By-elections to the 29th Alberta Legislature

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By-elections to the 29th Alberta Legislature have been held to fill vacancies in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta after the 2015 election. To date, two by-elections have been held to fill vacancies in the 29th Alberta Legislature.

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The 29th Alberta Legislature was formed after the 2015 election, during which the New Democrats won their first majority government under the leadership of Rachel Notley. Three by-elections since have been in ridings which were initially won by the Progressive Conservatives, and have returned one Wildrose, one Progressive Conservative, and one United Conservative member each to the legislature. Two held in ridings initially won by Wildrose returned United Conservative members.

Summary table

By-electionDateIncumbentPartyWinnerPartyCauseRetained
Fort McMurray-Conklin July 12, 2018 Brian Jean      United Conservative Laila Goodridge United ConservativeResigned several months after losing the UCP leadership election to Jason Kenney.Yes
Innisfail-Sylvan Lake July 12, 2018 Don MacIntyre      United Conservative Devin Dreeshen United ConservativeResigned after being charged with sexual interference with a minor. [1] Yes
Calgary-Lougheed December 14, 2017 Dave Rodney      United Conservative Jason Kenney      United Conservative Resigned to provide a seat for new UCP leader Jason Kenney Yes
Calgary-Greenway March 22, 2016 Manmeet Bhullar      Progressive Conservative Prabhdeep Gill      Progressive Conservative Killed in highway accidentYes
Calgary-Foothills September 3, 2015 Jim Prentice      Progressive Conservative Prasad Panda      Wildrose Disclaimed seat and resigned as party leader following government's defeat in general electionNo

Fort McMurray-Conklin

There will be a by-election in Fort McMurray-Conklin due to the March 5, 2018 resignation of United Conservative Party MLA and former Wildrose Party leader Brian Jean. [2] The by-election is being held on July 12, 2018. [3]

Alberta provincial by-election, July 12, 2018: Fort McMurray-Conklin
Upon the resignation of Brian Jean on March 5, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Conservative Laila Goodridge 2,68967.02+0.84
New Democratic Jane Stroud1,14928.64-2.15
Alberta Party Sid Fayed1032.57
Liberal Robin Le Fevre421.05-1.99
Green Brian Deheer290.72
Total valid votes4,01299.50
Rejected, spoiled and declined200.50-0.40
Turnout4,03232.59-11.85
Eligible electors12,370
United Conservative notional hold Swing +1.50
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Election results" . Retrieved December 27, 2021.

^ UCP change is compared to combined Wildrose and Progressive Conservative

Innisfail-Sylvan Lake

There will be a by-election in Innisfail-Sylvan Lake due to United Conservative Party MLA Don MacIntyre's sudden resignation on February 5, 2018 after he was charged with sexual assault and "sexual interference" (i.e., touching a minor for a sexual purpose) [1] The by-election is being held on July 12, 2018. [3]

Alberta provincial by-election, July 12, 2018: Innisfail-Sylvan Lake
upon the resignation of Don MacIntyre on February 2, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Conservative Devin Dreeshen 8,02981.67+10.99
New Democratic Nicole Mooney9159.31-13.83
Alberta Party Abigail Douglass7317.44+1.25
Liberal Nicolaas Jansen930.95
Independent David Inscho630.64
Total valid votes9,831
Rejected, spoiled, and declined37
Turnout9,86831.22-24.27
Eligible voters31,604
United Conservative notional hold Swing +12.41
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Election results" . Retrieved August 13, 2018.

Calgary-Lougheed

The by-election was held when Dave Rodney resigned his seat on November 1, 2017 to make way for Jason Kenney, the leader of the newly-formed United Conservative Party. [4] Kenney ended up winning the byelection and held the seat for the United Conservative Party. [5]

Alberta provincial by-election, December 14, 2017: Calgary-Lougheed
upon the resignation of Dave Rodney on November 1, 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Conservative Jason Kenney 7,76071.51+8.35 [lower-alpha 1]
New Democratic Phillip van der Merwe1,82216.79-15.24
Liberal David Khan 1,0099.30+4.49
Reform Lauren Thorsteinson1371.26
Green Romy Tittel 600.55
Independent Wayne Leslie420.39
Independent Larry Heather 220.20
Total valid votes10,85298.84
Rejected, spoiled and declined1271.16 -0.30
Eligible voters / Turnout31,067 35.34 -16.01
United Conservative notional hold Swing +11.80
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Election Results: Calgary-Lougheed" . Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  1. Swing is calculated from the sum of Progressive Conservative and Wildrose vote shares.

Calgary-Greenway

The riding of Calgary-Greenway was left vacant on November 23, 2015, when incumbent Progressive Conservative MLA Manmeet Bhullar was killed in a vehicle accident on Alberta Highway 2. [6] The resulting by-election was won by Prabhdeep Gill of the Progressive Conservatives. [7]

The by-election resulted in a Progressive Conservative hold, but saw the vote share for that party drop by 15 points from the 2015 election.

Alberta provincial by-election, March 22, 2016: Calgary-Greenway
upon the death of Manmeet Bhullar on November 23, 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Prabhdeep Gill2,29227.73-15.04
Wildrose Devinder Toor1,95723.68+2.62
Liberal Khalil Karbani1,87022.63-
New Democratic Roop Rai1,66720.17-16.00
Green Thana Boonlert1662.01-
Independent Said Hussein Abdulbaki1461.77-
Independent Larry Heather 1061.28-
Independent Sukhi Rai610.74-
Total valid votes 8,265100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots
Turnout29.23
Eligible voters28,278
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -8.83

Calgary-Foothills

Following the Alberta Progressive Conservatives' defeat in the 2015 provincial election, outgoing premier Jim Prentice announced on election night that even though he had personally won re-election in Calgary-Foothills, he was resigning his seat in the legislature. [8] This had the effect of voiding the election result, and necessitated the calling of a by-election to fill the seat.

The by-election to succeed him was scheduled for September 3, 2015, and was won by Prasad Panda of the Wildrose Party. Panda's victory increased the Wildrose caucus to 22 members in the Legislature, and kept the Progressive Conservatives at 9. [9]

Alberta provincial by-election, September 3, 2015: Calgary-Foothills
Voiding of general election results due to Jim Prentice disclaiming his seat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Wildrose Prasad Panda 4,87738.35+20.24
New Democratic Bob Hawkesworth 3,27025.71-6.65
Progressive Conservative Blair Houston2,74621.59-18.74
Liberal Ali Bin Zahid7916.22-0.94
Alberta Party Mark Taylor6104.80+4.80
Green Janet Keeping 3772.96+0.92
Independent Antoni Grochowski460.36
Total valid votes 12,717
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots
Turnout39.48
Eligible voters32,212
Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +19.49

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