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
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
1993 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalAlice Hanson5,18945.59%+27.17%
Progressive ConservativeRon Liepert2,78724.48%-2.10%
New DemocraticJohn McInnis2,88525.34%-29.66%
Social CreditTim Friesen4283.76%–
Natural LawCliff Kinzel940.83%–
Total 11,383––
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 31––
Eligible electors / Turnout 20,79854.88%+1.14%
Liberal notional gain from New Democratic Swing +14.63%
Source(s)
"Results for Edmonton-Highlands". Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
Swing is calculated from the Edmonton-Highlands result in 1989.

Also see

References
  1. "Election results for Edmonton-Highlands-Beverly". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on 8 December 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  2. "election-atlas.ca - Alberta". election-atlas.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
  3. Niddrie, Lise; Hanson, Chris (2009-09-15). "Alice Ann Hanson". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2018-03-12.

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