Doug Faulkner

Doug Faulkner
Mayor of Wood Buffalo, Alberta
In office
1997–2004
Preceded byGuy Boutilier
Succeeded byMelissa Blake
Personal details
Born1942 (1942)
Inverness, Scotland
Died (aged 82)
Residence(s)Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada

Doug Faulkner (1942 – 17 July 2024) was a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta from 1997 to 2004.[1]

Born in Scotland and raised in Bishops Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Faulkner worked in the materials and services department for Syncrude prior to his election as mayor.[2]

Faulkner also ran for federal and provincial office. He ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate in Athabasca in the 2000 election, but switched his affiliation to the Liberal Party in the 2004 election following the merger of the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance into the contemporary Conservative Party. In the 2012 provincial election in Alberta, he ran as a Wildrose Party candidate in the electoral district of Fort McMurray-Conklin. Faulkner died on 17 July 2024, at the age of 82.[3]

Electoral record

2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Alliance David Chatters 18,775 54.45 -0.16 $34,623
Liberal Harold Cardinal 9,793 28.40 -1.62 $66,236
Progressive Conservative Doug Faulkner 4,224 12.25 +3.10 $26,660
New Democratic Alysia Erickson 872 2.52 -2.17
Marijuana Reginald Normore 469 1.36 –
Green Harvey Alex Scott 345 1.00 -0.50 $194
Total valid votes 34,478 100.00
Total rejected ballots 104 0.30 +0.03
Turnout 34,582 56.28 +6.86
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Brian Jean 17,942 60.3 -6.40 $84,096
Liberal Doug Faulkner 7,158 24.05 -4.35 $52,713
New Democratic Robert Cree 3,115 10.46 +7.94 $4,942
Green Ian Hopfe 1,542 5.18 +4.18 $112
Total valid votes 29,757 100.00
Total rejected ballots 112 0.37 +0.07
Turnout 29,869 47.85 -8.43


2012 Alberta general election: Fort McMurray-Conklin
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Don Scott 2,588 48.95
Wildrose Doug Faulkner 2,123 40.16
New Democratic Paul Pomerleau 419 7.93
Liberal Ted Remenda 157 2.97
Total valid votes 5,287 99.17
Rejected, spoiled and declined 44 0.83
Turnout 5,331 36.30
Eligible electors 14,686
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Election Results - Fort McMurray-Conklin". officialresults.elections.ab.ca/. Retrieved 27 December 2021.

References

  1. ^ "Former mayor Faulkner runs for Wildrose" Archived 16 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. mymcmurray.com, 12 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Candidate profile: Doug Faulkner, Wildrose" Archived 14 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Fort McMurray Today, 12 April 2012.
  3. ^ Former RMWB mayor Doug Faulkner passes away


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