Lacombe-Ponoka

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.

Lacombe-Ponoka

Alberta electoral district
Lacombe-Ponoka within Alberta, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA	Ron Orr United Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2019

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]
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
Note: Boundary descriptions were not used in the 2010 redistribution

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Lacombe-Ponoka
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Lacombe-Stettler 1993-2004 and Ponoka-Rimbey 1993-2004
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–present

The electoral district and its predecessor ridings have been returning candidates affiliated with the Progressive Conservatives with large majorities 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

2004 general election

v t e 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.

2008 general election

v t e 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.

2012 general election

v t e 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.

2015 general election

v t e 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.

2019 general election

v t e 2019 Alberta general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Conservative	Ron Orr	17,379	71.31%	8.10%
	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%	–
	Alberta Advantage Party	Shawn Tylke	227	0.93%	–
Total			24,372	–	–
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			181	–	–
Eligible electors / Turnout			32,706	75.07%	15.74%
	United Conservative notional hold		Swing		25.38%
Source(s) Source: "68 - Lacombe-Ponoka, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Lacombe-Ponoka^[4]					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

Student Vote results

2004 election

Participating Schools^[5]
Lacombe Composite High School
Mirror School
Parkview Adventist Academy
Ponoka Composite High School

On November 19, 2004 a Student Vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district than where they were physically located.

2004 Alberta Student Vote results^[6]
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Ray Prins	302	36.08%
	NDP	Jim Graves	195	23.30%
	Alberta Alliance	Ed Klop	188	22.46%
	Liberal	Glen Simmonds	82	9.80%
	Social Credit	Teena Cormack	70	8.36%
Total			837	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			30

2012 election

2012 Alberta Student Vote results
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Steve Christie	419	27.82%
	Wildrose	Rod Fox	464	30.81%
	Liberal	Kyle Morrow	296	19.85%
	Alberta Party	Tony Jeglum	165	10.96%
	NDP	Doug Hart	162	10.76%
Total			1506	100%

References

1. (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. (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
5. . Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 27, 2008.
6. . Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2008.

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta