Lacombe-Ponoka

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Lacombe-Ponoka
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Lacombe-Ponoka 2017.svg
Lacombe-Ponoka within Alberta, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 
 
Jennifer Johnson
United Conservative
District created2003
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.

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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

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Lacombe-Ponoka
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
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
2014–2015Progressive Conservative
29th 2015–2017 Ron Orr Wildrose
2017-2019 United Conservative
30th 2019–2023
31st 2023–2024 Jennifer Johnson Independent
2024–present United Conservative

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.

Legislative election results

2023

2023 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Conservative Jennifer Johnson [a] 14,32467.57-3.74
New Democratic Dave Dale4,99523.56+8.63
Alberta Party Myles Chykerda1,1675.50-4.84
Wildrose Loyalty Coalition Daniel Jeffries4442.09
Green Taylor Lowery1960.92
Solidarity Movement Nathan Leslie740.35
Total21,20099.40
Rejected and declined1280.60
Turnout21,32861.28
Eligible voters34,804
United Conservative hold Swing -6.19
Source(s)
  1. On May 24, United Conservative Party leader Danielle Smith announced that Johnson would be excluded from the United Conservative caucus if elected. As this decision came after the deadline for candidate registration, she remained on the ballot as a United Conservative. [4]

2019

2019 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Conservative Ron Orr 17,37971.31+8.03
New Democratic Doug Hart3,63914.93-15.17
Alberta Party Myles Chykerda2,52010.34+3.72
Freedom Conservative Keith Parrill3281.35
Alberta Independence Tessa Szwagierczak2791.14
Advantage Shawn Tylke2270.93
Total24,37299.26
Rejected, spoiled and declined1810.74+0.28
Turnout24,55375.07+15.74
Eligible voters32,706
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

2015 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Wildrose Ron Orr 6,50235.71%-8.26%
New Democratic Doug Hart5,48130.10%20.21%
Progressive Conservative Peter Dewit5,01827.56%-8.31%
Alberta Party Tony Jeglum1,2066.62%1.40%
Total18,207
Rejected, spoiled and declined83
Eligible electors / turnout30,82759.33%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

2012 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Wildrose Rod Fox 6,57343.97%37.51%
Progressive Conservative Steve Christie5,36335.88%-22.30%
New Democratic Doug Hart1,4799.89%5.92%
Alberta Party Tony Jeglum7815.22%
Liberal Kyle Michael Morrow7535.04%-3.47%
Total14,949
Rejected, spoiled, and declined99
Eligible electors / turnout26,49056.81%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

2008 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Ray Prins 8,20258.17%5.25%
Green Joe Anglin 3,22622.88%
Liberal Edith McPhedran1,2008.51%-8.42%
Wildrose Daniel Friesen9116.46%-11.50%
New Democratic Steven P. Bradshaw5603.97%-4.69%
Total14,099
Rejected, spoiled and declined68
Eligible electors / turnout32,20044.00%-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

2004 Alberta general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Ray Prins 6,92352.93%
Alberta Alliance Ed Klop2,34917.96%
Liberal Glen T. Simmonds2,21416.93%
New Democratic Jim Graves1,1338.66%
Social Credit Teena Cormack4613.52%
Total13,080
Rejected, spoiled and declined77
Eligible electors / turnout26,37349.89%
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.

Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results: Lacombe-Ponoka [6] Turnout 49.84%
AffiliationCandidateVotes% votes% ballotsRank
Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 4,68113.96%44.82%2
Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 4,60413.73%44.08%1
Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 4,15412.38%39.77%3
 Independent Link Byfield 3,58210.68%34.29%4
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth3,2939.82%31.53%7
Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 2,9778.88%28.50%5
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough2,8598.53%27.37%8
Progressive Conservative David Usherwood2,7568.22%26.39%6
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan2,7298.14%26.13%10
 Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,9005.66%18.19%9
Total votes33,535100%
Total ballots10,4453.21 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined2,700

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

See also

References

  1. "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.
  2. "E‑4.1". Statutes of the Province of Alberta. Government of Alberta. 2003. pp. 53–54.
  3. "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010.
  4. Weber, Mark (May 30, 2023). "UCP candidate Jennifer Johnson is the newly-minted MLA for Lacombe-Ponoka". Lacombe Express. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  5. "68 - Lacombe-Ponoka". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  6. "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.