The Alberta general election of 1982 was the twentieth general election for the Province of Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

, Canada

Canada

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. It was held on November 2, 1982 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

Legislative Assembly of Alberta

The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is one of two components of the Legislature of Alberta, the other being the Queen, represented by the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta. The Alberta legislature meets in the Alberta Legislature Building in the provincial capital, Edmonton...

.

Less than four years had passed since the Progressive Conservatives

Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta

The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta...

 won their landslide victory in 1979. Premier

Premier of Alberta

The Premier of Alberta is the first minister for the Canadian province of Alberta. He or she is the province's head of government and de facto chief executive. The current Premier of Alberta is Alison Redford. She became Premier by winning the Progressive Conservative leadership elections on...

 Peter Lougheed

Peter Lougheed

Edgar Peter Lougheed, PC, CC, AOE, QC, is a Canadian lawyer, and a former politician and Canadian Football League player. He served as the tenth Premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985....

 decided to call a snap election

Snap election

A snap election is an election called earlier than expected. Generally it refers to an election in a parliamentary system called when not required , usually to capitalize on a unique electoral opportunity or to decide a pressing issue...

 to catch fledgling new parties off guard, most notably the separatist

Alberta separatism

Alberta separatism is a movement that advocates the secession of the province of Alberta from Canada either by forming an independent nation, or by creating a new federation with one or more of Canada's other three westernmost provinces.-Foundations:...

 Western Canada Concept

Western Canada Concept

The Western Canada Concept was a Western Canadian political party founded in 1980 to promote the separation of the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia and the Yukon and Northwest Territories from Canada in order to create a new nation.The party argued that Western...

 which was capitalizing on anger over Lougheed's perceived weakness in dealings with the federal government

Government of Canada

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, in particular his acceptance of the hugely unpopular National Energy Program

National Energy Program

The National Energy Program was an energy policy of the Government of Canada. It was created under the Liberal government of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau by Minister of Energy Marc Lalonde in 1980, and administered by the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources.-Description:The NEP was...

. The WCC had won a by-election earlier in the year, and Lougheed decided that it would be wise to stage a showdown with the WCC sooner rather than later.

Lougheed then proceeded to mount a campaign based largely on scare tactics, warning Albertans angry with Ottawa but yet uneasy with the WCC that they could end up with a separatist government by voting for a separatist party. The strategy worked for the Tories, who won their fourth consecutive term in government, and returned to the 62% popular vote level it had attained in the 1975 election

Alberta general election, 1975

The Alberta general election of 1975 was the eighteenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on March 25, 1975 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....

. The PC party won 75 of the 79 seats in the legislature.

The Alberta Liberal Party

Alberta Liberal Party

The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...

 was punished in the wake of the NEP. Barely able to field candidates in a third of the ridings, it went down to one of its worst showings in party history.

The Social Credit Party

Social Credit Party of Alberta

The Alberta Social Credit Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada, that was founded on the social credit monetary policy and conservative Christian social values....

 collapsed. Its share of the popular vote fell from almost 20% to less than one percent after two of its remaining three MLAs (WCC had taken a former Socred seat in the by-election) resigned from the party and the third opted not to run for reelection. Two of its members won re-election as independents, and later formed the Representative Party of Alberta

Representative Party of Alberta

The Representative Party of Alberta was a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada formed by Raymond Speaker in 1984. The party was right of center, conservative in ideology and considered a modern version of Social Credit without the monetary reforms....

. The party was shut out of the legislature for the first time since 1935, and has never elected another MLA.

The New Democratic Party

Alberta New Democratic Party

The Alberta New Democratic Party or Alberta NDP is a social-democratic political party in Alberta, Canada, which was originally founded as the Alberta section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...

, led by Grant Notley

Grant Notley

Walter Grant Notley was a provincial politician in Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1984 and also served as leader of the Alberta NDP from 1968 to 1984....

, became the official opposition when it doubled its legislative caucus from one member to two.

The WCC, a party that advocated the separation of the four western provinces of Canada to form a new country, had surprised Canadians when Gordon Kesler

Gordon Kesler

-Political career:Gordon Kesler was the first separatist politician elected in Canada outside of Quebec since the 1870s. His stunning victory in the February 1982 by-election for the Western Canada Concept received national media attention. After the win Kessler became leader of the party...

 won his by-election and took a seat in the Alberta legislature. Although Kesler lost his seat in this election after he changed electoral districts from Olds-Didsbury

Olds-Didsbury

Olds-Didsbury was a provincial electoral district in central southern Alberta, Canada.The riding was created in 1963 as a merger between the Olds and Didsbury ridings....

 and ran in Highwood

Highwood (electoral district)

Highwood is a provincial electoral district in southern Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 in the province mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....

, the WCC won almost 12% of the popular vote.

The Alberta Reform Movement

Alberta Reform Movement

The Alberta Reform Movement was a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada founded in 1981 by Tom Sindlinger. Sindlinger had been a Progressive Conservative Party member of the legislative assembly for Calgary-Buffalo. He left the Progressive Conservatives after disagreeing with the party on...

 a new party founded by ex-Progressive Conservative Tom Sindlinger

Tom Sindlinger

Tom Sindlinger is a politician in Alberta, Canada, and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.Tom Sindlinger was elected as a member for the district of Calgary-Buffalo in the 1979 for the Progressive Conservatives. He disagreed with his party on matters relating to the Heritage Trust...

 was not ready for the election and ended up losing its only seat in Calgary Buffalo

Results

Overall voter turnout was 66.00%.

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
				1979	font style="font-size: 75%;">Diss. 19th Alberta Legislative Assembly The members of the 19th Alberta Legislative Assembly were elected in the general election held on March 14, 1979.On November 2, 1982, the 20th Alberta general election was held to elect the next legislature.-Seating plan in the 19th Assembly:...	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change	Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta...	Peter Lougheed Peter Lougheed Edgar Peter Lougheed, PC, CC, AOE, QC, is a Canadian lawyer, and a former politician and Canadian Football League player. He served as the tenth Premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985....	79	74	73	75	+1.4%	588,485	62.28%	+4.88%	New Democrats Alberta New Democratic Party The Alberta New Democratic Party or Alberta NDP is a social-democratic political party in Alberta, Canada, which was originally founded as the Alberta section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...	Grant Notley Grant Notley Walter Grant Notley was a provincial politician in Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1984 and also served as leader of the Alberta NDP from 1968 to 1984....	79	1	1	2	+100%	177,166	18.75%	+3.00%	Independent		34	-	2	2	-	36,590	3.87%	+3.10%	Western Canada Concept Western Canada Concept The Western Canada Concept was a Western Canadian political party founded in 1980 to promote the separation of the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia and the Yukon and Northwest Territories from Canada in order to create a new nation.The party argued that Western...	Gordon Kesler Gordon Kesler -Political career:Gordon Kesler was the first separatist politician elected in Canada outside of Quebec since the 1870s. His stunning victory in the February 1982 by-election for the Western Canada Concept received national media attention. After the win Kessler became leader of the party...	78	*	1	-	*	111,131	11.76%	*	Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...	Nicholas Taylor Nicholas Taylor Nicholas "Nick" William Taylor is a retired geologist, businessman and politician and former Canadian Senator from Alberta, Canada....	29	-	-	-	-	17,074	1.81%	-4.35%	Social Credit Social Credit Party of Alberta The Alberta Social Credit Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada, that was founded on the social credit monetary policy and conservative Christian social values....	George Richardson	23	4	1	-	-100%	7,843	0.83%	-19.04%	Alberta Reform Movement Alberta Reform Movement The Alberta Reform Movement was a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada founded in 1981 by Tom Sindlinger. Sindlinger had been a Progressive Conservative Party member of the legislative assembly for Calgary-Buffalo. He left the Progressive Conservatives after disagreeing with the party on...	Tom Sindlinger Tom Sindlinger Tom Sindlinger is a politician in Alberta, Canada, and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.Tom Sindlinger was elected as a member for the district of Calgary-Buffalo in the 1979 for the Progressive Conservatives. He disagreed with his party on matters relating to the Heritage Trust...	14	*	1	-	-100%	6,258	0.66%	*	Communist Communist Party (Alberta) Communist Party – Alberta is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. It is a provincial branch of the Communist Party of Canada.-History:...		8	-	-	-	-	389	0.04%	-0.01%
Total			344	79	79	79	-	944,936	100%
Source: Elections Alberta

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

Members elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

20th Alberta Legislative Assembly 20th Alberta Legislative Assembly The members of the 20th Alberta Legislative Assembly were elected in the general election held on November 2, 1982.On May 8, 1986, the 21st Alberta general election was held to elect the next legislature.-Party standings after the 20th General Election:...
	District	Member	Party	Athabasca Athabasca (provincial electoral district) Athabasca was a provincial electoral district covering north east Alberta, Canada.The riding, was created in 1905 when Alberta first became a province...	Frank Pierpoint Appleby Frank Pierpoint Appleby Frank Pierpoint Appleby is a former provincial level politician and Royal Air Force officer. from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1986 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus.-Early life:Appleby enlisted in the Royal...	Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta...	Banff-Cochrane Banff-Cochrane Banff-Cochrane is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. This riding is home to the popular tourist destination Banff National Park, environmental issues tend to dominate here....	Greg Stevens Greg Stevens Greg Phillip Stevens was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the governing Progressive Conservative caucus from 1979 to 1989.-Political career:...	Progressive Conservative	Barrhead	Ken Kowalski Ken Kowalski Kenneth "Ken" Reginald Kowalski, MLA is a provincial level politician and former teacher from Alberta, Canada. He is a current member and also dean of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and has served continuously since November 1979 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus...	Progressive Conservative	Bonnyville Bonnyville (provincial electoral district) Bonnyville was a provincial electoral district in north east Alberta, Canada. It elected members to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from its creation in 1952 until 1997 when the riding was renamed Bonnyville-Cold Lake, to more accurately reflect the two largest population centres in the...	Ernie Isley Ernie Isley (Alberta politician) Ernest Douglas "Ernie" Isley is a former school principal and provincial and municipal level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1993...	Progressive Conservative	Bow Valley	Tom Musgrove Tom Musgrove Tom Musgrove is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1982 to 1993 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus.-Political career:...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Bow	Neil Webber Neil Webber Patrick Neil Webber is a former provincial level politician and cabinet minister from Alberta, Canada.-Political career:...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Buffalo	Brian Lee	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Currie	Dennis Anderson Dennis Anderson (politician) Dennis Anderson is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1993...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Egmont	David J. Carter David J. Carter David John Carter is a politician, clergyman, photographer and author from Alberta, Canada.Carter served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1993...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Elbow	David John Russell David John Russell David John Russell was a politician from Alberta, Canada.Born in Calgary in 1931, Russell was elected to Calgary City Council and served as Alderman on two different occasions, the first time from 1960–1961 and then again from 1963 to 1967.Russell was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Fish Creek	William Edward Payne William Edward Payne William "Bill" Edward Payne is a former provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1993 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus. Premier Peter Lougheed appointed Payne to the Executive Council of Alberta...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Foothills	Janet Koper Janet Koper Janet Shirley Koper was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. She served as a member of the Alberta Legislature from 1982 to 1988 sitting as a member of the governing Progressive Conservative caucus....	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Forest Lawn	John Zaozirny John Zaozirny John Brian Zaozirny is a businessman as well as a former lawyer and provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1986...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Glenmore Calgary-Glenmore Calgary Glenmore is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.The electoral riding of Calgary Glenmore is one of two original Calgary ridings of the seven that still survives from the 1959 redistribution of the Calgary riding...	Hugh Planche Hugh Planche Hugh Planche is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1986...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-McCall	Stan Nelson Stan Nelson -Political career:Nelson was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1982 Alberta general election. He won a commanding majority of votes taking over 75% of the ballots cast and defeating four other candidates. Nelson won his second term in the 1986 Alberta general election...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-McKnight	Eric Musgreave Eric Musgreave Eric Charles Musgreave was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1989 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus....	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Millican	Gordon Shrake Gordon Shrake Gordon Wells Shrake is a former municipal and provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He first served as a City of Calgary Alderman from 1971 until 1982 when he was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, serving from 1982 to 1993.-Alderman:Shrake was first elected to...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Mountain View	Bohdan Zip Bohdan Zip Bohdan "Bud" Zip is a former politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1982 to 1986.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-North Hill	Ed Oman Ed Oman Edwin Albert "Ed" Oman is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada.-Political career:Oman was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the Calgary North Hill electoral district in the 1979 Alberta general election...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-North West	Sheila Embury Sheila Embury Sheila Barbara Embury was a former nurse and provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada.-Early life:Sheila Barbara Embury was born on June 6, 1931...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-West	Peter Lougheed Peter Lougheed Edgar Peter Lougheed, PC, CC, AOE, QC, is a Canadian lawyer, and a former politician and Canadian Football League player. He served as the tenth Premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985....	Progressive Conservative	Camrose Camrose (provincial electoral district) -1944 general election:-1957 liquor plebiscite:On October 30, 1957 a stand alone plebiscite was held province wide in all 50 of the then current provincial electoral districts in Alberta. The government decided to consult Alberta voters to decide on liquor sales and mixed drinking after a divisive...	Gordon Stromberg Gordon Stromberg Gordon Emil Stromberg was a provincial and municipal level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus from 1971 to 1986...	Progressive Conservative	Cardston Cardston (provincial electoral district) Cardston was a provincial electoral district in southern Alberta, Canada.The riding was created in when Alberta first became a province in 1905.The riding has always occupied the most southern portion of the province along the Canada / United States border...	John Thompson John Thompson (Alberta politician) John MacKenzie Thompson was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1986.-Political career:...	Progressive Conservative	Chinook	Henry Kroeger Henry Kroeger Henry Kroeger was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 until his death in 1987...	Progressive Conservative	Clover Bar Clover Bar (provincial electoral district) -1944 general election:-1957 liquor plebiscite:On October 30, 1957 a stand alone plebiscite was held province wide in all 50 of the then current provincial electoral districts in Alberta. The government decided to consult Alberta voters to decide on liquor sales and mixed drinking after a divisive...	Walt Buck Walt Buck Dr. Walter "Walt" Alexander Buck is a former provincial level politician and dentist from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 to 1989. During his time in office he served in numerous party caucuses and as an Independent.-Political career:Buck ran...	Independent	Cypress Cypress (provincial electoral district) -1944 general election:-1957 liquor plebiscite:On October 30, 1957 a stand alone plebiscite was held province wide in all 50 of the then current provincial electoral districts in Alberta. The government decided to consult Alberta voters to decide on liquor sales and mixed drinking after a divisive...	Alan Hyland Alan Hyland Alan William Hyland is a municipal and provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1993.-Political career:...	Progressive Conservative	Drayton Valley	Shirley Cripps Shirley Cripps Shirley A. Cripps was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. She served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1989. During her time in the Alberta Legislature she served in the Executive Council of Alberta from 1986 to 1989.-Political career:Cripps ran for a...	Progressive Conservative	Drumheller Drumheller (provincial electoral district) Drumheller was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Alberta represented in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 to 1963 and again from 1971 to 1997.-History:...	Lewis Clark Lewis Clark Lewis Mitchell "Mickey" Clark was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1986 sitting with the Progressive Conservative caucus in government.-Political career:Clark ran for a seat to the Legislative Assembly of...	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton-Avonmore	Horst Schmid Horst Schmid Horst Adolph Louis Charles Schmid is a former provincial level politician, miner, accountant and current businessman from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative party from 1971 to 1986...	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton-Belmont	Walter Szwender Walter Szwender Walter R. Szwender is a former provincial level politician and teacher from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1982 until 1986.-Political career:...	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton-Beverly	Bill Diachuk Bill Diachuk Bill Wasyl Diachuk was a municipal and provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He began his political career in Edmonton municipal politics serving two separate stints as a separate school trustee. The first was from 1962 to 1964 and the second from 1966 to 1971...	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton-Calder Edmonton-Calder Edmonton-Calder is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It is currently represented by Progressive Conservative MLA Doug Elniski.-Boundary history:- Members of the Legislative Assembly :...	Tom Chambers Tom Chambers (politician) Thomas "Tom" William Chambers is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1986...	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton-Centre	Mary LeMessurier Mary LeMessurier Mary J. LeMessurier is a former provincial level politician and social activist from Alberta, Canada. She served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1986 and sat with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus...	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton-Glengarry	Rollie Cook Rollie Cook Roland "Rollie" David Bertram Cook was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1986.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton-Glenora Edmonton-Glenora Edmonton-Glenora is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It is located north of the North Saskatchewan river....	Lou Hyndman Lou Hyndman Louis Davies "Lou" Hyndman is a Canadian academic, lawyer and retired politician. He was named the 15th Chancellor of the University of Alberta on June 10, 1994...	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton-Gold Bar	Al Hiebert Al Hiebert Alois "Al" Paul Hiebert is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1986.-Political career:...	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton-Highlands	David Thomas King David Thomas King David Thomas King is a Canadian politician and public education policy activist. He is a former Progressive Conservative Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from August, 1971 to April, 1986, during which time he was Legislative Secretary to Premier Peter Lougheed , Minister of...	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton-Jasper Place	Leslie Young Leslie Young Leslie "Les" Gordon Young was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1989...	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton-Kingsway	Carl Paproski Carl Paproski Carl Paproski was a teacher and provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1982 to 1986 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus....	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton-Meadowlark	Gerard Amerongen Gerard Amerongen Gerard "Gerry" Joseph Taets von Amerongen is a politician and lawyer from Alberta, Canada.Amerongen first ran for Member of the Legislative Assembly in the 1955 Alberta provincial election for the Conservative Party in the Edmonton district...	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton-Mill Woods	Milt Pahl Milt Pahl Milton "Milt" George Pahl was a provincial level politician and current businessman from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1986. During his time in office he sat as a member of the governing Progressive Conservative caucus...	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton-Norwood Edmonton-Norwood Edmonton-Norwood was provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The District was created from the Edmonton district in 1959 and was abolished in 2004 when it merged with Edmonton-Highlands to form Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood. The district was a swing riding and was held by every major party...	Ray Martin Ray Martin (politician) Raymond Martin is a politician in Alberta, Canada and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.Born in 1941 in Delia, Alberta, Martin attended the University of Alberta in Edmonton. He was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity...	NDP Alberta New Democratic Party The Alberta New Democratic Party or Alberta NDP is a social-democratic political party in Alberta, Canada, which was originally founded as the Alberta section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...	Edmonton-Parkallen	Neil Stanley Crawford Neil Stanley Crawford Neil Stanley Crawford was a politician and jazz musician from Alberta, Canada.-Early life:Neil was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He married Catherine May Hughes September 3, 1951...	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton-Sherwood Park Edmonton-Sherwood Park Edmonton-Sherwood Park is a former provincial electoral district located in the Alberta cities of Edmonton and Sherwood Park. The electoral district was split in 1986 between Edmonton-Gold Bar and Sherwood Park....	Henry Woo Henry Woo Henry Woo was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1986...	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton-Strathcona Edmonton-Strathcona (provincial electoral district) 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....	Julian Koziak Julian Koziak Julian Koziak is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 until 1986.-Political career:...	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton-Whitemud Edmonton-Whitemud Edmonton-Whitemud is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. In 1989, its constituents unseated the Premier of the day, Donald Getty, by voting for Liberal candidate, Percy Wickman....	Robert Keith Alexander Robert Keith Alexander Robert Keith Alexander was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1982 to 1985.-Political career:...	Progressive Conservative	Edson Edson (provincial electoral district) Edson was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Alberta represented in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 1986.-History:The electoral district was created during the 1913 Alberta general election from all of Lac St...	Ian Reid Ian Reid (Alberta politician) Ian Wilson Carlyle Reid was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1989...	Progressive Conservative	Grande Prairie Grande Prairie (provincial electoral district) Grande Prairie was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 to 1993.-1957 liquor plebiscite:...	Bob Elliott Bob Elliott (Alberta politician) Robert "Bob" Elliott was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1982 to 1993 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus.-Political career:...	Progressive Conservative	Highwood Highwood (electoral district) Highwood is a provincial electoral district in southern Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 in the province mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....	Harry Alger Harry Alger Harry Alger is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a Member of the Alberta Legislature from 1982 until 1989.-Political career:...	Progressive Conservative	Innisfail Innisfail (provincial electoral district) Innisfail is a former Alberta provincial electoral district that existed from 1905 to 1993.-1905 general election:-External links:*...	Nigel Pengelly Nigel Pengelly Nigel Ian Pengelly was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1989. He sat in the back benches of the governing Progressive Conservative caucus....	Progressive Conservative	Lac La Biche-McMurray	Norm Weiss Norm Weiss Norman "Norm" A. Weiss is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1993 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus...	Progressive Conservative	Lacombe Lacombe (provincial electoral district) -1905 general election:-1957 liquor plebiscite:On October 30, 1957 a stand alone plebiscite was held province wide in all 50 of the then current provincial electoral districts in Alberta. The government decided to consult Alberta voters to decide on liquor sales and mixed drinking after a divisive...	Ronald Moore Ronald Moore (politician) Ronald Moore is a former provincial level politician and current columnist in Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1982 to 1993.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Lesser Slave Lake Lesser Slave Lake (electoral district) Lesser Slave Lake is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It has existed since 1971.-Boundary history:- Members of the Legislative Assembly :...	Larry Shaben Larry Shaben Lawrence "Larry" Ralph Shaben was a Canadian politician of Lebanese descent and the first Muslim Cabinet Minister in Canada. He was also one of the first Muslims to be elected to higher office in North America. He held a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1989 sitting with...	Progressive Conservative	Lethbridge-East Lethbridge-East Lethbridge-East is an provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, covering the eastern half of the city of Lethbridge. The district is one of 83 in the province mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.The...	Archibald D. Johnston Archibald D. Johnston Archibald Dick Johnston is a former provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1993.-Political career:...	Progressive Conservative	Lethbridge-West Lethbridge-West Lethbridge-West is an Alberta provincial electoral district, covering the western half of the city of Lethbridge, including all of West Lethbridge....	John Gogo John Gogo John Albert Gogo is a former provincial politician and career soldier in the Canadian Armed Forces. From 1949 to 1962 he served as a in the Canadian Army attaining the rank of Sargent. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1993...	Progressive Conservative	Little Bow	Raymond Speaker Raymond Speaker Raymond Albert "Ray" Speaker, PC, OC is a farmer and Canadian politician.Speaker was born and raised in Enchant, Alberta where he farms to this day...	Independent	Lloydminster Lloydminster (Alberta electoral district) Lloydminster was an Albertan provincial electoral district that was created prior to the 1971 general election to represent Lloydminster and the surrounding area...	Bud Miller Bud Miller James "Bud" Edgar Miller is a retired provincial level politician and farmer from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1986. During his time in provincial office he served in the Executive Council as the Minister of Public Lands and Wildlife...	Progressive Conservative	Macleod Macleod (provincial electoral district) Macleod is a former provincial electoral district that existed from 1905 to 2004 in the province of Alberta.-1905 general election:-1957 liquor plebiscite:...	LeRoy Fjordbotten LeRoy Fjordbotten LeRoy Fjordbotten is a former provincial level politician, farmer and auctioneer. He served as cabinet minister in the Government of Alberta serving various portfolios from 1982 to 1992...	Progressive Conservative	Medicine Hat Medicine Hat (provincial electoral district) Medicine Hat is an Albertan provincial electoral district, covering most of the city of Medicine Hat.Under the Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution of 2004, the constituency covers the portion of the city north of the South Saskatchewan River, the Trans-Canada Highway and Carry Drive...	Jim Horsman Jim Horsman James "Jim" Deverell Horsman, is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1993. During his time in public office he also served numerous cabinet portfolios in the Government of Alberta.-Early life:James...	Progressive Conservative	Olds-Didsbury Olds-Didsbury Olds-Didsbury was a provincial electoral district in central southern Alberta, Canada.The riding was created in 1963 as a merger between the Olds and Didsbury ridings....	Stephen Stiles Stephen Stiles .Stephen first ran for the Progressive Conservatives in the February 1982 by-election in Olds-Didsbury that saw Gordon Kesler from the Western Canada Concept elected...	Progressive Conservative	Peace River Peace River (provincial electoral district) Peace River is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting...	Al Adair Al Adair James Allen "Al" "Boomer" Adair was a minor league baseball player, radio broadcaster, published author and provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1993.-Early life:Adair played minor league Baseball for the Peace...	Progressive Conservative	Pincher Creek-Crowsnest Pincher Creek-Crowsnest Pincher Creek-Crowsnest was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1940 to 1993.-1957 liquor plebiscite:...	Frederick Deryl Bradley Frederick Deryl Bradley Frederick "Fred" Deryl Bradley is a former provincial level politician. He served as member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1993. He also served in the cabinet as Minister of the Environment from 1982 to 1986...	Progressive Conservative	Ponoka Ponoka (provincial electoral district) Ponoka was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Alberta represented in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1905 to 1986.-History:...	Halvar Jonson Halvar Jonson Halvar C. Jonson . is a former teacher and high school principal. He was also a long serving provincial politician from Alberta, Canada...	Progressive Conservative	Red Deer Red Deer (provincial electoral district) Red Deer was a provincial electoral district representing the city of Red Deer, Alberta in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1905 to 1986...	Jim McPherson Jim McPherson (politician) James "Jim" McPherson was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1982 to 1986 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus.-Political career:...	Progressive Conservative	Redwater-Andrew	George Topolnisky George Topolnisky George Topolnisky was a provincial level politician and teacher from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1986 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus...	Progressive Conservative	Rocky Mountain House Rocky Mountain House (electoral district) Rocky Mountain House is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 current districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting since 1959...	John Murray Campbell John Murray Campbell John "Jack" Murray Campbell is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1989.-Political career:...	Progressive Conservative	Smoky River Smoky River Smoky River is a river in western Alberta, Canada. It is a major tributary of the Peace River. The descriptive name refers to the presence of "smouldering beds of coal in the riverbank" noted by the Cree Indians....	Marvin Moore Marvin Moore Marvin Everard Moore was a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1989...	Progressive Conservative	Spirit River-Fairview Spirit River-Fairview Spirit River-Fairview was a provincial electoral district in Northwestern Alberta. In 1971 the district created by a merger of the Spirit River and Dunvegan electoral districts. The district was abolished in 1986 and recreated into Dunvegan....	Grant Notley Grant Notley Walter Grant Notley was a provincial politician in Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1984 and also served as leader of the Alberta NDP from 1968 to 1984....	NDP	St. Albert St. Albert (provincial electoral district) St. Albert formally styled Saint Albert is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 current districts mandate to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta of Alberta, Canada....	Myrna Fyfe Myrna Fyfe Myrna Catherine Fyfe is a retired provincial level politician and hospital administrator from Alberta, Canada. She served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1986.-Political career:...	Progressive Conservative	St. Paul St. Paul (provincial electoral district) St. Paul was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 1993.-1957 liquor plebiscite:...	John Drobot John Drobot John Drobot is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1982 to 1993.-Political career:...	Progressive Conservative	Stettler Stettler (provincial electoral district) Stettler was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 to 1993.-1957 liquor plebiscite:...	Graham Harle Graham Harle Graham Lisle Harle was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from February 14, 1972 to 1986 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus...	Progressive Conservative	Stony Plain Stony Plain (electoral district) Stony Plain originally styled Stonyplain is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. From 1926 to 1957 Single Transferable Vote was used in the...	William Purdy William Purdy William "Bill" Frederick Purdy was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1986. During his time in office he sat with the governing Progressive Conservative party...	Progressive Conservative	Taber-Warner	Robert Bogle Robert Bogle Robert John "Bob" Bogle is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1993.-Political career:...	Progressive Conservative	Three Hills	Connie Osterman Connie Osterman Constance "Connie" Elaine Osterman is a former provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. She served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1992 sitting with the Progressive Conservative caucus in government...	Progressive Conservative	Vegreville Vegreville (provincial electoral district) Vegreville was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 to 1993.-1957 liquor plebiscite:...	John Batiuk John Batiuk John S. Batiuk was a municipal and provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1986. Batiuk sat with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus....	Progressive Conservative	Vermilion-Viking	Tom Lysons Tom Lysons Thomas "Tom" Fredrick Lawrence Lysons was a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1986.-Political career:...	Progressive Conservative	Wainwright Wainwright (provincial electoral district) Wainwright was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.-1957 liquor plebiscite:...	Robert Fischer Robert Fischer (politician) Robert "Butch" Fischer is a former long serving provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1982 until 2001 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus. He was investigated for a conflict of interest in 2001 that...	Progressive Conservative	Wetaskiwin-Leduc	Donald H. Sparrow Donald H. Sparrow Donald H. Sparrow is a former politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1982 to 1993.-Political career:Sparrow ran for a seat as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the 1982 Alberta general election...	Progressive Conservative	Whitecourt	Peter Trynchy Peter Trynchy Peter Trynchy is a former businessman, farmer and long serving municipal and provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 until 2001...	Progressive Conservative