Edmonton-Highlands
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Defunct provincial electoral district | |
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
District created | 1971 |
District abolished | 1993 |
District re-created | 1997 |
District re-abolished | 2004 |
First contested | 1971 |
Last contested | 2001 |
Edmonton-Highlands is a defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that existed twice: between 1971 and 1993, and again from 1997 until it was abolished in 2004.
History
Members for Edmonton-Highlands | ||||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
See Edmonton North East 1959–1971 | ||||
17th | 1971–1975 | David King | Progressive Conservative | |
18th | 1975–1979 | |||
19th | 1979–1982 | |||
20th | 1982–1986 | |||
21st | 1986–1989 | Pam Barrett | New Democratic | |
22nd | 1989–1993 | |||
See Edmonton-Highlands-Beverly 1993–1997 | ||||
24th | 1997–2000 | Pam Barrett | New Democratic | |
2000 | Vacant | |||
2000–2001 | Brian Mason | New Democratic | ||
25th | 2001–2004 | |||
See Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood 2004– |
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.[1]
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
Alberta general election, 1971 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Progressive Conservative | David Thomas King | 2,848 | 40.01 | |||||
Social Credit | Ambrose A. 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) |
Alberta general election, 1975 | ||||||||
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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 A. 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) |
Alberta general election, 1979 | ||||||||
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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) |
Alberta general election, 1982 | ||||||||
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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) |
Alberta general election, 1986 | ||||||||
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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) |
Alberta general election, 1989 | ||||||||
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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) |
Results for 1997 are compared to results in Edmonton-Highlands-Beverly in 1993.
Alberta general election, 1997 | ||||||||
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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 gain from Liberal | Swing | +12.35 | ||||||
Source(s) |
Alberta provincial by-election, Monday, June 12, 2000 following the resignation of Ms. Pamela Barrett on February 2, 2000 | ||||||||
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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 general election, 2001 | ||||||||
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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) |
References
- ↑ Mahoney, Jill (2000-02-03). "Alberta NDP leader quits after near-death experience". The Globe and Mail. Edmonton, AB. Retrieved 2018-03-12.