23rd Alberta Legislature

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23rd Alberta Legislature
Majority parliament
August 30, 1993 – February 11, 1997
Coat of arms of Alberta.svg
Parliament leaders
Premier Ralph Klein
14 December 1992 - 14 December 2006
Cabinet Klein cabinet
Leader of the
Opposition 		Laurence Decore
June 15, 1993 – July 15, 1994
Grant Mitchell
November 12, 1994 – April 17, 1998
Party caucuses
Government Progressive Conservative Association
Opposition Liberal Party
Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the
Assembly 		Stanley Schumacher
30 August 1993 - 17 April 1997
Members83 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch Elizabeth II
February 6, 1952 – September 8, 2022
Lieutenant
Governor 		Hon. Gordon Towers
11 March 1991 - 17 April 1996
Hon. Bud Olson
17 April 1996 - 10 February 2000
Sessions
1st session
August 30, 1993 – February 9, 1994
2nd session
February 10, 1994 – February 12, 1995
3rd session
February 13, 1995 – February 12, 1996
4th session
February 13, 1996 – February 9, 1997
5th session
February 10, 1997 – February 11, 1997
←  22nd →  24th

The 23rd Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from August 30, 1993, to February 11, 1997, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 1993 Alberta general election held on June 15, 1993. The Legislature officially resumed on August 30, 1993, and continued until the fifth session was prorogued and dissolved on February 11, 1997, prior to the 1997 Alberta general election on March 11, 1997. [1]

Contents

Alberta's twenty-second government was controlled by the majority Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta, led by Premier Ralph Klein. The Official Opposition was led by Laurence Decore of the Liberal Party, and later Grant Mitchell. The Speaker was Stanley Schumacher.

Bills

Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act

The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP Act) is the freedom of information and privacy act for Alberta, Canada. It was passed by the Alberta Legislature in June 1994 and came into force on October 1, 1995. [2]

Civil Enforcement Act

The Civil Enforcement Act, S.A. 1994, c.C-10.5, is a law in Alberta, Canada. The law gave responsibility for seizures, evictions, repossessions, and enforcing court orders to authorized civil enforcement agencies. Sheriffs' Offices throughout the province closed, but The Office of the Sheriff - Civil Enforcement was created under the Court Services Division of Alberta Justice to monitor the civil enforcement agency activities and respond to complaints. The Act was proclaimed in force on January 1, 1996.

Electric Utilities Act

The Electric Utilities Act (1996) effective January 1, 1996, which created Power Pool of Alberta, a wholesale market clearing entity. The Power Pool was a not for profit entity that operated the "competitive wholesale market including dispatch of generation." [3] The Electric Utilities Act stipulated all electric energy bought and sold in Alberta had to be exchanged through the Power Pool which "served as an independent, central, open access pool." It functioned as a "spot market intending to match the demand with the lowest cost supply and establish an hourly pool price." [3] Alberta was the first Canadian province to implement a deregulated electricity market. Competitive wholesale markets were being fostered in the 1990s as part of the liberalization process of the 1990s changing some parameters such as the unbundling of generation, transmission and distribution functions of incumbent utilities. [4] Local distribution utilities, either investor- or municipally owned, retained the obligation to supply and the 6 largest utilities were assigned a share of the output of existing generators at a fixed price.

Party standings after the 23rd General Election

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AffiliationMembers
  Progressive Conservative Party 51
  Liberal Party 32
 Total
83

Members elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

23rd Alberta Legislative Assembly
DistrictMemberPartyFirst elected/ previously electedNo.# of term(s)
  Athabasca-Wabasca Mike Cardinal Progressive Conservative 19892nd term
  Banff-Cochrane Brian Evans Progressive Conservative19892nd term
  Barrhead-Westlock Ken Kowalski Progressive Conservative19795th term
  Bonnyville Leo Vasseur Liberal 19931st term
  Bow Valley Lyle Oberg Progressive Conservative19931st term
  Calgary-Bow Bonnie Laing Progressive Conservative19892nd term
  Calgary-Buffalo Gary Dickson Liberal19922nd term
  Calgary-Cross Yvonne Fritz Progressive Conservative19931st term
  Calgary-Currie Jocelyn Burgener Progressive Conservative19931st term
  Calgary-East Moe Amery Progressive Conservative19931st term
  Calgary-Egmont Denis Herard Progressive Conservative19931st term
  Calgary-Elbow Ralph Klein Progressive Conservative19892nd term
  Calgary-Fish Creek Heather Forsyth Progressive Conservative19931st term
  Calgary-Foothills Pat Black 1Progressive Conservative19892nd term
  Calgary-Glenmore Dianne Mirosh Progressive Conservative19863rd term
  Calgary-Lougheed Jim Dinning Progressive Conservative19863rd term
  Calgary-McCall Harry Sohal Progressive Conservative19931st term
  Shiraz Shariff (1995)Progressive Conservative19951st term
  Calgary-Montrose Hung Pham Progressive Conservative19931st term
  Calgary-Mountain View Mark Hlady Progressive Conservative19931st term
  Calgary-North Hill Richard Magnus Progressive Conservative19931st term
  Calgary-North West Frank Bruseker Liberal19892nd term
  Calgary-Nose Creek Gary Mar Progressive Conservative19931st term
  Calgary-Shaw Jon Havelock Progressive Conservative19931st term
  Calgary-Varsity Murray Smith Progressive Conservative19931st term
  Calgary-West Danny Dalla-Longa Liberal19931st term
  Cardston-Chief Mountain Jack Ady Progressive Conservative19863rd term
  Chinook Shirley McClellan Progressive Conservative19873rd term
  Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan Muriel Abdurahman Liberal19931st term
  Cypress-Medicine Hat Lorne Taylor Progressive Conservative19931st term
  Drayton Valley-Calmar Tom Thurber Progressive Conservative19892nd term
  Drumheller Stanley Schumacher Progressive Conservative19863rd term
  Dunvegan Glen Clegg Progressive Conservative19863rd term
  Edmonton-Avonmore Gene Zwozdesky Liberal19931st term
  Edmonton-Beverly-Belmont Julius Yankowsky Liberal19931st term
 Progressive Conservative
  Edmonton-Centre Michael Henry Liberal19931st term
  Edmonton-Ellerslie Debby Carlson Liberal19931st term
  Edmonton-Glengarry Laurence Decore Liberal19892nd term
  Edmonton-Glenora Howard Sapers Liberal19931st term
  Edmonton-Gold Bar Bettie Hewes Liberal19863rd term
  Edmonton-Highlands-Beverly Alice Hanson Liberal19931st term
  Edmonton-Manning Peter Sekulic Liberal19931st term
  Edmonton-Mayfield Lance White Liberal19931st term
  Edmonton-McClung Grant Mitchell Liberal19863rd term
  Edmonton-Meadowlark Karen Leibovici Liberal19931st term
  Edmonton-Mill Woods Don Massey Liberal19931st term
  Edmonton-Norwood Andrew Beniuk Liberal19931st term
 Independent
 Progressive Conservative
  Edmonton-Roper Sine Chadi Liberal19931st term
  Edmonton-Rutherford Percy Wickman Liberal19892nd term
  Edmonton-Strathcona Al Zariwny Liberal19931st term
  Edmonton-Whitemud Mike Percy Liberal19931st term
  Fort McMurray Adam Germain Liberal19931st term
  Grande Prairie-Smoky Walter Paszkowski Progressive Conservative19892nd term
  Grande Prairie-Wapiti Wayne Jacques Progressive Conservative19931st term
  Highwood Don Tannas Progressive Conservative19892nd term
  Innisfail-Sylvan Lake Gary Severtson Progressive Conservative19892nd term
  Lac La Biche-St. Paul Paul Langevin Liberal19931st term
 Independent
 Progressive Conservative
  Lacombe-Stettler Judy Gordon Progressive Conservative19931st term
  Lesser Slave Lake Pearl Calahasen Progressive Conservative19892nd term
  Leduc Terry Kirkland Liberal19931st term
  Lethbridge-East Ken Nicol Liberal19931st term
  Lethbridge-West Clint Dunford Progressive Conservative19931st term
  Little Bow Barry McFarland Progressive Conservative19922nd term
  Medicine Hat Rob Renner Progressive Conservative19931st term
  Olds-Didsbury Roy Brassard Progressive Conservative19863rd term
  Peace River Gary Friedel Progressive Conservative19931st term
  Pincher Creek-Macleod David Coutts Progressive Conservative19931st term
  Ponoka-Rimbey Halvar Jonson Progressive Conservative19824th term
  Red Deer North Stockwell Day Progressive Conservative19863rd term
  Red Deer South Victor Doerksen Progressive Conservative19931st term
  Redwater Nicholas Taylor Liberal19863rd term
  Mary Anne Balsillie (1996)Liberal19961st term
  Rocky Mountain House Ty Lund Progressive Conservative19892nd term
  Sherwood Park Bruce Collingwood Liberal19931st term
  St. Albert Len Bracko Liberal19931st term
  Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert Colleen Soetaert Liberal19931st term
  Stony Plain Stan Woloshyn Progressive Conservative1989 [a] 2nd term
  Taber-Warner Ron Hierath Progressive Conservative19931st term
  Three Hills-Airdrie Carol Haley Progressive Conservative19931st term
  Vegreville-Viking Ed Stelmach Progressive Conservative19931st term
  Vermilion-Lloydminster Steve West Progressive Conservative19863rd term
  Wainwright Robert Fischer Progressive Conservative19824th term
  West Yellowhead Duco Van Binsbergen Liberal19931st term
  Wetaskiwin-Camrose Ken Rostad Progressive Conservative19863rd term
  Whitecourt-Ste. Anne Peter Trynchy Progressive Conservative19717th term

Note:

Standings changes since the 23rd general election

Membership changes in the 23rd Assembly
DateMember NameDistrictPartyReason
 November 15, 1994 Harry Sohal Calgary-McCall Progressive Conservative Death of member.
 1995 Paul Langevin Lac La Biche-St. Paul Progressive ConservativeCrosses the floor from the Liberals to the Progressive Conservatives
 March 7, 1996 Nicholas Taylor Redwater Liberal Resigned to be appointed to the Senate of Canada.

Notes

  1. ↑ First elected as a NDP

References

  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. 502. ISBN   0-9689217-3-6 . Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  2. ↑ "FOIP - OIPC". Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta.
  3. 1 2 Manning, Lewis L. (nd), The State of Electricity De-Regulation in Alberta and the Alberta Electric System Operators Role (PDF), retrieved 22 December 2013
  4. ↑ "Energy Policies of IEA Countries - Canada 2009 Review", International Energy Agency, Paris: OECD/IEA, pp. 193–195, 2009, ISBN   978-92-64-06043-2

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