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

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Boundary history

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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

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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

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1993

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1993 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ken Kowalski 6,312 55.04%
Liberal Dale Greig 3,309 28.85%
New Democratic Harold Wharton 1,076 9.38%
Social Credit Dale Harris 561 4.89%
Confederation of Regions Adam Hauch 143 1.25%
Independent Leonard Stahl 79 0.58%
Total valid votes 11,468
Rejected, spoiled and declined 25
Registered electors / turnout 16,439 69.91%
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

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1997 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ken Kowalski 6,195 60.66% +5.62%
Liberal Dale Greig 2,130 20.86% -7.99%
Social Credit J. Harvey Yuill 1,244 12.18% +7.29%
New Democratic Joe Woytowich 643 6.30% -3.08%
Total valid votes 10,212
Rejected, spoiled and declined 29
Registered electors / turnout 16,778 61.04% -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

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2001 Alberta general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ken Kowalski 7,183 69.31% +8.65%
Social Credit Jeff Willerton 1,352 13.05% +0.87%
Liberal Laurie Hodge 1,259 12.15% -8.71%
New Democratic Suzanne Forbes 569 5.49% -0.81%
Total valid votes 10,401
Rejected, spoiled and declined 38
Registered electors / turnout 16,794 61.93% +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.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Election results for Barrhead-Westlock". abheritage.ca. Heritage Community Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  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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