Fort McMurray—Cold Lake is a federal

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, Canada, that has been represented in the

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since 2015. It was created in 2012, mostly from the more urbanized portion of

Fort McMurray—Athabasca Fort McMurray—Athabasca (formerly Athabasca) was a federal electoral district (Canada), 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 no ...

(78%) combined with a portion of Westlock—St. Paul (22%). The new riding consists of the

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, the city of Cold Lake, and

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. It also contains

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and most of the

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Demographics

Riding associations

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s are the local branches of political parties:

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the

Election results

2023 representation order

2013 representation order

Notes

References

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