Edmonton Riverbend (Alberta) 94/338

 Edmonton Riverbend (Alberta)

Today we're in southwest Edmonton with Edmonton Riverbend!

Edmonton Riverbend has existed as a riding since the 2012 redistribution, created from Edmonton—Leduc. The population of the riding was 120,863 in 2016. The riding contains the neighbourhoods of Falconer Heights, Terwillegar Heights, and Kaskitayo. Kaskitayo is actually pretty similar to Mill Woods in the sense that it was developed in the 1970's and contains a good chunk of the riding.

Politically, this seat was the most Conservative in Edmonton proper in 2015, granted St. Albert had a former Conservative MP running as an Independent. In general, the west side of the city is the more Conservative part of the city. In the 2015 provincial election, this was the part of the city where the PC's still performed decently, getting from 22-32% in each provincial riding, which is more than they could say in the rest of the city. This seat is currently represented by Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux.

Speaking of Matt Jeneroux, he has had an interesting political history. He served in the Alberta Legislature from 2012 until his defeat in 2015 from the aforementioned provincial election. He was elected pretty safely in the following federal election, and served in a couple critic portfolios, notably Health Minister, raising concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic in January 2020. He also was named co-chair of the United Conservative Party in 2018. In 2019, this seat was 8/34 in Alberta and 274/338 in Canada by margin.

Rating:

Name: 4.2/10 - Riverbend could be used as an adjective in six Edmonton ridings, I'd really like if they followed Mill Woods and went with Kaskitayo.

Shape: 6.7/10 - Pretty okay, but just okay. Not a huge fan of cutting right through White Mud Park.

Individuality: 4.3/10 - Pretty typical Edmonton riding: Staunch Conservative, leading towards becoming a competitive riding.

Total: 15.2/30 (50.7%)

Tomorrow we're one riding northeast with Edmonton Strathcona!