Lac La Biche-McMurray

Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada

Lac La Biche-McMurray Alberta electoral district

Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature| Legislative Assembly of Alberta
District created| 1971
District abolished| 1986
First contested| 1971
Last contested| 1982

Lac La Biche-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 1971 to 1986.[1]

It replaced the district of Lac La Biche with minimal boundary changes in 1971, and when abolished in 1986, was replaced by Athabasca-Lac La Biche and Fort McMurray. It differed from the current Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche riding in that it included the entire city of Fort McMurray.

## Representation history[edit]

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Lac La Biche-McMurray  Assembly  | Years  | Member  | Party

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See Lac La Biche 1952-1971
17th | 1971–1972  |  | Damase
Bouvier | Social Credit
1972–1975  |  | Independent
18th | 1975–1979  |  | Ron Tesolin | Progressive
Conservative
19th | 1979–1982  | Norm Weiss
20th | 1982–1986
See Fort McMurray 1986–2004 and Athabasca-
Lac La Biche 1986–1993

The riding's first MLA was Dan Bouvier, newly-minted member for Lac La Biche. Elected under the Social Credit banner, he resigned from caucus a year later "in the interest of [his] constituents".[2] He did not run again in the 1975 election.

The riding was then picked up by the governing Progressive Conservatives, with Ron Tesolin winning by a large margin over four rivals. He served only one term as MLA, but Norm Weiss held the riding for the PCs for two more terms.

Lac La Biche-McMurray was then abolished for the 1986 election and replaced with Fort McMurray, where Weiss would go on to serve two more terms, and Athabasca-Lac La Biche, which would be picked up by the New Democrats.

### Boundary History[edit]

Lac La Biche-McMurray 1970 Boundaries

Bordering Districts
North  | East  | West  | South
N/A  | N/A  | Lesser Slave Lake, Peace River, Athabasca | Redwater-Andrew, St. Paul, Bonnyville

Legal description from The Legislative Assembly Act, S.A. 1970, c. 34
"The boundary whereof is as follows: Commencing at the north-east corner of the Province; thence southerly along the east boundary of the Province to the north boundary of township 72; thence westerly along the said north boundary to the east boundary of range 9, west of the 4th meridian; thence southerly along the said east boundary to the north boundary of township 63; thence westerly along the said north boundary to the east boundary of range 10, west of the 4th meridian; thence southerly along the said east boundary to the left bank of the Beaver River; thence upstream along the said left bank to the north boundary of section 32 in township 62, range 10, west of the 4th meridian; thence westerly along the north boundary of township 62 to the east boundary of range 14, west of the 4th meridian; thence southerly along the said east boundary to the north boundary of township 61; thence westerly along the said north boundary to the east boundary of range 18, west of the 4th meridian; thence northerly along the said east boundary 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 northwesterly 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 township 79, 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:
Lac La Biche-McMurray 1977 Boundaries

Bordering Districts
North  | East  | West  | South
N/A  | N/A  | Lesser Slave Lake, Peace River, Athabasca | Redwater-Andrew, St. Paul, Bonnyville

Legal description from The Legislative Assembly Act, S.A. 1977, c. 28
"—The boundary whereof is as follows: Commencing at the north-east corner of the Province; thence southerly along the east boundary of the Province to the north boundary of township 72; thence westerly along the said north boundary to the east boundary of range 9, west of the 4th meridian; thence southerly along the said east boundary to the north boundary of township 63; thence westerly along the said north boundary to the east boundary of range 10, west of the 4th meridian; thence southerly along the said east boundary to the left bank of the Beaver River; thence upstream along the said left bank to the north boundary of section 32 in township 62, range 10, west of the 4th meridian; thence westerly along the north boundary of township 62 to the east boundary of range 14, west of the 4th meridian; thence southerly along the said east boundary to the north boundary of township 61; thence westerly along the said north boundary to the east boundary of range 18, west of the 4th meridian; thence northerly along the said east boundary 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 northwesterly 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 township 79, 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."
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## Electoral results[edit]

### 1971 general election[edit]

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1971 Alberta general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Social Credit | Damase Bouvier | 2,679 | 53.37% | -3.50%
| Progressive Conservative | Elmer Roy | 1,927 | 38.39% | +12.93%
| New Democratic | Kenneth Orchard | 414 | 8.25% | +4.01%
Total valid votes  | 5,020 | - | -
Rejected, spoiled, and declined  | 38 | - | -
Electors / turnout  | 8,198 | 61.70% | -
| Social Credit notional hold | Swing | -8.22%

Source(s)

Source: "Lac La Biche-McMurray Official Results 1971 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

### 1975 general election[edit]

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1975 Alberta general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Progressive Conservative | Ron Tesolin | 2,859 | 53.05% | +14.66%
| Independent | Mike Chandi | 737 | 13.68% | -
| Liberal | Jean Davidson | 703 | 13.05% | -
| Social Credit | Ken Cochrane | 560 | 10.39% | -42.98%
| New Democratic | Ronald Morgan | 530 | 9.83% | +1.59%
Total valid votes  | 5,389 | - | -
Rejected, spoiled, and declined  | 38 | - | -
Electors / turnout  | 9,842 | 55.14% |  -6.56%
| Progressive Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | +0.49%

Source(s)

Source: "Lac La Biche-McMurray Official Results 1975 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

### 1979 general election[edit]

In the late 70's, the population of Lac La Biche-McMurray inflated alongside the economic boom in the Athabasca oil sands, seen in the near-doubling of eligible electors for the 1979 election.

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1979 Alberta general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Progressive Conservative | Norm Weiss | 3,431 | 49.91% | -3.14%
| New Democratic | Claire Williscroft | 1,777 | 25.85% | +16.02%
| Social Credit | Conrad Sehn | 1,347 | 19.59% | +9.20%
| Liberal | Denise Diesel | 320 | 4.65% | -8.40%
Total valid votes  | 6,875 | - | -
Rejected, spoiled, and declined  | 31 | - | -
Electors / turnout  | 17,015 | 40.59% |  -14.55%
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -9.58%

Source(s)

Source: "Lac La Biche-McMurray Official Results 1979 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

### 1982 general election[edit]

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1982 Alberta general election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | % | ±%
| Progressive Conservative | Norm Weiss | 6,844 | 57.37% | +7.46%
| New Democratic | Dermond Travis | 3,481 | 29.18% | +3.33%
| Western Canada Concept | Jim Williams | 1,021 | 8.59% | -
| Liberal | Roland Woodward | 584 | 4.90% | +0.25%
Total valid votes  | 11,930 | - | -
Rejected, spoiled, and declined  | 133 | - | -
Electors / turnout  | 23,569 | 51.18% |  +10.59%
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +2.07%

Source(s)

Source: "Lac La Biche-McMurray Official Results 1982 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Election results for Lac La Biche-McMurray". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
2. ^ "New House Leader for SoCreds". Montreal Gazette. Edmonton. September 17, 1973. Retrieved August 23, 2016.

## 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]

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