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The 1971 Alberta general election was the seventeenth general election held in the Province of
Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...
, Canada on August 30, 1971, to elect seventy-five members of the
Alberta Legislature The Legislature of Alberta is the unicameral legislature of the province of Alberta, Canada. The legislature is made of two elements: the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta,. and the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The legislature has existed sinc ...
to form the 17th Alberta Legislative Assembly. The
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta (often referred to colloquially as Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta) was a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta that existed from 1905 to 2020. The party f ...
led by
Peter Lougheed Edgar Peter Lougheed ( ; July 26, 1928 – September 13, 2012) was a Canadian lawyer and Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta, Progressive Conservative politician who served as the tenth premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985, presiding ...
won 49 of 75 seats with 46.4 per cent of the popular vote in the new legislature to form a
majority government A majority government is a government by one or more governing parties that hold an absolute majority of seats in a legislature. This is as opposed to a minority government, where the largest party in a legislature only has a plurality of seats. ...
. Lougheed's Progressive Conservatives defeated the incumbent Social Credit Party led by Premier
Harry Strom Harry Edwin Strom (July 7, 1914 – October 2, 1984) was the ninth premier of Alberta, from 1968 to 1971. His two-and-a-half years as Premier were the last of the thirty-six-year Social Credit dynasty, as his defeat by Peter Lougheed saw its r ...
who won 25 seats with 41.1 per cent of the popular vote. The 1971 election ushered in the Progressive Conservative dynasty in Alberta, which continuously held a majority government for 44 years from 1971 to 2015. The election also marked the end of the Social Credit dynasty which had continuously held a majority government for 36 years from 1935 to 1971.


Background


1967 Alberta general election

In the May 1967 election, Progressive Conservative leader
Peter Lougheed Edgar Peter Lougheed ( ; July 26, 1928 – September 13, 2012) was a Canadian lawyer and Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta, Progressive Conservative politician who served as the tenth premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985, presiding ...
and his supporters worked tirelessly to convince candidates to run in all 65 constituencies, however, the Progressive Conservatives were only able to nominate 47 candidates, two more than the
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with 45, but less than a full slate put forward by the Social Credit Party and the New Democratic Party. Lougheed was subsequently elected to the legislature in Calgary-West garnering 62 per cent of the vote, and the Progressive Conservatives captured 26 per cent of the vote province-wide with five other successful candidates. With six elected MLAs, Lougheed became
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. The group of elected Conservatives known as the "original six" included Calgary MLAs
Len Werry Leonard Frank Werry (May 30, 1927 – February 25, 1973) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 until his death in 1973 and was a Cabinet Minister in the Gove ...
, and David Russell; Edmonton area MLAs
Lou Hyndman Louis Davies Hyndman, (July 1, 1935 – November 24, 2013) was a Canadian lawyer and politician from Alberta. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for 19 years and was a member of Premier Peter Lougheed and Don Getty's ...
and
Don Getty Donald Ross Getty (August 30, 1933 – February 26, 2016) was a Canadian politician who served as the 11th premier of Alberta between 1985 and 1992. A member of the Progressive Conservatives, he served as Energy Minister and Federal and Intergo ...
, and the party's only rural candidate and former federal Member of Parliament
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. The ''
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'' remarked positively on Lougheed's success following the 1967 election, stating Albertans had a responsible and credible alternative as opposition.


Lead up to 1971

Ernest C. Manning had resigned as Social Credit leader and
premier Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of governm ...
in 1968 after 25 years in office, a year after leading the Socreds to their ninth consecutive
majority government A majority government is a government by one or more governing parties that hold an absolute majority of seats in a legislature. This is as opposed to a minority government, where the largest party in a legislature only has a plurality of seats. ...
. His successor, Harry E. Strom, had been unable to revive a government increasingly seen as tired, complacent and old-fashioned. The Socreds had been in government for almost two generations, having won their first victory more than a decade before oil was found in a big way in Alberta. Though the legislature's mandate from the 1967 election was not due to expire until May 1972, five years after it started, convention in Canadian politics is for legislatures to be dissolved every four years or less. Accordingly, Strom resolved to call an election in 1971, sometime between May and September. He briefly considered a spring campaign, in the hopes that the planting season would have farmers feeling optimistic and therefore inclined to support the incumbent government. However, after concluding that farmers would not react well to going to the polls in the middle of planting or harvest season, Strom finally settled on August 30. The Progressive Conservatives, on the other hand, had significant momentum going into the 1971 election. Lougheed's Progressive Conservative caucus further grew from the "Original Six" with the election of
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in the October 1969 Edson by-election, Bill Dickie a long-time friend of Lougheed crossing the floor from the Liberals to join his caucus in November 1969, and
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independent representative
Clarence Copithorne Clarence Copithorne (November 12, 1920 – June 4, 1979) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 to 1975 sitting as an Independent and later with the Progress ...
joining the party in April 1971. This growth saw the popular Lougheed-led Progressive Conservatives enter the August 1971 election with 10 incumbents.


Campaign


Social Credit campaign

A campaign committee was assembled, and recommended a budget of $580,000. The party recruited star candidates, including Calgary alderman
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and former Calgary Stampeder star
Don Luzzi Don Luzzi (August 20, 1935 – October 30, 2005) was a politician and professional football player who played in the Canadian Football League. CFL career After playing college football at Villanova University, Don Luzzi played 12 seasons for the ...
(Edmonton alderman and future mayor
Cec Purves Cecil John Harry "Cec" Purves (born October 18, 1933) is a politician in Alberta, Canada, who served as mayor of Edmonton. Early life Purves was born in Edmonton on October 18, 1933. He grew up in the city's Calder, Pigeon Lake, Norwood, River ...
was defeated in his bid to win the Social Credit nomination in
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from Strathcona Centre incumbent
Joseph Donovan Ross Dr. Joseph Donovan Ross (March 13, 1911 – May 22, 1984) was a medical doctor and politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1952 to 1971. He also served as Minister of Health in the Alberta provinci ...
), but was handicapped in these efforts by Strom's unwillingness to offer cabinet posts or other incentives to potential new candidates. Strom's lack of personal charisma was also a liability: tellingly, of the large budget recommended by the central committee, only $72,000 was recommended for use on television advertising, where Strom did not shine. The party tried to revitalize the Premier's image through publicity movies, though efforts were mixed. In one, which was pulled after a single showing, Strom appeared scowling in his living room, urging Albertans to lower their expectations of government. Another, produced by
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and showing Strom in a variety of settings talking about the province's changing face, was more successful. The campaign did not give Social Credit partisans much reason for optimism. Strom did not draw the crowds that Progressive Conservative opposition leader
Peter Lougheed Edgar Peter Lougheed ( ; July 26, 1928 – September 13, 2012) was a Canadian lawyer and Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta, Progressive Conservative politician who served as the tenth premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985, presiding ...
did, although an August 25 rally in Edmonton's Jubilee Auditorium featuring speeches by Strom and Manning was full. After criticizing the Conservatives' medicare platform, which promised free medicare to Albertans older than 65, as spendthrift, Strom announced Social Credit's barely cheaper alternative: medicare to Albertans older than 65 for one dollar per month. The ''
Edmonton Journal The ''Edmonton Journal'' is a daily newspaper in Edmonton, Alberta. It is part of the Postmedia Network. History The ''Journal'' was founded in 1903 by three local businessmen — John Macpherson, Arthur Moore and J.W. Cunningham — as ...
'', which had earlier published a poll showing that a plurality of Edmontonians intended to vote Progressive Conservative, endorsed Lougheed for Premier.


Progressive Conservative campaign

The Progressive Conservative Party had been preparing for an election to be called since mid-1970. The party developed slogans and branding which was one of the first instances in Alberta where political printing and branding was centrally controlled, with individual constituencies unable to develop their own materials. This centralization was intended to reinforce the party's key messages and ensure repetition in the eyes of voters. An advertising budget of $120,000 was set to provide $80,000 for television advertisements and the rest of other materials for constituencies across the province. Lougheed's focus on television contrasted Social Credit's use of radio for the less gregarious Strom. Lougheed's team was careful with messaging, stressing the idea of the Progressive Conservative providing an "alternative" rather than "opposition". Lougheed developed a 40-day schedule that brought him to each constituency to "meet and greet" with potential voters.


Election

The 16th Legislature was prorogued on April 27, 1971, and dissolved three months later on July 22 with an election day set on August 30, 1971.


Electoral boundaries

A number of electoral districts were redistributed following 1970 amendments to ''The Elections Act,'' which were informed by the 1968 ''Report of the Alberta Committee on Redistribution Procedure'' written by the Special Committee on Redistribution chaired by Social Credit member Frederick C. Colborne. The number of members elected to the legislature was increased from 65 to 75,


Voting and eligibility

Amendments to the ''Age of Majority Act'' lowered the
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from 21 to 18 years.


Aftermath

The collapse of the other opposition parties made the Progressive Conservatives the only credible challenger to the Social Credit. The Progressive Conservatives took 46 per cent of the popular vote and won 49 of the 75 seats in the legislature, enough for a strong majority government. This would be the first of twelve consecutive victories for the PCs; they would remain in government without interruption until their defeat in 2015, making them the longest serving political dynasty in Canadian history. The 1971 election is considered a classic example of a
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. Social Credit garnered a record number of votes in this election compared to previous elections, which had been plagued by low turn-outs. However, the Progressive Conservatives converted this slim lead into a large lead in seats due to their success in the province's two largest cities:
Edmonton Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city ancho ...
, where the Progressive Conservatives won every seat, and
Calgary Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...
, where they took all but five. While many of the Social Credit losses came by small margins, those losses were enough to cost the party almost half of its caucus. Strom resigned as Social Credit leader a few months after the defeat. Election night saw Social Credit defeated, taking 25 seats to the Progressive Conservative's 49. Though Social Credit's share of the vote had only slipped slightly, losing five points, Lougheed benefited from a substantial reduction in the
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' vote and a near-collapse of the Liberals'. The party was also decimated in the province's two largest cities, losing all of its seats in Edmonton and all but five in Calgary. Strom conceded defeat in Edmonton and returned home to
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. The defeat sent Social Credit into headlong decline. Its membership in the Assembly shrank over the next ten years and disappeared altogether by
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. The
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was shut out of the legislature. One Liberal, Bill Dickie, had crossed the floor to the PCs. Another,
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, died in 1969. The remaining Liberal,
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, resigned to run, unsuccessfully as it turned out, for the federal Parliament.
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leader
Grant Notley Walter Grant Notley (January 19, 1939 – October 19, 1984) was a Canadian politician. 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. Early life Notl ...
was the only one in his party to win election. He sat as the only New Democrat in the legislature until
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. His daughter
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would lead the NDP to victory over the Progressive Conservatives in 2015, ending its 44 years in office.


Results


Daylight saving time plebiscite

Alberta voters participated in a province-wide plebiscite on the question of whether or not to endorse a proposal to adopt
daylight saving time Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight savings time or simply daylight time (United States, Canada, and Australia), and summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks (typicall ...
(summer time). The proposal was endorsed by voters with a wide margin of 61.37 per cent in approval.


Background

In 1948, the Government of Alberta formally set the province's time zone with the passage of ''The Daylight Saving Time Act'', which mandated the entire province observe
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, and prevented any municipality from observing daylight saving time or any other time zone. The legislation came after Calgary (
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and
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), and Edmonton (
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) held municipal plebiscites that approved the move to daylight saving time. Alberta's urban municipalities were largely in favour of daylight saving time and pressured the provincial government to hold a provincial plebiscite or permit municipalities to observe daylight saving time. The effort in the Legislature was spearheaded by Liberal MLA and Calgary Alderman Bill Dickie, who in March 1964 brought forward a motion to permit municipalities to hold plebiscites on the issue; the motion was defeated by the Social Credit government. At the time, Social Credit MLA William Patterson described daylight saving time as "that fandangled thing", and Minister
Allen Russell Patrick Allen Russell Patrick (September 15, 1910 – December 25, 1995) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1952 to 1971 as a member of the Social Credit caucus in government. He held numerous p ...
stated municipal daylight saving time would be difficult for tourists to understand. In February 1966, the Social Credit government finally gave in to the calls for a provincial plebiscite on daylight saving time, approving a motion submitted by Bill Dickie. The government responded on March 29, 1966, with Minister
Alfred Hooke Alfred John "Alf" Hooke (February 25, 1905 – February 17, 1992) was a teacher, politician and writer from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 to 1971 as a member of the Social Credit Party. He held numer ...
introducing ''An Act to amend The Daylight Saving Time Act'' (Bill 75) which amended the ''Daylight Saving Time Act'' to permit the government to hold a plebiscite on the issue. Alberta voters were asked the question "Do you favour Province-wide Daylight Saving Time?", during the 1967 Alberta general election. A narrow majority of 51.25 per cent of voters rejected daylight saving time. Most of the opposition was located in rural areas, while strong support for daylight saving time was seen in the cities of Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge, and Medicine Hat. By 1967, each province besides Alberta and Saskatchewan had adopted daylight saving time. Many Alberta businesses provided for modified summer hours to coordinate with other provinces with daylight saving time, including the
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which started at 7 a.m. to align with exchanges in Toronto and Montreal.
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released a statement expressing the difficulty of distributing flight schedules with flights in Alberta. After 25 years as Premier, Social Credit leader
Ernest Manning Ernest Charles Manning, (September 20, 1908 – February 19, 1996), a Canadian politician, was the eighth Premier of Alberta between 1943 and 1968 for the Social Credit Party of Alberta. He served longer than any other premier in Alberta's histor ...
stepped down on December 12, 1968, and his successor
Harry Strom Harry Edwin Strom (July 7, 1914 – October 2, 1984) was the ninth premier of Alberta, from 1968 to 1971. His two-and-a-half years as Premier were the last of the thirty-six-year Social Credit dynasty, as his defeat by Peter Lougheed saw its r ...
was sworn in as Premier. Only a few months later in April 1969, Strom announced Albertans would once again be asked to vote on daylight saving time in conjunction with the next scheduled provincial general election. During the announcement, Strom stated he was neutral on the topic and did not have a preference one way or another.


Campaign

Once again Calgary residents and businessmen Bill Creighton and David Matthews led a campaign for daylight saving times, just as they did in 1967, arguing the benefits of an additional hour of late sunlight for sports. Creighton learned from the successful and well-funded "no" campaign in 1967 led by the Alberta Council for Standard Time and Calgary lawyer and drive-in movie operator R. H. Barron. Creighton and Matthews formed the "Yes for Daylight Saving Society" to advocate during the leadup to the 1971 plebiscite, mirroring the organized approach of the "no" campaign in 1967. The Edmonton chapter had a $1,000 budget for advertising and even crowned a "Miss Daylight Saving Time", who made appearances throughout Edmonton. The arguments made for daylight saving time were similar to 1967, more amateur sport time, saving 150 hours of electricity each summer and aligning Alberta with the eight other provinces that observed daylight saving time. The primary opposition to daylight saving time was described by members of the "Yes for Daylight Saving Society" as farmers, housewives and drive-in movie operators. In the 1967 campaign, the Alberta Council for Standard Time was able to raise $30,000 for advertisements, but was much less vocal during the 1971 campaign. Unifarm, an agricultural organization opposed daylight saving time, but was not willing to spend significantly on a campaign.


Aftermath

The 1971 plebiscite on daylight saving time resulted in an overwhelming majority of the Alberta population approving the transition. A statement from Unifarm, a farmer representative organization which opposed daylight saving time admitted that the organization anticipated the proposal would pass, but also downplayed the consequences for farmers. The new Progressive Conservative government highlighted the change to observe daylight saving in the
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in early March 1972, and Attorney-General
Merv Leitch Clarence Mervin "Merv" Leitch (January 13, 1926 – June 30, 1990) was a former lawyer and provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1982 sitting with the governing ...
announced on March 14, 1972, that Alberta will officially observe daylight saving time, with the start date set for April 30, 1972, and lasting until October 29, 1972.


Results

For break down of results see individual districts


Results by riding


Calgary

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, , , , Roy Wilson
5,539
47.84% , , Bill Wearmouth
4,563
39.41% , , , , Fred Spooner
1,407
12.15% , , , , , , , - ,
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, ,
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5,238
42.31%, , , , Ronald H. Ghitter
5,705
46.09% , , , , Jane Ann Summers
1,364
11.02% , , , , , , , - ,
Calgary-Currie Calgary-Currie is a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It was created in 1971 and is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. The distric ...
, , Frederick C. Colborne
4,679
43.43%, , , , Fred H. Peacock
5,255
48.78% , , , , Margaret I. Jackson
791
7.34% , , , , , , , - , Calgary-Egmont , , Pat O'Byrne
5,503
40.94%, , , ,
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6,791
50.52% , , , , Ron Stuart
1,060
7.89% , , , , , , , - ,
Calgary-Elbow Calgary-Elbow is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. Its most recent MLA was Doug Schweitzer, who won the seat in the 2019 provincial election. Schweitzer stepped down on August 31, 2022 and the e ...
, , L.A. Thorssen
4,480
41.63%, , , ,
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5,547
51.54% , , , , Dolores LeDrew
688
6.39% , , , , , , , - ,
Calgary-Foothills Calgary-Foothills is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the northwest corner of Calgary. It elected six consecutive Progressive Conservative MLAs from its creation in 1971 until oust ...
, , Jay Salmon
5,885
39.30%, , , , Len F. Werry
7,693
51.38% , , , , James Staples
1,370
9.15% , , , , , , , - ,
Calgary-Glenmore Calgary-Glenmore, formally styled Calgary Glenmore from 1957 to 1971, is a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The electoral r ...
, , Raymond A. Kingsmith
5,122
37.21%, , , , William Daniel Dickie
7,658
55.64% , , , , George C. McGuire
806
5.86% , , , , , , William Daniel Dickie , - ,
Calgary-McCall Calgary-Bhullar-McCall is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It was created in 1971, and was named after Frederick McCall and the McCall Industrial Park. As of the 2010 redistricting, the industrial ...
, , , ,
George Ho Lem George Ho Lem Sr. (何榮禧) (June 15, 1918 – July 9, 2005) was a Canadian politician, businessman, and community leader from Alberta. Early life , business career and community service George Ho Lem was born in Calgary, Alberta in 19 ...

5,116
43.70% , ,
John Kushner John Kushner (June 22, 1923 – March 2, 1984) was a Canadian federal and provincial level politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1979 and then served as a Member of Parliament from 1979 until his d ...

4,187
35.76% , , Natalie Chapman
151
1.29% , , Ted Takacs
1,984
16.95% , , , , , , , - , Calgary-McKnight , , Jim Richards
5,368
41.60%, , , , Calvin E. Lee
6,134
47.54% , , Philip T. Keuber
246
1.91% , , Walter H. Siewert
1,097
8.50% , , , , , , , - , Calgary-Millican, , , , Arthur J. Dixon
4,539
48.74% , ,
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2,973
31.93% , , Carole Walter
153
1.64% , , Clarence Lacombe
1,543
16.57% , , , , , , , - ,
Calgary-Mountain View Calgary-Mountain View is a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. The district was created in 1971 and ...
, , , , Albert W. Ludwig
4,990
51.11% , , George Swales
3,533
36.19% , , , , E.C. Baldwin
1,149
11.77% , , , , , , , - , Calgary-North Hill , , Robert A. Simpson
4,900
42.88%, , , , Roy Alexander Farran
4,961
43.41% , , , ,
Barry Pashak Leonard Barry Pashak (April 21, 1937February 3, 2021) was a Canadian college instructor and politician. He served as member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (MLA) from 1986 to 1993, sitting with the opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) ...

1,341
11.74% , , Carl L. Riech (Ind.)
121
1.06%, , , , , - , Calgary-West , , Charles Grey
4,319
33.68%, , , ,
Peter Lougheed Edgar Peter Lougheed ( ; July 26, 1928 – September 13, 2012) was a Canadian lawyer and Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta, Progressive Conservative politician who served as the tenth premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985, presiding ...

7,049
54.96% , , Brian Stevenson
333
2.60% , , Joe Yanchula
1,066
8.31% , , , , , ,
Peter Lougheed Edgar Peter Lougheed ( ; July 26, 1928 – September 13, 2012) was a Canadian lawyer and Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta, Progressive Conservative politician who served as the tenth premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985, presiding ...


Edmonton

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Edmonton-Avonmore Edmonton-Avonmore 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 1997. History The Edmonton-Avonmore ...
, , Joe G. Radstaak
3,681
39.87%, , , , Horst A. Schmid
3,913
42.39% , , John Kloster
257
2.78% , , Bill McLean
1,303
14.11% , , , , , , , - , Edmonton-Belmont , , Werner G. Schmidt
4,052
33.42%, , , , Albert Edward Hohol
6,018
49.63% , , , , Gordon S.B. Wright
1,960
16.16% , , , , , , , - ,
Edmonton-Beverly Edmonton-Beverly 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 1993. History The Edmonton-Beverly e ...
, , Lou W. Heard
3,050
28.95%, , , , Bill W. Diachuk
4,471
42.44% , , John Lambert
185
1.76% , ,
Barrie Chivers Barrie Chivers (born November 8, 1940) is a Canadian former politician and current lawyer. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1990 to 1993 sitting with the official opposition Alberta New Democrats. Legal career C ...

2,769
26.28% , , , , , , , - ,
Edmonton-Calder Edmonton-Calder 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 1993 and again from 1996 to 2019. Hist ...
, , Edgar H. Gerhart
3,653
32.03%, , , , Tom Chambers
5,931
52.01% , , , , Bill Glass
1,772
15.54% , , , , , , , - ,
Edmonton-Centre 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 f ...
, , Gerry Mulhall
2,622
28.91%, , , ,
Gordon Miniely Gordon T. Miniely (born October 25, 1939) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. Miniely was elected to represent the electoral district of Edmonton-Centre for the Progressive Conservatives in the 1971 Alberta general election. He served t ...

5,281
58.23% , , Leonard Stahl
197
2.17% , , Linda Gaboury
931
10.27% , , , , , ,
Ambrose Holowach Ambrose Holowach (July 22, 1914 – February 27, 1993) was a Canadian businessman, soldier during World War II, member of the Canadian Parliament and member of the Alberta legislative assembly. Family Ambrose's father, Sam, was an ethnically U ...
, - ,
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 in Edmonton. The electoral district, as defined by the ''Electoral Divisions Act, 2003,' ...
, , Lou Letourneau
4,001
31.09%, , , ,
Lou Hyndman Louis Davies Hyndman, (July 1, 1935 – November 24, 2013) was a Canadian lawyer and politician from Alberta. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for 19 years and was a member of Premier Peter Lougheed and Don Getty's ...

7,661
59.53% , , Sol Estrin
322
2.50% , , Mary Lou Pocklington
848
6.59% , , , , , , , - ,
Edmonton-Gold Bar Edmonton-Gold Bar is a provincial electoral district, in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 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 d ...
, , William F. Young
3,778
35.31%, , , ,
William Yurko William "Vasile" Yurko MLA MP (February 11, 1926 – February 2, 2010) was a Canadian politician, and member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the House of Commons of Canada. Yurko was born in 1926 in Hairy Hill, Alberta of Romanian ...

5,789
54.10% , , , , Tom Hennessey
1,082
10.11% , , , , , , , - , Edmonton-Highlands , ,
Ambrose Holowach Ambrose Holowach (July 22, 1914 – February 27, 1993) was a Canadian businessman, soldier during World War II, member of the Canadian Parliament and member of the Alberta legislative assembly. Family Ambrose's father, Sam, was an ethnically U ...

2,748
38.05%, , , , David T. King
2,848
39.43% , , Gerald Lorente
154
2.13% , , Leroy Pearch
1,368
18.94% , , , , , , , - , Edmonton-Jasper Place , , John B. Ludwig
3,789
33.72%, , , , Leslie Gordon Young
5,758
51.25% , , Edwin Robert Daniels
241
2.15% , , Kenneth Joseph Kerr
1,402
12.48% , , , , , , John William Horan , - ,
Edmonton-Kingsway Edmonton-Kingsway 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 1993. History The Edmonton-Kingswa ...
, ,
Ethel Sylvia Wilson Ethel Sybella Wilson (February 13, 1902 - December 8, 1983) was a labour activist and a politician from Alberta, Canada. She served on Edmonton City Council from 1952 to 1966 and as Social Credit Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (ML ...

3,535
30.92%, , , , Kenneth R.H. Paproski
6,316
55.25% , , Roderick Woodcock
199
1.74% , , Paulette Atterbury
1,290
11.28% , , , , , , , - ,
Edmonton-Meadowlark 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. The electoral district loc ...
, , Alexander Romaniuk
3,839
34.05%, , , , Gerard Joseph Amerongen
6,371
56.52% , , , , Alan J. Idiens
1,035
9.18% , , , , , , , - ,
Edmonton-Norwood Edmonton-Norwood was a provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post met ...
, , Irene Domecki
3,618
35.80%, , , ,
Catherine Chichak Catherine Chichak (October 7, 1934 – April 6, 2009) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. She served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and as an Alderman in the City of Edmonton. Early life Catherine Chichak was born in the s ...

4,334
42.89% , , , , Sam Lee
1,954
19.34% , , , , , ,
William Tomyn William Tomyn (October 4, 1905 – October 5, 1972) was a politician and teacher from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 to 1952 and again from 1959 to 1971 as a member of the Social Credit Party. Early ...
, - , Edmonton-Ottewell , , Ronald Penner
4,188
32.73%, , , , John G. Ashton
7,009
54.77% , , , , Donald Haythorne
1,314
10.27% , , , , , , , - ,
Edmonton-Parkallen Edmonton-Parkallen 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 1993. History The Edmonton-Parka ...
, , Gordon V. Rasmussen
3,875
35.84%, , , , Neil S. Crawford
5,300
49.02% , , Vic Yanda
221
2.04% , , Hart Horn
1,311
12.13% , , , , , , , - ,
Edmonton-Strathcona 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. The boundaries of Edmonton-Strathcona include the neig ...
, ,
Joseph Donovan Ross Dr. Joseph Donovan Ross (March 13, 1911 – May 22, 1984) was a medical doctor and politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1952 to 1971. He also served as Minister of Health in the Alberta provinci ...

2,973
32.55%, , , ,
Julian Koziak Julian Gregory Joseph Koziak (born 16 September 1940) is a former politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1986. He was the son of John Harry and Marie (née Woytkiw) Koziak. Political caree ...

4,541
49.72% , , , , Timothy Christian
1,574
17.23% , , , , , , , - ,
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. The district was rep ...
, , Donald Murray Hamilton
4,690
33.06%, , , , Donald Ross Getty
8,201
57.81% , , James N. Tanner
235
1.66% , , Joseph Mercredi
936
6.60% , , , , , , , -


Rest of Alberta

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Athabasca Athabasca (also Athabaska) is an anglicized version of the Cree name for Lake Athabasca in Canada, āthap-āsk-ā-w (pronounced ), meaning "grass or reeds here and there". Most places named Athabasca are found in Alberta, Canada. Athabasca may a ...
, , Allan Gerlach
2,585
36.76%, , , , Frank Appleby
3,261
46.37% , , , , Peter E. Opryshko
1,136
16.15% , , , , , ,
Antonio Aloisio Antonio Aloisio (November 11, 1898 – January 28, 1977) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1952 to 1955 and again from 1959 to 1971 as a member of the Social Credit caucus. Political ...
, - ,
Banff-Cochrane Banff-Cochrane was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1940 to 1975, and again from 1979 to 2019. The Banff-Cochrane electoral district is home to t ...
, , Slim Martin
2,647
37.52%, , , ,
Clarence Copithorne Clarence Copithorne (November 12, 1920 – June 4, 1979) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 to 1975 sitting as an Independent and later with the Progress ...

3,801
53.88% , , , , Beverly Coulter
420
5.95% , , , , , ,
Clarence Copithorne Clarence Copithorne (November 12, 1920 – June 4, 1979) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 to 1975 sitting as an Independent and later with the Progress ...
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Barrhead Barrhead ( sco, Baurheid, gd, Ceann a' Bharra) is a town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, southwest of Glasgow city centre on the edge of the Gleniffer Braes. At the 2011 census its population was 17,268. History Barrhead was formed when ...
, , Simon Tuininga
1,651
29.10%, , , , Hugh F. Horner
3,360
59.23% , , , , Herman Burke
643
11.33% , , , , , , , - ,
Bonnyville Bonnyville is a town situated in east-central Alberta, Canada between Cold Lake and St. Paul. The surrounding Municipal District (MD) of Bonnyville No. 87's municipal office is located in Bonnyville. The community derives its name from Fat ...
, , Lorne Mowers
2,355
43.31%, , , ,
Donald Hansen Donald Alfred Hansen (1924-1981) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1979 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative party. Political career H ...

2,523
46.40% , , , , Claire Gaines
539
9.91% , , , , , , Romeo B. Lamothe , - ,
Bow Valley Bow Valley is a valley located along the upper Bow River in Alberta, Canada. The name "Bow" refers to the reeds that grew along its banks and which were used by the local First Nations people to make bows; the Blackfoot language name for th ...
, , , , Fred T. Mandeville
3,584
67.66% , , Don Murray
1,674
31.60% , , , , , , , , , , , - , Camrose , , Laurence Rhierson
3,965
41.52%, , , ,
Gordon Stromberg Gordon Emil Stromberg (December 25, 1927 – September 7, 2008) 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 Conservativ ...

4,552
47.67% , , , , Keith Boulter
988
10.35% , , , , , , Chester I. Sayers , - ,
Cardston Cardston is a town in Alberta, Canada. It was first settled in 1887 by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) who travelled from Utah, via the Macleod-Benton Trail, to present-day Alberta in one of the century' ...
, , , , Edgar W. Hinman
2,831
53.56% , , Larry L. Lang
2,392
45.25% , , , , , , , , , , Alvin F. Bullock , - , Clover Bar, , , , Walt A. Buck
4,041
48.86% , , J. Devereux
3,468
41.93% , , , , A. Karvonen
736
8.90% , , , , , , Walt A. Buck , - ,
Cypress Cypress is a common name for various coniferous trees or shrubs of northern temperate regions that belong to the family Cupressaceae. The word ''cypress'' is derived from Old French ''cipres'', which was imported from Latin ''cypressus'', the ...
, , , , Harry E. Strom
2,777
60.15% , , Dave Berntson
1,635
35.41% , , , , Tony de Souza
196
4.25% , , , , , , Harry E. Strom , - ,
Drayton Valley Drayton Valley is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is located on Alberta Highway 22, Highway 22 (Cowboy Trail), approximately southwest of Edmonton. It is surrounded by Brazeau County, known for its vast petroleum, oil fields. The town is lo ...
, , Thomas Johnson
1,304
26.62%, , , , Rudolph Zander
2,603
53.14% , , , , Alvin Harmacy
963
19.66% , , , , , , , - ,
Drumheller Drumheller is a town on the Red Deer River in the badlands of Central Alberta, east-central Alberta, Canada. It is northeast of Calgary and south of Stettler, Alberta, Stettler. The Drumheller portion of the Red Deer River valley, often ref ...
, , , , Gordon Edward Taylor
5,044
63.56% , , Wayne Ohlhauser
2,285
28.79% , , , , Dick Hehr
547
6.89% , , , , , , , - , Edson , , Rollie Mohr
1,947
28.58%, , , ,
Robert W. Dowling Robert W. Dowling (September 9, 1895 – August 28, 1973) was a real estate investor and philanthropist in the New York City area. Dowling College was named for him. Biography Robert Whittle Dowling was born in New York City. His father Robert Em ...

3,900
57.24% , , , , Walter Seewitz
749
10.99% , , , , , ,
Robert W. Dowling Robert W. Dowling (September 9, 1895 – August 28, 1973) was a real estate investor and philanthropist in the New York City area. Dowling College was named for him. Biography Robert Whittle Dowling was born in New York City. His father Robert Em ...
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Grande Prairie Grande Prairie is a city in northwest Alberta, Canada within the southern portion of an area known as Peace River Country. It is located at the intersection of Highway 43 (part of the CANAMEX Corridor) and Highway 40 (the Bighorn Highway), a ...
, , William Bowes
4,104
38.42%, , , , Winston Backus
4,553
42.63% , , , , Arthur Macklin
1,992
18.65% , , , , , , Ira McLaughlin , - ,
Hanna-Oyen Hanna-Oyen was a provincial electoral district in Alberta mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1979. The electoral district took its name from the Town of Hanna, Alberta and the Village of Oye ...
, , , , Clinton Keith French
2,231
45.58% , , John Edward Butler
2,216
45.27% , , , , Gordon Snell
414
8.46% , , , , , , , - , Highwood, , , , Edward P. Benoit
2,941
47.82% , , Eldon C. Couey
2,789
45.35% , , , , D. Larry McKillop
389
6.33% , , , , , , , - , Innisfail , , William Kenneth Ure
2,915
46.95%, , , , Clifford L. Doan
3,235
52.10% , , , , , , , , , , , - ,
Lac La Biche-McMurray Lac La Biche-McMurray was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using first-past-the-post balloting from 1971 to 1986. It replaced the district of Lac La B ...
, , , , Dan Bouvier
2,679
52.97% , , Elmer Roy
1,927
38.10% , , , , Kenneth B. Orchard
414
8.19% , , , , , , , - ,
Lacombe Lacombe may refer to: Places * Lacombe, Alberta, Canada * Lacombe County, Alberta, Canada * Lacombe, Louisiana, United States * Lacombe, Aude, France People * Albert Lacombe (1827–1916), oblate missionary to the Cree and Blackfoot * Bernard Lac ...
, , Ivan Stonehocker
2,582
42.02%, , , , John William Cookson
3,094
50.36% , , , , Ragnar Johanson
452
7.36% , , , , , , Allan Russell Patrick , - ,
Lesser Slave Lake Lesser Slave Lake (french: Petit lac des Esclaves)—known traditionally as "Beaver Lake" (ᐊᒥᐢᐠ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ amisk sâkâhikan in the Plains Cree language, and T’saat’ine migeh in Dene Zhatıé) or "Beaver people were over the ...
, , , , Dennis Barton
1,830
40.98% , , Garth Roberts
1,434
32.11% , , Stan Daniels
246
5.51% , , Marie Carlson
670
15.00% , , Allan Crawford (Ind.)
231
5.17%, , , , , - ,
Lethbridge-East Lethbridge-East is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, covering the eastern half of the city of Lethbridge. The district is one of 87 in the province mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using ...
, , , , John V. Anderson
5,341
50.27% , , Richard Barton
4,374
41.17% , , , , Douglas Poile
805
7.58% , , , , , , , - ,
Lethbridge-West Lethbridge-West is an Alberta provincial electoral district, covering the western half of the city of Lethbridge, including all of West Lethbridge. Under the Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution of 2004, 13 Street forms most of the divi ...
, , , , Richard David Gruenwald
4,169
54.39% , , R.J. Gray
2,751
35.89% , , , , Klaas Buijert
670
8.74% , , , , , , , - ,
Little Bow Little Bow was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1913 to 2019. Throughout its history, this district has been dominated by agricultural activities ...
, , , , Raymond Albert Speaker
3,400
58.42% , , John C. Green
2,114
36.32% , , , , Edward H. Rodney
295
5.07% , , , , , , Raymond Albert Speaker , - ,
Lloydminster Lloydminster is a city in Canada which has the unusual geographic distinction of straddling the provincial border between Alberta and Saskatchewan. The city is incorporated by both provinces as a single city with a single municipal administrati ...
, , Campbell A. Hancock
2,585
42.95%, , , , James Edgar Miller
2,774
46.09% , , , , Lloyd Robertson
635
10.55% , , , , , , , - ,
Macleod MacLeod, McLeod and Macleod ( ) which cited: are surnames in the English language. Generally, the names are considered to be Anglicised forms of the Scottish Gaelic ', meaning "son of '". One of the earliest occurrences of the surname is of Gi ...
, , , , Leighton E. Buckwell
3,399
50.67% , , Danny Le Grandeur
2,808
41.86% , , , , Sid J. Cornish
470
7.01% , , , , , , Leighton E. Buckwell , - , Medicine Hat-Redcliff, , , ,
William Wyse William Wyse (19 March 1860 – 29 November 1929) was a classical scholar, noted for his work on the Attic orator Isaeus, and a benefactor of the University of Cambridge. Life Wyse was born in Stratford, London. After education at the King ...

6,447
48.68% , , James Horsman
4,140
31.26% , , Theodore Anhorn
462
3.49% , , Frank Armstrong
2,128
16.07% , , , , , , , - ,
Olds-Didsbury Olds-Didsbury was a provincial electoral district in central Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting from 1963 to 1997. It is noteworthy as the l ...
, , , ,
Robert Curtis Clark Robert Curtis "Bob" Clark (July 2, 1937 – July 10, 2020) was a teacher, civil servant and politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1960 to 1981 including time as a Cabinet Minister in Premier Ernest Manning's governme ...

4,346
59.36% , , Rudolf Pedersen
2,578
35.21% , , , , William C. McCutcheon
366
5.00% , , , , , ,
Robert Curtis Clark Robert Curtis "Bob" Clark (July 2, 1937 – July 10, 2020) was a teacher, civil servant and politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1960 to 1981 including time as a Cabinet Minister in Premier Ernest Manning's governme ...
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Peace River The Peace River (french: links=no, rivière de la Paix) is a river in Canada that originates in the Rocky Mountains of northern British Columbia and flows to the northeast through northern Alberta. The Peace River joins the Athabasca River in th ...
, , Robert H. Wiebe
2,437
38.04%, , , , Al (Boomer) Adair
3,188
49.77% , , , , Hans Jorgensen
722
11.27% , , , , , , Robert H. Wiebe , - ,
Pincher Creek-Crowsnest Pincher Creek-Crowsnest was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1940 to 1993. History The Pincher Creek-Crowsnest electoral district was formed pr ...
, , , , Charles Duncan Drain
2,379
42.82% , , Morgan Johnson
1,791
32.24% , , , , Clarence W. Smith
1,355
24.39% , , , , , , Charles Duncan Drain , - , Ponoka , , Neville S. Roper
2,695
43.69%, , , , Donald J. McCrimmon
2,712
43.96% , , Bernice Luce
142
2.30% , , Ed Nelson
598
9.69% , , , , , , Neville S. Roper , - ,
Red Deer The red deer (''Cervus elaphus'') is one of the largest deer species. A male red deer is called a stag or hart, and a female is called a hind. The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Anatolia, Iran, and parts of wes ...
, , Fulton Rollings
3,627
34.79%, , , , James L. Foster
4,994
47.90% , , Len Patterson
761
7.30% , , Ethel Taylor
1,022
9.80% , , , , , , William Kenneth Ure , - ,
Redwater-Andrew Redwater-Andrew 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 1993. History Boundary history Red ...
, ,
Michael Senych Michael Senych (September 24, 1926 - March 27, 2002) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1963 to 1971 as a member of the Social Credit Party. Early life Michael Senych was born in Corbin ...

2,271
34.67%, , , ,
George Topolnisky George Topolnisky (August 13, 1916 – March 19, 2012) 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 Cons ...

3,277
50.02% , , , , Norman T. Flach
968
14.78% , , , , , , , - ,
Rocky Mountain House Rocky Mountain House is a town in west-central Alberta, Canada. It is approximately west of Red Deer at the confluence of the Clearwater and North Saskatchewan Rivers, and at the crossroads of Highway 22 (Cowboy Trail) and Highway 11 (David Th ...
, , Harvey Staudinger
2,472
40.01%, , , ,
Helen Hunley Wilma Helen Hunley (September 6, 1920 – October 22, 2010) was a Canadian politician and the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, the first woman to serve in that post. Early life She was born in Acme, Alberta, to James Edgar Hunley and Esta ...

3,014
48.78% , , , , David Elliot
657
10.63% , , , , , , Alfred J. Hooke , - ,
Sedgewick-Coronation Sedgewick-Coronation was a provincial electoral district in Alberta mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1963 to 1979. Sedgewick-Coronation is named for t ...
, , , , Ralph A. Sorenson
2,272
47.51% , , Herb Losness
2,005
41.93% , , , , Ron Chalmers
489
10.23% , , , , , , Jack C. Hillman , - ,
Smoky River The 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. It drains an area of . Fro ...
, , Bernard Lamoureux
1,604
26.88%, , , ,
Marvin Moore Marvin Everard Moore (born August 31, 1938) is a former Canadian provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1989. During his time in public office, he served numbe ...

2,254
37.77% , , , , Victor Tardif
2,074
34.76% , , , , , , , - , Spirit River-Fairview , , Adolph O. Fimrite
2,246
35.99% , , Don Moore
1,439
23.06% , , , , , , Grant W. Notley
2,400
38.46% , , Michael Zuk (Ind.)
110
1.76%, , , , , - , St. Albert , , Keith Everitt
3,592
33.36%, , , , William Ernest Jamison
4,623
42.94% , , Robert A. Russell
1,660
15.42% , , Elsie McMillan
878
8.15% , , , , , , Keith Everitt , - ,
St. Paul Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...
, ,
Raymond Reierson Raymond Reierson (October 7, 1919 – January 30, 2020) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1952 to 1971 as a member of the Social Credit caucus in government. Reierson held numerous portf ...

2,041
35.07%, , , , Mick Fluker
2,661
45.72% , , Lawrence P. Coutu
209
3.59% , , Laurent (Jeff) Dubois
898
15.43% , , , , , ,
Raymond Reierson Raymond Reierson (October 7, 1919 – January 30, 2020) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1952 to 1971 as a member of the Social Credit caucus in government. Reierson held numerous portf ...
, - , Stettler , , Galen C. Norris
2,631
47.10%, , , , Jack G. Robertson
2,925
52.36% , , , , , , , , , , Galen C. Norris , - , Stony Plain , , Ralph A. Jespersen
2,788
40.12%, , , , William Frederick Purdy
3,348
48.17% , , , , Michael Crowson
770
11.08% , , , , , , Ralph A. Jespersen , - ,
Taber-Warner Taber-Warner is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The district has existed twice: the first iteration was represented in the A ...
, , , , Douglas Miller
4,077
54.48% , ,
Robert Bogle Robert John "Bob" Bogle (born August 29, 1943) 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 Bogle first ran for office in the ele ...

3,367
45.00% , , , , , , , , , , Douglas Miller , - ,
Three Hills Three Hills is a town in southern Alberta, Canada. It takes its name from the three somewhat-larger-than-normal hills to its north. History Three Hills post office dates from 1904. Three Hills was incorporated as a village in 1912, the year ...
, ,
Raymond Ratzlaff Raymond Samuel Ratzlaff (April 10, 1931 – February 1, 2019) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 to 1971 as a member of the Social Credit caucus in government. He served in the cabin ...

2,970
47.93%, , , ,
Allan Warrack Allan Alexander Warrack (born May 24, 1937) is a former politician from Alberta, Canada. He was in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta as a member of the governing Progressive Conservative caucus from 1971 to 1979. He held several portfolios in ...

2,978
48.06% , , , , K. Robert Friesen
220
3.55% , , , , , ,
Raymond Ratzlaff Raymond Samuel Ratzlaff (April 10, 1931 – February 1, 2019) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 to 1971 as a member of the Social Credit caucus in government. He served in the cabin ...
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Vegreville Vegreville ( uk, Веґревіль) is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is on Highway 16A approximately east of Edmonton, Alberta's capital city. It was incorporated as a town in 1906, and that year also saw the founding of the ''Vegrev ...
, , Alex W. Gordey
2,191
32.05%, , , , John S. Batiuk
3,042
44.49% , , , , W.B. Welsh
1,537
22.48% , , , , , , , - ,
Vermilion-Viking Vermilion-Viking was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using first past the post method of voting from 1971 to 1993. Vermilion-Viking is named for th ...
, , , , Ashley H. Cooper
2,420
46.68% , , Tom Newcomb
2,232
43.06% , , , , Harry E. Yaremchuk
507
9.78% , , , , , , , - , Wainwright, , , , Henry A. Ruste
3,311
63.04% , , Clifford Silas Smallwood
1,366
26.01% , , , , Gary Luciow
547
10.42% , , , , , , Henry A. Ruste , - , Wetaskiwin-Leduc, , , , James D. Henderson
5,334
47.25% , , Emanuel Pyrcz
4,590
40.66% , , , , Lionel Udenberg
1,336
11.83% , , , , , , , - ,
Whitecourt Whitecourt is a town in central Alberta, Canada that is surrounded by Woodlands County. It is approximately northwest of Edmonton and southeast of Grande Prairie at the junction of Highway 43 and Highway 32. It has an elevation of . White ...
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2,125
33.76%, , , ,
Peter Trynchy Peter Trynchy (August 22, 1931 – November 21, 2022) was a Canadian businessman, farmer and long serving municipal and provincial level politician from Alberta. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 until 2001. ...

3,096
49.19% , , Arthur Yates
101
1.60% , , Robert Price
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See also

* 1948 Electrification Plebiscite * 1957 Liquor Plebiscite * 1967 Daylight Saving Plebiscite * List of Alberta political parties


References

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Further reading

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