Drayton Valley-Devon is a

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, Canada. The district was created in the 2010 boundary redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the

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using the

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voting system. Drayton Valley-Devon is currently represented by

United Conservative Party The United Conservative Party of Alberta (UCP) is a conservative political party in the province of Alberta, Canada. It was established in July 2017 as a merger between the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta and the Wildrose Party. ...

MLA Mark Smith who was first elected in 2015.

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 Drayton Valley-Calmar was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting from 1993 to 2012. It elected a Progressive- ...

which was expanded east into land that was part of the

Leduc-Beaumont-Devon Leduc-Beaumont-Devon was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting from 2004 to 2012. The district and its antece ...

riding to include the town of

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Boundary history

Electoral history

Drayton Valley-Devon and its antecedent,

, elected Progressive Conservative MLAs with solid majorities from the 1970s to 2015. Just since 2015, it has elected one person, Mark Smith, who first ran for the Wildrose party and then for the United Conservatives. The first MLA elected to Drayton Valley-Devon was Progressive Conservative

Diana McQueen Diana Janet McQueen (born June 7, 1961) is a Canadians, Canadian politician, who was elected in the 2008 Alberta general election, 2008 provincial election to represent the electoral district (Canada), electoral district of Drayton Valley-Calmar ...

who was a cabinet minister in the

Allison Redford Alison Merrilla Redford (born March 7, 1965) is a Canadian lawyer and former politician. She was the 14th premier of Alberta, having served in this capacity from October 7, 2011, to March 23, 2014. Redford was born in Kitimat, British Columbia ...

government. The current incumbent is Mark Smith a former member of the

Wildrose Party The Wildrose Party (legally Wildrose Political Association, formerly the ''Wildrose Alliance Political Association'') was a conservative provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. The party was formed by the merger in early 2008 of the Albe ...

who joined the

Elections

2012 general election

2015 general election

2019 general election

Senate nominee results

2012 Senate nominee election district results

Student vote results

2012 election

Registered schools

Please note: Only schools registered under Drayton Valley-Devon have been included, as some schools within jurisdiction are registered in other ridings. http://www.studentvote.ca/ab2012/ Alberta Election Student Vote Registration

Results

References

External links

Elections AlbertaThe Legislative Assembly of Alberta
{{AB-ED Alberta provincial electoral districts