# Bonnyville-Cold Lake

Bonnyville-Cold Lake was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1997 to 2019.

## Geography

Bonnyville-Cold Lake is primarily rural electoral district is found in northeastern Alberta along the Saskatchewan border. The riding was coterminous with the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87, and also contains the following municipalities:
* The City of Cold Lake (including CFB Cold Lake)
* The Town of Bonnyville
* The Village of Glendon
* The summer villages of Bonnyville Beach and Pelican Narrows
* The Kehewin First Nation, the Cold Lake First Nations (in three reserves), and the Frog Lake First Nation (in two reserves: Unipouheos and Puskiakiwenin)
* The Elizabeth and Fishing Lake Métis Settlements in the southeast of the riding (not pictured on map).
The district bordered Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills to the North, West and Southwest, and Vermilion-Lloydminster to the Southeast.

## History

The district was created in the 1997 Boundary redistribution from the electoral district of Bonnyville, retaining the same boundaries as the old district. The riding had been held from its creation until 2015 by the Progressive Conservatives, although the Liberals held the antecedent riding from 1993 to 1997.
The 2003 electoral boundary re-distribution saw the riding lose some uninhabited territory in its north, part of the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range, to Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills. This gave Bonnyville-Cold Lake the same boundaries as the Municipal District.
In the 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution the riding remained unchanged with no boundary alterations from the 2003 boundaries.
The Bonnyville-Cold Lake electoral district was dissolved in the 2017 electoral boundary re-distribution, and would be renamed Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul electoral district for the 2019 Alberta general election.

### Boundary history

48 Bonnyville-Cold Lake 2003 boundaries :
| Bordering districts ||||
| North | East | West | South |
| Lac La Biche-St. Paul | Saskatchewan border | Lac La Biche-St. Paul | Lac La Biche-St. Paul, Vermilion-Lloydminster |
| riding map goes here | riding map goes here | | |
| Legal description from Electoral Divisions Act, S.A. 2003, c. E-4.1 ||||
| Starting at the east boundary of Sec. 35, Twp. 66, Rge. 9 W4 and the south boundary of the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range (CLAWR); then 1. east along the south boundary of CLAWR to the east boundary of the Province; 2. south along the east boundary of the Province to the south boundary of Fishing Lake Métis Settlement; 3. west and south along the Métis Settlement boundary to the east boundary of Unipouheous Indian Reserve No. 121; 4. south, west and north along Indian Reserve No. 121 to the south boundary of Puskiakiwenin Indian Reserve No. 122; 5. west, north and east along the boundary of Indian Reserve No. 122 to the east boundary of Rge. 4 W4; 6. north along the east boundary of Rge. 4 W4 to the north boundary of Twp. 58; 7. west along the north boundary of Twp. 58 to the east boundary of Kehewin Indian Reserve No. 123; 8. south, west and north along the Indian Reserve boundary to the north boundary of Twp. 58; 9. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 1 in Twp. 59, Rge. 9 W4; 10. north along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 1, 12, 13, 24, 25 and 36 in the Twp. and the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 1, 12 and 13 in Twp. 60, Rge. 9 W4 to the north boundary of Sec. 13 in the Twp.; 11. west along the north boundary of Secs. 13, 14, 15 and 16 to the east boundary of Sec. 20 in the Twp.; 12. north along the east boundary of Secs. 20, 29 and 32 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 60; 13. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 5 in Twp. 61, Rge. 9 W4; 14. north along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 5, 8, 17, 20, 29 and 32 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 61; 15. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 6 in Twp. 62, Rge. 9 W4; 16. north along the east boundary to the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 16; 17. west along the north boundary of the south half of Sec. 6 in the Twp. and Secs. 1 and 2 in Twp. 62, Rge. 10 W4 to the east boundary of the west half of Sec. 2 in the Twp.; 18. north along the east boundary of the west half of Secs. 2, 11, 14, 23, 26 and 35 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Sec. 2 in Twp. 63 to the intersection with the Beaver River; 19. upstream along the right bank of the Beaver River to the east boundary of Sec. 9 in Twp. 63, Rge. 10 W4; 20. north along the east boundary of Secs. 9, 16, 21, 28 and 33 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 4, 9, 16, 21, 28 and 33 in Twp. 64, Rge. 10 W4 and the east boundary of Sec. 4 in Twp. 65 to the north boundary of Sec. 3 in Twp. 65, Rge. 10 W4; 21. east along the north boundary of Secs. 3, 2 and 1 in the Twp. and the north boundary of Secs. 6 and 5 in Rge. 9 to the east boundary of Sec. 8, Twp. 65, Rge. 9 W4; 22. north along the east boundary of Secs. 8, 17, 20 and 29 to the north boundary of Sec. 28 in the Twp.; 23. east along the north boundary of Secs. 28, 27 and 26 to the east boundary of Sec. 35 in the Twp.; 24. north along the east boundary of Sec. 35 in the Twp. and Secs. 2, 11, 14, 23, 26 and 35 in Twp. 66, Rge. 9 W4 to the starting point. ||||
| Note: ||||
52 Bonnyville-Cold Lake 2010 boundaries :
| Bordering districts ||||
| North | East | West | South |
| Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills | Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills | Saskatchewan border | Vermilion-Lloydminster |
| Note: No changes were made to the riding in the 2010 Boundary Redistribution ||||

### Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bonnyville-Cold Lake :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| See Bonnyville 1952-1997 |||||
| 24th | 1997–2001 | Denis Ducharme | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 2001–2004 | Denis Ducharme | Progressive Conservative |
| 26th | 2004–2008 | Denis Ducharme | Progressive Conservative |
| 27th | 2008–2012 | Genia Leskiw | Progressive Conservative |
| 28th | 2012–2015 | Genia Leskiw | Progressive Conservative |
| 29th | 2015–2017 | Scott Cyr | Wildrose |
| 29th | 2017–2019 | Scott Cyr | United Conservative |
| See Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul after 2019 |||||
In the district's first election in 1997, Progressive Conservative candidate Dennis Ducharme defeated incumbent Liberal MLA Leo Vasseur by a wide margin to pick up the newly-renamed district for his party.
Ducharme was re-elected with landslides in 2001 with over 70% of the vote and in 2004 with almost 65% of the vote. He was appointed to the cabinet briefly in 2006 under the government of Ralph Klein. He retired in 2008.
The second representative of the district was Genia Leskiw. She won her first election with a landslide of over 75% of the popular vote, and held the riding from Wildrose challenger Roy Doonanco in 2012 by only a 7% margin.
In the 2015 election, Wildrose candidate Scott Cyr won by a significant margin over Progressive Conservative candidate Craig Copeland, who was running during a hiatus from being the mayor of Cold Lake. He subsequently joined the United Conservative Party when the parties merged in 2017.
Despite the hotly contested elections in 2012 and 2015, Ducharme, Leskiw, Cyr, and Copeland jointly endorsed Jason Kenney for Conservative leader in its 2017 leadership election.

## Election results
### 1997

vte1997 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Denis Ducharme | 4,593 | 58.41% | +12.81% |
| | Liberal | Leo Vasseur | 2,323 | 29.54% | -17.66% |
| | Social Credit | Robert Kratchmer | 948 | 12.05% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 7,864 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 11 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 16,185 | 48.66% | -6.54% |
| | Progressive Conservative notional gain from Liberal | Progressive Conservative notional gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | +15.24% |
| Source(s) "Beaver River Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 2001

vte2001 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Denis Ducharme | 5,641 | 70.65% | +12.24% |
| | Liberal | Ronald Young | 1,755 | 21.98% | -7.56% |
| | New Democratic | Ellen Ulfsten | 313 | 3.92% | – |
| | Independent | James Skretteberg | 275 | 3.45% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 7,984 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 44 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 16,688 | 48.11% | -0.55% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +9.90% |
| Source(s) "2001 Statement of Official results Bonnyville-Cold Lake" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 26, 2020. |||||||

### 2004

vte2004 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Denis Ducharme | 3,621 | 63.68% | -6.97% |
| | Alberta Alliance | Shane Gervais | 973 | 17.11% | – |
| | Liberal | Lloyd Mildon | 781 | 13.74% | -8.24% |
| | New Democratic | Denise Ogonoski | 311 | 5.47% | 1.55% |
| Total | Total | Total | 5,686 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 42 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 17,704 | 32.35% | -15.76% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -12.04% |
| Source(s) "Bonnyville-Cold Lake Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 27, 2020. |||||||

### 2008

vte2008 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Genia Leskiw | 4,437 | 75.54% | +12.06% |
| | Liberal | Justin Yassoub | 698 | 11.88% | -1.86% |
| | New Democratic | Jason Sloychuk | 389 | 6.62% | +1.15% |
| | Green | Jennifer Brown | 350 | 5.96% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 5,874 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 49 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 21,049 | 28.14% | -4.21% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | 6.96% |
| Source(s) The Report on the March 3, 2008 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-seventh Legislative Assembly. Elections Alberta. July 28, 2008. pp. 381–385. "Elections Alberta 2008 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 2012

vte2012 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Genia Leskiw | 4,816 | 49.09% | -26.45% |
| | Wildrose | Roy Doonanco | 4,128 | 42.08% | – |
| | Liberal | Hubert Rodden | 535 | 5.45% | -6.43% |
| | New Democratic | Luanne Bannister | 330 | 3.36% | -3.26% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 9,809 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 85 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 22,170 | 44.63% | +16.49% |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -34.27% |
| Source(s) Source: "Elections Alberta 2012 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 2015

vte2015 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Wildrose | Scott Cyr | 5,452 | 46.55% | +4.47% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Craig Copeland | 3,594 | 30.43% | -18.66% |
| | New Democratic | Josalyne Head | 2,136 | 18.09% | +14.73% |
| | Alberta Party | Rob Fox | 628 | 5.32% | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 11,810 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 45 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 24,714 | 47.97% | +3.34% |
| | Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative | Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | Swing | +11.57% |
| Source(s) Source: "Elections Alberta 2015 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

## Senate nominee election results
### 2004

| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Bonnyville-Cold Lake | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Bonnyville-Cold Lake | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Bonnyville-Cold Lake | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Bonnyville-Cold Lake | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Bonnyville-Cold Lake | Turnout 32.32% | Turnout 32.32% |
| | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % votes | % ballots | Rank |
| | Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 2,250 | 14.94% | 48.23% | 2 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 2,098 | 13.93% | 44.97% | 1 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 1,832 | 12.17% | 39.27% | 3 |
| | Independent | Link Byfield | 1,484 | 9.86% | 31.81% | 4 |
| | Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 1,446 | 9.60% | 31.00% | 6 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 1,344 | 8.93% | 28.81% | 7 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 1,296 | 8.61% | 27.78% | 5 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 1,265 | 8.40% | 27.76% | 8 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 1,217 | 8.08% | 26.09% | 10 |
| | Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 825 | 5.48% | 17.69% | 9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 15,057 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Total ballots | Total ballots | Total ballots | 4,665 | 3.23 votes per ballot | 3.23 votes per ballot | 3.23 votes per ballot |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 1,056 | 1,056 | 1,056 | 1,056 |
Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

### 2012

| 2012 Senate nominee election results: Bonnyville-Cold Lake | 2012 Senate nominee election results: Bonnyville-Cold Lake | 2012 Senate nominee election results: Bonnyville-Cold Lake | 2012 Senate nominee election results: Bonnyville-Cold Lake | 2012 Senate nominee election results: Bonnyville-Cold Lake | Turnout 43.85% | Turnout 43.85% |
| | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % votes | % ballots | Rank |
| | Wildrose | Raymond Germain | 4,043 | 18.68% | 46.02% | 5 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Doug Black | 3,518 | 16.25% | 40.05% | 1 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Scott Tannas | 3,098 | 14.31% | 35.26% | 2 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Mike Shaikh | 2,601 | 12.02% | 29.61% | 3 |
| | Wildrose | Rob Gregory | 2,548 | 11.77% | 29.00% | 4 |
| | Wildrose | Vitor Marciano | 2,180 | 10.07% | 24.82% | 6 |
| | Evergreen | Elizabeth Johannson | 855 | 3.95% | 9.73% | 7 |
| | Independent | David Fletcher | 672 | 3.10% | 7.65% | 9 |
| | Independent | Len Bracko | 487 | 2.25% | 5.54% | 8 |
| | Independent | Ian Urquhart | 469 | 2.17% | 5.34% | 10 |
| | Independent | Paul Frank | 465 | 2.15% | 5.29% | 11 |
| | Independent | William Exelby | 366 | 1.69% | 4.17% | 12 |
| | Independent | Perry Chahal | 344 | 1.59% | 3.92% | 13 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 21,646 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Total ballots | Total ballots | Total ballots | 8,785 | 2.46 votes per ballot | 2.46 votes per ballot | 2.46 votes per ballot |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 944 | 944 | 944 | 944 |
Voters had the option of selecting three candidates on the ballot

## Student vote results
### 2004

* Participating schools
* Assumption Jr/Sr High School
* Elizabeth School
* LeGoff School
* Notre Dame High School
On November 19, 2004 a student vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.
2004 Alberta student vote results :
| | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressive Conservative | Denis Ducharme | 257 | 38.07% |
| | Liberal | Lloyd Mildon | 173 | 25.63% |
| | New Democratic | Denise Ogonoski | 152 | 22.52% |
| | Alberta Alliance | Shane Gervais | 93 | 13.78% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 675 |
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 30 |

### 2012

2012 Alberta student vote results :
| | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressive Conservative | Genia Leskiw | 297 | 42.73% |
| | Wildrose | Roy Doonanco | 243 | 34.96% |
| | Liberal | Hubert Rodden | 91 | 13.09% |
| | New Democratic | Luanne Bannister | 64 | 9.21% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 695 |