Thursday, October 15, 2026
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Grande Prairie

Federal riding · Alberta · Rural Alberta

Forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Conservative Party a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 40.1 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 58.8%
  • Liberal 18.6%
  • NDP 2.9%
  • PPC 2.3%
  • Green 1.0%

Thin vertical mark: 2025 result.

Compared with the average

Conservative Liberal NDP PPC
Grande Prairie 58.8%18.6%2.9%2.3%
Provincial averageAlberta 42.7%+16.1 41.0%−22.3 5.9%−3.0 1.8%+0.5
National averageCanada 30.4%+28.4 47.0%−28.4 11.8%−8.9 2.1%+0.2

Simple average of the 343 ridings, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Language spoken most often at home
  • French 0.5%
  • English 93.9%
  • Other languages 5.6%

Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (single responses)

Current member

Chris Warkentin · Conservative

In office since April 28, 2025. 45th Parliament.

Previous election (2025)

The Conservative Party won by 69.4 points, with 69.4% turnout.

Our current projection: the Conservative Party ahead by 40.1 points.

Candidates and votes in 2025

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Chris Warkentin Elected Conservative 47,904 81.2 Parliamentarian
Maureen Mcleod Liberal 6,946 11.8 Retired
Jennifer Villebrun NDP 2,460 4.2 Teacher
Shawn McLean PPC 828 1.4 Instrumentation Technician
Donovan Eckstrom Other 291 0.5 Teacher
Elliot McDavid Independent 223 0.4 Self-Employed
Other candidates 350 0.6

Nearby ridings

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. Central NewfoundlandLiberal66%1.2-point gap
  2. Niagara WestConservative53%1.2-point gap
  3. Windsor WestConservative56%1.3-point gap
Forecast updated