Drayton Valley-Devon

Drayton Valley-Devon
Alberta electoral district
Drayton Valley-Devon within Alberta, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Mark Smith
United Conservative
District created 2010
First contested 2012
Last contested 2015

Drayton Valley-Devon is a provincial electoral district in central Alberta, Canada. The district was created in the 2010 boundary redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post voting system.

History

The electoral district was created in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution. It was created from the old electoral district of Drayton Valley-Calmar which was expanded east into land that was part of the Leduc-Beaumont-Devon riding to include the town of Devon[1]

Boundary history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for
Drayton Valley-Devon
Assembly Years Member Party
See Drayton Valley-Calmar 1993-2012
28th 2012-2015 Diana McQueen Progressive Conservative
29th 2015–2017 Mark Smith Wildrose
2017- United Conservative

Electoral history

The electoral district and its antecedent has been electing Progressive Conservative MLAs with solid majorities going back to the 1970s. The current incumbent is Diana McQueen who is a cabinet minister in the Allison Redford government.

Elections

2012 general election

Alberta general election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeDiana McQueen7,35851.68%
WildroseDean Shular5,46238.36%
New DemocraticDoris Bannister8796.17%
LiberalChantel Lillycrop5383.78%

2015 general election

Alberta general election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%
WildroseMark Smith6,28137.0%
Progressive ConservativeDiana McQueen5,18130.5%
New DemocraticKatherine Swampy4,81628.4%
Alberta PartyConnie Jensen4162.5%
GreenJennifer Roach2761.6%

2019 general election

Alberta general election, 2019
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticKieran Quirke
United ConservativeMark Smith
Total valid votes
Rejected, spoiled and declined
Registered electors
Turnout

Senate nominee results

Student vote results

2012 election

Registered Schools[2]

Please note: Only schools registered under Drayton Valley-Devon have been included, as some schools within jurisdiction are registered in other ridings.

Calmar
  • New Humble Centre School
  • Calmar Secondary School

Devon

  • Riverview Middle School
  • John Maland High School
  • Devon Christian School

Drayton Valley

  • Aurora Elementary School
  • Drayton Christian School
  • H.W. Pickup Junior High School
  • Holy Trinity Academy
  • St. Anthony School

Falun

  • Falun School

Pigeon Lake

  • Pigeon Lake Regional School

Thorsby

  • Thorsby Elementary School
  • Thorsby Junior/Senior High School

Warburg

  • Warburg School

Winfield

  • Winfield School

Results

2012 Alberta Student Vote results
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive ConservativeDiana McQueen57943.05%
WildroseDean Shular36727.29%
  Liberal Chantel Lillycrop 253 18.81%
  NDP Doris Bannister 146 10.86%
Total 1345 100%

References

  1. ↑ "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
  2. ↑ http://www.studentvote.ca/ab2012/ Alberta Election Student Vote Registration
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