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Barrhead
Alberta electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Alberta
District created1971
First contested1971
Last contested1989

Barrhead was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

History

Boundary history

Barrhead replaced the district of Pembina in the redistribution that took effect in 1971, centred around the town of Barrhead. In 1979 its southern boundary was extended to the north shore of Lac Ste. Anne, and extended further south again in 1986.

In the redistribution that took effect in 1993, the riding was replaced by Barrhead-Westlock and its southern portion was transferred to Whitecourt-Ste. Anne.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Barrhead-Westlock
Assembly Years Member Party
See Pembina 1909–1971
17th 1971–1975 Hugh Horner Progressive
Conservative
18th 1975–1979
19th 1979
1979 Vacant
1979–1982 Ken Kowalski Progressive
Conservative
20th 1982–1986
21st 1986–1989
22nd 1989–1993
See Barrhead-Westlock 1993–2004 and
Whitecourt-Ste. Anne 1993–2019

The first representative for Barrhead was one-term Progressive Conservative MLA for Lac Ste. Anne Hugh Horner, who had captured his seat from the governing Social Credit in 1967. He occupied several posts in Peter Lougheed's cabinet over his career, but retired shortly after winning his fourth term as MLA in 1979.

The resulting by-election was the closest result in the history of the district, with Liberal leader Nick Taylor running for the seat. Progressive Conservative Candidate Ken Kowalski, however, would narrowly retain Barrhead for the government. He also served in cabinet and, when the district was abolished in 1993, went on to serve as MLA for Barrhead-Westlock.

Election results

Elections in the 1970's

1971 Alberta general election: Barrhead
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Hugh Horner 3,360 59.43
Social Credit Simon Tuininga 1,651 29.20
New Democratic Herman Burke 643 11.37
Total valid votes 5,654 100.00
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 19
Eligible voters / Turnout 7894 71.86
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Alberta Heritage Foundation. "Election results for Barrhead". Retrieved 2018-01-22.
1975 Alberta general election: Barrhead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Hugh Horner 3,665 67.74 +8.32
Social Credit Bill Seatter 919 16.99 -12.21
New Democratic Arlington Corbett 826 15.27 +3.90
Total valid votes 5,410 100.00
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 21
Eligible voters / Turnout 8190 66.31 -5.55
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +10.27
Source(s)
Alberta Heritage Foundation. "Election results for Barrhead". Retrieved 2018-01-22.
1979 Alberta general election: Barrhead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Hugh Horner 4,629 62.29 -5.45
Social Credit David Bouyea 1,658 22.31 +5.32
New Democratic Lionel Udenberg 1,008 13.56 -1.70
Liberal John V. Murphy 136 1.83
Total valid votes 7,431 100.00
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 68
Eligible voters / Turnout 10871 68.98 +2.67
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -5.39
Source(s)
Alberta Heritage Foundation. "Election results for Barrhead". Retrieved 2018-01-22.
Alberta provincial by-election, 1979: Barrhead
Following the resignation of Dr. Hugh Horner
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ken Kowalski 2,457 38.74 -23.55
Liberal Nicholas Taylor 2,102 33.14 +31.31
Social Credit David Bouyea 1,067 16.82 -5.49
New Democratic Arlington Corbett 716 11.29 -2.27
Total valid votes 6,342 100.00
Rejected, spoiled, and declined -
Eligible voters / Turnout 11409 55.59 -13.39
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -27.43
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "By-elections". Retrieved 2018-01-22.

Elections in the 1980's

1982 Alberta general election: Barrhead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ken Kowalski 5,001 51.44 +12.70
Liberal Nicholas Taylor 3,331 34.26 +1.12
Western Canada Concept John Thomas Mitchell 633 6.51
New Democratic Harold Wharton 478 4.92 -6.37
Social Credit Shirley Bassani 240 2.47 -14.36
Alberta Reform Movement Ernie Charman 39 0.40
Total valid votes 9,722 100.00
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 13
Eligible voters / Turnout 12226 79.63 +24.04
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +5.79
Source(s)
Alberta Heritage Foundation. "Election results for Barrhead". Retrieved 2018-01-22.
1986 Alberta general election: Barrhead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ken Kowalski 5,092 57.82 +6.38
New Democratic Larry E. McConnell 2,303 26.15 +14.86
Liberal Mary Lou Ehrenholz 637 7.23 -25.91
Independent Herb Brent 539 6.12
Representative Ferne Nutt 235 2.67
Total valid votes 8,806 100.00
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 13
Eligible voters / Turnout 14491 60.86 -18.77
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -4.24
Source(s)
Alberta Heritage Foundation. "Election results for Barrhead". Retrieved 2018-01-22.
1989 Alberta general election: Barrhead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ken Kowalski 5,294 57.51 -0.31
Liberal Dave Perrin 1,660 18.03 +10.80
New Democratic Harold Wharton 1,673 18.17 -7.98
Social Credit Harvey Yuill 578 6.28
Total valid votes 9,205 100.00
Rejected, spoiled, and declined 16
Eligible voters / Turnout 14426 63.92 +3.06
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -5.56
Source(s)
Alberta Heritage Foundation. "Election results for Barrhead". Retrieved 2018-01-22.

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