 Alberta electoral district | |
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.svg) Red Deer—Lacombe in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order. | |
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 2013 |
| District abolished | 2023 |
| 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 |
| Census division | Division No. 8 |
| Census subdivision(s) | Blackfalds, Lacombe, Lacombe County, Ponoka, Ponoka County, Red Deer, Red Deer County, Rimbey, Samson 137, Sylvan Lake |
Red Deer—Lacombe was an electoral district in Alberta from 2015 to 2025. It was created in 2012 from the more urbanized southern portion of Wetaskiwin (51%) and the northern portion of Red Deer (49%).[2]
The riding was originally intended to be named Red Deer—Wolf Creek.[3]
Demographics
| 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:
| Red Deer—Lacombe | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Red Deer and Wetaskiwin | ||||
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Blaine Calkins | Conservative | |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
| 44th | 2021–2025 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Leduc—Wetaskiwin, Ponoka—Didsbury, and Red Deer |
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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 | 64.22 | –15.61 | $35,982.66 | |||
| New Democratic | Tanya Heyden-Kaye | 8,806 | 14.21 | +5.29 | $4,261.30 | |||
| People's | Megan Lim | 7,893 | 12.74 | +9.10 | $4,343.27 | |||
| Liberal | David Ondieki | 3,704 | 5.98 | +0.73 | $2,023.58 | |||
| Maverick | Harry Joujan | 986 | 1.59 | – | $925.00 | |||
| No affiliation | Joan Barnes | 573 | 0.93 | – | $9,652.64 | |||
| Libertarian | Matthew Watson | 212 | 0.34 | – | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 61,979 | 99.44 | – | $121,470.01 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 348 | 0.56 | +0.08 | |||||
| Turnout | 62,327 | 65.22 | –6.04 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 95,567 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –10.45 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7][8] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Blaine Calkins | 53,843 | 79.83 | +9.13 | $91,036.85 | |||
| New Democratic | Lauren Pezzella | 6,012 | 8.91 | –2.53 | $2,301.26 | |||
| Liberal | Tiffany Rose | 3,540 | 5.25 | –9.73 | $2,490.31 | |||
| People's | Laura Lynn Thompson | 2,453 | 3.64 | – | none listed | |||
| Green | Sarah Palmer | 1,596 | 2.37 | –0.51 | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 67,444 | 99.52 | – | $117,336.29 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 325 | 0.48 | +0.20 | |||||
| Turnout | 67,769 | 71.26 | +1.85 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 95,095 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +5.83 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[9][10] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Blaine Calkins | 43,599 | 70.71 | –6.72 | $74,901.25 | |||
| 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 | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 61,662 | 99.72 | – | $224,841.10 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 176 | 0.28 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 61,838 | 69.41 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 89,092 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –9.07 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[11][12] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[13] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 31,453 | 77.43 | |
| New Democratic | 5,805 | 14.29 | |
| Green | 1,917 | 4.72 | |
| Liberal | 1,448 | 3.56 | |
See also
Notes
- Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
- Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
- Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
- Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
- Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.
References
- Statistics Canada: 2011
- Report – Alberta, archived from the original on August 24, 2021, retrieved July 2, 2013
- "Government Bill (House of Commons) C-37 (41-2) - Third Reading - Riding Name Change Act, 2014 - Parliament of Canada".
- Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
- Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
- Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
- "Forty-Fourth General Election 2021 — Poll-by-poll Results: Red Deer—Lacombe". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2021.
- Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2021). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2021 General Election: Part 3C – Summary of Electoral Campaign Expenses and Other Outflows – Election expenses subject to the limit – Total". elections.ca. Elections Canada.
Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
- "Forty-Third General Election 2019 — Poll-by-poll Results: Red Deer—Lacombe". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2019.
- Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2019). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2019 General Election: Part 3C – Summary of Electoral Campaign Expenses and Other Outflows – Election expenses subject to the limit – Total". elections.ca. Elections Canada.
Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
- "Forty-Second General Election 2015 — Poll-by-poll Results: Red Deer—Lacombe". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2015.
- Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2015). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2015 General Election: Part 4 – Campaign Financial Summary – Total election expenses subject to the limit". elections.ca. Elections Canada.
Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
- Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
External links