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Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul
Alberta electoral district
Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul within Alberta.
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
MLA
 
 		 
Scott Cyr
United Conservative
District created2017
First contested2019
Last contested2023
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]53,809
Area (km²)15,870
Pop. density (per km²)3.4
Census division(s)12

Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul is a current provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. It was contested for the first time in the 2019 Alberta election.

Geography

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The district is located in northeastern Alberta, containing the communities of Cold Lake, Bonnyville, St. Paul and Elk Point, the MD of Bonnyville, most of St. Paul County, the Elizabeth and Fishing Lake Metis settlements, the Cold Lake First Nations, Kehewin First Nation, and Saddle Lake. It also includes CFB Cold Lake and the uninhabited Air Weapons Range.

History

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Members for Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Bonnyville-Cold Lake,
Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills and Fort McMurray-Conklin
30th 2019–2023 Dave Hanson United Conservative
31st 2023– Scott Cyr

The district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended joining part of Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills to Bonnyville-Cold Lake. The Commission recommended naming the district Cold Lake-St. Paul, but the Assembly decided to retain Bonnyville in the name.

Some local officials expressed discontent with the creation of this riding, especially given that it is the most populous of the new districts.[2] According to the 2016 census, its population is 15% above the mean. The Commission justified this variance because, in their opinion, "this is an area where future population growth is likely to fall well below the provincial average."[3]

The district first elected United Conservative MLA Dave Hanson who had previously been elected to Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills as a Wildrose candidate in 2015. Hanson originally contested the UCP nomination against former Wildrose MLA for Bonnyville-Cold Lake Scott Cyr who would drop out prior to the constituency vote.[4] Hanson would defeat his next closest competitor, NDP candidate and teacher Kari Whan by over 12,000 votes.[5]

Electoral results

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Graphical summary

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2015
22.3% 3.8 29.2% 44.0%
New Democratic AP Progressive Conservative Wildrose
2019
14.0% 10.2% 73.1%
NDP Alberta United Conservative
2023
24.5% 75.5%
New Democratic United Conservative

2023

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2023 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Conservative Scott Cyr 13,315 75.47 +2.38
New Democratic Caitlyn Blake 4,327 24.53 +10.50
Total 17,642 99.48 –
Rejected and declined 92 0.52
Turnout 17,734 51.52
Eligible electors 34,419
United Conservative hold Swing -4.06
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[6]

2019

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2019 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
United Conservative David B. Hanson 15,943 73.09 -0.06 $38,896
New Democratic Kari Whan 3,061 14.03 -8.20 $3,288
Alberta Party Glenn Andersen 2,223 10.19 – $16,235
Alberta Independence David Garnett-Bennett 217 0.99 – $500
Alberta Advantage Party David Inscho 207 0.95 – $1,580
Independent Kacey L Daniels 162 0.74 – $1,714
Total 21,813 99.53 –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 102 0.47
Turnout 21,915 66.01 –
Eligible voters 33,199
United Conservative notional hold Swing +4.07
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[7][8][9]
Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000.
Change is based on re-distributed results from the 2015 Alberta general election.

2015

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Redistributed results, 2015 Alberta general election
Party Votes %
Wildrose 7,304 43.96
Progressive Conservative 4,849 29.19
New Democratic 3,693 22.23
Alberta Party 628[a] 3.78
Green 140[b] 0.84
Total valid votes 16,614 100.00
Source(s)
Source: Ridingbuilder
  1. ^ No candidate in Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills
  2. ^ No candidate in Bonnyville-Cold Lake

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Statistics Canada: 2016
  2. ^ MacEachern, Meagan (October 24, 2017). "Local dignitaries displeased with the Electoral Boundaries Commission final report". The Bonnyville Nouvelle. Great West Newspapers. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "MLA Scott Cyr withdraws from UCP nomination battle against caucus colleague". CBC News. Edmonton. April 18, 2018. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  5. ^ MacEachern, Meagan (January 31, 2019). "Kari Whan: new to politics, but eager to get started". Lakeland Today. Great West Newspapers. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  6. ^ "51 - Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul, 2023 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  7. ^ "51 - Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  8. ^ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 211–217. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  9. ^ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume III Election Finances (PDF) (Report). Vol. 3. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 68–82. ISBN 978-1-988620-13-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
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