# Fort McMurray (electoral district)

Fort McMurray 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 1986 to 2004.

## Boundary history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Fort McMurray :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| See Lac La Biche-McMurray 1971-1986 |||||
| 21st | 1986–1989 | Norm Weiss | Progressive Conservative |
| 22nd | 1989–1993 | Norm Weiss | Progressive Conservative |
| 23rd | 1993–1997 | Adam Germain | Liberal |
| 24th | 1997–2001 | Guy Boutilier | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 2001–2004 | Guy Boutilier | Progressive Conservative |
| See Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo 2004-present |||||
The district was created for the 1986 election out of most of Lac La Biche-McMurray. Prior to the 1993 Alberta general election, the riding was re-defined as consisting of the city of Fort McMurray. Its boundaries remained unchanged even after Fort McMurray was folded into the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in 1995.
The riding was abolished in 2004, when it was merged with a portion of Athabasca-Wabasca to form Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo.
Fort McMurray 1985 boundaries :
| Bordering districts ||||
| North | East | West | South |
| N/A | Bonnyville | Barrhead, Lesser Slave Lake, Peace River | Redwater-Andrew, St. Paul, Westlock-Sturgeon |
| Legal description from Electoral Divisions Amendment Act, S.A. 1985, c. 24 ||||
| "The boundary whereof is as follows: Commencing at the northeast corner of the Province; thence southerly along the east boundary of the Province to the north boundary of township 76; thence westerly along the said north boundary to the east boundary of range 22, west of the 4th meridian; thence northerly along the said east boundary to the south shore of Pelican Lake; thence in a general north-westerly and north-easterly direction along the shore of the westerly portion of the said Pelican Lake to the north boundary of township 78; thence westerly along the said north boundary to the east boundary of range 22, west of the 4th meridian; thence northerly along the east boundary of range 22, west of the 4th meridian to the north boundary of township 84; thence westerly along the said north boundary to the 5th meridian; thence northerly along the said 5th meridian to the north boundary of township 120; thence westerly along the said north boundary to the east boundary of range 10, west of the 5th meridian; thence northerly along the said east boundary to the north boundary of the Province; thence easterly along the said north boundary to the point of commencement." ||||
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## Representation history

The riding's first MLA was Norm Weiss, who had already served two terms in the abolished Lac La Biche-McMurray district for the Progressive Conservatives. He retired after serving two more terms.
The open seat was picked up by Liberal candidate Adam Germain in 1993, coinciding with an increase in voter turnout. After serving one term, he decided to run in federal politics, leaving the seat open again.
The riding returned to the Progressive Conservatives in 1997, with candidate Guy Boutilier decisively defeating his Liberal challenger. He was re-elected with a much larger majority in 2001. When the riding was abolished at the end of his second term, he would continue on as MLA for the new riding of Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo.

## Election results
### 1986

vte1986 Alberta general election: Fort McMurray :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Norm Weiss | 4,152 | 48.54% | – |
| | New Democratic | Ann Dort MacLean | 3,391 | 39.65% | – |
| | Liberal | Shane Davis | 1,010 | 11.81% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 8,553 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 9 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 22,467 | 38.11% | – |
| | 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) Source: "Fort McMurray Official Results 1986 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1989

vte1989 Alberta general election: Fort McMurray :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Norm Weiss | 4,245 | 49.41% | 0.87% |
| | New Democratic | Ann Dort-MacLean | 2,740 | 31.89% | -7.75% |
| | Liberal | James Carbery | 1,606 | 18.69% | 6.89% |
| Total | Total | Total | 8,591 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 19 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 20,385 | 42.24% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | 4.31% |
| Source(s) Source: "Fort McMurray Official Results 1989 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1993

vte1993 Alberta general election: Fort McMurray :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Adam Germain | 4,261 | 42.42% | 23.73% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Connie MacRae | 2,738 | 27.26% | -22.15% |
| | Independent | Wendell MacEachern | 1,563 | 15.56% | – |
| | New Democratic | Ann Dort-MacLean | 1,483 | 14.76% | -17.13% |
| Total | Total | Total | 10,045 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 15 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 20,583 | 48.88% | – |
| | Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | Swing | -1.18% |
| Source(s) Source: "Fort McMurray Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 1997

vte1997 Alberta general election: Fort McMurray :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Guy C. Boutilier | 5,420 | 55.83% | 28.57% |
| | Liberal | John Vyboh | 4,008 | 41.29% | -1.13% |
| | New Democratic | Rodney McCallum | 280 | 2.88% | -11.88% |
| Total | Total | Total | 9,708 | – | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 34 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 21,289 | 45.76% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | -0.31% |
| Source(s) Source: "Fort McMurray Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. |||||||

### 2001

vte2001 Alberta general election: Fort McMurray :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Guy C. Boutilier | 5,914 | 64.49 | 8.66% |
| | Liberal | John S. Vyboh | 1,759 | 19.18 | -22.11% |
| | New Democratic | Lyn Gorman | 1,498 | 16.33 | 13.45% |
| Total | Total | Total | 9,171 | 99.68 | – |
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | Rejected, spoiled and declined | 29 | 0.32 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,200 | 38.06 |
| Eligible electors | Eligible electors | Eligible electors | 24,170 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | 15.38% |
| Source(s) Source: "Fort McMurray Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020."The Report of the Chief Electoral Office on the 2000 Provincial Confirmation Process and Monday, March 12, 2001 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-fifth Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved December 27, 2021. |||||||