Fort McMurray-Conklin
 Alberta electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 2010 boundaries | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
| MLA |
United Conservative | ||
| District created | 2010 | ||
| 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 is a provincial electoral district in northern Alberta, Canada. The district was created in the 2010 boundary redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post voting system.
History
The 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
| 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 | |||
| See Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche 2019- | ||||
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. The resulting by-election was won easily by Jean's former staffer and previous Grande Prairie-Wapiti candidate Laila Goodridge for the United Conservatives.
Boundary history
The 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 next general election.
| 58 Fort McMurray-Conklin 2010 Boundaries[2] | |||
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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
Graphical summary
| 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 |
2018 by-election
| 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
2015 general election
| 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 2021-12-27. | ||||||||
2012 general election
| 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 2021-12-27. | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta" (PDF). Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission. June 2010. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
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