Fort McMurray-Conklin 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 2012 to 2019.
History The electoral district was created in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution. It was created from the electoral district of Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo which was split in half to accommodate population growth which has occurred in the region over the past decade due to exploitation and development of the oil sands.
Representation history Assembly Years Member PartySee Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo 2004-2012 28th2012–2015 Don Scott 29th2015–2017 Brian Jean2017–2018United Conservative2018–2019Laila GoodridgeRiding abolished into Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche, Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo and Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul The riding's first representative was Progressive Conservative Don Scott, who served one term until defeated by Wildrose leader Brian Jean. Jean subsequently changed his affiliation to United Conservative when the two parties merged. After an unsuccessful run for the party's leadership, he decided to retire from politics, vacating the seat in early 2018. The resulting by-election was won easily by Jean's former staffer and previous Grande Prairie-Wapiti candidate Laila Goodridge for the United Conservatives.
Boundary history The district's boundaries were not altered during its brief existence. In the redistribution of 2017, the riding was abolished and will be replaced with Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche for the 2019 Alberta general election.
58 Fort McMurray-Conklin 2010 boundariesBordering districtsNorthEastWestSouthNorthwest Territories boundarySaskatchewan boundaryFort McMurray-Wood Buffalo and Lesser Slave LakeLac La Biche-St. Paul-Two HillsNote: Boundary descriptions were not used in the 2010 redistribution
Election results
Graphical summary
+2012 general election 7.9% 3.0% 49.0% 40.1% +2015 general election 30.8% 3.0% 22.3% 43.9% +2018 by-election 28.6% 67.0%
2012
2015
2018 by-election
See also List of Alberta provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts Fort McMurray, an urban service area in the riding Conklin, a hamlet in the riding
References
Further reading
External links Elections Alberta The Legislative Assembly of Alberta