The Political Record · Federal electoral districts
Foothills
Federal riding · AB · No. 48024 · 2023 representation order
- Member
- John Barlow Conservative
- 2025 result
- Conservative hold by 41,168 votes
- Turnout
- 74.3% of 97,153 electors
- Population
- 114,995 2021 census
- Area
- 19,369 km²
- Figures as of
- 2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
- Width of the marginWon by 57.2 points (41,168 votes) · 15th of 343 in Canada
- Turnout74.3% of 97,153 electors voted · 43rd of 343 in Canada
- Area, largest first19,369 km² · 53rd of 343 in Canada
In brief
- John Barlow held the seat for the Conservatives by 41,168 votes (+57.2 points).
- 15% of today's riding was drawn from other ridings in 2023.
- Election-day and advance voters agreed on the winner; 51.8% of votes were cast on the day.
- Share of households that own their home is the 50th highest of 343 ridings.
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
John Barlow
- Member: Agriculture and Agri-Food
- Member: Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure
- Vice-Chair: Agriculture and Agri-Food
IDid this riding change?
Yes. 15% of today's Foothills came from ridings other than the old Foothills.
Share of today's areaFormer riding
85.4%Foothills 79% of it kept
7.4%Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner 5% of it kept
7.2%Bow River 6% 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
John Barlow
Conservative
54,874
76.3% of valid votes
Margin
41,168
votes · +57.2 pts
Runner-up
John Bruinsma
Liberal
13,706
19.1% of valid votes
Conservative 76.3% · Liberal 19.1% · New Democratic 2.7% · People's 1.1%
Turnout74.3% of 97,153 electors
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | 2021 | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Barlow | Conservative | 54,874 | 76.3% | 68.2% | +8.1 |
| John Bruinsma | Liberal | 13,706 | 19.1% | 6.9% | +12.2 |
| Kaitte Aurora | New Democratic | 1,923 | 2.7% | 11.4% | −8.7 |
| Paul O'Halloran | People's | 796 | 1.1% | 8.2% | −7.1 |
1 further candidate, under 1% of the vote
| Emma Hoberg | Green | 589 | 0.8% |
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
28.6 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
1,923 votes
New Democratic took fewer than the 41,168-vote margin.
Election-day polls won by others
10 of 228
No poll ended in a tie.
Flip the seatHypothetical
It would have taken 20,585 voters switching from Conservative to Liberal — 28.6% of the 71,888 valid votes, 28.6 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.
Conservative54,874
Liberal13,706
Still Conservative by 41,168 votes. Actual margin: 41,168.
IVElection day versus advance
Only 51.8% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.
Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Conservative76.1%76.6%+0.5
Liberal18.6%19.6%+1.0
New Democratic3.0%2.3%−0.7
People's1.2%1.0%−0.2
Green1.0%0.6%−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 $95,000 — a little higher than the median riding's $84,000.highestlowest90th highest of 343
- Median age is 44.4 — a little higher than the median riding's 41.6.highestlowest87th highest of 343
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.1% — about 82 percent of the median riding's 28.2%.highestlowest127th lowest of 343
- Share who are immigrants is 11.9% — about 69 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.highestlowest134th lowest of 343
- Share of households that own their home is 81.3% — a little higher than the median riding's 71.4%.highestlowest50th highest of 343
- Share with French as a mother tongue is 1.1% — about 69 percent of the median riding's 1.6%.highestlowest112th lowest 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. 48024AB · 2025
Foothills
John Barlow
- Result
- Conservative hold by 41,168
- Turnout
- 74.3%
- Population
- 114,995
- Area
- 19,369 km²
Width of the marginTurnoutArea, largest first
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