Bonnyville-Cold Lake
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Bonnyville-Cold Lake is a provincial
electoral district
in Alberta
, Canada
. The district is one of 83 current districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
using the first past the post method of voting.
Prior to the 1997 boundary redistribution, the old district was just simply known as Bonnyville. It is currently represented by Progressive Conservative MLA
Genia Leskiw
who was first elected in 2008. The district has been a strong hold for the Progressive Conservatives in recent years with candidates from that party posting landslide majorities. The Liberals also got a candidate elected in the antecedent riding from 1993 to 1997.
This primarily rural electoral district exists in the north east portion of the province along the Saskatchewan
border and is named after the town of Bonnyville
and CFB Cold Lake
. The riding in its current boundaries also includes the hamlet of Beaverdam
and Hoselaw
.
by a wide margin to pickup the new district for his party.
Ducharme was re-elected with landslides in 2001 with over 70% of the vote and in 2004 with almost 65% of the vote. He was appointed to the cabinet briefly in 2006 under the government of Ralph Klein. He retired in 2008.
The second and current representative is Genia Leskiw who won her first election with over 75% of the popular vote.
Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot
On November 19, 2004 a Student Vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.
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in Alberta
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. The district is one of 83 current districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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using the first past the post method of voting.
Prior to the 1997 boundary redistribution, the old district was just simply known as Bonnyville. It is currently represented by Progressive Conservative MLA
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is one of two components of the Legislature of Alberta, the other being the Queen, represented by the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta. The Alberta legislature meets in the Alberta Legislature Building in the provincial capital, Edmonton...
Genia Leskiw
Genia Leskiw
Genia Leskiw is a Canadian politician, who was elected in the 2008 provincial election to represent the electoral district of Bonnyville-Cold Lake in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, the first woman and the first Ukrainian to represent the area...
who was first elected in 2008. The district has been a strong hold for the Progressive Conservatives in recent years with candidates from that party posting landslide majorities. The Liberals also got a candidate elected in the antecedent riding from 1993 to 1997.
This primarily rural electoral district exists in the north east portion of the province along the Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
border and is named after the town of Bonnyville
Bonnyville, Alberta
Bonnyville, Alberta is a town situated in east-central Alberta between the City of Cold Lake and the Town of St. Paul. It is the seat of the Municipal District of Bonnyville No...
and CFB Cold Lake
CFB Cold Lake
Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake , commonly referred to as CFB Cold Lake, is a Canadian Forces Base located within the City of Cold Lake, Alberta. It is operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force and is one of two bases in the country using the CF-18 Hornet fighter/interceptor...
. The riding in its current boundaries also includes the hamlet of Beaverdam
Beaverdam, Alberta
Beaverdam is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87, located approximately south of Highway 28 and southwest of Cold Lake.- References :...
and Hoselaw
Hoselaw, Alberta
Hoselaw is an unincorporated community in northeast Alberta, Canada. The community was named for Loch Hoselaw in Roxburghshire, Scotland. Hoselaw is administered by the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87. Hoselaw is also the name of a lake in Alberta....
.
Boundary history
| 48 Bonnyville-Cold Lake 2003 Boundaries | |||
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| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. | |||
| Starting at the east boundary of Sec. 35, Twp. 66, Rge. 9 W4 and the south boundary of the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range (CLAWR); then 1. east along the south boundary of CLAWR to the east boundary of the Province; 2. south along the east boundary of the Province to the south boundary of Fishing Lake Métis Settlement; 3. west and south along the Métis Settlement boundary to the east boundary of Unipouheous Indian Reserve No. 121; 4. south, west and north along Indian Reserve No. 121 to the south boundary of Puskiakiwenin Indian Reserve No. 122; 5. west, north and east along the boundary of Indian Reserve No. 122 to the east boundary of Rge. 4 W4; 6. north along the east boundary of Rge. 4 W4 to the north boundary of Twp. 58; 7. west along the north boundary of Twp. 58 to the east boundary of Kehewin Indian Reserve No. 123; 8. south, west and north along the Indian Reserve boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 58; 9. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 1 in Twp. 59, Rge. 9 W4; 10. north along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 1, 12, 13, 24, 25 and 36 in the Twp. and the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 1, 12 and 13 in Twp. 60, Rge. 9 W4 to the north boundary of Sec. 13 in the Twp.; 11. west along the north boundary of Secs. 13, 14, 15 and 16 to the east boundary of Sec. 20 in the Twp.; 12. north along the east boundary of Secs. 20, 29 and 32 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 60; 13. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 5 in Twp. 61, Rge. 9 W4; 14. north along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 5, 8, 17, 20, 29 and 32 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 61; 15. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 6 in Twp. 62, Rge. 9 W4; 16. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 16; 17. west along the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 6 in the Twp. and Secs. 1 and 2 in Twp. 62, Rge. 10 W4 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 2 in the Twp.; 18. north along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 2, 11, 14, 23, 26 and 35 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Sec. 2 in Twp. 63 to the intersection with the Beaver River; 19. upstream along the right bank of the Beaver River to the east boundary of Sec. 9 in Twp. 63, Rge. 10 W4; 20. north along the east boundary of Secs. 9, 16, 21, 28 and 33 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 4, 9, 16, 21, 28 and 33 in Twp. 64, Rge. 10 W4 and the east boundary of Sec. 4 in Twp. 65 to the north boundary of Sec. 3 in Twp. 65, Rge. 10 W4; 21. east along the north boundary of Secs. 3, 2 and 1 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 6 and 5 in Rge. 9 to the east boundary of Sec. 8, Twp. 65, Rge. 9 W4; 22. north along the east boundary of Secs. 8, 17, 20 and 29 to the north boundary of Sec. 28 in the Twp.; 23. east along the north boundary of Secs. 28, 27 and 26 to the east boundary of Sec. 35 in the Twp.; 24. north along the east boundary of Sec. 35 in the Twp. and Secs. 2, 11, 14, 23, 26 and 35 in Twp. 66, Rge. 9 W4 to the starting point. | |||
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| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bonnyville-Cold Lake | ||||
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| See Bonnyville Bonnyville (provincial electoral district) Bonnyville was a provincial electoral district in north east Alberta, Canada. It elected members to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from its creation in 1952 until 1997 when the riding was renamed Bonnyville-Cold Lake, to more accurately reflect the two largest population centres in the... 1952-1997 |
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| 25th 25th Alberta Legislative Assembly The members of the 25th Alberta Legislative Assembly were elected in the general election held on March 12, 2001 and, with the exception of the three MLAs listed below, held their seats until dissolution of the legislature on October 25, 2004.... |
1997–2001 | Denis Ducharme Denis Ducharme Denis Archie Ducharme is a former Albertan MLA. From April 6 until December 15, 2006, he also served as Minister of Community Development... |
Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta... |
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| 25th 25th Alberta Legislative Assembly The members of the 25th Alberta Legislative Assembly were elected in the general election held on March 12, 2001 and, with the exception of the three MLAs listed below, held their seats until dissolution of the legislature on October 25, 2004.... |
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| 26th 26th Alberta Legislative Assembly The members of the 26th Legislature were elected in the 26th Alberta general election held on November 22, 2004. In the list below, cabinet members' names are bolded; leaders of official parties are italicized.-Party standings after 26th General... |
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| 27th 27th Alberta Legislative Assembly The 27th Alberta Legislative Assembly was constituted after the 2008 Alberta general election on March 3, 2008. The Progressive Conservatives led by Premier Ed Stelmach increased the size of his majority.-Election aftermath:... |
2008–present | Genia Leskiw Genia Leskiw Genia Leskiw is a Canadian politician, who was elected in the 2008 provincial election to represent the electoral district of Bonnyville-Cold Lake in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, the first woman and the first Ukrainian to represent the area... |
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Electoral history
The electoral district of Bonnyville-Cold Lake was created from the old electoral district of Bonnyville in the 1997 boundary re-distribution. Progressive Conservative candidate Dennis Ducharme defeated incumbent Liberal MLA Leo VasseurLeo Vasseur
Leo Vasseur is a politician from Alberta, Canada. He was elected in the 1993 Alberta general election defeating Ernie Isley of the Progressive Conservatives....
by a wide margin to pickup the new district for his party.
Ducharme was re-elected with landslides in 2001 with over 70% of the vote and in 2004 with almost 65% of the vote. He was appointed to the cabinet briefly in 2006 under the government of Ralph Klein. He retired in 2008.
The second and current representative is Genia Leskiw who won her first election with over 75% of the popular vote.
1997 general election
| 1997 Alberta general election Alberta general election, 1997 The Alberta general election of 1997 was the twenty-fourth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on March 11, 1997 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.... results |
Turnout 48.66% | Swing | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal |
Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta... |
Denis Ducharme Denis Ducharme Denis Archie Ducharme is a former Albertan MLA. From April 6 until December 15, 2006, he also served as Minister of Community Development... |
4,593 | 58.41% | * |
Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time... |
Leo Vasseur Leo Vasseur Leo Vasseur is a politician from Alberta, Canada. He was elected in the 1993 Alberta general election defeating Ernie Isley of the Progressive Conservatives.... |
2,323 | 29.54% | * |
Social Credit Social Credit Party of Alberta The Alberta Social Credit Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada, that was founded on the social credit monetary policy and conservative Christian social values.... |
Robert Kratchmer | 948 | 12.05% | * | ||||
| Total | 7,864 | 100% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16,185 Eligible Electors |
Progressive Conservative pickup new district | Swing N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2001 general election
| 2001 Alberta general election Alberta general election, 2001 The Alberta general election of 2001 was the twenty-fifth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on March 12, 2001 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.... results |
Turnout 48.11% | Swing | ||||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal |
Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta... |
Denis Ducharme Denis Ducharme Denis Archie Ducharme is a former Albertan MLA. From April 6 until December 15, 2006, he also served as Minister of Community Development... |
5,641 | 70.65% | 12.24% |
Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time... |
Ronald Young | 1,755 | 21.98% | ||
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NDP Alberta New Democratic Party The Alberta New Democratic Party or Alberta NDP is a social-democratic political party in Alberta, Canada, which was originally founded as the Alberta section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation... |
Ellen Ulfsten | 313 | 3.92% | * |
Independent | James Skretteberg | 275 | 3.45% | * | ||||||
| Total | 7,984 | 100% | ||||||||||||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 44 | |||||||||||||||
| 16,688 Eligible Electors |
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing 9.90% | ||||||||||||||
2004 general election
| 2004 Alberta general election Alberta general election, 2004 The Alberta general election of 2004 was the twenty-sixth general election for the province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on November 22, 2004 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.... results |
Turnout 32.35% | Swing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal |
Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta... |
Denis Ducharme Denis Ducharme Denis Archie Ducharme is a former Albertan MLA. From April 6 until December 15, 2006, he also served as Minister of Community Development... |
3,621 | 63.68% | -6.97% |
Alberta Alliance Alberta Alliance Party The Alberta Alliance was a right wing provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Many of its members were former supporters of the now-defunct Canadian Alliance federal political party and its predecessor, the Reform Party of Canada. Members also joined from such other provincial fringe parties... |
Shane Gervais | 973 | 17.11% | * |
Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time... |
Lloyd Mildon | 781 | 13.74% | |||
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NDP Alberta New Democratic Party The Alberta New Democratic Party or Alberta NDP is a social-democratic political party in Alberta, Canada, which was originally founded as the Alberta section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation... |
Denise Ogonoski | 311 | 5.47% | 1.55% | * | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 5,686 | 100% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rejected Ballots | 42 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 17,704 Eligible Electors |
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing -12.04% | ||||||||||||||||||||
2004 Senate nominee election district results
| 2004 Senate nominee election results Alberta Senate nominee election, 2004 The 3rd Alberta Senate nominee election was held on November 22, 2004 in conjunction with the Alberta general election, 2004. Alberta is the only Canadian province to elect nominees for the Senate of Canada.-Background:... : Bonnyville-Cold Lake |
Turnout 32.32% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % Votes | % Ballots | Rank |
Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta... |
Betty Unger Betty Unger Betty E. Unger is a Canadian politician and a Progressive Conservative Senator in waiting from Alberta, Canada. Unger owned and operated a successful Alberta nursing services company for many years.... |
2,250 | 14.94% | 48.23% | 2 |
Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown Bert Brown For the English footballer Bert Brown, see Sailor BrownBert Brown is a Canadian Senator and retired farmer and development consultant currently residing in Balzac, Alberta.-Early life:... |
2,098 | 13.93% | 44.97% | 1 |
Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz Cliff Breitkreuz Clifford N. Breitkreuz . He was raised on a farm and lived there until he left to earn his university degrees . In 1967 he returned to farming, and started teaching at Onoway Junior/Senior High School not long after that... |
1,832 | 12.17% | 39.27% | 3 |
Independent | Link Byfield Link Byfield -Columnist and Writer:Byfield was editor and publisher for the now defunct Alberta Report magazine for 18 years. He is the son of conservative columnist Ted Byfield... |
1,484 | 9.86% | 31.81% | 4 |
Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 1,446 | 9.60% | 31.00% | 6 |
Alberta Alliance Alberta Alliance Party The Alberta Alliance was a right wing provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Many of its members were former supporters of the now-defunct Canadian Alliance federal political party and its predecessor, the Reform Party of Canada. Members also joined from such other provincial fringe parties... |
Michael Roth | 1,344 | 8.93% | 28.81% | 7 |
Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye Jim Silye Jim Silye is a Canadian politician, businessman, and former professional football player for the Canadian Football League.... |
1,296 | 8.61% | 27.78% | 5 |
Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 1,265 | 8.40% | 27.76% | 8 |
Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 1,217 | 8.08% | 26.09% | 10 |
Independent | Tom Sindlinger Tom Sindlinger Tom Sindlinger is a politician in Alberta, Canada, and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.Tom Sindlinger was elected as a member for the district of Calgary-Buffalo in the 1979 for the Progressive Conservatives. He disagreed with his party on matters relating to the Heritage Trust... |
825 | 5.48% | 17.69% | 9 | |
| Total Votes | 15,057 | 100% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Ballots | 4,665 | 3.23 Votes Per Ballot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 1,056 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot
2008 general election
| 2008 Alberta general election results | Turnout 28.14% | Swing | ||||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Personal |
Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta... |
Genia Leskiw Genia Leskiw Genia Leskiw is a Canadian politician, who was elected in the 2008 provincial election to represent the electoral district of Bonnyville-Cold Lake in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, the first woman and the first Ukrainian to represent the area... |
4,437 | 75.54% | 12.06% | * |
Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time... |
Justin Yassoub | 698 | 11.88% | |
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NDP Alberta New Democratic Party The Alberta New Democratic Party or Alberta NDP is a social-democratic political party in Alberta, Canada, which was originally founded as the Alberta section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation... |
Jason Sloychuk | 389 | 6.62% | 1.15% | * |
Green Green Party of Alberta The Green Party of Alberta, also known as the Alberta Greens, was a provincial political party in the province of Alberta, Canada.The Alberta Greens were formed in 1986 and received official party status on April 6, 1990... |
Jennifer Brown | 350 | 5.96% | * | |||||
| Total | 5,874 | 100% | ||||||||||||||
| Rejected Ballots | 49 | |||||||||||||||
| 21,049 Eligible Electors |
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing 6.96% | ||||||||||||||
2004 Student Vote
| Participating Schools |
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| Assumption Jr/Sr High School |
| Elizabeth School |
| LeGoff School |
| Notre Dame High School |
On November 19, 2004 a Student Vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.
| 2004 Alberta Student Vote results | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta... |
Denis Ducharme Denis Ducharme Denis Archie Ducharme is a former Albertan MLA. From April 6 until December 15, 2006, he also served as Minister of Community Development... |
257 | 38.07% |
Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time... |
Lloyd Mildon | 173 | 25.63% |
NDP Alberta New Democratic Party The Alberta New Democratic Party or Alberta NDP is a social-democratic political party in Alberta, Canada, which was originally founded as the Alberta section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation... |
Denise Ogonoski | 152 | 22.52% |
Alberta Alliance Alberta Alliance Party The Alberta Alliance was a right wing provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Many of its members were former supporters of the now-defunct Canadian Alliance federal political party and its predecessor, the Reform Party of Canada. Members also joined from such other provincial fringe parties... |
Shane Gervais | 93 | 13.78% | |
| Total | 675 | 100% | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||