Photo: Carlos Duarte Do Nascimento from Toronto, Canada · CC BY 2.0Westmount’s MP is Eleanor Olszewski (Liberal Party of Canada), for Edmonton Centre
No provincial riding is named for Westmount: the only boundary file for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta forbids commercial reuse. City council runs Westmount, and Edmonton’s mayor is Andrew Knack. Of the 37 Commons seats from Alberta, the Conservative Party of Canada holds 33.
Three governments, and who does what
Westmount is governed by Edmonton, with Alberta and Ottawa.
The city council decides local matters.
Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.
assembly.ab.ca ↗Passports, pensions, EI, defence, immigration.
ourcommons.ca ↗Who to ask
Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.
No county or regional government sits above Edmonton’s council; Division No. 11 is only a census division, a unit for statistics.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Westmount, from the most recent elections.
- 1Edmonton councilelectedAndrew Knack
- 2Legislative Assembly of Alberta–
- 3House of CommonsEdmonton Centre
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada
When Westmount votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Edmonton council | 20 October 2025 | 15 October 2029 |
| Legislative Assembly of Alberta | 29 May 2023 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
There are no 2025 counts here: Elections Canada’s terms bar their commercial reuse, so 2021 is the latest open result. Parliament was last elected on 28 April 2025, and the Legislative Assembly of Alberta on 29 May 2023. Elected on 20 October 2025, Edmonton council is up again on 15 October 2029. Edmonton votes next on 15 October 2029: the Local Authorities Election Act sets municipal elections on the third Monday in October every four years.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta: riding not placed
Provinces and territories run schools, health care and municipal law; each riding elects one MLA.
Find your MLA on the legislature’s site
assembly.ab.ca ↗Legislatures: their own member pages
Eleanor Olszewski represents Edmonton Centre in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Edmonton Centre · Liberal Party of Canada
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Conservative Party of Canada33
- Liberal Party of Canada3
- New Democratic Party1
As Wikidata records them.
The MP’s record
Roles held by Eleanor Olszewski include Minister of Emergency Preparedness (since 2025) and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada (since 2025). Eleanor Olszewski was elected to the Commons for the first time in April 2025. Mapped onto today’s Edmonton Centre, the 2021 vote favoured the Conservative Party of Canada with 33%, which makes Eleanor Olszewski’s 2025 win a gain.
MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026
Edmonton Centre changed hands in 2021, to Randy Boissonnault (Liberal Party of Canada)
Edmonton Centre as it stood from 2013: the 2019 and 2021 counts, before the riding was redrawn for 2025.
Only 11 of Canada’s 338 ridings had a narrower result. Randy Boissonnault won the 2021 race in Edmonton Centre for the Liberal Party of Canada, polling 34% and beating James Cumming (Conservative Party of Canada) by 615 votes. Back in 2019 a different party held it: James Cumming (Conservative Party of Canada), on 41%.
All 6 candidates in Edmonton Centre, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Boissonnault | Liberal Party of Canada | 16,560 | 33.7% |
| James Cumming | Conservative Party of Canada | 15,945 | 32.4% |
| Heather MacKenzie | New Democratic Party | 14,171 | 28.8% |
| Brock Crocker | People's Party of Canada | 2,094 | 4.3% |
| Valerie Keefe | Libertarian Party of Canada | 266 | 0.5% |
| Merryn Edwards | Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada | 112 | 0.2% |
Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
Edmonton council spends less per resident than most
The 2024 financial return: spending by service and revenue by source, per resident, compared only with Alberta’s municipalities.
Spending per resident by service, 2024
What pays for it
Shares of revenue, town and province.
At $3,528 per resident, Edmonton council’s $4.4 billion of long-term debt is more than the $745 median. Local taxpayers carry a bigger share than elsewhere: 45% of revenue, where the province’s returns show 44%. More goes to roads and transit than to anything else: $935 a resident, 30% of all spending. At $3,085 for every resident in 2024, Edmonton council sits below the $3,457 median of Alberta’s municipalities. Full-time staff number 11,598, about 9.4 to every thousand residents.
Every service line, 2024
| Service | 2024 | Per resident | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roads and transit | $1.2 billion | $935 | 30% |
| Police, fire and protection | $909.2M | $734 | 24% |
| General government | $625.1M | $505 | 16% |
| Recreation and culture | $531.2M | $429 | 14% |
| Water, sewers and waste | $240.1M | $194 | 6% |
| Planning and development | $202M | $163 | 5% |
| Social housing | $81.9M | $66 | 2% |
| Social services and child care | $73.1M | $59 | 2% |
Money: municipal financial and statistical data 2024, Alberta Municipal Affairs. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Alberta. Residents: Statistics Canada, 2025 estimate.
Having a say in how Westmount is run
Check or update the federal list.
elections.ca ↗Every MP lists an office.
ourcommons.ca ↗Ridings, registration and voting dates.
elections.ab.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Not on this page. Band councils, and which party runs the council: the open lists carry no party, and most councils have none.
- Which riding. Ridings are assigned from the 2021 Census: the one with most residents first, then any holding 5% or more.
- Who holds each seat. Who holds each seat is read from Wikidata, so a very recent change in the Commons may not appear yet.
- Election results. The 2019 and 2021 figures are Elections Canada’s official counts on the ridings drawn in 2013; the “today’s boundaries” figures are its transposition of the 2021 vote onto the 2023 ridings, an estimate built from polling divisions.
- Council money. Alberta’s 2024 municipal financial returns, per resident with Statistics Canada’s 2025 population estimate.
Questions about how Westmount is run
Who is the MP for Westmount?
Edmonton Centre’s MP, Eleanor Olszewski of the Liberal Party of Canada, represents Westmount.
Which party won Westmount in the 2021 federal election?
Edmonton Centre went to Randy Boissonnault (Liberal Party of Canada) in 2021. Since 2025, Eleanor Olszewski has been the MP for Edmonton Centre.
Who is the MLA for Westmount?
Use the Legislative Assembly of Alberta’s own list: every MLA is there by riding, though Westmount isn’t placed in one here.
Who heads the council in Edmonton?
The mayor is Andrew Knack, who chairs Edmonton council.
How much does Edmonton council spend?
In 2024, Edmonton council spent $3.8 billion in all, for some 1,238,295 residents, of which $1.2 billion went on roads and transit, the biggest line.
Sources: MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · Money: municipal financial and statistical data 2024, Alberta Municipal Affairs. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Alberta. Residents: Statistics Canada, 2025 estimate. · Next municipal election: the province’s municipal election act · Municipality types: Statistics Canada census subdivisions · Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).