| Fort McMurray | |
| Province: | Alberta |
| Prov-Status: | defunct |
| Prov-Created: | 1986 |
| Prov-Abolished: | 2003 |
| Prov-Election-First: | 1986 |
| Prov-Election-Last: | 2001 |
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.[1]
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See Lac La Biche-McMurray 1971-1986 | |||||
| 21st | 1986–1989 | Norm Weiss | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 22nd | 1989–1993 | ||||
| 23rd | 1993–1997 | Adam Germain | Liberal | ||
| 24th | 1997–2001 | Guy Boutilier | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 25th | 2001–2004 | ||||
| See Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo 2004-present | |||||
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 [2] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. 24. http://canlii.ca/t/53r22. CanLii. | ||||
| "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." | ||||
| Note: | ||||
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.