Photo: Nuggets · CC BY 3.0Yellowhead County spends more per resident than 91% of Alberta’s municipalities do
Locally, Yellowhead County is run as a municipal district. In Alberta, councils aren’t on any open list we can use, so Yellowhead County’s mayor isn’t named. No provincial riding is named for Yellowhead County: the only boundary file for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta forbids commercial reuse. For federal votes, Yellowhead County belongs to Yellowhead, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP); William Stevenson (Conservative Party of Canada) holds it.
What stands out in how Yellowhead County is governed
Split between ridings
Federal boundaries divide Yellowhead County, with 51% of residents in Yellowhead and 49% outside it, mainly in Parkland. Member of Parliament ↓
High spending per resident
Per resident, Yellowhead County council’s 2024 spending tops 91% of Alberta’s municipalities. Council money ↓
Compared with the province’s municipalities of 1,000+ residents (2021 Census; MAMH, MMAH and Statistics Canada).
Three governments, and who does what
Yellowhead County, a municipal district 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.
The census places Yellowhead County in Division No. 14, 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 Yellowhead County, from the most recent elections.
- 1Yellowhead County councilMunicipal district
- 2Legislative Assembly of Alberta–
- 3House of CommonsYellowhead · 51%
- 4House of CommonsParkland · 49%
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 Yellowhead County votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Yellowhead County council | 20 October 2025 | 15 October 2029 |
| Legislative Assembly of Alberta | 29 May 2023 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
The 2025 results are left out because elections.ca’s terms forbid commercial reproduction; the open catalogue’s latest is 2021. The council elected on 20 October 2025 serves until 15 October 2029, when Yellowhead County council is chosen again. The Local Authorities Election Act fixes that date: 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
assembly.ab.ca ↗Legislatures: their own member pages
Yellowhead County has 2 MPs
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 · 51%
en.wikipedia.org ↗Parkland · Conservative Party of Canada · 49%
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Conservative Party of Canada33
- Liberal Party of Canada3
- New Democratic Party1
As Wikidata records them.
Of the 37 MPs from Alberta, 33 are with the Conservative Party of Canada, William Stevenson among them.
The MP’s record
April 2025 was William Stevenson’s first election to the House of Commons. 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
Gerald Soroka kept Yellowhead for the Conservative Party of Canada in 2021
Results in Yellowhead as drawn in 2013, the boundaries of the 2019 and 2021 elections; the riding was redrawn for 2025.
The 2019 result had favoured Gerald Soroka as well, at 82%. Yellowhead elected Gerald Soroka (Conservative Party of Canada) in 2021: 66% of the vote, a lead of 27,128 over Michael Manchen (People's Party of Canada). At 68%, more of Yellowhead voted in 2021 than Canada as a whole (63%). That put it among the safest seats in the country: 12 of 338 ridings had wider leads.
All 6 candidates in Yellowhead, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Soroka | Conservative Party of Canada | 33,603 | 66.2% |
| Michael Manchen | People's Party of Canada | 6,475 | 12.8% |
| Guillaume Roy | New Democratic Party | 5,977 | 11.8% |
| Sheila Schumacher | Liberal Party of Canada | 2,829 | 5.6% |
| Todd Muir | Maverick Party | 1,761 | 3.5% |
| Gordon Francey | Veterans Coalition Party of Canada | 147 | 0.3% |
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
Yellowhead County council spends more 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.
The return counts 111 full-time positions, 10.1 for every thousand residents. Yellowhead County council spent $6,999 per resident in 2024, against a median of $3,457 among Alberta’s municipalities. No service costs more than roads and transit, at $3,227 per resident and 46% of the total. At 71%, property taxes count for more of the revenue than the 44% seen across the province. At $106 per resident, Yellowhead County council’s $1.2M of long-term debt is less than the $745 median.
Spending per resident nearby
Every service line, 2024
| Service | 2024 | Per resident | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roads and transit | $35.4M | $3,227 | 46% |
| General government | $14.7M | $1,338 | 19% |
| Police, fire and protection | $11.9M | $1,086 | 16% |
| Recreation and culture | $6.1M | $553 | 8% |
| Water, sewers and waste | $5.1M | $470 | 7% |
| Planning and development | $2.6M | $233 | 3% |
| Social services and child care | $1M | $92 | 1% |
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 Yellowhead County 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. 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.
- Who holds each seat. MPs come from Wikidata’s records of the 45th Parliament, which can lag a resignation or a by-election by some days.
- Which riding. Ridings are assigned from the 2021 Census: the one with most residents first, then any holding 5% or more.
- Not on this page. Band councils, and which party runs the council: the open lists carry no party, and most councils have none.
Questions about how Yellowhead County is run
Who is the MP for Yellowhead County?
It depends on the street: most of Yellowhead County is in Yellowhead (William Stevenson, Conservative Party of Canada), some in Parkland (Dane Lloyd).
Which party won Yellowhead County in the 2021 federal election?
Gerald Soroka won Yellowhead for the Conservative Party of Canada in 2021; the riding is now Yellowhead, held by William Stevenson.
Who is the MLA for Yellowhead County?
Find the riding for Yellowhead County on the Legislative Assembly of Alberta’s site, which names the MLA for each.
Who heads the council in Yellowhead County?
Ask the municipality itself: Yellowhead County, a municipal district, isn’t on an open list of councils we can use.
How much does Yellowhead County council spend?
In 2024, Yellowhead County council spent $76.8M in all, for some 10,966 residents, of which $35.4M 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).