Red Deer—Lacombe

Red Deer—Lacombe is an electoral district in Alberta. It was created in 2012 from the more urbanized southern portion of Wetaskiwin (51%) and the northern portion of Red Deer (49%).^[2]

Red Deer—Lacombe

Alberta electoral district
Red Deer—Lacombe in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Blaine Calkins Conservative
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)^[1]	113,693
Electors (2019)	93,050
Area (km²)^[1]	6,316
Pop. density (per km²)	18
Census division(s)	Division No. 8
Census subdivision(s)	Blackfalds, Lacombe, Lacombe County, Ponoka, Ponoka County, Red Deer, Red Deer County, Rimbey, Samson 137, Sylvan Lake

The riding was originally intended to be named Red Deer—Wolf Creek.^[3]

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Red Deer—Lacombe (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021^[4]		2016^[5]		2011^[6]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European^[a]	98,435	76.16%	100,565	79.72%	92,915	83.28%
Indigenous	15,955	12.34%	14,420	11.43%	13,110	11.75%
Southeast Asian^[b]	7,590	5.87%	5,375	4.26%	2,185	1.96%
African	1,720	1.33%	1,445	1.15%	580	0.52%
South Asian	1,500	1.16%	975	0.77%	450	0.4%
Latin American	1,395	1.08%	1,230	0.98%	950	0.85%
East Asian^[c]	1,245	0.96%	1,255	0.99%	750	0.67%
Middle Eastern^[d]	780	0.6%	500	0.4%	325	0.29%
Other/multiracial^[e]	630	0.49%	385	0.31%	315	0.28%
Total responses	129,250	98.23%	126,140	97.95%	111,575	98.14%
Total population	131,575	100%	128,786	100%	113,693	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Red Deer—Lacombe Riding created from Red Deer and Wetaskiwin
42nd	2015–2019		Blaine Calkins	Conservative
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Red Deer—Lacombe (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Blaine Calkins	39,805	64.2	-15.6	$35,982.66
	New Democratic	Tanya Heyden-Kaye	8,806	14.2	+5.3	$4,261.30
	People's	Megan Lim	7,893	12.7	+9.1	$4,343.27
	Liberal	David Ondieki	3,704	6.0	+0.8	$2,023.58
	Maverick	Harry Joujan	986	1.6	N/A	$925.00
	No affiliation	Joan Barnes	573	0.9	N/A	$9,652.64
	Libertarian	Matthew Watson	212	0.3	N/A	$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			61,979	99.4	–	$121,470.01
Total rejected ballots			348	0.6
Turnout			62,327	66.2
Eligible voters			94,205
	Conservative hold		Swing		-10.5
Source: Elections Canada^[7]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Blaine Calkins	53,843	79.8	+9.09	$98,245.70
	New Democratic	Lauren Pezzella	6,012	8.9	-2.54	none listed
	Liberal	Tiffany Rose	3,540	5.2	-9.78	none listed
	People's	Laura Lynn Thompson	2,453	3.6	-	none listed
	Green	Sarah Palmer	1,596	2.4	-0.48	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			67,444	100.0
Total rejected ballots			325
Turnout			67,769	72.8
Eligible voters			93,050
	Conservative hold		Swing		+5.82
Source: Elections Canada^[8]^[9]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Blaine Calkins	43,599	70.71	-6.72	$75,006.35
	Liberal	Jeff Rock	9,235	14.98	+11.41	$16,605.92
	New Democratic	Doug Hart	7,055	11.44	-2.85	$5,541.40
	Green	Les Kuzyk	1,773	2.88	-1.84	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			61,662	100.00		$224,841.10
Total rejected ballots			176	0.28	–
Turnout			61,838	71.40	–
Eligible voters			86,609
	Conservative hold		Swing		-9.07
Source: Elections Canada^[10]^[11]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[12]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	31,453	77.43
	New Democratic	5,805	14.29
	Green	1,917	4.72
	Liberal	1,448	3.56

Notes

1. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
2. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
3. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
4. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

References

1. Statistics Canada: 2011
2. Report – Alberta
3. "Government Bill (House of Commons) C-37 (41-2) - Third Reading - Riding Name Change Act, 2014 - Parliament of Canada".
4. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
5. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
6. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
7. "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
8. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
9. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
10. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Red Deer—Lacombe (Validated results)". Elections Canada. October 21, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
11. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
12. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections