The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta was a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta that existed from 1905 to 2020. The party formed the provincial government,without interruption,from 1971 until the party's defeat in the 2015 provincial election under premiers Peter Lougheed,Don Getty,Ralph Klein,Ed Stelmach,Alison Redford,Dave Hancock and Jim Prentice. At 44 years,this was the longest unbroken run in government at the provincial or federal level in Canadian history.
The premier of Alberta is the first minister for the Canadian province of Alberta,and the province's head of government. The current premier is Danielle Smith,leader of the United Conservative Party,who was sworn in on October 11,2022.
The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta,Canada. Founded in 1905,it is the oldest active political party in Alberta and was the dominant political party until the 1921 election,with the first three provincial Premiers being Liberals. Since 1921,it has formed the official opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta several times,most recently from 1993 until 2012. Fourteen Liberals have served as Leader of the Opposition of Alberta.
The Alberta New Democratic Party,commonly shortened to Alberta NDP,is a social-democratic political party in Alberta,Canada. It is the provincial Alberta affiliate of the federal New Democratic Party,and the successor to the Alberta section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and the even earlier Alberta wing of the Canadian Labour Party and the United Farmers of Alberta. From the mid-1980s to 2004,the party abbreviated its name as the "New Democrats" (ND).
Randy Thorsteinson is a politician and businessman in Red Deer,Alberta,Canada.
Raymond James Martin is a politician in Alberta,Canada and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
Edmonton-Centre formerly styled Edmonton Centre from 1959 to 1971 was a provincial electoral district in Alberta,Canada,mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1959 to 2019.
Edmonton-McClung is a provincial electoral district in Edmonton,Alberta,Canada. The district was created in 1993 and is named after Nellie McClung. The current MLA is Lorne Dach of the NDP,who was first elected in 2015.
Edmonton Meadowlark was a provincial electoral district in Alberta,Canada,mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1971 to 2019.
Brian Michael Jean is a Canadian politician who has previously served as Alberta's and Minister of Jobs,Economy and Northern Development. On June 9,2023 Jean was appointed as Alberta's Minister of Energy and Minerals,with Larry Kaumeyer as his Deputy-Minister,the former CEO of Ducks Unlimited. He has served as member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche since March 16,2022. He was leader of the Opposition and the last leader of the Wildrose Party from 2015 to 2017 before its merger into the United Conservative Party (UCP). Jean was a member of Parliament (MP) with the Conservative Party from 2004 to 2014 before entering provincial politics.
Edmonton-Strathcona is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta,Canada. It shares the same name as the federal electoral district of Edmonton Strathcona.
Mo Elsalhy is a politician,pharmacist and businessman from Alberta,Canada. He received his Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from the University of Alberta in 1994.
Leonard Warren Webber is a Canadian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Calgary Confederation since 2015 as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. During the 43rd Canadian Parliament his private member bill An Act to amend the Canada Revenue Agency Act was adopted to allow Canadians to indicate their intent to sign up as a donor through their annual income tax return. Previously,he was a Conservative Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta,representing the constituency of Calgary-Foothills from 2004 to 2014,serving cabinet portfolios of Minister of International &Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of Aboriginal Relations.
George Kenneth (Ken) Allred is a politician in Alberta,Canada,who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta,in which he sat as a member of the Progressive Conservative caucus. He is also a former municipal councillor in St. Albert,Alberta and former candidate for the House of Commons of Canada.
Rajnish K. "Raj" Sherman is a Canadian politician from Alberta and former Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Meadowlark;which he formerly represented as a Progressive Conservative. Sherman was elected leader of the Liberal Party on September 10,2011,and led the party through the 2012 provincial election. He announced his immediate resignation on January 26,2015,and that he will not be running for a third term as MLA in the next provincial election.
The Dominion Labor Party (Alberta) was a minor political party. It was founded on June 11,1918 when Edmonton's Labour Representation League renamed itself the Alberta wing of the DLP. Its executive included Mr. Marshall,Mr. Mercer,Mr. Dan Knott,later mayor of the city,White,Findlay and Farmilo,and Elmer Roper,later mayor Edmonton.
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.
An Alberta Liberal Party leadership election was held at the Alberta Liberal Party's 2017 Annual General Meeting in order choose a permanent successor to Raj Sherman who resigned on January 26,2015. Sherman,who was under investigation over alleged illegal campaign donations,indicated in a statement to the media that he was resigning as leader immediately for personal reasons and did not run for re-election as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta at the provincial election held on May 5,2015. The leadership election was originally scheduled for April 23,2016 but has been delayed for a year to give prospective candidates more time to organize. David Khan was elected.
The 2019 Alberta general election was held on April 16,2019,to elect 87 members to the 30th Alberta Legislature. In its first general election contest,the Jason Kenney-led United Conservative Party (UCP) won 54.88% of the popular vote and 63 seats,defeating incumbent Premier Rachel Notley. The governing Alberta New Democratic Party (NDP) were reduced to 24 seats and formed the Official Opposition. The United Conservative Party was formed in 2017 from a merger of the Progressive Conservative Party and the Wildrose Party after the NDP's victory in the 2015 election ended nearly 44 years of Progressive Conservative rule.
