Fort McMurray—Cold Lake explained

Province:Alberta
Fed-Status:active
Fed-District-Number:48023
Fed-Created:2013
Fed-Election-First:2015
Fed-Election-Last:2021
Fed-Rep:Laila Goodridge
Fed-Rep-Party:Conservative
Demo-Pop-Ref:[1]
Demo-Area-Ref:[2]
Demo-Census-Date:2011
Demo-Pop:101538
Demo-Electors:78,157
Demo-Electors-Date:2019
Demo-Area:147412
Demo-Cd:Division No. 12, Division No. 16, Division No. 17
Demo-Csd:Bonnyville No. 87, Cold Lake, Lac La Biche, Opportunity No. 17, Wood Buffalo

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%).

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.

Demographics

Panethnic
group! colspan="2"
2021[3] 2016[4] 2011[5]
European67,02069,86071,100
Indigenous19,85517,83516,845
Southeast Asian7,5656,2453,120
African5,1154,5502,230
South Asian5,1055,2454,255
East Asian1,1051,650930
Middle Eastern1,9602,3851,485
Latin American7801,0251,140
Other/Multiracial755540415
Total responses109,265109,320101,525
Total population110,163110,230101,538

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Election results

2023 representation order

2021 federal election redistributed results[6]
PartyVote%
 29,394 67.81
 5,506 12.70
 4,385 10.12
 3,066 7.07
 424 0.98
 Others 570 1.32

2013 representation order

2011 federal election redistributed results[7]
PartyVote%
 18,601 72.51
 3,367 13.13
 2,76810.79
 916 3.57

Notes and References

  1. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
  2. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
  3. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2022-10-26 . Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population . 2023-04-01 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  4. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2021-10-27 . Census Profile, 2016 Census . 2023-04-01 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  5. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2015-11-27 . NHS Profile . 2023-04-01 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  6. Web site: Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders. 9 April 2024. Elections Canada.
  7. http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?riding=2118 Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections