Alberta election: Lacombe-Ponoka results

Global News projects that Ronald Orr will re-take the riding of Lacombe-Ponoka for the United Conservative Party (UCP).

Below is a full list of the candidates in the riding of Lacombe-Ponoka, which is located in central Alberta.

Quick take

The 2019 race in Lacombe-Ponoka features an incumbent in United Conservative Ron Orr. However, the election will see him run as a member of the UCP for the first time.

He was first elected in the district as a member of the Wildrose Party in 2015. In 2017, the Wildrose Party merged with the Progressive Conservative Party to form the UCP.

Candidates

NDP: Doug Hart
United Conservative Party: Ronald Orr (Incumbent)
Alberta Party: Myles Chykerda
Freedom Conservative Party: Keith Parrill
Alberta Advantage Party: Shawn Tylke
Alberta Independence Party: Tessa Szwagierczak

History

The 2015 election saw a relatively close, three-way race unfold in Lacombe-Ponoka. Orr and the Wildrose captured nearly 36 per cent of the vote, the New Democrats’ Doug Hart won over 30 per cent of voters and Progressive Conservative Peter DeWit gained nearly 28 per cent of votes in the riding.

The riding north of Red Deer was a Progressive Conservative stronghold from the 1970s until 2012, when Rod Fox won the seat for the Wildrose Party. Fox crossed the floor to the PC party in December 2014. He failed to win the PC nomination for the 2015 election.