Athabasca-Wabasca

Athabasca-Wabasca 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 1993 to 2004.^[1]

Athabasca-Wabasca

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1993
District abolished	2003
First contested	1993
Last contested	2001

District history

The riding was created in 1993 when the district of Fort McMurray shrank to encompass the northern Alberta city. Athabasca-Wabasca completely covered the same boundaries except for Fort McMurray. The riding was abolished in the 2004 electoral boundary re-distribution when the district of Fort McMurray merged and formed Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo.^[2] The south part of the riding became part of Athabasca-Redwater.

The riding encompassed most of the extreme north east part of the province.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Athabasca-Wabasca
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
See Fort McMurray electoral district from 1986–1993
23rd	1993–1997		Mike Cardinal	Progressive Conservative
24th	1997–2001
25th	2001–2004
See Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo electoral district from 2004–Present and Athabasca-Redwater electoral district from 2004–2012

Election results

1993

v t e 1993 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Cardinal	4,144	59.99%	–
	Liberal	Simon Waquan	1,921	27.81%	–
	New Democratic	Emil Zachkewich	843	12.20%	–
Total			6,908	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			31	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			11,165	62.15%	–
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s) Source: "Athabasca-Wabasca Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1997

v t e 1997 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Cardinal	3,380	59.00%	-0.99%
	Liberal	Tony Mercredi	1,481	25.85%	-1.96%
	Social Credit	Curtis Gunderson	468	8.17%	–
	New Democratic	Dean Patriquin	300	5.24%	-6.97%
	Greens	Harlan Light	100	1.75%	–
Total			5,729	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			34	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			12,009	47.99%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		0.48%
Source(s) Source: "Athabasca-Wabasca Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2001

v t e 2001 Alberta general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Cardinal	4,238	66.69%	7.69%
	Liberal	Al Wurfel	1,264	19.89%	-5.96%
	New Democratic	Colin Piquette	606	9.54%	4.30%
	Social Credit	David Klassen	153	2.41%	-5.76%
	Greens	Ian Hopfe	94	1.48%	-0.27%
Total			6,355	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			6	–	–
Eligible electors / turnout			12,622	50.40%	–
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		6.83%
Source(s) Source: "Athabasca-Wabasca Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

See also

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts