Red Deer—Mountain View

Federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada

Alberta electoral district

Red Deer—Mountain View in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.

Federal electoral district

Legislature

House of Commons

Earl Dreeshen
Conservative

District created

2013

First contested

2015

Last contested

2021

District webpage

profile, map

Demographics

Population (2011)^[1]

110,793

Electors (2019)

89,098

Area (km²)^[2]

7,659

Pop. density (per km²)

14.5

Census division(s)

Division No. 6, Division No. 8

Census subdivision(s)

Carstairs, Didsbury, Innisfail, Mountain View, Olds, Penhold, Red Deer, Red Deer County, Sundre

Red Deer—Mountain View is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.

Red Deer—Mountain View 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 October 2015.^[3] It was created mostly out of the southern half of Red Deer, including downtown, combined with small portions of Crowfoot and Wild Rose.^[4]

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Red Deer—Mountain View (2011−2021)
Panethnic group	2021^[5]		2016^[6]		2011^[7]
Panethnic group	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European^[a]	99,225	84.97%	101,180	87.35%	97,445	90.55%
Indigenous	6,585	5.64%	5,365	4.63%	4,255	3.95%
Southeast Asian^[b]	4,560	3.9%	3,725	3.22%	2,010	1.87%
South Asian	1,820	1.56%	1,290	1.11%	1,000	0.93%
East Asian^[c]	1,340	1.15%	1,375	1.19%	1,095	1.02%
African	1,135	0.97%	1,170	1.01%	685	0.64%
Latin American	975	0.83%	925	0.8%	565	0.53%
Middle Eastern^[d]	510	0.44%	545	0.47%	185	0.17%
Other/multiracial^[e]	620	0.53%	260	0.22%	365	0.34%
Total responses	116,780	96.72%	115,830	97.32%	107,610	97.13%
Total population	120,739	100%	119,019	100%	110,793	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 the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years		Party
Red Deer—Mountain View Riding created from Crowfoot, Red Deer, and Wild Rose
42nd	2015–2019	Earl Dreeshen	Conservative
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Election results

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

Graph of election results in Red Deer—Mountain View (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2021 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Earl Dreeshen	40,680	64.2	-16.0	$46,423.78
	New Democratic	Marie Grabowski	8,826	13.9	+6.6	$1,984.50
	People's	Kelly Lorencz	7,581	12.0	+8.1	$15,849.66
	Liberal	Olumide Adewumi	4,084	6.4	+0.8	$3,861.08
	Maverick	Mark Wilcox	1,640	2.6	N/A	$10,797.74
	Independent	Clayten Willington	298	0.5	N/A	$0.00
	Libertarian	Jared Pilon	211	0.3	N/A	$1,193.15
Total valid votes/Expense limit			63,320	99.6	–	$117,712.35
Total rejected ballots			278	0.4
Turnout			63,598	71.1
Eligible voters			89,505
	Conservative hold		Swing		-11.3
Source: Elections Canada^[8]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Earl Dreeshen	54,765	80.2	+5.87	$94,327.90
	New Democratic	Logan Garbanewski	4,946	7.3	-1.11	none listed
	Liberal	Gary Tremblay	3,795	5.6	-7.83	$2,038.71
	People's	Paul Mitchell	2,637	3.9	-	$15,053.69
	Green	Conner Borlé	2,026	3.0	+0.39	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			68,169	100.0
Total rejected ballots			278
Turnout			68,447	76.8
Eligible voters			89,098
	Conservative hold		Swing		+3.49
Source: Elections Canada^[9]^[10]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Earl Dreeshen	46,245	74.33	-5.04	$75,604.03
	Liberal	Chandra Lescia Kastern	8,356	13.43	+9.89	$9,454.54
	New Democratic	Paul Harris	5,233	8.41	-3.49	$13,948.08
	Green	Simon Oleny	1,621	2.61	-2.44	–
	Libertarian	James Walper	445	0.72	–	$1,554.01
	Pirate	Scott Milne	312	0.50	–	$155.90
Total valid votes/expense limit			62,212	100.00		$225,554.46
Total rejected ballots			135	0.22	–
Turnout			62,347	71.88	–
Eligible voters			86,737
	Conservative hold		Swing		-7.46
Source: Elections Canada^[11]^[12]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[13]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	37,507	79.37
	New Democratic	5,626	11.91
	Green	2,384	5.04
	Liberal	1,673	3.54
	Others	65	0.14

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.

References

^ Statistics Canada: 2012
^ Statistics Canada: 2012
^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
^ Report – Alberta
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
^ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Red Deer—Mountain View (Validated results)". Elections Canada. October 22, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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