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Bonnyville-Cold Lake

Bonnyville-Cold Lake was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1997 to 2019.

Geography

Municipalities within Bonnyville-Cold Lake, 2017.

Bonnyville-Cold Lake is primarily rural electoral district is found in northeastern Alberta along the Saskatchewan border. The riding was coterminous with the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87, and also contains the following municipalities:

The district bordered Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills to the North, West and Southwest, and Vermilion-Lloydminster to the Southeast.

History

The district was created in the 1997 Boundary redistribution from the electoral district of Bonnyville, retaining the same boundaries as the old district. The riding had been held from its creation until 2015 by the Progressive Conservatives, although the Liberals held the antecedent riding from 1993 to 1997.

The 2003 electoral boundary re-distribution saw the riding lose some uninhabited territory in its north, part of the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range, to Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills. This gave Bonnyville-Cold Lake the same boundaries as the Municipal District.

In the 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution the riding remained unchanged with no boundary alterations from the 2003 boundaries.

The Bonnyville-Cold Lake electoral district was dissolved in the 2017 electoral boundary re-distribution, and would be renamed Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul electoral district for the 2019 Alberta general election.

Boundary history

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bonnyville-Cold Lake
Assembly Years Member Party
See Bonnyville 1952-1997
24th 1997–2001 Denis Ducharme Progressive
Conservative
25th 2001–2004
26th 2004–2008
27th 2008–2012 Genia Leskiw
28th 2012–2015
29th 2015–2017 Scott Cyr Wildrose
2017–2019 United Conservative
See Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul after 2019

In the district's first election in 1997, Progressive Conservative candidate Dennis Ducharme defeated incumbent Liberal MLA Leo Vasseur by a wide margin to pick up the newly-renamed district for his party.

Ducharme was re-elected with landslides in 2001 with over 70% of the vote and in 2004 with almost 65% of the vote. He was appointed to the cabinet briefly in 2006 under the government of Ralph Klein. He retired in 2008.

The second representative of the district was Genia Leskiw. She won her first election with a landslide of over 75% of the popular vote, and held the riding from Wildrose challenger Roy Doonanco in 2012 by only a 7% margin.

In the 2015 election, Wildrose candidate Scott Cyr won by a significant margin over Progressive Conservative candidate Craig Copeland, who was running during a hiatus from being the mayor of Cold Lake. He subsequently joined the United Conservative Party when the parties merged in 2017.

Despite the hotly contested elections in 2012 and 2015, Ducharme, Leskiw, Cyr, and Copeland jointly endorsed Jason Kenney for Conservative leader in its 2017 leadership election.

Election results

Graphical summary of results, 1997-2015.

1997

1997 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Denis Ducharme 4,593 58.41% +12.81%
Liberal Leo Vasseur 2,323 29.54% -17.66%
Social Credit Robert Kratchmer 948 12.05%
Total 7,864
Rejected, spoiled and declined 11
Eligible electors / turnout 16,185 48.66% -6.54%
Progressive Conservative notional gain from Liberal Swing +15.24%
Source(s)
"Beaver River Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2001

2001 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Denis Ducharme 5,641 70.65% +12.24%
Liberal Ronald Young 1,755 21.98% -7.56%
New Democratic Ellen Ulfsten 313 3.92%
Independent James Skretteberg 275 3.45%
Total 7,984
Rejected, spoiled and declined 44
Eligible electors / turnout 16,688 48.11% -0.55%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +9.90%

2004

2004 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Denis Ducharme 3,621 63.68% -6.97%
Alberta Alliance Shane Gervais 973 17.11%
Liberal Lloyd Mildon 781 13.74% -8.24%
New Democratic Denise Ogonoski 311 5.47% 1.55%
Total 5,686
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 42
Eligible electors / turnout 17,704 32.35% -15.76%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -12.04%

2008

2008 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Genia Leskiw 4,437 75.54% +12.06%
Liberal Justin Yassoub 698 11.88% -1.86%
New Democratic Jason Sloychuk 389 6.62% +1.15%
Green Jennifer Brown 350 5.96%
Total 5,874
Rejected, spoiled and declined 49
Eligible electors / turnout 21,049 28.14% -4.21%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 6.96%
Source(s)
The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 381–385.
"Elections Alberta 2008 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2012

2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Genia Leskiw 4,816 49.09% -26.45%
Wildrose Roy Doonanco 4,128 42.08%
Liberal Hubert Rodden 535 5.45% -6.43%
New Democratic Luanne Bannister 330 3.36% -3.26%
Total valid votes 9,809
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 85
Eligible electors / turnout 22,170 44.63% +16.49%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -34.27%
Source(s)

2015

2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Wildrose Scott Cyr 5,452 46.55% +4.47%
Progressive Conservative Craig Copeland 3,594 30.43% -18.66%
New Democratic Josalyne Head 2,136 18.09% +14.73%
Alberta Party Rob Fox 628 5.32%
Total valid votes 11,810
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 45
Eligible electors / turnout 24,714 47.97% +3.34%
Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +11.57%
Source(s)

Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results: Bonnyville-Cold Lake Turnout 32.32%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % votes % ballots Rank
Progressive Conservative Betty Unger 2,250 14.94% 48.23% 2
Progressive Conservative Bert Brown 2,098 13.93% 44.97% 1
Progressive Conservative Cliff Breitkreuz 1,832 12.17% 39.27% 3
  Independent Link Byfield 1,484 9.86% 31.81% 4
Progressive Conservative David Usherwood 1,446 9.60% 31.00% 6
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 1,344 8.93% 28.81% 7
Progressive Conservative Jim Silye 1,296 8.61% 27.78% 5
Alberta Alliance Vance Gough 1,265 8.40% 27.76% 8
Alberta Alliance Gary Horan 1,217 8.08% 26.09% 10
  Independent Tom Sindlinger 825 5.48% 17.69% 9
Total votes 15,057 100%
Total ballots 4,665 3.23 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined 1,056

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

2012

2012 Senate nominee election results: Bonnyville-Cold Lake Turnout 43.85%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % votes % ballots Rank
Wildrose Raymond Germain 4,043 18.68% 46.02% 5
Progressive Conservative Doug Black 3,518 16.25% 40.05% 1
Progressive Conservative Scott Tannas 3,098 14.31% 35.26% 2
Progressive Conservative Mike Shaikh 2,601 12.02% 29.61% 3
Wildrose Rob Gregory 2,548 11.77% 29.00% 4
Wildrose Vitor Marciano 2,180 10.07% 24.82% 6
Evergreen Elizabeth Johannson 855 3.95% 9.73% 7
Independent David Fletcher 672 3.10% 7.65% 9
Independent Len Bracko 487 2.25% 5.54% 8
Independent Ian Urquhart 469 2.17% 5.34% 10
Independent Paul Frank 465 2.15% 5.29% 11
Independent William Exelby 366 1.69% 4.17% 12
Independent Perry Chahal 344 1.59% 3.92% 13
Total votes 21,646 100%
Total ballots 8,785 2.46 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined 944

Voters had the option of selecting three candidates on the ballot

Student vote results

2004

Participating schools
Assumption Jr/Sr High School
Elizabeth School
LeGoff School
Notre Dame 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 then where they were physically located.

2004 Alberta student vote results
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Denis Ducharme 257 38.07%
Liberal Lloyd Mildon 173 25.63%
New Democratic Denise Ogonoski 152 22.52%
Alberta Alliance Shane Gervais 93 13.78%
Total valid votes 675
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 30

2012

2012 Alberta student vote results
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Genia Leskiw 297 42.73%
Wildrose Roy Doonanco 243 34.96%
Liberal Hubert Rodden 91 13.09%
New Democratic Luanne Bannister 64 9.21%
Total valid votes 695

See also

References

  1. ^ Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (June 1996). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  2. ^ Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (February 2003). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  3. ^ Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (June 2010). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 978-0-9865367-1-7. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  4. ^ Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (October 2017). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 978-1-988620-04-6. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  5. ^ Electoral Divisions Act, S.A. 2003, c. E-4.1
  6. ^ "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010.
  7. ^ "Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1905-2006" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2010. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
  8. ^ Kenney, Jason (September 25, 2017). "Delighted to receive the endorsement of Bonnyville-Cold Lake MLA @scottjcyr, & former MLAs Genia Leskiw, Shane Saskiw & Denis Ducharme.pic.twitter.com/inB1iDImjY". @jkenney. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
  9. ^ "Senate Nominee Election 2004 Tabulation of Official Results" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  10. ^ "Senate Nominee Election 2012 Tabulation of Official Results". Elections Alberta. Retrieved July 14, 2010.
  11. ^ "School by School results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved April 27, 2008.
  12. ^ "Riding by Riding Results - the Candidates". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2008.
  13. ^ "Bonnyville-Cold Lake Results". Student Vote Canada. Archived from the original on September 27, 2016. Retrieved September 1, 2016.

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