# Drayton Valley-Devon

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 boundaries :
| Bordering districts ||||
| North | East | West | South |
| Stony Plain and Whitecourt-Ste. Anne | Leduc-Beaumont and Wetaskiwin-Camrose | West Yellowhead | Lacombe-Panoka and Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre |
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2010, Electoral Divisions Act ||||
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Drayton Valley-Devon :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Riding created from Drayton Valley-Calmar and Leduc-Beaumont-Devon |||||
| 28th | 2012-2015 | Diana McQueen | Progressive Conservative |
| 29th | 2015–2017 | Mark Smith | Wildrose |
| 29th | 2017-2019 | Mark Smith | United Conservative |
| 30th | 2019–2023 | Mark Smith | United Conservative |
| 31st | 2023–present | Andrew Boitchenko | United Conservative |

### 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

vte2012 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Diana McQueen | 7,359 | 51.65% | – |
| | Wildrose | Dean Shular | 5,467 | 38.37% | – |
| | New Democratic | Doris Bannister | 878 | 6.16% | – |
| | Liberal | Chantel Lillycrop | 544 | 3.82% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 14,248 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 56 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 25,705 | 55.65% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. |
| Source(s) Source: "Elections Alberta 2012 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 2015

vte2015 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Wildrose | Mark Smith | 6,284 | 37.02% | -1.35% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Diana McQueen | 5,182 | 30.53% | -21.12% |
| | New Democratic | Katherine Swampy | 4,816 | 28.37% | 22.21% |
| | Alberta Party | Connie Jensen | 416 | 2.45% | – |
| | Green | Jennifer R Roach | 276 | 1.63% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 16,974 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 34 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 29,733 | 57.20% | 1.56% |
| | Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative | Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | Swing | -3.39% |
| Source(s) Source: "Elections Alberta 2015 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||
2015 Alberta general election redistributed results :
| Party | Party | Votes | % |
| | Wildrose | 7,168 | 36.35 |
| | New Democratic | 5,894 | 29.89 |
| | Progressive Conservative | 5,658 | 28.69 |
| | Alberta Party | 453 | 2.30 |
| | Green | 283 | 1.44 |
| | Liberal | 262 | 1.33 |
| Source(s) Source: Ridingbuilder ||||

### 2019

vte2019 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | United Conservative | Mark Smith | 18,092 | 71.12 | +6.08† |
| | New Democratic | Kieran Quirke | 4,233 | 16.64 | -13.25 |
| | Alberta Party | Gail Upton | 1,634 | 6.42 | +4.13 |
| | Freedom Conservative | Steve Goodman | 624 | 2.45 | – |
| | Alberta Advantage | Mark Gregor | 298 | 1.17 | – |
| | Alberta Independence | Les Marks | 233 | 0.92 | – |
| | Liberal | Ronald Brochu | 217 | 0.85 | -0.48 |
| | Independent | Carol Nordlund-Kinsey | 106 | 0.42 | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 25,437 | 99.14 | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 220 | 0.86 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,657 | 74.25 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 34,554 |
| | United Conservative notional hold | United Conservative notional hold | Swing | Swing | +9.66 |
| Source(s) Source: "2019 Election Results - 58 - Drayton Valley-Devon". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 7, 2020.†From combined Wildrose and Progressive Conservative redistributed results in the 2015 general election |||||||

### 2023

vte2023 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | United Conservative | Andrew Boitchenko | 16,532 | 73.70 | +2.58 |
| | New Democratic | Harry Singh | 5,009 | 22.33 | +5.69 |
| | Wildrose Loyalty Coalition | Jon Hokanson | 580 | 2.59 | – |
| | Advantage Party | Dale Withers | 189 | 0.84 | -0.33 |
| | Solidarity Movement | Gail Tookey | 121 | 0.54 | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 22,431 | 99.42 | – |
| Rejected and declined | Rejected and declined | Rejected and declined | 131 | 0.58 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,562 | 61.90 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 36,448 |
| | United Conservative hold | United Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -1.56 |
| Source(s) Source: Elections Alberta |||||||

## 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.
* New Humble Centre School
* Calmar Secondary School
Devon
* Riverview Middle School
* John Maland High School
* Devon Christian School
Drayton Valley
* Aurora Elementary School
* Drayton Christian School
* H.W. Pickup Junior High School
* Holy Trinity Academy
* St. Anthony School
Falun
* Falun School
Pigeon Lake
* Pigeon Lake Regional School
Thorsby
* Thorsby Elementary School
* Thorsby Junior/Senior High School
Warburg
* Warburg School
Winfield
* Winfield School

#### Results

2012 Alberta student vote results :
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressive Conservative | Diana McQueen | 579 | 43.05% |
| | Wildrose | Dean Shular | 367 | 27.29% |
| | Liberal | Chantel Lillycrop | 253 | 18.81% |
| | NDP | Doris Bannister | 146 | 10.86% |
| Total | Total | Total | 1345 | 100% |