2015 Alberta general election

2015 Alberta general election

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87 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 44 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	57.0% [1]
First party Second party Third party   Leader Rachel Notley Brian Jean Jim Prentice Party New Democratic Wildrose Progressive Conservative Leader since October 18, 2014 March 28, 2015 September 6, 2014 Leader's seat Edmonton-Strathcona Fort McMurray-Conklin Calgary-Foothills (disclaimed re-election) Last election 4 seats, 9.85% 17 seats, 34.28% 61 seats, 43.97% Seats before 4 5 70 Seats won 54 21 9 [lower-alpha 1] Seat change 50 16 61 Popular vote 604,518 360,511 413,610 [lower-alpha 2] Percentage 40.62% 24.22% 27.79% Swing 30.77pp 10.06pp 16.17pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader David Swann Greg Clark Party Liberal Alberta Party Leader since February 1, 2015 September 21, 2013 Leader's seat Calgary-Mountain View Calgary-Elbow Last election 5 seats, 9.89% 0 seats, 1.31% Seats before 5 0 Seats won 1 1 Seat change 4 1 Popular vote 62,153 33,221 Percentage 4.18% 2.23% Swing 5.71pp 0.92pp
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 Jim Prentice Progressive Conservative Premier after election Rachel Notley New Democratic

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 (although each ran a token candidate in the 2019 election).

The provincial Election Act fixed the election date to a three-month period between March 1 and May 31 in the fourth calendar year after the preceding election day – in this case, April 23, 2012. However, the act does not affect the powers of the Lieutenant Governor to dissolve the Legislature before this period. ^[2]

As a result of the election, the Alberta New Democratic Party (NDP) were elected to a majority government under leader Rachel Notley. The NDP formed government for the first time in Alberta history since the NDP's founding in the early 1960s.

The 2015 election is sometimes called the "Orange Chinook", a reference to the province's dramatic swing to the NDP, the NDP's orange colour and the weather shifts occasioned by strong Chinook winds that southern Alberta commonly experiences. ^{[3] [4]}

The NDP win ousted the PCs, who were reduced to third place in seats. Prentice resigned as PC leader and MLA for Calgary-Foothills on election night. ^[5]

The Progressive Conservatives (PCs) had a majority in the outgoing Assembly and had won every provincial election since the 1971 election, making them the longest-serving provincial government in Canadian history – being in office for 44 years. This was only the fourth change of governing party in Alberta since becoming a province in 1905, and one of the worst defeats a provincial government has suffered in Canada. 31 PC MLAs lost re-election to the legislature, the largest number in one election in Alberta history. It also marked the first time in almost 80 years that a left-of-centre political party had formed government in Alberta since the defeat of the United Farmers of Alberta in 1935 and the Depression-era radical monetary reform policies of William Aberhart's Social Credit government. ^[6]

The Wildrose Party under leader Brian Jean remained the Official Opposition, gaining four seats since 2012 despite winning 81,814 fewer votes and a 10.1% lower share of the popular vote than in the previous election. The Alberta Liberal Party and Alberta Party each won a single seat with Alberta Party leader Greg Clark becoming the party's first MLA. The Alberta Liberal Party lost four seats, only returning interim leader David Swann to the Legislative Assembly.

Following the election, Notley and her cabinet were sworn in on May 24. ^[7]

Overall, across the province, 1,488,248 valid votes were cast in this election. ^[8]

Background

Main article: 28th Alberta Legislative Assembly

In the 2012 general election the PCs lost a portion of their caucus, but were able to continue as majority government, despite their share of the popular vote decreasing to under 50%. The Wildrose Party formed the official opposition for the first time, while the other two parties in the Assembly, the Alberta Liberal Party and Alberta New Democratic Party (NDP), both held official party status with five and four seats respectively. ^[9] On September 4, 2014, the PCs became the longest serving political dynasty in Canadian history, at 43 years, 5 days. ^[10]

Prentice, who succeeded former premier and interim leader of the Progressive Conservatives Dave Hancock in September 2014, was not obligated to call an election until 2016. However, seeking a new mandate to pass his budget, he asked Lieutenant Governor Donald Ethell to dissolve the legislature on April 7. In accordance with Canadian constitutional practice, Ethell granted the request, beginning a month long campaign. ^[11] The early election call was criticized by some as unethical, as it violated the fixed election dates specified in the Elections Act, but it was constitutionally valid and followed the general practice of the reserve powers of the Crown, specifically the constitutional convention of following the advice of the premier. ^[12]

Results

The NDP received the most votes (more votes than any other party) overall and in 54 districts (more than half the districts), though did not receive a majority of the vote overall nor in many districts. It received 40.6 percent of the vote and captured 62 percent of the seats in the Legislature.

Due to First-past-the-post voting, the NDP swept the Edmonton seats, won a majority of the seats in Calgary and just less than half of seats in rural Alberta. ^[13] NDP MLAs were elected in all 21 Edmonton districts, 15 of the 26 Calgary districts and 18 of the 40 districts outside the major cities. ^[14]

NDP candidates received over 50% of the votes in each Edmonton riding as well as the ridings of Sherwood Park, St. Albert and Lethbridge-West. All opposition (non-NDP) candidates received less than half the votes in the riding where they ran, except for the Wildrose candidates in Cypress-Medicine Hat, Strathmore-Brooks and Olds-Disbury, each of whom captured a majority of the district votes.

The election produced some very close races and small leads for some winning candidates. In Calgary Glenmore the winning candidate won with a lead of six votes over her leading contender. In Calgary McCall an NDP candidate won with less than 30 percent of the vote; in Calgary Shaw an NDP candidate won with but 31 percent of the vote; in Calgary South-East a PC won with only 32.5 percent of the votes cast.

In many ridings the combined votes of the Progressive Conservative and the Wildrose candidates surpassed that of the NDP.

In some ridings such as Red Deer North, Spruce Grove-St. Albert, Calgary-Buffalo, Calgary-Varsity, Lethbridge East and Lethbridge West, the combined vote of the NDP and the Liberal candidates totalled more than 50 percent of the district's votes, thus overwhelming the combined vote of the Conservative and Wild Rose candidate. This also held true for Calgary Mountain View where a Liberal was elected.

In many ridings no Liberal ran, which probably aided the NDP victory in those ridings. These included Lesser Slave Lake, Peace River, Edmonton-McClung, Sherwood Park, West Yellowhead and Whitecourt.

Party		Votes			Seats
	New Democratic	604,518	40.6%	30.8pp	54 / 87 (62%)
	Progressive Conservative	413,610	27.8%	16.2pp	9 / 87 (10%)
	Wildrose	360,511	24.2%	10.1pp	21 / 87 (24%)
	Liberal	62,153	4.2%	5.7pp	1 / 87 (1%)
	Alberta Party	33,221	2.2%	0.9pp	1 / 87 (1%)

Popular vote New Democratic   40.62% PC   27.79% Wildrose   24.22% Liberal   4.18% Alberta Party   2.23% Others   0.96%

Seats New Democratic   62.07% Wildrose   24.14% PC   11.49% Liberal   1.15% Alberta Party   1.15%

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Summary of the May 5, 2015 Legislative Assembly of Alberta election results

Party		Party leader	Number of candidates	Seats				Popular vote*
				2012	Dissol.	2015	% of Seats	#	%	Change (pp)
	New Democratic	Rachel Notley	87	4	4	54	62.1	604,518	40.62	+30.77
	Wildrose	Brian Jean	86	17	5	21	24.1	360,511	24.22	–10.06
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Prentice	87	61	70	9	10.3	413,610	27.79	–16.17
	Liberal	David Swann	56	5	5	1	1.1	62,153	4.18	–5.71
	Alberta Party	Greg Clark	36	—	—	1	1.1	33,221	2.23	+0.92
	Green [16]	Janet Keeping	24	—	—	—	—	7,215	0.48	+0.09
	Social Credit	Len Skowronski	6	—	—	—	—	834	0.06	+0.03
	Communist	Naomi Rankin	2	—	—	—	—	182	0.01	=
	Alberta First [17]	Bart Hampton	1	—	—	—	—	72	0.005	=
	Independent		15	—	1	—	—	5,932	0.40	+0.13
	Vacant				2	1**	1.1
Total			400	87	87	87	100.0%	1,488,248	100.00%

* The total popular vote includes votes from voided Calgary-Foothills election.

** Incumbent Premier Jim Prentice disclaimed his victory in Calgary-Foothills. ^[18] According to section 139 of the Alberta Elections Act, ^[19] if a winning candidate disclaims their right to become an MLA before the end of the appeal period for the official results, that riding's election is declared void.

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta – seats won/lost by party, 2012–2015

Party		2012	Gain from (loss to)							2015
			NDP	WR		PC		Lib	Alb
	New Democratic	4		2		44		4		54
	Wildrose	17	(2)			7	(1)			21
	Progressive Conservative	61	(44)	1	(7)				(1)	9
	Liberal	5	(4)							1
	Alberta Party	0				1				1
Total		87	(50)	3	(7)	52	(1)	4	(1)	86

The election resulted in a majority government led by the New Democratic Party.

The result in Calgary-Glenmore remained unresolved on election night, as incumbent PC MLA Linda Johnson and NDP challenger Anam Kazim finished the vote count in an exact tie of 7,015 votes each, ^[20] necessitating a recount process. ^[20] On May 15, the recount determined NDP candidate Anam Kazim won the riding by six votes.

The Alberta NDP had been leading in most polls since late April. They had been expected to do well in Edmonton, which historically had been more favourable to centre-left parties and candidates than Alberta in general. However, in a result that exceeded even the most optimistic projections for the NDP, Edmonton swung dramatically to support Notley, who represents an Edmonton riding. The NDP took every seat in the city, all by very large margins (4,000 votes or more with absolute majority support). The NDP also won 15 of the 25 seats in Calgary, the power base of the PCs for most of the previous four decades. The NDP also swept the province's third and fourth-largest cities, Lethbridge and Red Deer. NDP support remained relatively lower in rural Alberta, where they won only a handful of ridings in the north of the province, as well as some rural ridings around Edmonton. ^[21]

Notley later said that she had known a week before the election that the NDP would win. She told the Canadian Press that she had been sitting in a hotel room in either Calgary or Lethbridge when she saw a very credible poll showing the NDP was poised to rebound from a mere four seats in the legislature – the minimum for official party status – to an outright majority. She was stunned at first, but recovered long enough to drop her plans for a whirlwind schedule to close out the campaign. Her original plan would have not only resulted in her looking extremely haggard in her first speech as premier-elect, but would have left her without time to begin a transition. ^[22]

The PCs finished second in the popular vote, 53,099 votes ahead of the Wildrose. However, their caucus was decimated due to a near-total collapse in the major cities, as well as a more pronounced split in the right-of-centre vote. They were completely shut out in Edmonton, Lethbridge, and Red Deer, and lost 12 of their 20 seats in Calgary. Since the first-past-the-post system awards seats solely on the basis of plurality district contests (not by proportional representation), the PCs were knocked down to third place with 10 seats, and only two outside Calgary. This was further reduced to nine when Prentice disclaimed victory in his riding. The PCs were reduced to their smallest presence in the Legislative Assembly since 1967. With a few exceptions, their support in the cities transferred to the NDP, while their rural support moved to the Wildrose. All but three members of Prentice's cabinet were defeated.

The Wildrose had its legislative caucus greatly reduced in 2014 when then-leader and Leader of the Official Opposition Danielle Smith and all but 5 Wildrose MLAs crossed the floor to sit with the governing PCs. In the 2015 general election, the party rebounded to 21 seats and retained Official Opposition status. All of their gains were in rural ridings taken from the PCs, and they failed to win a seat in Edmonton or Calgary.

Greg Clark, leader of the Alberta Party, won the first ever seat for his party in the Legislative Assembly. He won the seat of Calgary-Elbow.

For the first time the NDP won a majority of seats in Calgary, taking 15 of the city's 26 seats. This centre-left success was deepened by a Liberal candidate and an Alberta Party candidate also scoring wins in that city. Such had not happened since 1921, when Labour candidates and Independents took seats there. ^[23]

Results by riding

Bold indicates cabinet members, and party leaders are italicized. Candidate names appear as they appeared on the ballot.

Colour band in gulley indictes winner of the election.

All results are sourced from Elections Alberta. ^[24]

Northern Alberta

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	PC		Wildrose		Liberal		NDP		Alberta Party		Other
Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater		Jeff Johnson 5,016 - 29.9%		Travis Olson 4,973 - 29.6%				Colin Piquette 6,797 - 40.5%						Jeff Johnson
Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock		Maureen Kubinec 4,876 - 26.6%		Glenn van Dijken 7,206 - 39.3%				Tristan Turner 6,232 - 34.0%						Maureen Kubinec
Bonnyville-Cold Lake		Craig Copeland 3,594 - 30.4%		Scott Cyr 5,452 - 46.2%				Josalyne Head 2,136 - 18.1%		Rob Fox 628 - 5.3%				Genia Leskiw†
Dunvegan-Central Peace-Notley		Rhonda Clarke-Gauthier 2,766 - 28.8%		Kelly Hudson 3,147 - 32.8%				Margaret McCuaig-Boyd 3,692 - 38.4%						Hector Goudreau†
Fort McMurray-Conklin		Don Scott 1,502 - 22.3%		Brian Jean 2,950 - 43.9%		Melinda Hollis 204 - 3.0%		Ariana Mancini 2,071 - 30.8%						Don Scott
Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo		Mike Allen 2,486 - 25.9%		Tany Yao 3,835 - 40.0%		Robin Le Fevre 345 - 3.6%		Stephen Drover 2,915 - 30.4%						Mike Allen
Grande Prairie-Smoky		Everett McDonald 4,968 - 30.8%		Todd Loewen 5,343 - 33.2%		Kevin McLean 787 - 4.9%		Todd Russell 5,009 - 31.1%						Everett McDonald
Grande Prairie-Wapiti		Wayne Drysdale 6,229 - 35.6%		Laila Goodridge 4,175 - 23.8%				Mary Dahr 5,062 - 28.9%		Rory Tarant 2,048 - 11.7%				Wayne Drysdale
Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills		Darrell Younghans 3,004 - 24.4%		David Hanson 4,763 - 38.7%				Catherine Harder 4,214 - 34.2%				Brian Deheer (Green) 339 - 2.8%		Shayne Saskiw†
Lesser Slave Lake		Pearl Calahasen 1,944 - 21.5%		Darryl Boisson 3,198 - 35.3%				Danielle Larivee 3,915 - 43.2%						Pearl Calahasen
Peace River		Frank Oberle 3,529 - 36.4%		Nathan Steinke 1,979 - 20.4%				Debbie Jabbour 3,821 - 39.4%		Sherry Hilton 376 - 3.9%				Frank Oberle

Central Edmonton

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	PC		Wildrose		Liberal		NDP		Alberta Party		Other
Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview		Tony Caterina 2,524 - 15.5%		Stephanie Diacon 1,248 - 7.6%		Tomi Yellowface 359 - 2.2%		Deron Bilous 12,049 - 73.8%		Owais Siddiqui 147 - 0.9%				Deron Bilous
Edmonton-Calder		Thomas "Tom" Bradley 3,222 - 17.8%		Andrew Altimas 1,565 - 8.6%		Amit "Sunny" Batra 527 - 2.9%		David Eggen 12,837 - 70.7%						David Eggen
Edmonton-Centre		Catherine Keill 2,228 - 13.5%		Joe Byram 772 - 4.7%		Laurie Blakeman [lower-alpha 3] 4,199 - 25.4%		David Shepherd 8,983 - 54.4%				Greg Keating (Ind.) 295 - 1.8% Rory Joe Koopmans (Ind.) 40 - 0.2%		Laurie Blakeman
Edmonton-Glenora		Heather Klimchuk 3,145 - 17.3%		Don Koziak 1,394 - 7.6%		Karen Sevcik 553 - 3.0%		Sarah Hoffman 12,473 - 68.4%		Chris Vilcsak 463 - 2.5%		David Parker (Green) 195 - 1.1%		Heather Klimchuk
Edmonton-Gold Bar		David Dorward 4,147 - 18.6%		Justin J. James 1,422 - 6.4%		Ronald Brochu 702 - 3.2%		Marlin Schmidt 15,349 - 68.9%		Cristina Stasia 662 - 3.0%				David Dorward
Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood		Jonathan Weiqun Dai 1,778 - 12.0%		Joshua Loeppky 967 - 6.5%		Matthew R. Smith 494 - 3.3%		Brian Mason 11,555 - 78.1%						Brian Mason
Edmonton-Mill Creek		Gene Zwozdesky 3,848 - 23.9%		Saqib Raja 1,365 - 8.5%		Harpreet Gill 1,896 - 11.8%		Denise Woollard 9,025 - 55.9%						Gene Zwozdesky
Edmonton-Mill Woods		Sohail Quadri 2,920 - 19.1%		Baljit Sall 1,437 - 9.4%		Roberto Maglalang 850 - 5.6%		Christina Gray 9,930 - 64.9%				Aura Leddy (Ind.) 129 - 0.8% Naomi Rankin (Communist) 44 - 0.3%		Sohail Quadri
Edmonton-Riverview		Steve Young 3,732 - 19.3%		Ian Crawford 1,350 - 7.0%		Donna Wilson 1,416 - 7.3%		Lori Sigurdson 12,108 - 62.8%		Brandon Beringer 487 - 2.5%		Sandra Wolf Lange (Green) 135 - 0.7% Glenn Miller (Ind.) 59 - 0.3%		Steve Young
Edmonton-Rutherford		Chris LaBossiere 3,940 - 22.5%		Josef Pisa 1,644 - 9.4%		Michael Chan 741 - 4.2%		Richard Feehan 11,214 - 63.9%						Fred Horne†
Edmonton-Strathcona		Shelley Wegner 2,242 - 13.6%				Steve Kochan 658 - 4.0%		Rachel Notley 13,592 - 82.4%						Rachel Notley

Suburban Edmonton

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	PC		Wildrose		Liberal		NDP		Alberta Party		Other
Edmonton-Castle Downs		Thomas Lukaszuk 4,182 - 23.1%		Gerrit Roosenboom 1,383 - 7.6%		Todd Ross 880 - 4.9%		Nicole Goehring 11,689 - 64.5%						Thomas Lukaszuk
Edmonton-Decore		Janice Sarich 2,847 - 18.4%		Dean R. Miller 1,289 - 8.3%		Bradley Lawrence Whalen 691 - 4.5%		Chris Nielsen 10,531 - 67.9%				Trey Capnerhurst (Green) 150 - 1.0%		Janice Sarich
Edmonton-Ellerslie		Harman Kandola 3,549 - 19.8%		Jackie Lovely 2,499 - 13.9%		Mike McGowan 839 - 4.7%		Rod Loyola 11,034 - 61.6%						Naresh Bhardwaj §
Edmonton-Manning		Gurcharan Garcha 2,599 - 15.1%		Atiq Rehman 1,475 - 8.6%		Adam Mounzer 776 - 4.5%		Heather Sweet 12,376 - 71.8%						Peter Sandhu§
Edmonton-McClung		David Xiao 4,408 - 25.9%		Steve Thompson 2,373 - 14.0%				Lorne Dach 9,412 - 55.4%		John Hudson 808 - 4.8%				David Xiao
Edmonton-Meadowlark		Katherine O'Neill 3,924 - 22.8%		Amber Maze 1,972 - 11.5%		Dan Bildhauer 1,507 - 8.8%		Jon Carson 9,796 - 57.0%						Raj Sherman†
Edmonton-South West		Matt Jeneroux 6,316 - 27.8%		Cole Kander 2,290 - 10.1%		Rudy Arcilla 1,199 - 5.3%		Thomas Dang 12,352 - 54.4%		Krishna Tailor 543 - 2.4%				Matt Jeneroux
Edmonton-Whitemud		Stephen Mandel 7,177 - 32.2%		Chad Peters 1,423 - 6.4%		Steven Townsend 629 - 2.8%		Bob Turner 12,805 - 57.4%				Kathryn Jackson (Green) 182 - 0.8% John Baloun (Ind.) 73 - 0.3%		Stephen Mandel
Sherwood Park		Cathy Olesen 5,655 - 25.9%		Linda Osinchuk 4,815 - 22.1%				Annie McKitrick 11,365 - 52.0%						Cathy Olesen
St. Albert		Stephen Khan 6,340 - 27.9%		Shelley Biermanski 2,858 - 12.6%		Bill Alton 778 - 3.4%		Marie Renaud 12,220 - 53.9%		Trevor Love 493 - 2.2%				Stephen Khan

West Central Alberta

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	PC		Wildrose		Liberal		NDP		Alberta Party		Other
Drayton Valley-Devon		Diana J. McQueen 5,182 - 30.5%		Mark Smith 6,284 - 37.0%				Katherine Swampy 4,816 - 28.4%		Connie Jensen 416 - 2.5%		Jennifer R. Roach (Green) 276 - 1.6%		Diana McQueen
Innisfail-Sylvan Lake		Kerry Towle 5,136 - 28.0%		Don MacIntyre 7,829 - 42.7%				Patricia Norman 4,244 - 23.1%		Danielle Klooster 1,135 - 6.2%				Kerry Towle
Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills		Wade Bearchell 5,274 - 26.3%		Nathan Cooper 10,692 - 53.4%				Glenn R. Norman 3,366 - 16.8%		Jim Adamchick 685 - 3.4%				Bruce Rowe†
Red Deer-North		Christine Moore 3,836 - 22.7%		S.H. "Buck" Buchanan 4,173 - 24.7%		Michael Dawe [lower-alpha 4] 3,262 - 19.3%		Kim Schreiner 4,969 - 29.4%		Krystal Kromm 683 - 4.0%				Mary Anne Jablonski†
Red Deer-South		Darcy Mykytyshyn 5,414 - 27.6%		Norman Wiebe 4,812 - 24.6%		Deborah Checkel 738 - 3.8%		Barb Miller 7,024 - 35.9%		Serge Gingras 1,035 - 5.3%		Ben Dubois (Green) 274 - 1.4% Patti Argent (Ind.) 232 - 1.2% William Berry (Ind.) 60 - 0.3%		Cal Dallas†
Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre		Tammy Coté 5,296 - 31.8%		Jason Nixon 6,670 - 40.1%				Hannah Schlamp 2,791 - 16.8%				Joe Anglin (Ind.) 1,871 - 11.3%		Joe Anglin
Spruce Grove-St. Albert		Rus Matichuk 6,362 - 25.6%		Jaye Walter 4,631 - 18.7%		Reg Lukasik 916 - 3.7%		Trevor Horne 11,546 - 46.5%		Gary Hanna 1,081 - 4.4%		Brendon Greene (Green) 269 - 1.1%		Vacant
Stony Plain		Ken Lemke 4,944 - 25.7%		Kathy Rondeau 5,586 - 29.1%		Mike Hanlon 657 - 3.4%		Erin Babcock 7,268 - 37.8%		Sandy Simmie 538 - 2.8%		Matt Burnett (Green) 220 - 1.1%		Ken Lemke
West Yellowhead		Robin Campbell 3,433 - 32.3%		Stuart Taylor 3,055 - 28.8%				Eric Rosendahl 4,135 - 38.9%						Robin Campbell
Whitecourt-Ste. Anne		George VanderBurg 4,721 - 31.1%		John Bos 4,996 - 33.0%				Oneil Carlier 5,442 - 35.9%						George VanderBurg

East Central Alberta

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	PC		Wildrose		Liberal		NDP		Alberta Party		Other
Battle River-Wainwright		Blake Prior 5,057 - 31.2%		Wes Taylor 6,862 - 42.3%		Ron Williams 500 - 3.1%		Gordon Naylor 3,807 - 23.5%						Vacant
Drumheller-Stettler		Jack Hayden 5,388 - 33.9%		Rick Strankman 7,570 - 47.7%				Emily Shannon 2,927 - 18.4%						Rick Strankman
Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville		Jacquie Fenske 5,527 - 28.3%		Joe Gosselin 3,959 - 20.2%		Peter Schneider 475 - 2.4%		Jessica Littlewood 8,983 - 45.9%		Derek Christensen 324 - 1.7%		Allison Anderson (Green) 285 - 1.5%		Jacquie Fenske
Lacombe-Ponoka		Peter Dewit 5,018 - 27.6%		Ron Orr 6,502 - 35.7%				Doug Hart 5,481 - 30.1%		Tony Jeglum 1,206 - 6.6%				Rod Fox§
Leduc-Beaumont		George Rogers 6,225 - 28.3%		Sharon Smith 6,543 - 29.7%				Shaye Anderson 8,321 - 37.8%		Bert Hoogewoonink 612 - 2.8%		Josh Drozda (Green) 301 - 1.4%		George Rogers
Strathcona-Sherwood Park		Dave Quest 6,623 - 30.1%		Rob Johnson 5,286 - 24.0%				Estefania Cortes-Vargas 9,376 - 42.6%		Lynne Kaiser 721 - 3.3%				Dave Quest
Vermilion-Lloydminster		Richard Starke 5,935 - 47.4%		Danny Hozack 4,171 - 33.3%				Saba Mossagizi 2,428 - 19.4%						Richard Starke
Wetaskiwin-Camrose		Verlyn Olson 5,951 - 34.7%		Bill Rock 3,685 - 21.5%				Bruce Hinkley 7,531 - 43.9%						Verlyn Olson

Central Calgary

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	PC		Wildrose		Liberal		NDP		Alberta Party		Other
Calgary-Acadia		Jonathan Denis 4,602 - 29.0%		Linda Carlson 4,985 - 31.4%		Nicholas Borovsky 765 - 4.8%		Brandy Payne 5,506 - 34.7%						Jonathan Denis
Calgary-Buffalo		Terry Rock 3,738 - 28.1%		Leah Wamboldt 1,351 - 10.2%		David Khan 3,282 - 24.7%		Kathleen Ganley 4,671 - 35.1%				Sabrina Lee Levac (Green) 263 - 2.0%		Kent Hehr†
Calgary-Cross		Rick Hanson 4,501 - 35.3%		Moiz Mahmood 2,060 - 16.2%		Manjot Singh Gill 1,194 - 9.4%		Ricardo Miranda 4,602 - 36.1%				Peter Meic (Green) 236 - 1.9% Katherine Le Rougetel (Ind.) 143 - 1.1%		Yvonne Fritz†
Calgary-Currie		Christine Cusanelli 4,577 - 24.7%		Terry DeVries 3,769 - 20.3%		Shelley Wark-Martyn 1,441 - 7.8%		Brian Malkinson 7,387 - 39.8%		Tony Norman 1,006 - 5.4%		Nelson Berlin (Green) 373 - 2.0%		Christine Cusanelli
Calgary-East		Moe Amery 3,971 - 28.3%		Ali Waissi 3,633 - 25.9%		Naser Al-Kukhun 806 - 5.7%		Robyn Luff 5,506 - 39.2%				Bonnie Devine (Communist) 138 - 1.0%		Moe Amery
Calgary-Elbow		Gordon Dirks 6,254 - 30.3%		Megan Brown 1,786 - 8.7%		John Roggeveen 565 - 2.7%		Catherine Welburn 3,256 - 15.8%		Greg Clark 8,707 - 42.2%		Larry R. Heather (Social Credit) 67 - 0.3%		Gordon Dirks
Calgary-Fish Creek		Richard Gotfried 6,198 - 32.9%		Blaine Maller 5,568 - 29.6%				Jill Moreton 6,069 - 32.2%		Allison Wemyss 850 - 4.5%		Martin Owen (Social Credit) 148 - 0.8%		Heather Forsyth†
Calgary-Fort		Andy Bao Nguyen 3,204 - 22.7%		Jeevan Mangat 3,003 - 21.3%		Said Abdulbaki 476 - 3.4%		Joe Ceci 7,027 - 49.8%		Vic Goosen 410 - 2.9%				Wayne Cao†
Calgary-Glenmore		Linda Johnson 7,015 - 33.2%		Chris Kemp-Jackson 5,058 - 23.9%		David Waddington 1,345 - 6.4%		Anam Kazim 7,021 - 33.2%		Terry Lo 719 - 3.4%				Linda Johnson
Calgary-Klein		Kyle Fawcett 4,878 - 26.8%		Jeremy Nixon 4,206 - 23.0%		David Gamble 1,104 - 6.0%		Craig Coolahan 8,098 - 44.3%				Noel Keough [lower-alpha 5] (Green) 0 - 0.0%		Kyle Fawcett
Calgary-Mountain View		Mark Hlady 4,699 - 23.9%		Terry Wong 2,070 - 10.5%		David Swann 7,204 - 36.7%		Marc Andrew Chikinda 5,673 - 28.9%						David Swann
Calgary-Varsity		Susan Billington 5,700 - 30.2%		Sharon Polsky 2,598 - 13.8%		Pete Helfrich 1,862 - 9.9%		Stephanie McLean 8,297 - 43.9%				Carl Svoboda (Green) 424 - 2.2%		Donna Kennedy-Glans†

Suburban Calgary

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	PC		Wildrose		Liberal		NDP		Alberta Party		Other
Calgary-Bow		Byron Nelson 5,419 - 33.0%		Trevor Grover 3,752 - 22.8%		Matt Gaiser 682 - 4.2%		Deborah Drever 5,669 - 34.5%		Jonathon Himann 459 - 2.8%		David Reid (Green) 448 - 2.7%		Alana DeLong†
Calgary-Foothills		Jim Prentice [lower-alpha 6] 7,163 - 40.3%		Keelan Frey 3,216 - 18.1%		Ali Bin Zahid 1,271 - 7.2%		Anne Wilson 5,748 - 32.4%				Janet Keeping (Green) 363 - 2.0%		Jim Prentice
Calgary-Greenway		Manmeet Bhullar 5,337 - 42.8%		Devinder Toor 2,627 - 21.1%				Don Monroe 4,513 - 36.2%						Manmeet Bhullar
Calgary-Hawkwood		Jason Luan 6,378 - 31.2%		Jae Shim 4,448 - 21.7%		Harbaksh Singh Sekhon 736 - 3.6%		Michael Connolly 7,443 - 36.4%		Beth Barberree 925 - 4.5%		Polly Knowlton Cockett (Green) 455 - 2.2% Len Skowronski (Social Credit) 90 - 0.4%		Jason Luan
Calgary-Hays		Ric McIver 6,671 - 38.3%		Bob Mailloux 4,562 - 26.2%		Shawn Emran 722 - 4.1%		Carla Drader 5,138 - 29.5%				Graham MacKenzie (Green) 250 - 1.4% Zachary Doyle (Social Credit) 93 - 0.5%		Ric McIver
Calgary-Lougheed		Dave Rodney 5,939 - 35.0%		Mark Mantei 4,781 - 28.2%		Leila Keith 817 - 4.8%		Mihai Ion 5,437 - 32.0%						Dave Rodney
Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill		Neil Brown 4,587 - 27.4%		Kathy Macdonald 4,914 - 29.3%		Prab Lashar 768 - 4.6%		Karen M. McPherson 6,177 - 36.9%				Sandy Kevin Aberdeen (Green) 316 - 1.9%		Neil Brown
Calgary-McCall		Jagdeep Kaur Sahota 2,317 - 18.2%		Happy Mann 3,367 - 26.4%		Avinash S. Khangura 2,224 - 17.5%		Irfan Sabir 3,812 - 29.9%				Burhan Khan (Ind.) 1,010 - 7.9%		Darshan Kang†
Calgary-North West		Sandra Jansen 6,320 - 32.7%		Jeff Callaway 5,163 - 26.7%		Neil Marion 935 - 4.8%		Karen Mills 5,724 - 29.6%		Chris Blatch 1,176 - 6.1%				Sandra Jansen
Calgary-Northern Hills		Teresa Woo-Paw 5,343 - 30.7%		Prasad Panda 4,392 - 25.3%		Harry Lin 1,000 - 5.8%		Jamie Kleinsteuber 6,641 - 38.2%						Teresa Woo-Paw
Calgary-Shaw		Jeff Wilson 5,348 - 30.7%		Brad Leishman 5,301 - 30.4%		Alexander Barrow 668 - 3.8%		Graham Sucha 5,449 - 31.2%		Evert Smith 661 - 3.8%				Jeff Wilson
Calgary-South East		Rick Fraser 7,663 - 32.5%		Brandon Lunty 6,892 - 29.2%		Gladwin Gill 1,304 - 5.5%		Mirical Macdonald 7,358 - 31.2%				Jordan Mac Isaac (Green) 374 - 1.6%		Rick Fraser
Calgary-West		Mike Ellis 8,312 - 46.8%		Gerard Lucyshyn 4,512 - 25.4%				Mizanur Rahman 4,940 - 27.8%						Mike Ellis
Chestermere-Rocky View		Bruce McAllister 7,454 - 36.0%		Leela Sharon Aheer 7,676 - 37.0%				William James Pelech 3,706 - 17.9%				Jamie Lall (Ind.) 1,093 - 5.3% Coral Bliss Taylor (Green) 405 - 2.0% Matt Grant (Ind.) 391 - 1.9%		Bruce McAllister

Southern Alberta

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	PC		Wildrose		Liberal		NDP		Alberta Party		Other
Airdrie		Peter Brown 6,181 - 28.9%		Angela Pitt 7,499 - 35.1%				Chris Noble 6,388 - 29.9%		Jeremy Klug 912 - 4.3%		Jeff Willerton (Ind.) 399 - 1.9%		Rob Anderson†
Banff-Cochrane		Ron Casey 5,555 - 28.2%		Scott Wagner 5,692 - 28.9%				Cameron Westhead 8,426 - 42.8%						Ron Casey
Cardston-Taber-Warner		Brian Brewin 4,356 - 35.5%		Grant Hunter 5,126 - 41.8%				Aaron Haugen 2,407 - 19.6%		Delbert Bodnarek 378 - 3.1%				Gary Bikman§
Cypress-Medicine Hat		Bob Olson 3,389 - 21.6%		Drew Barnes 8,544 - 54.6%		Eric Musekamp 528 - 3.4%		Bev Waege 3,201 - 20.4%						Drew Barnes
Highwood		Carrie Fischer 6,827 - 33.0%		Wayne Anderson 8,504 - 41.1%				Leslie Mahoney 3,937 - 19.0%		Joel Windsor 892 - 4.3%		Martin Blake (Green) 390 - 1.7% Jeremy Fraser (Social Credit) 187 - 0.9%		Danielle Smith§
Lethbridge-East		Tammy L. Perlich 4,743 - 25.3%		Kent Prestage 3,918 - 20.9%		Bill West 1,201 - 6.4%		Maria Fitzpatrick 8,918 - 47.5%						Bridget Pastoor†
Lethbridge-West		Greg Weadick 3,938 - 21.0%		Ron Bain 3,063 - 16.3%		Sheila Pyne 634 - 3.4%		Shannon Phillips 11,144 - 59.3%						Greg Weadick
Little Bow		Ian Donovan 4,793 - 35.3%		David Schneider 4,803 - 35.4%		Helen McMenamin 377 - 2.8%		Bev Muendel-Atherstone 3,364 - 24.8%				Caleb Van Der Weide (Social Credit) 249 - 1.8%		Ian Donovan
Livingstone-Macleod		Evan P. Berger 6,404 - 34.7%		Pat Stier 7,362 - 39.9%		Alida Hess 464 - 2.5%		Aileen Burke 4,338 - 22.9%						Pat Stier
Medicine Hat		Blake Pedersen 3,427 - 21.1%		Val Olson 5,790 - 35.6%				Bob Wanner 6,160 - 37.9%		Jim Black 731 - 4.5%		David Andrew Phillips (Ind.) 137 - 0.8%		Blake Pedersen
Strathmore-Brooks		Molly Douglass 4,452 - 27.0%		Derek Fildebrandt 8,652 - 52.5%		Ali Abdulbaki 200 - 1.2%		Lynn MacWilliam 2,463 - 15.0%		Einar B. Davison 304 - 1.8%		Mike Worthington (Green) 322 - 2.0% Glen Dundas (Alberta First) 72 - 0.4%		Jason Hale†

Defeated incumbents

Party		Name	Constituency	Office held at election	Year elected	Defeated by	Party
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Allen	Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo		2012	Tany Yao		Wildrose Party
		Moe Amery	Calgary East		1993	Robyn Luff		New Democratic Party
		Pearl Calahasen	Lesser Slave Lake	Longest-serving MLA at dissolution	1989	Danielle Larivee		New Democratic Party
		Jonathan Denis	Calgary-Acadia	Minister of Justice and Solicitor General	2008	Brandy Payne		New Democratic Party
		Gordon Dirks	Calgary-Elbow	Minister of Education	2014	Greg Clark		Alberta Party
		Ian Donovan	Little Bow		2012	Dave Schneider		Wildrose Party
		David Dorward	Edmonton-Gold Bar	Associate Minister of Aboriginal Relations	2012	Marlin Schmidt		New Democratic Party
		Jacquie Fenske	Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville		2012	Jessica Littlewood		New Democratic Party
		Matt Jeneroux	Edmonton-South West		2012	Thomas Dang		New Democratic Party
		Jeff Johnson	Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater	Minister of Seniors	2008	Colin Piquette		New Democratic Party
		Linda Johnson	Calgary-Glenmore		2012	Anam Kazim		New Democratic Party
		Stephen Khan	St. Albert	Minister of Service Alberta	2012	Marie Renaud		New Democratic Party
		Heather Klimchuk	Edmonton-Glenora	Minister of Human Services	2008	Sarah Hoffman		New Democratic Party
		Maureen Kubinec	Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock	Minister of Culture and Tourism	2012	Glenn van Dijken		Wildrose Party
		Thomas Lukaszuk	Edmonton-Castle Downs		2001	Nicole Goehring		New Democratic Party
		Stephen Mandel	Edmonton-Whitemud	Minister of Health	2014	Bob Turner		New Democratic Party
		Bruce McAllister	Chestermere-Rocky View		2012	Leela Aheer		Wildrose Party
		Everett McDonald	Grande Prairie-Smoky		2012	Todd Loewen		Wildrose Party
		Frank Oberle	Peace River	Minister of Energy, Government House Leader	2004	Debbie Jabbour		New Democratic Party
		Cathy Olesen	Sherwood Park		2012	Annie McKitrick		New Democratic Party
		Blake Pedersen	Medicine Hat		2012	Bob Wanner		New Democratic Party
		Sohail Quadri	Edmonton-Mill Woods		2012	Christina Gray		New Democratic Party
		George Rogers	Leduc-Beaumont		2004	Shaye Anderson		New Democratic Party
		Janice Sarich	Edmonton-Decore		2008	Chris Nielsen		New Democratic Party
		Don Scott	Fort McMurray-Conklin	Minister of Innovation and Advanced Education, Deputy House Leader	2012	Brian Jean		Wildrose Party
		Kerry Towle	Innisfail-Sylvan Lake		2012	Don MacIntyre		Wildrose Party
		Jeff Wilson	Calgary-Shaw		2012	Graham Sucha		New Democratic Party
		Teresa Woo-Paw	Calgary-Northern Hills		2008	Jamie Kleinsteuber		New Democratic Party
		David Xiao	Edmonton-McClung		2008	Lorne Dach		New Democratic Party
		Steve Young	Edmonton-Riverview		2012	Lori Sigurdson		New Democratic Party
		Gene Zwozdesky	Edmonton-Mill Creek	Speaker	1993	Denise Woollard		New Democratic Party
	Liberal	Laurie Blakeman	Edmonton-Centre		1997	David Shepherd		New Democratic Party
	Independent	Joe Anglin	Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre		2012	Jason Nixon		Wildrose Party

MLAs who did not run again

Progressive Conservative

• Rob Anderson, Airdrie ^[25]
• Wayne Cao, Calgary-Fort ^{[25] [26]}
• Cal Dallas, Red Deer-South ^[26]
• Alana DeLong, Calgary-Bow ^{[25] [26]}
• Yvonne Fritz, Calgary-Cross ^{[25] [26]}
• Hector Goudreau, Dunvegan-Central Peace-Notley ^[26]
• Jason Hale, Strathmore-Brooks
• Fred Horne, Edmonton-Rutherford ^[26]
• Mary Anne Jablonski, Red Deer-North ^[26]
• Genia Leskiw, Bonnyville-Cold Lake ^[26]
• Donna Kennedy-Glans, Calgary-Varsity ^{[26] [25]}
• Bridget Pastoor, Lethbridge-East ^[26]
• Bruce Rowe, Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills ^[26]
• Danielle Smith, Highwood ^[26]

Wildrose

• Heather Forsyth, Calgary-Fish Creek ^[26]
• Shayne Saskiw, Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills ^[26]

Liberal

• Kent Hehr, Calgary-Buffalo ^[26]
• Darshan Kang, Calgary-McCall ^[26]
• Raj Sherman, Edmonton-Meadowlark ^[26]

Timeline

2012

• April 23: The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta (PCs) win the 28th Alberta general election. The Wildrose Party wins the second-most seats, for the first time forming the Official Opposition.
• May 3:The election results are certified and made official. ^[27]
• May 23: The 28th Alberta Legislative Assembly sits for the first time. ^[28]

2013

• May 14: The Separation Party of Alberta changes its name back to the Alberta First Party name it abandoned in 2004. ^[29]
• May 14: Edmonton-Manning PC MLA Peter Sandhu resigns from the PC caucus, becoming an Independent. ^[30]
• July 16: Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo PC MLA Mike Allen quits the PC caucus after being arrested in the US on a soliciting for prostitution charge. ^[31]
• December 10: Edmonton-Manning Independent MLA Peter Sandhu rejoins the PC caucus. ^[32]

2014

• March 12: After an expense scandal involving Premier Redford's trip to the funeral of Nelson Mandela, Calgary-Foothills PC MLA Len Webber leaves the PC caucus to sit as an Independent. ^[33]
• March 17: Calgary-Varsity PC MLA and Associate Minister for Electricity and Renewable Energy Donna Kennedy-Glans leaves the PC caucus to sit as an Independent. ^[34]
• March 20: Alison Redford resigns as leader of the PCs, and Dave Hancock is named interim leader. ^[35]
• March 23: Redford's resignation as Premier comes into effect and Deputy Premier and Edmonton-Whitemud MLA Dave Hancock is sworn in as Premier. ^[36]
• April 29: An NDP leadership election is initiated when leader Brian Mason announces his pending resignation as leader. ^[37]
• July 7: Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo Independent MLA Mike Allen is admitted back into the PC caucus after a caucus vote. ^[38]
• August 6: PC MLA Alison Redford resigns her Calgary-Elbow seat, triggering a by-election. ^[39]
• September 6: In the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership election, former federal cabinet minister Jim Prentice is elected leader. ^[40]
• September 15: Dave Hancock resigns as Premier and his Edmonton-Whitemud seat, triggering a by-election. ^[41] Jim Prentice is sworn in as premier. ^[42]
• September 17: Calgary-Varsity Independent MLA Donna Kennedy-Glans requests, and is accepted back into, the PC caucus. ^[43]
• September 29: Independent MLA Len Webber resigns his Calgary-Foothills seat, PC MLA Ken Hughes resigns his Calgary-West seat, and by-elections are called in their ridings as well as Calgary-Elbow and Edmonton-Whitemud. ^[44]
• October 18: At the Alberta NDP convention Rachel Notley is chosen party leader. ^[45]
• October 27: Four PC MLAs are elected in by-elections: Gordon Dirks in Calgary-Elbow, Jim Prentice in Calgary-Foothills, Mike Ellis in Calgary-West, and Stephen Mandel in Edmonton-Whitemud. ^[46]
• November 2: Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre Wildrose MLA Joe Anglin leaves the Wildrose caucus to sit as an Independent. ^[47]
• November 24: Innisfail-Sylvan Lake MLA Kerry Towle and Little Bow MLA Ian Donovan leave the Wildrose Party and join the PCs. ^[48]
• December 17: Nine Wildrose Party MLAs, including leader Danielle Smith and House Leader Rob Anderson cross the floor to join the PCs. ^[49]
• December 21: Heather Forsyth is named interim leader of the Wildrose Party. ^[50]

2015

• January 26: Raj Sherman resigns as leader of the Alberta Liberal Party, and PC MLA Doug Griffiths resigns from his Battle River-Wainwright seat. ^[51]
• January 31: PC MLA Doug Horner resigns his Spruce Grove-St. Albert seat. ^[52]
• February 1: David Swann is named interim leader of the Alberta Liberal Party. ^[53]
• March 26: Premier Jim Prentice tables his government's 2015-16 budget.
• March 28: Former Conservative MP Brian Jean wins Wildrose Party leadership election, former Wildrose Party leader Danielle Smith loses PC nomination in Highwood to Okotoks councilor Carrie Fischer
• April 7: Premier Jim Prentice drops the writ, calling for an election on May 5, 2015.
• April 23: Televised leaders' debate.
• May 5: Election results - the NDP win a majority of seats (53), and the Wildrose finish second with 21 seats. The Progressive Conservatives' run of nearly 44 years as government ends with a third-place finish of 10 seats. Premier Prentice announces resignation as PC leader and as Calgary-Foothills MLA. The initial result in Calgary-Glenmore is a tie.
• May 15: Elections Alberta publishes the official result. ^[54] NDP candidate Anam Kazim wins the riding of Calgary-Glenmore after recount, leaving the NDP holding 54 of 87 seats in the legislature.

Opinion polls

The following is a summary of published polls of voter intentions.

Date of Polling	Polling Firm	Margin of Error (19 times out of 20)	PC	Wildrose	Liberal	NDP	Alberta	Other	Undecided
May 5, 2015	Election 2015		27.8	24.2	4.2	40.6	2.2	1.0
May 4, 2015	Forum Research	±3 pp	23	23	4	45	3	2
May 1–4, 2015	Insights West	±3.1 pp	23	27	4	42	3	2	9
Apr. 29–May 3, 2015	EKOS Research Associates	±3.4 pp	22.5	24.0	5.6	44.3	2.2	1.4
May 2, 2015	Forum Research	±3 pp	21	24	5	42	5	3
April 29, 2015	Mainstreet Research	±1.85 pp	21	26	5	44	3		14
April 27–29, 2015	Ipsos-Reid	±4.1 pp	24	26	9	37	3	1
April 25–29, 2015	EKOS Research Associates	±3.7 pp	23.1	21.3	6.3	42.2	4.6	2.6
April 26–28, 2015	ThinkHQ	±2.1 pp	20	27	9	39	4	1
April 26–28, 2015	Leger Marketing	±2.8 pp	30	24	6	38	1	1	16
April 25–28, 2015	Return On Insight	±3.6 pp	24	21	10	38	4
April 23, 2015	Televised leaders' debate
April 23, 2015	Mainstreet Research	±1.49 pp	26	32	8	31	4		21
April 22–23, 2015	Forum Research	±3 pp	20	25	7	38	6	5
April 20, 2015	Mainstreet Research	±1.78 pp	25	35	4	31	4		19
April 13, 2015	Mainstreet Research	±1.76 pp	24	31	10	30	5		23
April 7–9, 2015	Forum Research	±2 pp	27	30	12	28	2	2
April 7, 2015	Dissolution of the 28th Alberta Legislative Assembly, campaign begins
April 7, 2015	Mainstreet Research	±1.78 pp	27	31	12	26	3		24
April 2–6, 2015	ThinkHQ	±2.3 pp	25	31	12	26	5	1
March 27–30, 2015	Insights West	±3.9 pp	31	27	14	22	2	5
March 29, 2015	Mainstreet Research	±1.8 pp	30	30	17	18	5		20
March 28, 2015	Brian Jean becomes leader of the Wildrose Party
February 13–23, 2015	Environics		46	16	18	17		4
February 1, 2015	David Swann becomes interim leader of the Liberal Party
January 26, 2015	Raj Sherman resigns as leader of the Liberal Party
December 28–30, 2014	Insights West		42	14	19	18		7
December 21, 2014	Heather Forsyth becomes interim leader of the Wildrose Party
December 21, 2014	Mainstreet Research		44	20	14	18	4
December 17, 2014	Danielle Smith resigns as leader of the Wildrose Party, crosses the floor with 8 caucus members to the PCs
Nov. 28–Dec. 1, 2014	Insights West		35	29	15	16		5
October 18, 2014	Rachel Notley becomes leader of the New Democratic Party
October 4–9, 2014	Lethbridge College		32.6	30.8	12.8	16.8		7.0
September 6, 2014	Jim Prentice becomes leader of the Progressive Conservative Association and Premier
Aug. 27–Sep. 2, 2014	Leger Marketing		29	33	18	16		4
June 23–26, 2014	Leger Marketing		26	31	20	19		4
April 29, 2014	Brian Mason resigns as leader of the New Democratic Party, becomes interim leader
April 23–26, 2014	Insights West		21	50	11	16		2
March 20, 2014	Alison Redford resigns as Premier and leader of the Progressive Conservative Association, Dave Hancock becomes interim leader and Premier
March 10–16, 2014	ThinkHQ		19	46	16	15	3	1
March 3–9, 2014	Angus Reid		23	46	15	13		4
February 24–27, 2014	Leger Marketing		25	38	16	15	3	2
February 14–23, 2014	Environics		36	33	18	12		2
October 5–6, 2013	Lethbridge College		36.1	29.4	15.7	12.2	1.1	5.6
September 11–17, 2013	Leger Marketing		33	34	15	15		3
April 9–12, 2013	Leger Marketing		29	37	17	14		3
February 12–16, 2013	ThinkHQ		26	38	13	16	3	4
January 14–20, 2013	Leger Marketing		40	28	12	13		6
October 10–23, 2012	Environics		45	29	13	12		1
September 29–30, 2012	Lethbridge College		44.6	23.9	11.1	14.0	3.0	3.4
August 10–22, 2012	Environics		43	26	14	13		3
June 11, 2012	Forum Research		39	36	9	12	2	2
April 23, 2012	Election 2012	±0.0 pp	44.0	34.3	9.9	9.8	1.3	0.7

Media endorsements

The following media outlets endorsed the Progressive Conservatives during the campaign:

• Calgary Herald (Postmedia) ^[55]
• Calgary Sun (Postmedia) ^[56]
• The Globe and Mail (The Woodbridge Company, majority owned by Thomson Reuters) ^[57]
• Edmonton Journal (Postmedia) ^[58]
• Edmonton Sun (Postmedia) ^[59]

No media endorsements were made for any of the other parties.

Footnotes

1. The Progressive Conservative Association won a plurality of votes in 10 ridings. However, Jim Prentice disclaimed his victory in Calgary-Foothills, voiding the election and leaving the Progressive Conservatives with 9 seats in the official results.
2. Includes votes from the voided election in the riding of Calgary-Foothills
3. Blakeman was also endorsed by the Alberta Party and the Green Party of Alberta.
4. Dawe was also endorsed by the Green Party of Alberta.
5. Withdrew.
6. Prentice disclaimed his victory on election night, leaving the seat vacant.

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External links

• Elections Alberta