 Brownlee biographer Franklin Foster speculates that the selection of a female candidate to run against the so-called "sober faced seducer" was a deliberate strategic decision by Aberhart, and noted further that "aside from Aberhart himself, [Social Credit] could not have fielded a stronger candidate" in Ponoka.Rogers won the riding with 2,295 votes, more than 1,400 ahead of Brownlee.In fact, the UFA lost every seat it contested, and Social Credit candidates won 56 of Alberta's 63 seats.