Riding profile

Bow River

Federal riding — AB · Rural · ab rural

The question

Bow River: a safe seat for the Conservative Party?

Current forecast

Conservative

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
33.5
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 57.1%
  • Liberal 23.6%
  • NDP 2.1%
  • Green 1.1%
  • PPC 0.6%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. North Island--Powell RiverConservative45 %1.2 pt margin
  2. Central NewfoundlandConservative57 %1.4 pt margin
  3. Richmond Hill SouthLiberal55 %1.4 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative Liberal NDP Green
HereBow River 57.1%23.6%2.1%1.1%
Provincial averageAlberta 43.8% +13.3 40.8% −17.3 5.2% −3.1 1.5% −0.4
National averageCanada 32.1% +25.0 48.0% −24.4 10.6% −8.5 2.7% −1.6

Provincial averages computed across the 343 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

Bow River, a rural riding in Alberta, elected a member with the Conservative Party in the previous cycle, with a 62-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservative Party ahead at 57% vote share, against 24% for the Liberal Party, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

David Bexte

Sits with Conservative

Since
2025-04-28
Parliament
45th

Previous election · 2025

Won by
Conservative
Margin
61.5 pts
Turnout
66.5%
Margin shift vs current projection
-28.0 pts

Detailed result · FED 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
David Bexte Elected Conservative 44,605 78.9 Farmer
Bentley Barnes Liberal 9,562 16.9 Retired
Louisa Gwin NDP 1,689 3.0 Commercial Construction Estimator
Tom Lipp Other 402 0.7 Financial Advisor
Aaron Patton Other 296 0.5 Pastor

Demographics

Who lives here

Linguistic profile

  • Anglophone 83.4%
  • Non-francophone (other) 16.6%

Data source : Statistics Canada — 2021 Census

Last model run
Cycle
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