Battle River—Crowfoot was created by the
2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the
2015 Canadian federal election. It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of
Crowfoot,
Vegreville—Wainwright,
Medicine Hat and
Wetaskiwin. At the time of its creation, the riding contained the municipal districts of
Beaver County,
Wainwright No. 61,
Camrose County,
Flagstaff County,
Provost No. 52,
Stettler County No. 6,
Paintearth County No. 18,
Starland County,
Acadia No. 34,
Special Areas No. 2,
3 and
4,
Leduc County east of
Highway 21, the northern half of
Kneehill County (including
Three Hills and
Trochu), all of the cities towns and villages enclosed in those municipal districts, plus the Town of
Drumheller. Following the
2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding gained the remainder of
Kneehill County, including the villages of
Linden,
Acme and
Carbon from
Bow River, and lost all of its territory in
Leduc County to
Leduc—Wetaskiwin.
Electoral history Even by the standards of rural Alberta, Battle River—Crowfoot is a heavily conservative area. The riding and its predecessors,
Acadia,
Battle River,
Battle River—Camrose,
Camrose, and
Crowfoot, have been represented by right-leaning MPs for all but two years since 1935, and the major right-wing party of the day has usually won here in massive landslides. Since the 1990s, the major right-wing party of the day has won by some of the largest margins ever recorded in Canadian politics, with other parties lucky to get 30 percent of the vote between them. The
Conservative Party of Canada has kept this tradition going since its formation in 2003. Its candidates in what is now Battle River—Crowfoot have consistently secured some of the largest vote shares and largest margins of victory in the country.
(Results before 2015 are for Crowfoot) Its first member,
Kevin Sorenson, was first elected for Crowfoot in 2000 with 70 percent of the vote–the only time that he garnered less than 80 percent of the vote. He was succeeded by
Damien Kurek, won in 2019 with more than 85% of the vote. He was reelected in 2021 with 70 percent of the vote, the lowest vote share for the Conservatives or their predecessors in two decades. Even then, no other candidate managed even 10 percent of the vote. In 2025, Kurek announced his intention to resign to provide a vacancy which could allow
Conservative leader
Pierre Poilievre a chance to run in Battle River—Crowfoot, which triggered
a by-election. Poilievre had lost his bid for reelection in his old riding of
Carleton, and sought to return to the House by running in a safe riding. Kurek subsequently resigned on June 17. As expected, Poilievre won the August 18 by-election handily with almost 81 percent of the vote; no other candidate cleared 10 percent. ==Members of Parliament==