 Highwood in comparison to Calgary ridings Highwood is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It is currently represented by Progressive Conservative member, George Groeneveld. The district was created in 1971 out of the old Okotoks-High River riding and the North part of Pincher Creek-Crowsnest. [edit] Highwood history [edit] Boundary history | 58 Highwood 2003 Boundaries[1] | | Bordering Districts | | North | East | West | South | | Airdrie-Chestermere, Calgary-Hays, Calgary-Shaw, Foothills-Rocky View, Strathmore-Brooks | Little Bow | Banff-Cochrane | Livingstone-Macleod | | riding map goes here | map in relation to other districts in Alberta goes here | | Legal description from the Statutes of Alberta 2003, Electoral Divisions Act. | | Starting at the intersection of the centre line of Highway 2 and the south Calgary city boundary; then 1. east along the Calgary city boundary to the southerly extension of 88 Street SE; 2. south along the extension of 88 Street SE to the right bank of the Bow River; 3. downstream along the right bank of the Bow River to the east boundary of Sec. 23 in Twp. 21, Rge. 26 W4; 4. south along the east boundary of Secs. 23, 14, 11 and 2 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 35, 26, 23, 14, 11 and 2 in Twps. 20 and 19, Rge. 26 W4 to the north boundary of Twp. 18 (Highway 23); 5. west along the north boundary of Twp. 18 (Highway 23) to the east boundary of Sec. 35 in Twp. 18, Rge. 27 W4; 6. south along the east boundary of Secs. 35, 26, 23, 14, 11 and 2 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Secs. 35, 26 and 23 in Twp. 17, Rge. 27 W4 to the right bank of the Little Bow River; 7. downstream along the right bank of the Little Bow River to the north boundary of Sec. 6 in Twp. 17, Rge. 26 W4; 8. west along the north boundary of Sec. 6 in Twp. 17, Rge. 26 and the north boundary of Secs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 in Rge. 27 and the north boundary of Secs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 to the east boundary of Sec. 6 in Rge. 28 W4; 9. south along the east boundary of Sec. 6 in Twp. 17, Rge. 28 W4 to the north boundary of Twp. 16; 10. west along the north boundary of Twp. 16 to the east boundary of Sec. 33, Rge. 2 W5; 11. south along the east boundary of Secs. 33, 28, 21, 16, 9 and 4 in the Twp. to the north boundary of Twp. 15; 12. west along the north boundary to the east boundary of the Rocky Mountain Forest Reserve; 13. in a northerly direction to the intersection with Highway 546 in Sec. 26, Twp. 19, Rge. 4 W5; 14. northeast along Highway 546 to the north boundary of Twp. 19, Rge. 3 W5; 15. east along the north boundary to the east boundary of Sec. 35; 16. south along the east boundary of Secs. 35 and 26 to the north boundary of Sec. 24; 17. east along the north boundary of Sec. 24 in the Twp. and Secs. 19, 20 and 21 in Rge. 2 W5 to the east boundary of Sec. 28 in the Twp.; 18. north along the east boundary of Secs. 28 and 33 in the Twp. and Secs. 4 and 9 in Twp. 20, Rge. 2 W5 to Highway 7; 19. north and east along Highway 7 to the east boundary of Sec. 23, Twp. 20, Rge. 1 W5; 20. north along the east boundary of Secs. 23, 26 and 35 in the Twp. and the east boundary of Sec. 2 in Twp. 21, Rge. 1 W5 to the north boundary of Sec. 1; 21. east along the north boundary of Sec. 1 in Twp. 21, Rge. 1 W5 and Sec. 5 in Twp. 21, Rge. 29 W4 to Highway 2A; 22. north along Highway 2A to the centre line of Highway 2; 23. northwest along Highway 2 to the starting point. | | Note: | [edit] Electoral history Except for the early years between 1971 and 1975 when Social Credit was represented here, this riding has been a Progressive Conservative stronghold. The most high profile race in the district came during the 1982 Alberta general election. In that election Western Canada Concept leader Gordon Kesler was defeated by Progressive Conservative Harry Alger after Kessler decided against running as an Incumbent in his district Olds-Didsbury, which he had won months earlier. Kessler was defeated by a large margin. Kesler made himself uncredible by reneging on his promise to move to Olds-Didsbury if he was elected. [edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) [edit] Election results [edit] 2004 general election [edit] 2004 Senate nominee election district results | 2004 Senate nominee election results: Highwood[3] | Turnout 43.52% | | Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % Votes | % Ballots | Rank | | | Progressive Conservative | Bert Brown | 5,568 | 19.25% | 61.73% | 1 | | | Progressive Conservative | Betty Unger | 4,045 | 13.99% | 44.85% | 2 | | | Progressive Conservative | Jim Silye | 3,807 | 13.17% | 42.21% | 5 | | | Progressive Conservative | Cliff Breitkreuz | 3,223 | 11.15% | 35.73% | 3 | | | Progressive Conservative | David Usherwood | 2,932 | 10.14% | 32.51% | 6 | | | Independent | Link Byfield | 2,566 | 8.87% | 28.45% | 4 | | | Alberta Alliance | Vance Gough | 2,046 | 7.08% | 22.68% | 8 | | | Alberta Alliance | Michael Roth | 1,722 | 5.95% | 19.09% | 7 | | | Alberta Alliance | Gary Horan | 1,621 | 5.61% | 17.97% | 10 | | | Independent | Tom Sindlinger | 1,388 | 4.79% | 15.39% | 9 | | Total Votes | 28,918 | 100% | | Total Ballots | 9,020 | 3.21 Votes Per Ballot | | Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 1,564 | Voters had the option of selecting 4 Candidates on the Ballot [edit] 2004 Student Vote | Participating Schools[4] | | Highwood High School | | Foothills Composite High School | | Red Deer Lake School | | The Centre for Learning @Home | On November 19, 2004 a Student Vote was conducted at participating Alberta schools to parallel the 2004 Alberta general election results. The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority. The vote was conducted in 80 of the 83 provincial electoral districts with students voting for actual election candidates. Schools with a large student body that reside in another electoral district had the option to vote for candidates outside of the electoral district then where they were physically located. [edit] References [edit] External links
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