Riding profile
Red Deer
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
Current forecast
Conservative
Safe
- Probability
- 100%
- Mean margin (pts)
- 24.3
- P(close race)
- 0%
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
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%
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- Last model run
- Cycle
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