Fort McMurray (provincial electoral district)
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 Alberta electoral district | |
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| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1986 |
| District abolished | 2003 |
| 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]
Boundary history[]
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
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| 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 Lac La Biche-McMurray, consisting of the city of Fort McMurray. Its boundaries remained unchanged until it was replaced by the much larger Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo in 2004.
| showFort McMurray 1985 Boundaries [2] |
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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 general election[]
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Norm Weiss | 4,152 | 48.54% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Ann Dort MacLean | 3,391 | 39.65% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Shane Davis | 1,010 | 11.81% | – | ||||
| Total | 8,553 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 9 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 22,467 | 38.11% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
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1989 general election[]
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Norm Weiss | 4,245 | 49.41% | 0.87% | ||||
| New Democratic | Ann Dort-MacLean | 2,740 | 31.89% | -7.75% | ||||
| Liberal | James Carbery | 1,606 | 18.69% | 6.89% | ||||
| Total | 8,591 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 19 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 20,385 | 42.24% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 4.31% | ||||||
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1993 general election[]
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Adam Germain | 4,261 | 42.42% | 23.73% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Connie MacRae | 2,738 | 27.26% | -22.15% | ||||
| Independent | Wendell MacEachern | 1,563 | 15.56% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Ann Dort-MacLean | 1,483 | 14.76% | -17.13% | ||||
| Total | 10,045 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 15 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 20,583 | 48.88% | – | |||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | -1.18% | ||||||
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1997 general election[]
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Guy C. Boutilier | 5,420 | 55.83% | 28.57% | ||||
| Liberal | John Vyboh | 4,008 | 41.29% | -1.13% | ||||
| New Democratic | Rodney McCallum | 280 | 2.88% | -11.88% | ||||
| Total | 9,708 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 34 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 21,289 | 45.76% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | -0.31% | ||||||
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2001 general election[]
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Guy C. Boutilier | 5,914 | 64.49% | 8.66% | ||||
| Liberal | John S. Vyboh | 1,759 | 19.18% | -22.11% | ||||
| New Democratic | Lyn Gorman | 1,498 | 16.33% | 13.45% | ||||
| Total | 9,171 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 18 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / Turnout | 24,170 | 38.02% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 15.38% | ||||||
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See also[]
- Alberta provincial electoral districts
- Fort McMurray, Alberta an urban service area in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in Alberta, Canada..
References[]
- ^ "Election results for Fort McMurray". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on 8 December 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ Electoral Divisions Amendment Act, S.A. 1985, c. 24
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 25 May 2020.
External links[]
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