The electoral district was first created in 1957 and used in 1959 as part of the original boundary redistribution for Calgary after the Social Credit government decided to return to the first past the post method of voting.

The electoral district was first contested in the 1959 general election, and returned Social Credit candidate Donald Fleming.

Fleming faced a stiff challenge running in his second term in the 1963 election from Progressive Conservative leader Milt Harradence.

Fleming was defeated by Harradence's successor as PC leader, Peter Lougheed, who won the seat with a near landslide majority.

The third representative for the riding was Progressive Conservative candidate Elaine McCoy who held the district losing almost half of the popular vote that Lougheed had won in 1982.

After Dalla-Longa retired the riding returned to the Progressive Conservative party selecting candidate Karen Kryczka in the 1997 election.

The vote was designed to educate students and simulate the electoral process for persons who have not yet reached the legal majority.