The Political RecordFederal electoral districtsNo. 48001Alberta

Airdrie—Cochrane

Airdrie—Cochrane is a federal riding in Alberta. Blake Richards (Conservative, first elected to the House in 2008) represents Airdrie—Cochrane. Blake Richards (Conservative) held Airdrie—Cochrane for the Conservatives in the 2025 election by 33,538 votes (47.5 points), with 71.2% of the vote. Sean Secord (Liberal) was second with 23.7%, on a turnout of 74.7% of 95,076 electors. Member as of 2026-11-01.

Fig. 1 — Airdrie—Cochrane on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on 2026-11-01. Open it on the board →

Who represents Airdrie—Cochrane

Blake Richards's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Blake Richards

Member of Parliament for Airdrie—Cochrane

Conservative

MP since 2008-10-14 · 6 terms

Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure
Veterans Affairs committee
Vice-Chair, Veterans Affairs committee

62 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Committees of the House — Veterans Affairs.

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The 2025 result: Conservative hold

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Airdrie—Cochrane, April 28, 2025

Shares of the 70,560 valid votes; a candidate under 1% is counted with the others. Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, the 2025 general election.

The figures

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Blake Richards	Conservative	50,252	71.2%
Sean Secord	Liberal	16,714	23.7%
Sarah Zagoda	New Democratic	2,591	3.7%
Others (2)		1,003	1.4%

Blake Richards (Conservative) won Airdrie—Cochrane on April 28, 2025 with 50,252 votes, 71.2% of the 70,560 valid votes. Sean Secord (Liberal) was second with 16,714 (23.7%), 33,538 votes and 47.5 points behind.

Of the 70,560 valid votes, Blake Richards (Conservative) took 71.2%, Sean Secord (Liberal) 23.7% and Sarah Zagoda (New Democratic) 3.7%; the 2 other candidates took 1.4% together. Turnout was 74.7% of 95,076 electors: 71,017 ballots cast, 70,560 of them valid, for 5 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Conservatives are up 11.6 (59.6% to 71.2%), the Liberals up 13.6 (10.1% to 23.7%) and the New Democrats down 11.2 (14.9% to 3.7%), in points of the valid votes.

2021 is Elections Canada's transposition of that election onto the 2023 boundaries, not an election held on these lines.

Since 2004: a Conservative stronghold

The party first in Airdrie—Cochrane at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

2004Conservative70.8%by 58.2 points over the Liberals
2006Conservative72.3%by 61.8 points over the Greens
2008Conservative73.2%by 60.7 points over the Greens
2011Conservative74.9%by 63.6 points over the New Democrats
2015Conservative63.4%by 37.3 points over the Liberals
2019Conservative71.1%by 60.3 points over the Liberals
2021Conservative59.6%by 44.8 points over the New Democrats
2025Conservative71.2%by 47.5 points over the Liberals

Each election carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate to 2019, Elections Canada's transposition for 2021, the official result for 2025. Parties are counted as they ran.

The figures

Year	First	Share	Second	Margin (pts)	Basis
2004	Conservative	70.8%	Liberal	58.2	carried, our estimate
2006	Conservative	72.3%	Green	61.8	carried, our estimate
2008	Conservative	73.2%	Green	60.7	carried, our estimate
2011	Conservative	74.9%	New Democratic	63.6	carried, our estimate
2015	Conservative	63.4%	Liberal	37.3	carried, our estimate
2019	Conservative	71.1%	Liberal	60.3	carried, our estimate
2021	Conservative	59.6%	New Democratic	44.8	transposed by Elections Canada
2025	Conservative	71.2%	Liberal	47.5	official result

The Conservatives were first here at all eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, by an average of 54.3 points over the next party. In 2025 the Conservatives took 71.2% of the vote here, 1.9 points above their average of 69.3% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

On today's boundaries the Conservatives were first here in 2004 (70.8%), 2006 (72.3%), 2008 (73.2%), 2011 (74.9%), 2015 (63.4%), 2019 (71.1%), 2021 (59.6%) and 2025 (71.2%), each with the share of the valid votes shown.

A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 77 of the 343 ridings are strongholds. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result.

Before 2025

2021 Conservative · Blake Richards, by 31,195 votes (40.5 pts)
2019 Conservative · Blake Richards, by 47,079 votes (60.3 pts)
2015 Conservative · Blake Richards, by 24,848 votes (37.3 pts)

In Banff—Airdrie on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Airdrie—Cochrane lived in; Elections Canada's official results.

What kind of place Airdrie—Cochrane is

Population: 115,2402021 census
Area: 579km²
Density: 199people per km²
Electors: 95,076on the 2025 lists

Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings

Won every election-day poll
All 180 election-day polls went to the winner · one of 15 of 343

Median total household income is $113,000 — about 1.3 times the median riding's $84,000.
highestlowest31st highest 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
Median age is 37.2 — a little lower than the median riding's 41.6.
highestlowest46th lowest 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
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

2021 Census on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.

IDid this riding change?

Yes — it shrank. All of today's Airdrie—Cochrane, its electors as well as its ground, comes from the old Banff—Airdrie, but it is only 5% of that riding by area. The rest went elsewhere.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding

100.0%Banff—Airdrie 99.9% of the area · 5% of it kept

How this is measured. Electors: the share of the current riding's 2025 ordinary-list electors who lived in each former riding, each 2025 polling division placed in the 2013 riding a point inside it falls in. Area: the share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files, and how much of the former riding that part was. Area is land, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result

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

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.

Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Conservatives (180) · ■ won by another party (0).

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.

Voters who switch: 0033,540

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.

On election day the Conservatives took 71.3%, the Liberals 23.2%, the New Democrats 3.9% and the others 1.6%; in advance and special ballots, 71.1%, 24.2%, 3.5% and 1.2%, in that order.

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Airdrie—Cochrane, April 28, 2025

Shares of the valid votes cast at election-day polls, and of those cast at advance polls, at mobile polls and by special ballot; the gap is the second less the first, in points. Source: Elections Canada, poll-by-poll results, the 2025 general election.

The figures

Party	Election day	Advance and special	Gap
Conservative	71.3%	71.1%	−0.2
Liberal	23.2%	24.2%	+1.0
New Democratic	3.9%	3.5%	−0.4
Other	1.6%	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.

VWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — Airdrie—Cochrane and its 4 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

"Airdrie—Cochrane — federal riding profile and 2025 results."
The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/airdrie-cochrane/
Accessed 2026-11-10.

Results and transposition: Elections Canada. Boundaries: Elections Canada / Statistics Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada. Census: Statistics Canada 2021 Census. Member: House of Commons.

Figures reconcile to the certified national total of 19,641,663 votes. The member is as the House of Commons listed them on 2026-11-01. Page built 2026-11-10.