by MP Arnold Viersen. Provincial Government Barrhead is currently in the Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock provincial electoral district represented by MLA Glenn van Dijken. Education The town is within the Pembina Hills Public Schools Division, which formed in 1995 as a merger of three school districts. Barrhead Composite High School (winners of the Reach for the Top national championship in 1973) serves the community. Sports Barrhead is home to a junior ice hockey team in Western States Hockey League announced to start playing in 2019–20 season. Sister cities Barrhead is twinned with: Drouin, Victoria, Australia Tokoro, Hokkaido, Japan Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico Notable people Doug Horner, former Deputy Premier of Alberta Leland Irving, ice hockey player for the Jokerit of the Liiga in Finland Ken Kowalski, former Speaker of the Alberta Legislative Assembly, MLA and former deputy Premier (past resident) Melissa Lotholz, Olympic athlete on Canadian Two-Woman Bobsled team, competed at 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea Alan May, former NHL player, current hockey analyst on NBC Sports Washington Brian Storseth, former Member of Parliament for Westlock-St. Paul (past resident) Arnold Viersen, Canadian politician, Conservative Member of Parliament (2015 - ) Vaughn Ashby, Canadian sci-fi horror author Janis Irwin, Canadian politician, Alberta NDP MLA for Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood (2019 - ) Dr. Hugh M. Horner1925-1997, MP for Jasper-Edson 1958-1967, MLA, Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Transportation, Minister of Economic Development and Deputy Premier under Peter Lougheed Charles Yuill Yuill (August 14, 1889 – July 30, 1972) was a former Mayor of Barrhead, Alberta and served as an MP for Jasper-Edson 1953 to 1958. References External links 1927 establishments in Alberta Towns in Alberta