Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The largest district in terms of both land mass and population, this district includes most of the North East Alberta and borders Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories The main communities are Fort McMurray, and Fort Chipewyan in the north, along the north shore of Lake Athabasca. The district also includes the gigantic Wood Buffalo National Park. This district is home to the oil sands and is helping drive the Alberta economy.
The district was created in the Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution of 2004 to encompass the entire regional municipality of Wood Buffalo. Prior to 2004, the community of Fort McMurray was an electoral district in its own right and the rest of the municipality was part of Athabasca-Wabasca. The recorded population of 42,971 is more than 20% above the provincial average.
Thebacha district in the Northwest Territories borders to the north. Deh Cho district in the Northwest Territories borders on the northwest corner. Athabasca district in Saskatchewan borders to the east. Lac La Biche-St. Paul borders to the south. Lesser Slave Lake and Peace River border to the west.
[edit] Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo history
[edit] Boundary history
| 54 Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo 2003 Boundaries[1] |
| Bordering Districts |
| North | East | West | South |
| none | none | Lesser Slave Lake, Peace River | Lac La Biche-St. Paul |
| riding map goes here | map in relation to other districts in Alberta goes here |
| Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. |
| Starting at the intersection of the east boundary of Rge. 10 W5 and the north boundary of the Province; then 1. east along the north boundary of the Province to the east boundary of the Province; 2. south along the east boundary of the Province to the north boundary of Twp. 73, Rge. 1 W4 (north boundary of the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range [CLAWR]); 3. west along the north boundary of the CLAWR to the east boundary of Sec. 21, Twp. 73, Rge. 9 W4; 4. north along the east boundary of Secs. 21, 28 and 33 in the Twp. and Secs. 4, 9, 16, 21, 28 and 33 in Twp. 74, Rge. 9 W4 to the north boundary of Twp. 74; 5. west along the north boundary of Twp. 74 to the east boundary of Rge. 10; 6. north along the east boundary of Rge. 10 to the north boundary of Twp. 80; 7. west along the north boundary of Twp. 80 to the east boundary of Rge. 13 W4; 8. south along the east boundary of Rge. 13 to the north boundary of Sec. 13 in the Twp.; 9. west along the north boundary of Secs. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 in the Twp. to the east boundary of Rge. 14 W4; 10. north along the east boundary of Rge. 14 to the north boundary of Twp. 80; 11. west along the Twp. to the intersection with the right bank of the Athabasca River; 12. downstream along the right bank of the Athabasca River to the intersection with the east boundary of Rge. 18 W4 in Twp. 86; 13. north along the east boundary of Rge. 18 to the north boundary of Twp. 95; 14. west along the north boundary of Twp. 95 to the east boundary of Rge. 20 W4; 15. north along the east boundary of Rge. 20 to the north boundary of Twp. 96; 16. west along the north boundary of Twp. 96 to the 5th meridian; 17. north along the 5th meridian to the north boundary of Twp. 111; 18. east along the north boundary of Twp. 111 to the east boundary of Rge. 23 W4; 19. north along the east boundary of Rge. 23 to the north boundary of Twp. 112; 20. west along the north boundary of Twp. 112 to the 5th meridian (Wood Buffalo National Park boundary); 21. north, west and north along the park boundary to the starting point. |
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[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
[edit] Election results
[edit] 2008 general election
[edit] 2004 general election
[edit] 2004 Senate nominee election district results
| 2004 Senate nominee election results: Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo[2] | Turnout 26.45% |
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % Votes | % Ballots | Rank |
| | Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 2,560 | 15.87% | 50.23% | 2 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 2,218 | 13.75% | 43.52% | 1 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 1,882 | 11.67% | 36.92% | 3 |
| | Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 1,683 | 10.43% | 33.02% | 6 |
| | Independent | Link Byfield | 1,509 | 9.36% | 29.61% | 4 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 1,355 | 8.40% | 26.58% | 5 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 1,338 | 8.30% | 26.25% | 7 |
| | Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,233 | 7.64% | 24.19% | 9 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 1,177 | 7.30% | 23.09% | 10 |
| | Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 1,176 | 7.28% | 23.07% | 8 |
| Total Votes | 16,131 | 100% |
| Total Ballots | 5,097 | 3.17 Votes Per Ballot |
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 1,839 |
Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot
[edit] 2004 Student Vote
| Participating Schools[3] |
| Beacon Hill School |
| Dr. K.A. Clark School |
| Father Mercredi Catholic High School |
| Fort McMurray Christian School |
| Fort McMurray Composite High School |
| Timberlea Public School |
On November 19, 2004 a Student Vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located.
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