| Drayton Valley-Devon | |
| Province: | Alberta |
| Prov-Rep: | Andrew Boitchenko |
| Prov-Rep-Party: | UCP |
| Prov-Status: | active |
| Prov-Created: | 2010 |
| Prov-Election-First: | 2012 |
| Prov-Election-Last: | 2023 |
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.[1] Prior to 2023, the district was represented by Mark Smith who was first elected in 2015.
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[2]
| 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 | ||
| 2017-2019 | United Conservative | ||||
| 30th | 2019–2023 | ||||
| 31st | 2023–present | Andrew Boitchenko | |||
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.
Please note: Only schools registered under Drayton Valley-Devon have been included, as some schools within jurisdiction are registered in other ridings.[4]
| 2012 Alberta student vote results | ||||||||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Liberal | Chantel Lillycrop | 253 | 18.81% | NDP | Doris Bannister | 146 | 10.86% | |
| Total | 1345 | 100% | ||||||||||