Photo: Thank you for visiting my page from Canada · CC BY 2.0Bow River, which takes in Strathmore, is held by David Bexte (Conservative Party of Canada)
From Alberta come 37 MPs, 33 of them with the Conservative Party of Canada. Locally, Strathmore is run as a town. Who leads Strathmore’s council isn’t on an open record: there’s no open list of councils in Alberta. Strathmore’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
Strathmore, a town in Alberta, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
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 Strathmore’s council; Division No. 5 is only a census division, a unit for statistics.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Strathmore, from the most recent elections.
- 1Strathmore councilTown
- 2Legislative Assembly of Alberta–
- 3House of CommonsBow River
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 Strathmore votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Strathmore council | 20 October 2025 | 15 October 2029 |
| Legislative Assembly of Alberta | 29 May 2023 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
Why not 2025? Elections Canada publishes those counts under non-commercial terms, and its open data stop at the 2021 election. Provincially the last general election was on 29 May 2023, for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta; federally, on 28 April 2025. After the 20 October 2025 election, Strathmore council next goes to the polls on 15 October 2029. It is the third Monday in October every four years, as the Local Authorities Election Act provides.
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
David Bexte represents Bow River in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Bow River · 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
On today’s boundaries, the 2021 vote in Bow River would have gone to the Conservative Party of Canada with 70%, and David Bexte kept it for them in 2025. The 2025 general election sent David Bexte to the Commons for the first time.
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
Martin Shields kept Bow River for the Conservative Party of Canada in 2021
These are the 2019 and 2021 results on the 2013 map of Bow River; its boundaries changed for the 2025 election.
Martin Shields was the sitting MP, elected there in 2019 with 84%. The 2021 count in Bow River put Martin Shields (Conservative Party of Canada) first at 70%, with Jonathan Bridges (People's Party of Canada) 30,568 votes back. Across Canada’s 338 ridings, only 3 were won more comfortably.
All 6 candidates in Bow River, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Shields | Conservative Party of Canada | 35,676 | 69.8% |
| Jonathan Bridges | People's Party of Canada | 5,108 | 10.0% |
| Michael MacLean | New Democratic Party | 4,726 | 9.2% |
| Getu Shawile | Liberal Party of Canada | 3,869 | 7.6% |
| Orrin Bliss | Maverick Party | 1,368 | 2.7% |
| Tom Lipp | Christian Heritage Party of Canada | 391 | 0.8% |
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
Strathmore 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.
102 full-time positions are funded, 6.2 per thousand residents. Each resident’s share of Strathmore council’s 2024 spending came to $2,380, where the middle of Alberta’s municipalities sat at $3,457. More goes to water, sewers and waste than to anything else: $545 a resident, 23% of all spending. Taxes on property make up 37% of what comes in, less than the province-wide 44%. Strathmore council carried $13.9M of long-term debt, $849 per resident against a typical $745.
Spending per resident nearby
Every service line, 2024
| Service | 2024 | Per resident | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water, sewers and waste | $8.9M | $545 | 23% |
| Police, fire and protection | $8M | $489 | 21% |
| Recreation and culture | $7.8M | $477 | 20% |
| General government | $7.1M | $431 | 18% |
| Roads and transit | $6.2M | $376 | 16% |
| Planning and development | $982K | $60 | 3% |
| Social services and child care | $39K | $2 | 0% |
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 Strathmore 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
- Council money. Alberta’s 2024 municipal financial returns, per resident with Statistics Canada’s 2025 population estimate.
- 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.
- Who holds each seat. The members named here are Wikidata’s, kept up by volunteers; a by-election or a floor crossing may take a few days to show.
- Which riding. A place belongs to the riding where most of its 2021 Census residents live, plus any other with 5% or more.
- Not on this page. Party control (most Canadian councils sit without parties, and the open lists record none) and band councils.
Questions about how Strathmore is run
Who is the MP for Strathmore?
David Bexte of the Conservative Party of Canada is the MP for Bow River, which includes Strathmore.
Which party won Strathmore in the 2021 federal election?
The Conservative Party of Canada, with Martin Shields in Bow River; since 2025 David Bexte represents Bow River.
Who is the MLA for Strathmore?
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta lists each MLA with the riding they hold; this page can’t place Strathmore in one.
Who heads the council in Strathmore?
The head of Strathmore’s council isn’t named here; as a town, it publishes its council itself.
How much does Strathmore council spend?
In 2024, Strathmore council spent $39.1M in all, for some 16,416 residents, of which $8.9M went on water, sewers and waste, 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).