# Peace River—Westlock

Peace River—Westlock is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.
Peace River—Westlock 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 parts of Peace River, Fort McMurray—Athabasca, Yellowhead, and Westlock—St. Paul.
Conservative Arnold Viersen, a former mechanic, has been the riding's MP since 2015.

## Demographics

Panethnic groups in Peace River—Westlock (2011−2021) :
| Panethnic group | 2021 | 2021 | 2016 | 2016 | 2011 | 2011 |
| Panethnic group | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % |
| European | 74,205 | 71.15% | 77,435 | 72.56% | 79,005 | 75.43% |
| Indigenous | 23,365 | 22.4% | 24,325 | 22.79% | 22,525 | 21.5% |
| Southeast Asian | 3,700 | 3.55% | 2,355 | 2.21% | 1,360 | 1.3% |
| South Asian | 905 | 0.87% | 620 | 0.58% | 515 | 0.49% |
| African | 790 | 0.76% | 645 | 0.6% | 200 | 0.19% |
| East Asian | 595 | 0.57% | 775 | 0.73% | 520 | 0.5% |
| Middle Eastern | 365 | 0.35% | 225 | 0.21% | 190 | 0.18% |
| Latin American | 205 | 0.2% | 190 | 0.18% | 335 | 0.32% |
| Other/multiracial | 160 | 0.15% | 160 | 0.15% | 80 | 0.08% |
| Total responses | 104,300 | 97.27% | 106,720 | 97.05% | 104,745 | 96.9% |
| Total population | 107,223 | 100% | 109,965 | 100% | 108,095 | 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 |
| Peace River—Westlock Riding created from Fort McMurray—Athabasca, Peace River Westlock—St. Paul, and Yellowhead |||||
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Arnold Viersen | Conservative |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | Arnold Viersen | Conservative |
| 44th | 2021–present | Arnold Viersen | Conservative |

## Profile

This riding is a typical conservative stronghold riding. There are several ridings in Alberta that the Conservative Party of Canada realistically expects to win, and this is one of them. However, the northern portion of the riding is less strongly conservative than the rest, with pockets of support for the NDP. Historically, this riding has been always right-leaning, with support beginning toward the old Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, shifting toward the right-populist Reform Party after the time of prime minister Brian Mulroney, and then held by the new Conservative Party of Canada since the unification of the Progressive Conservatives and Canadian Alliance in 2003.

## Election results
### 2023 representation order

2021 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Conservative | 30,446 | 62.65 |
| New Democratic | 6,396 | 13.16 |
| People's | 6,089 | 12.53 |
| Liberal | 2,664 | 5.48 |
| Green | 364 | 0.75 |
| Others | 2,635 | 5.42 |

### 2013 representation order

vte2021 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Arnold Viersen | 29,486 | 63.0 | -17.6 | $57,120.49 |
| | New Democratic | Gail Ungstad | 6,019 | 12.9 | +5.4 | $10,267.72 |
| | People's | Darryl Boisson | 5,916 | 12.6 | +9.5 | $3,808.47 |
| | Maverick | Colin Krieger | 2,573 | 5.5 | — | $8,852.55 |
| | Liberal | Leslie Penny | 2,431 | 5.2 | -0.9 | $1,390.57 |
| | Green | Jordan Francis MacDougall | 364 | 0.8 | -1.9 | $0.00 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 46,789 | – | – | $135,210.15 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 198 | 0.42 | -0.25 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,987 | 63.2 | -7.2 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 74,324 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -11.5 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte2019 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Arnold Viersen | 41,659 | 80.6 | +11.25 | $61,848.92 |
| | New Democratic | Jennifer Villebrun | 3,886 | 7.5 | -6.89 | none listed |
| | Liberal | Leslie Penny | 3,148 | 6.1 | -6.74 | $5,946.81 |
| | People's | John Schrader | 1,579 | 3.1 | - | $4,989.63 |
| | Green | Peter Nygaard | 1,377 | 2.7 | +0.18 | none listed |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 51,649 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 347 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,996 | 70.4 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 73,809 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +9.07 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte2015 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Arnold Viersen | 34,342 | 69.35 | -8.46 | $74,852.55 |
| | New Democratic | Cameron Alexis | 7,127 | 14.39 | +1.35 | $10,844.13 |
| | Liberal | Chris Brown | 6,360 | 12.84 | +9.20 | $6,504.94 |
| | Green | Sabrina Lee Levac | 1,247 | 2.52 | -1.34 | – |
| | Libertarian | Jeremy Sergeew | 443 | 0.89 | – | $108.02 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 49,519 | 100.00 | | $259,766.62 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 170 | 0.34 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,689 | 65.93 | – |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 75,362 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -4.90 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2011 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Conservative | 28,986 | 77.81 |
| New Democratic | 4,859 | 21.10 |
| Green | 1,436 | 3.85 |
| Liberal | 1,357 | 3.64 |
| Others | 616 | 1.65 |