Fort McMurray-Conklin was a provincial

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, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the

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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 First-pa ...

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

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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

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Election results

Graphical summary

2012

2015

2018 by-election

References

External links

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