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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox Canada electoral district Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.

The district had in recent years been favourable to the election of Progressive Conservative candidates, a trend broken when Tany Yao won it for the Wildrose. Yao joined the United Conservative Party when the Wildrose merged with the PCs.

Geography

Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo is a largely rural riding in the northeast corner of Alberta. Municipally, the riding consists of the northern part of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo and almost all of Improvement District No. 24. The riding is home to the bulk of industrial activity relating to the Athabasca oil sands.

The major urban centre in the region, Fort McMurray, is split between this riding and Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche, with the northern neighbourhood of Timberlea falling within the boundaries of Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo. Other communities in the riding include the hamlets of Fort Chipewyan, Fort Fitzgerald, and Fort McKay.

Three First Nation band governments are based in Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo: Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Fort McKay First Nation, and Mikisew Cree First Nation. Smith's Landing First Nation is based outside of the riding but has several reserves within its boundaries. All of these bands are signatories of Treaty 8.

In addition to Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche to the south, Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo also borders the riding of Lesser Slave Lake to the southwest, the riding of Peace River to the west, the Northwest Territories to the north, and the province of Saskatchewan to the east.

History

The electoral district was created in the 2004 electoral boundary re-distribution by merging the electoral district of Fort McMurray with a portion of Athabasca-Wabasca residing in the Municipal district of Wood Buffalo.[1]

The decade that went by since the district was created saw significant population growth due to exploration and development of the oil sands. The 2010 electoral boundary re-distribution resulted in the splitting of the district in two along north south lines creating Fort McMurray-Conklin in the eastern half.[2]

Boundary history

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo
Assembly Years Member Party
See Athabasca-Wabasca 1993–2004, Fort McMurray, 1986–2004
and Lesser Slave Lake 1971–2004
26th 2004–2008 rowspan=2 Шаблон:Canadian party colour| Guy Boutilier Progressive Conservative
27th 2008–2009
2009–2010 rowspan=2 Шаблон:Canadian party colour| Independent
2010 Independent Wildrose Alliance
2010–2011 rowspan=2 Шаблон:Canadian party colour| Wildrose Alliance
2011–2012 Wildrose
28th 2012–2013 rowspan=1 Шаблон:Canadian party colour| Mike Allen Progressive Conservative
2013–2014 rowspan=1 Шаблон:Canadian party colour| Independent
2014–2015 rowspan=1 Шаблон:Canadian party colour| Progressive Conservative
29th 2015–2017 Шаблон:Canadian party colour| Tany Yao Wildrose
2017–2019 rowspan=3 Шаблон:Canadian party colour| United Conservative
30th 2019–2023
31st 2023–

The electoral district was created in the 2003 boundary redistribution. The first election held that year saw Fort McMurray incumbent Progressive Conservative MLA Guy Boutilier win the new seat with a landslide over four other candidates to pick it up for his party.

Boutilier was appointed as Minister of Environment by Premier Ralph Klein in 2004. In 2006 he was shuffled to Minister of International Relations. He ran for a second term as a cabinet minister in the 2008 general election. That election saw him win another big majority.

On July 18, 2009 Boutilier was ejected from caucus by Premier Ed Stelmach after speaking out against the government over a broken promise to put a seniors care facility in Fort McMurray.[5] He sat as an Independent until joining the Wildrose Alliance caucus as an Independent member on June 24, 2010. On October 25, 2010 he became a full member of the caucus.[6]

However, Boutilier was defeated in 2012 by PC Mike Allen. Allen was also ejected from PC caucus in 2013 after being caught in a prostitution sting while on an official trip to Minnesota, but was readmitted to caucus in 2014.[7]

In the 2015 election, Allen was defeated by Wildrose candidate Tany Yao. When the Wildrose and PC parties merged in 2017, Yao joined the new United Conservative Party along with the rest of the Wildrose caucus.

Yao running as a member of the United Conservative Party would once again defeat NDP candidate Stephen Drover in the 2019 general election by a healthy margin of 7,140 votes.

Legislative election results

2004

Шаблон:2004 Alberta general election/Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo

2008

Шаблон:2008 Alberta general election/Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo

2012

Шаблон:2012 Alberta general election/Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo

2015

Шаблон:2015 Alberta general election/Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo

2019

Шаблон:2019 Alberta general election/Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo

2023

Шаблон:2023 Alberta general election/Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo

Senate nominee election results

2004

2004 Senate nominee election results: Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo[8] Turnout 26.45%
Affiliation Candidate Votes % votes % ballots Rank

Шаблон:CANelec Шаблон:CANelec Шаблон:CANelec Шаблон:CANelec Шаблон:Canadian party colour

Independent Link Byfield 1,509 9.36% 29.61% 4

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Michael Roth 1,338 8.30% 26.25% 7

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Independent Tom Sindlinger 1,233 7.64% 24.19% 9

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Gary Horan 1,177 7.30% 23.09% 10

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Vance Gough 1,176 7.28% 23.07% 8
Total votes 16,131 100%
Total ballots 5,097 3.17 votes per ballot
Rejected, spoiled and declined 1,839

Voters had the option of selecting four candidates on the ballot

2012

Student vote results

2004

Participating schools[9]
Beacon Hill School
Dr. K.A. Clark School
Father Mercredi Catholic High School
Fort McMurray Christian School
Fort McMurray Composite High School
Timberlea Public School

On November 19, 2004 a student vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.

2004 Alberta student vote results[10]
Affiliation Candidate Votes %

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NDP Dave Malka 224 21.35%

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Independent Reginald Normore 199 18.97%

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Liberal Russell Collicott 163 15.54%

Шаблон:CANelec

Total 1,049 100%
Rejected, spoiled and declined 40

2012

2012 Alberta student vote results
Affiliation Candidate Votes %

Шаблон:CANelec Шаблон:CANelec Шаблон:Canadian party colour

Liberal Amy McBain %

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NDP Denise Woollard %
Total 100%

See also

References

Шаблон:Reflist

External links

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