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The Political RecordFederal electoral districtsNo. 48037Alberta

Yellowhead

Yellowhead is a federal riding in Alberta. William Stevenson (Conservative) has represented Yellowhead since the 2025 election. William Stevenson (Conservative) held Yellowhead for the Conservatives in the 2025 election by 30,394 votes (43.9 points), with 69.1% of the vote. Michael Fark (Liberal) was second with 25.2%, on a turnout of 74.2% of 94,098 electors. Member as of .

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

Who represents Yellowhead

CWilliam Stevenson
William Stevenson's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

William Stevenson

Member of Parliament for Yellowhead

Conservative

MP since · first term

  • Library of Parliament committee
  • Vice-Chair, Library of Parliament committee

106 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Canadian Fuel Affordability Act.

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The 2025 result: Conservative hold

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Yellowhead, April 28, 2025

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Yellowhead, April 28, 2025Of the 69,290 valid votes, William Stevenson (Conservative) took 69.1%, Michael Fark (Liberal) 25.2%, Avni Soma (New Democratic) 4.0% and Vicky Bayford (People's Party) 1.4%; one other candidate took 0.4%.2025Turnout 74.2% of 94,098 electorsWilliam StevensonConservative69.1% · 47,86330,394 votes ahead · 43.9 ptsMichael FarkLiberal25.2% · 17,469Avni SomaNew Democratic4.0% · 2,753Vicky BayfordPeople's Party1.4% · 952Other (1)0.4% · 253050%100%
Share of the valid votes by candidate, Yellowhead, April 28, 2025Of the 69,290 valid votes, William Stevenson (Conservative) took 69.1%, Michael Fark (Liberal) 25.2%, Avni Soma (New Democratic) 4.0% and Vicky Bayford (People's Party) 1.4%; one other candidate took 0.4%.2025Turnout 74.2% of 94,098 electorsWilliam StevensonConservative69.1% · 47,86330,394 votes ahead · 43.9 ptsMichael FarkLiberal25.2% · 17,469Avni SomaNew Democratic4.0% · 2,753Vicky BayfordPeople's Party1.4% · 952Other (1)0.4% · 253050%100%
Shares of the 69,290 valid votes; a candidate under 1% is counted with the others. Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, the 2025 general election.
The figures
CandidatePartyVotesShare
William StevensonConservative47,86369.1%
Michael FarkLiberal17,46925.2%
Avni SomaNew Democratic2,7534.0%
Vicky BayfordPeople's Party9521.4%
Other (1)2530.4%

William Stevenson (Conservative) won Yellowhead on with 47,863 votes, 69.1% of the 69,290 valid votes. Michael Fark (Liberal) was second with 17,469 (25.2%), 30,394 votes and 43.9 points behind.

Of the 69,290 valid votes, William Stevenson (Conservative) took 69.1%, Michael Fark (Liberal) 25.2%, Avni Soma (New Democratic) 4.0% and Vicky Bayford (People's Party) 1.4%; one other candidate took 0.4%. Turnout was 74.2% of 94,098 electors: 69,774 ballots cast, 69,290 of them valid, for 5 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Conservatives are up 9.2 (59.9% to 69.1%), the Liberals up 14.6 (10.6% to 25.2%), the New Democrats down 10.6 (14.6% to 4.0%) and the People's Party down 7.8 (9.2% to 1.4%), 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 Yellowhead at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

  1. 2004Conservative70.9%by 58.8 points over the Liberals
  2. 2006Conservative72.7%by 63.2 points over the Liberals
  3. 2008Conservative73.7%by 62.9 points over the Greens
  4. 2011Conservative76.5%by 64.9 points over the New Democrats
  5. 2015Conservative69.6%by 51.3 points over the Liberals
  6. 2019Conservative77.9%by 69.7 points over the New Democrats
  7. 2021Conservative59.9%by 45.3 points over the New Democrats
  8. 2025Conservative69.1%by 43.9 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
2004Conservative70.9%Liberal58.8carried, our estimate
2006Conservative72.7%Liberal63.2carried, our estimate
2008Conservative73.7%Green62.9carried, our estimate
2011Conservative76.5%New Democratic64.9carried, our estimate
2015Conservative69.6%Liberal51.3carried, our estimate
2019Conservative77.9%New Democratic69.7carried, our estimate
2021Conservative59.9%New Democratic45.3transposed by Elections Canada
2025Conservative69.1%Liberal43.9official result

The Conservatives were first here at all eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, by an average of 57.5 points over the next party. In 2025 the Conservatives took 69.1% of the vote here, 2.5 points below their average of 71.6% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

On today's boundaries the Conservatives were first here in 2004 (70.9%), 2006 (72.7%), 2008 (73.7%), 2011 (76.5%), 2015 (69.6%), 2019 (77.9%), 2021 (59.9%) and 2025 (69.1%), 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 · Gerald Soroka, by 27,128 votes (53.5 pts)
  • 2019 Conservative · Gerald Soroka, by 42,066 votes (75.1 pts)
  • 2015 Conservative · Jim Eglinski, by 30,483 votes (58.1 pts)

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

What kind of place Yellowhead is

Population
115,0552021 census
Area
82,453km²
Density
1.4people per km²
Electors
94,098on the 2025 lists
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
  • 3rd-largest by area in Alberta: 82,453 km² · 3rd of 37 in Alberta · 18th of 343 in Canada3rd
    3rd-largest by area in Alberta
    82,453 km² · 3rd of 37 in Alberta · 18th of 343 in Canada
  • Median total household income is $101,000 — about 1.2 times the median riding's $84,000.
    highestlowest61st 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
  • Share of households that own their home is 74.6% — a little higher than the median riding's 71.4%.
    highestlowest122nd highest of 343
  • Share who are immigrants is 12.5% — about 72 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.
    highestlowest137th lowest of 343
  • Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.4% — a little lower than the median riding's 28.2%.
    highestlowest159th 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. 43% of the 2025 electors in today's Yellowhead lived in the old Yellowhead; by area, 21% of the riding came from other ridings.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding
43.1%Yellowhead 79.2% of the area · 85% of it kept
35.8%Banff—Airdrie 13.6% of the area · 95% of it kept
13.8%Red Deer—Mountain View 2.2% of the area · 25% of it kept
7.3%Foothills 5.0% of the area · 21% 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±
William StevensonConservative47,86369.1%59.9%+9.2
Michael FarkLiberal17,46925.2%10.6%+14.6
Avni SomaNew Democratic2,7534.0%14.6%−10.6
Vicky BayfordPeople's9521.4%9.2%−7.8
1 further candidate, under 1% of the vote
Dale HeathOther2530.4%
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
2,753 votes
New Democratic took fewer than the 30,394-vote margin.
Election-day polls won by others
41 of 201
No poll ended in a tie.
Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Conservatives (160) · ■ won by another party (41).
Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 15,198 voters switching from Conservative to Liberal — 21.9% of the 69,290 valid votes, 21.9 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

Conservative47,863
Liberal17,469
Still Conservative by 30,394 votes. Actual margin: 30,394.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 49.6% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.

On election day the Conservatives took 70.5%, the Liberals 23.3%, the New Democrats 4.1% and the People's Party 1.5%; in advance and special ballots, 67.7%, 27.1%, 3.8% and 1.2%, in that order.

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

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Yellowhead, April 28, 2025On election day the Conservatives took 70.5%, the Liberals 23.3%, the New Democrats 4.1% and the People's Party 1.5%; in advance and special ballots, 67.7%, 27.1%, 3.8% and 1.2%, in that order.Election dayAdvance and special± pts, the gapConservative70.5%67.7%−2.8 ptsLiberal23.3%27.1%+3.8 ptsNew Democratic4.1%3.8%−0.3 ptsPeople's Party1.5%1.2%−0.3 pts050%100%
Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Yellowhead, April 28, 2025On election day the Conservatives took 70.5%, the Liberals 23.3%, the New Democrats 4.1% and the People's Party 1.5%; in advance and special ballots, 67.7%, 27.1%, 3.8% and 1.2%, in that order.Election dayAdvance and special± pts, the gapConservative70.5%67.7%−2.8 ptsLiberal23.3%27.1%+3.8 ptsNew Democratic4.1%3.8%−0.3 ptsPeople's Party1.5%1.2%−0.3 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
Conservative70.5%67.7%−2.8
Liberal23.3%27.1%+3.8
New Democratic4.1%3.8%−0.3
People's Party1.5%1.2%−0.3
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 — Yellowhead and its 14 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

"Yellowhead — federal riding profile and 2025 results." The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/yellowhead/ 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.