# 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.

## 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 | David King | Progressive Conservative |
| 19th | 1979–1982 | David King | Progressive Conservative |
| 20th | 1982–1986 | David King | Progressive Conservative |
| 21st | 1986–1989 | Pam Barrett | New Democratic |
| 22nd | 1989–1993 | Pam Barrett | New Democratic |
| See Edmonton-Highlands-Beverly 1993–1997 |||||
| 24th | 1997–2000 | Pam Barrett | New Democratic |
| 24th | 2000 | Vacant | Vacant |
| 24th | 2000–2001 | Brian Mason | New Democratic |
| 25th | 2001–2004 | Brian Mason | New Democratic |
| 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.
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 | Total | Total | 7,118 | 100.00 |
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 105 |
| Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | 11,695 | 61.76 |
| | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | 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 | Total | Total | 5,184 | 100.00 |
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 75 |
| Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | 10,896 | 48.27 | -13.50 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 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 | Total | Total | 8,222 | 100.00 |
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 29 |
| Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | 15,968 | 51.67 | +3.41 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 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 | Total | Total | 9,437 | 100.00 |
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 50 |
| Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | 16,030 | 59.18 | +7.51 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | 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 | Total | Total | 8,247 | 100.00 |
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 30 |
| Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | 16,290 | 50.81 | -8.37 |
| | New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | 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 | Total | Total | 9,085 | 100.00 |
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | -232 |
| Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | 16,474 | 53.74 | +2.93 |
| | New Democratic hold | New Democratic hold | Swing | 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 | Total | Total | 11,134 | 100.00 |
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 56 |
| Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | Eligible electors / Turnout | 18,930 | 59.11 | +4.23 |
| | New Democratic notional gain from Liberal | New Democratic notional gain from Liberal | Swing | 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 | Total | Total | 8,237 | 100.00 | – |
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 28 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 19,714 | 41.92 | -17.19 |
| | New Democratic hold | New Democratic hold | Swing | 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. |||||||
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 | Total | Total | 10,039 | 100.00 | – |
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 35 | – | – |
| Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | Eligible electors / turnout | 21,539 | 46.77 | +4.85 |
| | New Democratic hold | New Democratic hold | Swing | Swing | -15.19 |
| Source(s) "Results for Edmonton-Highlands". Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 12, 2018. |||||||