Drayton Valley-Devon

Drayton Valley-Devon is a provincial electoral district in 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. Drayton Valley-Devon is currently represented by United Conservative Party MLA Andrew Boitchenko.[1] Prior to 2023, the district was represented by Mark Smith who was first elected in 2015.

Drayton Valley-Devon
Alberta electoral district
Drayton Valley-Devon within Alberta, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Andrew Boitchenko
United Conservative
District created2010
First contested2012
Last contested2023

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[2]

Boundary history
Members of the Legislative Assembly for
Drayton Valley-Devon
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Drayton Valley-Calmar and Leduc-Beaumont-Devon
28th 2012-2015 Diana McQueen Progressive Conservative
29th 2015–2017 Mark Smith Wildrose
2017-2019 United Conservative
30th 2019–2023
31st 2023–present Andrew Boitchenko

Electoral history

Drayton Valley-Devon and its antecedent, Drayton Valley-Calmar, elected Progressive Conservative MLAs with solid majorities from the 1970s to 2015. Since 2015, it has elected one person, Mark Smith, who first ran for the Wildrose Party and then for the United Conservatives.

The first MLA elected to Drayton Valley-Devon was Progressive Conservative Diana McQueen, who was a cabinet minister in the Allison Redford government. The incumbent is Mark Smith.

Elections

2012 general election
2012 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeDiana McQueen7,35951.65%–
WildroseDean Shular5,46738.37%–
New DemocraticDoris Bannister8786.16%–
LiberalChantel Lillycrop5443.82%–
Total 14,248––
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 56––
Eligible electors / turnout 25,70555.65%–
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Elections Alberta 2012 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2015 general election
2015 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
WildroseMark Smith6,28437.02%-1.35%
Progressive ConservativeDiana McQueen5,18230.53%-21.12%
New DemocraticKatherine Swampy4,81628.37%22.21%
Alberta PartyConnie Jensen4162.45%–
GreenJennifer R Roach2761.63%–
Total 16,974––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 34––
Eligible electors / turnout 29,73357.20%1.56%
Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative Swing -3.39%
Source(s)
Source: "Elections Alberta 2015 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.


2015 Alberta general election redistributed results
Party Votes %
Wildrose 7,168 36.35
New Democratic 5,894 29.89
Progressive Conservative 5,658 28.69
Alberta Party 453 2.30
Green 283 1.44
Liberal 262 1.33
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder

2019 general election
2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
United ConservativeMark Smith18,09271.12+6.08†
New DemocraticKieran Quirke4,23316.64-13.25
Alberta PartyGail Upton1,6346.42+4.13
Freedom ConservativeSteve Goodman6242.45–
Alberta AdvantageMark Gregor2981.17–
Alberta IndependenceLes Marks2330.92–
LiberalRonald Brochu2170.85-0.48
IndependentCarol Nordlund-Kinsey1060.42–
Total 25,43799.14–
Rejected, spoiled and declined 2200.86–
Turnout 25,65774.25
Eligible voters 34,554
United Conservative notional hold Swing +9.66
Source(s)
Source: "2019 Election Results - 58 - Drayton Valley-Devon". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
†From combined Wildrose and Progressive Conservative redistributed results in the 2015 general election

2023 general election
2023 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
United ConservativeAndrew Boitchenko16,53273.70+2.58
New DemocraticHarry Singh5,00922.33+5.69
Wildrose Loyalty CoalitionJon Hokanson5802.59–
Advantage PartyDale Withers1890.84-0.33
Solidarity MovementGail Tookey1210.54–
Total 22,43199.42–
Rejected and declined 1310.58
Turnout 22,56261.90
Eligible voters 36,448
United Conservative hold Swing -1.56
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[4]

Senate nominee results

Student vote results

Registered schools

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

[5]

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. "Alberta election 2023 results: Drayton Valley-Devon | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  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. "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010.
  4. "58 - Drayton Valley-Devon". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  5. http://www.studentvote.ca/ab2012/ Alberta Election Student Vote Registration
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