The 44th federal election on September 20, 2021 saw approximately 17,209,000 Canadians cast their ballot with a voter turnout rate of about 62.5%.
In the Grande Prairie-Mackenzie riding, 53,455 ballots were cast among the 82,950 eligible voters.
Conservative Party of Canada candidate Chris Warkentin had 68.4 per cent of the votes for a total of 36,361 votes to earn his sixth term in Ottawa.
Across Canada 17,034,292 votes were tabulated with the following breakdown:
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10,246,000 voted at their polling station on election day or in their long-term care facility
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5,895,000 voted at advance polls between Friday, September 10, and Monday, September 13
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883,000 voted by special ballot from within their electoral district
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158,000 voted by special ballot from outside their electoral district (includes deployed military personnel, inmates and electors who were in Canada but outside their electoral district)
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27,000 electors living outside Canada voted by special ballot
To serve Canadians, Elections Canada opened 501 offices, hired around 215,000 people and offered 7,300 advance and 61,400 election day voting desks in 338 electoral districts.
22 registered parties were represented and 2,010 candidates were confirmed.
Here is the breakdown of the Grande Prairie-Mackenzie Riding:
Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party of Canada earned another minority government, winning 159 of the 338 seats in the House of Commons.