# Ponoka-Rimbey

Ponoka-Rimbey was a provincial electoral district in Alberta mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1986 to 2004.
Ponoka-Rimby is named for the Town of Ponoka, Alberta and the Town of Rimbey, Alberta.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Ponoka-Rimbey :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| See Ponoka electoral district from 1905-1986 |||||
| 21st | 1986–1989 | Halvar Jonson | Progressive Conservative |
| 22nd | 1989–1993 | Halvar Jonson | Progressive Conservative |
| 23rd | 1993–1997 | Halvar Jonson | Progressive Conservative |
| 24th | 1997–2001 | Halvar Jonson | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 2001–2004 | Halvar Jonson | Progressive Conservative |
| See Lacombe-Ponoka electoral district from 2004-Present |||||

## Electoral history
### 1986

vte1986 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Halvar Jonson | 3,601 | 62.20% | – |
| | New Democratic | Pat Byers | 1,138 | 19.66% | – |
| | Western Canada Concept | Warren Bloomquist | 701 | 12.11% | – |
| | Liberal | Mel H. Buffalo | 349 | 6.03% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 5,789 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 25 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 12,334 | 47.14% | – |
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| Source(s) Source: "Ponoka-Rimbey Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1989

vte1989 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Halvar Jonson | 3,729 | 60.11% | -2.10% |
| | New Democratic | Doug Hart | 1,667 | 26.87% | 7.21% |
| | Liberal | Ervan Stobbe | 808 | 13.02% | 7.00% |
| Total | Total | Total | 6,204 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 31 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 12,314 | 50.63% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -4.65% |
| Source(s) Source: "Ponoka-Rimbey Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1993

vte1993 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Halvar Jonson | 5,977 | 63.65% | 3.55% |
| | Liberal | Bernice Luce | 1,841 | 19.61% | 6.58% |
| | New Democratic | Doug Hart | 747 | 7.96% | -18.91% |
| | Confederation of Regions | Harold Kenney | 585 | 6.23% | – |
| | Independent | Robert (Bob) Hodgins | 240 | 2.56% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 9,390 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 26 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 14,279 | 65.94% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | 5.41% |
| Source(s) Source: "Ponoka-Rimbey Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1997

vte1997 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Halvar Jonson | 5,750 | 64.03% | 0.38% |
| | Social Credit | Randy Jones | 1,439 | 16.02% | – |
| | Liberal | Joshua Phillpotts | 912 | 10.16% | -9.45% |
| | New Democratic | Liz Wetheral | 879 | 9.79% | 1.83% |
| Total | Total | Total | 8,980 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 34 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 14,884 | 60.56% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | 1.98% |
| Source(s) Source: "Ponoka-Rimbey Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 2001

vte2001 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Halvar Jonson | 6,797 | 72.07% | 8.04% |
| | Liberal | Tim Falkiner | 1,296 | 13.74% | 3.59% |
| | Independent | Charles Park | 764 | 8.10% | – |
| | New Democratic | Linda Roth | 574 | 6.09% | -3.70% |
| Total | Total | Total | 9,431 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 26 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 16,158 | 58.53% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | 5.16% |
| Source(s) Source: "Ponoka-Rimbey Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||