Red Deer—Lacombe, AB — 2015 Federal Election Results Map
Red Deer—Lacombe — 2015 Election Results
📌 The Canadian federal electoral district of Red Deer—Lacombe was contested in the 2015 election.
🏆 Blaine Calkins, the Conservative candidate, won the riding with 43,599 votes (70.7% of the vote).
🥈 The runner-up was Jeff Rock (Liberal) with 9,235 votes (15.0%), defeated by a margin of 34,364 votes.
📊 Other notable candidates: Doug Hart (NDP-New Democratic Party, 11%).
Riding information
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Red Deer—Lacombe was a new federal riding created by the 2012 redistribution, drawing together the southern portion of the old Wetaskiwin riding and the northern portion of the former Red Deer constituency. Situated in central Alberta's aspen parkland, the riding stretches across rolling agricultural terrain between Calgary and Edmonton and is anchored by the northern neighbourhoods of the city of Red Deer and the city of Lacombe. Smaller communities such as Blackfalds and Ponoka also fall within its boundaries.
Candidates
Blaine Calkins (Conservative) — Born and raised in the Lacombe area, Calkins held a Bachelor of Science with specialization in zoology from the University of Alberta and had served as a tenured faculty member at Red Deer College before entering politics. First elected to Parliament in the former Wetaskiwin riding in 2006, he sought re-election in the redrawn Red Deer—Lacombe, which encompassed much of his previous constituency.
Jeff Rock (Liberal) — Rock carried the Liberal banner in a riding where the party had historically struggled to gain traction in central Alberta.
Doug Hart (NDP) — Hart ran as the NDP candidate amid an Alberta-wide surge in progressive support following the provincial NDP victory earlier in 2015.
Les Kuzyk (Green Party) — Kuzyk represented the Green Party, rounding out the slate of candidates in the riding.
About the Riding
Red Deer—Lacombe sits at the geographic midpoint of the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor, a stretch of Highway 2 that is one of Canada's busiest economic arteries. The city of Red Deer, with a population of roughly 100,000 at the time, serves as the commercial and services hub for the broader central Alberta region. Key sectors include oil and gas services, health care, retail, construction, and agriculture. Lacombe, a smaller city of about 13,000, contributes a mix of light manufacturing and agricultural services. The surrounding rural areas are home to cattle ranching, mixed farming, and dairy operations. Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre is one of the area's largest employers. Federal issues of local concern in 2015 included energy sector regulation, pipeline approvals, and support for the agricultural economy during a period of volatile commodity prices.
