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Mark Smith
Mark Smith
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Drayton Valley-Devon
	In office; May 5, 2015 – May 29, 2023
Preceded by	Diana McQueen
Succeeded by	Andrew Boitchenko
Personal details
Born	1960 (age 64–65); Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
Political party	United Conservative
Other political; affiliations	Wildrose (2015–2017)
Residence(s)	Drayton Valley, Alberta
Occupation	Teacher

Mark Smith (born 1960) is a Canadian politician. He was elected in the 2015 Alberta general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the electoral district of Drayton Valley-Devon.^[1]

Prior to the 2019 Alberta general election, Smith came under fire for apparent homophobic comments made in a 2013 sermon.^{[citation needed]}

Smith stood down at the 2023 Alberta general election. His seat was retained by Andrew Boitchenko of the UCP.^[2]

Electoral history

v t e 2019 Alberta general election: Drayton Valley-Devon
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Conservative	Mark Smith	18,092	71.12	+6.08†
	New Democratic	Kieran Quirke	4,233	16.64	-13.25
	Alberta Party	Gail Upton	1,634	6.42	+4.13
	Freedom Conservative	Steve Goodman	624	2.45	–
	Alberta Advantage	Mark Gregor	298	1.17	–
	Alberta Independence	Les Marks	233	0.92	–
	Liberal	Ronald Brochu	217	0.85	-0.48
	Independent	Carol Nordlund-Kinsey	106	0.42	–
Total			25,437	99.14	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			220	0.86	–
Turnout			25,657	74.25
Eligible voters			34,554
	United Conservative notional hold		Swing		+9.66
Source(s) Source: "2019 Election Results - 58 - Drayton Valley-Devon". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved 7 June 2020. †From combined Wildrose and Progressive Conservative redistributed results in the 2015 general election

v t e 2015 Alberta general election: Drayton Valley-Devon
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Wildrose	Mark Smith	6,284	37.02%	-1.35%
	Progressive Conservative	Diana McQueen	5,182	30.53%	-21.12%
	New Democratic	Katherine Swampy	4,816	28.37%	22.21%
	Alberta Party	Connie Jensen	416	2.45%	–
	Green	Jennifer R Roach	276	1.63%	–
Total			16,974	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			34	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			29,733	57.20%	1.56%
	Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		-3.39%
Source(s) Source: "Elections Alberta 2015 General Election". Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.