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Fort McMurray—Athabasca

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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.

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

vteCanadian federal by-election, June 30, 2014 Resignation of Brian Jean
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	David Yurdiga	5,991	46.71	–25.13	$103,194.65
	Liberal	Kyle Harrietha	4,529	35.31	+24.89	$103,287.86
	New Democratic	Lori McDaniel	1,472	11.48	–1.77	$20,146.42
	Green	Brian Deheer	453	3.53	–0.96	$1,189.37
	Libertarian	Tim Moen	381	2.97	–	$3,078.39
Total valid votes	12,826	99.74
Total rejected ballots	34	0.26	–0.20
Turnout	12,860	14.67	–25.63
Eligible voters	87,647
	Conservative hold	Swing	–25.01
Source: Elections Canada

2011

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brian Jean	21,988	71.84	+4.73	$72,753.11
	New Democratic	Berend J. Wilting	4,053	13.24	+0.34	$6.00
	Liberal	Karen Young	3,190	10.42	–0.18	$20,699.54
	Green	Jule Asterisk	1,374	4.49	–1.88	$2,733.94
Total valid votes/expense limit	30,605	99.53	–	$107,021.13
Total rejected ballots	144	0.47	+0.13
Turnout	30,749	40.30	+4.48
Eligible voters	76,298
	Conservative hold	Swing	+2.53
Source: Elections Canada

2008

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brian Jean	17,160	67.12	+2.46	$49,272.11
	New Democratic	Mark Voyageur	3,300	12.91	–1.68	$1,738.86
	Liberal	John Webb	2,710	10.60	–4.18	$2,958.78
	Green	Dylan Richards	1,628	6.37	+1.47	none listed
	Independent	Shawn Reimer	350	1.37	–	$456.01
	First Peoples National	John Malcolm	233	0.91	–0.16	none listed
	Christian Heritage	Jacob Strydhorst	186	0.73	–	$763.10
Total valid votes/expense limit	25,567	99.66	–	$101,822.54
Total rejected ballots	86	0.34	+0.03
Turnout	25,653	35.82	–12.50
Eligible voters	71,621
	Conservative hold	Swing	+0.39
Source: Elections Canada

2006

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brian Jean	20,400	64.66	+4.16	$56,273.59
	Liberal	Mel Harrison Buffalo	4,663	14.78	–9.27	$2,333.55
	New Democratic	Roland Lefort	4,602	14.59	+4.02	$19,090.66
	Green	Ian Hopfe	1,547	4.90	–0.28	$8.00
	First Peoples National	John Malcolm	337	1.07	–	$1,571.85
Total valid votes/expense limit	31,549	99.69	–	$92,509.74
Total rejected ballots	97	0.31	–0.06
Turnout	31,646	48.32	+0.47
Eligible voters	65,496
	Conservative notional hold	Swing	N/A
Source: Elections Canada

2004

2004 Canadian federal election: Athabasca
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brian Jean	17,942	60.30	–6.41	$81,580.13
	Liberal	Doug Faulkner	7,158	24.05	–4.35	$53,930.40
	New Democratic	Robert Cree	3,115	10.47	+7.94	$4,942.54
	Green	Ian Hopfe	1,542	5.18	+4.18	$56.53
Total valid votes/expense limit	29,757	99.63	–	$88,843.54
Total rejected ballots	112	0.37	+0.07
Turnout	29,869	47.85	–8.43
Eligible voters	62,427
	Conservative gain from Alliance	Swing	+27.97
Source: Elections Canada

2000

2000 Canadian federal election: Athabasca
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	David Chatters	18,775	54.46	–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	2.53	–2.17	–
	Marijuana	Reginald Normore	469	1.36	–	–
	Green	Harvey Alex Scott	345	1.00	–0.51	$194
Total valid votes	34,478	99.70
Total rejected ballots	104	0.30	+0.03
Turnout	34,582	56.28	+6.86
Eligible voters/turnout	61,446
	Alliance notional gain from Reform	Swing	+26.42
Source: Library of Parliament

1997

1997 Canadian federal election: Athabasca
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	David Chatters	14,673	54.62	+7.55	$48,747
	Liberal	Adam Germain	8,066	30.02	+5.43	$59,100
	Progressive Conservative	Don McGladdery	2,459	9.15	–10.00	$17,026
	New Democratic	Bryan Nelson	1,262	4.70	–2.93	–
	Green	Dave Gregory	405	1.51	+0.55	$1,206
Total valid votes	26,865	99.73
Total rejected ballots	72	0.27	+0.02
Turnout	26,937	49.42	–10.16
Eligible voters/turnout	54,504
	Reform hold	Swing	+6.49
Source: Library of Parliament

1993

1993 Canadian federal election: Athabasca
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	David Chatters	15,350	47.07	+41.61
	Liberal	Lawrence Courtoreille	8,020	24.59	+12.25
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Shields	6,248	19.16	–33.65
	New Democratic	Ian Thorn	2,489	7.63	–19.65
	Green	Harvey Alex Scott	312	0.96	–
	Natural Law	Roger Shapka	195	0.60	–
Total valid votes	32,614	99.75
Total rejected ballots	81	0.25	+0.05
Turnout	32,695	59.58	–10.23
Eligible voters/turnout	54,875
	Reform gain from Progressive Conservative	Swing	+26.93
Source: Library of Parliament

1988

1988 Canadian federal election: Athabasca
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 A. St. Denis	104	0.32	–
Total valid votes	32,660	99.80
Total rejected ballots	66	0.20	–0.09
Turnout	32,726	69.81	+9.50
Eligible voters/turnout	46,880
	Progressive Conservative hold	Swing	–2.65
Source: Library of Parliament

1984

1984 Canadian federal election: Athabasca
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Shields	23,997	68.31	+23.65
	New Democratic	Ann Dort-Maclean	6,001	17.08	+2.90
	Liberal	Mike Woodward	4,222	12.02	–21.00
	Confederation of Regions	Fred W. Borger	578	1.65	–
	Social Credit	Rudolph Michetti	332	0.95	–0.61
Total valid votes	35,130	99.70
Total rejected ballots	104	0.30	–0.09
Turnout	35,234	60.31	+0.46
Eligible voters/turnout	58,422
	Progressive Conservative hold	Swing	+13.28
Source: Library of Parliament

1980

1980 Canadian federal election: Athabasca
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Shields	13,287	44.66	–14.00
	Liberal	Chuck Knight	9,822	33.02	+4.22
	New Democratic	Harry W. Daniels	4,218	14.18	+4.01
	Independent	Herman Huizingh	1,960	6.59	–
	Social Credit	Clayton Eberhart	463	1.56	–0.81
Total valid votes	29,750	99.61
Total rejected ballots	116	0.39	+0.04
Turnout	29,866	59.85	+0.70
Eligible voters/turnout	49,899
	Progressive Conservative hold	Swing	–4.89
Source: Library of Parliament

1979

1979 Canadian federal election: Athabasca
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Yewchuk	15,978	58.67	–4.68
	Liberal	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	99.65
Total rejected ballots	95	0.35	–0.20
Turnout	27,331	59.15	+2.09
Eligible voters/turnout	46,204
	Progressive Conservative hold	Swing	–0.56
Source: Library of Parliament

1974

1974 Canadian federal election: Athabasca
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Yewchuk	13,157	63.34	+3.10
	Liberal	Yvon Mahé	5,243	25.24	+2.56
	New Democratic	Peter Eugene Opryshko	2,372	11.42	–1.05
Total valid votes	20,772	99.45
Total rejected ballots	115	0.55	–1.35
Turnout	20,887	57.07	–9.51
Eligible voters/turnout	36,601
	Progressive Conservative hold	Swing	+2.83
Source: Library of Parliament

1972

1972 Canadian federal election: Athabasca
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 Bourcier	989	4.61	–
Total valid votes	21,473	98.10
Total rejected ballots	415	1.90	+0.86
Turnout	21,888	66.58	–1.84
Eligible voters/turnout	32,874
	Progressive Conservative hold	Swing	–2.38
Source: Library of Parliament

1968

1968 Canadian federal election: Athabasca
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Yewchuk	8,852	47.10	–6.95
	Liberal	Michael Maccagno	7,626	40.58	+9.54
	New Democratic	Terry Anderson	2,315	12.32	+7.61
Total valid votes	18,793	98.96
Total rejected ballots	197	1.04	+0.42
Turnout	18,990	68.42	–7.36
Eligible voters/turnout	27,755
	Progressive Conservative hold	Swing	+1.29
Source: Library of Parliament

See also

. 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada.

External links

from the Library of Parliament
from the Library of Parliament
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26 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine