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.

Boundary history 61 Lacombe-Ponoka 2003 boundariesBordering districtsNorthEastWestSouthDrayton Valley-Calmar, Wetaskiwin-CamroseBattle River-WainwrightRocky Mountain HouseDrumheller-Stettler, Innisfail-Sylvan Lake, Red Deer-Northriding map goes hereLegal 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 boundariesBordering districtsNorthEastWestSouthDrayton Valley-Devon and Wetaskiwin-CamroseBattle River-Wainwright and Drumheller-StettlerRimbey-Rocky Mountain House-SundreInnisfail-Sylvan LakeNote: Boundary descriptions were not used in the 2010 redistribution

Representation history Members of the Legislative Assembly for Lacombe-PonokaAssemblyYearsMemberPartyRiding created from Lacombe-Stettler, Ponoka-Rimbey, and Rocky Mountain House26th 2004–2008Ray PrinsProgressive Conservative27th2008–201228th2012–2014Rod FoxWildrose2014–2015Progressive Conservative29th2015–2017Ron OrrWildrose2017-2019United Conservative30th2019–202331st2023–2024Jennifer JohnsonIndependent2024–presentUnited 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

2023

2019

2015

2012

2008

2004

Senate nominee election results

2004 2004 Senate nominee election results: Lacombe-PonokaTurnout 49.84%AffiliationCandidateVotes% votes% ballotsRankIndependentLink Byfield3,58210.68%34.29%4Michael Roth3,2939.82%31.53%7Vance Gough2,8598.53%27.37%8Gary Horan2,7298.14%26.13%10IndependentTom Sindlinger1,9005.66%18.19%9Total votes33,535100%Total ballots10,4453.21 votes per ballotRejected, spoiled and declined2,700Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

Nomination contests UCP Lacombe-Ponoka nomination contest: February 17, 2023 Candidate Votes % Jennifer Johnson97074.9 Dusty Myshrall27821.5 Chris Ross473.6Total1,295100.0

See also List of Alberta provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts

References

External links Website of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta