Fort McMurray (electoral district)

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]

Fort McMurray

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1986
District abolished	2003
First contested	1986
Last contested	2001

Boundary history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Fort McMurray

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
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.

Fort McMurray 1985 Boundaries ^[2]
Bordering Districts
North	East	West	South
N/A	Bonnyville	Barrhead, Lesser Slave Lake, Peace River	Redwater-Andrew, St. Paul, Westlock-Sturgeon
Legal description from Electoral Divisions Amendment Act, S.A. 1985, c. 24
"The boundary whereof is as follows: Commencing at the northeast corner of the Province; thence southerly along the east boundary of the Province to the north boundary of township 76; thence westerly along the said north boundary to the east boundary of range 22, west of the 4th meridian; thence northerly along the said east boundary to the south shore of Pelican Lake; thence in a general north-westerly and north-easterly direction along the shore of the westerly portion of the said Pelican Lake to the north boundary of township 78; thence westerly along the said north boundary to the east boundary of range 22, west of the 4th meridian; thence northerly along the east boundary of range 22, west of the 4th meridian to the north boundary of township 84; thence westerly along the said north boundary to the 5th meridian; thence northerly along the said 5th meridian to the north boundary of township 120; thence westerly along the said north boundary to the east boundary of range 10, west of the 5th meridian; thence northerly along the said east boundary to the north boundary of the Province; thence easterly along the said north boundary to the point of commencement."
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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

v t e 1986 Alberta general election: Fort McMurray
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.
Source(s) Source: "Fort McMurray Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1989 general election

v t e 1989 Alberta general election: Fort McMurray
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%
Source(s) Source: "Fort McMurray Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1993 general election

v t e 1993 Alberta general election: Fort McMurray
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%
Source(s) Source: "Fort McMurray Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1997 general election

v t e 1997 Alberta general election: Fort McMurray
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%
Source(s) Source: "Fort McMurray Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2001 general election

v t e 2001 Alberta general election: Fort McMurray
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	99.68	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			29	0.32	–
Turnout			9,200	38.06
Eligible electors			24,170
	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.

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

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

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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