Blaine Calkins
Blaine Calkins | |
|---|---|
| Chief Opposition Whip | |
| In office February 4, 2022 – September 13, 2022 | |
| Leader | Candice Bergen Pierre Poilievre |
| Preceded by | Blake Richards |
| Succeeded by | Kerry-Lynne Findlay |
| Member of Parliament for Ponoka—Didsbury Red Deer—Lacombe (2015-2025) Wetaskiwin (2006–2015) | |
| Assumed office January 23, 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Dale Johnston |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 25, 1968 Lacombe, Alberta |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Barbara Calkins |
| Residence | Lacombe, Alberta |
| Profession | computer technician, park ranger, college instructor |
Blaine F. Calkins MP (born December 25, 1968) is a Conservative member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada. He is the current member of Parliament for Ponoka—Didsbury in Alberta, having previously represented the riding of Red Deer—Lacombe from 2015-2025, and Wetaskiwin, from 2006-2015.
He was elected to Parliament for Wetaskiwin in 2006. The riding was abolished in 2015, and Calkins successfully ran in Red Deer—Lacombe, essentially the southern part of his old riding (including its largest city, Lacombe) combined with the northern half of the old Red Deer riding. The riding of Red Deer—Lacombe was itself abolished in 2025 and Calkins successfully ran in the new riding of Ponoka-Didsbury, encompassing much of the previous riding, without the city of Red Deer, but adding a multitude of new rural communities, including the towns of Olds and Didsbury, south of the existing riding.