Riding profile

Lakeland

Federal riding — AB · Rural · ab rural

The question

Lakeland: a safe seat for the Conservative Party?

Current forecast

Conservative

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
40.6
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 59.5%
  • Liberal 18.9%
  • NDP 2.3%
  • PPC 2.1%
  • Green 1.8%

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 PPC
HereLakeland 59.5%18.9%2.3%2.1%
Provincial averageAlberta 43.8% +15.7 40.8% −21.9 5.2% −2.9 1.3% +0.8
National averageCanada 32.1% +27.4 48.0% −29.1 10.6% −8.3 1.0% +1.1

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

Lakeland, a rural riding in Alberta, elected a member with the Conservative Party in the previous cycle, with a 69-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservative Party ahead at 59% vote share, against 19% for the Liberal Party, and the probability of a close race is negligible. Linguistic profile: 1% francophone, 94% anglophone.

Sitting member

Shannon Stubbs

Sits with Conservative

Since
2025-04-28
Parliament
45th

Previous election · 2025

Won by
Conservative
Margin
68.5 pts
Turnout
69.6%
Margin shift vs current projection
-28.0 pts

Detailed result · FED 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Shannon Stubbs Elected Conservative 45,826 81.0 Parliamentarian
Barry Milaney Liberal 6,886 12.2 Retired
Des Bissonnette NDP 2,153 3.8 Receptionist
Michael Manchen PPC 982 1.7 President
Bridget Burns Green 411 0.7 Event Organizer
Micheal Speirs Other 335 0.6 Teacher

Demographics

Who lives here

Linguistic profile

  • Francophone 0.6%
  • Anglophone 94.0%
  • Non-francophone (other) 5.4%

Data source : Statistics Canada — 2021 Census

Around the region

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Last model run
Cycle
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