Riding profile

Foothills

Federal riding — AB · Suburban · calgary

The question

Foothills: a safe seat for the Conservative Party?

Current forecast

Conservative

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
29.0
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 54.8%
  • Liberal 25.8%
  • NDP 2.0%
  • Green 1.9%
  • 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
HereFoothills 54.8%25.8%2.0%1.9%
Provincial averageAlberta 43.8% +11.0 40.8% −15.1 5.2% −3.2 1.5% +0.4
National averageCanada 32.1% +22.7 48.0% −22.2 10.6% −8.6 2.7% −0.8

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

Foothills, a suburban riding in Alberta, elected a member with the Conservative Party in the previous cycle, with a 57-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservative Party ahead at 55% vote share, against 26% for the Liberal Party, and the probability of a close race is negligible. Linguistic profile: 0% francophone, 94% anglophone.

Sitting member

John Barlow

Sits with Conservative

Since
2025-04-28
Parliament
45th

Previous election · 2025

Won by
Conservative
Margin
57.0 pts
Turnout
74.3%
Margin shift vs current projection
-28.0 pts

Detailed result · FED 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
John Barlow Elected Conservative 54,874 76.3 Parliamentarian
John Bruinsma Liberal 13,706 19.1 Retired
Kaitte Aurora NDP 1,923 2.7 Engineering
Paul O'Halloran PPC 796 1.1 Semi-Retired
Emma Hoberg Green 589 0.8 Western Organizer - Green Party of Canada

Demographics

Who lives here

Linguistic profile

  • Francophone 0.3%
  • Anglophone 94.4%
  • Non-francophone (other) 5.3%

Data source : Statistics Canada — 2021 Census

Last model run
Cycle
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