New Democratic Party candidates in the 2008 Canadian federal election
Alberta - 28 seats
Table:
Riding	Candidate	Gender

Calgary Centre	Tyler Kinch	M

Calgary Centre-North	John Chan	M

Calgary East	Ian Vaughan	M

Calgary Northeast	Vinay Dey	M

Calgary - Nose Hill	Stephanie Sundberg	F

Calgary Southeast	Chris Willott	M

Calgary Southwest	Holly Heffernan	F

Calgary West	Teale Phelps Bondaroff	M

Crowfoot	Ellen Parker	F

Edmonton Centre	Donna Martyn	F

Edmonton East	Ray Martin	M

Edmonton - Leduc	Hana Razga	F

Edmonton - Mill Woods - Beaumont	Michael Butler	M

Edmonton - St. Albert	Dave Burkhart	M

Edmonton - Sherwood Park	Brian LaBelle	M

Edmonton - Spruce Grove	Barbara Ann Phillips	F

Edmonton - Strathcona	Linda Duncan	F

Fort McMurray - Athabasca	Mark Voyageur	M

Lethbridge	Mark Sandilands	M

Macleod	Stan Knowlton	M

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Calgary Centre ( French : Calgary-Centre ; formerly known as Calgary South Centre ) is a federal electoral district in Alberta , Canada , that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968 . The riding consists of many young adults who have a relatively high average household income and education level . As the riding encompasses the downtown core and large swaths of apartment blocks in the communities west and south of downtown , Calgary Centre has a low home ownership rate compared to the rest of Canada. [ when ? ]
Calgary Centre-North ( formerly known as Calgary North Centre ) was a federal electoral district in Alberta , Canada , that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015 . It was a mixed urban and suburban constituency in Calgary - with a dense urban area close to the Bow River in the south and suburbs in the north of the riding , west of Deerfoot Trail and east of Nose Hill Park .
Calgary East was a federal electoral district in Alberta , Canada , that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1953 , 1979 to 1988 , from 1997 to 2015 . It was a lower income urban riding in Calgary , with a sizable visible minority population .
Calgary Northeast was a federal electoral district in Alberta , Canada , that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2015 . It is an urban riding in the city of Calgary .
Calgary Nose Hill ( formerly Calgary - Nose Hill ) is a federal electoral district in Alberta , Canada , that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997 .
Calgary Southeast was a federal electoral district in Alberta , Canada , that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2015 . The district was in the southeast part of the City of Calgary . It was bounded by the city limits to the south and east .
Calgary Southwest was a federal electoral district in Alberta , Canada , that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2015 . The district was in the southwest part of the City of Calgary , south of Glenmore Trail , and west of the Canadian Pacific railway . The seat was held by former Prime Minister Stephen Harper .
Calgary West was a federal electoral district in Alberta , Canada , that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1953 , and from 1979 to 2015 . It was located in the western part of the City of Calgary . The electoral district was originally created in 1914 from Calgary riding . It was abolished in 1952 with parts being transferred to Calgary North , Calgary South , Bow River and Red Deer ridings . It was re-created in 1976 from Calgary North , Calgary South , Calgary Centre , and Palliser ridings . It was abolished during the Canadian federal electoral redistribution , 2012 into Calgary Signal Hill ( 58% ) , Calgary Rocky Ridge ( 25% ) and Calgary Confederation ( 17% ) . From 1993 to 1997 , Calgary West was represented by future Prime Minister Stephen Harper . Harper would later represent the nearby riding of Calgary Southwest .
Crowfoot was a federal electoral district in Alberta , Canada , that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 2015 . It was located in the central part of the province , and is named in honour of Chief Crowfoot , leader of the Blackfoot First Nations in the 19th century . Even by the standards of rural Alberta , Crowfoot was a strongly conservative riding . The major right-wing party of the day -- Progressive Conservative ( 1968-1993 ) , Reform ( 1993-2000 ) , Canadian Alliance ( 2000-2003 ) and Conservative ( after 2003 ) -- won every election in this riding , usually by some of the largest recorded margins in Canadian politics . As a measure of how conservative this riding is , Jack Horner , the riding 's original member , crossed the floor to the Liberals in 1977 , only to tumble to only 18 percent of the vote in 1979 . 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 .
Edmonton Centre ( French : Edmonton-Centre ) is a federal electoral district in Alberta , Canada , that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979 , and since 2004 . There is also a provincial electoral district by the same name .
Edmonton East ( formerly known as Edmonton Centre-East ) was a federal electoral district in Alberta , Canada , that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 2015 . The district included a portion of the city of Edmonton .
Raymond James Martin ( born August 8 , 1941 ) is a politician in Alberta , Canada and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta . Martin served four terms as an Alberta MLA and two terms as an Edmonton Public School Board Trustee . In 2018 , Martin published his memoir , Made in Alberta : The Ray Martin Story .
Edmonton - Leduc was a federal electoral district in Alberta , Canada , that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015 . As a result of changes to the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act , based on the 2011 census , the number of seats in the House of Commons of Canada increased from 308 to 338 . Alberta 's seat count increased from 28 to 34 . The riding was redistributed into the new ridings of Edmonton Riverbend and Edmonton - Wetaskiwin .
Edmonton - Mill Woods - Beaumont ( originally known as Edmonton - Beaumont ) was a federal electoral district in Alberta , Canada , that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015 .
Edmonton - St. Albert was a federal electoral district in Alberta , Canada , that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015 .
Edmonton - Sherwood Park was a federal electoral district in Alberta , Canada , that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015 . It was a suburban riding in Edmonton .
Edmonton - Spruce Grove was a federal electoral district in Alberta , Canada , that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015 . It was a suburban riding in Edmonton . The electoral district was created in 2003 from St. Albert , Edmonton Southwest and Edmonton West ridings and abolished in 2013 into Edmonton West , Sturgeon River - Parkland and Edmonton Centre .
Edmonton Strathcona ( formerly known as Edmonton - Strathcona ) is a federal electoral district in Alberta , Canada , that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1953 . It spans the south central part of the city of Edmonton . Between 2008 and 2015 , and from 2019 onwards , Edmonton - Strathcona was the only federal riding in Alberta not held by the Conservative Party .
Linda Francis Duncan ( born June 25 , 1949 ) is a Canadian lawyer and politician , and former Member of Parliament for the riding of Edmonton - Strathcona in Alberta . A New Democrat , Duncan was the only non-Conservative MP from Alberta from the 2008 election until the 2015 election . Prior to her election , she ran unsuccessfully in the same riding in 2006 . Before politics , Duncan founded and ran the Environmental law Center and practiced as an environmental lawyer , working in Edmonton until 1987 when she moved to Ottawa to work for Environment Canada . She then taught environmental law at Dalhousie Law School ( now Shulich ) and advised the Government of Indonesia on environmental assessment and enforcement . She also spent time in Whitehorse working as an assistant deputy in the Yukon government , later consulting with Kluane First Nation and later in Montreal as Head Law and Enforcement for the NAFTA 's Commission for Environmental Cooperation . She also served on the Sierra Legal Defence Fund ( now ecojustice ) Board of Directors .
Fort McMurray - Athabasca ( formerly Athabasca ) was a federal electoral district in Alberta , Canada , that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 2015 . It was a predominantly rural riding in northeastern Alberta , representing the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo , the Municipal District of Opportunity No . 17 , the Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No . 124 , Big Lakes County , Lac La Biche County , Athabasca County and the southeastern part of Northern Sunrise County .
Lethbridge ( formerly known as Lethbridge - Foothills ) is a federal electoral district in Alberta , Canada , that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1917 . It incorporates the City of Lethbridge and Lethbridge County . Lethbridge has had a centre-right MP at the federal level since the 1930s . The current MP for Lethbridge is Rachael Harder , who was first elected to parliament in 2015 for the Conservatives and was re-elected in 2019 as a Conservative MP .
Macleod was a federal electoral district in Alberta , Canada , that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1908 to 1968 and from 1988 to 2015 . It was a mostly rural riding in southwest Alberta , however it extended as far north as the outer suburbs of Calgary , and in its final years included a few slivers of Calgary itself . It covered the Municipal District of Foothills No . 31 , Municipal District of Willow Creek No . 26 , Municipal District of Pincher Creek No . 9 , Municipal District of Ranchland No . 66 , Vulcan County , the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass , and Kananaskis Improvement District . It also included the towns of Okotoks , Cochrane , and High River .