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Lacombe-Ponoka
Alberta electoral district
Lacombe-Ponoka within Alberta, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 
 
Jennifer Johnson
United Conservative
District created2003
First contested2004
Last contested2023

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.

History

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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

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Representation history

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Members of the Legislative Assembly for Lacombe-Ponoka
Assembly Years Member Party
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
2014–2015 Progressive 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

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2023

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2023 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Conservative Jennifer Johnson[a] 14,324 67.57 -3.74
New Democratic Dave Dale 4,995 23.56 +8.63
Alberta Party Myles Chykerda 1,167 5.50 -4.84
Wildrose Loyalty Coalition Daniel Jeffries 444 2.09
Green Taylor Lowery 196 0.92
Solidarity Movement Nathan Leslie 74 0.35
Total 21,200 99.40
Rejected and declined 128 0.60
Turnout 21,328 61.28
Eligible voters 34,804
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

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2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Conservative Ron Orr 17,379 71.31 +8.03
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
Advantage Shawn Tylke 227 0.93
Total 24,372 99.26
Rejected, spoiled and declined 181 0.74 +0.28
Turnout 24,553 75.07 +15.74
Eligible voters 32,706
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

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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.

2012

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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.

2008

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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.

2004

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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.

Senate nominee election results

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2004

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2004 Senate nominee election results: Lacombe-Ponoka[6] 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 four candidates on the ballot

2012

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References

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  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.
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