The Political Record · Federal electoral districts
Airdrie—Cochrane
Federal riding · AB · No. 48001 · 2023 representation order
- Member
- Blake Richards Conservative
- 2025 result
- Conservative hold by 33,538 votes
- Turnout
- 74.7% of 95,076 electors
- Population
- 115,240 2021 census
- Area
- 579 km²
- Figures as of
- 2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
- Won every election-day pollAll 180 election-day polls went to the winner · one of 15 of 343
- Width of the marginWon by 47.5 points (33,538 votes) · 22nd of 343 in Canada
- Turnout74.7% of 95,076 electors voted · 37th of 343 in Canada
In brief
- Blake Richards held the seat for the Conservatives by 33,538 votes (+47.5 points).
- The riding shrank in 2023: it keeps 5% of the old Banff—Airdrie.
- Election-day and advance voters agreed on the winner; 51.7% of votes were cast on the day.
- Median total household income is the 31st highest of 343 ridings.
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Blake Richards
- Member: Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure
- Member: Veterans Affairs
- Vice-Chair: Veterans Affairs
IDid this riding change?
Yes — it shrank. All of today's Airdrie—Cochrane comes from the old Banff—Airdrie, but it is only 5% of that riding. The rest went elsewhere.
Share of today's areaFormer riding
99.9%Banff—Airdrie 5% of it kept
How this is measured. Share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files. It is area, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.
IIThe 2025 result
Conservative hold
Elected
Blake Richards
Conservative
50,252
71.2% of valid votes
Margin
33,538
votes · +47.5 pts
Runner-up
Sean Secord
Liberal
16,714
23.7% of valid votes
Conservative 71.2% · Liberal 23.7% · New Democratic 3.7%
Turnout74.7% of 95,076 electors
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | 2021 | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Richards | Conservative | 50,252 | 71.2% | 59.6% | +11.6 |
| Sean Secord | Liberal | 16,714 | 23.7% | 10.1% | +13.6 |
| Sarah Zagoda | New Democratic | 2,591 | 3.7% | 14.9% | −11.2 |
2 further candidates, each under 1% of the vote
| David Sabine | Other | 623 | 0.9% |
| Christopher Bell | Other | 380 | 0.5% |
The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.
IIIHow close was it, really
Swing needed to flip
23.8 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
2,591 votes
New Democratic took fewer than the 33,538-vote margin.
Election-day polls won by others
0 of 180
No poll ended in a tie.
Flip the seatHypothetical
It would have taken 16,770 voters switching from Conservative to Liberal — 23.8% of the 70,560 valid votes, 23.8 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.
Conservative50,252
Liberal16,714
Still Conservative by 33,538 votes. Actual margin: 33,538.
IVElection day versus advance
Only 51.7% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.
Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Conservative71.3%71.1%−0.2
Liberal23.2%24.2%+1.0
New Democratic3.9%3.5%−0.4
Other1.6%1.2%−0.4
An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.
VWhat kind of place this is
- Median total household income is $113,000 — about 1.3 times the median riding's $84,000.highestlowest31st highest of 343
- Median age is 37.2 — a little lower than the median riding's 41.6.highestlowest46th lowest of 343
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27.3% — a little lower than the median riding's 28.2%.highestlowest166th lowest of 343
- Share who are immigrants is 16.2% — a little lower than the median riding's 17.3%.highestlowest168th lowest of 343
- Share of households that own their home is 81.6% — a little higher than the median riding's 71.4%.highestlowest45th highest of 343
- Share with French as a mother tongue is 1.9% — about 1.2 times the median riding's 1.6%.highestlowest141st highest of 343
2021 Census, keyed to the 2023 representation order. Comparisons are against the median riding, not Canada as a whole. Each rule places this riding among all 343.
VIWhere it is
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The card
No. 48001AB · 2025
Airdrie—Cochrane
Blake Richards
- Result
- Conservative hold by 33,538
- Turnout
- 74.7%
- Population
- 115,240
- Area
- 579 km²
Won every election-day pollWidth of the marginTurnout
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