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The 1993 Alberta general election was held on June 15, 1993, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The Conservative government was re-elected, taking 51 seats out of 83 (61 percent of the seats) but only having support of 45 percent of voters.
It is notable because it was seen by some as a contest between the former mayors of Calgary and Edmonton, Ralph Klein and Laurence Decore, respectively.
Until the government's defeat in 2015, this election was the closest the Progressive Conservatives came to losing since coming to power in 1971.
In 1992, the Liberal Party was led by Laurence Decore, a former mayor of Edmonton. Despite being the smallest of the three parties in the legislature, the Liberals made major gains by shifting to the political right and criticizing the Conservatives' fiscal responsibility, the province's rapidly rising debt, and the government's involvement in the private sector which resulted in some companies defaulting on government loans.
In September 1992, Don Getty resigned as provincial premier and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, after polls showed that he would not win re-election. The party membership elected Environment Minister and former Calgary mayor Ralph Klein to succeed Getty. Klein campaigned for the leadership in part by making arguments similar to Decore's. He favoured a near-immediate balancing of the provincial budget and rapid debt repayment thereafter, and declared his government "out of the business of business". By the time Klein dropped the writs, his party had regained the lead on polls.
The election was fought on a new series of electoral boundaries based on the census of 1991, drawn by a committee composed only of Progressive Conservative MLAs led by Bob Bogle, with no input from opposition parties. The new electoral map drew criticism from the Alberta Court of Appeal in 1994 because the committee gave no justification for creating four districts well below average population, one of which was Bogle's own riding of Taber-Warner. [1]
During the general election campaign, Klein promoted the significant changes that he had made during his time of Premier, distancing the Conservatives from Getty's past administration. Decore, facing a Premier with whom he agreed on many issues, argued that the Progressive Conservative party had no moral authority left on the issues on which Klein was campaigning. [2]
There were several televised debates, however viewership was low since it coincided with the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals.
Klein's efforts were seen as successful in reinvigorating the Conservatives from certain defeat just under a year earlier. Ending up, they retained a solid majority in the legislature for its seventh consecutive term in government. The Conservatives actually managed to increase their share of the popular vote marginally, although they lost eight seats in the legislature since the vote was not as evenly split as it had been four years earlier. Notably, the PC's were shut out of Edmonton for the first time since 1963, but managed to make gains in Klein's hometown of Calgary where they won all but three seats.
The Liberals capitalized on the stagnant PC vote and the collapse of the New Democratic Party vote from 26% to 11%. As opposition to the PC government coalesced around Decore and the Liberals, they won almost 40% of the popular vote and 32 seats in the legislature, including every seat in Edmonton. They formed what was the largest opposition caucus in Alberta history, eventually succeeded by Rachel Notley’s New Democratic Party opposition after the 2023 election. To the surprise of many, Decore stepped down as Liberal leader not long after the election, supposedly being pressured to resign by party insiders who felt that he had missed the party's best chance in over 70 years to form government.
Ray Martin's New Democrats, previously the official opposition, were shut out of the legislature altogether for the first time since 1967. All of their seats in Edmonton — including Martin's — were lost to the Liberals, due to the popularity of Decore there. Martin suggested that tactical voting was to blame as well, as the anti-PC vote consolidated around the Liberals.
Overall voter turnout was 60.21%. [3]
Party | Votes | Seats | ||||
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Progressive Conservative | 439,981 | 0.2% | 51 / 83 (61%) | 8 | ||
Liberal | 392,899 | 11.1% | 32 / 83 (39%) | 24 |
Party | Party leader | candidates | Seats | Popular vote | |||||
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1989 | Elected | % Change | # | % | % Change | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Ralph Klein | 83 | 59 | 51 | -13.6% | 439,981 | 44.49% | +0.20% | |
Liberal | Laurence Decore | 83 | 8 | 32 | +300% | 392,899 | 39.73% | +11.05% | |
New Democrats | Ray Martin | 83 | 16 | - | -100% | 108,883 | 11.01% | -15.28% | |
Social Credit | Randy Thorsteinson | 39 | - | - | - | 23,885 | 2.41% | +1.94% | |
Independent | 21 | - | - | - | 9,214 | 0.93% | +0.67% | ||
Natural Law | Maury Shapka | 45 | * | - | * | 5,017 | 0.51% | * | |
Confederation of Regions | Ray Young | 12 | * | - | * | 3,556 | 0.36% | * | |
Alliance | Mark Waters | 4 | * | - | * | 3,548 | 0.36% | * | |
Green | Betty Paschen | 11 | * | - | * | 1,995 | 0.20% | * | |
Communist | Naomi Rankin | 1 | - | - | - | 47 | x | -0.01% | |
Total | 382 | 83 | 83 | - | 989,025 | 100% | |||
Source: Elections Alberta | |||||||||
Notes:
* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.
x – less than 0.005% of the popular vote
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
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PC | Liberal | NDP | Social Credit | Other | ||||||||
Athabasca-Wabasca | Mike Cardinal 4,144 59.72% | Simon Waquan 1,921 27.68% | Emil Zachkewich 843 12.15% | New riding | ||||||||
Banff-Cochrane | Brian Evans 6,552 52.43% | Paula Andrews 4,183 33.47% | Cindy McCallum 1,048 8.39% | Brian L. Horejsi (Ind.) 607 4.86% Ginger (V.M.) Sheets-Revitt (Nat. Law) 77 0.62% | Brian Evans | |||||||
Barrhead-Westlock | Kenneth R. Kowalski 6,312 54.92% | Dale Greig 3,309 28.79% | Harold E. Wharton 1,076 9.36% | Dale W. Harris 561 4.88% | Adam Hauch (C.o.R.) 143 1.25% Leonard Stahl (Ind.) 67 0.58% | |||||||
Bonnyville | Ernie Isley 4,222 45.44% | Leo Vasseur 4,364 46.97% | Agathe Gaulin 666 7.17% | Ernie Isley | ||||||||
Bow Valley | Lyle Oberg 5,403 61.13% | Peter Hansen 2,424 27.43% | Richard Knutson 558 6.31% | Reuban Huber 436 4.93% | Tom N. Musgrove | |||||||
Calgary-Bow | Bonnie Laing 7,011 46.10% | Rob Van Walleghem 5,369 35.30% | Anne McGrath 1,908 12.55% | Patrick John Hudson 376 2.47% | David Crowe (Green) 287 1.89% Roberta McDonald (C.o.R.) 120 0.79% Alan Livingston (Nat. Law) 78 0.51% | Bonnie Laing | ||||||
Calgary-Buffalo | Steven Yu 4,313 40.41% | Gary Dickson 4,826 45.22% | Israel Lachovsky 1,062 9.95% | Rebecca Matiowsky (Green) 212 2.00% Ralph Holt (Nat. Law) 185 1.73% | Gary Dickson | |||||||
Calgary-Cross | Yvonne Fritz 6,449 59.56% | Keith Hart 3,576 33.03% | Vinay Dey 686 6.34% | Neeraj Varma (Nat. Law) 86 0.79% | ||||||||
Calgary-Currie | Jocelyn Burgener 6,699 47.72% | Mairi Matheson 4,670 33.26% | Ilona Boyce 1,426 10.16% | Mark Waters (All.) 1,200 8.57% | Dennis L. Anderson | |||||||
Calgary-East | Moe Amery 5,503 54.30% | Dale Muti 1,689 16.67% | Barry Pashak 2,306 22.75% | Lera G. Shirley 366 3.61% | Alain Horchower (Ind.) 237 2.34% | |||||||
Calgary-Egmont | Denis Herard 9,846 57.94% | Dick Nichols 5,332 31.38% | Ken Sahil 1,063 6.26% | Les Kaluzny (All.) 543 3.21% Linda Fritz (Nat. Law) 156 0.92% | David John Carter | |||||||
Calgary-Elbow | Ralph Klein 10,061 57.94% | Madeleine King 6,142 35.37% | Eileen Clancy Teslenko 617 3.55% | Steve Tobler 312 1.80% | Miel S.R. Gabriel (Ind.) 101 0.58% Bruce Hansen (Nat. Law) 85 0.49% | Ralph Klein | ||||||
Calgary-Fish Creek | Heather Forsyth 7,855 54.58% | Marie Cameron 5,346 37.15% | Kerin Spaargaren 558 3.88% | Roy Carey (Ind.) 544 3.78% Darlene Holt (Nat. Law) 70 0.49% | William Edward Payne | |||||||
Calgary-Foothills | Patricia Black 8,129 52.71% | Frances Wright 6,146 39.85% | Don McMillan 965 6.26% | Anna Novikov (Nat. Law) 155 1.01% | Patricia Black | |||||||
Calgary-Glenmore | Dianne Mirosh 7,972 48.54% | Brendan Dunphy 7,064 43.01% | Noreen Murphy 603 3.67% | Stuart van der Lee 545 3.32% | Sol Candel (Green) 147 0.90% John Vrskovy (Nat. Law) 61 0.37% | Dianne Mirosh | ||||||
Calgary-Lougheed | Jim Dinning 7,280 52.70% | Jack Driscoll 5,803 42.01% | Catherine Rose 502 3.63% | Peter Hope (C.o.R.) 122 0.88% Ida Bugmann (Nat. Law) 88 0.64% | ||||||||
Calgary-McCall | Harry Sohal 4,118 44.69% | A. Giga 2,921 31.70% | Sylvia Lilley 900 9.77% | Brian R. Newman (Ind.) 1,066 11.57% Allen Maclennan (C.o.R.) 129 1.41% Maureen Doram (Nat. Law) 55 0.60% | Stanley Kenneth Nelson | |||||||
Calgary-Montrose | Hung Pham 4,866 48.01% | Keong Yap 2,592 25.57% | Jean Munn 1,970 19.44% | Blaine Desjardine (Ind.) 613 6.05% Chris Deluce (Nat. Law) 68 0.67% | Rick Orman | |||||||
Calgary-Mountain View | Mark Hlady 5,768 46.07% | Jonathan Horlick 2,791 22.29% | Robert Andrew Hawkesworth 3,255 26.00% | George Clark 481 3.84% | Bruce Jackman (C.o.R.) 116 0.93% Alberta Scraba (Nat. Law) 71 0.57% | Robert Andrew Hawkesworth | ||||||
Calgary-North Hill | Richard Charles Magnus 6,756 49.87% | Tom Dixon 4,262 31.46% | Wendy Charlton 1,935 14.28% | Michael O'Malley (Ind.) 394 2.91%Joyce Gregson (Nat. Law) 160 1.18% | Frederick Alan Stewart | |||||||
Calgary-North West | Harley Torgerson 6,443 45.37% | Frank Bruseker 6,763 47.62% | Paul George Rasporich 495 3.49% | David Grant 373 2.63% | Paul Colver (Nat. Law) 110 0.77% | Frank Bruseker | ||||||
Calgary-Nose Creek | Gary Mar 6,974 53.53% | Yolande Gagnon 5,057 38.81% | Albert Sole 789 6.06% | Ray Harris (Nat. Law) 176 1.35% | ||||||||
Calgary-Shaw | Jonathan Niles Havelock 9,328 62.24% | Bill Walker 4,963 33.11% | Jason Ness 526 3.51% | Ken Nielsen (Nat. Law) 136 0.91% | Jim Dinning | |||||||
Calgary-Varsity | Murray D. Smith 8,520 47.75% | Carrol Jaques 6,860 38.45% | Sharon Kimmel 1,785 10.00% | Mike Sawyer (Green) 531 2.98% Santo Esposito (Nat. Law) 99 0.55% | ||||||||
Calgary-West | Ron Leigh 6,532 44.29% | Danny Dalla-Longa 6,927 46.97% | Nabil (Ben) Hantes 584 3.96% | Sharon Whitehead 548 3.72% | Phil Morin (Nat. Law) 135 0.92% | Elaine McCoy | ||||||
Cardston-Chief Mountain | Jack Ady 3,345 69.05% | Bruce A. Jackson 1,326 27.37% | Larry Zima 163 3.36% | |||||||||
Chinook | Shirley McClellan 4,748 64.85% | Dianne Anderson 1,015 13.86% | Steven Milner 223 3.05% | Gus Mattheis 1,025 14.00% | Kristopher Dietrich (Ind.) 293 4.00% | Shirley McClellan | ||||||
Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan | Rob Splane 4,816 35.97% | Muriel Abdurahman 5,612 41.91% | W.H. (Skip) Gordon 2,072 15.47% | Kurt Gesell (Ind.) 872 6.51% | ||||||||
Cypress-Medicine Hat | Lorne Taylor 4,034 49.11% | Lloyd B. Robinson 2,799 34.07% | James Ridley 494 6.01% | Al Strom 855 10.41% | ||||||||
Drayton Valley-Calmar | Tom Thurber 5,261 50.98% | Brad Janishewski 3,001 29.08% | Dolly Brown 768 7.44% | Ed White 1,133 10.98% | Keith Burger (Nat. Law) 138 1.34% | |||||||
Drumheller | Stan Schumacher 7,421 62.76% | Roger Nelson 2,457 20.78% | Steve Osborne 1,463 12.37% | David McAndrews (C.o.R.) 454 3.85% | Stan Schumacher | |||||||
Dunvegan | Glen Clegg 4,650 45.89% | Hartmann Nagel 4,347 42.90% | Sheila Maxwell-Marks 1,100 10.86% | Glen Clegg | ||||||||
Edmonton-Avonmore | Ken Alyuila 3,433 26.82% | Gene Zwozdesky 6,728 52.56% | Marie Laing 2,190 17.11% | Leslie M. Jackson 285 2.23% | Dennis Clark (Green) 97 0.76% Lucia Hoff (Nat. Law) 40 0.31% | Marie Laing | ||||||
Edmonton-Beverly-Belmont | Brian Hlus 3,060 28.68% | Julius E. Yankowsky 5,037 47.22% | Ed W. Ewasiuk 2,473 23.18% | Ria Kinzel (Nat. Law) 91 0.85% | ||||||||
Edmonton-Centre | John Wheelwright 3,418 28.66% | Michael Henry 5,656 47.43% | Kay Hurtig 2,343 19.65% | Wes Warren 202 1.69% | Richard Johnsen (Nat. Law) 95 0.80% | William Roberts | ||||||
Edmonton-Ellerslie | Bas Roopnarine 2,116 20.71% | Debby Carlson 5,466 53.49% | Gerry Gibeault 2,144 20.98% | Ken Way 398 3.90% | Rhonda Day (Nat. Law) 79 0.77% | |||||||
Edmonton-Glengarry | Don Clarke 2,669 23.28% | Laurence Decore 7,548 65.84% | Greg Reimer 1,088 9.49% | Linda Sikora (Nat. Law) 118 1.03% | Laurence Decore | |||||||
Edmonton-Glenora | Gwen Harris 5,150 33.31% | Howard Sapers 7,745 50.10% | Arlene Young 1,874 12.12% | Trevor Blinston 301 1.95% | Pat Nelson (C.o.R.) 231 1.50% Paula Johnsen (Nat. Law) 122 0.79% | Nancy Betkowski | ||||||
Edmonton-Gold Bar | John Szumlas 4,721 26.30% | Bettie Hewes 10,605 59.07% | Lorraine Crawford 1,820 10.14% | David H. Friesen 516 2.87% | David J. Parker (Green) 165 0.92% Roni Shapka (Nat. Law) 90 0.50% | Bettie Hewes | ||||||
Edmonton-Highlands-Beverly | Ron Liepert 2,787 24.42% | Alice Hanson 5,189 45.46% | John McInnis 2,885 25.28% | Tim Friesen 428 3.75% | Cliff Kinzel (Nat. Law) 94 0.82% | |||||||
Edmonton-Manning | Tony Kallal 2,521 21.45% | Peter Sekulic 6,007 51.11% | Thomas Sigurdson 2,904 24.71% | George Grant 296 2.52% | ||||||||
Edmonton-Mayfield | Lynn Faulder 3,635 26.90% | Lance D. White 6,495 48.06% | Alex McEachern 3,173 23.48% | Annie Anderson (Nat. Law) 181 1.34% | ||||||||
Edmonton-McClung | Henry Mah 4,177 29.69% | Grant Mitchell 8,931 63.48% | Denis Gautier-Villon 799 5.68% | Pat Simpson (Nat. Law) 125 0.89% | ||||||||
Edmonton-Meadowlark | Laurie Pushor 3,978 31.10% | Karen Leibovici 7,215 56.40% | William A. (Bill) Mullen 1,111 8.68% | Norm Case 354 2.77% | Margo Cochlan (Nat. Law) 110 0.86% | Grant Mitchell | ||||||
Edmonton-Mill Woods | W. Bill Pidruchney 2,556 26.85% | Don Massey 5,330 55.98% | Laat Bhinder 1,007 10.58% | Robert J. Alford 414 4.35% | Ken Kozak (Ind.) 102 1.07% Raymond Boyko (Green) 46 0.48% Mary D. Romach (Nat. Law) 44 0.46% | Gerry Gibeault | ||||||
Edmonton-Norwood | Fay Orr 2,517 21.68% | Andrew Beniuk 4,944 42.58% | Ray Martin 3,749 32.29% | Alan Cruikshank 264 2.27% | Maury Shapka (Nat. Law) 88 0.76% | Ray Martin | ||||||
Edmonton-Roper | John Belzerowski 2,828 25.30% | Sine Chadi 5,872 52.53% | Christie Mjolsness 2,362 21.13% | Allan Gwynn (Nat. Law) 95 0.85% | ||||||||
Edmonton-Rutherford | Brenda Platzer 4,283 29.77% | Percy Wickman 8,583 59.65% | Olive Dickason 969 6.73% | David Wozney 398 2.77% | Wade McKinley (Nat. Law) 66 0.46% Myles Evely (Green) 64 0.44% | |||||||
Edmonton-Strathcona | Don Grimble 4,071 24.43% | Al Zariwny 6,542 39.26% | Barrie Chivers 5,121 30.73% | Patrick D. Ellis 460 2.76% | Elizabeth Paschen (Green) 253 1.52% E. Benjamin Toane (Nat. Law) 108 0.65% Naomi J. Rankin (Comm.) 47 0.28% | Gordon S.B. Wright/Barrie Chivers (1991-) | ||||||
Edmonton-Whitemud | David Hancock 5,351 36.18% | Mike Percy 8,628 58.34% | Daniel Aitken 648 4.38% | Robert Wilde (Green) 73 0.49% Richard Shelford (Nat. Law) 63 0.43% | Percy Wickman | |||||||
Fort McMurray | Connie Macrae 2,738 27.22% | Adam Germain 4,261 42.36% | Ann Dort-Maclean 1,483 14.74% | Wendell Maceachern (Ind.) 1,563 15.54% | Norman A. Weiss | |||||||
Grande Prairie-Smoky | Walter Paszkowski 4,942 54.97% | John A. Croken 2,506 27.88% | Christine Potts 1,199 13.34% | Herb Wohlgemuth (C.o.R.) 329 3.67% | ||||||||
Grande Prairie-Wapiti | Wayne Jacques 4,457 47.89% | Dwight Logan 3,942 42.36% | Trish Wright 880 9.46% | |||||||||
Highwood | Don Tannas 8,063 64.77% | Rusti-Ann Blanke 3,159 25.38% | Marg Elliot 504 4.05% | John Bergen 701 5.63% | Don Tannas | |||||||
Innisfail-Sylvan Lake | Gary Severtson 5,660 53.48% | Daryl J. Beck 2,294 21.67% | Reg Stotz 544 5.14% | Norm Bjornson 520 4.91% | George Flake (Alliance) 1,381 13.08% Len Scott (Ind.) 163 1.54% | |||||||
Lac La Biche-St. Paul | John Trefanenko 3,897 39.11% | Paul Langevin 5,041 50.59% | Eugene P. Houle 999 10.03% | |||||||||
Lacombe-Stettler | Judy Gordon 6,596 57.71% | Ed Whiteside 3,001 26.26% | Rolf Pritchard 730 6.39% | R. Ryan Handley 687 6.01% | Douglas R. Chitwood (Ind.) 397 3.47% | |||||||
Leduc | Donald H. Sparrow 5,884 42.87% | Terry Kirkland 6,823 49.71% | Jeff Lambert 812 5.92% | Larry Bogart (Nat. Law) 192 1.40% | ||||||||
Lesser Slave Lake | Pearl M. Calahasen 4,260 55.30% | Denise C. Wahlstrom 3,093 40.15% | Larry Sakaluk 326 4.23% | Pearl M. Calahasen | ||||||||
Lethbridge-East | Patricia A. (Pat) Bunn 5,092 39.86% | Ken Nicol 6,114 47.86% | Larry Conley 1,495 11.70% | Archibald Dick Johnston | ||||||||
Lethbridge-West | Clint Dunford 4,643 41.73% | Michael Dietrich 4,534 40.76% | Jacqueline Preyde 973 8.75% | Jason Kempt (Ind.) 926 8.32% | John Gogo | |||||||
Little Bow | Barry McFarland 6,709 67.07% | Donna L. Graham 2,886 28.85% | Rod Lachmuth 382 3.82% | Raymond Albert Speaker | ||||||||
Medicine Hat | Rob Renner 4,941 38.90% | Garth Vallely 4,790 37.71% | Bob Wanner 2,366 18.63% | Marcel Guay 568 4.47% | James Horsman | |||||||
Olds-Didsbury | Roy Brassard 8,383 61.48% | Donna Gole 3,378 24.77% | Ruth Scott 355 2.60% | Derry H. Macfarlane 815 5.98% | Dennis Combs (C.o.R.) 683 5.02% | Roy Brassard | ||||||
Peace River | Gary Friedel 3,156 43.23% | Elmer Cardinal 2,402 32.90% | Brian Dewar 1,192 16.33% | Ed Kary (C.o.R.) 526 7.23% | Al (Boomer) Adair | |||||||
Pincher Creek-Macleod | David Coutts 4,843 45.33% | Ernie Patterson 4,231 39.60% | Mike Dawson 930 8.70% | Susan Aris (Ind.) 640 5.99% | ||||||||
Ponoka-Rimbey | Halvar C. Jonson 5,977 63.48% | Bernice Luce 1,841 19.55% | Doug Hart 747 7.93% | Harold Kenney (C.o.R.) 585 6.23% Robert (Bob) Hodgins (Ind.) 240 2.55% | Halvar C. Jonson | |||||||
Red Deer-North | Stockwell Day 5,402 55.44% | Tony Connelly 2,888 29.64% | Linda Kaiser-Putzenberger 762 7.82% | Michael Roth 559 5.74% | Katherine Fisher (Nat. Law) 104 1.07% | Stockwell Day | ||||||
Red Deer-South | Victor Doerksen 5,663 46.42% | Don Sinclair 4,879 40.00% | Malcolm Reville 639 5.24% | Randy Thorsteinson 882 7.23% | Ken Arnold (Nat. Law) 116 0.95% | John Oldring | ||||||
Redwater | Steve Zarusky 4,582 36.55% | Nicholas Taylor 6,429 51.29% | Robert J. Tomkins 1,306 10.42% | Geoff Toane (Nat. Law) 196 1.56% | ||||||||
Rocky Mountain House | Ty Lund 5,192 55.69% | Roxanne V. Prior 1,181 12.67% | Drew Ludington 604 6.48% | Lavern J. Ahlstrom 2,330 24.99% | Ty Lund | |||||||
Sherwood Park | Doug Fulford 6,704 40.31% | Bruce Collingwood 7,798 46.89% | Jim Gurnett 1,955 11.76% | Lorne Hoff (Nat. Law) 147 0.88% | Peter Elzinga | |||||||
Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert | Norm Kluthe 4,428 39.53% | Colleen Soetaert 5,811 51.87% | Steve Jacobs 813 7.26% | Randy T. Fritz (Nat. Law) 132 1.18% | ||||||||
St. Albert | Dick Fowler 5,746 40.27% | Len Bracko 7,267 50.94% | John Booth 1,031 7.23% | Gordon C. Rever (Nat. Law) 199 1.39% | Dick Fowler | |||||||
Stony Plain | Stan Woloshyn 4,855 41.27% | Albert Schatzke 4,607 39.16% | Laurence Johnson 1,481 12.59% | Gary Morton 674 5.73% | Lois Burger (Nat. Law) 133 1.13% | Stan Woloshyn | ||||||
Taber-Warner | Ron Hierath 5,544 59.72% | Doug Blatter 2,723 29.33% | Charlie Bryant 433 4.66% | Ken Rose 564 6.07% | Robert Bogle | |||||||
Three Hills-Airdrie | Carol Louise Haley 5,666 51.09% | Don MacDonald 3,783 34.11% | Gordon Twigg 553 4.99% | Peter Smits 517 4.66% | George Shenton (Alliance) 424 3.83 Lawrence Lein (C.o.R.) 118 1.07% | |||||||
Vegreville-Viking | Ed Stelmach 5,540 40.98% | Jerry Wilde 3,797 28.09% | Derek Fox 4,150 30.70% | |||||||||
Vermilion-Lloydminster | Steve West 5,524 52.13% | Greg Michaud 4,295 40.53% | Grant Bergman 744 7.02% | |||||||||
Wainwright | Robert A. (Butch) Fischer 5,294 54.71% | Evangeline Forcier 1,933 19.98% | Tom A. Samuel 674 6.96% | Dale Trefz 1,760 18.19% | Robert A. (Butch) Fischer | |||||||
West Yellowhead | Fiona Fowler Cleary 3,101 32.20% | Duco Van Binsbergen 3,562 36.99% | Jerry J. Doyle 2,243 23.29% | Garry M. Klewchuk 582 6.04% | Mario Houle (Green) 120 1.25% | Jerry J. Doyle | ||||||
Wetaskiwin-Camrose | Ken Rostad 6,297 45.93% | Bob Prestage 4,962 36.19% | Bruce Hinkley 1,597 11.65% | Henry Neumann 829 6.05% | ||||||||
Whitecourt-Ste. Anne | Peter Trynchy 5,600 48.11% | Jurgen Preugschas 4,310 37.03% | Connie Oskoboiny 912 7.84% | Earle Cunningham 570 4.90% | Walter Bliznicenko (Ind.) 218 1.87% |
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The leader of the Official Opposition, formally known as the leader of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition, is the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) who leads the Official Opposition, typically the second largest party in the provincial legislature.
The 2012 Alberta general election was held on April 23, 2012, to elect members of the 28th Legislative Assembly of Alberta. A Senate nominee election was called for the same day.
The 2015 Alberta general election was held on May 5, following a request of Premier Jim Prentice to the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Donald Ethell to dissolve the Legislative Assembly on April 7. This election elected members to the 29th Alberta Legislature. It was only the fourth time in provincial history that saw a change of governing party, and was the last provincial election for both the Alberta Progressive Conservative and Wildrose parties, which merged in 2017 to form the United Conservative Party.