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The Political Record · The House · Battle River—Crowfoot

Battle River—Crowfoot by-election

· Alberta · No. 48002

Pierre Poilievre (Conservative) held Battle River—Crowfoot for the Conservatives at the by-election of 2025-08-18 by 36,290 votes (71.0 points) with 80.9% of the vote; Bonnie Critchley (Independent) was second with 9.8%.

IThe result

Conservative hold
Elected
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative
41,308
80.9% of valid votes
Margin
36,290
votes · +71.0 pts
Runner-up
Bonnie Critchley
Independent
5,018
9.8% of valid votes
Conservative 80.9% · Independent 9.8% · Liberal 4.1% · New Democratic 2.1% · United Party of Canada (UP) 1.5%

Turnout 58.8% of 87,250 electors · 51,085 valid votes · 211 rejected ballots · 214 candidates

CandidatePartyVotes%2025±
Pierre PoilievreConservative41,30880.9%82.8%−1.9
Bonnie CritchleyIndependent5,0189.8%——
Darcy SpadyLiberal2,0954.1%11.7%−7.6
Katherine SwampyNew Democratic1,0612.1%3.2%−1.1
Grant AbrahamUnited Party of Canada (UP)7571.5%——
209 further candidates, each under 1% of the vote
Jonathan BridgesPeople's1380.3%
Ashley MacDonaldGreen1160.2%
Michael HarrisLibertarian1030.2%
Jeff WillertonChristian Heritage Party920.2%
Sarah SpanierIndependent490.1%
Kenneth KirkMarijuana Party400.1%
Ahmed HassanCentrist150.0%
Breccan ZimmerIndependent110.0%
Bert William WestergardIndependent110.0%
Dillon AndersonIndependent100.0%
Nicole BettsIndependent70.0%
Nickolas Meuters-MurphyIndependent70.0%
Diane PrenticeIndependent70.0%
Glen ArmstrongIndependent60.0%
Caitlyn BakerIndependent60.0%
Lisa ParsonsIndependent60.0%
Jason BuzzellIndependent50.0%
Jenny CartwrightIndependent50.0%
Deborah ChalmersIndependent50.0%
William GrantIndependent50.0%
Paul JonesIndependent50.0%
Brennen PerryIndependent50.0%
Anthony PerulloIndependent50.0%
Myles René Laurent St. PierreIndependent50.0%
Fraser AndersonIndependent40.0%
Rebecca BoyceIndependent40.0%
Pierre GauthierIndependent40.0%
Preston HoffIndependent40.0%
Mark RuthenbergIndependent40.0%
Ceilidh StewartIndependent40.0%
Danica BoeIndependent30.0%
Aaron BowlesIndependent30.0%
Sarah BurkeIndependent30.0%
David CherniakIndependent30.0%
John DaleIndependent30.0%
Emily GooseIndependent30.0%
Corey HalesIndependent30.0%
Grace PenderIndependent30.0%
Noah ReidIndependent30.0%
David SaderIndependent30.0%
Molly SunIndependent30.0%
Nicola ZoghbiIndependent30.0%
Alex BanksIndependent20.0%
Stacy Lynn BillingsleyIndependent20.0%
Marten BorchIndependent20.0%
Jakeb BrownIndependent20.0%
Annelies CooperIndependent20.0%
Hannah DeWolfeIndependent20.0%
Elizabeth DupuisIndependent20.0%
Kenneth DurhamIndependent20.0%
Michael DyckIndependent20.0%
Katherine DysonIndependent20.0%
Michael Louis FitzgeraldIndependent20.0%
Daniel GagnonIndependent20.0%
Kerri HildebrandtIndependent20.0%
Elsie KippIndependent20.0%
Chris KowalchukIndependent20.0%
Johnson Hon Wa LeeIndependent20.0%
Maria LightIndependent20.0%
Derek Adam MacKayIndependent20.0%
Jeffrey McLeanIndependent20.0%
Riley MossIndependent20.0%
Kimberley NugentIndependent20.0%
Alexander PanchukIndependent20.0%
Yagya PariharIndependent20.0%
Samuel PignedoliIndependent20.0%
Lorant PolyaIndependent20.0%
Jayson RoyIndependent20.0%
Adam SmithIndependent20.0%
Patrick StrzalkowskiIndependent20.0%
Callan WassenaarIndependent20.0%
Jeremy WedelIndependent20.0%
Hazel WestwoodIndependent20.0%
Nicholas AshmoreIndependent10.0%
Michael BednarskiIndependent10.0%
Lilia BoisvertIndependent10.0%
Alain BourgaultIndependent10.0%
Eva BoweringIndependent10.0%
Joshua BraunerIndependent10.0%
Alexandre BrochuIndependent10.0%
Chun ChenIndependent10.0%
Shawn ClendiningIndependent10.0%
Lindsay Elaine Shyla ColosimoIndependent10.0%
Dylan ColquhounIndependent10.0%
Jayson CowanIndependent10.0%
Michael DavisIndependent10.0%
Geneviève DorvalIndependent10.0%
Jordan DrewIndependent10.0%
Murray DunhamIndependent10.0%
Eric DuongIndependent10.0%
Mark EcclestonIndependent10.0%
Jeremy EdwardsIndependent10.0%
Allison FanjoyIndependent10.0%
Gabriel FinnIndependent10.0%
Hubert FischerIndependent10.0%
Matthew GilliesIndependent10.0%
Peter GormanIndependent10.0%
Jacqueline GrabowskiIndependent10.0%
Andrew GuentherIndependent10.0%
Blake HamiltonIndependent10.0%
Jason HodgsonIndependent10.0%
Dakota HourieIndependent10.0%
Uneeb IslamIndependent10.0%
Michael JonesIndependent10.0%
Richard KenkelIndependent10.0%
Madison KennedyIndependent10.0%
Abraham LauIndependent10.0%
Charles LemieuxIndependent10.0%
Robert MarsdenIndependent10.0%
Agnieszka MarszalekIndependent10.0%
Geoffrey MeensIndependent10.0%
Sophia NguyenIndependent10.0%
Pascal NoëlIndependent10.0%
Steve OatesIndependent10.0%
Lény PainchaudIndependent10.0%
Lanna PalssonIndependent10.0%
Céline PaquinIndependent10.0%
Meagan RobergeIndependent10.0%
Melanie RobergeIndependent10.0%
Mark RussellIndependent10.0%
Kayll SchaeferIndependent10.0%
Hakim SheriffIndependent10.0%
Eric ShortenIndependent10.0%
Bradley StewartIndependent10.0%
Mário StoccoIndependent10.0%
Faith TabladilloIndependent10.0%
Alex ValléeIndependent10.0%
Dennis VanmeerIndependent10.0%
Bryan WangIndependent10.0%
Joshua WongIndependent10.0%
Yao ZhangLiIndependent10.0%
David ZhuIndependent10.0%
Barry ZukewichIndependent10.0%
Marthalee AykroydIndependent00.0%
Line BélangerIndependent00.0%
Michel BélangerIndependent00.0%
Jeani BoudreaultIndependent00.0%
Jeffery BrazeauIndependent00.0%
Bo CaiIndependent00.0%
Cameron CamposIndependent00.0%
Jaël Champagne GareauIndependent00.0%
Nicolas ChampagneIndependent00.0%
Claude Cordon PichillaIndependent00.0%
Tristan DellIndependent00.0%
Gerrit DoggerIndependent00.0%
Abel Erazo-IbarraIndependent00.0%
Tracy FarberIndependent00.0%
Brian FarrenkopfIndependent00.0%
Thomas FitzgeraldIndependent00.0%
Connor FullertonIndependent00.0%
Jordan GerrardIndependent00.0%
Eric GilmourIndependent00.0%
Laurie GobleIndependent00.0%
David Patrick GreeneIndependent00.0%
Nicolette GrossIndependent00.0%
Kathleen GudmundssonIndependent00.0%
Richard HaleyIndependent00.0%
Kazimir HaykowskyIndependent00.0%
Iriella HicksIndependent00.0%
Loren HicksIndependent00.0%
Seyed Hosseini LavasaniIndependent00.0%
Glendyn HowseIndependent00.0%
Ryan HuardIndependent00.0%
Jack Jean-LouisIndependent00.0%
Derek JouppiIndependent00.0%
Erich JurgensIndependent00.0%
Elza KephartIndependent00.0%
Dannielle KonkleIndependent00.0%
Solomon Krygier-PaineIndependent00.0%
Andrew KulasIndependent00.0%
Samuel LafontaineIndependent00.0%
Alain LamontagneIndependent00.0%
Eric LaverdureIndependent00.0%
Jocelyn LeBlanc-CourchaineIndependent00.0%
Alexander LeinIndependent00.0%
Renée LemieuxIndependent00.0%
Jeffrey LerouxIndependent00.0%
Litma Kai Ching LeungIndependent00.0%
Cedric LudlowIndependent00.0%
Jennifer Margaret Mackenzie-MillerIndependent00.0%
Nicolas MaltaisIndependent00.0%
Kevin ManzanoIndependent00.0%
Eric MarchIndependent00.0%
Devin McManusIndependent00.0%
Robert Melting TallowIndependent00.0%
Joanne L MettersIndependent00.0%
Nicholas MewIndependent00.0%
Mark MoutterIndependent00.0%
Rob MumfordIndependent00.0%
Molly MunnIndependent00.0%
Sam NabiIndependent00.0%
John Francis O'FlynnIndependent00.0%
Clifford PineIndependent00.0%
Brian RamchandarIndependent00.0%
Spencer RocchiIndependent00.0%
Wallace Richard RowatIndependent00.0%
Barry RuegerIndependent00.0%
Chris ScrimesIndependent00.0%
Charles Douglas SleepIndependent00.0%
Julie St-AmandIndependent00.0%
Pascal St-AmandIndependent00.0%
Andi SweetIndependent00.0%
Corinne UnrauIndependent00.0%
Tyson WarnerIndependent00.0%
Simon John Edwin WedelIndependent00.0%
Michaiah WilliamsIndependent00.0%
Brian WishartIndependent00.0%
Michael WisniewskiIndependent00.0%
Belinda Christine YoungIndependent00.0%

An unusually long ballot. 214 candidates stood here.

The figures. Elections Canada's official voting results (elections.ca), read 2026-10-08. The 2025 column is each party's share here at the general election of April 28, 2025; ± is the change in that party's share, in points. A candidate whose party did not stand here in 2025 has no figure.

IIWhy the seat was empty

: Damien Kurek, Conservative member for Battle River—Crowfoot, resigns his seat.

Before that day the seat was held by Damien Kurek, a Conservative, who won it at the 2025 election.

Source: ourcommons.ca · the event in the ledger

IIIAgainst 2025

The Conservative share here was 80.9% at the by-election of and 82.8% in the 2025 election.

Shares are of valid votes in this riding at each vote. The 2025 figures are the general election's, from Elections Canada's official voting results; the riding's page has that result in full.

IVThe House after it

After the event of August 18, 2025, "Battle River—Crowfoot by-election", the Liberals hold 169 of 343 seats, the Conservatives 144, the Bloc Québécois 22, the NDP 7, and the Greens 1.

This event in the ledger · How the House stands today · Battle River—Crowfoot's page

Sources and citation

The result: Elections Canada, official voting results, read 2026-10-08. The 2025 result: Elections Canada's official voting results, as the riding's page prints it. The vacancy: the event's source. The House: the ledger. Members as of 2026-11-01; one of 343 ridings.

"Battle River—Crowfoot by-election, August 18, 2025: who won and by how much." The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/by-election/battle-river-crowfoot-2025-08-18/ Accessed 2026-10-08.