As a result of changes to the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, based on the 2011 census, the number of seats in the House of Commons of Canada increased from 308 to 338.

[3] The district includes a southwestern portion of Edmonton, the Town of Devon and the City of Leduc and its vicinity.

The electoral district was created in 2003 as a result of the creation of two extra Alberta seats.

It is composed from the following previous ridings: 55.5% from Edmonton Southwest, 20.9% from Edmonton—Strathcona and 23.6% from Wetaskiwin.

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament: Its last sitting member of Parliament was James Rajotte, a former executive assistant.