Edmonton-Highlands-Beverly

Edmonton-Highlands-Beverly 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 1993 to 1997.[1]

Edmonton-Highlands
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1993
District abolished1997
First contested1993
Last contested1993

Edmonton-Highlands-Beverly was contested only once, in 1993. It was created from most of Edmonton-Highlands and part of Edmonton-Beverly, and its name was changed back to Edmonton-Highlands in 1997, with no boundary changes.[2]

Representation history

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Member for Edmonton-Highlands-Beverly
Assembly Years Member Party
See Edmonton-Highlands and Edmonton-Beverly 1971–1993
23rd 1993–1997 Alice Hanson Liberal
See Edmonton-Highlands 1997–2004

The district's only MLA was one-term Liberal member Alice Hanson. She served in opposition and did not run again when the riding was abolished in 1997.[3]

Election results

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1993 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alice Hanson 5,189 45.59% +27.17%
Progressive Conservative Ron Liepert 2,787 24.48% -2.10%
New Democratic John McInnis 2,885 25.34% -29.66%
Social Credit Tim Friesen 428 3.76%
Natural Law Cliff Kinzel 94 0.83%
Total 11,383
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 31
Eligible electors / turnout 20,798 54.88% +1.14%
Liberal notional gain from New Democratic Swing +14.63%
Source(s)
"Results for Edmonton-Highlands". Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
Swing is calculated from the Edmonton-Highlands result in 1989.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Election results for Edmonton-Highlands-Beverly". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  2. ^ "election-atlas.ca - Alberta". election-atlas.ca. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  3. ^ Niddrie, Lise; Hanson, Chris (September 15, 2009). "Alice Ann Hanson". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved March 12, 2018.

Further reading

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