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Hi, I'm Alex McPhee! I live in [[Val Marie]], am the proud holder of a [[University of Alberta]] BSc, and am a professional cartographer (seriously, this is a real job that exists).

On-wiki, I specialize in Canadian graphics and geography. Check out my other work at [http://www.awmcphee.ca awmcphee.ca].

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{{User lives in|Saskatchewan}}
{{User WP Canada}}
{{User WikiProject Alberta}}
{{User WP Canadian Territories}}
{{User:Awmcphee/Userboxes/Moravian user template}}
{{User DYK credits|3}}
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== Photographs ==

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| title        = Peace River Country
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| File:Dr._Mary_Jackson_School,_Keg_River,_Alberta.jpg
 | Dr. Mary Jackson School, [[Keg River, Alberta|Keg River]]
| File:Sagitawa_Lookout,_Peace_River,_Alberta.jpg
 | Sagitawa Lookout, [[Peace River, Alberta|Peace River]]
| File:Goodlow bc store.jpg
 | [[Goodlow, British Columbia|Goodlow]] post office
| File:Dunvegan alberta skyline.jpg
 | [[Dunvegan, Alberta|Dunvegan]] Bridge
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| title        = Northwest Territories
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| File:Norman Range NT.jpg
 | Norman Range, [[Norman Wells]]
| File:Keele River NWT 2019.jpg
 | [[Keele River]]
| File:Canadian Shield landscape in Yellowknife NT.jpg
 | [[Canadian Shield]], [[Yellowknife]]
| File:Pine Point mine pit.jpg
 | Derelict [[Pine Point, Northwest Territories|Pine Point]] mine workings
| File:Lady Evelyn Falls Kakisa NT.jpg
 | Lady Evelyn Falls, [[Kakisa]]
| File:Liard River at Blackstone Territorial Park NT.jpg
 | [[Liard River]], Blackstone TP
}}

{{Gallery
| title        = Alberta municipal district boundary signs
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| File: County of Athabasca AB sign.jpg
 | Athabasca
| File: Big lakes MD less faded sign.jpg
 | Big Lakes
| File: MD of Bonnyville AB sign.jpg
 | Bonnyville
| File:Cypress County AB welcome sign.jpg
 | Cypress
| File: Fairview MD sign.jpg
 | Fairview
| File:Forty Mile County AB welcome sign.jpg
 | Forty Mile
| File:Kneehill County AB welcome sign.jpg
 | Kneehill
| File: Lac la Biche County AB sign.jpg
 | Lac la Biche
| File:Lacombe County AB welcome sign.jpg
 | Lacombe
| File:  Lamont County sign.JPG
 | Lamont
| File: Lesser slave river MD sign.jpg
 | Lesser Slave River
| File: Minburn County sign.JPG
 | Minburn
| File: Md opportunity 17 welcome sign.jpg
 | Opportunity
| File: Paintearth County Sign.JPG
 | Paintearth
| File:Pincher Creek District AB welcome sign.jpg
 | Pincher Creek
| File:Ranchland District AB welcome sign.jpg
 | Ranchland
| File: County of St. Paul AB sign.jpg
 | St. Paul
| File: Smoky river MD sign.jpg
 | Smoky River
| File: Special Areas sign.JPG
 | Special Areas
| File:Spirit river MD sign.jpg
 | Spirit River
| File: Starland highway marker.JPG
 | Starland
| File:Stettler County AB welcome sign.jpg
 | Stettler
| File:Vulcan County AB welcome sign.jpg
 | Vulcan
| File: Wainwright MD sign.JPG
 | Wainwright
| File:Warner County AB welcome sign.jpg
 | Warner
| File:Wheatland County AB welcome sign.jpg
 | Wheatland
| File:Willow Creek District AB welcome sign.jpg
 | Willow Creek
}}

==High effort maps==

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| File: Alberta Topo Labeled 90 dpi.png
 | [[Alberta]]
| File: Saskatchewan Topographic.png
 | [[Saskatchewan]]
}}

I am proud to say that these two projects launched my career and I now work full-time in... staying at home all day and producing maps of Alberta and Saskatchewan.

== My electoral history ==

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2021|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|[[Jeremy Patzer]]|24,518|71.53|–9.6|$35,741.95}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|'''Alex McPhee'''|'''3,604'''|'''10.51'''|'''+1.0'''|'''$26,349.39'''}}
{{CANelec|CA|PPC|Charles Reginald Hislop|2,826|8.24|+5.4|$0.00}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Mackenzie Hird|1,492|4.35|+0.1|$2,023.58}}
{{CANelec|CA|Maverick|Mark Skagen|1,360|3.97|+3.97|$7,334.65}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Carol Vandale|284|0.83|–1.1|$0.00}}
{{CANelec|CA|Independent|Maria Rose Lewans|193|0.56|–0.01|$0.00}}
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes/expense limit|34,277|99.6|–|$122,866.74}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|145|0.04}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|34,422|67}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|49,606}}
{{CANelec/hold|CA|Conservative|+3.2}}
{{CANelec/source|Source: [[Elections Canada]]<ref>{{cite web |title=List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election |url=https://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand/lst&document=index&lang=e |website=[[Elections Canada]] |access-date=2 September 2021}}</ref>|}}
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== Election cartograms ==

These are generated using a fairly simple Python script, made as my first programming project after graduation. (Harder than it sounds, as the only thing I learned in university was Matlab.) Arranging the grid squares to minimize distortion is an art, not a science.

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| File: Canada 2019 grid cartogram.png
 | [[2019 Canadian federal election]]
| File: India 2019 grid cartogram.png
 | [[2019 Indian general election]]
| File: Senate of Poland cartogram, 2019.svg
 | [[2019 Polish parliamentary election]]
| File: British House of Commons 2019.png
 | [[2019 United Kingdom general election]]
}}

== Provincial thematic maps ==

I am currently trying to make as many good thematic maps as possible to illustrate the Canadian province articles.

=== British Columbia ===

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| File: BC Population Density 2021.svg
 | Population density
| File: BC Elevation.svg
 | Elevation
}}

===Alberta===

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| File: Alberta population density 2021.svg
 | Population density
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===Ontario===

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| File: Ontario Population Density 2021.svg
 | Population density
| File: Ontario Indigenous Identity 2021.svg
 | Indigenous identity
| File: Ontario Visible Minorities 2021.svg
 | Visible minorities
| File: Ontario French Ability 2021.svg
 | French ability
}}

===Quebec===

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| File: Quebec Population Density 2021.svg
 | Population density
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===New Brunswick===

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| File: NB Population Density 2021.svg
 | Population density
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== Rural locator maps ==

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| File:CAN BC Greater Vancouver Regional District locator.svg
 | [[British Columbia]] regional districts
| File:AB locator MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF FAIRVIEW NO 136.svg
 | [[Alberta]] municipal districts and counties
| File:SK RM 17 Val Marie.svg
 | [[Saskatchewan]] rural municipalities
| CAN MB Portage la Prairie.svg
 | [[Manitoba]] rural municipalities
| File:NWT Settlement Locator Tlicho.svg
 | [[Northwest Territories]] administrative divisions
}}

== Urban locator maps ==

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| File:0414 Sv Burnstick Lake, Alberta Locator.svg
 | [[Burnstick Lake]]
| 0241 Town Oyen, Alberta Locator.svg
 | [[Oyen, Alberta|Oyen]]
| File:0506 East Prairie Metis Settlement, Alberta Locator.svg
 | [[East Prairie Metis Settlement]]
| File:0356 City Chestermere, Alberta Locator.svg
 | [[Chestermere, Alberta|Chestermere]]
}}

==County locators (experimental)==

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| {{Location map+ |CAN AB Greenview
|caption =
|alt = M.D. of Greenview, Alberta
|places =
{{Location map~ |CAN AB Greenview
|label = [[Valleyview, Alberta|'''Valleyview''']]
|mark = Western Canada Map Assets Town.svg
|marksize = 6
|position = right
|lat_deg = 55.068611
|lon_deg = -117.268333}}
{{Location map~ |CAN AB Greenview
|label = [[Fox Creek, Alberta|'''Fox Creek''']]
|mark = Western Canada Map Assets Town.svg
|marksize = 6
|position = left
|lat_deg = 54.395
|lon_deg = -116.809167}}
{{Location map~ |CAN AB Greenview
|label = [[Grande Cache, Alberta|Grande Cache]]
|mark = Western Canada Map Assets Hamlet.svg
|marksize = 4
|position = top
|lat_deg = 53.874722
|lon_deg = -119.1225}}
{{Location map~ |CAN AB Greenview
|label = [[DeBolt, Alberta|DeBolt]]
|mark = Western Canada Map Assets Hamlet.svg
|marksize = 4
|position = right
|lat_deg = 55.2217
|lon_deg = -118.0203}}
{{Location map~ |CAN AB Greenview
|label = [[Grovedale, Alberta|Grovedale]]
|mark = Western Canada Map Assets Hamlet.svg
|marksize = 4
|position = bottom
|lat_deg = 55.0278
|lon_deg = -118.8594}}
{{Location map~ |CAN AB Greenview
|label = [[Little Smoky, Alberta|Little Smoky]]
|mark = Western Canada Map Assets Hamlet.svg
|marksize = 4
|position = left
|lat_deg = 54.7389
|lon_deg = -117.1797}}
}}}}

==Historic federal riding locator maps==

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| File:194759010 New Westminster.svg
 | Historic Vancouver ridings
| File:195247001 Assiniboia.svg
 | Historic rural Saskatchewan ridings
| File:196648003 Calgary Centre.svg
 | Historic Calgary ridings
| File:193348008 Edmonton East.svg
 | Historic Edmonton ridings
| File:192448013 Peace River.svg
 | Historic rural Alberta ridings
| File:194747014 Regina City.svg
 | Historic Regina ridings
| File:191446013 Winnipeg Centre.svg
 | Historic Winnipeg ridings
}}

==Other maps==

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| File:Edmonton Metropolitan Region Board Members.svg
 | [[Edmonton Metropolitan Region]] municipalities
| File:Calgary Metropolitan Region Board Members.svg
 | [[Calgary Metropolitan Region]] municipalities
}}

==Other graphics==

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| File: Canada Historical Population Bump Chart no signature.svg
 | Bump chart of provincial population ranks.
}}

==Articles I am proud of==

===DYK===

* [[Reindeer Station]]
* [[Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples]]
* [[Stoney Knoll First Nation]]

===Other===

* [[Gwich'in Tribal Council]]
* [[Peerless Trout First Nation]]
* [[Paddle Prairie Metis Settlement]]
* [[Cold Lake Metis Settlement]]
* [[Marlboro Metis Settlement]]
* [[Wolf Lake Metis Settlement]]
* [[Land-use framework regions of Alberta]]
* [[Rural Municipality of Glen McPherson No. 46]]
* [[Sahtu Region]]
* [[ʔejëre K’elnı Kuę́ 196I]]

==Navboxes created/reformatted==

===First Nations + Indigenous peoples===
{{First Nations in British Columbia}}
{{First Nations in Alberta}}
{{First Nations in Saskatchewan}}
{{First Nations in Manitoba}}
{{First Nations in the Yukon}}
{{Aboriginal peoples in the Northwest Territories}}

{{Métis settlements}}

===Alberta land-use framework regions===
{{Alberta Regions Lower Peace}}
{{Alberta Regions Lower Athabasca}}
{{Alberta Regions Upper Peace}}
{{Alberta Regions Upper Athabasca}}
{{Alberta Regions North Saskatchewan}}
{{Alberta Regions Red Deer}}
{{Alberta Regions South Saskatchewan}}

==Notes and subpages==

* [[User:Awmcphee/Land Cover]] - Instructions for replicating the colourimetry used on my land cover maps.
* [[User:Awmcphee/Pushpin]] - Some thoughts on using the locator map template for community articles.
* [[User:Awmcphee/Maplink]] - Testing [[Template:Maplink]] on some Alberta municipalities. (Verdict: It only works on the largest of the bunch, and then, not accurately.)