Athabasca-Wabasca was a provincial electoral district in Alberta mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using first-past-the-post balloting from 1993 to 2004.[1]
 Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| District created | 1993 |
| District abolished | 2003 |
| First contested | 1993 |
| Last contested | 2001 |
District history edit
The riding was created in 1993 when the district of Fort McMurray shrank to encompass the northern Alberta city. Athabasca-Wabasca completely covered the same boundaries except for the city of Fort McMurray. The riding was abolished in the 2004 electoral boundary re-distribution when the district of Fort McMurray merged and formed Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo.[2] The south part of the riding became part of Athabasca-Redwater.
The riding encompassed most of the extreme north east part of the province.
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) edit
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Athabasca-Wabasca | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| See Fort McMurray electoral district from 1986–1993 | ||||
| 23rd | 1993–1997 | Mike Cardinal | Progressive Conservative | |
| 24th | 1997–2001 | |||
| 25th | 2001–2004 | |||
| See Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo electoral district from 2004–Present and Athabasca-Redwater electoral district from 2004–2012 |
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Election results edit
1993 edit
| 1993 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mike Cardinal | 4,144 | 59.99% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Simon Waquan | 1,921 | 27.81% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Emil Zachkewich | 843 | 12.20% | – | ||||
| Total | 6,908 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 31 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 11,165 | 62.15% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Athabasca-Wabasca Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
1997 edit
| 1997 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mike Cardinal | 3,380 | 59.00% | -0.99% | ||||
| Liberal | Tony Mercredi | 1,481 | 25.85% | -1.96% | ||||
| Social Credit | Curtis Gunderson | 468 | 8.17% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Dean Patriquin | 300 | 5.24% | -6.97% | ||||
| Greens | Harlan Light | 100 | 1.75% | – | ||||
| Total | 5,729 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 34 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 12,009 | 47.99% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 0.48% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Athabasca-Wabasca Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
2001 edit
| 2001 Alberta general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mike Cardinal | 4,238 | 66.69% | 7.69% | ||||
| Liberal | Al Wurfel | 1,264 | 19.89% | -5.96% | ||||
| New Democratic | Colin Piquette | 606 | 9.54% | 4.30% | ||||
| Social Credit | David Klassen | 153 | 2.41% | -5.76% | ||||
| Greens | Ian Hopfe | 94 | 1.48% | -0.27% | ||||
| Total | 6,355 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 6 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 12,622 | 50.40% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 6.83% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "Athabasca-Wabasca Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020. | ||||||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Election results for Athabasca-Wabasca". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (February 2003). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
Further reading edit
- Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005. The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
External links edit