Fort McMurray—Cold Lake

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	Laila Goodridge; Conservative
;
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	101,538
Electors (2019)	78,157
Area (km²)	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

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]

Demographics edit

Panethnic groups in Fort McMurray—Cold Lake (2011−2021)
Panethnic group	2021^[4]		2016^[5]		2011^[6]
Panethnic group	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European^[a]	67,020	61.34%	69,860	63.9%	71,100	70.03%
Indigenous	19,855	18.17%	17,835	16.31%	16,845	16.59%
Southeast Asian^[b]	7,565	6.92%	6,245	5.71%	3,120	3.07%
African	5,115	4.68%	4,550	4.16%	2,230	2.2%
South Asian	5,105	4.67%	5,245	4.8%	4,255	4.19%
East Asian^[c]	1,105	1.01%	1,650	1.51%	930	0.92%
Middle Eastern^[d]	1,960	1.79%	2,385	2.18%	1,485	1.46%
Latin American	780	0.71%	1,025	0.94%	1,140	1.12%
Other/Multiracial^[e]	755	0.69%	540	0.49%	415	0.41%
Total responses	109,265	99.18%	109,320	99.17%	101,525	99.99%
Total population	110,163	100%	110,230	100%	101,538	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

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

Parliament	Years		Party
Fort McMurray—Cold Lake Riding created from Fort McMurray—Athabasca and Westlock—St. Paul
42nd	2015–2019	David Yurdiga	Conservative
43rd	2019–2021	David Yurdiga
44th	2021–present	Laila Goodridge

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	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Laila Goodridge	29,242	67.77	-12.08	$34,314.94
	People's	Shawn McDonald	5,481	12.70	+9.48	$28,587.96
	New Democratic	Garnett Robinson	4,377	10.14	+4.48	$0.00
	Liberal	Abdifatah Abdi	3,060	7.09	-2.42	$0.00
	Maverick	Jonathan Meyers	479	1.11	—	$17,740.22
	Green	Brian Deheer	423	0.98	-0.72	$46.65
	Veterans Coalition	Hughie Shane Whitmore	88	0.20	—	$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			43,150	–	–	$136,793.95
Total rejected ballots			327	0.75	+0.25
Turnout			43,477	56.5	-9.1
Eligible voters			76,916
	Conservative hold		Swing		-7.6
Source: Elections Canada^[7]^[8]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	David Yurdiga	40,706	79.85		$64,900.43
	Liberal	Maggie Farrington	4,848	9.51		$40,627.13
	New Democratic	Matt Gilks	2,883	5.66		none listed
	People's	Matthew Barrett	1,674	3.28	-	none listed
	Green	Brian Deheer	865	1.70		$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^[9]^[10]

v t e 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^[11]^[12]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[13]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	18,601	72.51
	New Democratic	3,367	13.13
	Liberal	2,768	10.79
	Green	916	3.57

^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

^ Statistics Canada: 2011
^ Statistics Canada: 2011
^ Report – Alberta
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
^ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Fort McMurray—Cold Lake (Validated results)". Elections Canada. October 26, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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