Fort McMurray-Conklin was a provincial electoral district in

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, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the

Legislative Assembly of Alberta The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the province of Alberta, Canada. It sits in the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton. The Legislative Assembly currently has 87 members, elected first past the post from sing ...

using

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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 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 vot ...

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

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Representation history

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 Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche is a current provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district will be one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post m ...

for the

2019 Alberta general election The 2019 Alberta general election was held on April 16, 2019, to elect 87 members to the 30th Alberta Legislature. In its first general election contest, the Jason Kenney-led United Conservative Party (UCP) won 54.88% of the popular vote and 63 ...

Election results

Graphical summary

2012 general election

2015 general election

2018 by-election

References

External links

Elections AlbertaThe Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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