 Alberta electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Lacombe-Ponoka within Alberta, 2017 boundaries | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
| MLA |
Independent | ||
| District created | 2003 | ||
| First contested | 2004 | ||
| Last contested | 2023 | ||
Lacombe-Ponoka is a provincial electoral district in central Alberta, Canada created in 2003. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly.
History
The electoral district was created in the 2003 boundary redistribution mostly from the abolished electoral districts of Lacombe-Stettler and Ponoka-Rimbey.
The 2010 boundary redistribution saw the riding lose the town of Rimbey to the new district of Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre and it also lost land that resided within Camrose County to the electoral district of Battle River-Wainwright.[1]
Boundary history
| 61 Lacombe-Ponoka 2003 Boundaries[2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bordering Districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Drayton Valley-Calmar, Wetaskiwin-Camrose | Battle River-Wainwright | Rocky Mountain House | Drumheller-Stettler, Innisfail-Sylvan Lake, Red Deer-North |
| riding map goes here |  | ||
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
| Starting at the intersection of Highway 20 and the east boundary of Sec. 16 in Twp. 45, Rge. 3 W5; then 1. east along the north boundary of Secs. 15, 14 and 13 in Rge. 3 W5 and Secs. 18, 17, 16, 15, 14 and 13 in Rge. 2 W5 to the east boundary of Rge. 2 W5; 2. south along the east boundary of Rge. 2 W5 to the north boundary of Sec. 7, Twp. 45, Rge. 1 W5; 3. east along the north boundary of Secs. 7 and 8 to the east boundary of Sec. 8; 4. south along the east boundary of Sec. 8 to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 9; 5. east along the north boundary of the south half of Secs. 9 and 10 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 10; 6. south along the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 10 to the north boundary of Sec. 3 in Twp. 45, Rge. 1 W5; 7. east along the north boundary of Sec. 3 to the east boundary of Sec. 3; 8. south along the east boundary of Sec. 3 to the north boundary of Twp. 44 (Highway 611); 9. east along the north boundary of Twp. 44 to its intersection with the west boundary of the Samson Indian Reserve No. 137 at the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 34, Twp. 44, Rge. 25 W4; 10. generally south, east and north along the boundaries of Indian Reserves of No. 137, 138, 137, 139 and 137 to the north boundary of Twp. 44 at the east boundary of Sec. 5, Twp. 45, Rge. 23 W4; 11. then north along the east boundary of Secs. 5, 8, 17, 20, 29 and 32 in Twp. 45, Rge. 23 W4 to the north boundary of Twp. 45; 12. east along the north boundary of Twp. 45 to Highway 56; 13. south along Highway 56 to the north boundary of Sec. 21 in Twp. 42, Rge. 19 W4; 14. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of the west half of the Sec. 21; 15. south along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 21, 16, 9 and 4 to the north boundary of Twp. 41 (Highway 53); 16. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 34 in Twp. 41, Rge. 20 W4; 17. south along the east boundary of Secs. 34 and 27 to the north boundary of Sec. 22; 18. west along the north boundary to the east shore of Buffalo Lake; 19. in a generally southerly direction along the east shore to the north boundary of Twp. 40; 20. west along the north boundary to the west shore of Buffalo Lake; 21. in a generally southwesterly direction along the west shore to the east boundary of Rge. 22 W4; 22. south along the east boundary of Rge. 22 W4 to the south shore of Buffalo Lake; 23. in an easterly and southwesterly direction along the lake shore to its intersection with the east boundary of Rge. 22 W4; 24. south along the east boundary of Rge. 22 W4 to the north boundary of Sec. 24, Twp. 39, Rge. 22 W4; 25. west along the north boundary of Secs. 24 and 23 to the east boundary of Sec. 22; 26. south along the east boundary of Secs. 22, 15, 10 and 3 to the north boundary of Twp. 38; 27. west along the north boundary of Twp. 38 to the right bank of the Red Deer River; 28. upstream along the right bank of the river to the intersection with the right bank of the Blindman River; 29. upstream along the right bank of the river to its intersection with the east boundary of Rge. 28 W4 in Twp. 39; 30. north along the east boundary of Rge. 28 W4 to the north boundary of Twp. 40, Rge. 28 W4; 31. west along the north boundary of Twp. 40, Rge. 28 W4 to the east shore of Gull Lake; 32. northwest along the east shore of Gull Lake to the north boundary of Twp. 41; 33. west along the north boundary of Twp. 41 to the east boundary of Rge. 3 W5; 34. north along the east boundary of Rge. 3 W5 to the north boundary of Twp. 42; 35. east along the north boundary of Twp. 42 to Highway 20; 36. northwest along Highway 20 to the starting point. | |||
| Note: | |||
| 66 Lacombe-Ponoka 2010 Boundaries[3] | |||
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| Bordering Districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Drayton Valley-Devon and Wetaskiwin-Camrose | Battle River-Wainwright and Drumheller-Stettler | Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre | Innisfail-Sylvan Lake |
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| Note: Boundary descriptions were not used in the 2010 redistribution | |||
Representation history
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Lacombe-Ponoka | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Lacombe-Stettler, Ponoka-Rimbey, and Rocky Mountain House | ||||
| 26th | 2004–2008 | Ray Prins | Progressive Conservative | |
| 27th | 2008–2012 | |||
| 28th | 2012–2014 | Rod Fox | Wildrose | |
| 2014–2015 | Progressive Conservative | |||
| 29th | 2015–2017 | Ron Orr | Wildrose | |
| 2017-2019 | United Conservative | |||
| 30th | 2019–2023 | |||
| 31st | 2023–present | Jennifer Johnson | Independent | |
The electoral district and its predecessor ridings have been returning conservative candidates since the 1970s. The current representative is Ray Prins who was first elected to office in 2004 when the district was created. He represented the district for two terms with majorities well above half the popular vote.
Legislature results
2023 general election
| 2023 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Jennifer Johnson[lower-alpha 1] | 14,324 | 67.57 | -3.74 | ||||
| New Democratic | Dave Dale | 4,995 | 23.56 | +8.63 | ||||
| Alberta Party | Myles Chykerda | 1,167 | 5.50 | -4.84 | ||||
| Wildrose Loyalty Coalition | Daniel Jeffries | 444 | 2.09 | – | ||||
| Green | Taylor Lowery | 196 | 0.92 | – | ||||
| Solidarity Movement | Nathan Leslie | 74 | 0.35 | – | ||||
| Total | 21,200 | 99.40 | – | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 128 | 0.60 | ||||||
| Turnout | 21,328 | 61.28 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 34,804 | |||||||
| United Conservative hold | Swing | -6.19 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[5]
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2019 general election
| 2019 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Ron Orr | 17,379 | 71.31 | +8.03 | ||||
| New Democratic | Doug Hart | 3,639 | 14.93 | -15.17 | ||||
| Alberta Party | Myles Chykerda | 2,520 | 10.34 | +3.72 | ||||
| Freedom Conservative | Keith Parrill | 328 | 1.35 | – | ||||
| Alberta Independence | Tessa Szwagierczak | 279 | 1.14 | – | ||||
| Advantage | Shawn Tylke | 227 | 0.93 | – | ||||
| Total | 24,372 | 99.26 | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 181 | 0.74 | +0.28 | |||||
| Turnout | 24,553 | 75.07 | +15.74 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 32,706 | |||||||
| United Conservative notional hold | Swing | +11.60 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "68 - Lacombe-Ponoka, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
2015 general election
| 2015 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Wildrose | Ron Orr | 6,502 | 35.71% | -8.26% | ||||
| New Democratic | Doug Hart | 5,481 | 30.10% | 20.21% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Peter Dewit | 5,018 | 27.56% | -8.31% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Tony Jeglum | 1,206 | 6.62% | 1.40% | ||||
| Total | 18,207 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 83 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 30,827 | 59.33% | 2.52% | |||||
| Wildrose hold | Swing | -1.24% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "66 - Lacombe-Ponoka, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
2012 general election
| 2012 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Wildrose | Rod Fox | 6,573 | 43.97% | 37.51% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Steve Christie | 5,363 | 35.88% | -22.30% | ||||
| New Democratic | Doug Hart | 1,479 | 9.89% | 5.92% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Tony Jeglum | 781 | 5.22% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Kyle Michael Morrow | 753 | 5.04% | -3.47% | ||||
| Total | 14,949 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 99 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 26,490 | 56.81% | 12.81% | |||||
| Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | -13.60% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "66 - Lacombe-Ponoka, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
2008 general election
| 2008 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ray Prins | 8,202 | 58.17% | 5.25% | ||||
| Green | Joe Anglin | 3,226 | 22.88% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Edith McPhedran | 1,200 | 8.51% | -8.42% | ||||
| Wildrose | Daniel Friesen | 911 | 6.46% | -11.50% | ||||
| New Democratic | Steven P. Bradshaw | 560 | 3.97% | -4.69% | ||||
| Total | 14,099 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 68 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 32,200 | 44.00% | -5.89% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 0.16% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "61 - Lacombe-Ponoka, 2008 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. pp. 450–455. | ||||||||
2004 general election
| 2004 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ray Prins | 6,923 | 52.93% | – | ||||
| Alberta Alliance | Ed Klop | 2,349 | 17.96% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Glen T. Simmonds | 2,214 | 16.93% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Jim Graves | 1,133 | 8.66% | – | ||||
| Social Credit | Teena Cormack | 461 | 3.52% | – | ||||
| Total | 13,080 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 77 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 26,373 | 49.89% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Lacombe-Ponoka Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved January 30, 2012. | ||||||||
Senate nominee results
2004 Senate nominee election district results
| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Lacombe-Ponoka[6] | Turnout 49.84% | |||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % Votes | % Ballots | Rank | |
| Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 4,681 | 13.96% | 44.82% | 2 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 4,604 | 13.73% | 44.08% | 1 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 4,154 | 12.38% | 39.77% | 3 | |
| Independent | Link Byfield | 3,582 | 10.68% | 34.29% | 4 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 3,293 | 9.82% | 31.53% | 7 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 2,977 | 8.88% | 28.50% | 5 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 2,859 | 8.53% | 27.37% | 8 | |
| Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 2,756 | 8.22% | 26.39% | 6 | |
| Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 2,729 | 8.14% | 26.13% | 10 | |
| Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,900 | 5.66% | 18.19% | 9 | |
| Total Votes | 33,535 | 100% | ||||
| Total Ballots | 10,445 | 3.21 Votes Per Ballot | ||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 2,700 | |||||
Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot
2012 Senate nominee election district results
References
- ↑ "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. June 2010. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
- ↑ "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. pp. 53–54.
- ↑ "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010.
- ↑ Weber, Mark (May 30, 2023). "UCP candidate Jennifer Johnson is the newly-minted MLA for Lacombe-Ponoka". Lacombe Express. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ↑ "68 - Lacombe-Ponoka". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
- ↑ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
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