Athabasca-Wabasca

Athabasca-Wabasca

Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created	1993
District abolished	2003
First contested	1993
Last contested	2001

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.

District history

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. 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)

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

Election results

1993

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

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

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

• List of Alberta provincial electoral districts

Further reading

• 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

• Elections Alberta
• The Legislative Assembly of Alberta