Edmonton-Highlands
Edmonton-Highlands
Defunct provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada
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.[1]
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Quick Facts Alberta electoral district, Defunct provincial electoral district ...
 Alberta electoral district | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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More information Members for Edmonton-Highlands, Assembly ...
| Members for Edmonton-Highlands | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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– | ||||
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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.[2]
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.
1970s
More information 1971 Alberta general election, Party ...
| 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)
"Results for Edmonton-Highlands". Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 12, 2018. | ||||||||
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More information 1975 Alberta general election, Party ...
| 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)
"Results for Edmonton-Highlands". Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 12, 2018. | ||||||||
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More information 1979 Alberta general election, Party ...
| 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)
"Results for Edmonton-Highlands". Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 12, 2018. | ||||||||
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1980s
More information 1982 Alberta general election, Party ...
| 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)
"Results for Edmonton-Highlands". Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 12, 2018. | ||||||||
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More information 1986 Alberta general election, Party ...
| 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)
"Results for Edmonton-Highlands". Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 12, 2018. | ||||||||
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More information 1989 Alberta general election, Party ...
| 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)
"Results for Edmonton-Highlands". Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 12, 2018. | ||||||||
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1990s
Results for 1997 are compared to results in Edmonton-Highlands-Beverly in 1993.
More information 1997 Alberta general election, Party ...
| 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 gain from Liberal | Swing | +12.35 | ||||||
Source(s)
"Results for Edmonton-Highlands". Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved March 12, 2018. | ||||||||
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2000s
More information Party, Candidate ...
| 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. Chief Electoral Officer (2000). The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the Edmonton-Highlands By-election held June 12, 2000 and the Red Deer-North By-election held September 25, 2000 (PDF) (Report). Edmonton: Legislative Assembly of Alberta; Chief Electoral Officer. Retrieved April 15, 2021. | ||||||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| 2001 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)
"Results for Edmonton-Highlands". Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 12, 2018. | ||||||||
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- "Election results for Edmonton-Highlands". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - Mahoney, Jill (February 3, 2000). "Alberta NDP leader quits after near-death experience". The Globe and Mail. Edmonton, AB. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
- Office of the Chief Electoral Officer; Legislative Assembly Office (2006). A Century of Democracy: Elections of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905-2005. The Centennial Series. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-8-7. Retrieved May 25, 2020.