Highwood (electoral district)
Provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Highwood is a provincial electoral district in southern Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 in the province mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.
Alberta electoral district | |||
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | ||
MLA |
United Conservative | ||
District created | 1979 | ||
First contested | 1971 | ||
Last contested | 2023 | ||
Demographics | |||
Census division(s) | Division No. 6 | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Diamond Valley, Foothills County, Okotoks |
The district was created in the 1971 boundary redistribution out of the old Okotoks-High River riding and the North part of Pincher Creek-Crowsnest. The district has favoured right leaning parties since its creation. Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta candidates held the district from 1975 until 2012 when they were unseated by the Wildrose Party.
The current representative is RJ Sigurdson, who was first elected in 2019.