Fort McMurray—Cold Lake

Fort McMurray—Cold Lake

Alberta electoral district

Fort McMurray—Cold Lake in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.

Federal electoral district

Legislature

House of Commons

David Yurdiga
Conservative

District created

First contested

District webpage

Demographics

Population (2011)^[1]

101,538

Electors (2015)

76,190

Area (km²)^[2]

147,412

Pop. density (per km²)

0.69

Census divisions

Division No. 12, Division No. 16, Division No. 17

Census subdivisions

Bonnyville No. 87, Cold Lake, Lac La Biche, Opportunity No. 17, Wood Buffalo

Fort McMurray—Cold Lake is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015. It was created in 2012 from portions of the former districts of Fort McMurray—Athabasca (78%) and Westlock—St. Paul (22%).^[3]

The new riding consists of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, the city of Cold Lake, and Lac La Biche County. It also contains CFB Cold Lake and most of the Athabasca oil sands.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Fort McMurray—Cold Lake Riding created from Fort McMurray—Athabasca and Westlock—St. Paul
42nd	2015–Present		David Yurdiga	Conservative

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	David Yurdiga	28,625	60.56	-11.95	–
	Liberal	Kyle Harrietha	13,403	28.36	+17.57	–
	New Democratic	Melody Lepine	3,663	7.75	-5.38	–
	Green	Brian Deheer	743	1.57	-2.00	–
	Libertarian	Scott Berry	552	1.17	–	–
	Christian Heritage	Roelof Janssen	280	0.59	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,266	100.00		$260,378.41
Total rejected ballots			158	0.33	–
Turnout			47,424	62.24	–
Eligible voters			76,190
	Conservative hold		Swing		-14.76
Source: Elections Canada^[4]^[5]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[6]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	18,601	72.51
	New Democratic	3,367	13.13
	Liberal	2,768	10.79
	Green	916	3.57

References

↑ Stastistics Canada: 2011
↑ Stastistics Canada: 2011
↑ Report – Alberta
↑ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Fort McMurray—Cold Lake (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

Federal ridings in rural Alberta

Conservative	Banff—Airdrie Battle River—Crowfoot Bow River Edmonton—Wetaskiwin Foothills Fort McMurray—Cold Lake Grande Prairie—Mackenzie Lakeland Lethbridge Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner Peace River—Westlock Red Deer—Lacombe Red Deer—Mountain View Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan Sturgeon River—Parkland Yellowhead

Federal ridings in the Canadian Prairies

Rural Manitoba	Brandon—Souris Churchill—Keewatinook Aski Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa Portage—Lisgar Provencher Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman

Winnipeg	Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley Elmwood—Transcona Kildonan—St. Paul Saint Boniface—Saint Vital Winnipeg Centre Winnipeg North Winnipeg South Winnipeg South Centre

Saskatchewan (South, North)	Battlefords—Lloydminster Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek Cypress Hills—Grasslands Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River Prince Albert Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan Regina—Lewvan Regina—Qu'Appelle Regina—Wascana Saskatoon—Grasswood Saskatoon—University Saskatoon West Souris—Moose Mountain Yorkton—Melville

Rural Alberta	Banff—Airdrie Battle River—Crowfoot Bow River Foothills Fort McMurray—Cold Lake Grande Prairie—Mackenzie Lakeland Lethbridge Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner Peace River—Westlock Red Deer—Lacombe Red Deer—Mountain View Sturgeon River—Parkland Yellowhead

Edmonton and environs	Edmonton Centre Edmonton Griesbach Edmonton Manning Edmonton Mill Woods Edmonton Riverbend Edmonton Strathcona Edmonton West Edmonton—Wetaskiwin St. Albert—Edmonton Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan

Calgary	Calgary Centre Calgary Confederation Calgary Forest Lawn Calgary Heritage Calgary Midnapore Calgary Nose Hill Calgary Rocky Ridge Calgary Shepard Calgary Signal Hill Calgary Skyview

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