21st Alberta Legislature

21st Alberta Legislature
21st Alberta Legislature
Majority parliament
12 June 1986 – 20 February 1989
Parliament leaders
Premier	Don Getty ; 1 November 1985 - 14 December 1992
Cabinet	Getty cabinet
Leader of the; Opposition	Ray Martin ; 6 November 1984 - 15 June 1993
Party caucuses
Government	Progressive Conservative Association
Opposition	New Democratic Party
Recognized	Liberal Party
	Representative
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the; Assembly	David J. Carter ; 12 June 1986 - 30 August 1993
Members	83 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II ; 6 February 1952 - present
Lieutenant; Governor	Hon. Helen Hunley ; 22 January 1985 - 11 March 1991
Sessions
	1st session; June 12, 1986 – March 4, 1987
	2nd session; March 5, 1987 – March 16, 1988
	3rd session; March 17, 1988 – February 16, 1989
	4th session; February 17. 1989 – February 17, 1989
← 20th	→ 22nd

Last updated July 05, 2023

The 21st Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from June 12, 1986, to February 20, 1989, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1986 Alberta general election held on May 8, 1986. The Legislature officially resumed on June 12, 1986, and continued until the fourth session was prorogued on February 17, 1989, and dissolved on February 20, 1989, prior to the 1989 Alberta general election on March 20, 1989.^[1]

Party standings after the 21st General Election

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Affiliation		Members
	Progressive Conservative	61
	New Democratic	16
	Liberal	4
	Representative	2
Total		83

A party requires four seats to have official party status in the legislature. Parties with fewer than four seats are not entitled to party funding although their members will usually be permitted to sit together in the chamber.

Members elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

21st Alberta Legislative Assembly
District		Member	Party
	Athabasca-Lac La Biche	Leo Piquette	NDP
	Banff-Cochrane	Greg Stevens	Progressive Conservative
	Barrhead	Ken Kowalski	Progressive Conservative
	Bonnyville	Ernie Isley	Progressive Conservative
	Bow Valley	Tom Musgrove	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Bow	Neil Webber	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Buffalo	Sheldon Chumir	Liberal
	Calgary-Currie	Dennis Anderson	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Egmont	David J. Carter	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Elbow	David John Russell	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Fish Creek	William Edward Payne	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Foothills	Janet Koper	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Forest Lawn	Barry Pashak	NDP
	Calgary-Glenmore	Dianne Mirosh	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-McCall	Stan Nelson	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-McKnight	Eric Musgreave	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Millican	Gordon Shrake	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Montrose	Rick Orman	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Mountain View	Bob Hawkesworth	NDP
	Calgary-North Hill	Fred Stewart	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-North West	Stan Cassin	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Shaw	Jim Dinning	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-West	Elaine McCoy	Progressive Conservative
	Camrose	Ken Rostad	Progressive Conservative
	Cardston	Jack Ady	Progressive Conservative
	Chinook	Henry Kroeger	Progressive Conservative
	Clover Bar	Walt Buck	Representative
	Cypress-Redcliff	Alan Hyland	Progressive Conservative
	Drayton Valley	Shirley Cripps	Progressive Conservative
	Drumheller	Stanley Schumacher	Progressive Conservative
	Dunvegan	Glen Clegg	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Avonmore	Marie Laing	NDP
	Edmonton-Belmont	Tom Sigurdson	NDP
	Edmonton-Beverly	Ed Ewasiuk	NDP
	Edmonton-Calder	Christie Mjolsness	NDP
	Edmonton-Centre	William Roberts	NDP
	Edmonton-Glengarry	John Younie	NDP
	Edmonton-Glenora	Nancy Betkowski ¹	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Gold Bar	Bettie Hewes	Liberal
	Edmonton-Highlands	Pam Barrett	NDP
	Edmonton-Jasper Place	Leslie Young	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Kingsway	Alex McEachern	NDP
	Edmonton-Meadowlark	Grant Mitchell	Liberal
	Edmonton-Mill Woods	Gerry Gibeault	NDP
	Edmonton-Norwood	Ray Martin	NDP
	Edmonton-Parkallen	Neil Stanley Crawford	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Strathcona	Gordon Wright	NDP
	Edmonton-Whitemud	Don Getty	Progressive Conservative
	Fort McMurray	Norm Weiss	Progressive Conservative
	Grande Prairie	Bob Elliott	Progressive Conservative
	Highwood	Harry Alger	Progressive Conservative
	Innisfail	Nigel Pengelly	Progressive Conservative
	Lacombe	Ronald Moore	Progressive Conservative
	Lesser Slave Lake	Larry Shaben	Progressive Conservative
	Lethbridge-East	Archibald D. Johnston	Progressive Conservative
	Lethbridge-West	John Gogo	Progressive Conservative
	Little Bow	Raymond Speaker	Representative
	Lloydminster	Doug Cherry	Progressive Conservative
	Macleod	LeRoy Fjordbotten	Progressive Conservative
	Medicine Hat	Jim Horsman	Progressive Conservative
	Olds-Didsbury	Roy Brassard	Progressive Conservative
	Peace River	Al Adair	Progressive Conservative
	Pincher Creek-Crowsnest	Frederick Deryl Bradley	Progressive Conservative
	Ponoka-Rimbey	Halvar Jonson	Progressive Conservative
	Red Deer-North	Stockwell Day	Progressive Conservative
	Red Deer-South	John Oldring	Progressive Conservative
	Redwater-Andrew	Steve Zarusky	Progressive Conservative
	Rocky Mountain House	John Murray Campbell	Progressive Conservative
	Sherwood Park	Peter Elzinga	Progressive Conservative
	Smoky River	Marvin Moore	Progressive Conservative
	St. Albert	Bryan Strong	NDP
	St. Paul	John Drobot	Progressive Conservative
	Stettler	Brian C. Downey	Progressive Conservative
	Stony Plain	Jim Heron	Progressive Conservative
	Taber-Warner	Robert Bogle	Progressive Conservative
	Three Hills	Connie Osterman	Progressive Conservative
	Vegreville	Derek Fox	NDP
	Vermilion-Viking	Steve West	Progressive Conservative
	Wainwright	Robert Fischer	Progressive Conservative
	Westlock-Sturgeon	Nicholas Taylor	Liberal
	West Yellowhead	Ian Reid	Progressive Conservative
	Wetaskiwin-Leduc	Donald H. Sparrow	Progressive Conservative
	Whitecourt	Peter Trynchy	Progressive Conservative

Note:
¹Nancy Betkowski later changed her last name to Nancy MacBeth.

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References

↑ Perry, Sandra E.; Footz, Valerie L. (2006). Massolin, Philip A. (ed.). A Higher Duty: Speakers of the Legislative Assemblies. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. p. 501. ISBN 0-9689217-3-6 . Retrieved August 9, 2020.

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[1] Perry, Sandra E.; Footz, Valerie L. (2006). Massolin, Philip A. (ed.). A Higher Duty: Speakers of the Legislative Assemblies. Edmonton, AB: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. p. 501. ISBN 0-9689217-3-6 . Retrieved August 9, 2020.

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