Ponoka—Didsbury

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

Ponoka—Didsbury

Alberta electoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries. Point indicates the towns of Ponoka and Didsbury.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Blaine Calkins 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

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. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

History

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Ponoka—Didsbury Riding created from Red Deer—Lacombe and Red Deer—Mountain View
45th	2025–present		Blaine Calkins	Conservative

Electoral results

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
** 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
Turnout
Eligible voters
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]
Zafar is endorsed by the Liberal Party of Canada, which stated her party affiliation was not registered due to a clerical error with Elections Canada.[5]

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