# Foothills (electoral district)

Foothills is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.

## History

Foothills 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 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 19, 2015. It was created out of the bulk of Macleod, plus very small parts of Lethbridge (Waterton Lakes National Park) and Calgary Southwest (a small section north of Spruce Meadows).
The name of the riding refers to the Rocky Mountain Foothills, which spread across southwestern Alberta from the Continental Divide at the British Columbia border.

## Demographics

Panethnic groups in Foothills (2011−2021) :
| Panethnic group | 2021 | 2021 | 2016 | 2016 | 2011 | 2011 |
| Panethnic group | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % |
| European | 95,885 | 86.12% | 96,045 | 87.48% | 91,880 | 89.76% |
| Indigenous | 7,035 | 6.32% | 7,030 | 6.4% | 6,575 | 6.42% |
| Southeast Asian | 3,430 | 3.08% | 2,465 | 2.25% | 1,150 | 1.12% |
| South Asian | 1,280 | 1.15% | 1,225 | 1.12% | 835 | 0.82% |
| East Asian | 1,145 | 1.03% | 1,305 | 1.19% | 915 | 0.89% |
| Latin American | 800 | 0.72% | 520 | 0.47% | 305 | 0.3% |
| African | 970 | 0.87% | 655 | 0.6% | 480 | 0.47% |
| Middle Eastern | 355 | 0.32% | 205 | 0.19% | 65 | 0.06% |
| Other/Multiracial | 440 | 0.4% | 335 | 0.31% | 170 | 0.17% |
| Total responses | 111,340 | 96.72% | 109,785 | 96.96% | 102,365 | 97.01% |
| Total population | 115,118 | 100% | 113,227 | 100% | 105,515 | 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 the House of Commons of Canada:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Foothills Riding created from Calgary Southwest, Lethbridge and Macleod |||||
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | John Barlow | Conservative |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | John Barlow | Conservative |
| 44th | 2021–present | John Barlow | Conservative |

## Election results
### 2023 representation order

2021 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Conservative | 41,847 | 68.43 |
| New Democratic | 6,968 | 11.39 |
| People's | 5,024 | 8.21 |
| Liberal | 4,246 | 6.94 |
| Green | 808 | 1.32 |
| Others | 2,264 | 3.70 |

### 2013 representation order

vte2021 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | John Barlow | 44,456 | 69.23 | -12.90 | $33,083.27 |
| | New Democratic | Michelle Traxel | 7,117 | 11.08 | +5.34 | $0.00 |
| | People's | Daniel Hunter | 5,111 | 7.96 | +5.37 | $0.00 |
| | Liberal | Paula Shimp | 4,441 | 6.92 | +1.04 | $3,499.22 |
| | Maverick | Josh Wylie | 2,289 | 3.57 | – | $16,164.90 |
| | Green | Brett Rogers | 802 | 1.25 | -2.41 | $48.80 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 64,216 | – | – | $126,382.56 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 251 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte2019 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | John Barlow | 53,872 | 82.13 | +6.63 | $51,528.31 |
| | Liberal | Cheryl Moller | 3,856 | 5.88 | -7.48 | $3,720.22 |
| | New Democratic | Mickail Hendi | 3,767 | 5.74 | -0.69 | $0.00 |
| | Green | Bridget Lacey | 2,398 | 3.66 | +0.41 | none listed |
| | People's | Greg Hession | 1,698 | 2.59 | – | $11,956.99 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 65,591 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 290 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 65,881 | 76,6 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 86,027 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +7.05 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte2015 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | John Barlow | 46,166 | 75.70 | -2.12 | $66,508.37 |
| | Liberal | Tanya MacPherson | 8,149 | 13.36 | +9.84 | $3,837.36 |
| | New Democratic | Alison Thompson | 3,919 | 6.43 | -3.67 | $9,096.95 |
| | Green | Romy Tittel | 1,983 | 3.25 | -1.50 | $16,306.65 |
| | Libertarian | Cory Morgan | 424 | 0.70 | – | – |
| | Christian Heritage | Marc Slingerland | 345 | 0.57 | – | $9,192.08 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 60,986 | 100.00 | | $237,098.11 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 141 | 0.23 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 61,127 | 74.20 | – |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 82,380 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -5.98 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2011 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Conservative | 35,900 | 77.82 |
| New Democratic | 4,656 | 10.09 |
| Green | 2,193 | 4.75 |
| Liberal | 1,624 | 3.52 |
| Others | 1,758 | 3.81 |