Riding profile

Red Deer

Federal riding — AB · Mixed · ab rural

The question

Red Deer: a safe seat for the Conservative Party?

Editorial read

Red Deer, a mixed riding in Alberta, elected a member with the Conservative Party in the previous cycle, with a 49-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservative Party ahead at 50% vote share, against 26% for the Liberal Party, and the probability of a close race is negligible. Linguistic profile: 0% francophone, 92% anglophone.

Sitting member

Burton Bailey

Sits with Conservative

Since
2025-04-28
Parliament
45th

Current forecast

Conservative

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
24.3
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 50.3%
  • Liberal 25.9%
  • NDP 3.8%
  • Green 1.8%
  • PPC 1.7%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative Liberal NDP Green
HereRed Deer 50.3%25.9%3.8%1.8%
Provincial averageAlberta 44.0% +6.2 35.7% −9.8 7.2% −3.4 1.2% +0.6
National averageCanada 34.8% +15.5 41.9% −16.0 14.2% −10.4 2.1% −0.3

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election · FED 2025

Won by
Conservative
Margin
49.4 pts
Turnout
70.3%
Margin shift vs current projection
-25.0 pts

Detailed result · FED 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Burton Bailey Elected Conservative 44,239 71.6 Legislative Assembly Executive Assistant
Ayaz Bangash Liberal 13,564 21.9 Insurance Broker
Elias Assefa NDP 2,375 3.8 Constituency Assistant
Kyla Courte PPC 813 1.3 Produce Manager
Ashley MacDonald Green 618 1.0 Mental Health Aide
Brandon Pringle Other 219 0.4 Grocery Clerk

Demographics

Who lives here

Linguistic profile

  • Francophone 0.3%
  • Anglophone 91.6%
  • Non-francophone (other) 8.1%

Data source : Statistics Canada — 2021 Census

Last model run
Cycle
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