# Red Deer—Lacombe

Red Deer—Lacombe is an electoral district in Alberta. It was created in 2012 from the more urbanized southern portion of Wetaskiwin (51%) and the northern portion of Red Deer (49%).
The riding was originally intended to be named Red Deer—Wolf Creek.

## Demographics

Panethnic groups in Red Deer—Lacombe (2011−2021) :
| Panethnic group | 2021 | 2021 | 2016 | 2016 | 2011 | 2011 |
| Panethnic group | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % |
| European | 98,435 | 76.16% | 100,565 | 79.72% | 92,915 | 83.28% |
| Indigenous | 15,955 | 12.34% | 14,420 | 11.43% | 13,110 | 11.75% |
| Southeast Asian | 7,590 | 5.87% | 5,375 | 4.26% | 2,185 | 1.96% |
| African | 1,720 | 1.33% | 1,445 | 1.15% | 580 | 0.52% |
| South Asian | 1,500 | 1.16% | 975 | 0.77% | 450 | 0.4% |
| Latin American | 1,395 | 1.08% | 1,230 | 0.98% | 950 | 0.85% |
| East Asian | 1,245 | 0.96% | 1,255 | 0.99% | 750 | 0.67% |
| Middle Eastern | 780 | 0.6% | 500 | 0.4% | 325 | 0.29% |
| Other/multiracial | 630 | 0.49% | 385 | 0.31% | 315 | 0.28% |
| Total responses | 129,250 | 98.23% | 126,140 | 97.95% | 111,575 | 98.14% |
| Total population | 131,575 | 100% | 128,786 | 100% | 113,693 | 100% |
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. |||||||

## Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Red Deer—Lacombe Riding created from Red Deer and Wetaskiwin |||||
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Blaine Calkins | Conservative |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | Blaine Calkins | Conservative |
| 44th | 2021–present | Blaine Calkins | Conservative |
| Riding dissolved into Leduc—Wetaskiwin, Ponoka—Didsbury, and Red Deer |||||

## Election results

2021 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Blaine Calkins | 39,805 | 64.2 | -15.6 | $35,982.66 |
| | New Democratic | Tanya Heyden-Kaye | 8,806 | 14.2 | +5.3 | $4,261.30 |
| | People's | Megan Lim | 7,893 | 12.7 | +9.1 | $4,343.27 |
| | Liberal | David Ondieki | 3,704 | 6.0 | +0.8 | $2,023.58 |
| | Maverick | Harry Joujan | 986 | 1.6 | N/A | $925.00 |
| | No affiliation | Joan Barnes | 573 | 0.9 | N/A | $9,652.64 |
| | Libertarian | Matthew Watson | 212 | 0.3 | N/A | $0.00 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 61,979 | 99.4 | – | $121,470.01 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 348 | 0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 62,327 | 66.2 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 94,205 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -10.5 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte2019 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Blaine Calkins | 53,843 | 79.8 | +9.09 | $98,245.70 |
| | New Democratic | Lauren Pezzella | 6,012 | 8.9 | -2.54 | none listed |
| | Liberal | Tiffany Rose | 3,540 | 5.2 | -9.78 | none listed |
| | People's | Laura Lynn Thompson | 2,453 | 3.6 | - | none listed |
| | Green | Sarah Palmer | 1,596 | 2.4 | -0.48 | $0.00 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 67,444 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 325 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 67,769 | 72.8 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 93,050 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +5.82 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte2015 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Blaine Calkins | 43,599 | 70.71 | -6.72 | $75,006.35 |
| | Liberal | Jeff Rock | 9,235 | 14.98 | +11.41 | $16,605.92 |
| | New Democratic | Doug Hart | 7,055 | 11.44 | -2.85 | $5,541.40 |
| | Green | Les Kuzyk | 1,773 | 2.88 | -1.84 | – |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 61,662 | 100.00 | | $224,841.10 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 176 | 0.28 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 61,838 | 71.40 | – |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 86,609 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -9.07 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2011 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Conservative | 31,453 | 77.43 |
| New Democratic | 5,805 | 14.29 |
| Green | 1,917 | 4.72 |
| Liberal | 1,448 | 3.56 |