Calkins, Blaine
	Palmer, Sarah
	Pezzella, Lauren
	Rose, Tiffany
	Thompson, Laura Lynn
Incumbent:
	Blaine Calkins

References:

Population (2016): Population (2011): Private dwellings: Dwellings occupied by usual residents: Land area Population Density			128786 113693 53842 48425 6217.91 km² 20.7/km²
2015 Results - 2015 Prediction    Reference - Pundits’ Guide (2013 Rep. Order)
	Blaine Calkins **	43599	70.70%
	Jeff Rock	9235	15.00%
	Doug Hart	7055	11.40%
	Les Kuzyk	1773	2.90%
2011 Results (redistributed)
		31453	77.42%
		5807	14.29%
		1449	3.57%
		1918	4.72%
Component Riding(s) (2003 Representation Order)
Wetaskiwin    (51.11% of voters in current riding)    2011/2008/2004 Predictions    Reference - Pundits’ Guide
Red Deer    (48.89% of voters in current riding)    2011/2008/2004 Predictions    Reference - Pundits’ Guide

	25/09/19	R.O. 24.146.17.200
Somehow Laura Lynn Thompson ended up in this riding after running in the Burnaby South by election . not sure it matters much , perhaps she does better than an average people’s party candidate but riding will still vote conservative .
	16/09/19	A.S. 99.225.32.21
Oh, so *she's* running here for PPC (and in Jim Keegstra's riding, yet). At the other end of the spectrum, the riding also contains the Maskwacis reserves--for all those reasons, don't be surprised if the weaker of Red Deer's CPC ridings gets weaker still. But not ‘losingly’ so.
	06/07/19	Laurence Putnam 96.53.49.70
The PPC's Laura Lynn Thompson, fresh off an 11% showing in the Burnaby South by-election, may even have a reasonable chance of placing second in this riding.
	08/04/19	Sam 86.188.99.248
Red Deer is odd provincially, but the Conservatives will definitely win federally in both Red Deer ridings.
	23/02/19	M. Lunn 174.7.100.252
If the Tories could win this easily in a bad year, they will have no trouble this year, especially considering the anger at Trudeau in Alberta.