Edmonton-Highlands

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]

Edmonton-Highlands
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1971
District abolished1993
District re-created1997
District re-abolished2004
First contested1971
Last contested2001

History
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–

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.

Election results

1970s
1971 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeDavid Thomas King2,84840.01
Social CreditAmbrose Holowach2,74838.61
New DemocraticLeroy Pearch1,36819.22
LiberalGerald Lorente1542.16
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.
1975 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeDavid Thomas King3,08559.51+19.50
New DemocraticMuriel Venne1,12921.78+2.56
Social CreditAmbrose Holowach88817.13-21.48
CommunistBill Tuomi821.58
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.
1979 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeDavid Thomas King4,64456.48-3.03
New DemocraticClifford Gladue2,06525.12+3.34
Social CreditSam Motrich7709.37-7.76
LiberalTed Power5947.22
CommunistWilliam Tuomi841.02-0.56
IndependentRoger Lavoie650.79
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.

1980s
1982 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeDavid Thomas King5,15754.65-1.84
New DemocraticMarilyn Burnett3,49337.01+11.90
Western Canada ConceptDave Maetche7217.64
CommunistNaomi Rankin660.70-0.32
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.
1986 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticPam Barrett4,15950.43+13.42
Progressive ConservativeDavid Thomas King3,50742.52-12.12
LiberalNaseer Chaudhary4175.06
RepresentativeTodd R.C. Ross831.01
CommunistNaomi Rankin510.62-0.08
Heritage PartyCec Garfin300.36
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.
1989 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticPam Barrett4,99755.00+4.57
Progressive ConservativeZiad N. Jaber2,41526.58-15.94
LiberalKen Kozak1,67318.41+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.

1990s

Results for 1997 are compared to results in Edmonton-Highlands-Beverly in 1993.

1997 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticPam Barrett5,63850.64+25.29
Progressive ConservativeJim Campbell2,79325.09+0.60
LiberalChris Smith2,28420.51-25.07
Social CreditTim Friesen4193.760.00
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.

2000s
Alberta provincial by-election, Monday, June 12, 2000
following the resignation of Ms. Pamela Barrett on February 2, 2000
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticBrian Mason4,86359.04+8.40
LiberalTerry Kirkland1,50818.31-2.21
Progressive ConservativeBarbara Fung1,40617.07-8.02
Alberta FirstJohn Reil2703.28–
Social CreditPat Hansard1561.89-1.87
IndependentAdil Pirbhai340.41–
Total 8,237100.00–
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 28––
Eligible electors / turnout 19,71441.92-17.19
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.
2001 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticBrian Mason4,64146.23-12.81
Progressive ConservativeRobert Bilida3,47734.63+17.57
LiberalKim Cassady1,92119.14+0.83
Total 10,039100.00–
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 35––
Eligible electors / turnout 21,53946.77+4.85
New Democratic hold Swing -15.19
Source(s)
"Results for Edmonton-Highlands". Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 12, 2018.

See also

References
  1. "Election results for Edmonton-Highlands". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  2. Mahoney, Jill (February 3, 2000). "Alberta NDP leader quits after near-death experience". The Globe and Mail. Edmonton, AB. Retrieved March 12, 2018.

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