# Fort McMurray-Conklin

Fort McMurray-Conklin was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using first-past-the-post balloting from 2012 to 2019.

## History

The electoral district was created in the 2010 Alberta boundary re-distribution. It was created from the electoral district of Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo which was split in half to accommodate population growth which has occurred in the region over the past decade due to exploitation and development of the oil sands.

### Representation history

| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| See Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo 2004-2012 |||||
| 28th | 2012–2015 | Don Scott | Progressive Conservative |
| 29th | 2015–2017 | Brian Jean | Wildrose |
| 29th | 2017–2018 | Brian Jean | United Conservative |
| 29th | 2018–2019 | Laila Goodridge | United Conservative |
| Riding abolished into Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche, Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo and Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul |||||
The riding's first representative was Progressive Conservative Don Scott, who served one term until defeated by Wildrose leader Brian Jean. Jean subsequently changed his affiliation to United Conservative when the two parties merged. After an unsuccessful run for the party's leadership, he decided to retire from politics, vacating the seat in early 2018. The resulting by-election was won easily by Jean's former staffer and previous Grande Prairie-Wapiti candidate Laila Goodridge for the United Conservatives.

### Boundary history

The district's boundaries were not altered during its brief existence. In the redistribution of 2017, the riding was abolished and will be replaced with Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche for the 2019 Alberta general election.
58 Fort McMurray-Conklin 2010 boundaries :
| Bordering districts ||||
| North | East | West | South |
| Northwest Territories boundary | Saskatchewan boundary | Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo and Lesser Slave Lake | Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills |
| Note: Boundary descriptions were not used in the 2010 redistribution ||||

## Election results
### Graphical summary

2012 general election :
| 7.9% | 3.0% | 49.0% | 40.1% |
| NDP | Lib | Progressive Conservative | Wildrose |
2015 general election :
| 30.8% | 3.0% | 22.3% | 43.9% |
| NDP | Lib | Progressive Conservative | Wildrose |
2018 by-election :
| 28.6% | | 67.0% |
| NDP | A | United Conservative |

### 2012

vte2012 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressive Conservative | Don Scott | 2,588 | 48.95 |
| | Wildrose | Doug Faulkner | 2,123 | 40.16 |
| | New Democratic | Paul Pomerleau | 419 | 7.93 |
| | Liberal | Ted Remenda | 157 | 2.97 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 5,287 | 99.17 |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 44 | 0.83 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,331 | 36.30 |
| Eligible electors | Eligible electors | Eligible electors | 14,686 |
| | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. |
| Source(s) Elections Alberta. "Election Results - Fort McMurray-Conklin". officialresults.elections.ab.ca/. Retrieved December 27, 2021. |||||||

### 2015

vte2015 Alberta general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Wildrose | Brian Jean | 2,950 | 43.85 | +3.70 |
| | New Democratic | Ariana Mancini | 2,071 | 30.79 | +22.86 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Don Scott | 1,502 | 22.33 | −26.62 |
| | Liberal | Melinda Hollis | 204 | 3.03 | +0.06 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 6,727 | 99.10 | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 61 | 0.90 | +0.07 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,788 | 44.45 | +8.15 |
| Eligible electors | Eligible electors | Eligible electors | 15,272 |
| | Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative | Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | Swing | +15.16 |
| Source(s) Elections Alberta. "Election Results - Fort McMurray-Conklin". Retrieved December 27, 2021. |||||||

### 2018 by-election

vteAlberta provincial by-election, July 12, 2018 Upon the resignation of Brian Jean on March 5, 2018 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | United Conservative | Laila Goodridge | 2,689 | 67.02 | +0.84 |
| | New Democratic | Jane Stroud | 1,149 | 28.64 | -2.15 |
| | Alberta Party | Sid Fayed | 103 | 2.57 | – |
| | Liberal | Robin Le Fevre | 42 | 1.05 | -1.99 |
| | Green | Brian Deheer | 29 | 0.72 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,012 | 99.50 | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 20 | 0.50 | -0.40 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,032 | 32.59 | -11.85 |
| Eligible electors | Eligible electors | Eligible electors | 12,370 |
| | United Conservative notional hold | United Conservative notional hold | Swing | Swing | +1.50 |
| Source(s) Elections Alberta. "Election results". Retrieved December 27, 2021. |||||||
^ UCP change is compared to combined Wildrose and Progressive Conservative