Ponoka—Didsbury

Ponoka—Didsbury

Alberta electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	2023
First contested	Next federal election
Demographics
Population (2021)[1]	114,521
Census division(s)	Division No. 6, Division No. 8
Census subdivision(s)	Lacombe, Bentley, Blackfalds, Bowden, Didsbury, Eckville, Innisfail, Olds, Ponoka, Rimbey, Sylvan Lake, Alix, Clive, Birchcliff, Gull Lake, Half Moon Bay, Jarvis Bay, Norglenwold, Parkland Beach, Sunbreaker Cove, Lacombe County, Mountain View County, Ponoka County, Red Deer County

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

Geography

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

• Contains Ponoka County, Lacombe County, and the municipalities they surround, the western half of Red Deer County including Innisfail and Bowden and the north-eastern half of Mountain View County including Olds and Didsbury.^[1]

Demographics

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.

History

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Ponoka—Didsbury Riding created from Red Deer—Lacombe and Red Deer—Mountain View

Electoral results

2021 federal election redistributed results[5]
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

References

1. "Ponoka—Didsbury – Final boundaries". Federal Electoral Districts Redistribution. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
2. Cummings, Madeleine (28 October 2022). "Some Alberta communities push back on proposed changes to federal riding boundaries - Draft map splits up Edmonton-Wetaskiwin, the most populous riding in Canada". CBC News.
3. "New Yellowhead federal riding includes Sundre, Carstairs, Cremona". MountainviewToday.ca. 2023-08-09. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
4. "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Ponoka--Didsbury [Federal electoral district (2023 Representation Order)], Alberta". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
5. "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved 9 April 2024.

Notes

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.