Lac La Biche-McMurray
{{Short description|Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada}}
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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.{{cite web |title=Election results for Lac La Biche-McMurray. |url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/year_result.php?Constit=Lac%20La%20Biche-McMurray |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208183724/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/year_result.php?Constit=Lac%20La%20Biche-McMurray |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 December 2010 |website=abheritage.ca |publisher=Heritage Community Foundation |access-date=22 May 2020}}
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
| class=wikitable align=right
|+ Members of the Legislative Assembly for Lac La Biche-McMurray |
| Assembly
!Years !colspan="2"|Member !Party |
|---|
| align="center" colspan=5|See Lac La Biche 1952-1971 |
| rowspan=2|17th
|1971–1972 |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}| |rowspan=2|Damase |
| 1972–1975
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|background}}| |Independent |
| 18th
|1975–1979 |rowspan=3 {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| |rowspan=3|Progressive |
| 19th
|1979–1982 |rowspan=2|Norm Weiss |
| 20th
|1982–1986 |
| align="center" colspan=5|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".{{cite news|title=New House Leader for SoCreds|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19730917&id=nRMyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=96EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4069,82312&hl=en|newspaper=Montreal Gazette|location=Edmonton|date=1973-09-17|access-date=2016-08-23}} 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=
| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
!colspan=4|Lac La Biche-McMurray 1970 boundaries |
| colspan=4|Bordering districts |
|---|
| North
!East !West !South |
| N/A
|N/A |
| colspan=2 align=center|
|colspan=2 align=center| |
| colspan=4|Legal description from {{Cite canlaw
|short title =The Legislative Assembly Act |abbr =S.A. |year =1970 |chapter =34 |section = |subsection = |part = |division = |schedule = |link =http://canlii.ca/t/53w6m |linkloc =CanLii |wikilink = |type = |amended1 = |amended2 = |amended3 = |amended4 = |amended5 = |regtitle = |regnumber = }} |
| colspan=4|"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." |
| colspan=4|Note: |
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!colspan=4|Lac La Biche-McMurray 1977 boundaries |
| colspan=4|Bordering districts |
|---|
| North
!East !West !South |
| N/A
|N/A |
| colspan=2 align=center|
|colspan=2 align=center| |
| colspan=4|Legal description from {{Cite canlaw
|short title =The Legislative Assembly Act |abbr =S.A. |year =1977 |chapter =28 |section = |subsection = |part = |division = |schedule = |link =http://canlii.ca/t/53spb |linkloc =CanLii |wikilink = |type = |amended1 = |amended2 = |amended3 = |amended4 = |amended5 = |regtitle = |regnumber = }} |
| colspan=4|"—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." |
| colspan=4|Note: |
Electoral results
=1971=
{{Alberta provincial election, 1971/Lac La Biche-McMurray}}
=1975=
{{Alberta provincial election, 1975/Lac La Biche-McMurray}}
=1979=
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.
{{Alberta provincial election, 1979/Lac La Biche-McMurray}}
=1982=
{{Alberta provincial election, 1982/Lac La Biche-McMurray}}
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book |author1=Office of the Chief Electoral Officer |author2=Legislative Assembly Office |author2-link=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |author-link1=Elections Alberta |title=A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005 |date=2006 |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |series=The Centennial Series |location=Edmonton, AB |isbn=0-9689217-8-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/centennialseries04perr/mode/2up |access-date=25 May 2020}}
External links
- [http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/ Elections Alberta]
- [http://www.assembly.ab.ca/ The Legislative Assembly of Alberta]
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