Alberta general election, 1997





Alberta general election, 1997





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March 11, 1997 (1997-03-11)
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83 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
42 seats needed for a majority
Turnout53.75%















































































 
Majority party
Minority party
 

Ralph-Klein-Szmurlo.jpg

LIB

Leader

Ralph Klein

Grant Mitchell
Party

Progressive Conservative

Liberal
Leader since
December 14, 1992

November 13, 1994
Leader's seat

Calgary-Elbow

Edmonton-McClung
Last election
51 seats, 44.49%
32 seats, 39.73%
Seats before
52
31
Seats won
63
18
Seat change

Increase11

Decrease13
Popular vote
483,914
309,748
Percentage
51.17%
32.75%
Swing

Increase6.7

Decrease6.98%

 
Third party
Fourth party
 

NDP


SC

Leader

Pam Barrett

Randy Thorsteinson
Party

New Democratic

Social Credit
Leader since
1996
1993
Leader's seat

Edmonton-Highlands

ran in Red Deer-South (lost)
Last election
0 seats, 11.01%
0 seats, 2.41%
Seats before
0
0
Seats won
2
0
Seat change

Increase2

Steady0
Popular vote
83,292
64,667
Percentage
8.81%
6.84%
Swing

Decrease2.2%

Increase4.43%





Premier before election

Ralph Klein
Progressive Conservative



Premier-designate

Ralph Klein
Progressive Conservative


The Alberta general election of 1997 was the twenty-fourth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on March 11, 1997, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.




Contents





  • 1 Background


  • 2 Results


  • 3 Members elected


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links




Background


The Progressive Conservative Association had governed Alberta since 1971, and premier Ralph Klein led the party into his second general election as party leader. The previous election in 1993 was the best result for the Liberal Party since its last electoral victory in 1917.


This was the second consecutive election fought on a new set of electoral boundaries, due to an Alberta Court of Appeal decision that was critical of the map created in 1992. The government amended the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act, introducing the present system where the Commission is made up of a justice from the Court, two members appointed by the governing party, and two members appointed by the official opposition. A new Commission was created, which issued its recommendations for a new set of electoral boundaries in 1996.[1]



Results


Ralph Klein's second election as leader of the PCs was considerably more successful than his first. The party won over half the popular vote, and 63 of the 83 seats in the legislature for its eighth consecutive term in government.


The Liberal Party of Grant Mitchell lost about 7% of the popular vote it had won in the 1993 election. The party's legislative caucus was reduced from 32 members to 18. Pam Barrett led the New Democratic Party back into the legislature with two seats (both in Edmonton), despite winning an even smaller share of the popular vote than in 1993. The Social Credit Party also re-emerged, but did not win any seats.


Overall voter turnout was 53.75%.[2]














































































































Party
Party leader
# of
candidates
Seats
Popular vote
1993

Elected
% Change
#
%
% Change


Progressive Conservative

Ralph Klein
83
51

63
+23.5%
483,914
51.17%
+6.68%


Liberal

Grant Mitchell
83
32

18
-43.8%
309,748
32.75%
-6.98%


New Democratic

Pam Barrett
77
-

2
 
83,292
8.81%
-2.20%


Social Credit

Randy Thorsteinson
70
-
-
-
64,667
6.84%
+4.43%

Natural Law
Maury Shapka
16
-
-
-
1,303
0.14%
-0.37%


Green

David Parker
7
-
-
-
1,039
0.11%
-0.09%
 
Independent
6
-
-
-
1,092
0.11%
-0.82%


Forum

William Finn
4
*
-
*
597
0.06%
*


Communist

Naomi Rankin
1
-
-
-
61
0.01%
x

Total
347
83
83
-
945,713
100%
 

Source: Elections Alberta

Notes:


* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.


x – less than 0.005% of the popular vote



Members elected


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24th Alberta Legislative Assembly
District
Member
Party
 

Athabasca-Wabasca

Mike Cardinal

Progressive Conservative
 

Airdrie-Rocky View

Carol Haley
Progressive Conservative
 

Banff-Cochrane

Janis Tarchuk
Progressive Conservative
 

Barrhead-Westlock

Ken Kowalski
Progressive Conservative
 

Bonnyville-Cold Lake

Denis Ducharme
Progressive Conservative
 

Calgary-Bow

Bonnie Laing
Progressive Conservative
 

Calgary-Buffalo

Gary Dickson

Liberal
 

Calgary-Cross

Yvonne Fritz
Progressive Conservative
 

Calgary-Currie

Jocelyn Burgener
Progressive Conservative
 

Calgary-East

Moe Amery
Progressive Conservative
 

Calgary-Egmont

Denis Herard
Progressive Conservative
 

Calgary-Elbow

Ralph Klein
Progressive Conservative
 

Calgary-Fish Creek

Heather Forsyth
Progressive Conservative
 

Calgary-Foothills

Pat Black1
Progressive Conservative
 

Calgary-Fort

Wayne Cao
Progressive Conservative
 

Calgary-Glenmore

Ron Stevens
Progressive Conservative
 

Calgary-Lougheed

Marlene Graham
Progressive Conservative
 

Calgary-McCall

Shiraz Shariff
Progressive Conservative
 

Calgary-Montrose

Hung Pham
Progressive Conservative
 

Calgary-Mountain View

Mark Hlady
Progressive Conservative
 

Calgary-North Hill

Richard Magnus
Progressive Conservative
 

Calgary-North West

Greg Melchin
Progressive Conservative
 

Calgary-Nose Creek

Gary Mar
Progressive Conservative
 

Calgary-Shaw

Jon Havelock
Progressive Conservative
 

Calgary-Varsity

Murray Smith
Progressive Conservative
 

Calgary-West

Karen Kryczka
Progressive Conservative
 

Cardston-Taber-Warner

Ron Hierath
Progressive Conservative
 

Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan

Rob Lougheed
Progressive Conservative
 

Cypress-Medicine Hat

Lorne Taylor
Progressive Conservative
 

Drayton Valley-Calmar

Tom Thurber
Progressive Conservative
 

Drumheller-Chinook

Shirley McClellan
Progressive Conservative
 

Dunvegan

Glen Clegg
Progressive Conservative
 

Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview

Julius Yankowsky
Progressive Conservative
 

Edmonton-Calder

Lance White
Liberal
 

Edmonton-Castle Downs

Pamela Paul
Liberal
 

Edmonton-Centre

Laurie Blakeman
Liberal
 

Edmonton-Ellerslie

Debby Carlson
Liberal
 

Edmonton-Glengarry

Bill Bonner
Liberal
 

Edmonton-Glenora

Howard Sapers
Liberal
 

Edmonton-Gold Bar

Hugh MacDonald
Liberal
 

Edmonton-Highlands

Pam Barrett

NDP
 

Edmonton-Manning

Ed Gibbons
Liberal
 

Edmonton-McClung

Grant Mitchell
Liberal
 

Edmonton-Meadowlark

Karen Leibovici
Liberal
 

Edmonton-Mill Creek

Gene Zwozdesky
Liberal
 

Edmonton-Mill Woods

Don Massey
Liberal
 

Edmonton-Norwood

Sue Olsen
Liberal
 

Edmonton-Riverview

Linda Sloan
Liberal
 

Edmonton-Rutherford

Percy Wickman
Liberal
 

Edmonton-Strathcona

Raj Pannu
NDP
 

Edmonton-Whitemud

David Hancock
Progressive Conservative
 

Fort McMurray

Guy C. Boutilier
Progressive Conservative
 

Grande Prairie-Smoky

Walter Paszkowski
Progressive Conservative
 

Grande Prairie-Wapiti

Wayne Jacques
Progressive Conservative
 

Highwood

Don Tannas
Progressive Conservative
 

Innisfail-Sylvan Lake

Gary Severtson
Progressive Conservative
 

Lac La Biche-St. Paul

Paul Langevin
Progressive Conservative
 

Lacombe-Stettler

Judy Gordon
Progressive Conservative
 

Lesser Slave Lake

Pearl Calahasen
Progressive Conservative
 

Leduc

Albert Klapstein
Progressive Conservative
 

Lethbridge-East

Ken Nicol
Liberal
 

Lethbridge-West

Clint Dunford
Progressive Conservative
 

Little Bow

Barry McFarland
Progressive Conservative
 

Livingstone-Macleod

David Coutts
Progressive Conservative
 

Medicine Hat

Rob Renner
Progressive Conservative
 

Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills

Richard Marz
Progressive Conservative
 

Peace River

Gary Friedel
Progressive Conservative
 

Ponoka-Rimbey

Halvar Jonson
Progressive Conservative
 

Red Deer-North

Stockwell Day
Progressive Conservative
 

Red Deer-South

Victor Doerksen
Progressive Conservative
 

Redwater

Dave Broda
Progressive Conservative
 

Rocky Mountain House

Ty Lund
Progressive Conservative
 

Sherwood Park

Iris Evans
Progressive Conservative
 

St. Albert

Mary O'Neill
Progressive Conservative
 

Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert

Colleen Soetaert
Liberal
 

Stony Plain

Stan Woloshyn
Progressive Conservative
 

Strathmore-Brooks

Lyle Oberg
Progressive Conservative
 

Vegreville-Viking

Ed Stelmach
Progressive Conservative
 

Vermilion-Lloydminster

Steve West
Progressive Conservative
 

Wainwright

Robert Fischer
Progressive Conservative
 

West Yellowhead

Ivan Strang
Progressive Conservative
 

Wetaskiwin-Camrose

LeRoy Johnson
Progressive Conservative
 

Whitecourt-Ste. Anne

Peter Trynchy
Progressive Conservative

Note:



  • 1 Pat Black later changed her last name to Nelson.


See also


  • List of Alberta political parties


References



  1. ^ Stinson, Douglas (July 1, 1999). "Knowing Where to Draw the Line - Alberta Views - The Magazine for Engaged Citizens". albertaviews.ca. Retrieved 2018-05-31..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ Election Alberta (July 28, 2008). 2008 General Report (PDF). p. 158. Retrieved April 29, 2011.



External links


  • Original Elections Alberta Website for 1997 election

  • Present Elections Alberta Website for 1997 election








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