Crowfoot (electoral district)

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center Crowfoot in relation to the other Alberta ridings''
Population, 2001	104,059
Electors	75,409
Area (km2)
Population density (people per km2)

Crowfoot is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.

It is in the central part of the province, and is named in honour of Chief Crowfoot, leader of the Blackfoot First Nations in the 1800s.

This electoral district was also home to the largest margin of victory in any federal riding in the 2004 and 2006 federal elections: Conservative candidate Kevin Sorenson won 37,649 votes, or 80.2% of the riding's total in 2004. This represented a difference of 34,034 votes, or 72.5%, from the candidate with the riding's second most votes, Liberal Adam Campbell who only received 3,615 votes, or 7.7% of the riding's votes. It was the riding with the highest Conservative vote in the 2004 and 2006 elections. In 2006, Sorenson increased his vote even further, to 43,009 votes, 82.5% of the total.

Geography

The district includes the Town of Drumheller and the city of Camrose, along with the counties of Acadia, Wheatland, Kneehill, Starland, Stettler, Paintearth, Camrose and Special Area 2, 3 and 4.

History

This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Acadia, Bow River and MacLeod ridings.

In 2003, parts of Wild Rose riding were added.

Members of Parliament

* 1993-2000: Jack Ramsay - Reform Party of Canada
* 2000-present: Kevin Sorenson - Canadian Alliance(2000-2003), Conservative (2003-present)

Its current Member of Parliament (MP) is Kevin Sorenson, a former businessman and farmer. He was first elected in 2000. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada. In the last parliamentary session he served as vice-chair on the 'Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade' and the 'Subcommittee on Public Safety and National Security of the Standing Committee on Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness'.

Election results