Fort McMurray—Athabasca

Fort McMurray—Athabasca (formerly Athabasca) was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 2015. It was a predominantly rural riding in northeastern Alberta, representing the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, the Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17, the Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124, Big Lakes County, Lac La Biche County, Athabasca County and the southeastern part of Northern Sunrise County.

LegislatureHouse of Commons

District created1966

District abolished2013

First contested1968

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Fort McMurray—Athabasca
Alberta electoral district
Fort McMurray—Athabasca in relation to the other Alberta federal electoral districts (2003 map)
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1966
District abolished	2013
First contested	1968
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)^[1]	115,372
Electors (2011)	71,621
Area (km²)^[1]	176,648.51
Census division(s)	Division No. 12, Division No. 13, Division No. 16, Division No. 17
Census subdivision(s)	Allison Bay 219, Athabasca, Athabasca County, Beaver Lake 131, Big Lakes, Bondiss, Boyle, Charles Lake 225, Chipewyan 201A, Desmarais, Dog Head 218, Drift Pile River 150, Fort McKay, Fort McKay 174, Gregoire Lake 176, Gregoire Lake 176A, Heart Lake 167, High Prairie, Improvement District No. 24 Wood Buffalo, Island Lake, Island Lake South, Janvier 194, Jean Baptiste Gambler 183, Kapawe'no First Nation (Freeman 150B), Kapawe'no First Nation (Grouard 230), Kapawe'no First Nation (Halcro 150C), Kapawe'no First Nation (Pakashan 150D), Lac La Biche County, Lesser Slave River No. 124, Loon Lake 235, Mewatha Beach, Namur Lake 174B, Namur River 174A, Northern Sunrise County, Opportunity No. 17, Sawridge 150G, Sawridge 150H, Slave Lake, South Baptiste, Sucker Creek 150A, Sunset Beach, Swan River 150E, Thabacha Náre 196A, Thebathi 196, Utikoomak Lake 155, Utikoomak Lake 155A, Wabasca 166, Wabasca 166A, Wabasca 166B, Wabasca 166C, Wabasca 166D, West Baptiste, Whispering Hills, Wood Buffalo, Woodlands County

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Demographics

According to the 2011 Canadian census

Ethnic groups: 65.8% White, 22.1% Aboriginal, 3.8% South Asian, 2.5% Filipino, 1.9% Black, 1.2% Arab
Languages: 80.7% English, 4.9% Cree, 3.1% French, 1.6% Tagalog
Religions: 67.3% Christian (33.4% Catholic, 7.3% Anglican, 5.0% United Church, 3.8% Pentecostal, 1.5% Lutheran, 1.4% Baptist, 1.3% Christian Orthodox, 13.6% Other Christian), 3.4% Muslim, 1.5% Hindu, 26.2% No religion
Median income (2010): $47,348

History

It was created as "Athabasca" riding in 1966 from Athabaska and Peace River ridings. In 2004, it was renamed "Fort McMurray—Athabasca".

Following the Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012, this riding was abolished. 69% was redistributed into the new riding of Fort McMurray—Cold Lake, 19% to Peace River—Westlock (notably the towns of Slave Lake and High Prairie among others) and 11% to Lakeland.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

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Parliament	Years		Party
Athabasca Riding created from Athabaska and Peace River
28th	1968–1972	Paul Yewchuk	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984	Jack Shields
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997	David Chatters	Reform
36th	1997–2000		Reform
36th	2000–2000		Alliance
37th	2000–2003		Alliance
37th	2003–2004		Conservative
38th	2004–2006	Brian Jean	Conservative
Riding renamed — Fort McMurray—Athabasca
39th	2006–2008	Brian Jean	Conservative
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2014
41st	2014–2015	David Yurdiga
Riding dissolved into Fort McMurray—Cold Lake, Peace River—Westlock and Lakeland

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Election results

Fort McMurray—Athabasca, 2004–2015

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Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	David Yurdiga	5,991	46.71	–25.13	$103,194.65
	Liberal	Kyle Harrietha	4,529	35.31	+24.89	$103,287.86
	New Democratic	Lori McDaniel	1,472	11.48	–1.77	$20,146.42
	Green	Brian Deheer	453	3.53	–0.96	$1,189.37
	Libertarian	Tim Moen	381	2.97	–	$3,078.39
Total valid votes			12,826	99.74
Total rejected ballots			34	0.26	–0.20
Turnout			12,860	14.67	–25.63
Eligible voters			87,647
	Conservative hold		Swing		–25.01
Source: Elections Canada^[2]^[3]

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2011

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2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brian Jean	21,988	71.84	+4.73	$72,753.11
	New Democratic	Berend J. Wilting	4,053	13.24	+0.34	$6.00
	Liberal	Karen Young	3,190	10.42	–0.18	$20,699.54
	Green	Jule Asterisk	1,374	4.49	–1.88	$2,733.94
Total valid votes/expense limit			30,605	99.53	–	$107,021.13
Total rejected ballots			144	0.47	+0.13
Turnout			30,749	40.30	+4.48
Eligible voters			76,298
	Conservative hold		Swing		+2.53
Source: Elections Canada^[4]^[5]

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2008

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2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brian Jean	17,160	67.12	+2.46	$49,272.11
	New Democratic	Mark Voyageur	3,300	12.91	–1.68	$1,738.86
	Liberal	John Webb	2,710	10.60	–4.18	$2,958.78
	Green	Dylan Richards	1,628	6.37	+1.47	none listed
	Independent	Shawn Reimer	350	1.37	–	$456.01
	First Peoples National	John Malcolm	233	0.91	–0.16	none listed
	Christian Heritage	Jacob Strydhorst	186	0.73	–	$763.10
Total valid votes/expense limit			25,567	99.66	–	$101,822.54
Total rejected ballots			86	0.34	+0.03
Turnout			25,653	35.82	–12.50
Eligible voters			71,621
	Conservative hold		Swing		+0.39
Source: Elections Canada^[6]^[7]

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2006

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2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brian Jean	20,400	64.66	+4.16	$56,273.59
	Liberal	Mel Harrison Buffalo	4,663	14.78	–9.27	$2,333.55
	New Democratic	Roland Lefort	4,602	14.59	+4.02	$19,090.66
	Green	Ian Hopfe	1,547	4.90	–0.28	$8.00
	First Peoples National	John Malcolm	337	1.07	–	$1,571.85
Total valid votes/expense limit			31,549	99.69	–	$92,509.74
Total rejected ballots			97	0.31	–0.06
Turnout			31,646	48.32	+0.47
Eligible voters			65,496
	Conservative notional hold		Swing		N/A
Source: Elections Canada^[8]^[9]

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2004

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2004 Canadian federal election: Athabasca
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brian Jean	17,942	60.30	–6.41	$81,580.13
	Liberal	Doug Faulkner	7,158	24.05	–4.35	$53,930.40
	New Democratic	Robert Cree	3,115	10.47	+7.94	$4,942.54
	Green	Ian Hopfe	1,542	5.18	+4.18	$56.53
Total valid votes/expense limit			29,757	99.63	–	$88,843.54
Total rejected ballots			112	0.37	+0.07
Turnout			29,869	47.85	–8.43
Eligible voters			62,427
	Conservative gain from Alliance		Swing		+27.97
Source: Elections Canada^[10]^[11]^[12]

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2000

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2000 Canadian federal election: Athabasca
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	David Chatters	18,775	54.46	–0.16	$34,623
	Liberal	Harold Cardinal	9,793	28.40	–1.62	$66,236
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Faulkner	4,224	12.25	+3.10	$26,660
	New Democratic	Alysia Erickson	872	2.53	–2.17	–
	Marijuana	Reginald Normore	469	1.36	–	–
	Green	Harvey Alex Scott	345	1.00	–0.51	$194
Total valid votes			34,478	99.70
Total rejected ballots			104	0.30	+0.03
Turnout			34,582	56.28	+6.86
Eligible voters/turnout			61,446
	Alliance notional gain from Reform		Swing		+26.42
Source: Library of Parliament^[13]^[14]

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1997

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1997 Canadian federal election: Athabasca
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	David Chatters	14,673	54.62	+7.55	$48,747
	Liberal	Adam Germain	8,066	30.02	+5.43	$59,100
	Progressive Conservative	Don McGladdery	2,459	9.15	–10.00	$17,026
	New Democratic	Bryan Nelson	1,262	4.70	–2.93	–
	Green	Dave Gregory	405	1.51	+0.55	$1,206
Total valid votes			26,865	99.73
Total rejected ballots			72	0.27	+0.02
Turnout			26,937	49.42	–10.16
Eligible voters/turnout			54,504
	Reform hold		Swing		+6.49
Source: Library of Parliament^[15]^[16]

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1993

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1993 Canadian federal election: Athabasca
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	David Chatters	15,350	47.07	+41.61
	Liberal	Lawrence Courtoreille	8,020	24.59	+12.25
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Shields	6,248	19.16	–33.65
	New Democratic	Ian Thorn	2,489	7.63	–19.65
	Green	Harvey Alex Scott	312	0.96	–
	Natural Law	Roger Shapka	195	0.60	–
Total valid votes			32,614	99.75
Total rejected ballots			81	0.25	+0.05
Turnout			32,695	59.58	–10.23
Eligible voters/turnout			54,875
	Reform gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+26.93
Source: Library of Parliament^[17]^[18]^[19]

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1988

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1988 Canadian federal election: Athabasca
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Shields	17,248	52.81	–15.50
	New Democratic	Ian Thorn	8,911	27.28	+10.20
	Liberal	Dan Meakes	4,031	12.34	+0.32
	Reform	Betty Lebsack	1,781	5.45	–
	Christian Heritage	Simone Middelkoop	585	1.79	–
	Communist	Laurent A. St. Denis	104	0.32	–
Total valid votes			32,660	99.80
Total rejected ballots			66	0.20	–0.09
Turnout			32,726	69.81	+9.50
Eligible voters/turnout			46,880
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		–2.65
Source: Library of Parliament^[20]^[21]^[22]

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1984

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1984 Canadian federal election: Athabasca
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Shields	23,997	68.31	+23.65
	New Democratic	Ann Dort-Maclean	6,001	17.08	+2.90
	Liberal	Mike Woodward	4,222	12.02	–21.00
	Confederation of Regions	Fred W. Borger	578	1.65	–
	Social Credit	Rudolph Michetti	332	0.95	–0.61
Total valid votes			35,130	99.70
Total rejected ballots			104	0.30	–0.09
Turnout			35,234	60.31	+0.46
Eligible voters/turnout			58,422
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+13.28
Source: Library of Parliament^[23]^[24]^[25]

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1980

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1980 Canadian federal election: Athabasca
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Shields	13,287	44.66	–14.00
	Liberal	Chuck Knight	9,822	33.02	+4.22
	New Democratic	Harry W. Daniels	4,218	14.18	+4.01
	Independent	Herman Huizingh	1,960	6.59	–
	Social Credit	Clayton Eberhart	463	1.56	–0.81
Total valid votes			29,750	99.61
Total rejected ballots			116	0.39	+0.04
Turnout			29,866	59.85	+0.70
Eligible voters/turnout			49,899
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		–4.89
Source: Library of Parliament^[26]^[27]^[28]

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1979

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1979 Canadian federal election: Athabasca
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Yewchuk	15,978	58.67	–4.68
	Liberal	Chuck Knight	7,843	28.80	+3.56
	New Democratic	Robert Godbout	2,770	10.17	–1.25
	Social Credit	Clayton Eberhart	645	2.37	–
Total valid votes			27,236	99.65
Total rejected ballots			95	0.35	–0.20
Turnout			27,331	59.15	+2.09
Eligible voters/turnout			46,204
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		–0.56
Source: Library of Parliament^[29]^[30]^[31]

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1974

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1974 Canadian federal election: Athabasca
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Yewchuk	13,157	63.34	+3.10
	Liberal	Yvon Mahé	5,243	25.24	+2.56
	New Democratic	Peter Eugene Opryshko	2,372	11.42	–1.05
Total valid votes			20,772	99.45
Total rejected ballots			115	0.55	–1.35
Turnout			20,887	57.07	–9.51
Eligible voters/turnout			36,601
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+2.83
Source: Library of Parliament^[32]^[33]

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1972

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1972 Canadian federal election: Athabasca
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Yewchuk	12,936	60.24	+13.14
	Liberal	Jim Ducharme	4,871	22.68	–17.89
	New Democratic	Peter Eugene Opryshko	2,677	12.47	+0.15
	Social Credit	Albert Bourcier	989	4.61	–
Total valid votes			21,473	98.10
Total rejected ballots			415	1.90	+0.86
Turnout			21,888	66.58	–1.84
Eligible voters/turnout			32,874
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		–2.38
Source: Library of Parliament^[34]^[35]

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1968

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1968 Canadian federal election: Athabasca
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Yewchuk	8,852	47.10	–6.95
	Liberal	Michael Maccagno	7,626	40.58	+9.54
	New Democratic	Terry Anderson	2,315	12.32	+7.61
Total valid votes			18,793	98.96
Total rejected ballots			197	1.04	+0.42
Turnout			18,990	68.42	–7.36
Eligible voters/turnout			27,755
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+1.29
Source: Library of Parliament^[36]^[37]

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Fort McMurray—Athabasca

Demographics

History

Members of Parliament

Election results

Fort McMurray—Athabasca, 2004–2015

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2008

2006

2004

2000

1997

1993

1988

1984

1980

1979

1974

1972

1968

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