# Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul

Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul is a current provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. It was contested for the first time in the 2019 Alberta election.

## Geography

The district is located in northeastern Alberta, containing the communities of Cold Lake, Bonnyville, St. Paul and Elk Point, the MD of Bonnyville, most of St. Paul County, the Elizabeth and Fishing Lake Metis settlements, the Cold Lake First Nations, Kehewin First Nation, and Saddle Lake. It also includes CFB Cold Lake and the uninhabited Air Weapons Range.

## History

Members for Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Riding created from Bonnyville-Cold Lake, Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills and Fort McMurray-Conklin |||||
| 30th | 2019–2023 | Dave Hanson | United Conservative |
| 31st | 2023– | Scott Cyr | United Conservative |
The district was created in 2017 when the Electoral Boundaries Commission recommended joining part of Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills to Bonnyville-Cold Lake. The Commission recommended naming the district Cold Lake-St. Paul, but the Assembly decided to retain Bonnyville in the name.
Some local officials expressed discontent with the creation of this riding, especially given that it is the most populous of the new districts. According to the 2016 census, its population is 15% above the mean. The Commission justified this variance because, in their opinion, "this is an area where future population growth is likely to fall well below the provincial average."
The district first elected United Conservative MLA Dave Hanson who had previously been elected to Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills as a Wildrose candidate in 2015. Hanson originally contested the UCP nomination against former Wildrose MLA for Bonnyville-Cold Lake Scott Cyr who would drop out prior to the constituency vote. Hanson would defeat his next closest competitor, NDP candidate and teacher Kari Whan by over 12,000 votes.

## Electoral results
### Graphical summary

2015 :
| 22.3% | 3.8 | 29.2% | 44.0% |
| New Democratic | AP | Progressive Conservative | Wildrose |
2019 :
| 14.0% | 10.2% | 73.1% |
| NDP | Alberta | United Conservative |
2023 :
| 24.5% | 75.5% |
| New Democratic | United Conservative |

### 2023

vte2023 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | United Conservative | Scott Cyr | 13,315 | 75.47 | +2.38 |
| | New Democratic | Caitlyn Blake | 4,327 | 24.53 | +10.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | 17,642 | 99.48 | – |
| Rejected and declined | Rejected and declined | Rejected and declined | 92 | 0.52 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,734 | 51.52 |
| Eligible electors | Eligible electors | Eligible electors | 34,419 |
| | United Conservative hold | United Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -4.06 |
| Source(s) Source: Elections Alberta |||||||

### 2019

vte2019 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | United Conservative | David B. Hanson | 15,943 | 73.09 | -0.06 | $38,896 |
| | New Democratic | Kari Whan | 3,061 | 14.03 | -8.20 | $3,288 |
| | Alberta Party | Glenn Andersen | 2,223 | 10.19 | – | $16,235 |
| | Alberta Independence | David Garnett-Bennett | 217 | 0.99 | – | $500 |
| | Alberta Advantage Party | David Inscho | 207 | 0.95 | – | $1,580 |
| | Independent | Kacey L Daniels | 162 | 0.74 | – | $1,714 |
| Total | Total | Total | 21,813 | 99.53 | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 102 | 0.47 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,915 | 66.01 | – |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 33,199 |
| | United Conservative notional hold | United Conservative notional hold | Swing | Swing | +4.07 |
| Source(s) Source: Elections AlbertaNote: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000. Change is based on re-distributed results from the 2015 Alberta general election. |||||||

### 2015

Redistributed results, 2015 Alberta general election :
| Party | Party | Votes | % |
| | Wildrose | 7,304 | 43.96 |
| | Progressive Conservative | 4,849 | 29.19 |
| | New Democratic | 3,693 | 22.23 |
| | Alberta Party | 628 | 3.78 |
| | Green | 140 | 0.84 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 16,614 | 100.00 |
| Source(s) Source: Ridingbuilder |||||
* ↑ No candidate in Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills
* ↑ No candidate in Bonnyville-Cold Lake