Drayton Valley-Devon
 Alberta electoral district | |||
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 2010 boundaries | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
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| District created | 2010 | ||
| First contested | 2012 | ||
| Last contested | 2015 | ||
Drayton Valley-Devon is a provincial electoral district in central 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.
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[1]
Boundary history
| 56 Drayton Valley-Devon 2010 Boundaries | |||
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| Bordering Districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Stony Plain and Whitecourt-Ste. Anne | Leduc-Beaumont and Wetaskiwin-Camrose | West Yellowhead | Lacombe-Panoka and Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre |
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| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
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| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Drayton Valley-Devon | ||||
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Drayton Valley-Calmar 1993-2012 | ||||
| 28th | 2012-2015 | Diana McQueen | Progressive Conservative | |
| 29th | 2015–present | Mark Smith | Wildrose | |
Electoral history
The electoral district and its antecedent has been electing Progressive Conservative MLAs with solid majorities going back to the 1970s. The current incumbent is Diana McQueen who is a cabinet minister in the Allison Redford government.
Elections
2012 general election
| Alberta general election, 2012 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Diana McQueen | 7,358 | 51.68% | |||||
| Wildrose | Dean Shular | 5,462 | 38.36% | |||||
| New Democratic | Doris Bannister | 879 | 6.17% | |||||
| Liberal | Chantel Lillycrop | 538 | 3.78% | |||||
2015 general election
| Alberta general election, 2015 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Wildrose | Mark Smith | 6,281 | 37.0% | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Diana McQueen | 5,181 | 30.5% | |||||
| New Democratic | Katherine Swampy | 4,816 | 28.4% | |||||
| Alberta Party | Connie Jensen | 416 | 2.5% | |||||
| Green | Jennifer Roach | 276 | 1.6% | |||||
Student vote results
2012 election
Registered Schools[2]
Please note: Only schools registered under Drayton Valley-Devon have been included, as some schools within jurisdiction are registered in other ridings.
- 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
Results
| 2012 Alberta Student Vote results | ||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Progressive Conservative | Diana McQueen | 579 | 43.05% | |
| Wildrose | Dean Shular | 367 | 27.29% | |
| Liberal | Chantel Lillycrop | 253 | 18.81% | |
| NDP | Doris Bannister | 146 | 10.86% | |
| Total | 1345 | 100% | ||
References
- ↑ "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. June 2010. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
- ↑ http://www.studentvote.ca/ab2012/ Alberta Election Student Vote Registration