Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul

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Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul 2017.svg
Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul within Alberta.
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Scott Cyr
United Conservative
District created2017
First contested 2019
Last contested 2023
Demographics
Population (2016) [1] 53,809
Area (km²)15,870
Pop. density (per km²)3.4
Census division(s) 12

Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul is a current provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. It was contested for the first time in the 2019 Alberta election.

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Geography

The district is located in northeastern Alberta, containing the communities of Cold Lake, Bonnyville, St. Paul and Elk Point, the MD of Bonnyville, most of St. Paul County, the Elizabeth and Fishing Lake Metis settlements, the Cold Lake First Nations, Kehewin First Nation, and Saddle Lake. It also includes CFB Cold Lake and the uninhabited Air Weapons Range.

History

Members for Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Bonnyville-Cold Lake,
Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills and Fort McMurray-Conklin
30th 2019–2023 Dave Hanson United Conservative
31st 2023– Scott Cyr

The district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended joining part of Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills to Bonnyville-Cold Lake. The Commission recommended naming the district Cold Lake-St. Paul, but the Assembly decided to retain Bonnyville in the name.

Some local officials expressed discontent with the creation of this riding, especially given that it is the most populous of the new districts. [2] According to the 2016 census, its population is 15% above the mean. The Commission justified this variance because, in their opinion, "this is an area where future population growth is likely to fall well below the provincial average." [3]

The district first elected United Conservative MLA Dave Hanson who had previously been elected to Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills as a Wildrose candidate in 2015. Hanson originally contested the UCP nomination against former Wildrose MLA for Bonnyville-Cold Lake Scott Cyr who would drop out prior to the constituency vote. [4] Hanson would defeat his next closest competitor, NDP candidate and teacher Kari Whan by over 12,000 votes. [5]

Electoral results

Graphical summary

2015
22.3%3.829.2%44.0%
New DemocraticAPProgressive ConservativeWildrose
2019
14.0%10.2%73.1%
NDPAlbertaUnited Conservative
2023
24.5%75.5%
New DemocraticUnited Conservative

2023

2023 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Conservative Scott Cyr 13,31575.47+2.38
New Democratic Caitlyn Blake4,32724.53+10.50
Total17,64299.48–
Rejected and declined920.52
Turnout17,73451.52
Eligible electors34,419
United Conservative hold Swing -4.06
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta [6]

2019

2019 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
United Conservative David B. Hanson 15,94373.09-0.06$38,896
New Democratic Kari Whan3,06114.03-8.20$3,288
Alberta Party Glenn Andersen2,22310.19–$16,235
Alberta Independence David Garnett-Bennett2170.99–$500
Alberta Advantage PartyDavid Inscho2070.95–$1,580
Independent Kacey L Daniels1620.74–$1,714
Total21,81399.53–
Rejected, spoiled and declined1020.47
Turnout21,91566.01–
Eligible voters 33,199
United Conservative notional hold Swing +4.07
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta [7] [8] [9]
Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000.
Change is based on re-distributed results from the 2015 Alberta general election.

2015

Redistributed results, 2015 Alberta general election
PartyVotes%
Wildrose 7,30443.96
Progressive Conservative 4,84929.19
New Democratic 3,69322.23
Alberta Party 628 [lower-alpha 1] 3.78
Green 140 [lower-alpha 2] 0.84
Total valid votes16,614100.00
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder

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References

  1. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2016
  2. ↑ MacEachern, Meagan (October 24, 2017). "Local dignitaries displeased with the Electoral Boundaries Commission final report". The Bonnyville Nouvelle. Great West Newspapers. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  3. ↑ Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (October 2017). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN   978-1-988620-04-6 . Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  4. ↑ "MLA Scott Cyr withdraws from UCP nomination battle against caucus colleague". CBC News. Edmonton. April 18, 2018. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  5. ↑ MacEachern, Meagan (January 31, 2019). "Kari Whan: new to politics, but eager to get started". Lakeland Today. Great West Newspapers. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  6. ↑ "51 - Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul, 2023 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  7. ↑ "51 - Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  8. ↑ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 211–217. ISBN   978-1-988620-12-1 . Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  9. ↑ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume III Election Finances (PDF) (Report). Vol. 3. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 68–82. ISBN   978-1-988620-13-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

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