Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Sylvan Lake sends Blaine Calkins (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Ponoka—Didsbury
From Alberta come 37 MPs, 33 of them with the Conservative Party of Canada. Sylvan Lake’s riding for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta can’t be shown, because the province’s boundary file is licensed for non-commercial use only. Sylvan Lake is a town by Statistics Canada’s count of municipalities. No open list of councils exists in Alberta, so no mayor of Sylvan Lake is named here.
Three governments, and who does what
Sylvan Lake, 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.
There is no county government over Sylvan Lake; Division No. 8 is a census division, not a council.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Sylvan Lake, from the most recent elections.
- 1Sylvan Lake 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 Sylvan Lake votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Sylvan Lake council | 20 October 2025 | 15 October 2029 |
| Legislative Assembly of Alberta | 29 May 2023 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
The 2025 results are left out because elections.ca’s terms forbid commercial reproduction; the open catalogue’s latest is 2021. Parliament was last elected on 28 April 2025, and the Legislative Assembly of Alberta on 29 May 2023. Voters last chose Sylvan Lake council on 20 October 2025 and will again on 15 October 2029. That date comes from the Local Authorities Election Act, which sets the third Monday in October every four years.
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. Had the 2021 ballots been cast in today’s Ponoka—Didsbury, the Conservative Party of Canada would have led with 68%; Blaine Calkins held it for them 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
Under the 2013 boundaries of the 2019 and 2021 elections, Sylvan Lake sat in Red Deer—Lacombe; the 2025 election put it in Ponoka—Didsbury.
The 2019 result had favoured Blaine Calkins as well, at 80%. Blaine Calkins (Conservative Party of Canada) took Red Deer—Lacombe in 2021 with 64% of the vote, 30,999 votes ahead of Tanya Heyden-Kaye (New Democratic Party). Turnout in Red Deer—Lacombe reached 65% in 2021, against 63% nationally.
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
Sylvan Lake 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.
It employs the equivalent of 146 full-time positions, or 8.2 for each thousand people. At $2,693 for every resident in 2024, Sylvan Lake council sits below the $3,457 median of Alberta’s municipalities. More goes to recreation and culture than to anything else: $698 a resident, 26% of all spending. Property taxes and payments in lieu brought in 35% of revenue, against 44% across the province’s returns. Sylvan Lake council’s borrowing is on the heavy side: $31.4M long term, $1,752 a resident where the median is $745.
Spending per resident nearby
Every service line, 2024
| Service | 2024 | Per resident | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recreation and culture | $12.5M | $698 | 26% |
| Roads and transit | $10.9M | $610 | 23% |
| Water, sewers and waste | $9.8M | $546 | 20% |
| Police, fire and protection | $6.6M | $369 | 14% |
| General government | $4.6M | $257 | 10% |
| Social services and child care | $2.1M | $119 | 4% |
| Planning and development | $1.7M | $94 | 4% |
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 Sylvan Lake 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
- 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.
- Council money. Alberta’s 2024 municipal financial returns, per resident with Statistics Canada’s 2025 population estimate.
- Which riding. Where residents of the 2021 Census live decides the riding; any riding with 5% of them or more is named.
- Not on this page. Party control (most Canadian councils sit without parties, and the open lists record none) and band councils.
- Who holds each seat. Wikidata, edited by volunteers, is the source for each MP, and it can trail a change of seat by a little.
Questions about how Sylvan Lake is run
Who is the MP for Sylvan Lake?
Ponoka—Didsbury’s MP, Blaine Calkins of the Conservative Party of Canada, represents Sylvan Lake.
Which party won Sylvan Lake in the 2021 federal election?
The Conservative Party of Canada: Blaine Calkins won Red Deer—Lacombe in 2021 and is the MP for today’s Ponoka—Didsbury.
Who is the MLA for Sylvan Lake?
Every MLA of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta is on its members page, which is where to find the one for Sylvan Lake.
Who heads the council in Sylvan Lake?
Sylvan Lake is a town; its own website or the province’s municipal directory names the head of council.
How much does Sylvan Lake council spend?
The 2024 return of Sylvan Lake council shows $48.2M of spending for roughly 17,897 residents, $12.5M of it on recreation and culture.
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).