Airdrie—Cochrane (federal electoral district)
 Alberta electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Interactive map of riding boundaries | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Conservative | ||
| District created | 2023 | ||
| First contested | 2025 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2021)[1] | 115,230 | ||
| Census division(s) | Division No. 6 | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Airdrie, Rocky View (part), Cochrane | ||
Airdrie—Cochrane is a federal electoral district in Calgary Metropolitan Region, Alberta, Canada. It came into effect upon the call of the 2025 Canadian federal election, following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution.[2]
Demographics
[edit]According to the 2021 Canadian census[3]
Languages: 86.9% English, 2.5% French, 1.5% Tagalog, 1.4% Spanish, 1.3% Punjabi
Religions: 47.8% Christian (18.0% Catholic, 4.1% United Church, 2.7% Anglican, 1.7% Lutheran, 1.4% Baptist, 1.3% Pentecostal, 1.2% Latter Day Saints, 17.3% Other), 46.2% No religion, 2.4% Muslim, 1.7% Sikh
Median income: $50,800 (2020)
Average income: $65,600 (2020)
| Panethnic group | 2021 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | |||||||||||||
| European[a] | 89,940 | 78.79% | ||||||||||||
| Indigenous | 5,360 | 4.7% | ||||||||||||
| South Asian | 4,955 | 4.34% | ||||||||||||
| Southeast Asian[b] | 4,230 | 3.71% | ||||||||||||
| African | 3,910 | 3.43% | ||||||||||||
| Latin American | 1,910 | 1.67% | ||||||||||||
| East Asian[c] | 1,730 | 1.52% | ||||||||||||
| Middle Eastern[d] | 1,145 | 1% | ||||||||||||
| Other/multiracial[e] | 970 | 0.85% | ||||||||||||
| Total responses | 114,145 | 99.05% | ||||||||||||
| Total population | 115,240 | 100% | ||||||||||||
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. | ||||||||||||||
History
[edit]It was created in 2023 as "Airdrie—Cochrane" from parts of Banff—Airdrie, including the Airdrie, Cochrane, and parts of Rocky View County.
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airdrie—Cochrane Riding created from Banff—Airdrie |
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| 45th | 2025–present | Blake Richards | Conservative | |
Electoral results
[edit]| 2025 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Blake Richards | 50,252 | 71.22 | +11.32 | ||||
| Liberal | Sean Secord | 16,714 | 23.69 | +13.53 | ||||
| New Democratic | Sarah Zagoda | 2,591 | 3.67 | −11.25 | ||||
| Libertarian | David Sabine | 623 | 0.88 | N/A | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Christopher Bell | 380 | 0.54 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 70,560 | 99.36 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 457 | 0.64 | ||||||
| Turnout | 71,017 | 75.40 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 94,181 | |||||||
| Conservative notional hold | Swing | −1.11 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[4][5] | ||||||||
| Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations. | ||||||||
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 33,821 | 59.90 | |
| New Democratic | 8,427 | 14.92 | |
| Liberal | 5,739 | 10.16 | |
| People's | 4,649 | 8.23 | |
| Green | 712 | 1.26 | |
| Others | 3,115 | 5.52 | |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Statistics Canada: 2021
- ^ "New Federal Electoral Map for Alberta".
- ^ "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Airdrie--Cochrane [Federal electoral district (2023 Representation Order)], Alberta". Statistics Canada. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
- ^ "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
- ^ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
- ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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.
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