The Political Record · Federal electoral districts
Edmonton Centre
Edmonton-Centre
Federal riding · AB · No. 48015 · 2023 representation order
- Member
- Eleanor Olszewski Liberal
- 2025 result
- Liberal gain by 3,512 votes
- Turnout
- 63.1% of 87,067 electors
- Population
- 115,155 2021 census
- Area
- 46 km²
- Figures as of
- 2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
- Most candidates on the ballot in Canada10 candidates stood · 3rd of 343
- Smallest by area in Alberta46 km² · 3rd of 37 in Alberta · 60th of 343 in Canada
- Changed hands in 2025One of 58 of 343 ridings where the winning party changed from the transposed 2021 result (4 of 37 in Alberta)
In brief
- Eleanor Olszewski took the seat for the Liberals by 3,512 votes (+6.4 points).
- 19% of today's riding was drawn from other ridings in 2023.
- Election-day and advance voters agreed on the winner; 58.3% of votes were cast on the day.
- Share of households that own their home is the 20th lowest of 343 ridings.
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Eleanor Olszewski
- Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience
- Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada
IDid this riding change?
Yes. 19% of today's Edmonton Centre came from ridings other than the old Edmonton Centre.
Share of today's areaFormer riding
80.7%Edmonton Centre 79% of it kept
9.9%Edmonton Griesbach 10% of it kept
9.2%Edmonton West 4% of it kept
0.1%St. Albert—Edmonton 0% 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
Liberal gain
Elected
Eleanor Olszewski
Liberal
24,138
44.3% of valid votes
Margin
3,512
votes · +6.4 pts
Runner-up
Sayid Ahmed
Conservative
20,626
37.9% of valid votes
Liberal 44.3% · Conservative 37.9% · New Democratic 15.5%
Turnout63.1% of 87,067 electors
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | 2021 | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eleanor Olszewski | Liberal | 24,138 | 44.3% | 31.0% | +13.3 |
| Sayid Ahmed | Conservative | 20,626 | 37.9% | 32.4% | +5.5 |
| Trisha Estabrooks | New Democratic | 8,440 | 15.5% | 30.2% | −14.7 |
7 further candidates, each under 1% of the vote
| John Ross | People's | 468 | 0.9% |
| David John Bohonos | Other | 158 | 0.3% |
| Gregory Bell | Independent | 155 | 0.3% |
| Mike Dutcher | Independent | 137 | 0.3% |
| Naomi Rankin | Other | 133 | 0.2% |
| Ronald S. Billingsley Jr. | Independent | 106 | 0.2% |
| Merryn Edwards de la O | Other | 67 | 0.1% |
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
3.2 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
8,440 votes
New Democratic took more than the 3,512-vote margin. True in 100 of 343 ridings in 2025.
Election-day polls won by others
65 of 157
5 polls ended in an exact tie.
Flip the seatHypothetical
It would have taken 1,757 voters switching from Liberal to Conservative — 3.2% of the 54,428 valid votes, 3.2 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.
Liberal24,138
Conservative20,626
Still Liberal by 3,512 votes. Actual margin: 3,512.
IVElection day versus advance
Only 58.3% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.
Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Liberal41.9%47.8%+5.9
Conservative39.7%35.4%−4.3
New Democratic15.7%15.2%−0.5
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 $66,500 — about 79 percent of the median riding's $84,000.highestlowest44th lowest of 343
- Median age is 38.0 — a little lower than the median riding's 41.6.highestlowest66th lowest of 343
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35.8% — about 1.3 times the median riding's 28.2%.highestlowest125th highest of 343
- Share who are immigrants is 26.9% — about 1.6 times the median riding's 17.3%.highestlowest119th highest of 343
- Share of households that own their home is 39.5% — about 55 percent of the median riding's 71.4%.highestlowest20th lowest of 343
- Share with French as a mother tongue is 1.8% — a little higher than the median riding's 1.6%.highestlowest146th 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. 48015AB · 2025
Edmonton Centre
Eleanor Olszewski
- Result
- Liberal gain by 3,512
- Turnout
- 63.1%
- Population
- 115,155
- Area
- 46 km²
Most candidates on the ballot in CanadaSmallest by area in AlbertaChanged hands in 2025
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