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The Political RecordFederal electoral districtsNo. 48002Alberta

Battle River—Crowfoot

Battle River—Crowfoot is a federal riding in Alberta. Pierre Poilievre (Conservative, first elected to the House in 2004) has represented Battle River—Crowfoot since the by-election of . Pierre Poilievre held the seat for the Conservatives at the by-election of by 36,290 votes (71.0 points) with 80.9% of the vote. Damien Kurek (Conservative) held Battle River—Crowfoot for the Conservatives in the 2025 election by 46,118 votes (71.1 points), with 82.8% of the vote. Brent Sutton (Liberal) was second with 11.7%, on a turnout of 74.4% of 87,578 electors. Member as of .

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Fig. 1 — Battle River—Crowfoot on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on . Open it on the board →

Who represents Battle River—Crowfoot

CPierre Poilievre
Pierre Poilievre's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Pierre Poilievre

Member of Parliament for Battle River—Crowfoot

Conservative

First elected · 8 terms · won the seat at the by-election of

  • Leader of the Opposition
  • leader of the Conservative Party of Canada

758 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on The Economy.

Contact and office · House of Commons →

The 2025 result: Conservative hold

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Battle River—Crowfoot, April 28, 2025

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Battle River—Crowfoot, April 28, 2025Of the 64,807 valid votes, Damien Kurek (Conservative) took 82.8%, Brent Sutton (Liberal) 11.7%, James MacKay (New Democratic) 3.2% and Jonathan Bridges (People's Party) 1.6%; one other candidate took 0.7%.2025Turnout 74.4% of 87,578 electorsDamien KurekConservative82.8% · 53,68446,118 votes ahead · 71.2 ptsBrent SuttonLiberal11.7% · 7,566James MacKayNew Democratic3.2% · 2,061Jonathan BridgesPeople's Party1.6% · 1,022Other (1)0.7% · 474050%100%
Share of the valid votes by candidate, Battle River—Crowfoot, April 28, 2025Of the 64,807 valid votes, Damien Kurek (Conservative) took 82.8%, Brent Sutton (Liberal) 11.7%, James MacKay (New Democratic) 3.2% and Jonathan Bridges (People's Party) 1.6%; one other candidate took 0.7%.2025Turnout 74.4% of 87,578 electorsDamien KurekConservative82.8% · 53,68446,118 votes ahead · 71.2 ptsBrent SuttonLiberal11.7% · 7,566James MacKayNew Democratic3.2% · 2,061Jonathan BridgesPeople's Party1.6% · 1,022Other (1)0.7% · 474050%100%
Shares of the 64,807 valid votes; a candidate under 1% is counted with the others. Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, the 2025 general election.
The figures
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Damien KurekConservative53,68482.8%
Brent SuttonLiberal7,56611.7%
James MacKayNew Democratic2,0613.2%
Jonathan BridgesPeople's Party1,0221.6%
Other (1)4740.7%

Damien Kurek (Conservative) won Battle River—Crowfoot on with 53,684 votes, 82.8% of the 64,807 valid votes. Brent Sutton (Liberal) was second with 7,566 (11.7%), 46,118 votes and 71.1 points behind.

Of the 64,807 valid votes, Damien Kurek (Conservative) took 82.8%, Brent Sutton (Liberal) 11.7%, James MacKay (New Democratic) 3.2% and Jonathan Bridges (People's Party) 1.6%; one other candidate took 0.7%. Turnout was 74.4% of 87,578 electors: 65,198 ballots cast, 64,807 of them valid, for 5 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Conservatives are up 11.7 (71.1% to 82.8%), the Liberals up 7.5 (4.2% to 11.7%), the New Democrats down 6.5 (9.7% to 3.2%) and the People's Party down 7.7 (9.3% to 1.6%), 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 Battle River—Crowfoot at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

  1. 2004Conservative78.1%by 69.1 points over the Liberals
  2. 2006Conservative79.9%by 71.9 points over the New Democrats
  3. 2008Conservative80.4%by 72.0 points over the New Democrats
  4. 2011Conservative82.6%by 72.7 points over the New Democrats
  5. 2015Conservative80.8%by 71.2 points over the Liberals
  6. 2019Conservative85.4%by 80.3 points over the New Democrats
  7. 2021Conservative71.1%by 61.4 points over the New Democrats
  8. 2025Conservative82.8%by 71.1 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
YearFirstShareSecondMargin (pts)Basis
2004Conservative78.1%Liberal69.1carried, our estimate
2006Conservative79.9%New Democratic71.9carried, our estimate
2008Conservative80.4%New Democratic72.0carried, our estimate
2011Conservative82.6%New Democratic72.7carried, our estimate
2015Conservative80.8%Liberal71.2carried, our estimate
2019Conservative85.4%New Democratic80.3carried, our estimate
2021Conservative71.1%New Democratic61.4transposed by Elections Canada
2025Conservative82.8%Liberal71.1official result

The Conservatives were first here at all eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, by an average of 71.2 points over the next party. In 2025 the Conservatives took 82.8% of the vote here, 3.0 points above their average of 79.8% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

On today's boundaries the Conservatives were first here in 2004 (78.1%), 2006 (79.9%), 2008 (80.4%), 2011 (82.6%), 2015 (80.8%), 2019 (85.4%), 2021 (71.1%) and 2025 (82.8%), 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 · Damien Kurek, by 36,058 votes (61.5 pts)
  • 2019 Conservative · Damien Kurek, by 50,124 votes (80.4 pts)
  • 2015 Conservative · Kevin Sorenson, by 42,047 votes (71.5 pts)

In the old Battle River—Crowfoot on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Battle River—Crowfoot lived in; Elections Canada's official results.

What kind of place Battle River—Crowfoot is

Population
110,2152021 census
Area
54,543km²
Density
2.0people per km²
Electors
87,578on the 2025 lists
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
  • 2nd-widest margin in Canada: Won by 71.1 points (46,118 votes) · 2nd of 3432nd
    2nd-widest margin in Canada
    Won by 71.1 points (46,118 votes) · 2nd of 343
  • Won every election-day poll: All 221 election-day polls went to the winner · one of 15 of 34315
    Won every election-day poll
    All 221 election-day polls went to the winner · one of 15 of 343
  • Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.2% — about 54 percent of the median riding's 28.2%.
    highestlowest36th lowest of 343
  • Share of households that own their home is 78.2% — a little higher than the median riding's 71.4%.
    highestlowest80th highest of 343
  • Share who are immigrants is 7.7% — about 45 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.
    highestlowest91st lowest of 343
  • Share with French as a mother tongue is 1.0% — about 63 percent of the median riding's 1.6%.
    highestlowest101st lowest of 343
  • Median age is 43.6 — a little higher than the median riding's 41.6.
    highestlowest106th highest of 343
  • Median total household income is $80,000 — a little lower than the median riding's $84,000.
    highestlowest147th 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. 96% of the 2025 electors in today's Battle River—Crowfoot lived in the old Battle River—Crowfoot; by area, 3% of the riding came from other ridings.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding
96.1%Battle River—Crowfoot 97.0% of the area
3.9%Bow River 3.0% of the area · 7% 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

CandidatePartyVotes%2021±
Damien KurekConservative53,68482.8%71.1%+11.7
Brent SuttonLiberal7,56611.7%4.2%+7.5
James MacKayNew Democratic2,0613.2%9.7%−6.5
Jonathan BridgesPeople's1,0221.6%9.3%−7.7
1 further candidate, under 1% of the vote
Douglas GookGreen4740.7%
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.

The by-election of 2025-08-18Conservative hold

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%.

Elected
Pierre Poilievre Conservative · 41,308 votes · 80.9%
Runner-up
Bonnie Critchley Independent · 5,018 votes · 9.8%
Margin
36,290 votes 71.0 pts · of 51,085 valid votes
Turnout
58.8% of 87,250 electors · 211 rejected ballots

The Conservative share here was 80.9% at the by-election of 2025-08-18 and 82.8% in the 2025 election, with 214 candidates on the ballot.

Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, read 2026-10-08. Every candidate and the full result →

IIIHow close was it, really

Third place vs. the margin
2,061 votes
New Democratic took fewer than the 46,118-vote margin.
Election-day polls won by others
0 of 221
No poll ended in a tie.
Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Conservatives (221) · ■ won by another party (0).
Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 23,060 voters switching from Conservative to Liberal — 35.6% of the 64,807 valid votes, 35.5 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

Conservative53,684
Liberal7,566
Still Conservative by 46,118 votes. Actual margin: 46,118.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 62.6% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.

On election day the Conservatives took 83.5%, the Liberals 10.5%, the New Democrats 3.3% and the People's Party 1.8%; in advance and special ballots, 81.7%, 13.6%, 2.9% and 1.2%, in that order.

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

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Battle River—Crowfoot, April 28, 2025On election day the Conservatives took 83.5%, the Liberals 10.5%, the New Democrats 3.3% and the People's Party 1.8%; in advance and special ballots, 81.7%, 13.6%, 2.9% and 1.2%, in that order.Election dayAdvance and special± pts, the gapConservative83.5%81.7%−1.8 ptsLiberal10.5%13.6%+3.1 ptsNew Democratic3.3%2.9%−0.4 ptsPeople's Party1.8%1.2%−0.6 pts050%100%
Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Battle River—Crowfoot, April 28, 2025On election day the Conservatives took 83.5%, the Liberals 10.5%, the New Democrats 3.3% and the People's Party 1.8%; in advance and special ballots, 81.7%, 13.6%, 2.9% and 1.2%, in that order.Election dayAdvance and special± pts, the gapConservative83.5%81.7%−1.8 ptsLiberal10.5%13.6%+3.1 ptsNew Democratic3.3%2.9%−0.4 ptsPeople's Party1.8%1.2%−0.6 pts050%100%
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
PartyElection dayAdvance and specialGap
Conservative83.5%81.7%−1.8
Liberal10.5%13.6%+3.1
New Democratic3.3%2.9%−0.4
People's Party1.8%1.2%−0.6
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 — Battle River—Crowfoot and its 10 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

"Battle River—Crowfoot — federal riding profile and 2025 results." The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/battle-river-crowfoot/ 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.