 Albertaelectoral district | |||
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_(2022_redistribution).svg)  Interactive map of riding boundaries from the2025 federal election. Points indicate the towns ofPonoka andDidsbury. | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Conservative | ||
| District created | 2023 | ||
| First contested | 2025 | ||
| 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 | ||
Ponoka—Didsbury is a federalelectoral district inAlberta, Canada.[2]
Under the2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding will be created from the rural areas ofRed Deer—Lacombe andRed Deer—Mountain View:[3]
According to the2021 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 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 on2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.
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| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ponoka—Didsbury Riding created fromRed Deer—Lacombe andRed Deer—Mountain View | ||||
| 45th | 2025–present | Blaine Calkins | Conservative | |
| 2025 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Blaine Calkins | 56,106 | 81.8 | |||||
| New Democratic | Logan Hooley | 7,414 | 10.8 | |||||
| United | Grant Abraham | 2,129 | 3.1 | |||||
| No affiliation[a] | Zarnab Zafar | 1,641 | 2.4 | |||||
| People's | Larry Gratton | 1,289 | 1.9 | |||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
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| Source:Elections Canada[6][7] | ||||||||
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| 2021 federal election redistributed results[8] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 41,740 | 67.87 | |
| People's | 8,213 | 13.36 | |
| New Democratic | 6,735 | 10.95 | |
| Liberal | 2,862 | 4.65 | |
| Others | 1,946 | 3.16 | |
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