The Political Record · Federal electoral districts
St. Albert—Sturgeon River
Federal riding · AB · No. 48036 · 2023 representation order
- Member
- Michael Cooper Conservative
- 2025 result
- Conservative hold by 26,239 votes
- Turnout
- 76.8% of 100,651 electors
- Population
- 121,310 2021 census
- Area
- 4,477 km²
- Figures as of
- 2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
- Highest turnout in Alberta76.8% of 100,651 electors voted · 2nd of 37 in Alberta · 13th of 343 in Canada
- Population, largest first121,310 people, 2021 census · 51st of 343 in Canada
- Width of the marginWon by 34.0 points (26,239 votes) · 68th of 343 in Canada
In brief
- Michael Cooper held the seat for the Conservatives by 26,239 votes (+34.0 points).
- 31% of today's riding was drawn from other ridings in 2023.
- Election-day and advance voters agreed on the winner; 53.9% of votes were cast on the day.
- Share of households that own their home is the 31st highest of 343 ridings.
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IDid this riding change?
Yes. 31% of today's St. Albert—Sturgeon River came from ridings other than the old Sturgeon River—Parkland.
Share of today's areaFormer riding
68.7%Sturgeon River—Parkland 77% of it kept
30.2%Yellowhead 2% of it kept
1.1%St. Albert—Edmonton 46% 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
Michael Cooper
Conservative
49,216
63.9% of valid votes
Margin
26,239
votes · +34.0 pts
Runner-up
Lucia Stachurski
Liberal
22,977
29.9% of valid votes
Conservative 63.9% · Liberal 29.9% · New Democratic 4.8% · People's 1.1%
Turnout76.8% of 100,651 electors
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | 2021 | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Cooper | Conservative | 49,216 | 63.9% | 55.8% | +8.1 |
| Lucia Stachurski | Liberal | 22,977 | 29.9% | 11.3% | +18.6 |
| Dorothy Anderson | New Democratic | 3,684 | 4.8% | 23.4% | −18.6 |
| Brigitte Cecelia | People's | 820 | 1.1% | 7.8% | −6.7 |
1 further candidate, under 1% of the vote
| Jeff Willerton | Other | 264 | 0.3% |
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
Swing needed to flip
17.0 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
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.
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.
Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Conservative65.2%62.5%−2.7
Liberal27.7%32.4%+4.7
New Democratic5.4%4.0%−1.4
People's1.3%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.
VWhat kind of place this is
- Median total household income is $111,000 — about 1.3 times the median riding's $84,000.highestlowest36th highest of 343
- Median age is 41.6 — about the same as the median riding's 41.6.highestlowest163rd 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
- Share who are immigrants is 9.4% — about 54 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.highestlowest106th lowest of 343
- Share of households that own their home is 83.4% — about 1.2 times the median riding's 71.4%.highestlowest31st highest 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
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. 48036AB · 2025
St. Albert—Sturgeon River
Michael Cooper
- Result
- Conservative hold by 26,239
- Turnout
- 76.8%
- Population
- 121,310
- Area
- 4,477 km²
Highest turnout in AlbertaPopulation, largest firstWidth of the margin
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