Photo: Joningham · CC BY-SA 4.0Blaine Calkins (Conservative Party of Canada) holds Ponoka—Didsbury, the riding that includes Innisfail
Because the Legislative Assembly of Alberta’s boundaries come with non-commercial terms, this page doesn’t say which riding Innisfail is in. For local government, Innisfail is a town. In Alberta, councils aren’t on any open list we can use, so Innisfail’s mayor isn’t named. Of the 37 Commons seats from Alberta, the Conservative Party of Canada holds 33.
Three governments, and who does what
Innisfail, 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 Innisfail 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 Innisfail, from the most recent elections.
- 1Innisfail 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 Innisfail votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Innisfail council | 20 October 2025 | 15 October 2029 |
| Legislative Assembly of Alberta | 29 May 2023 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
Provincially the last general election was on 29 May 2023, for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta; federally, on 28 April 2025. Voters last chose Innisfail council on 20 October 2025 and will again on 15 October 2029. It is the third Monday in October every four years, as the Local Authorities Election Act provides. No open copy of the 2025 counts exists, and Elections Canada’s own terms rule out commercial reuse, so 2021 is the last vote shown.
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
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. First elected in 2006, Blaine Calkins is serving the 7th term of a Commons career.
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
In 2021, Red Deer—Mountain View re-elected Earl Dreeshen of the Conservative Party of Canada
Under the 2013 boundaries of the 2019 and 2021 elections, Innisfail sat in Red Deer—Mountain View; the 2025 election put it in Ponoka—Didsbury.
Red Deer—Mountain View elected Earl Dreeshen (Conservative Party of Canada) in 2021: 64% of the vote, a lead of 31,854 over Marie Grabowski (New Democratic Party). In 2019, Earl Dreeshen had won the same riding with 80%. Just 15 of the 338 ridings in Canada saw a bigger lead. Turnout in Red Deer—Mountain View reached 70% in 2021, against 63% nationally.
All 7 candidates in Red Deer—Mountain View, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Dreeshen | Conservative Party of Canada | 40,680 | 64.3% |
| Marie Grabowski | New Democratic Party | 8,826 | 13.9% |
| Kelly Lorencz | People's Party of Canada | 7,581 | 12.0% |
| Olumide Adewumi | Liberal Party of Canada | 4,084 | 6.5% |
| Mark Wilcox | Maverick Party | 1,640 | 2.6% |
| Clayten Willington | Independent | 298 | 0.5% |
| Jared Pilon | Libertarian Party of Canada | 211 | 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
Innisfail 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.
More goes to water, sewers and waste than to anything else: $859 a resident, 26% of all spending. It employs the equivalent of 65 full-time positions, or 7.4 for each thousand people. At $3,279 for every resident in 2024, Innisfail council sits below the $3,457 median of Alberta’s municipalities. At $580 per resident, Innisfail council’s $5.1M of long-term debt is less than the $745 median. Property taxes and payments in lieu brought in 33% of revenue, against 44% across the province’s returns.
Spending per resident nearby
Every service line, 2024
| Service | 2024 | Per resident | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water, sewers and waste | $7.5M | $859 | 26% |
| Recreation and culture | $5M | $570 | 17% |
| Roads and transit | $4.7M | $543 | 17% |
| Planning and development | $4.4M | $505 | 15% |
| Police, fire and protection | $3.5M | $405 | 12% |
| General government | $3M | $344 | 11% |
| Social services and child care | $444K | $51 | 2% |
| Other | $17K | $2 | 0% |
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 Innisfail 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
- Not on this page. No party tally for the council, which the open lists don’t record, and no band councils.
- Which riding. Where residents of the 2021 Census live decides the riding; any riding with 5% of them or more is named.
- 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.
- Election results. Where the page says “today’s boundaries”, it means Elections Canada’s estimate of the 2021 vote on the 2023 ridings; every other count is official and on the 2013 map.
- Council money. Alberta’s 2024 municipal financial returns, per resident with Statistics Canada’s 2025 population estimate.
Questions about how Innisfail is run
Who is the MP for Innisfail?
For Innisfail, it’s Blaine Calkins (Conservative Party of Canada), who holds Ponoka—Didsbury.
Which party won Innisfail in the 2021 federal election?
The Conservative Party of Canada, with Earl Dreeshen in Red Deer—Mountain View; since 2025 Blaine Calkins represents Ponoka—Didsbury.
Who is the MLA for Innisfail?
This page can’t say which riding Innisfail is in; the Legislative Assembly of Alberta lists every MLA with theirs.
Who heads the council in Innisfail?
Innisfail is a town; its own website or the province’s municipal directory names the head of council.
How much does Innisfail council spend?
In 2024, Innisfail council spent $28.6M in all, for some 8,736 residents, of which $7.5M went on water, sewers and waste, the biggest line.
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).