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Fort McMurray—Cold Lake
Fort McMurray—Cold Lake is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015. It was created in 2012, mostly from the more urbanized portion of Fort McMurray—Athabasca (78%) combined with a portion of Westlock—St. Paul (22%).[3]
| Alberta electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Fort McMurray—Cold Lake in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order. | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Conservative | ||
| District created | 2013 | ||
| First contested | 2015 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011)[1] | 101,538 | ||
| Electors (2019) | 78,157 | ||
| Area (km²)[2] | 147,412 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 0.69 | ||
| Census division(s) | Division No. 12, Division No. 16, Division No. 17 | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Bonnyville No. 87, Cold Lake, Lac La Biche, Opportunity No. 17, Wood Buffalo | ||
The new riding consists of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, the city of Cold Lake, and Lac La Biche County. It also contains CFB Cold Lake and most of the Athabasca oil sands.
Demographics edit
| Panethnic group | 2021[4] | 2016[5] | 2011[6] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |||||||||
| European[a] | 67,020 | 61.34% | 69,860 | 63.9% | 71,100 | 70.03% | ||||||||
| Indigenous | 19,855 | 18.17% | 17,835 | 16.31% | 16,845 | 16.59% | ||||||||
| Southeast Asian[b] | 7,565 | 6.92% | 6,245 | 5.71% | 3,120 | 3.07% | ||||||||
| African | 5,115 | 4.68% | 4,550 | 4.16% | 2,230 | 2.2% | ||||||||
| South Asian | 5,105 | 4.67% | 5,245 | 4.8% | 4,255 | 4.19% | ||||||||
| East Asian[c] | 1,105 | 1.01% | 1,650 | 1.51% | 930 | 0.92% | ||||||||
| Middle Eastern[d] | 1,960 | 1.79% | 2,385 | 2.18% | 1,485 | 1.46% | ||||||||
| Latin American | 780 | 0.71% | 1,025 | 0.94% | 1,140 | 1.12% | ||||||||
| Other/Multiracial[e] | 755 | 0.69% | 540 | 0.49% | 415 | 0.41% | ||||||||
| Total responses | 109,265 | 99.18% | 109,320 | 99.17% | 101,525 | 99.99% | ||||||||
| Total population | 110,163 | 100% | 110,230 | 100% | 101,538 | 100% | ||||||||
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. | ||||||||||||||
Members of Parliament edit
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort McMurray—Cold Lake Riding created from Fort McMurray—Athabasca and Westlock—St. Paul | ||||
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | David Yurdiga | Conservative | |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
| 44th | 2021–present | Laila Goodridge | ||
Election results edit
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Graph of election results in Fort McMurray—Cold Lake (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
| 2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Laila Goodridge | 29,242 | 67.77 | -12.08 | $34,314.94 | |||
| People's | Shawn McDonald | 5,481 | 12.70 | +9.48 | $28,587.96 | |||
| New Democratic | Garnett Robinson | 4,377 | 10.14 | +4.48 | $0.00 | |||
| Liberal | Abdifatah Abdi | 3,060 | 7.09 | -2.42 | $0.00 | |||
| Maverick | Jonathan Meyers | 479 | 1.11 | — | $17,740.22 | |||
| Green | Brian Deheer | 423 | 0.98 | -0.72 | $46.65 | |||
| Veterans Coalition | Hughie Shane Whitmore | 88 | 0.20 | — | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 43,150 | – | – | $136,793.95 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 327 | 0.75 | +0.25 | |||||
| Turnout | 43,477 | 56.5 | -9.1 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 76,916 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -7.6 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7][8] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | David Yurdiga | 40,706 | 79.85 | $64,900.43 | ||||
| Liberal | Maggie Farrington | 4,848 | 9.51 | $40,627.13 | ||||
| New Democratic | Matt Gilks | 2,883 | 5.66 | none listed | ||||
| People's | Matthew Barrett | 1,674 | 3.28 | - | none listed | |||
| Green | Brian Deheer | 865 | 1.70 | $0.00 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 50,976 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 258 | |||||||
| Turnout | 51,234 | 65.6 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 78,157 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +19.10 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[9][10] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | David Yurdiga | 28,625 | 60.56 | -11.95 | $81,523.68 | |||
| Liberal | Kyle Harrietha | 13,403 | 28.36 | +17.57 | $77,417.78 | |||
| New Democratic | Melody Lepine | 3,663 | 7.75 | -5.38 | $18,491.32 | |||
| Green | Brian Deheer | 743 | 1.57 | -2.00 | $7.50 | |||
| Libertarian | Scott Berry | 552 | 1.17 | – | $715.09 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Roelof Janssen | 280 | 0.59 | – | $9,136.23 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 47,266 | 100.00 | $260,378.41 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 158 | 0.33 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 47,424 | 62.24 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 76,190 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -14.76 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[11][12] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[13] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 18,601 | 72.51 | |
| New Democratic | 3,367 | 13.13 | |
| Liberal | 2,768 | 10.79 | |
| Green | 916 | 3.57 | |
Notes edit
- ^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.
References edit
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
- ^ Report – Alberta
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
- ^ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Fort McMurray—Cold Lake (Validated results)". Elections Canada. October 26, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections