Doug Faulkner

Doug Faulkner

Mayor of Wood Buffalo, Alberta
In office 1997–2004
Preceded by	Guy Boutilier
Succeeded by	Melissa Blake
Personal details
Born	Scotland
Residence	Fort McMurray, Alberta

Doug Faulkner is 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 has also run 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.

Electoral record

Alberta general election, 2012: 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
Total rejected ballots			44	0.83
Turnout			5,331	36.30
Eligible voters			14,686	–

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