the North Saskatchewan River and Whitemud Drive to the south, 97 Street to the east, Alberta Highway 16 and CN Rail line to the north, and 156 Street to the west.
History
The electoral district was originally created in 1966 from Edmonton East and Edmonton West ridings.
It was abolished in 1976, with parts of it being transferred to Edmonton North, Edmonton East and Edmonton West ridings.
It was re-created in 2003 from Edmonton West, Edmonton Southwest and a small part of Edmonton Centre-East.
Edmonton Centre lost territory to Edmonton West and gained territory from Edmonton—Spruce Grove during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Following the 2022 electoral redistribution, Edmonton Centre gained the neighbourhoods of Athlone, Kensington and Calder from Edmonton Griesbach, as well as the neighbourhoods of Glenwood, Britannia Youngstown and Mayfield from Edmonton West. It lost the remainder of the neighbourhood of McCauley to Edmonton Griesbach and all of its territory south of the Mackenzie Ravine to 95 Avenue to Edmonton West.
Demographics
| Panethnic group | 2021[3] | 2016[4] | 2011[5] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |||||||||
| European[a] | 65,925 | 61.88% | 67,770 | 64.21% | 72,240 | 70.77% | ||||||||
| African | 10,245 | 9.62% | 7,835 | 7.42% | 4,365 | 4.28% | ||||||||
| Indigenous | 8,565 | 8.04% | 7,245 | 6.86% | 6,755 | 6.62% | ||||||||
| Southeast Asian[b] | 7,195 | 6.75% | 7,595 | 7.2% | 7,065 | 6.92% | ||||||||
| East Asian[c] | 5,295 | 4.97% | 5,740 | 5.44% | 5,600 | 5.49% | ||||||||
| South Asian | 4,205 | 3.95% | 3,880 | 3.68% | 2,265 | 2.22% | ||||||||
| Middle Eastern[d] | 1,945 | 1.83% | 2,280 | 2.16% | 1,575 | 1.54% | ||||||||
| Latin American | 1,660 | 1.56% | 1,780 | 1.69% | 1,550 | 1.52% | ||||||||
| Other/Multiracial[e] | 1,495 | 1.4% | 1,430 | 1.35% | 675 | 0.66% | ||||||||
| Total responses | 106,540 | 97.63% | 105,540 | 96% | 102,080 | 96.19% | ||||||||
| Total population | 109,125 | 100% | 109,941 | 100% | 106,121 | 100% | ||||||||
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. | ||||||||||||||
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
Current member of Parliament
Eleanor Olszewski of the Liberal Party has represented the riding in Parliament since the 2025 Canadian federal election.
Election results
Edmonton Centre (2003-present)
| Transposition of 2021 votes to 2022 electoral redistribution[6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | |
| Conservative | 16,146 | 32.60 | |
| Liberal | 15,456 | 31.21 | |
| New Democratic | 15,061 | 30.41 | |
| People's | 2,405 | 4.86 | |
| Green | 56 | 0.11 | |
| Others | 401 | 0.81 | |
| Transposition of 2011 votes to 2012 electoral redistribution[7] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | |
| Conservative | 19,908 | 46.20 | |
| New Democratic | 11,127 | 25.82 | |
| Liberal | 10,226 | 23.73 | |
| Green | 1,534 | 3.56 | |
| Others | 296 | 0.69 | |
See also
- List of Canadian electoral districts
- Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
- Edmonton Centre provincial electoral district
References
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2022-10-26). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2021-10-27). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2015-11-27). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
- ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ "Transposition of Votes – 2013 Representation Order". Elections Canada. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
Notes
- ^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.