Photo: chensiyuan · CC BY-SA 4.0William Stevenson (Conservative Party of Canada) holds Yellowhead, the riding that includes Improvement District No. 9 Banff
Of the 37 Commons seats from Alberta, the Conservative Party of Canada holds 33. For local government, Improvement District No. 9 Banff is an improvement district. No open list of councils exists in Alberta, so no mayor of Improvement District No. 9 Banff is named here. Improvement District No. 9 Banff’s riding for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta can’t be shown, because the province’s boundary file is licensed for non-commercial use only.
Three governments, and who does what
Improvement District No. 9 Banff is an improvement district: a regional district or the province runs its local services.
Services from the regional or provincial body.
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.
The census places Improvement District No. 9 Banff in Division No. 15, a division that governs nothing; no county council sits above the town’s.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Improvement District No. 9 Banff, from the most recent elections.
- 1Improvement District No. 9 Banff councilImprovement district
- 2Legislative Assembly of Alberta–
- 3House of CommonsYellowhead
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 Improvement District No. 9 Banff votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Improvement District No. 9 Banff council | 20 October 2025 | 15 October 2029 |
| Legislative Assembly of Alberta | 29 May 2023 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
No open copy of the 2025 counts exists, and Elections Canada’s own terms rule out commercial reuse, so 2021 is the last vote shown. Improvement District No. 9 Banff council was elected on 20 October 2025, and the next vote is on 15 October 2029. The Local Authorities Election Act sets the day: the third Monday in October every four years. The last general elections came on 29 May 2023 for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and on 28 April 2025 for Parliament.
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
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William Stevenson represents Yellowhead in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Yellowhead · Conservative 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
William Stevenson is new to Parliament, first elected in the April 2025 vote. On today’s boundaries, the 2021 vote in Yellowhead would have gone to the Conservative Party of Canada with 60%, and William Stevenson kept it for them in 2025.
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
In 2021, Banff—Airdrie re-elected Blake Richards of the Conservative Party of Canada
Before the 2023 redistribution, Improvement District No. 9 Banff voted in Banff—Airdrie; these are its 2019 and 2021 results, and Yellowhead is its riding today.
Blake Richards won the 2021 race in Banff—Airdrie for the Conservative Party of Canada, polling 57% and beating Sarah Zagoda (New Democratic Party) by 31,195 votes. In 2019, Blake Richards had won the same riding with 71%. Turnout in Banff—Airdrie reached 69% in 2021, against 63% nationally.
All 9 candidates in Banff—Airdrie, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Richards | Conservative Party of Canada | 43,677 | 56.7% |
| Sarah Zagoda | New Democratic Party | 12,482 | 16.2% |
| David Gamble | Liberal Party of Canada | 9,572 | 12.4% |
| Nadine Wellwood | People's Party of Canada | 5,808 | 7.5% |
| Derek Sloan | Independent | 2,020 | 2.6% |
| Tariq Elnaga | Maverick Party | 1,475 | 1.9% |
| Aidan Blum | Green Party of Canada | 1,405 | 1.8% |
| Caroline O'Driscoll | Independent | 489 | 0.6% |
| Ron Voss | Independent | 60 | 0.1% |
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
Having a say in how Improvement District No. 9 Banff is run
Check or update the federal list.
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elections.ab.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Election results. Official counts for 2019 and 2021 are by the 2013 ridings; Elections Canada also re-counted the 2021 ballots onto the 2023 ridings by polling division, and that estimate is what “today’s boundaries” means here.
- Not on this page. Who controls the council by party (the open lists give none, and most Canadian councils sit without parties), budgets and band councils.
- Who holds each seat. Who holds each seat is read from Wikidata, so a very recent change in the Commons may not appear yet.
- Which riding. Each place is put in its ridings by where its 2021 Census residents live; a riding holding 5% or more of them is listed.
Questions about how Improvement District No. 9 Banff is run
Who is the MP for Improvement District No. 9 Banff?
Yellowhead’s MP, William Stevenson of the Conservative Party of Canada, represents Improvement District No. 9 Banff.
Which party won Improvement District No. 9 Banff in the 2021 federal election?
In 2021 it was Blake Richards (Conservative Party of Canada), in Banff—Airdrie; Yellowhead has elected William Stevenson since.
Who is the MLA for Improvement District No. 9 Banff?
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta’s website names each MLA by riding; the riding of Improvement District No. 9 Banff has to be looked up there.
Who heads the council in Improvement District No. 9 Banff?
Ask the municipality itself: Improvement District No. 9 Banff, an improvement district, isn’t on an open list of councils we can use.
Sources: MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · 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).