Ponoka County is a
municipal district
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in
Alberta
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, Canada. It covers and it claims to "embody the essence of rural Alberta".
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History
Ponoka County was founded on January 1, 1952. The county's first public officials were Mr. Bruce Ramsey, who directed municipal
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affairs, Mr. Peter McDonald as secretary
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-treasurer
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Government
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, and Mr. L.G. Saunders was head of the school
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system. The town gets its name from the Blackfoot word for Elk.
Geography
Communities and localities
The following
urban municipalities are surrounded by Ponoka County.
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Cities
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*none
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Towns
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Ponoka
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Rimbey
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;
Villages
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;
Summer villages
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Parkland Beach
The following
hamlets
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are located within Ponoka County.
[
;]Hamlets
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* Bluffton
* Hoadley
* Leedale
*Maskwacis
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(formerly Hobbema)
The following localities
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are located within Ponoka County.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population
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conducted by Statistics Canada
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, Ponoka County had a population of 9,998 living in 3,689 of its 4,255 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 9,806. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Government
The chief administrative officer (CAO) of Ponoka County is Charlie Cutforth.[ The five members of council, Nancy Hartford, Bryce Liddle, Mark Matejka, Paul McLauchlin, and Doug Weir, were elected October 21, 2013.][ Councillor Paul McLauchlin, from electoral division 4, was selected the reeve in a 2013 organizational meeting.]
See also
*List of communities in Alberta
The province of Alberta, Canada, is divided into ten types of Local government in Canada, local governments – urban municipalities (including List of cities in Alberta, cities, List of towns in Alberta, towns, List of villages in Alberta, vil ...
*List of municipal districts in Alberta
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References
External links
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Municipal districts in Alberta