Summary: This riding is an example of follow-the-moving-incumbent. MP Mike Lake, elected in this area three straight times, is now running in a new riding to the south. MP Tim Uppal, elected twice in the former riding of Edmonton-Sherwood Park, will try to keep this seat for the Conservatives.
Boundaries: Formerly Edmonton-Millwoods-Beaumont, this riding has shrunk to include only neighbourhoods that are above the southeast corner of the Anthony Henday ring road. The far south neighbourhoods, and the suburb of Beaumont, have moved to another riding.
Last Election: Conservative incumbent Mike Lake won the former riding by a landslide, with 60 per cent of the vote, while the NDP candidate, Nadine Bailey, earned 24 per cent. Had these boundaries been in effect in 2011, the results would not have been much different. The Conservatives would have won 59 per cent of the vote, followed by the NDP with 25 per cent.
History: As Edmonton-Millwoods-Beaumont, this riding elected Conservative Mike Lake in 2006, 2008 and 2011. David Kilgour won the seat for the Liberal party in 2004.
Candidates
Conservative: Tim Uppal, MP
NDP: Jasvir Deol
Liberal: Amarjeet Sohi, Edmonton city councillor
Green: Ralph McLean
Christian Heritage: Peter Downing
Communist: Naomi Rankin
Independent: Colin Stubbs
Libertarian: Allen Paley
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