Fort McMurray (electoral district)

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Fort McMurray
Flag of Alberta.svg Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1986
District abolished2003
First contested 1986
Last contested 2001

Fort McMurray 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 1986 to 2004. [1]

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Boundary history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Fort McMurray
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See Lac La Biche-McMurray 1971-1986
21st 1986–1989 Norm Weiss Progressive
Conservative
22nd 1989–1993
23rd 1993–1997 Adam Germain Liberal
24th 1997–2001 Guy Boutilier Progressive
Conservative
25th 2001–2004
See Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo 2004-present

The district was created for the 1986 election out of most of Lac La Biche-McMurray. Prior to the 1993 Alberta general election, the riding was re-defined as consisting of the city of Fort McMurray. Its boundaries remained unchanged even after Fort McMurray was folded into the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in 1995.

The riding was abolished in 2004, when it was merged with a portion of Athabasca-Wabasca to form Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo.

Representation history

The riding's first MLA was Norm Weiss, who had already served two terms in the abolished Lac La Biche-McMurray district for the Progressive Conservatives. He retired after serving two more terms.

The open seat was picked up by Liberal candidate Adam Germain in 1993, coinciding with an increase in voter turnout. After serving one term, he decided to run in federal politics, leaving the seat open again.

The riding returned to the Progressive Conservatives in 1997, with candidate Guy Boutilier decisively defeating his Liberal challenger. He was re-elected with a much larger majority in 2001. When the riding was abolished at the end of his second term, he would continue on as MLA for the new riding of Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo.

Election results

1986

1986 Alberta general election : Fort McMurray
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Norm Weiss 4,15248.54%–
New Democratic Ann Dort MacLean3,39139.65%–
Liberal Shane Davis1,01011.81%–
Total8,553––
Rejected, spoiled and declined9––
Eligible electors / turnout22,46738.11%–
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Fort McMurray Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989

1989 Alberta general election : Fort McMurray
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Norm Weiss 4,24549.41%0.87%
New Democratic Ann Dort-MacLean2,74031.89%-7.75%
Liberal James Carbery1,60618.69%6.89%
Total8,591––
Rejected, spoiled and declined19––
Eligible electors / turnout20,38542.24%–
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 4.31%
Source(s)
Source: "Fort McMurray Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1993

1993 Alberta general election : Fort McMurray
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Adam Germain 4,26142.42%23.73%
Progressive Conservative Connie MacRae2,73827.26%-22.15%
Independent Wendell MacEachern1,56315.56%–
New Democratic Ann Dort-MacLean1,48314.76%-17.13%
Total10,045––
Rejected, spoiled, and declined15––
Eligible electors / turnout20,58348.88%–
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing -1.18%
Source(s)
Source: "Fort McMurray Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1997

1997 Alberta general election : Fort McMurray
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Guy C. Boutilier 5,42055.83%28.57%
Liberal John Vyboh4,00841.29%-1.13%
New Democratic Rodney McCallum2802.88%-11.88%
Total9,708––
Rejected, spoiled and declined34––
Eligible electors / turnout21,28945.76%–
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing -0.31%
Source(s)
Source: "Fort McMurray Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2001

2001 Alberta general election : Fort McMurray
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Guy C. Boutilier 5,91464.498.66%
Liberal John S. Vyboh1,75919.18-22.11%
New Democratic Lyn Gorman1,49816.3313.45%
Total9,17199.68–
Rejected, spoiled and declined290.32–
Turnout9,20038.06
Eligible electors24,170
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 15.38%
Source(s)
Source: "Fort McMurray Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. "The Report of the Chief Electoral Office on the 2000 Provincial Confirmation Process and Monday, March 12, 2001 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-fifth Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved December 27, 2021.

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References

  1. ↑ "Election results for Fort McMurray". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  2. ↑ Electoral Divisions Amendment Act , S.A. 1985, c. 24

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