Banff—Airdrie
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Banff—Airdrie was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2015 to 2025.
Banff—Airdrie was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election. The riding was created out of parts of Wild Rose (98%) and Macleod (2%) electoral districts.
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, it was abolished at the 2025 Canadian federal election, with the riding being split between Airdrie—Cochrane, Bow River, and Yellowhead.
Demographics
| Panethnic group | 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
| European | 120,715 | 79.57% | 109,295 | 82.74% | 87,100 | 85.24% |
| Indigenous | 6,625 | 4.37% | 8,630 | 6.53% | 6,690 | 6.55% |
| South Asian | 6,120 | 4.03% | 3,295 | 2.49% | 1,635 | 1.6% |
| Southeast Asian | 5,695 | 3.75% | 3,400 | 2.57% | 2,065 | 2.02% |
| African | 4,220 | 2.78% | 2,165 | 1.64% | 970 | 0.95% |
| East Asian | 3,530 | 2.33% | 2,740 | 2.07% | 2,380 | 2.33% |
| Latin American | 2,270 | 1.5% | 1,230 | 0.93% | 745 | 0.73% |
| Middle Eastern | 1,280 | 0.84% | 560 | 0.42% | 290 | 0.28% |
| Other/Multiracial | 1,260 | 0.83% | 770 | 0.58% | 320 | 0.31% |
| Total responses | 151,710 | 97.51% | 132,090 | 97.3% | 102,185 | 96.91% |
| Total population | 155,580 | 100% | 135,762 | 100% | 105,442 | 100% |
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. |
Geography
The riding contains the northern and western exurbs of Calgary, and runs west along the Bow River valley and includes all of Banff National Park.
Profile
The Conservative base of support is in the east of the riding, where they dominate Airdrie, the riding's largest community, and Cochrane, as well as the communities bordering Calgary. The Liberals, NDP and Greens all perform better in the western regions of the riding. Canmore was solidly Liberal in the 2015 election and Banff broke heavily for the left of centre parties.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banff-Airdrie Riding created from Wild Rose and Macleod | ||||
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Blake Richards | Conservative | |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
| 44th | 2021–2025 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Airdrie—Cochrane, Bow River, and Yellowhead |
Election results
| vte2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Conservative | Blake Richards | 43,677 | 56.73 | –14.36 | $82,283.53 | |
| New Democratic | Sarah Zagoda | 12,482 | 16.21 | +5.73 | $5,649.63 | |
| Liberal | David Gamble | 9,572 | 12.43 | +1.64 | $27,675.24 | |
| People's | Nadine Wellwood | 5,808 | 7.54 | +4.14 | $25,373.84 | |
| No Affiliation | Derek Sloan | 2,020 | 2.62 | – | $124,282.97 | |
| Maverick | Tariq Elnaga | 1,475 | 1.92 | – | $17,960.91 | |
| Green | Aidan Blum | 1,405 | 1.82 | –2.43 | none listed | |
| Independent | Caroline O'Driscoll | 489 | 0.64 | – | $10,142.91 | |
| Independent | Ron Voss | 60 | 0.08 | – | none listed | |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 76,988 | 99.49 | – | $141,669.12 | ||
| Total rejected ballots | 396 | 0.51 | +0.01 | |||
| Turnout | 77,384 | 68.78 | –3.70 | |||
| Eligible voters | 112,509 | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –10.05 | ||||
| Source: Elections Canada |
| vte2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Conservative | Blake Richards | 55,504 | 71.09 | +7.72 | $79,955.07 | |
| Liberal | Gwyneth Midgley | 8,425 | 10.79 | –15.29 | $8,319.50 | |
| New Democratic | Anne Wilson | 8,185 | 10.48 | +3.70 | $7,756.53 | |
| Green | Austin Mullins | 3,315 | 4.25 | +0.48 | $824.70 | |
| People's | Nadine Wellwood | 2,651 | 3.40 | – | $21,834.65 | |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 78,080 | 99.50 | – | $134,325.72 | ||
| Total rejected ballots | 393 | 0.50 | +0.23 | |||
| Turnout | 78,473 | 72.48 | +0.70 | |||
| Eligible voters | 108,264 | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +11.51 | ||||
| Source: Elections Canada |
| vte2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Conservative | Blake Richards | 42,228 | 63.37 | –7.36 | $86,619.91 | |
| Liberal | Marlo Raynolds | 17,380 | 26.08 | +18.02 | $72,801.97 | |
| New Democratic | Joanne Boissonneault | 4,521 | 6.78 | –6.30 | $17,953.20 | |
| Green | Mike MacDonald | 2,509 | 3.77 | –3.97 | $3,011.33 | |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 66,638 | 99.73 | – | $243,369.66 | ||
| Total rejected ballots | 179 | 0.27 | +0.02 | |||
| Turnout | 66,817 | 71.79 | +1.29 | |||
| Eligible voters | 93,079 | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –12.69 | ||||
| This riding was created from parts of Wild Rose and Macleod, both of which elected Conservative candidates in the 2011 election. Blake Richards was the incumbent from Wild Rose. Changes are based on redistributed results. | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada |
| 2011 federal election redistributed results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 29,938 | 70.73 | |
| New Democratic | 5,534 | 13.08 | |
| Liberal | 3,411 | 8.06 | |
| Green | 3,277 | 7.74 | |
| Others | 165 | 0.39 |