The 1982 Alberta general election was held on November 2, 1982, to elect members of the

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. Less than four years had passed since the Progressive Conservatives won their landslide victory in 1979.

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decided to call a

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to catch fledgling new parties off guard, most notably the

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

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, in particular his acceptance of the hugely unpopular

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. The WCC's

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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. Lougheed would also promise to sell the government owned airline

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, which the Lougheed government had purchased in 1974. 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. This netted the Tories 75 seats in the legislature—in terms of percentage of seats won, the second-largest majority government in the province's history. In the process, they reduced the opposition to only four MLAs in total. The

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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 bottomed out after spending a decade in the wilderness after losing power in 1971. In a harbinger of things to come, Socred leader

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returned to the backbench shortly after the 1979 election, and retired from politics in 1981. Clark's old seat of

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was resoundingly lost to the WCC in the ensuing by-election, dropping the Socreds to only three seats, one short of

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. In March 1982, Socred parliamentary leader

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announced the Socreds would sit out the election. A resolution was put forward to disband the party, but failed. After the writs were issued for the 1982 election, two of the remaining three Socred MLAs, Speaker and

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, resigned from the party to run for reelection as independents. The third,

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, opted not to run for reelection. With no incumbents for the first time since 1935 and no full-time leader, the party's share of the popular vote fell from almost 20% to less than one percent. It was shut out of the legislature for the first time since 1935, never to return. Speaker and Buck, however, did win reelection, and later formed the

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after being denied opposition status. The

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, led by

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, became the official opposition when Ray Martin was elected to the legislature. Notley had been the sole NDP MLA for more than a decade. The WCC, a party that advocated the separation of the four western provinces of Canada to form a new country, had surprised Canadians when Kesler 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 and ran in Highwood, the WCC won almost 12% of the popular vote. The

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, a new party founded by ex-Progressive Conservative

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was caught unaware when the election was called, and ended up losing its only seat in Calgary Buffalo.

Results

Overall voter turnout was 66.00%. Note: * Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

Results by riding

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, , , , Frank Appleby
5,342
56.96% , , Ed Caraher
1,952
20.81% , , Con Sehn
1,538
16.40% , , , , Adam Hauch (SoCred)
529
5.64%, , , , Frank Appleby , - ,

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8,369
72.06% , , David Evans
1,288
11.09% , , Larry Peterson
1,919
16.52% , , , , , , , , Greg Stevens , - ,

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5,001
51.37% , , Harold E. Wharton
478
4.91% , , John Thomas Mitchell
633
6.50% , , Nicholas Taylor
3,331
34.22% , , Shirley Bassani (SoCred)
240
2.47%
Ernie Charman (ARM)
39
0.40% , , , Hugh F. Horner , - ,

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4,842
59.43% , , Tom Turner
2,547
31.26% , , Eric E. Enns
732
8.98% , , , , , , , ,

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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 ...

, , , , Tom N. Musgrove
4,541
60.06% , , Bradley Neubauer
266
3.52% , , , , , , Murray Erickson (Ind.)
2,719
35.96%, , , , Fred T. Mandeville , - ,

Calgary-Bow Calgary-Bow is a provincial electoral district in the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of ...

, , , , Neil Webber
9,412
70.02% , , Catherine Martini
2,293
17.06% , , Roy P. Rasmusen
1,059
7.88% , , Floyd Allen
380
2.83% , , Douglas Stewart Williams (SoCred)
253
1.88%, , , , Neil Webber , - ,

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7,591
62.01% , ,

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1,211
9.89% , , Anita Bozak
739
6.04% , , , ,

(ARM)
2649
21.64% , , ,

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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 ...

, , , , Dennis L. Anderson
9,701
75.51% , , Glenn Miller
1,417
11.03% , , Darwin M. Sorenson
1,018
7.92% , , Rork Hilford
686
5.34% , , , , , , Dennis L. Anderson , - , Calgary-Egmont, , , , David John Carter
10,331
78.18% , , Leroy Thompson
1,128
8.54% , , Richard A. Langen
1,174
8.88% , , Bernie C. Tanner
396
3.00% , , Victor Lenko (ARM)
158
1.20% , , ,

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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 ...

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7,521
69.64% , , Thora Miessner
1,054
9.76% , , Gregory J. Langen
829
7.68% , , John S. Webb
674
6.24% , , Don Carter (Ind.)
520
4.81%
Ray Neilson (SoCred)
172
1.59% , , ,

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17,376
79.63% , , Tom Polmear
1,501
6.88% , , Byron L. Chenger
2,252
10.32% , , Alan D.J. Sopczak
659
3.02% , , , , , ,

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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 ...

, , , , Janet Koper
9,708
66.92% , , Joanne Hedenstrom
2,249
15.50% , , Robert Moyor
1,438
9.91% , , Larry Adorjan
540
3.72% , , Carol Stein (Ind.)
570
3.93%, , , , Stewart A. McCrae , - , Calgary-Forest Lawn, , , , John Zaozirny
9,704
73.94% , , Ken Richmond
1,478
11.26% , , Henry Hein Braeutigam
1,244
9.48% , , J.V.W. Gairy
314
2.39% , , Ella Ayers (SoCred)
294
2.24%
Bruce Potter (Comm)
56
0.43% , , , John Zaozirny , - ,

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, , , , Hugh L. Planche
13,835
77.63% , , George Yanchula
1,532
8.60% , , Brian McClung
1,864
10.46% , , , , Barry J. Rust (ARM)
526
2.95% , , , Hugh L. Planche , - ,

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 ...

, , , , Stanley Kenneth Nelson
17,493
76.40% , , Dennis Bennett
2,673
11.67% , , Terry Wolsey
1,728
7.55% , , , , Don Bryant (Ind.)
852
3.72%
Grand Tim Majanja (ARM)
120
0.52% , , , Andrew Little , - , Calgary-McKnight, , , , Eric Charles Musgreave
12,130
71.54% , , Eileen Nesbitt
2,451
14.46% , , John J. Jasienczyk
1,332
7.86% , , John J. Gleason
621
3.66% , , Jerry J. Glowacki (SoCred)
383
2.26%, , , , Eric Charles Musgreave , - , Calgary-Millican, , , , Gordon Wells Shrake
6,323
68.38% , , David Davis Swan
1,626
17.58% , , Garnet E. Birch
779
8.42% , , , , Zoritza Kasparian (Ind.)
417
4.51%
Doris Schupp (Comm)
50
0.54% , , , David John Carter , - ,

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7,187
57.43% , , Phil Elder
3,372
26.95% , , Stephen B. Keeling
772
6.17% , , J. Curtis Joynt
420
3.36% , ,

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(Ind.)
706
5.64%, , , , Stan Kushner , - , Calgary-North Hill, , , , Ed Oman
9,168
72.50% , , Agnes Middleton
1,753
13.86% , , Gordon Kennard
968
7.66% , , Dorothy Groves
701
5.54% , , , , , , Ed Oman , - ,

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11,711
74.85% , , Floyd A. Johnson
1,745
11.15% , , Walter Kostiuk
1,768
11.30% , , , , A. Leith McClure (SoCred)
404
2.58%, , , ,

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11,668
78.41% , , Ed Smith
1,175
7.90% , , Bruce Roper
1,106
7.43% , , Barbara Ann Scott
598
4.02% , , Leonard Petterson (SoCred)
251
1.69%, , , ,

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10,547
63.53% , , Garry Oberg
3,070
18.49% , , Keith Schmidt
2,900
17.47% , , , , , , , ,

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, , , , John Thompson
3,738
59.14% , , Leslie N. Howard
250
3.96% , , Steve Pinchak
2,309
36.53% , , , , , , , , John Thompson , - , Chinook, , , , Henry Kroeger
4,837
73.54% , , Gladys Creasy
465
7.07% , , Jack Ramsey
1,266
19.25% , , , , , , , , Henry Kroeger , - , Clover Bar , , Sten Berg
5,434
35.67% , , David Morris
1,683
11.05% , , Sig Jorstad
1,783
11.71% , , , , , , Walt A. Buck (Ind.)
6,312
41.44%, , , , Walt A. Buck , - ,

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4,170
64.27% , , Rudolf Schempp
637
9.82% , , Gifford Woodcock
590
9.09% , , , , Orville Reber (Ind.)
1,080
16.65%, , , , Alan Hyland , - ,

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Shirley Cripps Shirley Anne Cripps (born September 11, 1935) 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 E ...

4,906
66.75% , , Lynne Martin
1,155
15.71% , , George Perdicaris
1,265
17.21% , , , , , , , ,

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, , , , Lewis (Mickey) Clark
8,148
68.14% , , Gerry Hamilton
1,124
9.40% , , Vern Hoff
2,630
21.99% , , , , , , , , Lewis (Mickey) Clark , - ,

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, , , , Horst A. Schmid
6,606
52.92% , , Kathleen Wright
4,045
32.40% , , Jake Johnson
1,275
10.21% , , , , Leif Oddson (SoCred)
466
3.73%
Rona Drennan (Comm)
40
0.32% , , , Horst A. Schmid , - , Edmonton-Belmont, , , , Walter R. Szwender
6,579
54.51% , , John Younie
3,893
32.25% , , Dennis Peter
986
8.17% , , , , Elmer Knutson (Ind.)
512
4.24%
Joan Jenkins (Comm)
37
0.31% , , , William L. Mack , - ,

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 ...

, , , , Bill W. Diachuk
6,894
50.51% , , Winston Gereluk
5,638
41.31% , , Dexter B. Dombro
819
6.00% , , , , Steve Kostiuk (SoCred)
268
1.96%, , , , Bill W. Diachuk , - ,

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8,442
55.31% , , Christie Mjolsness
5,527
36.21% , , Walter Stack
1,274
8.35% , , , , , , , , Tom Chambers , - ,

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5,414
49.72% , , Iain Taylor
3,578
32.86% , , Larry McIlroy
812
7.46% , , Brian McKercher
849
7.80% , , Lawlor J. McKenna (SoCred)
197
1.81%, , , ,

, - , Edmonton-Glengarry, , , , Rollie Cook
5,997
58.38% , , Garth Stevenson
3,181
30.96% , , Gordon Reid
1,037
10.09% , , , , , , , , Rollie Cook , - ,

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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 ...

7,724
61.88% , , H.D. (Tony) Smith
2,555
20.47% , , Fred Marshall
1,649
13.21% , , Jerry Paschen
534
4.28% , , , , , ,

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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 ...

, , , , Alois Paul Hiebert
7,223
56.65% , , Allen Eng
3,563
27.94% , , Joe Wanner
996
7.81% , , Laurie Switzer
567
4.45% , , Chuck Bolton (Ind.)
387
3.04%, , , , Alois Paul Hiebert , - , Edmonton-Highlands, , , , David T. King
5,157
54.36% , , Marilyn Burnett
3,493
36.82% , , Dave Maetche
721
7.60% , , , , Naomi J. Rankin (Comm)
66
0.70% , , , David T. King , - , Edmonton-Jasper Place, , , , Leslie Gordon Young
6,723
57.53% , , Don Aitken
3,498
29.93% , , John B. Ludwig
987
8.45% , , , , Peter A. Keohan (SoCred)
241
2.06%
G. Crofton (ARM)
179
1.53% , , , Leslie Gordon Young , - ,

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 ...

, , , , Carl Paproski
4,294
41.62% , , Alex McEachern
3,879
37.59% , , Curtis Long
669
6.48% , , Bill Broad
318
3.08% , , Mark Byington (Ind.)
950
9.21%
George Klimuk (SoCred)
192
1.86%, , , , Kenneth R.H. Paproski , - ,

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 ...

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10,817
58.44% , , Robert Henderson
4,590
24.80% , , Al Wilson
1,511
8.16% , , Naseer A. Chaudhary
776
4.19% , , William (Bill) Dickson (Ind.)
423
2.29%
Andy H. Groenink (SoCred)
345
1.86%, , , , Gerard Joseph Amerongen , - ,

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10,095
55.75% , , Gerry Gibeault
5,159
28.49% , , Dave Fletcher
1,894
10.46% , , Winston Mohabir
590
3.26% , , Terry Juba (SoCred)
329
1.82%, , , ,

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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 ...

, , Tony Falcone
4,782
45.25%, , , , Ray Martin
4,857
45.96% , ,

John Hudson John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

569
5.38% , , , , George J.P. Wowk (SoCred)
263
2.49%
David Wallis (Comm)
37
0.35% , , ,

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 ...

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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 ...

, , , , Neil S. Crawford
8,229
55.30% , , Jim Russell
5,771
38.78% , , Merv Gray
823
5.53% , , , , Chris Frazer (Comm)
39
0.26% , , , Neil S. Crawford , - , Edmonton-Sherwood Park, , , , Henry Woo
8,401
54.70% , , Ted Paszek
3,462
22.54% , , Al Oeming
3,029
19.72% , , , , Al Howell (ARM)
450
2.93% , , , Henry Woo , - ,

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 ...

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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 ...

7,105
47.73% , , Gordon S.B. Wright
6,643
44.63% , , Randy Coombes
743
4.99% , , , , Murray W. Scambler (ARM)
279
1.87%
Joe Hill (Comm)
64
0.43% , , ,

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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 ...

, , , , Keith Alexander
10,696
58.98% , , Leslie Bella
4,884
26.93% , , Erika Guidera
1,209
6.67% , , Philip Lister
791
4.36% , , Joe Trenchy (Ind.)
291
1.60%
Keith Schultz (SoCred)
241
1.33%, , , , Peter Knaak , - , Edson, , , ,

Ian Reid Ian Reid may refer to: * Ian Reid (skateboarder) (born 1977) * Ian Reid (Alberta politician) (born 1931), former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta * Ian Reid (Scottish clergyman), leader of the Iona Community 1967–1974 * Ian Reid ...

6,003
56.88% , , Eilir Thomas
3,232
30.62% , , Lynn Lewis
1,284
12.17% , , , , , , , ,

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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 ...

, , , , Bob Elliott
9,555
58.11% , , Bernie Desrosiers
3,280
19.95% , , Jack Smith
2,249
13.68% , , Colin Nash
331
2.01% , , Jake Paetkau (Ind.)
504
3.06%
Roy Housworth (SoCred)
494
3.00%, , , , Elmer Borstad , - , Highwood, , , , Harry E. Alger
7,811
69.89% , , William C. McCutcheon
465
4.16% , ,

2,006
17.95% , , , , Ronald G. Arkes (ARM)
183
1.64% , , ,

George Wolstenholme George Kenneth Wolstenholme (September 7, 1916 – November 16, 1995) is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Alberta Legislature from 1975 until 1982. Political career Wolstenholme began his po ...

, - , Innisfail, , , , Nigel I. Pengelly
6,684
70.66% , , Lyle B. Bleich
738
7.80% , , George Conway-Brown
2,001
21.15% , , , , , , , , Nigel I. Pengelly , - ,

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 ...

, , , , Norman A. Weiss
6,844
56.74% , , Dermond Travis
3,481
28.86% , , Jim Williams
1,021
8.46% , , Roland J. Woodward
584
4.84% , , , , , , Norman A. Weiss , - ,

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 ...

, , , , Ron A. Moore
5,141
61.12% , , Glen R. Nelson
1,108
13.17% , , Terry Long
1,339
15.92% , , , , Howard P. Thompson (Ind.)
811
9.64%, , , , John William Cookson , - ,

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 ...

, , , , Larry R. Shaben
3,150
57.48% , , Gary D. Kennedy
914
16.68% , , Garth Lodge
607
11.08% , , Joseph D. Blyan
466
8.50% , , George Keay (Ind.)
316
5.77%, , , , Larry R. Shaben , - ,

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 usi ...

, , , , Archibald Dick Johnston
8,716
69.57% , , Ed McRae
1,369
10.93% , , Mike Bennison
1,054
8.41% , , John I. Boras
962
7.68% , , Paul R. Belanger (ARM)
400
3.19% , , , Archibald Dick Johnston , - ,

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 ...

, , , , John Gogo
8,302
69.37% , , Ian Whishaw
1,844
15.41% , , G.M. Genstad
938
7.84% , , , , Jerry Waldern (SoCred)
480
4.01%
Brenda L. Perkins (ARM)
377
3.15% , , , John Gogo , - ,

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 ...

, , Cliff Wright
2,144
33.75% , , Beth Jantzie
168
2.64% , , Wayne Lawlor
851
13.40% , , , , , , Raymond Albert Speaker (Ind.)
3,174
49.97% , , , 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 ...

, , , , James Edgar Miller
5,581
71.86% , , Robin Allan
905
11.65% , , Jerry Butz
1,249
16.08% , , , , , , , , James Edgar Miller , - ,

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 ...

, , , , LeRoy Fjordbotten
6,136
71.34% , , Paul Abilgaard
546
6.35% , , Ellis Oviatt
1,293
15.03% , , Inez Watmough
144
1.67% , , , , , , LeRoy Fjordbotten , - ,

Medicine Hat Medicine Hat is a city in Southern Alberta, southeast Alberta, Canada. It is located along the South Saskatchewan River. It is approximately east of Lethbridge and southeast of Calgary. This city and the adjacent Town of Redcliff, Alberta, ...

, , , , James Horsman
14,654
81.20% , , Clarence W. Smith
2,072
11.48% , , David F. Lees
996
5.52% , , , , Frank F. Cottingham (Ind.)
286
1.58%, , , , James Horsman , - ,

, , , , Stephen Stiles
5,096
46.91% , , Roy Agnew
233
2.14% , , Daryl M. Jaddock
2,714
24.98% , , , , , , , ,

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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 ...

, , , , Al (Boomer) Adair
4,688
56.14% , , Richard Collins
1,541
18.46% , , J.A. Jim Kalman
1,657
19.84% , , Laura M. Deedza
211
2.53% , , Joseph (Little Joe) Kessler (Ind.)
225
2.69%, , , , Al (Boomer) Adair , - , Pincher Creek-Crowsnest, , , , Frederick Deryl Bradley
4,388
64.52% , , Mike Cooper
1,636
24.06% , , Dennis Olson
650
9.56% , , Jerry Potts
109
1.60% , , , , , , Frederick Deryl Bradley , - , Ponoka, , , , Halvar C. Jonson
4,031
50.65% , , C.W. (Bill) Loov
876
11.01% , , Tom Butterfield
2,646
33.25% , , , , Paul M. Bateman (ARM)
235
2.95%
Eric Ostergaard (Ind.)
154
1.94% , , , Donald J. McCrimmon , - ,

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 ...

, , , , Jim McPherson
10,659
54.70% , , Kendall Dunford
1,915
9.83% , , Wynne Richard Hanson
1,468
7.53% , , , , Bob Mills (Ind.)
5,396
27.69%, , , , Norman F. Magee , - ,

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 ...

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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 ...

4,438
50.98% , , Steve Leskiw
2,507
28.80% , , Roger P. Pullishy
1,121
12.88% , , Lawrence D. McCallum
157
1.80% , ,

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 ...

(Ind.)
467
5.36%, , , ,

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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 T ...

, , , , John Murray Campbell
6,443
65.99% , , Dolly Martin
1,191
12.20% , , Art Carritt
2,116
21.67% , , , , , , , , John Murray Campbell , - ,

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 ...

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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 ...

3,950
57.79% , , Anne Hemmingway
1,537
22.49% , , Andrew Blum
1,316
19.25% , , , , , , , ,

, - , Spirit River-Fairview , , Doug Snider
3,260
41.61%, , , , Grant W. Notley
3,443
43.95% , , Dan Fletcher
1,093
13.95% , , , , , , , , Grant W. Notley , - , St. Albert, , , ,

Myrna Fyfe Myrna Catherine Fyfe (born August 20, 1941) 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 Fyfe ran for ...

12,982
54.60% , , Kurt Hoeberg
4,438
18.67% , , Murray Sillito
2,465
10.37% , , , , William Ernest Jamison (Ind.)
3,406
14.33%
L.D. Callfas (SoCred)
434
1.83%, , , ,

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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; ...

, , , , John Drobot
4,269
55.97% , , Laurent (Jeff) Dubois
2,872
37.66% , , Iris Bourne
447
5.86% , , , , , , , , Charles E. Anderson , - , Stettler, , , , Graham L. Harle
4,915
71.40% , , Fred J. Rappel
617
8.96% , , Doug Carmichael
1,334
19.38% , , , , , , , , Graham L. Harle , - , Stony Plain, , , , William Frederick Purdy
10,210
59.73% , , Jim Bell
2,905
16.99% , , John G. Parkes
2,337
13.67% , , , , Ralph Eikeland (SoCred)
299
1.75%
Murray Fuhr (ARM)
202
1.18% , , , William Frederick Purdy , - ,

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 ...

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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 ...

6,800
70.97% , , Catherine R. McCreary
486
5.07% , , Ronald Johnson
1,811
18.90% , , , , Emil D. Gundlock (ARM)
461
4.81% , , ,

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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 ...

, , , , Connie Osterman
8,693
77.47% , , James B. Schleppe
549
4.89% , , Vern Meek
1,949
17.37% , , , , , , , , Connie Osterman , - ,

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 ...

, , , , John S. Batiuk
4,526
53.51% , , Bob Sarafinchan
2,418
28.59% , , Loren Yasinski
807
9.54% , , , , Barry M. Bernard (Ind.)
202
2.39%Robert E. Robert (SoCred)
487
5.76%, , , , John S. Batiuk , - ,

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 ...

, , , , Tom Lysons
4,357
58.20% , , Grant Bergman
1,205
16.10% , , Richard Van Ee
1,742
23.27% , , , , Patrick A. Moore (SoCred)
159
2.12%, , , , Tom Lysons , - , Wainwright, , , , Robert A. (Butch) Fischer
4,589
61.68% , , John Wesley Connelly
476
6.40% , , Bill Veitch
2,145
28.83% , , Joseph A. Vermette
218
2.93% , , , , , , Charles Stewart , - , Wetaskiwin-Leduc, , , , Donald H. Sparrow
12,923
63.76% , , Earl R. Rasmuson
3,190
15.74% , , Bill Hosford
3,511
17.32% , , , , Barry Cook (Ind.)
576
2.84%, , , ,

Dallas Schmidt Dallas Wilbur Schmidt, DFC and bar, (August 9, 1922 – November 22, 2007) was a Canadian fighter pilot and flying ace with the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. He later served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 19 ...

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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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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. ...

4,635
51.46% , , Richard Davies
1,220
13.55% , , Andy Lee
2,276
25.27% , , John M. Powers
147
1.63% , , George L. Richardson (SoCred)
685
7.61%, , , ,

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