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.

Bonnyville-Cold Lake
Alberta electoral district
2010 boundaries
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1997
District abolished2019
First contested1997
Last contested2015

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.[1] 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.[2]

In the 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution the riding remained unchanged with no boundary alterations from the 2003 boundaries.[3]

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.[4]

Boundary history

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bonnyville-Cold Lake[7]
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.[8]

Election results

Graphical summary of results, 1997-2015.

1997 general election

1997 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeDenis Ducharme4,59358.41%+12.81%
LiberalLeo Vasseur2,32329.54%-17.66%
Social CreditRobert Kratchmer94812.05%
Total 7,864
Rejected, spoiled and declined 11
Eligible electors / turnout 16,18548.66% -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 general election

2001 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeDenis Ducharme5,64170.65%+12.24%
LiberalRonald Young1,75521.98%-7.56%
New DemocraticEllen Ulfsten3133.92%
IndependentJames Skretteberg2753.45%
Total 7,984
Rejected, spoiled and declined 44
Eligible electors / turnout 16,68848.11% -0.55%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +9.90%

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeDenis Ducharme3,62163.68%-6.97%
Alberta AllianceShane Gervais97317.11%
LiberalLloyd Mildon78113.74%-8.24%
New DemocraticDenise Ogonoski3115.47%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 general election

2008 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeGenia Leskiw4,43775.54%+12.06%
LiberalJustin Yassoub69811.88%-1.86%
New DemocraticJason Sloychuk3896.62%+1.15%
GreenJennifer Brown3505.96%
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 general election

2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeGenia Leskiw4,81649.09%-26.45%
WildroseRoy Doonanco4,12842.08%
LiberalHubert Rodden5355.45%-6.43%
New DemocraticLuanne Bannister3303.36%-3.26%
Total valid votes 9,809
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 85
Eligible electors / turnout 22,17044.63% +16.49%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -34.27%
Source(s)

2015 general election

2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
WildroseScott Cyr5,45246.55%+4.47%
Progressive ConservativeCraig Copeland3,59430.43%-18.66%
New DemocraticJosalyne Head2,13618.09%+14.73%
Alberta PartyRob Fox6285.32%
Total valid votes 11,810
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 45
Eligible electors / turnout 24,71447.97% +3.34%
Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +11.57%
Source(s)

Senate nominee results

2004 Senate nominee election district results

2004 Senate nominee election results: Bonnyville-Cold Lake[9] Turnout 32.32%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Votes % Ballots Rank
Progressive ConservativeBetty Unger2,25014.94%48.23%2
Progressive ConservativeBert Brown2,09813.93%44.97%1
Progressive ConservativeCliff Breitkreuz1,83212.17%39.27%3
  Independent Link Byfield 1,484 9.86% 31.81% 4
Progressive ConservativeDavid Usherwood1,4469.60%31.00%6
Alberta Alliance Michael Roth 1,344 8.93% 28.81% 7
Progressive ConservativeJim Silye1,2968.61%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 4 Candidates on the Ballot

2012 Senate nominee election district results

2012 Senate nominee election results: Bonnyville-Cold Lake[10] Turnout 43.85%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % Votes % Ballots Rank
WildroseRaymond Germain4,04318.68%46.02%5
Progressive ConservativeDoug Black3,51816.25%40.05%1
Progressive ConservativeScott Tannas3,09814.31%35.26%2
Progressive ConservativeMike Shaikh2,60112.02%29.61%3
WildroseRob Gregory2,54811.77%29.00%4
WildroseVitor Marciano2,18010.07%24.82%6
EvergreenElizabeth Johannson8553.95%9.73%7
IndependentDavid Fletcher6723.10%7.65%9
IndependentLen Bracko4872.25%5.54%8
IndependentIan Urquhart4692.17%5.34%10
IndependentPaul Frank4652.15%5.29%11
IndependentWilliam Exelby3661.69%4.17%12
IndependentPerry Chahal3441.59%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 3 Candidates on the Ballot

Student Vote results

2004 election

Participating Schools[11]
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[12]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive ConservativeDenis Ducharme25738.07%
LiberalLloyd Mildon17325.63%
New DemocraticDenise Ogonoski15222.52%
Alberta AllianceShane Gervais9313.78%
Total valid votes 675
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 30

2012 election

2012 Alberta Student Vote results[13]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %
Progressive ConservativeGenia Leskiw29742.73%
WildroseRoy Doonanco24334.96%
LiberalHubert Rodden9113.09%
New DemocraticLuanne Bannister649.21%
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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