In 1989, its constituents unseated the Premier of the day, Donald Getty, by voting for Liberal candidate Percy Wickman.

It lost all land south of Anthony Henday Drive to the new electoral district of Edmonton-South West.

His replacement was Progressive Conservative Peter Knaak, who easily held the district for a single term before leaving in 1982.

Alexander resigned November 5, 1985, so that Getty, who had just been elected as leader of the Progressive Conservatives and premier of the province, could have his seat back.

The trouble for Getty's campaign started when he skipped an all-candidates forum which Wickman had put a rubber chicken in his place.

The end of his tenure came in September of that year when Jim Prentice was elected as leader of the PCs and subsequently sworn in as premier.

A by-election was held in October, and the successful candidate was Stephen Mandel, whom Prentice had named as Minister for Health, despite not holding a seat in the assembly.

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