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.

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

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:

Parliament	Years	Member		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
	2000–2000			Alliance
37th	2000–2003
	2003–2004			Conservative
38th	2004–2006		Brian Jean
Riding renamed — Fort McMurray—Athabasca
39th	2006–2008		Brian Jean	Conservative
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2014
	2014–2015		David Yurdiga
Riding dissolved into Fort McMurray—Cold Lake, Peace River—Westlock and Lakeland

Election results

Fort McMurray—Athabasca, 2004–2015

v t e Canadian federal by-election, June 30, 2014 Resignation of Brian Jean
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Yurdiga	5,991	46.71	−25.13
	Liberal	Kyle Harrietha	4,529	35.31	+24.89
	New Democratic	Lori McDaniel	1,472	11.48	−1.77
	Green	Brian Deheer	453	3.53	−0.96
	Libertarian	Tim Moen	381	2.97	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			12,826	100.0	–
Total rejected ballots			34	0.26	–
Turnout			12,860	15.37	−25.38
Eligible voters			83,647
	Conservative hold		Swing		−25.01
Source: Elections Canada[2]

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brian Jean	21,988	71.84	+4.73	$68,113
	New Democratic	Berend Wilting	4,053	13.24	+0.34	$24
	Liberal	Karen Young	3,190	10.42	-0.18	$20,825
	Green	Jule Asterisk	1,374	4.49	-1.88	$2,734
Total valid votes/Expense limit			30,605	100.00
Total rejected ballots			144	0.47	+0.13
Turnout			30,749	40.75	+5
Eligible voters			75,456	–	–
	Conservative hold		Swing		+2.20

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brian Jean	17,160	67.12	+2.67	$48,046
	New Democratic	Mark Voyageur	3,300	12.91	-1.58	$1,853
	Liberal	John Webb	2,710	10.60	-4.17	$5,459
	Green	Dylan Richards	1,628	6.37	+1.47
	Independent	Shawn Reimer	350	1.37	–	$666
	First Peoples National	John Malcolm	233	0.91	-0.47
	Christian Heritage	Jacob Strydhorst	186	0.73	–	$733
Total valid votes/Expense limit			25,567	100.00	$101,823
Total rejected ballots			86	0.34	+0.03
Turnout			25,653	36	-12

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brian Jean	20,342	64.45	+4.16	$59,027
	Liberal	Mel H. Buffalo	4,663	14.77	-9.28	$3,333
	New Democratic	Roland Lefort	4,573	14.49	+4.03	$19,091
	Green	Ian Hopfe	1,547	4.90	-0.28	$8
	First Peoples National	John Malcolm	437	1.38	–
Total valid votes			31,549	100.00
Total rejected ballots			97	0.31	-0.06
Turnout			31,646	48.32	+0.47

Athabasca, 1968–2004

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brian Jean	17,942	60.3	-6.40	$84,096
	Liberal	Doug Faulkner	7,158	24.05	-4.35	$52,713
	New Democratic	Robert Cree	3,115	10.46	+7.94	$4,942
	Green	Ian Hopfe	1,542	5.18	+4.18	$112
Total valid votes			29,757	100.00
Total rejected ballots			112	0.37	+0.07
Turnout			29,869	47.85	-8.43

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	David Chatters	18,775	54.45	-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	2.52	-2.17
	Marijuana	Reginald Normore	469	1.36	–
	Green	Harvey Alex Scott	345	1.00	-0.50	$194
Total valid votes			34,478	100.00
Total rejected ballots			104	0.30	+0.03
Turnout			34,582	56.28	+6.86

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	David Chatters	14,673	54.61	+7.47	$48,747
	Liberal	Adam Germain	8,066	30.02	+5.42	$59,100
	Progressive Conservative	Don McGladdery	2,459	9.15	-9.96	$17,026
	New Democratic	Bryan Nelson	1,262	4.69	-2.87
	Green	Dave Gregory	405	1.50	+0.53	$1,206
Total valid votes			26,865	100.00
Total rejected ballots			72	0.27
Turnout			26,937	49.42

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	David Chatters	15,348	47.14	+41.68
	Liberal	Lawrence Courtoreille	8,011	24.60	+12.26
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Shields	6,223	19.11	-33.70
	New Democratic	Ian Thorn	2,461	7.56	-19.73
	Green	Harvey A. Scott	315	0.97
	Natural Law	Roger Shapka	202	0.62
Total valid votes			32,560	100.00

1988 Canadian federal election
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 St. Denis	104	0.32
Total valid votes			32,660	100.00

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Shields	23,997	68.31	+20.83
	New Democratic	Ann Dort-MacLean	6,001	17.08	+2.01
	Liberal	Mike Woodward	4,222	12.02	-23.08
	Confederation of Regions	Fred W. Borger	578	1.65
	Social Credit	Rudolph Michetti	332	0.95	-0.71
Total valid votes			35,130	100.00

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Shields	13,287	47.48	-11.19
	Liberal	Chuck Knight	9,822	35.10	+6.30
	New Democratic	Harry W. Daniels	4,218	15.07	+4.90
	Social Credit	Clayton Eberhart	463	1.65	-0.71
	Independent	Herman Huizingh	196	0.70
Total valid votes			27,986	100.00

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Yewchuk	15,978	58.67	-4.68
	Liberal	C.A. 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	100.00

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Yewchuk	13,15	63.34	+3.10
	Liberal	Yvon Mahé	5,243	25.24	+2.56
	New Democratic	Peter Opryshko	2,372	11.42	-1.05
Total valid votes			20,772	100.00

1972 Canadian federal election
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 V. Bourcier	989	4.61
Total valid votes			21,473	100.00

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Yewchuk	8,852	47.10
	Liberal	Michael Maccagno	7,626	40.58
	New Democratic	Terry Anderson	2,315	12.32
Total valid votes			18,793	100.00

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada