Fort McMurray—Athabasca

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Fort McMurray—Athabasca

Alberta electoral district
Fort McMurray—Athabasca in relation to the other Alberta federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Brian Jean Conservative
District created	1966
First contested	1968
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	100,805
Electors (2006)	65,496
Area (km²)	180,320
Pop. density (per km²)	0.56
Census divisions	Division No. 12, Division No. 13, Division No. 16, Division No. 17
Census subdivisions	Wood Buffalo, Athabasca County No. 12, Slave Lake, Lakeland County, Big Lakes, Woodlands County, Opportunity No. 17, Lesser Slave River No. 124, Lac la Biche, High Prairie

Fort McMurray—Athabasca (formerly Athabasca) is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968. It is a rural riding in notheast Alberta, representing the municipal districts of Wood Buffalo, Opportunity, Lesser Slave River, Big Lakes and the counties of Lac La Biche, Athabasca and the south-eastern part of Northern Sunrise.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Members of Parliament 1.2 Current Member of Parliament 2 Election results 2.1 Fort McMurray—Athabasca, 2004 - present 2.2 Athabasca, 1968 - 2004 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] History

It was created as "Athabasca" riding in 1966 from Athabaska and Peace River ridings.

In 2004, it was re-named "Fort McMurray-Athabasca".

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

• 1993-2004: Dave Chatters - Reform (1993-2000), Canadian Alliance(2000-2003), Conservative (2003-2004) - He represented Westlock—St. Paul until retiring in 2006.
• 2004-present: Brian Jean - Conservative

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Brian Jean, a former barrister and solicitor. He was first elected in 2004. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada. In the last parliamentary session he served as a member on the 'Legislative Committee on Bill C-38' and the 'Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development'.

[edit] Election results

[edit] Fort McMurray—Athabasca, 2004 - present

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brian Jean	20,342	64.45%
	Liberal	Mel H. Buffalo	4,663	14.77%
	New Democrat	Roland Lefort	4,573	14.49%
	Green	Ian Hopfe	1,547	4.90%
	First Peoples	John Malcolm	437	1.38%

[edit] Athabasca, 1968 - 2004

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brian Jean	17,942	60.29%		$83,718
	Liberal	Doug Faulkner	7,158	24.05%		$52,713
	New Democratic Party	Robert Cree	3,115	10.46%		$4,942
	Green	Ian Hopfe	1,542	5.18%		$112
Total valid votes			29,757	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			112	0.37%
Turnout			29,869	47.85%

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Canadian Alliance	Dave Chatters	18,775	54.45%		$34,623
	Liberal	Harold Cardinal	9,793	28.40%		$66,236
	Progressive Conservative	Doug Faulkner	4,224	12.25%		$26,660
	New Democratic Party	Alysia Erickson	872	2.52%
	Marijuana	Reginald Normore	469	1.36%
	Green	Harvey Alex Scott	345	1.00%		$194
Total valid votes			34,478	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			104	0.30%
Turnout			34,582	56.28%

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

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Reform	Dave Chatters	15,348
	Liberal	Lawrence Courtoreille	8,011
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Shields	6,223
	New Democrat	Ian Thorn	2,461
	Green	Harvey A. Scott	315
	Natural Law	Roger Shapka	202

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Shields	17,248
	New Democrat	Ian Thorn	8,911
	Liberal	Dan Meakes	4,031
	Reform	Betty Lebsack	1,781
	Christian Heritage	Simone Middelkoop	585
	Communist	Laurent St. Denis	104

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Shields	23,997
	New Democrat	Ann Dort-MacLean	6,001
	Liberal	Mike Woodward	4,222
	Confederation of Regions	Fred W. Borger	578
	Social Credit	Rudolph Michetti	332

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Shields	13,287
	Liberal	Chuck Knight	9,822
	New Democrat	Harry W. Daniels	4,218
	Social Credit	Clayton Eberhart	463
	Independent	Herman Huizingh	196

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Yewchuk	15,978
	Liberal	C.A. Chuck Knight	7,843
	New Democrat	Robert Godbout	2,770
	Social Credit	Clayton Eberhart	645

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Yewchuk	13,157
	Liberal	Yvon Mahé	5,243
	New Democrat	Peter Opryshko	2,372

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Yewchuk	12,936
	Liberal	Jim Ducharme	4,871
	New Democrat	Peter Eugene Opryshko	2,677
	Social Credit	Albert V. Bourcier	989

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Yewchuk	8,852
	Liberal	Michael Maccagno	7,626
	New Democrat	Terry Anderson	2,315

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Alberta federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile (1966-2004)
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile (2004-present)
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures - 1997
• Website of the Parliament of Canada

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