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St. Albert—Sturgeon River

St. Albert—Sturgeon River is a federal riding in Alberta. Michael Cooper (Conservative, first elected to the House in 2015) represents St. Albert—Sturgeon River. Michael Cooper (Conservative) held St. Albert—Sturgeon River for the Conservatives in the 2025 election by 26,239 votes (34.0 points), with 63.9% of the vote. Lucia Stachurski (Liberal) was second with 29.9%, on a turnout of 76.8% of 100,651 electors. Member as of .

Edmonton Manning · ConservativeEdmonton Northwest · ConservativeLakeland · ConservativeParkland · ConservativePeace River—Westlock · ConservativeSherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan · ConservativeSt. Albert—Sturgeon River
Fig. 1 — St. Albert—Sturgeon River on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on . Open it on the board →

Who represents St. Albert—Sturgeon River

CMichael Cooper
Michael Cooper's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Michael Cooper

Member of Parliament for St. Albert—Sturgeon River

Conservative

MP since · 4 terms

  • Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics committee
  • Medical Assistance in Dying committee
  • Procedure and House Affairs committee
  • Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure

205 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Ethics.

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The 2025 result: Conservative hold

Share of the valid votes by candidate, St. Albert—Sturgeon River, April 28, 2025

Share of the valid votes by candidate, St. Albert—Sturgeon River, April 28, 2025Of the 76,961 valid votes, Michael Cooper (Conservative) took 63.9%, Lucia Stachurski (Liberal) 29.9%, Dorothy Anderson (New Democratic) 4.8% and Brigitte Cecelia (People's Party) 1.1%; one other candidate took 0.3%.2025Turnout 76.8% of 100,651 electorsMichael CooperConservative63.9% · 49,21626,239 votes ahead · 34.1 ptsLucia StachurskiLiberal29.9% · 22,977Dorothy AndersonNew Democratic4.8% · 3,684Brigitte CeceliaPeople's Party1.1% · 820Other (1)0.3% · 264050%100%
Share of the valid votes by candidate, St. Albert—Sturgeon River, April 28, 2025Of the 76,961 valid votes, Michael Cooper (Conservative) took 63.9%, Lucia Stachurski (Liberal) 29.9%, Dorothy Anderson (New Democratic) 4.8% and Brigitte Cecelia (People's Party) 1.1%; one other candidate took 0.3%.2025Turnout 76.8% of 100,651 electorsMichael CooperConservative63.9% · 49,21626,239 votes ahead · 34.1 ptsLucia StachurskiLiberal29.9% · 22,977Dorothy AndersonNew Democratic4.8% · 3,684Brigitte CeceliaPeople's Party1.1% · 820Other (1)0.3% · 264050%100%
Shares of the 76,961 valid votes; a candidate under 1% is counted with the others. Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, the 2025 general election.
The figures
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Michael CooperConservative49,21663.9%
Lucia StachurskiLiberal22,97729.9%
Dorothy AndersonNew Democratic3,6844.8%
Brigitte CeceliaPeople's Party8201.1%
Other (1)2640.3%

Michael Cooper (Conservative) won St. Albert—Sturgeon River on with 49,216 votes, 63.9% of the 76,961 valid votes. Lucia Stachurski (Liberal) was second with 22,977 (29.9%), 26,239 votes and 34.0 points behind.

Of the 76,961 valid votes, Michael Cooper (Conservative) took 63.9%, Lucia Stachurski (Liberal) 29.9%, Dorothy Anderson (New Democratic) 4.8% and Brigitte Cecelia (People's Party) 1.1%; one other candidate took 0.3%. Turnout was 76.8% of 100,651 electors: 77,305 ballots cast, 76,961 of them valid, for 5 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Conservatives are up 8.1 (55.8% to 63.9%), the Liberals up 18.6 (11.3% to 29.9%), the New Democrats down 18.6 (23.4% to 4.8%) and the People's Party down 6.7 (7.8% to 1.1%), 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 St. Albert—Sturgeon River at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

  1. 2004Conservative62.3%by 41.3 points over the Liberals
  2. 2006Conservative64.1%by 47.0 points over the Liberals
  3. 2008Conservative66.9%by 53.6 points over the New Democrats
  4. 2011Conservative70.3%by 53.2 points over the New Democrats
  5. 2015Conservative56.3%by 36.9 points over the Liberals
  6. 2019Conservative68.4%by 54.7 points over the Liberals
  7. 2021Conservative55.8%by 32.3 points over the New Democrats
  8. 2025Conservative63.9%by 34.0 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
2004Conservative62.3%Liberal41.3carried, our estimate
2006Conservative64.1%Liberal47.0carried, our estimate
2008Conservative66.9%New Democratic53.6carried, our estimate
2011Conservative70.3%New Democratic53.2carried, our estimate
2015Conservative56.3%Liberal36.9carried, our estimate
2019Conservative68.4%Liberal54.7carried, our estimate
2021Conservative55.8%New Democratic32.3transposed by Elections Canada
2025Conservative63.9%Liberal34.0official result

The Conservatives were first here at all eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, by an average of 44.1 points over the next party. In 2025 the Conservatives took 63.9% of the vote here, 0.5 points above their average of 63.4% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

On today's boundaries the Conservatives were first here in 2004 (62.3%), 2006 (64.1%), 2008 (66.9%), 2011 (70.3%), 2015 (56.3%), 2019 (68.4%), 2021 (55.8%) and 2025 (63.9%), 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 · Michael Cooper, by 11,836 votes (19.0 pts)
  • 2019 Conservative · Michael Cooper, by 27,029 votes (41.5 pts)
  • 2015 Conservative · Michael Cooper, by 13,440 votes (22.7 pts)

In St. Albert—Edmonton on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's St. Albert—Sturgeon River lived in; Elections Canada's official results.

What kind of place St. Albert—Sturgeon River is

Population
121,3102021 census
Area
4,477km²
Density
27people per km²
Electors
100,651on the 2025 lists
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
  • 2nd-highest turnout in Alberta: 76.8% of 100,651 electors voted · 2nd of 37 in Alberta · 13th of 343 in Canada2nd
    2nd-highest turnout in Alberta
    76.8% of 100,651 electors voted · 2nd of 37 in Alberta · 13th of 343 in Canada
  • Share of households that own their home is 83.4% — about 1.2 times the median riding's 71.4%.
    highestlowest31st highest of 343
  • Median total household income is $111,000 — about 1.3 times the median riding's $84,000.
    highestlowest36th highest of 343
  • Share who are immigrants is 9.4% — about 54 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.
    highestlowest106th lowest of 343
  • Share with French as a mother tongue is 2.8% — about 1.7 times the median riding's 1.6%.
    highestlowest118th highest of 343
  • Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.7% — about 84 percent of the median riding's 28.2%.
    highestlowest134th lowest of 343
  • Median age is 41.6 — about the same as the median riding's 41.6.
    highestlowest163rd highest 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. 56% of the 2025 electors in today's St. Albert—Sturgeon River lived in the old St. Albert—Edmonton; by area, 69% of the riding came from the old Sturgeon River—Parkland.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding
56.1%St. Albert—Edmonton 1.1% of the area · 46% of it kept
37.2%Sturgeon River—Parkland 68.7% of the area · 77% of it kept
6.6%Yellowhead 30.2% of the area · 2% 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±
Michael CooperConservative49,21663.9%55.8%+8.1
Lucia StachurskiLiberal22,97729.9%11.3%+18.6
Dorothy AndersonNew Democratic3,6844.8%23.4%−18.6
Brigitte CeceliaPeople's8201.1%7.8%−6.7
1 further candidate, under 1% of the vote
Jeff WillertonOther2640.3%
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
3,684 votes
New Democratic took fewer than the 26,239-vote margin.
Election-day polls won by others
7 of 232
No poll ended in a tie.
Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Conservatives (225) · ■ won by another party (7).
Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 13,120 voters switching from Conservative to Liberal — 17.0% of the 76,961 valid votes, 17.0 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

Conservative49,216
Liberal22,977
Still Conservative by 26,239 votes. Actual margin: 26,239.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 53.9% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.

On election day the Conservatives took 65.2%, the Liberals 27.7%, the New Democrats 5.4% and the People's Party 1.3%; in advance and special ballots, 62.5%, 32.4%, 4.0% and 0.8%, in that order.

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, St. Albert—Sturgeon River, April 28, 2025

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, St. Albert—Sturgeon River, April 28, 2025On election day the Conservatives took 65.2%, the Liberals 27.7%, the New Democrats 5.4% and the People's Party 1.3%; in advance and special ballots, 62.5%, 32.4%, 4.0% and 0.8%, in that order.Election dayAdvance and special± pts, the gapConservative65.2%62.5%−2.7 ptsLiberal27.7%32.4%+4.7 ptsNew Democratic5.4%4.0%−1.4 ptsPeople's Party1.3%0.8%−0.5 pts050%100%
Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, St. Albert—Sturgeon River, April 28, 2025On election day the Conservatives took 65.2%, the Liberals 27.7%, the New Democrats 5.4% and the People's Party 1.3%; in advance and special ballots, 62.5%, 32.4%, 4.0% and 0.8%, in that order.Election dayAdvance and special± pts, the gapConservative65.2%62.5%−2.7 ptsLiberal27.7%32.4%+4.7 ptsNew Democratic5.4%4.0%−1.4 ptsPeople's Party1.3%0.8%−0.5 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
Conservative65.2%62.5%−2.7
Liberal27.7%32.4%+4.7
New Democratic5.4%4.0%−1.4
People's Party1.3%0.8%−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.

VWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — St. Albert—Sturgeon River and its 6 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

"St. Albert—Sturgeon River — federal riding profile and 2025 results." The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/st-albert-sturgeon-river/ 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.