Edmonton-Highlands
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
District created 1971
District abolished 1993
District re-created 1997
District re-abolished 2004
Edmonton-Highlands was a provincial electoral district in Alberta , Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1971 to 1993 and again from 1997 to 2004.
History Representation history The district's first representative was PC David Thomas King . He served in the cabinet of Peter Lougheed , most notably as Education minister from 1979 until 1986.
King was defeated by New Democrat Pam Barrett in the 1986 election. She served two terms as MLA, and took a break from politics due to poor health at the same time the riding was dissolved in 1993.
However, another quick redistribution saw the riding re-created in 1997, and Barrett (now leader of the NDP) captured the riding again. She subsequently resigned her seat in 2000 after a near-death experience.
Brian Mason won the resulting by-election, and was re-elected in 2001. When the riding was abolished again in 2004, he went on to serve as MLA for Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood .
Election results 1970s 1971 Alberta general election Party Candidate Votes % Progressive Conservative David Thomas King 2,848 40.01 Social Credit Ambrose Holowach 2,748 38.61 New Democratic Leroy Pearch 1,368 19.22 Liberal Gerald Lorente 154 2.16 Total 7,118 100.00 Rejected, spoiled, and declined 105 Eligible electors / Turnout 11,695 61.76 Progressive Conservative pickup new district.Source(s)
1975 Alberta general election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative David Thomas King 3,085 59.51 +19.50 New Democratic Muriel Venne 1,129 21.78 +2.56 Social Credit Ambrose Holowach 888 17.13 -21.48 Communist Bill Tuomi 82 1.58 Total 5,184 100.00 Rejected, spoiled, and declined 75 Eligible electors / Turnout 10,896 48.27 -13.50 Progressive Conservative hold Swing +8.47 Source(s)
1979 Alberta general election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative David Thomas King 4,644 56.48 -3.03 New Democratic Clifford Gladue 2,065 25.12 +3.34 Social Credit Sam Motrich 770 9.37 -7.76 Liberal Ted Power 594 7.22 Communist William Tuomi 84 1.02 -0.56 Independent Roger Lavoie 65 0.79 Total 8,222 100.00 Rejected, spoiled, and declined 29 Eligible electors / Turnout 15,968 51.67 +3.41 Progressive Conservative hold Swing -3.18 Source(s)
1980s 1982 Alberta general election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Progressive Conservative David Thomas King 5,157 54.65 -1.84 New Democratic Marilyn Burnett 3,493 37.01 +11.90 Western Canada Concept Dave Maetche 721 7.64 Communist Naomi Rankin 66 0.70 -0.32 Total 9,437 100.00 Rejected, spoiled, and declined 50 Eligible electors / Turnout 16,030 59.18 +7.51 Progressive Conservative hold Swing -6.87 Source(s)
1986 Alberta general election Party Candidate Votes % ±% New Democratic Pam Barrett 4,159 50.43 +13.42 Progressive Conservative David Thomas King 3,507 42.52 -12.12 Liberal Naseer Chaudhary 417 5.06 Representative Todd R.C. Ross 83 1.01 Communist Naomi Rankin 51 0.62 -0.08 Heritage Party Cec Garfin 30 0.36 Total 8,247 100.00 Rejected, spoiled, and declined 30 Eligible electors / Turnout 16,290 50.81 -8.37 New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +12.77 Source(s)
1989 Alberta general election Party Candidate Votes % ±% New Democratic Pam Barrett 4,997 55.00 +4.57 Progressive Conservative Ziad N. Jaber 2,415 26.58 -15.94 Liberal Ken Kozak 1,673 18.41 +13.36 Total 9,085 100.00 Rejected, spoiled, and declined -232 Eligible electors / Turnout 16,474 53.74 +2.93 New Democratic hold Swing +10.26 Source(s)
1990s Results for 1997 are compared to results in Edmonton-Highlands-Beverly in 1993.
1997 Alberta general election Party Candidate Votes % ±% New Democratic Pam Barrett 5,638 50.64 +25.29 Progressive Conservative Jim Campbell 2,793 25.09 +0.60 Liberal Chris Smith 2,284 20.51 -25.07 Social Credit Tim Friesen 419 3.76 0.00 Total 11,134 100.00 Rejected, spoiled, and declined 56 Eligible electors / Turnout 18,930 59.11 +4.23 New Democratic notional gainLiberal Swing +12.35 Source(s)
2000s vteAlberta provincial by-election, Monday, June 12, 2000 following the resignation of Ms. Pamela Barrett on February 2, 2000 Party Candidate Votes % ±% New Democratic Brian Mason 4,863 59.04 +8.40 Liberal Terry Kirkland 1,508 18.31 -2.21 Progressive Conservative Barbara Fung 1,406 17.07 -8.02 Alberta First John Reil 270 3.28 – Social Credit Pat Hansard 156 1.89 -1.87 Independent Adil Pirbhai 34 0.41 – Total 8,237 100.00 – Rejected, spoiled, and declined 28 – – Eligible electors / turnout 19,714 41.92 -17.19 New Democratic hold Swing +5.30 Source(s)Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2000). (PDF) (Report). Edmonton: Legislative Assembly of Alberta; Chief Electoral Officer.
vte2001 Alberta general election Party Candidate Votes % ±% New Democratic Brian Mason 4,641 46.23 -12.81 Progressive Conservative Robert Bilida 3,477 34.63 +17.57 Liberal Kim Cassady 1,921 19.14 +0.83 Total 10,039 100.00 – Rejected, spoiled, and declined 35 – – Eligible electors / turnout 21,539 46.77 +4.85 New Democratic hold Swing -15.19 Source(s). Heritage Community Foundation.
See also Further reading Office of the Chief Electoral Officer ; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). . The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7.External links