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Ponoka-Rimbey
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1986
District abolished	2004
First contested	1986
Last contested	2001

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.^[1]

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
23rd	1993–1997
24th	1997–2001
25th	2001–2004
See Lacombe-Ponoka electoral district from 2004-Present

v t e 1986 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			5,789	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			25	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			12,334	47.14%	–
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Ponoka-Rimbey Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

v t e 1989 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			6,204	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			31	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			12,314	50.63%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-4.65%
Source(s) Source: "Ponoka-Rimbey Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

v t e 1993 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			9,390	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			26	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			14,279	65.94%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		5.41%
Source(s) Source: "Ponoka-Rimbey Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

v t e 1997 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			8,980	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			34	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			14,884	60.56%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		1.98%
Source(s) Source: "Ponoka-Rimbey Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

v t e 2001 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			9,431	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			26	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			16,158	58.53%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		5.16%
Source(s) Source: "Ponoka-Rimbey Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

^ "Election results for Ponoka-Rimbey". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 22, 2020.