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.
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] |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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Representation history
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
2008 general election
2012 general election
2015 general election
Senate nominee results
2004 Senate nominee election district results
| 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 4 Candidates on the Ballot
Student Vote results
2004 election
| Participating Schools[7] |
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| 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.
2012 election
References
External links
Alberta electoral district
