Edmonton Northwest

Edmonton Northwest is a newly reconstituted federal riding that returned to the electoral map in 2025 after last being contested in 1993. Created by the 2022 redistribution from portions of the former St. Albert--Edmonton, Edmonton West, and Edmonton Griesbach ridings, it encompasses a swath of mature and developing communities in Edmonton's northwest quadrant. The riding includes neighbourhoods such as Beaumaris, Lago Lindo, Carlisle, Oxford, Dunluce, Lorelei, Klarvatten, Rapperswill, Chambery, and portions of the Castle Downs area, along with communities closer to the city's western edge. With all of Edmonton's nine federal ridings now falling entirely within city limits, Edmonton Northwest is a wholly urban constituency.

Candidates

Billy Morin (Conservative) -- Born in Edmonton, Morin served as Chief of the Enoch Cree Nation from 2015 to 2022, elected at age 28 as the youngest chief in the Nation's history. He holds an honorary Bachelor of Business Administration from NAIT. During his tenure, he secured over $500 million in infrastructure and business development for Enoch, revitalized Cree language and culture programs, and initiated Edmonton's first urban reserve. In 2020, he was elected Grand Chief of the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations.

Lindsey Machona (Liberal) -- Originally from Zimbabwe, Machona has made Edmonton her home and built a career in the non-profit sector working locally and internationally on poverty reduction. She is a community advocate and mentor with a focus on equity, leadership development, and support for working families.

Omar Abubakar (NDP) -- Born in Ottawa, Abubakar has lived in Edmonton for 17 years. He holds a BBA from NAIT and an MBA in Community Economic Development from Cape Breton University. In 2017, he co-founded Kulan Horn Youth Services, a nonprofit delivering gang prevention, mental health, and newcomer support programs to young Edmontonians.

Albert Carson (People's Party) -- Carson ran under the People's Party banner, advocating for fiscal restraint, reduced immigration targets, and smaller government.

Colleen Rice (Green Party) -- Rice represented the Green Party, campaigning on environmental sustainability, climate policy, and community-centred urban planning.

About the Riding

Edmonton Northwest is characterized by the mature suburban fabric of the Castle Downs district -- a collection of communities named after Scottish and European castles that were built primarily in the 1980s and 1990s. Streets curve through quiet crescents lined with mature trees, single-family homes, and well-maintained parks. Beaumaris, the district's crown jewel, centres on a small lake that draws walkers, joggers, and families year-round. Further west, newer developments have extended the suburban edge toward the Anthony Henday ring road.

The riding's population is ethnically diverse, with significant South Asian, Filipino, and East African communities alongside longer-established families of British and European heritage. Retail and commercial activity is concentrated along 137 Avenue, Castle Downs Road, and in the shopping centres that serve as neighbourhood hubs.

As a newly reconstituted riding, Edmonton Northwest had no incumbent heading into the 2025 election, making it an open race. The contest attracted national attention because of Billy Morin's candidacy -- a former First Nations chief running for the Conservatives, an uncommon alignment that reflected the party's effort to broaden its appeal. Local issues centred on suburban infrastructure, transit expansion, healthcare access, and the cost of living.