 Albertaelectoral 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 |
Fort McMurray-Conklin was aprovincialelectoral district inAlberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to theLegislative Assembly of Alberta usingfirst-past-the-post balloting from 2012 to 2019.
The electoral district was created in the2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution. It was created from the electoral district ofFort 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 theoil sands.[1]
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SeeFort 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 intoFort McMurray-Lac La Biche,Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo andBonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul | ||||
The riding's first representative wasProgressive ConservativeDon Scott, who served one term until defeated byWildrose leaderBrian Jean. Jean subsequently changed his affiliation toUnited Conservative when the two parties merged. After an unsuccessful run for theparty'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 previousGrande Prairie-Wapiti candidateLaila Goodridge for the United Conservatives.[3]
The district's boundaries were not altered during its brief existence. In the redistribution of 2017, the riding was abolished and will be replaced withFort McMurray-Lac La Biche for the2019 Alberta general election.[4]
| 58 Fort McMurray-Conklin 2010 boundaries[5] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bordering districts | |||
| North | East | West | South |
| Northwest Territories boundary | Saskatchewan boundary | Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo andLesser Slave Lake | Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills |
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| Note: Boundary descriptions were not used in the 2010 redistribution | |||
| 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 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 Conservativepickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s) Elections Alberta."Election Results - Fort McMurray-Conklin".officialresults.elections.ab.ca/. RetrievedDecember 27, 2021. | ||||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| Wildrosegain fromProgressive Conservative | Swing | +15.16 | ||||||
Source(s) Elections Alberta."Election Results - Fort McMurray-Conklin". RetrievedDecember 27, 2021. | ||||||||
| Alberta provincial by-election, July 12, 2018 Upon the resignation ofBrian 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 Conservativenotional hold | Swing | +1.50 | ||||||
Source(s) Elections Alberta."Election results". RetrievedDecember 27, 2021. | ||||||||
^ UCP change is compared to combined Wildrose and Progressive Conservative
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