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David Yurdiga (born March 26, 1964) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Fort McMurray-Athabasca in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2014 by-election. He now represents Fort McMurray-Cold Lake. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.
Personal background
Yurdiga studied power engineering at a technical school in Alberta. Beginning in the early 1990s, Yurdiga sold industrial chemicals and safety equipment out of Fort McMurray. He then branched out and created a consulting and property management business in Lac La Biche.
In 2007, Yurdiga was elected to Athabasca County’s council, representing Grassland. He was named deputy reeve in 2008, and then served as reeve from 2009 to 2013.
He is married, and has a son and daughter.
Electoral record
With the departure of Brian Jean in 2014, Yurdiga was selected to be the Conservative candidate in the by-election to represent Fort McMurray-Athabasca.
| Canadian federal election, 2015: Fort McMurray-Cold Lake | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | David Yurdiga | 28,625 | 60.6 | -11.91 | – | |||
| Liberal | Kyle Harrietha | 13,403 | 28.4 | +17.61 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Melody Lepine | 3,663 | 7.7 | -5.43 | – | |||
| Green | Brian Deheer | 743 | 1.6 | -1.97 | – | |||
| Libertarian | Scott Berry | 552 | 1.2 | – | – | |||
| Christian Heritage | Roelof Janssen | 280 | 0.6 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 47,266 | 100.0 | $260,378.41 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 158 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 47,424 | 62.02 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 76,190 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||
| Canadian federal by-election, June 30, 2014: Fort McMurray—Athabasca Resignation of Brian Jean | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Conservative | David Yurdiga | 5,991 | 46.71 | −25.13 | ||||
| Liberal | Kyle Harrietha | 4,529 | 35.31 | +24.89 | ||||
| New Democratic | Lori McDaniel | 1,472 | 11.48 | −1.77 | ||||
| Green | Brian Deheer | 453 | 3.53 | −0.96 | ||||
| Libertarian | Tim Moen | 381 | 2.97 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 12,826 | 100.0 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 34 | 0.26 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 12,860 | 15.37 | −25.38 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 83,647 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −25.01 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||