Edmonton Centre

Edmonton Centre (French: Edmonton-Centre) is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and since 2004.

Geography

The riding is anchored in the heart of Downtown Edmonton. It also includes Spruce Avenue, Rossdale, Central McDougall, Prince Rupert, Wîhkwêntôwin, Queen Mary Park, Westwood, Prince Charles, Sherbrooke, Dovercourt, Woodcroft, Inglewood, Westmount, North Glenora, Glenora, McQueen, Grovenor, Gagnon Estate, Canora, High Park, Crestwood, Jasper Park, Parkview, Laurier Heights, Lynnwood, Patricia Heights, Rio Terrace, and Quesnell Heights.

In geographic terms, Edmonton Centre is bounded by the North Saskatchewan River and Whitemud Drive to the south, 97 Street to the east, Alberta Highway 16 and CN Rail line to the north, and 156 Street to the west.

History

The electoral district was originally created in 1966 from Edmonton East and Edmonton West ridings.

It was abolished in 1976, with parts of it being transferred to Edmonton North, Edmonton East and Edmonton West ridings.

It was re-created in 2003 from Edmonton West, Edmonton Southwest and a small part of Edmonton Centre-East.

Edmonton Centre lost territory to Edmonton West and gained territory from Edmonton—Spruce Grove during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Following the 2022 electoral redistribution, Edmonton Centre gained the neighbourhoods of Athlone, Kensington and Calder from Edmonton Griesbach, as well as the neighbourhoods of Glenwood, Britannia Youngstown and Mayfield from Edmonton West. It lost the remainder of the neighbourhood of McCauley to Edmonton Griesbach and all of its territory south of the Mackenzie Ravine to 95 Avenue to Edmonton West.

Historical boundaries

1966 representation order
2003 representation order
2013 representation order

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Edmonton Centre (2011−2021)
Panethnic group	2021	2016	2011
Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European	65,925	61.88%	67,770	64.21%	72,240	70.77%
African	10,245	9.62%	7,835	7.42%	4,365	4.28%
Indigenous	8,565	8.04%	7,245	6.86%	6,755	6.62%
Southeast Asian	7,195	6.75%	7,595	7.2%	7,065	6.92%
East Asian	5,295	4.97%	5,740	5.44%	5,600	5.49%
South Asian	4,205	3.95%	3,880	3.68%	2,265	2.22%
Middle Eastern	1,945	1.83%	2,280	2.16%	1,575	1.54%
Latin American	1,660	1.56%	1,780	1.69%	1,550	1.52%
Other/Multiracial	1,495	1.4%	1,430	1.35%	675	0.66%
Total responses	106,540	97.63%	105,540	96%	102,080	96.19%
Total population	109,125	100%	109,941	100%	106,121	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 Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member	Party
*Edmonton Centre Riding created from* Edmonton East and Edmonton West**
28th	1968–1972		Steve Paproski	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
Riding dissolved into Edmonton North, Edmonton East and Edmonton West
Riding re-created from Edmonton West, Edmonton Southwest and Edmonton Centre-East
38th	2004–2006		Anne McLellan	Liberal
39th	2006–2008		Laurie Hawn	Conservative
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019		Randy Boissonnault	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021		James Cumming	Conservative
44th	2021–2025		Randy Boissonnault	Liberal
45th	2025–present	Eleanor Olszewski

Current member of Parliament

Eleanor Olszewski of the Liberal Party has represented the riding in Parliament since the 2025 Canadian federal election.

Election results

Edmonton Centre (2003-present)

vte2025 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Eleanor Olszewski	24,138	44.35	+13.14	$114,486.94
	Conservative	Sayid Ahmed	20,626	37.90	+5.30	$122,742.76
	New Democratic	Trisha Estabrooks	8,440	15.51	–14.90	$111,907.33
	People's	John Ross	468	0.86	–4.00	$1,148.80
	Christian Heritage	David John Bohonos	158	0.29	–	$1,052.75
	Independent	Gregory Bell	155	0.28	–	none listed
	Independent	Mike Dutcher	137	0.25	–	none listed
	Communist	Naomi Rankin	133	0.24	+0.20	none listed
	Independent	Ronald S. Billingsley Jr.	106	0.19	–	$68,236.41
	Marxist–Leninist	Merryn Edwards de la O	67	0.12	–0.14	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit	54,428	99.13	–	$131,456.25
Total rejected ballots	479	0.87	+0.18
Turnout	54,907	63.06	+0.57
Eligible voters	87,067
	Liberal notional gain from Conservative	Swing	+3.84
Source: Elections Canada

Transposition of 2021 votes to 2022 electoral redistribution
Party	Votes	%
	Conservative	16,146	32.60
	Liberal	15,456	31.21
	New Democratic	15,061	30.41
	People's	2,405	4.86
	Green	56	0.11
	Others	401	0.81

vte2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Randy Boissonnault	16,560	33.69	+0.68	$109,264.76
	Conservative	James Cumming	15,945	32.44	–9.01	$81,069.18
	New Democratic	Heather MacKenzie	14,171	28.83	+8.19	$48,046.91
	People's	Brock Crocker	2,094	4.26	+2.74	$3,172.62
	Libertarian	Valerie Keefe	266	0.54	–	none listed
	Marxist–Leninist	Merryn Edwards	112	0.23	+0.08	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit	49,148	99.31	–	$110,160.12
Total rejected ballots	342	0.69	+0.01
Turnout	49,490	62.49	–1.83
Eligible voters	79,203
	Liberal gain from Conservative	Swing	+4.85
Source: Elections Canada

vte2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	James Cumming	22,006	41.45	+6.50	$76,270.63
	Liberal	Randy Boissonnault	17,524	33.01	–4.18	$97,185.79
	New Democratic	Katherine Swampy	10,959	20.64	–3.81	$53,174.12
	Green	Grad Murray	1,394	2.63	+0.00	none listed
	People's	Paul Hookham	805	1.52	–	$5,550.42
	Rhinoceros	Donovan Eckstrom	206	0.39	–0.09	none listed
	Independent	Adil Pirbhai	119	0.22	–	$3,475.90
	Marxist–Leninist	Peggy Morton	79	0.15	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit	53,092	99.32	–	$108,656.90
Total rejected ballots	362	0.68	+0.24
Turnout	53,454	64.32	–2.72
Eligible voters	83,112
	Conservative gain from Liberal	Swing	+5.34
Source: Elections Canada

vte2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Randy Boissonnault	19,902	37.19	+13.46	$126,839.87
	Conservative	James Cumming	18,703	34.95	–11.25	$103,753.81
	New Democratic	Gil McGowan	13,084	24.45	–1.37	$109,525.67
	Green	David J. Parker	1,403	2.62	–0.94	$113.87
	Rhinoceros	Steven Stauffer	257	0.48	–	none listed
	Independent	Kat Yaki	163	0.30	–	$2,097.91
Total valid votes/expense limit	53,512	99.56	–	$211,594.41
Total rejected ballots	234	0.44
Turnout	53,746	67.04
Eligible voters	80,173
	Liberal gain from Conservative	Swing	+12.35
Source: Elections Canada

vte2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Laurie Hawn	23,625	48.03	–1.01	$78,296.82
	New Democratic	Lewis Cardinal	12,480	25.37	+10.39	$68,299.46
	Liberal	Mary MacDonald	11,037	22.44	–4.99	$83,849.59
	Green	David J. Parker	1,676	3.41	–4.71	$1,779.36
	Pirate	Mikkel Paulson	289	0.59	–	none listed
	Marxist–Leninist	Peggy Morton	81	0.16	–0.28	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit	49,188	99.59	–	$91,304.96
Total rejected ballots	201	0.41	+0.09
Turnout	49,389	57.16	+5.59
Eligible voters	86,408
	Conservative hold	Swing	–5.70
Source: Elections Canada

Transposition of 2011 votes to 2012 electoral redistribution
Party	Votes	%
	Conservative	19,908	46.20
	New Democratic	11,127	25.82
	Liberal	10,226	23.73
	Green	1,534	3.56
	Others	296	0.69

vte2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Laurie Hawn	22,634	49.04	+4.19	$85,325.01
	Liberal	Jim Wachowich	12,661	27.43	–11.15	$87,981.60
	New Democratic	Donna Martyn	6,912	14.98	+4.23	$36,082.88
	Green	David J. Parker	3,746	8.12	+2.87	$2,243.84
	Marxist–Leninist	Peggy Morton	203	0.44	+0.24	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit	46,156	99.68	–	$90,808.53
Total rejected ballots	146	0.32	–0.01
Turnout	46,302	51.57	–10.98
Eligible voters	89,777
	Conservative hold	Swing	+7.67
Source: Elections Canada

vte2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Laurie Hawn	25,805	44.85	+3.71	$86,419.47
	Liberal	Anne McLellan	22,196	38.58	–3.92	$80,931.19
	New Democratic	Donna Martyn	6,187	10.75	+1.64	$27,801.94
	Green	David J. Parker	3,021	5.25	+0.38	$1,386.60
	Independent	Chandra Segaran Swamy	204	0.35	–	$4,221.83
	Marxist–Leninist	Peggy Morton	117	0.20	+0.05	$15.75
Total valid votes/expense limit	57,530	99.67	–	$87,086.53
Total rejected ballots	192	0.33	–0.11
Turnout	57,722	62.55	+2.78
Eligible voters	92,286
	Conservative gain from Liberal	Swing	+3.82
Source: Elections Canada

vte2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Anne McLellan	22,560	42.50	–	$79,600.47
	Conservative	Laurie Hawn	21,839	41.14	–	$81,555.76
	New Democratic	Meghan McMaster	4,836	9.11	–	$21,577.42
	Green	David J. Parker	2,584	4.87	–	$310.99
	Marijuana	Lyle Kenny	509	0.96	–	none listed
	Progressive Canadian	Sean Tisdall	456	0.86	–	$936.43
	Independent	John Baloun	221	0.42	–	$2,428.01
	Marxist–Leninist	Peggy Morton	78	0.15	–	$26.75
Total valid votes/expense limit	53,083	99.56	–	$83,344.40
Total rejected ballots	234	0.44	+0.09
Turnout	53,317	59.77	–0.26
Eligible voters	89,197
	Liberal hold	Swing	N/A
Source: Elections Canada

Edmonton Centre (1968–1979)

vte1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Steve Paproski	18,165	54.29	+0.71
	Liberal	Branny Schepanovich	10,501	31.39	+3.49
	New Democratic	George D. Labercane	3,717	11.11	–4.30
	Social Credit	Gerry K.J. Beck	766	2.29	–0.22
	Independent	Reg Jacklin	125	0.37	–
	Communist	Norah Jarbeau	116	0.35	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Daniel R. Nelson	68	0.20	–
Total valid votes	33,458	99.65
Total rejected ballots	118	0.35	–0.49
Turnout	33,576	60.03	–10.30
Eligible voters	55,929
	Progressive Conservative hold	Swing	+2.10
Source: Library of Parliament

vte1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Steve Paproski	21,443	53.58	+18.96
	Liberal	Branny Schepanovich	11,165	27.90	–6.00
	New Democratic	George D. Labercane	6,166	15.41	+6.64
	Social Credit	Martin Hattersley	1,006	2.51	–
	Independent	Glenn P.G. Pylypa	134	0.33	–
	Independent	Diane E. Robichaud	106	0.26	–
Total valid votes	40,020	99.16
Total rejected ballots	337	0.84	–0.21
Turnout	40,357	70.33	+1.82
Eligible voters	57,382
	Progressive Conservative hold	Swing	+12.48
Source: Library of Parliament

vte1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Steve Paproski	12,062	34.62	–
	Liberal	Donald Gray	11,811	33.90	–
	Independent Liberal	William Hawrelak	7,912	22.71	–
	New Democratic	Norman Gerald Dolman	3,054	8.77	–
Total valid votes	34,839	98.95
Total rejected ballots	368	1.05	–
Turnout	35,207	68.51	–
Eligible voters	51,388
	Progressive Conservative hold	Swing	N/A
Source: Library of Parliament

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