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%).[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
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Laila Goodridge
Conservative
District created2013
First contested2015
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, 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  2019–2021
44th  2021–present Laila Goodridge

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)
2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeLaila Goodridge29,24267.77-12.08
People'sShawn McDonald5,48112.70+9.48
New DemocraticGarnett Robinson4,37710.14+4.48
LiberalAbdifatah Abdi3,0607.09-2.42
MaverickJonathan Meyers4791.11—
GreenBrian Deheer4230.98-0.72
Veterans CoalitionHughie Shane Whitmore880.20—
Total valid votes 43,150
Total rejected ballots 3270.75+0.25
Turnout 43,47756.5-9.1
Eligible voters 76,916
Conservative hold Swing -7.6
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeDavid Yurdiga40,70679.85$64,900.43
LiberalMaggie Farrington4,8489.51$40,627.13
New DemocraticMatt Gilks2,8835.66none listed
People'sMatthew Barrett1,6743.28-none listed
GreenBrian Deheer8651.70$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 50,976100.0
Total rejected ballots 258
Turnout 51,23465.6
Eligible voters 78,157
Conservative hold Swing +19.10
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeDavid Yurdiga28,62560.56-11.95$81,523.68
LiberalKyle Harrietha13,40328.36+17.57$77,417.78
New DemocraticMelody Lepine3,6637.75-5.38$18,491.32
GreenBrian Deheer7431.57-2.00$7.50
LibertarianScott Berry5521.17–$715.09
Christian HeritageRoelof Janssen2800.59–$9,136.23
Total valid votes/expense limit 47,266100.00 $260,378.41
Total rejected ballots 1580.33–
Turnout 47,42462.24–
Eligible voters 76,190
Conservative hold Swing -14.76
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]
2011 federal election redistributed results[10]
Party Vote  %
  Conservative18,60172.51
  New Democratic3,36713.13
  Liberal2,76810.79
  Green9163.57

References
  1. Statistics Canada: 2011
  2. Statistics Canada: 2011
  3. Report – Alberta
  4. "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  5. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  6. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  7. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  8. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Fort McMurray—Cold Lake (Validated results)". Elections Canada. October 26, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  9. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  10. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections


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