# Fort McMurray—Cold Lake

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, mostly from the more urbanized portion of Fort McMurray—Athabasca (78%) combined with a portion of Westlock—St. Paul (22%).
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.

## Demographics

Panethnic groups in Fort McMurray—Cold Lake (2011−2021) :
| Panethnic group | 2021 | 2021 | 2016 | 2016 | 2011 | 2011 |
| Panethnic group | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % |
| European | 67,020 | 61.34% | 69,860 | 63.9% | 71,100 | 70.03% |
| Indigenous | 19,855 | 18.17% | 17,835 | 16.31% | 16,845 | 16.59% |
| Southeast Asian | 7,565 | 6.92% | 6,245 | 5.71% | 3,120 | 3.07% |
| African | 5,115 | 4.68% | 4,550 | 4.16% | 2,230 | 2.2% |
| South Asian | 5,105 | 4.67% | 5,245 | 4.8% | 4,255 | 4.19% |
| East Asian | 1,105 | 1.01% | 1,650 | 1.51% | 930 | 0.92% |
| Middle Eastern | 1,960 | 1.79% | 2,385 | 2.18% | 1,485 | 1.46% |
| Latin American | 780 | 0.71% | 1,025 | 0.94% | 1,140 | 1.12% |
| Other/Multiracial | 755 | 0.69% | 540 | 0.49% | 415 | 0.41% |
| Total responses | 109,265 | 99.18% | 109,320 | 99.17% | 101,525 | 99.99% |
| Total population | 110,163 | 100% | 110,230 | 100% | 101,538 | 100% |
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. |||||||

## 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 | 2015–2019 | David Yurdiga | Conservative |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | David Yurdiga | Conservative |
| 44th | 2021–present | Laila Goodridge | Conservative |

## Election results
### 2023 representation order

2021 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Conservative | 29,394 | 67.81 |
| People's | 5,506 | 12.70 |
| New Democratic | 4,385 | 10.12 |
| Liberal | 3,066 | 7.07 |
| Green | 424 | 0.98 |
| Others | 570 | 1.32 |

### 2013 representation order

vte2021 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Laila Goodridge | 29,242 | 67.77 | -12.08 | $34,314.94 |
| | People's | Shawn McDonald | 5,481 | 12.70 | +9.48 | $28,587.96 |
| | New Democratic | Garnett Robinson | 4,377 | 10.14 | +4.48 | $0.00 |
| | Liberal | Abdifatah Abdi | 3,060 | 7.09 | -2.42 | $0.00 |
| | Maverick | Jonathan Meyers | 479 | 1.11 | — | $17,740.22 |
| | Green | Brian Deheer | 423 | 0.98 | -0.72 | $46.65 |
| | Veterans Coalition | Hughie Shane Whitmore | 88 | 0.20 | — | $0.00 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 43,150 | – | – | $136,793.95 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 327 | 0.75 | +0.25 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,477 | 56.5 | -9.1 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 76,916 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -7.6 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte2019 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | David Yurdiga | 40,706 | 79.85 | | $64,900.43 |
| | Liberal | Maggie Farrington | 4,848 | 9.51 | | $40,627.13 |
| | New Democratic | Matt Gilks | 2,883 | 5.66 | | none listed |
| | People's | Matthew Barrett | 1,674 | 3.28 | - | none listed |
| | Green | Brian Deheer | 865 | 1.70 | | $0.00 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 50,976 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 258 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,234 | 65.6 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 78,157 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +19.10 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte2015 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | David Yurdiga | 28,625 | 60.56 | -11.95 | $81,523.68 |
| | Liberal | Kyle Harrietha | 13,403 | 28.36 | +17.57 | $77,417.78 |
| | New Democratic | Melody Lepine | 3,663 | 7.75 | -5.38 | $18,491.32 |
| | Green | Brian Deheer | 743 | 1.57 | -2.00 | $7.50 |
| | Libertarian | Scott Berry | 552 | 1.17 | – | $715.09 |
| | Christian Heritage | Roelof Janssen | 280 | 0.59 | – | $9,136.23 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 47,266 | 100.00 | | $260,378.41 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 158 | 0.33 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,424 | 62.24 | – |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 76,190 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -14.76 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2011 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Conservative | 18,601 | 72.51 |
| New Democratic | 3,367 | 13.13 |
| Liberal | 2,768 | 10.79 |
| Green | 916 | 3.57 |