Fort McMurray-Conklin was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using first-past-the-post balloting from 2012 to 2019.
 Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
 2010 boundaries | |
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 2010 |
| District abolished | 2019 |
| First contested | 2012 |
| Last contested | 2015 |
| Demographics | |
| Census division(s) | Division No. 12, Division No. 16 |
| Census subdivision(s) | Allison Bay 219, Chipewyan 201A, Dog Head 218, Fort Mackay, Gregoire Lake 176, Gregoire Lake 176A, Improvement District No. 349, Janvier 194, Lac la Biche County, Old Fort 217, Thabacha Náre 196A, Thebathi 196, Wood Buffalo |
History
editThe electoral district was created in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution. It was created from the electoral district of Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo which was split in half to accommodate population growth which has occurred in the region over the past decade due to exploitation and development of the oil sands.[1]
Representation history
edit| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| See Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo 2004-2012 | ||||
| 28th | 2012–2015 | Don Scott | Progressive Conservative | |
| 29th | 2015–2017 | Brian Jean | Wildrose | |
| 2017–2018 | United Conservative | |||
| 2018–2019 | Laila Goodridge | |||
| Riding abolished into Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche, Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo and Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul | ||||
The riding's first representative was Progressive Conservative Don Scott, who served one term until defeated by Wildrose leader Brian Jean. Jean subsequently changed his affiliation to United Conservative when the two parties merged. After an unsuccessful run for the party's leadership, he decided to retire from politics, vacating the seat in early 2018.[2] The resulting by-election was won easily by Jean's former staffer and previous Grande Prairie-Wapiti candidate Laila Goodridge for the United Conservatives.[3]
Boundary history
editThe district's boundaries were not altered during its brief existence. In the redistribution of 2017, the riding was abolished and will be replaced with Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche for the 2019 Alberta general election.[4]
| 58 Fort McMurray-Conklin 2010 boundaries[5] | |||
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| Bordering districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Northwest Territories boundary | Saskatchewan boundary | Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo and Lesser Slave Lake | Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills |
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| Note: Boundary descriptions were not used in the 2010 redistribution | |||
Election results
editGraphical summary
edit| 7.9% | 3.0% | 49.0% | 40.1% |
| NDP | Lib | Progressive Conservative | Wildrose |
| 30.8% | 3.0% | 22.3% | 43.9% |
| NDP | Lib | Progressive Conservative | Wildrose |
| 28.6% | 67.0% | |||
| NDP | A | United Conservative |
2012
edit| 2012 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Don Scott | 2,588 | 48.95 | |||||
| Wildrose | Doug Faulkner | 2,123 | 40.16 | |||||
| New Democratic | Paul Pomerleau | 419 | 7.93 | |||||
| Liberal | Ted Remenda | 157 | 2.97 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 5,287 | 99.17 | ||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 44 | 0.83 | ||||||
| Turnout | 5,331 | 36.30 | ||||||
| Eligible electors | 14,686 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Election Results - Fort McMurray-Conklin". officialresults.elections.ab.ca/. Retrieved December 27, 2021. | ||||||||
2015
edit| 2015 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Wildrose | Brian Jean | 2,950 | 43.85 | +3.70 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ariana Mancini | 2,071 | 30.79 | +22.86 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Don Scott | 1,502 | 22.33 | −26.62 | ||||
| Liberal | Melinda Hollis | 204 | 3.03 | +0.06 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,727 | 99.10 | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 61 | 0.90 | +0.07 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,788 | 44.45 | +8.15 | |||||
| Eligible electors | 15,272 | |||||||
| Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +15.16 | ||||||
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Election Results - Fort McMurray-Conklin". Retrieved December 27, 2021. | ||||||||
2018 by-election
edit| Alberta provincial by-election, July 12, 2018 Upon the resignation of Brian Jean on March 5, 2018 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Laila Goodridge | 2,689 | 67.02 | +0.84 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jane Stroud | 1,149 | 28.64 | -2.15 | ||||
| Alberta Party | Sid Fayed | 103 | 2.57 | – | ||||
| Liberal | Robin Le Fevre | 42 | 1.05 | -1.99 | ||||
| Green | Brian Deheer | 29 | 0.72 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,012 | 99.50 | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 20 | 0.50 | -0.40 | |||||
| Turnout | 4,032 | 32.59 | -11.85 | |||||
| Eligible electors | 12,370 | |||||||
| United Conservative notional hold | Swing | +1.50 | ||||||
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Election results". Retrieved December 27, 2021. | ||||||||
^ UCP change is compared to combined Wildrose and Progressive Conservative
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (June 2010). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ Franson, Jason (March 5, 2018). "Former Wildrose leader Brian Jean resigns from Alberta legislature". The Globe and Mail. Fort McMurray, Alberta. The Canadian Press. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ McDermott, Vincent (July 13, 2018). "United Conservatives win Alberta byelections". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
- ^ Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (October 2017). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta". Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
- ^ "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010.
Further reading
edit- Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005. The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved May 25, 2020.