Drayton Valley-Devon

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Drayton Valley-Devon
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Drayton Valley-Devon 2017.svg
Drayton Valley-Devon within Alberta, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Andrew Boitchenko
United Conservative
District created2010
First contested 2012
Last contested 2023

Drayton Valley-Devon is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district was created in the 2010 boundary redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post voting system. Drayton Valley-Devon is currently represented by United Conservative Party MLA Andrew Boitchenko. [1] Prior to 2023, the district was represented by Mark Smith who was first elected in 2015.

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History

The electoral district was created in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution. It was created from the old electoral district of Drayton Valley-Calmar which was expanded east into land that was part of the Leduc-Beaumont-Devon riding to include the town of Devon [2]

Boundary history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for
Drayton Valley-Devon
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Drayton Valley-Calmar and Leduc-Beaumont-Devon
28th 2012-2015 Diana McQueen Progressive Conservative
29th 2015–2017 Mark Smith Wildrose
2017-2019 United Conservative
30th 2019–2023
31st 2023–present Andrew Boitchenko

Electoral history

Drayton Valley-Devon and its antecedent, Drayton Valley-Calmar, elected Progressive Conservative MLAs with solid majorities from the 1970s to 2015. Since 2015, it has elected two people, Mark Smith, who first ran for the Wildrose Party in 2015 and then for the United Conservatives in 2019, and Andrew Boitchenko, who ran for the United Conservatives in 2023. [1]

The first MLA elected to Drayton Valley-Devon was Progressive Conservative Diana McQueen, who was a cabinet minister in the Allison Redford government. The incumbent is Andrew Boitchenko.

Legislative election results

2012

2012 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Diana McQueen 7,35951.65%–
Wildrose Dean Shular5,46738.37%–
New Democratic Doris Bannister8786.16%–
Liberal Chantel Lillycrop5443.82%–
Total14,248––
Rejected, spoiled, and declined56––
Eligible electors / turnout25,70555.65%–
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Elections Alberta 2012 General Election". Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2015

2015 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Wildrose Mark Smith 6,28437.02%-1.35%
Progressive Conservative Diana McQueen 5,18230.53%-21.12%
New Democratic Katherine Swampy4,81628.37%22.21%
Alberta Party Connie Jensen4162.45%–
Green Jennifer R Roach2761.63%–
Total16,974––
Rejected, spoiled and declined34––
Eligible electors / turnout29,73357.20%1.56%
Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative Swing -3.39%
Source(s)
Source: "Elections Alberta 2015 General Election". Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
2015 Alberta general election redistributed results
PartyVotes%
Wildrose 7,16836.35
New Democratic 5,89429.89
Progressive Conservative 5,65828.69
Alberta Party 4532.30
Green 2831.44
Liberal 2621.33
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder

2019

2019 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Conservative Mark Smith 18,09271.12+6.08†
New Democratic Kieran Quirke4,23316.64-13.25
Alberta Party Gail Upton1,6346.42+4.13
Freedom Conservative Steve Goodman6242.45–
Alberta Advantage Mark Gregor2981.17–
Alberta Independence Les Marks2330.92–
Liberal Ronald Brochu2170.85-0.48
Independent Carol Nordlund-Kinsey1060.42–
Total25,43799.14–
Rejected, spoiled and declined2200.86–
Turnout25,65774.25
Eligible voters34,554
United Conservative notional hold Swing +9.66
Source(s)
Source: "2019 Election Results - 58 - Drayton Valley-Devon". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved June 7, 2020.
†From combined Wildrose and Progressive Conservative redistributed results in the 2015 general election

2023

2023 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Conservative Andrew Boitchenko 16,53273.70+2.58
New Democratic Harry Singh5,00922.33+5.69
Wildrose Loyalty Coalition Jon Hokanson5802.59–
Advantage Party Dale Withers1890.84-0.33
Solidarity Movement Gail Tookey1210.54–
Total22,43199.42–
Rejected and declined1310.58
Turnout22,56261.90
Eligible voters36,448
United Conservative hold Swing -1.56
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta [4]

Student vote results

2012 election

Registered schools

Please note: Only schools registered under Drayton Valley-Devon have been included, as some schools within jurisdiction are registered in other ridings.

Calmar
  • New Humble Centre School
  • Calmar Secondary School

Devon

  • Riverview Middle School
  • John Maland High School
  • Devon Christian School

Drayton Valley

  • Aurora Elementary School
  • Drayton Christian School
  • H.W. Pickup Junior High School
  • Holy Trinity Academy
  • St. Anthony School

Falun

  • Falun School

Pigeon Lake

  • Pigeon Lake Regional School

Thorsby

  • Thorsby Elementary School
  • Thorsby Junior/Senior High School

Warburg

  • Warburg School

Winfield

  • Winfield School

[5]

Results

2012 Alberta student vote results
AffiliationCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Diana McQueen 57943.05%
Wildrose Dean Shular36727.29%
  Liberal Chantel Lillycrop25318.81%
  NDP Doris Bannister14610.86%
Total1345100%

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Alberta election 2023 results: Drayton Valley-Devon | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  2. ↑ Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (February 2003). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta". Legislative Assembly of Alberta . Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010.
  4. ↑ "58 - Drayton Valley-Devon". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  5. ↑ http://www.studentvote.ca/ab2012/ Alberta Election Student Vote Registration
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