Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul

Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul is a future provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. It will be contested for the first time in the 2019 Alberta election.

Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul
Alberta electoral district
Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul within Alberta.
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Dave Hanson
United Conservative
District created2017
First contested2019
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]53,809
Area (km²)15,870
Pop. density (per km²)3.4
Census divisions12

Geography

The district is located in northeastern Alberta, containing the communities of Cold Lake, Bonnyville, St. Paul and Elk Point, the MD of Bonnyville, most of St. Paul County, the Elizabeth and Fishing Lake Metis settlements, the Cold Lake First Nations, Kehewin First Nation, and Saddle Lake. It also includes CFB Cold Lake and the uninhabited Air Weapons Range (Improvement District No. 349).

History
Members for Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul
Assembly Years Member Party
See Bonnyville-Cold Lake 1997-2019 and
Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills 2012-2019
30th 2019– Dave Hanson United Conservative

The district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended joining part of Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills to Bonnyville-Cold Lake. The Commission recommended naming the district Cold Lake-St. Paul, but the Assembly decided to retain Bonnyville in the name.

Some local officials expressed discontent with the creation of this riding, especially given that it is the most populous of the new districts.[2] According to the 2016 census, its population is 15% above the mean. The Commission justified this variance because, in their opinion, "this is an area where future population growth is likely to fall well below the provincial average."[3]

Electoral results
Redistributed results, 2015 Alberta general election
Party Votes %
Wildrose7,38143.90
Progressive Conservative4,90129.15
New Democratic3,76022.36
Alberta Party628[lower-alpha 1]3.73
Green143[lower-alpha 2]0.85
Total valid votes 16,813 100.00
  1. No candidate in Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills
  2. No candidate in Bonnyville-Cold Lake
2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
United ConservativeDavid Hanson15,94373.09-0.01
New DemocraticKari Whan3,06114.03-8.37
Alberta PartyGlenn Anderson2,22310.19+6.49
 IndependenceDavid Garnett-Bennett 217 0.99
 Alberta AdvantageDavid Inscho 207 0.95
IndependentKacey Daniels1620.74
Total valid votes 21,81399.53
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 1020.47
Turnout 21,91561.23
Registered electors 35,791
United Conservative notional hold Swing +4.18
Source(s)
"Elections Alberta".

References
  1. Statistics Canada: 2016
  2. Maceachern, Meagan (2017-10-24). "Local dignitaries displeased with the Electoral Boundaries Commission final report". The Bonnyville Nouvelle. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  3. "Final Report" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. 2017-10-01. p. 43. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-24.
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