Drayton Valley-Devon is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district was created in the 2010 boundary redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post voting system. Drayton Valley-Devon is currently represented by United Conservative Party MLA Andrew Boitchenko. Prior to 2023, the district was represented by 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 which was expanded east into land that was part of the Leduc-Beaumont-Devon riding to include the town of Devon
Boundary history 56 Drayton Valley-Devon 2010 boundariesBordering districtsNorthEastWestSouthStony Plain and Whitecourt-Ste. AnneLeduc-Beaumont and Wetaskiwin-CamroseWest YellowheadLacombe-Panoka and Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-SundreLegal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act Members of the Legislative Assembly forDrayton Valley-DevonAssemblyYearsMemberPartyRiding created from Drayton Valley-Calmar and Leduc-Beaumont-Devon28th2012-2015Diana McQueenProgressive Conservative29th2015–2017Mark SmithWildrose2017-2019United Conservative30th2019–202331st2023–presentAndrew Boitchenko
Electoral history Drayton Valley-Devon and its antecedent, Drayton Valley-Calmar, elected Progressive Conservative MLAs with solid majorities from the 1970s to 2015. Since 2015, it has elected two people, Mark Smith, who first ran for the Wildrose Party in 2015 and then for the United Conservatives in 2019, and Andrew Boitchenko, who ran for the United Conservatives in 2023.
The first MLA elected to Drayton Valley-Devon was Progressive Conservative Diana McQueen, who was a cabinet minister in the Allison Redford government. The incumbent is Andrew Boitchenko.
Legislative election results
2012
2015
2015 Alberta general election redistributed resultsPartyVotes%7,16836.355,89429.895,65828.694532.302831.442621.33
2019
2023
Nomination contests UCP Drayton Valley-Devon nomination contest: December 2-3, 2022 Candidate Round 1 Round 2 Votes % Votes % Andrew Boitchenko32944.835650.7 Carol Vowk31342.634649.3 Kara Westerlund9312.7EliminatedTotal735100.0702100.0
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 2012 Alberta student vote results AffiliationCandidateVotes%LiberalChantel Lillycrop25318.81%NDPDoris Bannister14610.86%Total1345100%
See also List of Alberta provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
References
External links Elections Alberta map of Drayton Valley-Devon (PDF) The Legislative Assembly of Alberta