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 Mark Smith who was first elected in 2012.

Drayton Valley-Devon
Alberta electoral district
Drayton Valley-Devon within Alberta, 2017 boundaries
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Mark Smith
United Conservative
District created2010
First contested2012
Last contested2019

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
Members of the Legislative Assembly for
Drayton Valley-Devon
Assembly Years Member Party
See Drayton Valley-Calmar 1993-2012
28th 2012-2015 Diana McQueen Progressive Conservative
29th 2015–2017 Mark Smith Wildrose
2017-2019 United Conservative
30th 2019–present

Electoral history

The electoral district and its antecedent has been electing Progressive Conservative MLAs with solid majorities going back to the 1970s. The first MLA elected to Drayton Valley-Devon was Progressive Conservative Diana McQueen who was a cabinet minister in the Allison Redford government. The current incumbent is Mark Smith a former member of the Wildrose Party who joined the United Conservative Party.

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.

2019 general election
2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
United ConservativeMark Smith18,09271.12%+3.58%†
New DemocraticKieran Quirke4,23316.64%-11.74%
Alberta PartyGail Upton1,6346.42%+3.97%
Freedom ConservativeSteve Goodman6242.45%–
Alberta AdvantageMark Gregor2981.17%–
Alberta IndependenceLes Marks2330.92%–
LiberalRonald Brochu2170.85%–
IndependentCarol Nordlund-Kinsey1060.42%–
Total 25,437––
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 101––
Eligible electors / Turnout 34,55473.91%+16.71%
United Conservative hold Swing %
Source(s)
Source: "2019 Election Results - 58 - Drayton Valley-Devon". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
†From combined Wildrose and Progressive Conservative results in the 2015 general election

Senate nominee results

Student vote results

Registered Schools[3]

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

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 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.
  2. "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010.
  3. http://www.studentvote.ca/ab2012/ Alberta Election Student Vote Registration
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