Battle River—Crowfoot is a federal

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. Battle River—Crowfoot 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

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, scheduled for October 2015. It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of

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and

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. Battle River—Crowfoot and its predecessor ridings have a long history of being among the most heavily conservative ridings in the country. Candidates from right-of-centre parties have consistently secured over three-fourths of the vote since the 1970s.

Demographics

Electoral history

Even by the standards of rural Alberta, Battle River—Crowfoot is a heavily conservative area. The riding and its predecessors,

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, Camrose, and

, have been represented by right-leaning MPs for all but two years since 1935, and the major right-wing party of the day has usually won here in massive landslides. Since the 1990s, the major right-wing party of the day has won by some of the largest margins ever recorded in Canadian politics, with other parties lucky to get 30 percent of the vote between them. The

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has kept this tradition going since its formation in 2003. Its candidates in what is now Battle River—Crowfoot have consistently secured some of the largest vote shares and largest margins of victory in the country. ''(Results before 2015 are for Crowfoot)'' Its first member,

Kevin Sorenson Kevin A. Sorenson (born November 3, 1958) is a Canadian politician who represented the riding of Battle River-Crowfoot (known as Crowfoot from 2000 to 2015) in the House of Commons of Canada from 2000 to 2019, first as a member of the Canadi ...

, was first elected for Crowfoot in 2000 with 70 percent of the vote–the only time that he garnered less than 80 percent of the vote. He was succeeded by

Damien Kurek Damien C. Kurek (born November 28, 1989) is a Canadian politician and farmer who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Battle River—Crowfoot riding from 2019 to 2025. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 201 ...

, won in 2019 with more than 85% of the vote. He was reelected in 2021 with 70 percent of the vote, the lowest vote share for the Conservatives or their predecessors in two decades. Even then, no other candidate managed even 10 percent of the vote. In 2025, Kurek announced his intention to resign to provide a vacancy which could allow

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leader

Pierre Poilievre Pierre Marcel Poilievre (born June 3, 1979) is a Canadian politician who has been the Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, Conservative Party since 2022. He was the Member of Parliament (Canad ...

a chance to run in Battle River—Crowfoot, which will trigger a by-election. Poilievre had lost his bid for reelection in his old riding of Carleton, and sought to return to the House by running in a safe riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the

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Election results

2023 representation order

;2025 pending by-election

2013 representation order

Student Vote results

Towns / villages / cities in Battle River—Crowfoot

Notes

References

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