2012 Alberta general election

2012 Alberta general election

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87 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 44 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	54.37%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Alison Redford Danielle Smith Raj Sherman Party Progressive Conservative Wildrose Liberal Leader since October 2, 2011 October 17, 2009 September 10, 2011 Leader's seat Calgary-Elbow Highwood Edmonton-Meadowlark Last election 72 seats, 52.7% 0 seats, 6.8% 9 seats, 26.4% Seats before 66 4 8 Seats won 61 17 5 Seat change 5 13 3 Popular vote 567,312 442,325 127,626 Percentage 43.97% 34.28% 9.89% Swing 8.8pp 27.5pp 16.5pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Brian Mason Glenn Taylor Party New Democratic Alberta Party Leader since July 13, 2004 May 28, 2011 Leader's seat Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood ran in West Yellowhead (lost) Last election 2 seats, 8.5% 0 seats, 0.0% Seats before 2 1 Seats won 4 0 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 127,074 16,959 Percentage 9.85% 1.31% Swing 1.3pp 1.3pp
Popular vote by riding. As this is a first-past-the-post election, seat totals are not determined by total popular vote, but instead by results in each riding. Riding names are listed at the bottom.
Premier before election Alison Redford Progressive Conservative Premier after election Alison Redford Progressive Conservative

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. ^[1]

During the 2011 Progressive Conservative Association leadership election, eventual winner Alison Redford stated that if she became Premier she intended to pass legislation setting a fixed election date. After taking office, her government introduced a bill relating to the timing of elections, which was passed on December 6, 2011. ^[2] Unlike other fixed election date legislation in Canada, the 2011 Election Amendment Act fixes the election to a three-month period, between March 1 and May 31 in the fourth calendar year. However, like other legislation, this does not affect the powers of the Lieutenant Governor to dissolve the Legislature before this period. ^[3] The writs of elections were dropped March 26, 2012.

Although the Wildrose Party led opinion polls for much of the campaign, on election night the Progressive Conservatives defied expectations to win 61 seats – a net loss of only five – en route to their 12th consecutive majority government. It is colloqually known as the "Lake of Fire" election for a series of controversies by Wildrose candidates, perceived to have hampered the party's campaign. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

The victory made Redford the third woman elected in her own right as a provincial premier in Canada (after Catherine Callbeck in Prince Edward Island in 1993, and Kathy Dunderdale in Newfoundland and Labrador in 2011), and the first woman elected premier in a province outside Atlantic Canada. On September 4, 2014, the Alberta PC Party became the longest-running provincial government in Canadian history. Wildrose leader Danielle Smith would later become the 19th premier of Alberta in October 2022, as leader of the United Conservative Party.

Overall, across the province, 1,290,352 valid votes were cast in this election. ^[8]

Background

27th Legislature

Main article: 27th Alberta Legislative Assembly

The 27th Alberta Legislature saw a significant decline in the polls for the governing Progressive Conservatives (PCs) and the popularity of Premier Ed Stelmach.

The Wildrose Party was the primary beneficiary of voter migration in opinion polls from the governing PCs, after former leader Paul Hinman won a by-election, and the party elected Danielle Smith as leader. On January 4, 2010, the Wildrose caucus supplanted the New Democrats to become the third-largest in the legislature when PC MLAs Rob Anderson (Airdrie-Chestermere) and Heather Forsyth (Calgary-Fish Creek) joined Wildrose. Later in 2010, former PC cabinet minister Guy Boutilier (Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo) joined, becoming the party's fourth MLA. However, their support has waned in the year following, as did polling fortunes for the Liberal Party, while the Alberta NDP was polling at double its result in the previous election.

The Liberals lost two MLAs during the 27th Legislature — Dave Taylor (Calgary Currie) who left to sit as an independent, before becoming the first MLA for the Alberta Party; and Bridget Pastoor (Lethbridge-East) who crossed the floor to join the PC caucus in November 2011. However, the Liberals gained one MLA in selecting Raj Sherman (Edmonton-Meadowlark) as their leader in September 2011, who had been ejected from the PC caucus in November 2010.

On January 25, 2011, Ed Stelmach abruptly announced that he would not seek re-election, and would resign as leader of the Progressive Conservatives and as premier after a successor was chosen. Alison Redford was chosen as Stelmach's successor on October 1, 2011, and following her election the PCs improved their results in opinion polls. Her new government presented six pieces of legislation, the most notable of which regarded fixed election dates, an investigation into health care, and tougher penalties for impaired driving. All six bills were passed in the fall 2011 sitting of the 27th Legislature. ^[9] The 2012 election is a result of the fixed election legislation, which fixed the date of the next provincial election in Alberta between March 1 and May 31, 2012, and requires subsequent elections in that period in the fourth calendar year thereafter. The law does not affect the ability of Alberta's Lieutenant-Governor to dissolve the assembly and call an election before that time. However, that is not likely to occur during majority governments. The legislature was dissolved and the writs were dropped on March 26, 2012.

Green Party dispute

Main article: Alberta Greens

A year after the previous general election the Alberta Greens became mired in an internal dispute that resulted in the collapse of the party, and its de-registration by Elections Alberta. Some of the former Green party executive, including former deputy leader Edwin Erickson, eventually joined the Alberta Party, while others regrouped and founded the Evergreen Party of Alberta. ^[10]

Results

As indicated on the maps, the rural vote split largely on regional lines. Wildrose support was concentrated largely in Southern Alberta while the party won only one seat north of the 53rd parallel, while the PCs were reduced to just one seat in rural Southern Alberta. Wildrose won only three urban seats (two in Calgary and one in Medicine Hat) while the PCs won the majority of seats in both Calgary and Edmonton, swept Edmonton's suburbs and swept the two seats contested in each of Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie, Lethbridge and Red Deer. The Liberals were confined to the two largest cities, winning three seats in Calgary and two in Edmonton. The New Democrats won all four of their seats in Edmonton.

The PCs polled about 44 percent of the popular vote, and four cabinet ministers were defeated. The Wildrose won 17 seats to become the Official Opposition for the first time. It was a net increase of thirteen seats for the party, although two of the four Wildrose incumbents (Guy Boutilier and Paul Hinman) were defeated by their PC challengers. The party polled more than 34 percent of the popular vote, more than five times their share in the previous election, and finished a close second in dozens of constituencies.

The Liberals saw their share of the vote plummet by almost two thirds and polled under ten percent for the first time since 1982. The result therefore appeared to give credence to speculation that Liberal voters from last election voted "strategically" for moderate PC candidates to defeat the more conservative Wildrose Party. Nevertheless, the five Liberal incumbents seeking re-election all managed to do so, with the Liberals losing the three seats where their incumbents did not run again. It was the Liberals' lowest seat total since the 1986 election. The Liberals were relegated to third party status in the Legislature for the first time since 1993.

The New Democrats won four seats, double their previous total and enough to secure official party status in the Legislature. Both NDP incumbents were re-elected. The NDP polled just under ten percent of the vote, marginally less than the Liberals' share and a modest increase from the last election.

Summary

Summary of the April 23, 2012 Legislative Assembly of Alberta election results

Party		Party leader	Number of candidates [11]	Seats				Popular vote
				2008	Dissol.	2012	% Change	#1	%	Change (pp)
	Progressive Conservative	Alison Redford	87	72	66	61	–7.85	567,060	43.95	–8.77
	Wildrose	Danielle Smith	87	—	4	17	+325	442,429	34.29	+27.51
	Liberal	Raj Sherman	87	9	8	5	–37.5	127,645	9.89	–16.54
	New Democratic	Brian Mason	87	2	2	4	+100	126,752	9.82	+1.34
	Alberta Party	Glenn Taylor	38	—	1	—	–100	17,172	1.33	+1.32
	Evergreen	Larry Ashmore	25	—2	—	—	—	5,082	0.394	–4.162
	Independent		12	—	1	—	–100	3,511	0.272	–0.53
	Social Credit	Len Skowronski	3	—	—	—	—	294	0.0228	–0.19
	Communist	Naomi Rankin	2	—	—	—	—	210	0.0163	+0.01
	Separation	Bart Hampton3	13	—	—	—	—	68	0.00527	0.00
	Vacant				1
Total			429	83	83	87	+4.82	1,290,223	100.00%

Notes:

1. Results at the count. ^[12]
2. Results change is compared to the Alberta Greens in 2008.
3. Elections Alberta lists Bart Hampton as leader of the Separation Party of Alberta, however the party's only candidate is party president Glen Dundas. ^[13]

The voter turnout was 54%. ^[14]

Vote and seats summaries

Popular vote PC   43.95% Wildrose   34.29% Liberal   9.89% New Democratic   9.82% Others   2.05%

Seats summary PC   70.11% Wildrose   19.54% Liberal   5.75% New Democratic   4.60%

Results by riding

By region

Party			Calgary	Edm.	Leth.	Red Deer	North	Central	South	Total
	Progressive Conservative	Seats	20	13	2	2	10	13	1	61
		Popular vote	46.16%	40.37%	38.65%	41.60%	47.70%	46.94%	38.33%	43.95%
	Wildrose	Seats	2	0	0	0	1	5	9	17
		Popular vote	35.61%	18.80%	29.45%	34.24%	39.69%	37.82%	51.49%	34.29%
	Liberal	Seats	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	5
		Popular vote	11.89%	16.13%	10.19%	12.08%	4.29%	5.41%	4.90%	9.89%
	New Democratic	Seats	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4
		Popular vote	4.79%	21.56%	20.88%	9.17%	7.64%	6.88%	4.68%	9.82%
Total seats			25	19	2	2	11	18	10	87
	Alberta Party	Popular vote	0.80%	2.46%	0.84%	2.92%	—	2.05%	—	1.33%
	Evergreen	Popular vote	0.65%	0.36%	—	—	0.16%	0.27%	0.37%	0.39%
	Independents	Popular vote	0.04%	0.28%	—	—	0.52%	0.58%	0.20%	0.27%
	Social Credit	Popular vote	0.03%	0.02%	—	—	—	0.04%	—	0.02%
	Communist	Popular vote	0.04%	0.02%	—	—	—	—	—	0.02%
	Separation	Popular vote	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.04%	0.01%

Gains, holds, and losses

Gains, holds, and losses by party Party Seats (dissol.) Seats (2012) Gains Holds Losses Net change Progressive Conservative 66 61 11 50 16 –5 Wildrose 4 17 15 2 2 +13 Liberal 8 5 0 5 3 –3 New Democratic 2 4 2 2 0 +2 Alberta Party 1 0 0 0 1 –1 Independents 1 0 0 0 1 –1 Total 82 87 28 59 23 +5

Gains and losses between parties Loser\Gainer PC WP NDP Total losses Progressive Conservative — 14 2 16 Wildrose 2 — 0 2 Liberal 3 0 0 3 Alberta Party 1 0 0 1 Independents 1 0 0 1   New and vacant seats 4 1 0 5 Total gains 11 15 2 28

Defeated incumbents

Defeated incumbents and winners

	Defeated incumbent	Affiliation		Winner	Affiliation	Electoral district
	Paul Hinman	Wildrose		Linda Johnson	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Glenmore
	Ted Morton	Progressive Conservative		Bruce McAllister	Wildrose	Chestermere-Rocky View 1
	Len Mitzel	Progressive Conservative		Drew Barnes	Wildrose	Cypress-Medicine Hat
	Jack Hayden	Progressive Conservative		Rick Strankman	Wildrose	Drumheller-Stettler
	Tony Vandermeer	Progressive Conservative		Deron Bilous	New Democratic	Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview
	Carl Benito	Independent2		Sohail Quadri	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton-Mill Woods
	Guy Boutilier	Wildrose3		Mike Allen	Progressive Conservative	Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo
	Luke Ouellette	Progressive Conservative		Kerry Towle	Wildrose	Innisfail-Sylvan Lake
	Ray Danyluk	Progressive Conservative		Shayne Saskiw	Wildrose	Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills 4
	Evan Beger	Progressive Conservative		Pat Stier	Wildrose	Livingstone-Macleod
	Ty Lund	Progressive Conservative		Joe Anglin	Wildrose	Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre 5
	Arno Doerksen	Progressive Conservative		Jason Hale	Wildrose	Strathmore-Brooks

Notes:

1. Morton was an incumbent in Foothills-Rocky View
2. Benito sat as a Progressive Conservative in the 27th Legislative Assembly, lost the candidate nomination, and ran as an independent
3. Boutilier was elected as a Progressive Conservative in the 2008 election
4. Danyluk was an incumbent in Lac La Biche-St. Paul
5. Lund was an incumbent in Rocky Mountain House

Opinion polls

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  Graph of polling from the 2008 election to the 2012 election
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  Graph of polling during the 2012 election showing trends by polling firm and party

The following is a summary of opinion polls leading up to the 2012 election.

Date of Polling	Polling Firm	PC	Wildrose	Liberal	NDP	Alberta	Evergreen	Other
April 23, 2012	Election 2012	44.0	34.3	9.9	9.8	1.3	0.4	0.3
April 22, 2012	Forum Research	36	38	10	12	3		1
April 21, 2012	Forum Research	32	41	10	13	2		2
April 20–21, 2012	Angus Reid	32	41	13	11			2
April 19, 2012	Campaign Research	34	41	11	11			3
April 18–19, 2012	Abacus Data	31	41	12	13			3
April 17–18, 2012	ThinkHQ Public Affairs	33	41	11	11	3		1
April 16, 2012	Forum Research	33	40	10	12	2		2
April 13–16, 2012	Leger Marketing	36	42	9	10	2	0.3	1
April 13–14, 2012	Return on Insight	36	43	11	9	1		0
April 12, 2012	Televised leaders' debate
April 11, 2012	Campaign Research	34.4	42.8	9.6	9.7			3.5
April 9–11, 2012	Abacus Data	29	46	10	12			2
April 9–10, 2012	Think HQ Public Affairs	29	43	12	13	2		1
April 9, 2012	Forum Research	31	43	10	11	2		2
April 5–8, 2012	Leger Marketing	34.2	35.5	12.5	13.2	2.7	1.3	0.6
April 2–4, 2012	Abacus Data	31	43	12	11			3
April 2–4, 2012	Leger Marketing	33.9	41.3	9.5	11.7	2.2		1.4
April 3, 2012	Campaign Research	28.4	45.5	11.3	10.2			4.6
April 3, 2012	Forum Research	29	43	13	10	3		3
April 2–3, 2012	Think HQ Public Affairs	30	43	11	12	3		1
March 26–28, 2012	Abacus Data	28	41	16	12			3
March 26, 2012	Dissolution of the 27th Alberta Legislative Assembly, campaign begins
March 26, 2012	Campaign Research	30.3	39.6	13.0	11.6			5.5
March 26, 2012	Forum Research	31	41	12	11	2		3
	Leger Marketing	37	34	12	11	2		6
March 22–25, 2012	Think HQ Public Affairs	36	33	13	13	2		3
March 20–25, 2012	Ipsos-Reid	38	38	11	12			2
March 5–7, 2012	Abacus Data	34	29	18	14			5
February 2012	Think HQ Public Affairs	42	29	12	13	2		2
February 10, 2012	Forum Research	37	30	14	13			6
Jan 30 – Feb 2, 2012	Abingdon Research	37.9	29.4	13.7	14.4			4.5
January 25–31, 2012	Return on Insight	46	24	12	14	4		0
January 17, 2012	Forum Research	38	29	14	13	3		4
January 13–18, 2012	Leger Marketing	53	16	11	13	2		6
December 22, 2011	Evergreen Party registered with Elections Alberta, Larry Ashmore becomes leader
December 14, 2011	Forum Research	38	23	12	13	6		9
November 4–8, 2011	Environics	51	19	13	14			3
October 17–19, 2011	Angus Reid Strategies	44	22	16	13	2		3
October 1–2, 2011	Lethbridge College	47.7	16.1	13.4	16.3	3.1		3.4
October 1, 2011	Alison Redford becomes PC leader and Premier
September 19–24, 2011	Think HQ Public Affairs	40	24	14	16	3		3
September 10, 2011	Raj Sherman becomes Liberal leader
July 15–24, 2011	Environics	54	16	13.5	13.5	2		1
July 2011	Think HQ Public Affairs	39	30	11	14	4		2
May 28, 2011	Glenn Taylor becomes Alberta Party leader
May 20–24, 2011	Abingdon [15]	33.5	28.6	15.1	14.7	5.2		2.9
February 1, 2011	David Swann resigns as Liberal leader
January 20–31, 2011	Environics	38	26	22	10			4
January 25, 2011	Ed Stelmach resigns as PC leader and Premier
Nov 22 – Dec 2, 2010	Environics	34	32	19	13			2
November 24, 2010	Sue Huff becomes interim Alberta Party leader
October 2–3, 2010	Lethbridge College	36.1	24	20.7	10.8			8.4
May 2, 2010	Environics	34	28	23	12			3
March 9, 2010	Environics	34	30	23	10		2	1
February 23, 2010	Angus Reid Strategies	27	42	19	9			3
January 28, 2010	Edwin Erickson becomes Alberta Party leader
December 11, 2009	Angus Reid Strategies	25	39	25	9			2
October 19–31, 2009	Environics	34	28	20	9		8	0
October 17, 2009	Danielle Smith becomes Wildrose leader
October 2009	Return on Insight	34	25	20	10		5	6
October 2009	Lethbridge College / Athabasca University	38.4	21.5	20.8	10.7			8.5
August 29, 2009	Robert Leddy becomes interim Alberta Party leader
July 16, 2009	Alberta Greens deregistered with Elections Alberta
April 2009	Angus Reid Strategies	56	7	19	11		7	0
December 10, 2008	David Swann becomes Liberal leader
December 2008	Environics	62	3	16	6		14	0
October 2008	Environics	59	6	17	11		7	0
June 2008	Environics	48	7	25	10		10	0
March 2008	Environics	54	10	22	10		5	0
March 3, 2008	Election 2008	52.66	6.77	26.37	8.52	0.00	4.58	1.12

MLAs not running again

Progressive Conservative Cindy Ady, Calgary-Shaw [16] Ken Allred, St. Albert [17] Lindsay Blackett, Calgary-North West [18] Doug Elniski, Edmonton-Calder [19] Iris Evans, Sherwood Park [20] George Groeneveld, Highwood [21] Broyce Jacobs, Cardston-Taber-Warner [11] Arthur Johnston, Calgary-Hays [11] Ron Liepert, Calgary-West [22] Fred Lindsay, Stony Plain [11] Mel Knight, Grande Prairie-Smoky [21] Ken Kowalski, Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock [23] Richard Marz, Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills Barry McFarland, Little Bow [24] Ray Prins, Lacombe-Ponoka [25] Rob Renner, Medicine Hat [26] Ed Stelmach, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville [11] Janis Tarchuk, Banff-Cochrane [27]

Liberal Harry Chase, Calgary-Varsity [28] Hugh MacDonald, Edmonton-Gold Bar [29] Kevin Taft, Edmonton-Riverview [11] Alberta Party Dave Taylor, Calgary-Currie [30] Independent Lloyd Snelgrove, Vermilion-Lloydminster [31]

Timeline

• December 12, 2008: Calgary-Mountain View MLA David Swann wins the Leadership of the Alberta Liberals replacing Kevin Taft.
• May 15, 2009: Calgary-Glenmore MLA Ron Stevens resigns to accept a judgeship.
• July 16, 2009: The Alberta Greens is deregistered by Elections Alberta.
• July 18, 2009: Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo MLA Guy Boutilier is removed from the Progressive Conservative caucus.
• August 29, 2009: Robert Leddy is chosen as the interim leader of the Alberta Party replacing Bruce Stubbs. ^[32]
• September 14, 2009: A by-election in Calgary-Glenmore elects Wildrose Alliance interim leader Paul Hinman.
• October 17, 2009: The Wildrose Alliance selects Danielle Smith to replace Paul Hinman as leader in a convention in Edmonton.
• November 7, 2009: A leadership review of Premier Ed Stelmach is held at a PC convention in Edmonton. He garners 77.4% support.
• January 4, 2010: MLAs Rob Anderson and Heather Forsyth defect from the PC to the Wildrose Alliance. ^[33]
• January 28, 2010: Edwin Erickson is acclaimed as leader of the Alberta Party replacing Robert Leddy.
• February 24, 2010: Alberta Boundaries Commission releases its interim report on new provincial boundaries.
• April 12, 2010: Calgary-Currie MLA Dave Taylor leaves the Liberal caucus to sit as an independent. ^[34]
• June 25, 2010: PC, turned Independent, MLA Guy Boutilier joins the Wildrose Alliance. ^[35]
• November 22, 2010: Edmonton-Meadowlark MLA Raj Sherman is removed from the Progressive Conservative caucus.
• November 24, 2010: Sue Huff becomes interim Alberta Party leader after Edwin Erickson resigns.
• December 1, 2010: The Legislative Assembly passes a bill outlining 87 electoral districts, ^[36] up from the current 83. The last re-distribution was in 2004.
• January 24, 2011: Calgary-Currie MLA Dave Taylor sits as Alberta Party's first MLA.
• January 25, 2011: Premier Ed Stelmach announces his intention not to run for re-election, and announces he will resign his post as Premier when a successor has been chosen at a leadership convention. ^{[37] [38]}
• February 1, 2011: David Swann, Leader of the Alberta Liberal Party, announces his intention to step down as leader after the spring 2011 legislative session, though still acting as an MLA from Calgary-Mountain View. ^[39]
• May 28, 2011: Glenn Taylor is elected leader of the Alberta Party. ^[40]
• June 26, 2011: The Wildrose Alliance Party votes to change its name to Wildrose Party. ^[41]
• September 10, 2011: Raj Sherman is elected leader of the Liberal Party.
• September 12, 2011: Independent MLA Raj Sherman joins the Liberal caucus. ^[42]
• October 1, 2011: Alison Redford is elected leader of the PC Association.
• October 7, 2011: Redford is sworn in as premier. ^[43]
• November 21, 2011: Liberal Bridget Pastoor crosses the floor to join the PC caucus. ^[44]
• December 6, 2011: Third and final reading of Bill 21, legislating a general election between March 1 and May 31, 2012. ^[2]
• December 22, 2011: The Evergreen Party of Alberta is registered with Elections Alberta, Larry Ashmore is the leader. ^{[45] [46]}
• January 27, 2012: Vermilion-Lloydminster MLA Lloyd Snelgrove leaves the PCs to sit as an independent. ^[47]
• March 2012: Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills MLA Richard Marz resigns. ^[48]
• March 26, 2012: 27th Alberta Legislative Assembly is dissolved, and the writs are dropped. ^{[49] [50]}
• April 9, 2012: Nominations close at 2:00 pm MT (UTC−6), ^[50] with 429 people running in 87 ridings. ^[11]
• April 12, 2012: A leader's debate is hosted by the Alberta media and news outlets at 6:30 pm MT. It was broadcast on multiple television and radio stations, Redford, Sherman, Smith, and Mason were in attendance. ^[51]
• April 19, 2012: Advance polls open 9:00 am to 8:00 pm MT. ^[50]
• April 20, 2012: Advance polls open 9:00 am to 8:00 pm MT. ^[50]
• April 21, 2012: Advance polls open 9:00 am to 8:00 pm MT. ^[50]
• April 23, 2012: Election Day
  • Polls open 9:00 am to 8:00 pm MT. ^[50]
  • Media outlets declare a PC majority at 9:00 pm. ^{[52] [53]}
• May 3, 2012: Official announcement of the results. ^[50]

Nominated candidates

Party Seats Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Total Progressive Conservative 61 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 87 Wildrose 17 56 11 3 0 0 0 0 87 Liberal 5 3 37 39 3 0 0 0 87 New Democratic 4 3 36 43 1 0 0 0 87 Alberta Party 0 0 2 2 30 4 0 0 38 Evergreen 0 0 0 0 14 10 1 0 25 Independents 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 1 12 Communist 0 0 0 0 1 1 — — 2 Separation 0 0 0 0 1 — — — 1 Social Credit 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 Total 87 87 87 87 57 20 3 1 429

Party Average number of votes Progressive Conservative 6,518 Wildrose 5,083 Liberal 1,467 New Democratic 1,457 Alberta Party 452 Evergreen 203 Communist 105 Social Credit 98 Separation 68

Bold indicates cabinet members, and party leaders are italicized.

Northern Alberta

Electoral District		Candidates					Incumbent
		Progressive Conservative	Wildrose	Liberal	NDP	Other
Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater		Jeff Johnson 7,377 (48.40%)	Travis Olson 5,297 (34.75%)	Gino Akbari 476 (3.12%)	Mandy Melnyk 2,091 (13.72%)			Jeff Johnson Athabasca-Redwater
Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock		Maureen Kubinec 7,447 (44.74%)	Link Byfield 7,106 (42.67%)	Leslie Penny 929 (5.58%)	Trudy Grebenstein 983 (5.90%)	Lisa Grant (Evergreen) 188 (1.13%)		Ken Kowalski
Bonnyville-Cold Lake		Genia Leskiw 4,815 (49.10%)	Roy Doonanco 4,126 (42.07%)	Hubert Rodden 536 (5.47%)	Luann Bannister 330 (3.36%)			Genia Leskiw
Dunvegan-Central Peace-Notley		Hector Goudreau 3,983 (45.05%)	Kelly Hudson 3,756 (42.48%)	Carole Carby 256 (2.90%)	Nathan Macklin 846 (9.57%)			Hector Goudreau Dunvegan-Central Peace
Fort McMurray-Conklin		Don Scott 2,591 (49.00%)	Doug Faulkner 2,121 (40.11%)	Ted Remenda 157 (2.97%)	Paul Pomerleau 419 (7.92%)		New district
Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo		Mike Allen 3,611 (49.06%)	Guy Boutilier 3,165 (43.00%)	Amy McBain 222 (3.02%)	Denise Woollard 363 (4.93%)			Guy Boutilier
Grande Prairie-Smoky		Everett McDonald 5,474 (45.93%)	Todd Loewen 4,901 (41.12%)	Kevin McLean 578 (4.85%)	Mary Dahr 757 (6.35%)	Andrew Muise (Ind.) 209 (1.75%)		Mel Knight
Grande Prairie-Wapiti		Wayne Drysdale 6,710 (51.62%)	Ethane Jarvis 4,511 (34.71%)	Alya Nazarali 365 (2.81%)	Paula Anderson 1,208 (9.29%)	Anthony Barendregt (Ind.) 204 (1.57%)		Wayne Drysdale
Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills		Ray Danyluk 5,417 (42.40%)	Shayne Saskiw 5,950 (46.57%)	John Nowak 704 (5.51%)	Phil Johnson 706 (5.53%)			Ray Danyluk Lac La Biche-St. Paul
Lesser Slave Lake		Pearl Calahasen 3,518 (48.71%)	Darryl Boisson 2,847 (39.42%)	Steven Townsend 235 (3.25%)	Steve Kaz 427 (5.91%)	Donald Bissell (Ind.) 195 (2.70%)		Pearl Calahasen
Peace River		Frank Oberle 4,334 (55.67%)	Alan Forsyth 2,213 (28.43%)	Remi Tardif 509 (6.54%)	Wanda Laurin 729 (9.36%)			Frank Oberle

Central Edmonton

Electoral District		Candidates						Incumbent
		Progressive Conservative	Wildrose	Liberal	NDP	Alberta Party	Other
Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview		Tony Vandermeer 5,018 (35.38%)	Don Martin 2,851 (20.10%)	Chris Heward 899 (6.34%)	Deron Bilous 5,264 (37.11%)		Trey Capenhurst (Evergreen) 151 (1.06%)		Tony Vandermeer
Edmonton-Calder		Bev Esslinger 5,183 (34.75%)	Rich Neumann 2,787 (18.69%)	Alex Bosse 970 (6.50%)	David Eggen 5,729 (38.41%)	David Clark 194 (1.30%)	Margaret Saunter (Socred) 52 (0.35%)		Doug Elniski
Edmonton-Centre		Akash Khokhar 4,289 (30.87%)	Barb de Groot 1,759 (12.66%)	Laurie Blakeman 5,589 (40.22%)	Nadine Bailey 2,258 (16.25%)				Laurie Blakeman
Edmonton-Glenora		Heather Klimchuk 6,176 (38.20%)	Don Koziak 2,732 (16.90%)	Bruce Miller 1,668 (10.32%)	Ray Martin 4,141 (25.61%)	Sue Huff 1,451 (8.97%)			Heather Klimchuk
Edmonton-Gold Bar		David Dorward 6,689 (32.97%)	Linda Carlson 3,175 (15.65%)	Josipa Petrunic 4,072 (20.07%)	Marlin Schmidt 5,809 (28.63%)	Dennis O'Neill 344 (1.70%)	David Parker (Evergreen) 201 (0.99%)		Hugh MacDonald
Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood		Cristina Basualdo 2,778 (21.96%)	Wayde Lever 2,025 (16.40%)	Keegan Wynychuk 587 (4.64%)	Brian Mason 6,823 (53.93%)	Cam McCormick 200 (1.58%)	Dari Lynn (Evergreen) 188 (1.49%)		Brian Mason
Edmonton-Mill Creek		Gene Zwozdesky 6,633 (55.07%)	Adam Corsaut 2,193 (18.21%)	Mike Butler 1,640 (13.64%)	Evelinne Teichgraber 1,336 (11.09%)	Judy Wilson 198 (1.64%)	Naomi Rankin (Communist) 44 (0.37%)		Gene Zwozdesky
Edmonton-Mill Woods		Sohail Quadri 4,943 (35.23%)	Joanne Autio 3,314 (23.62%)	Weslyn Mather 2,983 (21.25%)	Sandra Azocar 1,982 (14.13%)	Robert Leddy 263 (1.87%)	Carl Benito (Ind.) 547 (3.90%)		Carl Benito
Edmonton-Riverview		Steve Young 7,196 (38.94%)	John Corie 2,860 (15.48%)	Arif Khan 4,238 (22.93%)	Lori Sigurdson 3,794 (20.53%)	Timothy Wong 391 (2.12%)			Kevin Taft
Edmonton-Rutherford		Fred Horne 6,945 (42.19%)	Kyle McLeod 2,769 (16.82%)	Rick Miller 3,624 (22.02%)	Melanie Samaroden 1,364 (8.29%)	Michael Walters 1,673 (10.16%)	David Tonner (Evergreen) 86 (0.52%)		Fred Horne
Edmonton-Strathcona		Emerson Mayers 3,093 (20.38%)	Meagen LaFave 1,778 (11.72%)	Ed Ramsden 681 (4.49%)	Rachel Notley 9,403 (61.96%)		Terry Noel (Evergreen) 222 (1.46%)		Rachel Notley

Suburban Edmonton

Electoral District		Candidates						Incumbent
		Progressive Conservative	Wildrose	Liberal	NDP	Alberta Party	Other
Edmonton-Castle Downs		Thomas Lukaszuk 8,057 (52.61%)	John Oplanich 3,297 (21.53%)	Kim Cassady 1,767 (11.54%)	Brian Labelle 1,934 (12.63%)	Jeff Funnell 260 (1.70%)			Thomas Lukaszuk
Edmonton-Decore		Janice Sarich 5,724 (42.54%)	Chris Bataluk 2,909 (21.61%)	Ed Ammar 2,157 (16.03%)	Ali Haymour 2,669 (19.83%)				Janice Sarich
Edmonton-Ellerslie		Naresh Bhardwaj 5,682 (42.99%)	Jackie Lovely 3,249 (24.58%)	Jennifer Ketsa 1,512 (11.44%)	Rod Loyola 2,115 (16.00%)	Chinwe Okelu 523 (3.96%)	Athena Bernal-Born (Ind.) 137 (1.04%)		Naresh Bhardwaj
Edmonton-Manning		Peter Sandhu 5,446 (39.58%)	Peter Rodd 3,411 (24.76%)	Jonathan Huckabay 1,094 (7.94%)	Cindy Olsen 3,386 (24.61%)	Mark Wall 188 (1.37%)	Sam Hachem (Ind.) 135 (0.98%) Chris Vallee (Evergreen) 100 (0.73%)		Peter Sandhu
Edmonton-McClung		David Xiao 7,179 (46.65%)	Peter Janisz 2,756 (17.91%)	Mo Elsalhy 3,800 (24.69%)	Lorne Dach 1,134 (7.37%)	John Hudson 418 (2.72%)	Nathan Forsyth (Evergreen) 102 (0.66%)		David Xiao
Edmonton-Meadowlark		Bob Maskell 5,032 (34.67%)	Rick Newcombe 2,978 (20.52%)	Raj Sherman 5,150 (35.49%)	Bridget Stirling 1,091 (7.52%)	Neil Mather 262 (1.81%)			Raj Sherman
Edmonton-South West		Matt Jeneroux 8,505 (56.42%)	Allan Hunsperger 2,714 (18.00%)	Rudy Arcilla 2,250 (14.93%)	Muriel Stanley-Venne 1,298 (8.61%)	Bryan Peacock 308 (2.04%)		New district
Edmonton-Whitemud		Dave Hancock 12,087 (60.55%)	Ian Crawford 3,381 (16.94%)	Rick Szostak 2,356 (11.80%)	Jim Graves 1,694 (8.49%)	Julia Necheff 444 (2.22%)			David Hancock
Sherwood Park		Cathy Olesen 8,742 (45.60%)	Garnett Genuis 5,957 (31.07%)	Dave Anderson 1,835 (9.57%)	Lyndsay Pinder 1,209 (6.31%)	Chris Kuchmak 230 (1.20%)	James Ford (Ind.) 1,063 (5.54%) Gordon Barrett (Socred) 137 (0.71%)		Iris Evans
St. Albert		Stephen Khan 10,481 (53.76%)	James Burrows 4,130 (21.18%)	Kim Bugeaud 2,011 (10.31%)	Nicole Bownes 1,679 (8.61%)	Tim Osborne 1,195 (6.13%)			Ken Allred

Western and Central Alberta

Electoral District		Candidates						Incumbent
		Progressive Conservative	Wildrose	Liberal	NDP	Alberta Party	Evergreen
Drayton Valley-Devon		Diana McQueen 7,358 (51.56%)	Dean Shular 5,462 (38.36%)	Chantelle Lillycrop 538 (3.78%)	Doris Bannister 879 (6.17%)				Diana McQueen Drayton Valley-Calmar
Innisfail-Sylvan Lake		Luke Ouellette 6,149 (40.08%)	Kerry Towle 7,091 (46.22%)	Les Vidok 641 (4.18%)	Patricia Norman 712 (4.64%)	Danielle Klooster 749 (4.88%)			Luke Ouellette
Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills		Darcy Davis 6,633 (36.99%)	Bruce Rowe 10,181 (56.77%)	Garth Davis 555 (3.09%)	Kristie Krezanoski 565 (3.15%)				Vacant
Red Deer-North		Mary Anne Jablonski 5,091 (38.95%)	Randy Weins 4,430 (33.90%)	Michael Dawe 2,330 (17.83%)	Derrek Seelinger 970 (7.42%)	Brent Chalmers 248 (1.90%)			Mary Anne Jablonski
Red Deer-South		Cal Dallas 7,044 (43.74%)	Nathan Stephan 5,558 (34.52%)	Jason Chilibeck 1,193 (7.41%)	Lorna Watkinson-Zimmer 1,704 (10.58%)	Serge Gingras 604 (3.75%)			Cal Dallas
Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre		Ty Lund 6,145 (41.49%)	Joe Anglin 7,647 (51.26%)	Mason Sisson 422 (2.83%)	Doreen Broska 703 (4.71%)				Ty Lund Rocky Mountain House
Spruce Grove-St. Albert		Doug Horner 10,722 (54.67%)	Travis Hughes 5,340 (27.23%)	Chris Austin 1,779 (9.07%)	Juliette "J.J." Trudeau [54] 1,773 (9.04%)				Doug Horner Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert
Stony Plain		Ken Lemke 7,496 (45.54%)	Hal Tagg 6,153 (37.37%)	Arlin Biffert 1,126 (6.84%)	Linda Robinson 1,319 (8.01%)	Kurtis Ewanchuk 217 (1.32%)	Matthew Burnett 149 (0.91%)		Fred Lindsay
West Yellowhead		Robin Campbell 4,405 (44.86%)	Stuart Taylor 2,642 (26.41%)	Michael Martyna 310 (3.16%)	Barry Madsen 794 (8.09%)	Glenn Taylor 1,668 (16.99%)			Robin Campbell
Whitecourt-Ste. Anne		George VanderBurg 6,373 (45.93%)	Maryann Chichak 6,003 (43.26%)	Vern Hardman 745 (5.37%)	Blue Knox 754 (5.43%)				George VanderBurg

East Central Alberta

Electoral District		Candidates						Incumbent
		Progressive Conservative	Wildrose	Liberal	NDP	Alberta Party	Other
Battle River-Wainwright		Doug Griffiths 7,205 (46.71%)	Dave Nelson 6,710 (43.50%)	Amber Greenleese 469 (3.04%)	Terry Zawalski 775 (5.02%)	Midge Lambert 265 (1.72%)			Doug Griffiths
Drumheller-Stettler		Jack Hayden 6,572 (43.58%)	Rick Strankman 7,451 (49.40%)	Cam Roset 362 (2.40%)	Aditya "Adi" Rao 416 (2.76%)	Andrew Berdahl 282 (1.87%)			Jack Hayden
Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville		Jacquie Fenske 8,366 (49.28%)	Shannon Stubbs 5,800 (34.17%)	Spencer Dunn 845 (4.98%)	Chris Fulmer 1,556 (9.17%)		Matt Levicki (Evergreen) 229 (1.35%) Peter Schneider (Ind.) 180 (1.06%)		Ed Stelmach
Lacombe-Ponoka		Steve Christie 5,354 (35.87%)	Rod Fox 6,573 (43.96%)	Kyle Morrow 754 (5.04%)	Doug Hart 1,482 (9.91%)	Tony Jeglum 780 (5.22%)			Ray Prins
Leduc-Beaumont		George Rogers 8,417 (51.31%)	David Stasiewich 5,222 (31.83%)	Jasen Maminski 723 (4.41%)	Hana Razga 1,397 (8.52%)	William Munsey 453 (2.76%)	Jennifer Roach (Evergreen) 193 (1.18%)		George Rogers Leduc-Beaumont-Devon
Strathcona-Sherwood Park		Dave Quest 9,698 (50.77%)	Paul Nemetchek 6,424 (33.63%)	John Murray 1,354 (7.09%)	Michael Scott 1,625 (8.51%)				Dave Quest Strathcona
Vermilion-Lloydminster		Richard Starke 6,245 (51.92%)	Danny Hozack 4,507 (37.47%)	Corina Ganton 463 (3.85%)	Ray Stone 413 (3.43%)		Richard Yaceyko (Ind.) 399 (3.32%)		Lloyd Snelgrove
Wetaskiwin-Camrose		Verlyn Olson 7,489 (52.32%)	Trevor Miller 4,552 (31.80%)	Owen Chubb 502 (3.51%)	Bruce Hinkley 1,578 (11.02%)		Mike Donnelly (Evergreen) 192 (1.34%)		Verlyn Olson

Central Calgary

Electoral District		Candidates						Incumbent
		Progressive Conservative	Wildrose	Liberal	NDP	Evergreen	Other
Calgary-Acadia		Jonathan Denis 6,846 (45.71%)	Richard Jones 6,312 (42.15%)	Nicole Hankel 940 (6.28%)	Nick Lepora 676 (4.51%)	Antoni Grochowski 202 (1.35%)			Jonathan Denis Calgary-Egmont
Calgary-Buffalo		Jamie Lall 3,505 (30.66%)	Mike Blanchard 2,413 (21.11%)	Kent Hehr 4,744 (41.49%)	Rebecca Eras 541 (4.73%)		Cory Mack (Alberta) 230 (2.01%)		Kent Hehr
Calgary-Cross		Yvonne Fritz 5,492 (43.77%)	Happy Mann 4,884 (38.93%)	Narita Sherman 1,276 (10.17%)	Reinaldo Contreras 634 (5.05%)	Susan Stratton 261 (2.08%)			Yvonne Fritz
Calgary-Currie		Christine Cusanelli 7,395 (44.96%)	Corrie Adolph 4,758 (28.93%)	Norval Horner 2,640 (16.05%)	Robert Scobel 893 (5.43%)	Dean Halstead 224 (1.36%)	Norm Kelly (Alberta) 539 (3.28%)		Dave Taylor
Calgary-East		Moe Amery 5,929 (45.59%)	Jasbir "Jesse" Minhas 4,995 (38.41%)	Ali Abdulbaki 780 (6.00%)	Robyn Luff 1,135 (8.73%)		Bonnie Devine (Communist) 166 (1.28%)		Moe Amery
Calgary-Elbow		Alison Redford 11,181 (58.01%)	James Cole 5,523 (28.66%)	Beena Ashar 1,065 (5.53%)	Craig Coolahan 761 (3.95%)	William Hamilton 226 (1.17%)	Greg Clark (Alberta) 517 (2.68%)		Alison Redford
Calgary-Fish Creek		Wendelin Fraser 7,626 (43.51%)	Heather Forsyth 7,700 (43.93%)	Nazir Rahemtulla 1,241 (7.08%)	Eric Leavitt 961 (5.48%)				Heather Forsyth
Calgary-Fort		Wayne Cao 4,576 (41.13%)	Jeevan Mangat 4,358 (39.17%)	Said Abdulbaki 1,126 (10.12%)	Don Monroe 761 (6.84%)	Janice Dixon 305 (2.74%)			Wayne Cao
Calgary-Glenmore		Linda Johnson 9,721 (48.02%)	Paul Hinman 7,880 (38.93%)	Dan MacAulay 1,437 (7.10%)	Rick Collier 1,204 (5.95%)				Paul Hinman
Calgary-Klein		Kyle Fawcett 6,852 (41.21%)	Jeremy Nixon 5,755 (34.61%)	Christopher Tahn 1,980 (11.91%)	Marc Power 1,687 (10.15%)	Roger Gagné 354 (2.13%)			Kyle Fawcett Calgary-North Hill
Calgary-Mountain View		Cecilia Low 5,293 (30.77%)	Shane McAllister 3,942 (22.92%)	David Swann 6,849 (39.82%)	Christopher McMillan 863 (5.02%)		Inshan Mohammed (Alberta) 255 (1.48%)		David Swann
Calgary-Varsity		Donna Kennedy-Glans 8,099 (45.65%)	Rob Solinger 4,586 (25.85%)	Bruce Payne 3,713 (20.93%)	Jackie Seidel 855 (4.82%)	Carl Svoboda 234 (1.32%)	Alex McBrien (Alberta) 255 (1.44%)		Harry Chase

Suburban Calgary

Electoral District		Candidates							Incumbent
		Progressive Conservative	Wildrose	Liberal	NDP	Alberta Party	Evergreen	Other
Calgary-Bow		Alana DeLong 6,997 (47.16%)	Tim Dyck 5,700 (38.42%)	Stephanie Shewchuk 1,302 (8.78%)	Jason Nishiyama 606 (4.08%)	Ellen Phillips 232 (1.56%)				Alana DeLong
Calgary-Foothills		Len Webber 8,260 (53.74%)	Dustin Nau 5,117 (33.55%)	Kurt Hansen 1,414 (9.16%)	Jennifer Carkner 578 (3.75%)					Len Webber
Calgary-Greenway		Manmeet Bhullar 6,509 (53.80%)	Ron Leech 3,898 (32.22%)	Iqtidar Awan 1,285 (10.62%)	Al Brown 407 (3.36%)					Manmeet Bhullar Calgary-Montrose
Calgary-Hawkwood		Jason Luan 9,050 (46.99%)	David Yager 7,046 (36.58%)	Maria Davis 1,629 (8.46%)	Collin Anderson 893 (4.64%)	Kevin Woron 241 (1.25%)	Janet Keeping 198 (1.03%)	Len Skowronski (Socred) 105 (0.55%) Ed Torrance (Ind.) 99 (0.51%)	New district
Calgary-Hays		Ric McIver 8,614 (55.07%)	Wayne Anderson 5,670 (36.25%)	Brian MacPhee 897 (5.73%)	Regina Vergara 461 (2.95%)					Arthur Johnston
Calgary-Lougheed		Dave Rodney 7,849 (50.26%)	John Carpay 5,995 (38.39%)	Fred Stenson 1,160 (7.43%)	Brent Kelly 612 (3.92%)					Dave Rodney
Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill		Neil Brown 6,594 (46.42%)	Roy Alexander 5,458 (38.43%)	Don Thompson 1,103 (7.77%)	Anne Wilson 844 (5.94%)	Jason Webster 205 (1.44%)				Teresa Woo-Paw Calgary-Mackay
									Merged district
										Neil Brown Calgary-Nose Hill
Calgary-McCall		Muhammad Rasheed 3,093 (29.33%)	Grant Galpin 3,183 (30.18%)	Darshan Kang 3,854 (36.54%)	Colette Singh 226 (2.14%)		Heather Brocklesby 144 (1.47%)	Tanveer Taj (Ind.) 46 (0.44%)		Darshan Kang
Calgary-North West		Sandra Jansen 9,164 (50.82%)	Chris Challis 6,879 (38.15%)	Robert Prcic 1,166 (6.47%)	Brian Malkinson 551 (3.06%)	Troy Millington 123 (0.68%)	Bryan Hunt 150 (0.83%)			Lindsay Blackett
Calgary-Northern Hills		Teresa Woo-Paw 7,353 (49.37%)	Prasad Panda 5,580 (37.46%)	Kirstin Morrell 1,195 (8.02%)	Stephanie Westlund 766 (5.14%)					Teresa Woo-Paw Calgary-Mackay
Calgary-Shaw		Farouk Adatia 6,864 (42.13%)	Jeff Wilson 7,366 (45.22%)	John Roggeveen 1,109 (6.81%)	Ashley Fairall 615 (3.78%)	Brandon Beasley 337 (2.07%)				Cindy Ady
Calgary-South East		Rick Fraser 7,162 (48.57%)	Bill Jarvis 6,355 (43.09%)	Brad Carroll 756 (5.13%)	Marta Warszynski 474 (3.21%)				New district
Calgary-West		Ken Hughes 8,148 (49.95%)	Andrew Constantinidis 6,090 (37.33%)	Wilson McCutchan 1,217 (7.46%)	Mary Nokleby 491 (3.01%)	Pam Crosby 158 (0.97%)	Karen Huggins 209 (1.28%)			Ron Liepert
Chestermere-Rocky View		Ted Morton 6,156 (35.34%)	Bruce McAllister 10,168 (58.37%)	Sian Ramsden 564 (3.24%)	Nathan Salmon 533 (3.06%)					Ted Morton Foothills-Rocky View >
									Merged district
										Rob Anderson Airdrie-Chestermere

Southern Alberta

Electoral District		Candidates					Incumbent
		Progressive Conservative	Wildrose	Liberal	NDP	Other
Airdrie		Kelly Hegg 5,364 (32.94%)	Rob Anderson 9,415 (57.81%)	Joel Steacy 523 (3.21%)	Bryan Young 687 (4.22%)	Jeff Willerton (Ind.) 297 (1.82%)		Rob Anderson Airdrie-Chestermere
Banff-Cochrane		Ron Casey 6,632 (41.82%)	Tom Copithorne 5,933 (37.41%)	Pete Helfrich 2,234 (14.09%)	Jamie Kleinsteuber 1,059 (6.68%)			Janis Tarchuk
Cardston-Taber-Warner		Patrick Shimbashi 4,208 (38.35%)	Gary Bikman 5,967 (54.37%)	Helen McMenamin 332 (3.03%)	Aaron Haugen 467 (4.26%)			Broyce Jacobs
Cypress-Medicine Hat		Len Mitzel 4,737 (35.61%)	Drew Barnes 7,112 (53.47%)	Jon Mastel 775 (5.83%)	Manuel Martinez 678 (5.10%)			Len Mitzel
Highwood		John Barlow 8,167 (42.57%)	Danielle Smith 10,104 (52.59%)	Keegan Gibson 548 (2.85%)	Miles Dato 392 (2.04%)			George Groeneveld
Lethbridge-East		Bridget Pastoor 6,592 (40.94%)	Kent Prestage 5,147 (31.97%)	Rob Miyashiro 2,374 (14.75%)	Tom Moffatt 2,007 (12.45%) [55]			Bridget Pastoor
Lethbridge-West		Greg Weadick 5,757 (36.32%)	Kevin Kinahan 4,261 (26.88%)	Bal Boora 881 (5.56%)	Shannon Phillips 4,683 (29.55%)	David Walters (Alberta) 268 (1.69%)		Greg Weadick
Little Bow		John Kolk 4,477 (35.90%)	Ian Donovan 6,756 (54.18%)	Everett Tanis 470 (3.77%)	Bev Muendel-Atherstone 767 (6.15%)			Barry McFarland
Livingstone-Macleod		Evan Berger 7,403 (41.46%)	Pat Stier 8,565 (47.97%)	Alex Macdonald 597 (3.34%)	Matthew Halton 944 (5.29%)	Larry Ashmore (Evergreen) 347 (1.94%)		Evan Berger
Medicine Hat		Darren Hirsch 5,341 (38.56%)	Blake Pedersen 6,030 (43.53%)	Matthew Sandford 1,101 (7.95%)	Dennis Perrier 1,168 (8.43%)	Graham Murray (Evergreen) 212 (1.53%)		Rob Renner
Strathmore-Brooks		Arno Doerksen 5,737 (39.11%)	Jason Hale 8,158 (55.61%)	Alex Wychopen 297 (2.02%)	Brad Bailey 409 (2.79%)	Glen Dundas (Separation) 68 (0.46%)		Arno Doerksen

See also

• 2012 Alberta Senate nominee election
• Alberta Liberal Party candidates, 2012 Alberta provincial election
• Alberta New Democratic Party candidates, 2012 Alberta provincial election
• Alberta Party candidates, 2012 Alberta provincial election
• Evergreen Party of Alberta candidates, 2012 Alberta provincial election
• Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta candidates, 2012 Alberta provincial election
• Wildrose Party candidates, 2012 Alberta provincial election

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External links

• Elections Alberta