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.
Geography The riding is anchored in the heart of Downtown Edmonton. It also includes Spruce Avenue, Rossdale, Central McDougall, Prince Rupert, Wîhkwêntôwin, Queen Mary Park, Westwood, Prince Charles, Sherbrooke, Dovercourt, Woodcroft, Inglewood, Westmount, North Glenora, Glenora, McQueen, Grovenor, Gagnon Estate, Canora, High Park, Crestwood, Jasper Park, Parkview, Laurier Heights, Lynnwood, Patricia Heights, Rio Terrace, and Quesnell Heights.
In geographic terms, Edmonton Centre is bounded by the North Saskatchewan River and Whitemud Drive to the south, 97 Street to the east, Alberta Highway 16 and CN Rail line to the north, and 156 Street to the west.
History The electoral district was originally created in 1966 from Edmonton East and Edmonton West ridings.
It was abolished in 1976, with parts of it being transferred to Edmonton North, Edmonton East and Edmonton West ridings.
It was re-created in 2003 from Edmonton West, Edmonton Southwest and a small part of Edmonton Centre-East.
Edmonton Centre lost territory to Edmonton West and gained territory from Edmonton—Spruce Grove during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Following the 2022 electoral redistribution, Edmonton Centre gained the neighbourhoods of Athlone, Kensington and Calder from Edmonton Griesbach, as well as the neighbourhoods of Glenwood, Britannia Youngstown and Mayfield from Edmonton West. It lost the remainder of the neighbourhood of McCauley to Edmonton Griesbach and all of its territory south of the Mackenzie Ravine to 95 Avenue to Edmonton West.
Historical boundaries
Demographics + Panethnic groups in Edmonton Centre (2011−2021)Panethnicgroup202120162011 European 65,925 67,770 72,240 African 10,245 7,835 4,365 Indigenous 8,565 7,245 6,755 Southeast Asian 7,195 7,595 7,065 East Asian 5,295 5,740 5,600 South Asian 4,205 3,880 2,265 Middle Eastern 1,945 2,280 1,575 Latin American 1,660 1,780 1,550 Other/Multiracial 1,495 1,430 675 Total responses 106,540 105,540 102,080 Total population 109,125 109,941 106,121
Members of Parliament This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
Current member of Parliament Eleanor Olszewski of the Liberal Party has represented the riding in Parliament since the 2025 Canadian federal election.
Election results Edmonton Centre (2003-present)
Transposition of 2021 votes to 2022 electoral redistribution Party Votes % Conservative 16,146 32.60 Liberal 15,456 31.21 New Democratic 15,061 30.41 People's 2,405 4.86 Green 56 0.11 Others 401 0.81
Transposition of 2011 votes to 2012 electoral redistribution Party Votes % Conservative 19,908 46.20 New Democratic 11,127 25.82 Liberal 10,226 23.73 Green 1,534 3.56 Others 296 0.69
Edmonton Centre (1968–1979)
See also List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada Edmonton Centre provincial electoral district
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