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Ponoka—Didsbury

Ponoka—Didsbury is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada.[2]

Ponoka—Didsbury
Alberta electoral district
Map
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election. Points indicate the towns of Ponoka and Didsbury.
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Blaine Calkins
Conservative
District created2023
First contested2025
Demographics
Population (2021)[1]114,521
Electors (2025)89,331
Area (km²)9,573
Pop. density (per km²)12
Census division(s)Division No. 6, Division No. 8
Census subdivision(s)Red Deer County (part), Sylvan Lake, Lacombe, Mountain View (part), Blackfalds, Lacombe County, Ponoka County (part), Olds, Innisfail, Ponoka

Geography

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Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding was created from the rural areas of Red Deer—Lacombe and Red Deer—Mountain View:[3]

Demographics

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According to the 2021 Canadian census[4]

Languages: 92.6% English, 1.2% French, 1.2% Tagalog, 1.2% German, 1.0% Dutch

Religions: 51.2% Christian (12.5% Catholic, 6.3% United Church, 3.4% Lutheran, 2.3% Anglican, 1.8% Baptist, 1.3% Reformed, 1.1% Pentecostal, 1.1% Presbyterian, 21.5% Other), 47.1% No religion

Median income: $42,000 (2020)

Average income: $53,800 (2020)

Panethnic groups in Ponoka—Didsbury (2021)
Panethnic group 2021
Pop. %
European[a] 98,570 88.17%
Indigenous 6,950 6.22%
Southeast Asian[b] 2,890 2.59%
South Asian 885 0.79%
African 785 0.7%
East Asian[c] 780 0.7%
Latin American 530 0.47%
Middle Eastern[d] 125 0.11%
Other/multiracial[e] 285 0.25%
Total responses 111,795 97.61%
Total population 114,535 100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.
Demographics based on 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.
  1. ↑ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
  2. ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
  3. ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
  4. ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
  5. ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

History

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Parliament Years Member Party
Ponoka—Didsbury
Riding created from Red Deer—Lacombe
and Red Deer—Mountain View
45th  2025–present     Blaine Calkins Conservative

Electoral results

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2025 Canadian federal election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeBlaine Calkins56,10681.8
New DemocraticLogan Hooley7,41410.8
UnitedGrant Abraham2,1293.1
No affiliation[a]Zarnab Zafar1,6412.4
People'sLarry Gratton1,2891.9
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]
  1. ↑ Zafar is endorsed by the Liberal Party of Canada, which stated her party affiliation was not registered due to a clerical error with Elections Canada.[5]
2021 federal election redistributed results[8]
Party Vote %
  Conservative41,74067.87
  People's8,21313.36
  New Democratic6,73510.95
  Liberal2,8624.65
  Others1,9463.16

References

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Notes

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