Fort McMurray-Conklin

Fort McMurray-Conklin

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

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.

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
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

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 2019 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 and Lesser Slave Lake	Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills
Note: Boundary descriptions were not used in the 2010 redistribution

Election results

Graphical summary

2012 general election

7.9%	3.0%	49.0%	40.1%
NDP	Lib	Progressive Conservative	Wildrose

2015 general election

30.8%	3.0%	22.3%	43.9%
NDP	Lib	Progressive Conservative	Wildrose

2018 by-election

	28.6%			67.0%
	NDP		A	United Conservative

2012

v t e 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

v t e 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

v t e 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

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Fort McMurray, Alberta, an urban service area in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in Alberta, Canada
• Conklin, Alberta, a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo

References

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. McDermott, Vincent (July 13, 2018). "United Conservatives win Alberta byelections". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
4. 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.
5. "Bill 28 Electoral Divisions Act" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2010.

Further reading

• 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.

External links

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta

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