Yellowhead (electoral district)

Infobox Canada electoral district
name = Yellowhead
province = Alberta


caption = Yellowhead in relation to the other Alberta federal electoral districts
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 48028
fed-created = 1979
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1979
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Rob Merrifield
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = Conservative
fed-rep-party-link = Conservative Party of Canada
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 103111
demo-electors = 71664
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 76946
demo-cd = Division No. 9, Division No. 11, Division No. 13, Division No. 14
demo-csd = Parkland County, Clearwater County, Yellowhead County, Hinton, Lac Ste. Anne County, Whitecourt, Edson, Brazeau County, Drayton Valley, Barrhead County No. 11

Yellowhead is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979. The district is in west-central Alberta, and represents the counties of Yellowhead, Woodlands, Lac Ste. Anne, Barrhead, the improvement districts No. 9 (Willmore) and No. 12 (Jasper), the special municipality of Jasper and parts of Greenview, Brazeau, Parkland and Clearwater.

History

The electoral district was created in 1976 from Rocky Mountain, Athabasca, Edmonton West, Pembina, and Wetaskiwin ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

#1979-1993: Joe Clark, Progressive Conservative
#1993-2000: Cliff Breitkreuz, Reform
#2000-present: Rob Merrifield, Canadian Alliance (2000-2003), Conservative (2003-present)

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Rob Merrifield, a former farmer. He was first elected to Parliament in the 2000 election. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada. In the last parliamentary session, he served as vice-chair on the 'Standing Committee on Health'.

Election results

See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Alberta federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=839 Library of Parliament Riding Profile]
* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/webpep/fin/select_election.aspx?entity=1&lang=e Expenditures - 2004]
* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/ecCandidates2/Default.asp?L=E&Page=SearchByEdResult&DB=AsSubmitted&EL=226&ST=ED&ID=48026 Expenditures - 2000]
* [http://www.elections.ca/eccandidates/district.asp?ran=2008.092&objectType=district&action=provinces&ul=1&ElectionID=191 Expenditures - 1997]
* [http://www.elections.ca/ Elections Canada]
* Website of the [http://www.parl.gc.ca/ Parliament of Canada]