The parcel of land that comprised the east portion of the riding to give it its distinctive ell shape was expanded from Whyte Avenue south to 63 Avenue in land that was part of Edmonton-Mill Creek the eastern border was expanded out to run on the Mill Creek Ravine with Edmonton-Gold Bar.

The election of 1971 saw a hotly contested three-way race as incumbent Social Credit MLA J. Donovan Ross ran for his sixth term in office.

He was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Julian Koziak who won just under half the votes in the constituency.

Partly on the strength of a clean sweep of Edmonton, the Tories pushed out Social Credit to win government for the first time.

Koziak ran for his second term in 1975 and faced a hotly contested race against future NDP MLA Gordon Wright.

Koziak was reelected after increasing his share of the vote to 54%, and was appointed to the provincial cabinet by Peter Lougheed in 1975.

Although this was during the height of the Lougheed government's popularity, Wright managed to narrow the margin each time.

On his sixth attempt for the seat, Wright won in resounding fashion, defeating Koziak by almost 17 points.

He won his second term in 1989 with a reduced majority and died a year later on October 18, 1990, leaving the seat vacant.

A by-election was held in December 1990 and returned NDP candidate Barrie Chivers with a large majority.

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