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 from portions of the former districts of Fort McMurray—Athabasca (78%) and Westlock—St. Paul (22%).[3]

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
MP	David Yurdiga Conservative
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	101,538
Electors (2019)	78,157
Area (km²)[2]	147,412
Pop. density (per km²)	0.69
Census division(s)	Division No. 12, Division No. 16, Division No. 17
Census subdivision(s)	Bonnyville No. 87, Cold Lake, Lac La Biche, Opportunity No. 17, Wood Buffalo

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	2015–2019		David Yurdiga	Conservative
43rd	2019–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Fort McMurray—Cold Lake (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	David Yurdiga	40,706	79.9	+19.34	$64,900.43
	Liberal	Maggie Farrington	4,848	9.5	-18.86	$40,627.13
	New Democratic	Matt Gilks	2,883	5.7	-2.05	none listed
	People's	Matthew Barrett	1,674	3.3	-	none listed
	Green	Brian Deheer	865	1.7	+0.13	$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,976	100.0
Total rejected ballots			258
Turnout			51,234	65.6
Eligible voters			78,157
	Conservative hold		Swing		+19.10
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]

2015 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			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[6][7]

2011 federal election redistributed results[8]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	18,601	72.51
	New Democratic	3,367	13.13
	Liberal	2,768	10.79
	Green	916	3.57

References

1. Statistics Canada: 2011
2. Statistics Canada: 2011
3. Report – Alberta
4. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
5. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
6. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Fort McMurray—Cold Lake (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
7. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
8. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections