Bow River
Alberta electoral district
Bow River in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Martin Shields
Conservative
District created2013
First contested2015
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]115,022
Electors (2019)78,944
Area (km²)[2]24,036.47
Pop. density (per km²)4.8
Census division(s)Division No. 2, Division No. 5, Division No. 6
Census subdivision(s)Brooks, Chestermere, Kneehill, Newell, Rocky View, Strathmore, Taber, Taber (MD), Vulcan, Wheatland

Bow River is a federal electoral district in southern Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1968, from 1979 to 1988 and since 2015.

This riding was first created in 1914 from Macleod riding. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Calgary North, Crowfoot, Palliser and Rocky Mountain ridings.

It was re-created in 1976 from parts of Crowfoot, Lethbridge, Palliser and Rocky Mountain ridings. It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Calgary North, Calgary Northeast, Calgary West, Crowfoot, Lethbridge, Macleod, Red Deer and Wild Rose ridings.

It was re-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] This newest iteration of the riding was created out of parts of Crowfoot (53%), Medicine Hat (37%) and Macleod (10%) ridings.

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Bow River (2011−2021)
Panethnic
group		 2021[4] 2016[5] 2011[6]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
European[lower-alpha 1] 83,840 73.99% 85,535 78.35% 82,105 83.14%
Indigenous 7,545 6.66% 7,310 6.7% 5,935 6.01%
South Asian 6,360 5.61% 4,450 4.08% 2,520 2.55%
Southeast Asian[lower-alpha 2] 5,885 5.19% 4,550 4.17% 3,735 3.78%
African 4,345 3.83% 2,820 2.58% 1,405 1.42%
East Asian[lower-alpha 3] 1,685 1.49% 1,805 1.65% 1,450 1.47%
Latin American 1,550 1.37% 1,150 1.05% 630 0.64%
Middle Eastern[lower-alpha 4] 1,110 0.98% 950 0.87% 490 0.5%
Other/Multiracial[lower-alpha 5] 1,005 0.89% 605 0.55% 495 0.5%
Total responses 113,320 94.86% 109,170 94.91% 98,760 95.08%
Total population 119,458 100% 115,022 100% 103,871 100%
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 Member Party
Bow River
Riding created from Macleod
13th  1917–1921     Howard Hadden Halladay Government (Unionist)
14th  1921–1925     Edward Joseph Garland Progressive
15th  1925–1926
16th  1926–1930     United Farmers of Alberta
17th  1930–1932[nb 1]
 1932–1935     Co-operative Commonwealth
18th  1935–1940     Charles Edward Johnston Social Credit
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949
21st  1949–1953
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962     Eldon Woolliams Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Calgary North, Crowfoot,
Palliser and Rocky Mountain
Riding re-created from Crowfoot, Lethbridge,
Palliser and Rocky Mountain
31st  1979–1980     Gordon Taylor Progressive Conservative
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988
Riding dissolved into Calgary North, Calgary Northeast, Calgary West,
Crowfoot, Lethbridge, Macleod, Red Deer and Wild Rose
Riding re-created from Crowfoot, Medicine Hat and Macleod
42nd  2015–2019     Martin Shields Conservative
43rd  2019–2021
44th  2021–present

Election results

2015–present

Graph of election results in Bow River (2013-) (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
A map showing the 2021 general election results by polling division in Bow River.
2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeMartin Shields35,67669.8-14.1$58,577.57
People'sJonathan Bridges5,10810.0+7.6$1,097.41
New DemocraticMichael MacLean4,7269.2+3.6$0.00
LiberalGetu Shawile3,8697.6+1.8$7,802.63
MaverickOrrin Bliss1,3682.7–$8,111.55
Christian HeritageTom Lipp3910.8-0.06$9,741.82
Total valid votes/expense limit 51,138100.0–$122,402.30
Total rejected ballots 300
Turnout 51,43863.5
Eligible voters 81,042
Conservative hold Swing -10.85
Source: Elections Canada[7]
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeMartin Shields46,27983.9+6.48$65,788.69
LiberalMargaret Rhemtulla3,1735.8-7.88none listed
New DemocraticLynn Macwilliam3,0865.6+0.35none listed
People'sTom Ikert1,3212.4-none listed
GreenHendrika Maria Tuithof de Jonge8261.5-0.34$0.00
Christian HeritageTom Lipp4530.8+0.24$9,450.78
Total valid votes/expense limit 55,138100.0
Total rejected ballots 234
Turnout 55,37270.1
Eligible voters 78,944
Conservative hold Swing +7.31
Source: Elections Canada[8][9][10]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeMartin Shields38,70177.42–5.97$79,588.40
LiberalWilliam MacDonald Alexander6,84013.68+10.14$2,815.97
New DemocraticLynn MacWilliam2,6225.25–2.91$1,102.35
GreenRita Ann Fromholt9191.84–1.57–
IndependentAndrew Kucy5431.09–$7,287.85
Christian HeritageFrans VandeStroet2800.56–$883.46
Democratic AdvancementFahed Khalid830.17––
Total valid votes/expense limit 49,988100.00 $229,883.88
Total rejected ballots 1510.30–
Turnout 50,13966.72–
Eligible voters 75,146
Conservative hold Swing –8.06
Source: Elections Canada[11][12]
2011 federal election redistributed results[13]
Party Vote  %
  Conservative30,41283.39
  New Democratic2,9768.16
  Liberal1,2913.54
  Green1,2443.41
  Others5471.50

1976–1987

Graph of election results in Bow River (1976-1987) (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeGordon Taylor43,03376.20-0.40
New DemocraticWilliam McCutcheon5,2589.31+2.26
LiberalB.C. Tanner4,0667.20-7.51
RhinocerosGordon D. Taylor2,3494.16–
Confederation of RegionsDean Oseen1,4432.56–
Social CreditTom Erhart3260.58-1.07
Total valid votes 56,475100.0
Progressive Conservative hold Swing
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeGordon Taylor30,46376.60+13.53
LiberalNeville Tilley5,85014.71+3.46
New DemocraticDavid Radke2,8027.05+1.70
Social CreditEdward M. Kiddle6561.65–
Total valid votes 39,771100.0
Progressive Conservative hold Swing
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeGordon Taylor25,97363.07
IndependentStanley Schumacher8,37820.34
LiberalMadeline J. Hombert4,63311.25
New DemocraticGale Burke2,2005.34

1917–1968

Graph of election results in Bow River (1914-1966) (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeEldon Woolliams12,61153.14+7.28
Social CreditRon Allen5,67123.89-5.96
LiberalW. James Anderson3,61515.23-3.13
New DemocraticDoug Murdoch1,8367.74+1.81
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeEldon Woolliams11,46145.86-0.50
Social CreditFrancis J. Porter7,46029.85+0.29
LiberalEarl Hastings4,58918.36+1.33
New DemocraticWalter W. Siewert1,4815.93-1.11
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeEldon Woolliams10,73346.36-16.76
Social CreditFrancis J. Porter6,84429.56+1.49
LiberalEarl Hastings3,94417.04+8.23
New DemocraticGordon Bowers1,6297.04–
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeEldon Woolliams12,69563.12+25.90
Social CreditCharles Edward Johnston5,64628.07-10.96
LiberalFrancis John Robert Olson1,7728.81-14.94
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditCharles Edward Johnston7,38339.03-8.54
Progressive ConservativeEldon Woolliams7,03937.21+19.68
LiberalArthur Cecil Bates4,49323.75-6.78
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditCharles Edward Johnston7,32047.57+0.26
LiberalWilliam Duncan MacDonald4,69830.53+5.87
Progressive ConservativeWilfred J. Wilde2,69817.53+3.36
Labor–ProgressiveArthur Llewelyn Roberts6714.36-1.01
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditCharles Edward Johnston8,53747.31+8.93
LiberalWilliam Duncan MacDonald4,44924.66+12.44
Progressive ConservativeWilfred John Wilde2,55814.18-8.71
Co-operative CommonwealthGeorge Edwin Ellinson1,5308.48-11.31
Labor–ProgressiveArthur Llewelyn Roberts9695.37-1.34
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditCharles Edward Johnston6,56938.39+4.04
Progressive ConservativeJohn Angus MacKinnon3,91722.89+2.27
Co-operative CommonwealthJohn Herbert Coldwell3,38619.79+5.84
LiberalWilliam George Southern2,09112.22-13.49
Labor–ProgressiveJohn Blair Brown1,1496.71+1.34
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditCharles Edward Johnston5,41034.34-18.76
LiberalAustin Claypool4,05025.71+16.95
National GovernmentM.E. Manning3,24820.62-1.18
Co-operative CommonwealthAylmer Liesemer2,19713.95-2.38
CommunistLawrence Anderson8475.38–
1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Social CreditCharles Edward Johnston7,52953.11–
ConservativeAndrew Davison3,09121.80-22.60
Co-operative CommonwealthEdward Joseph Garland2,31516.33-39.26
LiberalCharles Ross Walrod1,2428.76–
1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
United Farmers of AlbertaEdward Joseph Garland5,82555.59-7.35
ConservativeDawson Graham4,65344.41+7.35
1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
United Farmers of AlbertaEdward Joseph Garland5,14462.95+19.90
ConservativeAcle Carman Scratch3,02837.05+13.38
1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ProgressiveEdward Joseph Garland3,77343.05-31.44
LiberalJesse Elmer Gouge2,91733.28–
ConservativeWilliam James Douglass2,07523.67+0.55
1921 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ProgressiveEdward Joseph Garland11,52774.49+57.43
ConservativeWilliam Rose Fulton3,57923.13-20.98
UnknownHerbert Adolph Wiertz3692.38–
1917 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
Government (Unionist)Howard Hadden Halladay3,75744.11
Opposition (Laurier Liberals)Jesse Elmer Gouge2,99635.17
Nonpartisan LeagueDaniel Harcourt Galbraith1,45317.06
LabourJohn Reid3123.66

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
  2. ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
  3. ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
  4. ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
  5. ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.
  1. ↑ Edward Joseph Garland was a founding member of the Co-operative Commonwealth, which was founded on 1 August 1932

References

  1. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2017
  2. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2017
  3. ↑ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
  4. ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  5. ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  6. ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts".
  8. ↑ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Candidate Campaign Returns". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  11. ↑ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Bow River (Validated results)". Elections Canada. October 20, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  12. ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
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