Blaine Calkins (Conservative Party of Canada) holds Ponoka—Didsbury, the riding that includes Eckville
Locally, Eckville is run as a town. Who leads Eckville’s council isn’t on an open record: there’s no open list of councils in Alberta. No provincial riding is named for Eckville: the only boundary file for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta forbids commercial reuse. The Conservative Party of Canada has 33 of the 37 MPs elected in Alberta.
Three governments, and who does what
Eckville, a town in Alberta, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.
assembly.ab.ca ↗Passports, pensions, EI, defence, immigration.
ourcommons.ca ↗Who to ask
Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.
The census places Eckville in Division No. 8, a division that governs nothing; no county council sits above the town’s.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Eckville, from the most recent elections.
- 1Eckville councilTown
- 2Legislative Assembly of Alberta–
- 3House of CommonsPonoka—Didsbury
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada
When Eckville votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Eckville council | 20 October 2025 | 15 October 2029 |
| Legislative Assembly of Alberta | 29 May 2023 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
After the 20 October 2025 election, Eckville council next goes to the polls on 15 October 2029. The Local Authorities Election Act fixes that date: the third Monday in October every four years. The last general elections came on 29 May 2023 for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and on 28 April 2025 for Parliament. The latest vote shown is 2021: the 2025 counts carry Elections Canada’s non-commercial terms.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta: riding not placed
Provinces and territories run schools, health care and municipal law; each riding elects one MLA.
Find your MLA on the legislature’s site
assembly.ab.ca ↗Legislatures: their own member pages
Blaine Calkins represents Ponoka—Didsbury in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Ponoka—Didsbury · Conservative Party of Canada · first elected 2006
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Conservative Party of Canada33
- Liberal Party of Canada3
- New Democratic Party1
As Wikidata records them.
The MP’s record
Blaine Calkins was first elected in 2006; the current Parliament is Blaine Calkins’ 7th. Elections Canada’s transposition of the 2021 vote onto today’s Ponoka—Didsbury puts the Conservative Party of Canada first at 68%; Blaine Calkins held it for the party in 2025.
MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026
Red Deer—Lacombe returned Blaine Calkins (Conservative Party of Canada) in 2021
The 2019 and 2021 counts in Red Deer—Lacombe, Eckville’s riding before the map was redrawn; it now votes in Ponoka—Didsbury.
Red Deer—Lacombe turned out at 65% in 2021; the country managed 63%. 80% had elected Blaine Calkins there in 2019. Blaine Calkins won the 2021 race in Red Deer—Lacombe for the Conservative Party of Canada, polling 64% and beating Tanya Heyden-Kaye (New Democratic Party) by 30,999 votes.
All 7 candidates in Red Deer—Lacombe, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blaine Calkins | Conservative Party of Canada | 39,805 | 64.2% |
| Tanya Heyden-Kaye | New Democratic Party | 8,806 | 14.2% |
| Megan Lim | People's Party of Canada | 7,893 | 12.7% |
| David Ondieki | Liberal Party of Canada | 3,704 | 6.0% |
| Harry Joujan | Maverick Party | 986 | 1.6% |
| Joan Barnes | Independent | 573 | 0.9% |
| Matthew Watson | Libertarian Party of Canada | 212 | 0.3% |
Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
Eckville council spends less per resident than most
The 2024 financial return: spending by service and revenue by source, per resident, compared only with Alberta’s municipalities.
Spending per resident by service, 2024
What pays for it
Shares of revenue, town and province.
Property taxes and payments in lieu brought in 47% of revenue, against 44% across the province’s returns. Eckville council carried $804K of long-term debt, $739 per resident against a typical $745. 7 full-time positions are funded, 6.4 per thousand residents. Spending by Eckville council came to $2,846 a resident in 2024, under the $3,457 median of Alberta’s municipalities. More goes to water, sewers and waste than to anything else: $689 a resident, 24% of all spending.
Spending per resident nearby
Every service line, 2024
| Service | 2024 | Per resident | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water, sewers and waste | $750K | $689 | 24% |
| General government | $731K | $672 | 24% |
| Roads and transit | $714K | $656 | 23% |
| Recreation and culture | $524K | $481 | 17% |
| Police, fire and protection | $258K | $237 | 8% |
| Social services and child care | $71K | $65 | 2% |
| Planning and development | $50K | $46 | 2% |
Money: municipal financial and statistical data 2024, Alberta Municipal Affairs. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Alberta. Residents: Statistics Canada, 2025 estimate.
Having a say in how Eckville is run
Check or update the federal list.
elections.ca ↗Every MP lists an office.
ourcommons.ca ↗Ridings, registration and voting dates.
elections.ab.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Who holds each seat. The members named here are Wikidata’s, kept up by volunteers; a by-election or a floor crossing may take a few days to show.
- Not on this page. No party tally for the council, which the open lists don’t record, and no band councils.
- Which riding. The 2021 Census homes of a place’s residents fix its ridings, and one is shown once it holds 5% of them.
- Council money. Alberta’s 2024 municipal financial returns, per resident with Statistics Canada’s 2025 population estimate.
- Election results. Elections Canada redrew the ridings in 2023 and re-tallied the 2021 ballots onto the new map from polling divisions; that estimate, and the official 2019 and 2021 counts on the old map, are what you see.
Questions about how Eckville is run
Who is the MP for Eckville?
Eckville is in Ponoka—Didsbury, represented by Blaine Calkins (Conservative Party of Canada).
Which party won Eckville in the 2021 federal election?
Blaine Calkins (Conservative Party of Canada) took Red Deer—Lacombe in 2021, and still holds the seat, now Ponoka—Didsbury.
Who is the MLA for Eckville?
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta’s website names each MLA by riding; the riding of Eckville has to be looked up there.
Who heads the council in Eckville?
The head of Eckville’s council isn’t named here; as a town, it publishes its council itself.
How much does Eckville council spend?
The 2024 return of Eckville council shows $3.1M of spending for roughly 1,088 residents, $750K of it on water, sewers and waste.
Sources: MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · Money: municipal financial and statistical data 2024, Alberta Municipal Affairs. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Alberta. Residents: Statistics Canada, 2025 estimate. · Next municipal election: the province’s municipal election act · Municipality types: Statistics Canada census subdivisions · Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).