Edmonton West (Alberta) 96/338

 Edmonton West (Alberta)

Today we're in western Edmonton with Edmonton West!

Edmonton West has existed as a riding since 1917, however from 1988-1997 and 2004-2015, it was redistributed into other ridings. The population of the riding was 121,869 in 2016. The riding contains the neighbourhoods of Lymburn, Callingwood, and Granville. This riding grew by more than 17,000 people between the 2011 and 2016 census.

Politically, this seat has been pretty consistently Conservative, only being Liberal from 1997-2004 when Anne McLellan's riding was drawn here and was given the name. Historically, this seat was held by third premier of Alberta, Charles Stewart from 1925-1935, four years after his tenure as premier. Despite the Liberals winning a staggering majority in 1935, this was the only Liberal seat in Alberta. This seat is currently represented by Conservative MP Kelly McCauley.

Despite the trajectory of Edmonton provincially, the city is still a Conservative stronghold federally. They still hold 8/11 Greater Edmonton ridings and won the three exurban ones by over 55%. However, they have been knocked down a few pegs. 15 years ago, they held every seat in Edmonton, winning 8/10 seats by over 50%. This election, they were less than 1,900 votes away from holding a bare majority of Edmonton proper seats. In 2019, this seat was 11/34 in Alberta and 295/338 in Canada by margin.

Rating:

Name: 8.6/10 - Usually I'm not a huge fan of cardinal directions, but this is the only one so I will forgive it.

Shape: 5.1/10 - Really not a huge fan, okay shape, but I can't stand the appendage on the west and the south is disgusting to me.

Individuality: 4.1/10 - Historical election results aside, not the most interesting Edmonton riding.

Total: 17.8/30 (59.3%)

Tomorrow we're rounding out our Edmonton adventure with one heck of a large riding, Edmonton—Wetaskiwin!