Barrhead-Westlock

Barrhead-Westlock 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 2004.[1]

Barrhead-Westlock
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1993
District abolished2004
First contested1993
Last contested2001

History

Boundary history

Barrhead-Westlock was created from Barrhead, Westlock-Sturgeon and a small portion of Athabasca-Lac La Biche in 1993. Its largest communities were its namesake towns Barrhead and Westlock, as well as the town of Swan Hills. Its boundaries remained unchanged in the redistribution that took effect in 1997.[2]

The riding was replaced by Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock in the 2003 electoral boundary re-distribution, which covered the entire area of Barrhead-Westlock and a small portion of Redwater.[3]

Representation history
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Barrhead-Westlock
Assembly Years Member Party
See Barrhead 1971-1993 and Westlock-Sturgeon 1986-1993.
23rd 1993-1997 Ken Kowalski Progressive
Conservative
24th 1997-2001
25th 2001-2004
See Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock electoral district from 2004-2019

Barrhead-Westlock's only MLA was Ken Kowalski, who had already served as the Progressive Conservative member for Barrhead since 1979.

After the 1997 election, Kowalski became the 11th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.

When Barrhead-Westlock was abolished for the 2004 election, Kowalski continued his political career, serving two more terms in the new riding of Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock as MLA and Speaker of the Assembly.

Election results

1993 general election
1993 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeKen Kowalski6,31255.04%–
LiberalDale Greig3,30928.85%–
New DemocraticHarold Wharton1,0769.38%–
Social CreditDale Harris5614.89%–
Confederation of RegionsAdam Hauch1431.25%–
IndependentLeonard Stahl790.58%–
Total valid votes 11,468––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 25––
Registered electors / Turnout 16,43969.91%–
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "Barrhead-Westlock Official Results 1993 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1997 general election
1997 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeKen Kowalski6,19560.66%+5.62%
LiberalDale Greig2,13020.86%-7.99%
Social CreditJ. Harvey Yuill1,24412.18%+7.29%
New DemocraticJoe Woytowich6436.30%-3.08%
Total valid votes 10,212––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 29––
Registered electors / Turnout 16,77861.04% -8.87%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +6.81%
Source(s)
Source: "Barrhead-Westlock Official Results 1997 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

2001 general election
2001 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeKen Kowalski7,18369.31%+8.65%
Social CreditJeff Willerton1,35213.05%+0.87%
LiberalLaurie Hodge1,25912.15%-8.71%
New DemocraticSuzanne Forbes5695.49%-0.81%
Total valid votes 10,401––
Rejected, spoiled and declined 38––
Registered electors / Turnout 16,79461.93% +0.89%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +3.89%
Source(s)
Source: "Barrhead-Westlock Official Results 2001 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

Also see

References
  1. "Election results for Barrhead-Westlock". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  2. Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (June 1996). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  3. Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (February 2003). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved May 29, 2020.

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