Ponoka-Rimbey was a provincial electoral district in Alberta mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1986 to 2004.[1]
 Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1986 |
| District abolished | 2004 |
| First contested | 1986 |
| Last contested | 2001 |
Ponoka-Rimby is named for the Town of Ponoka, Alberta and the Town of Rimbey, Alberta.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
edit| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Ponoka-Rimbey | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Ponoka electoral district from 1905-1986 | ||||
| 21st | 1986–1989 | Halvar Jonson | Progressive Conservative | |
| 22nd | 1989–1993 | |||
| 23rd | 1993–1997 | |||
| 24th | 1997–2001 | |||
| 25th | 2001–2004 | |||
| See Lacombe-Ponoka electoral district from 2004-Present | ||||
Electoral history
edit1986
edit| 1986 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Halvar Jonson | 3,601 | 62.20% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Pat Byers | 1,138 | 19.66% | – | ||||
| Western Canada Concept | Warren Bloomquist | 701 | 12.11% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Mel H. Buffalo | 349 | 6.03% | – | ||||
| Total | 5,789 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 25 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 12,334 | 47.14% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Ponoka-Rimbey Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1989
edit| 1989 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Halvar Jonson | 3,729 | 60.11% | -2.10% | ||||
| New Democratic | Doug Hart | 1,667 | 26.87% | 7.21% | ||||
| Liberal | Ervan Stobbe | 808 | 13.02% | 7.00% | ||||
| Total | 6,204 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 31 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 12,314 | 50.63% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -4.65% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Ponoka-Rimbey Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1993
edit| 1993 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Halvar Jonson | 5,977 | 63.65% | 3.55% | ||||
| Liberal | Bernice Luce | 1,841 | 19.61% | 6.58% | ||||
| New Democratic | Doug Hart | 747 | 7.96% | -18.91% | ||||
| Confederation of Regions | Harold Kenney | 585 | 6.23% | – | ||||
| Independent | Robert (Bob) Hodgins | 240 | 2.56% | – | ||||
| Total | 9,390 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 26 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 14,279 | 65.94% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 5.41% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Ponoka-Rimbey Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1997
edit| 1997 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Halvar Jonson | 5,750 | 64.03% | 0.38% | ||||
| Social Credit | Randy Jones | 1,439 | 16.02% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Joshua Phillpotts | 912 | 10.16% | -9.45% | ||||
| New Democratic | Liz Wetheral | 879 | 9.79% | 1.83% | ||||
| Total | 8,980 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 34 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 14,884 | 60.56% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 1.98% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Ponoka-Rimbey Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
2001
edit| 2001 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Halvar Jonson | 6,797 | 72.07% | 8.04% | ||||
| Liberal | Tim Falkiner | 1,296 | 13.74% | 3.59% | ||||
| Independent | Charles Park | 764 | 8.10% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Linda Roth | 574 | 6.09% | -3.70% | ||||
| Total | 9,431 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 26 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 16,158 | 58.53% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 5.16% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Ponoka-Rimbey Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
See also
edit- List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
- Ponoka, Alberta, a town in Alberta
- Rimbey, Alberta, a town in Alberta
References
edit- ^ "Election results for Ponoka-Rimbey". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
Further reading
edit- Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005. The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
External links
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