The 1997 Alberta general election was held on March 11, 1997, to elect members of the

Legislative Assembly of Alberta The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the province of Alberta, Canada. It sits in the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton. The Legislative Assembly currently has 87 members, elected first past the post from sin ...

. Ralph Klein's Conservatives were re-elected, with increased number of seats in the Legislature. Liberal Official Opposition lost some seats dropping from 32 to 18, but retaining the status of Official Opposition. NDP gained two, to have a grand total of two seats.

Background

The Progressive Conservative Association had governed Alberta since 1971, and premier

Ralph Klein Ralph Philip Klein (November 1, 1942 – March 29, 2013) was a Canadian politician and journalist who served as the 12th premier of Alberta and leader of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta from 1992 until his retirement in 20 ...

led the party into his second general election as party leader. The previous election in 1993 was the best result for the

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since its last electoral victory in 1917. This was the second consecutive election fought on a new set of electoral boundaries, due to an

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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.

Results

'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 party continued to dominate in Calgary and rural areas, and managed to regain a foothold in Edmonton where it won two seats. The

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

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back into the legislature with two seats (both in

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), despite winning an even smaller share of the popular vote than in 1993. The Social Credit Party also re-emerged, placing a strong second in several rural ridings, but did not win any seats. Overall voter turnout was 53.75%. Notes: * Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election. x – less than 0.005% of the popular vote

Results by riding

, - , Airdrie-Rocky View, , , , Carol Louise Haley
8,492
68.93% , , James Welsh
2,197
17.83% , , Doris Bannister
482
3.91% , , Peter Smits
1,125
9.13% , , , , , , , - , Athabasca-Wabasca, , , ,

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3,380
58.65% , , Tony Mercredi
1,481
25.70% , , Dean Patriquin
300
5.21% , , Curtis Gunderson
468
8.12% , , Harlan Light (Green)
100
1.74%, , , ,

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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 ...

, , , , Janis Tarchuk
7,180
60.96% , , Judy Stewart
3,151
26.75% , , Jeff Eamon
754
6.40% , , Scott Mudford
661
5.61% , , , , , , Brian Evans , - ,

Barrhead-Westlock Barrhead-Westlock 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 1993 to 2004. History Boundary history Barr ...

, , , , Kenneth R. Kowalski
6,195
60.49% , , Dale Greig
2,130
20.80% , , Joe Woytowich
643
6.28% , , J. Harvey Yuill
1,244
12.15% , , , , , , Kenneth R. Kowalski , - ,

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4,593
58.32% , , Leo Vasseur
2,323
29.50% , , , , Robert Kratchmer
948
12.04% , , , , , , , - ,

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, , , , Bonnie Laing
6,664
54.07% , , Mark Dickerson
4,091
33.19% , , Brent Johner
1,144
9.28% , , , , Ronnie Shapka (Nat. Law)
158
1.28%
David Crowe (Green)
187
1.52%, , , , Bonnie Laing , - ,

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, , Terri-Lynn Bradford
4,115
43.52%, , , ,

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4,310
45.58% , , Neil McKinnon
547
5.79% , , Raymond Neilson
300
3.17% , , Ralph Holt (Nat. Law)
115
1.22%, , , ,

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5,964
66.88% , , Keith Jones
2,456
27.54% , , , , Maurizio Terrigno
467
5.24% , , , , , ,

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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 ...

, , , , Jocelyn Burgener
5,952
53.83% , , Mairi Matheson
3,636
32.88% , , Liz Blackwood
712
6.44% , , Jeff Townsend
610
5.52% , , Richard Shelford (Nat. Law)
109
0.99%, , , , Jocelyn Burgener , - , Calgary-East, , , ,

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4,857
59.78% , , Kelly McDonnell
1,990
24.49% , , Marg Elliot
609
7.50% , , Raymond (Chick) Hurst
613
7.54% , , , , , ,

, - , Calgary-Egmont, , , ,

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8,842
64.48% , , Pam York
3,336
24.33% , , Larry Kowalchuk
654
4.77% , , Douglas Cooper
836
6.10% , , , , , ,

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8,237
57.78% , , Harold Swanson
5,195
36.44% , , Shawn Christie
307
2.15% , , Lera G. Shirley
421
2.95% , , Frank Haika (Nat. Law)
75
0.53%, , , ,

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Calgary-Fish Creek Calgary-Fish Creek is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. The district is large ...

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8,274
66.47% , , Marie Cameron
3,020
24.26% , , Muriel Turner-Wilkinson
348
2.80% , , Jeff Willerton
778
6.25% , , , , , ,

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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 ...

, , , , Patricia Black
8,849
60.35% , , Albert W. Ludwig
4,339
29.59% , , Brenda Wadey
720
4.91% , , Kevin Davidson
735
5.01% , , , , , , Patricia Black , - , Calgary-Fort, , , , Wayne Cao
4,410
48.53% , , Shirley-Anne Reuben
2,817
31.00% , , Ken Sahil
891
9.81% , , Bren Blanchet
916
10.08% , , , , , , , - ,

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8,247
58.02% , , Wayne Stewart
4,919
34.61% , , Grace Johner
435
3.06% , , Vernon Cook
583
4.10% , , , , , , Dianne Mirosh , - ,

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, , , , Marlene Graham
7,761
65.89% , , Darryl G. Hawkins
2,906
24.67% , , Mara Vogel
533
4.53% , , Hub Blanchet
560
4.75% , , , , , ,

Jim Dinning James Francis Dinning (born December 4, 1952) is a Canadian Progressive Conservative politician and businessman. He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (1986–1997), and now serves on the board of directors of a variety of Canad ...

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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 ...

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5,118
58.67% , , Amar Singh
2,701
30.96% , , , , Rory M. Cory
876
10.04% , , , , , ,

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, - , Calgary-Montrose, , , ,

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4,556
58.56% , , Diane Danielson
2,576
33.11% , , , , Christopher Dick
536
6.89% , , Neeraj Varma (Nat. Law)
94
1.21%, , , ,

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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 ...

, , , , Mark Hlady
5,468
48.36% , , Patricia Ennis
3,269
28.91% , , Gordon M. Christie
2,085
18.44% , , Jason Nicholas
450
3.98% , , , , , , Mark Hlady , - , Calgary-North Hill, , , , Richard Charles Magnus
6,379
58.36% , , John Schmale
3,297
30.16% , , Jason Ness
1,183
10.82% , , , , , , , , Richard Charles Magnus , - ,

Calgary-North West Calgary-North West is a provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The district was created in 1979 and is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. History The electoral district was created in ...

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9,190
53.19% , ,

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7,226
41.82% , , Jeff Pattinson
342
1.98% , , Douglas A. Picken
503
2.91% , , , , , ,

, - , Calgary-Nose Creek, , , ,

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7,815
64.33% , , Peter Willott
2,894
23.82% , , Doral Johnson
696
5.73% , , Greg Greene
715
5.89% , , , , , ,

, - , Calgary-Shaw, , , , Jonathan Niles Havelock
12,304
75.21% , , Sharon L. Howe
2,860
17.48% , , Shawn Keown
485
2.96% , , Michael Roth
624
3.81% , , Almas Walden (Nat. Law)
69
0.42%, , , , Jonathan Niles Havelock , - ,

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, , , , Murray D. Smith
7,232
51.34% , , Carrol Jaques
5,414
38.43% , , Dirk Huysman
640
4.54% , , Mike Bressers
646
4.59% , , Joel Ashworth (Green)
132
0.94%, , , , Murray D. Smith , - , Calgary-West, , , , Karen Kryczka
8,478
56.18% , , Paul Adams
4,995
33.10% , , Rudy Rogers
534
3.54% , ,

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1,070
7.09% , , , , , , Danny Dalla-Longa , - ,

Cardston-Taber-Warner Cardston-Taber-Warner 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-pos ...

, , , , Ron Hierath
5,157
59.06% , , James Jackson
1,471
16.85% , , Suzanne Sirias
518
5.93% , , Ken Rose
1,568
17.96% , , , , , , , - ,

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, , , , Rob Lougheed
6,864
47.61% , ,

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6,364
44.14% , , Michael Berezowsky
922
6.39% , , , , Max Cornelssen (Ind.)
235
1.63% , , ,

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5,754
63.18% , , Beverley Britton Clarke
2,217
24.34% , , Don Crisall
383
4.21% , , Maurice Perron
728
7.99% , , , , , ,

, - ,

Drayton Valley-Calmar Drayton Valley-Calmar 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 1993 to 2012. It elected a Progressive- ...

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6,492
60.41% , , Moe Hamdon
2,912
27.10% , , Tom Fuller
823
7.66% , , , , Roy Andresen (Ind.)
488
4.55% , , ,

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Drumheller-Chinook Drumheller-Chinook 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 1997 to 2004. History The electoral distr ...

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6,063
63.28% , , Einar B. Davison
1,432
14.95% , , , , Dale Trefz
2,056
21.46% , , , , , , , - ,

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, , , , Glen Clegg
5,149
54.56% , , Fred Trotter
3,314
35.11% , , Margaret McCuaig-Boyd
961
10.18% , , , , , , , , Glen Clegg , - ,

Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. The electoral district covers the neighbourhoods of Beverly, Belmont Park and Clareview Town Centre. It was created in 1996, and ...

, , , , Julius E. Yankowsky
3,484
34.93% , , Johanne Tardif
3,127
31.35% , , Bill Stephenson
2,842
28.49% , , Doug Smith
376
3.77% , , Andy Chichak (Ind.)
100
1.00%
William Finn (Forum)
29
0.29% , , , , - , Edmonton-Calder , , Lynn Faulder
3,860
32.32%, , , , Lance D. White
4,802
40.21% , , Alex McEachern
3,250
27.21% , , , , , , , , , - , Edmonton-Castle Downs , , Ihor Broda
4,373
40.43%, , , ,

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, , Don Weiderman
3,634
33.36%, , , ,

Laurie Blakeman Laurie Blakeman (born May 23, 1958) is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Edmonton-Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. She is a member of the Alberta Liberal Party, and was first elected in the 1997 elect ...

4,769
43.78% , , Jenn Smith
1,845
16.94% , , Alan Cruikshank
420
3.86% , , Emil van der Poorten (Forum)
98
0.90%
Richard Johnsen (Nat. Law)
83
0.76% , , , Michael Henry , - ,

Edmonton-Ellerslie Edmonton-Ellerslie is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly. History The electoral district was created in 1993 from Edmonton-Mill Woods. The 2010 boundary r ...

, , Jasbeer Singh
2,641
25.96%, , , ,

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5,752
56.54% , , Henry Johns
913
8.97% , , Ken Way
840
8.26% , , , , , ,

, - , Edmonton-Glengarry , , Don Clarke
3,474
34.38%, , , , Bill Bonner
4,765
47.15% , , William Kobluk
1,366
13.52% , , Barbie-Jo Williams
335
3.32% , , David Sharkey (Nat. Law)
76
0.75%
Carl Williams (Ind.)
46
0.46% , , ,

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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,' ...

, , Kim MacKenzie
4,368
36.18%, , , , Howard Sapers
5,785
47.92% , , Arlene Young
1,198
9.92% , , Jon Dykstra
630
5.22% , , Sam Thomas (Nat. Law)
69
0.57%, , , , Howard Sapers , - ,

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 ...

, , Susan Green
5,819
37.52%, , , ,

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7,528
48.55% , , Walter Heneghan
1,970
12.70% , , , , David J. Parker (Green)
92
0.59%
Maury Shapka (Nat. Law)
75
0.48% , , ,

Bettie Hewes Elizabeth Jane "Bettie" Hewes (March 12, 1924 – November 6, 2001) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. Hewes graduated from the University of Toronto in 1944 with a degree in occupational therapy. From 1964 to 1967, she was the executiv ...

, - , Edmonton-Highlands , , Jim Campbell
2,793
24.96% , , Chris Smith
2,284
20.41%, , , , Pam Barrett
5,638
50.38% , , Tim Friesen
419
3.74% , , , , , , , - , Edmonton-Manning , ,

Tony Vandermeer Thomas Wilfred "Tony" Vandermeer (born October 8, 1962) is a politician from Alberta, Canada, who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 2001 to 2004 and from 2008 to 2012. Vandermeer first ran for the Progressive Conservative ...

4,358
35.44%, , , ,

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5,140
41.80% , , Hana Razga
2,229
18.13% , , R. Jordan Harris
524
4.26% , , , , , , Peter Sekulic , - ,

Edmonton-McClung Edmonton-McClung is a provincial electoral district in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The district was created in 1993 and is named after Nellie McClung. The current MLA is Lorne Dach of the NDP, who was first elected in 2015. History The elec ...

, , Michael Mooney
5,259
40.71%, , , , Grant Mitchell
6,322
48.94% , , Richard Vanderberg
713
5.52% , , Patrick D. Ellis
542
4.20% , , Wade McKinley (Nat. Law)
61
0.47%, , , , Grant Mitchell , - , Edmonton-Meadowlark , , Laurie Pushor
4,672
38.72%, , , ,

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6,047
50.11% , , Terry McNally
831
6.89% , , Aaron Hinman
435
3.60% , , Geoff Toane (Nat. Law)
55
0.46%, , , ,

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Edmonton-Mill Creek Edmonton Mill Creek 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 1997 to 2019. History Edmonton-Mill Cre ...

, , Sukhi Randhawa
3,679
28.23%, , , ,

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6,757
51.84% , , Stephen Crocker
1,804
13.84% , , Christie Forget
776
5.95% , , , , , , , - ,

Edmonton-Mill Woods Edmonton-Mill Woods is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is one of 87 current electoral districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. T ...

, , Ziad N. Jaber
2,993
29.97%, , , ,

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5,113
51.19% , , Ricardo Acuna
1,266
12.68% , , John Filp
546
5.47% , , Raymond Boyko (Green)
52
0.52%, , , ,

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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 ...

, , Andrew Beniuk
2,583
27.98%, , , , Sue Olsen
3,357
36.36% , ,

Sherry McKibben Sherry McKibben (M.Phil, MSW, RSW) (1944–2014) was an Edmonton alderman (city councillor) who was elected in the 1994 by-election to replace Ward 4 alderman Judy Bethel, who was elected to the House of Commons and resigned her seat on council ...

2,767
29.97% , , Ray Loyer
485
5.25% , , , , , , Andrew Beniuk , - ,

Edmonton-Riverview Edmonton Riverview is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. Created in the 1997 boundary r ...

, , Gwen Harris
5,122
35.43%, , , ,

Linda Sloan Linda Sloan (born June 27, 1960) is a Canadian politician and municipal councillor in Edmonton, Alberta. Sloan graduated from the Foothills Hospital School of Nursing in 1982 and began work as a registered nurse. She soon became involved in t ...

6,066
41.96% , , Donna Fong
2,261
15.64% , , David Prenoslo
805
5.57% , , William Chapman (Nat. Law)
87
0.60%
Naomi Rankin (Comm.)
61
0.42% , , , , - ,

Edmonton-Rutherford Edmonton-Rutherford is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. The district was created in t ...

, , Brenda Platzer
5,078
38.91%, , , ,

Percy Wickman Percy Dwight Wickman (June 10, 1941 – July 3, 2004) was a Canadian politician and well-known activist for people with disabilities. He was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Wickman served as an alderman on Edmonton City Council from 1977 to 198 ...

6,007
46.03% , , Will Hodgson
1,156
8.86% , , David Lincoln
674
5.16% , , Ian Zaharko (Ind.)
19
0.15% , , ,

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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 ...

, , John Logan
4,096
30.44% , , Mary MacDonald
4,214
31.31%, , , ,

Raj Pannu Rajinder Singh "Raj" Pannu (born January 12, 1934) is a Canadians, Canadian educator and politician, who led the Alberta New Democratic Party from 2000 to 2004. Pannu was born in Punjab, India, Punjab, India completing an undergraduate degree b ...

4,272
31.74% , , John Forget
552
4.10% , , Eshwar Jagdeo (Nat. Law)
47
0.35%
Myles Kitagawa (Green)
236
1.75%, , , , Al Zariwny , - ,

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 ...

, , , , David Hancock
7,973
50.79% , , Corky Meyer
5,953
37.92% , , Charan Khehra
1,012
6.45% , , Kevin Bialobzyski
635
4.04% , , Randy T. Fritz (Nat. Law)
59
0.38%, , , , Mike Percy , - ,

Fort McMurray Fort McMurray ( ) is an urban service area in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in Alberta, Canada. It is located in northeast Alberta, in the middle of the Athabasca oil sands, surrounded by boreal forest. It has played a significant ...

, , , , Guy C. Boutilier
5,420
55.64% , , John S. Vyboh
4,008
41.14% , , Rodney McCallum
280
2.87% , , , , , , , , Adam Germain , - , Grande Prairie-Smoky, , , ,

Walter Paszkowski Walter Joseph Paszkowski, , (born April 23, 1934) is a Canadian former farmer as well as a municipal and provincial level politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1989 until 2001. Early life Born in Sexsmith, ...

5,753
64.49% , , John A. Croken
1,995
22.36% , , Linda Smith
1,143
12.81% , , , , , , , ,

, - , Grande Prairie-Wapiti, , , , Wayne Jacques
5,592
63.08% , , Ray Stitsen
2,003
22.59% , , Campbell Ross
1,247
14.07% , , , , , , , , Wayne Jacques , - , Highwood, , , ,

Don Tannas Donald Alfred Tannas (born April 25, 1938) is a former provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a Member of the Alberta Legislature from 1989 until 2004. He was born in Marwayne, Alberta. Political history Tannas has a long hist ...

9,551
69.76% , , Howard Paulsen
1,944
14.20% , , Hugh Logie
592
4.32% , , John Bergen
1,566
11.44% , , , , , ,

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Innisfail-Sylvan Lake Innisfail-Sylvan Lake is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is one of 87 current districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. The distri ...

, , , , Gary Severtson
7,012
59.53% , , Raymond C. Reckseidler
2,206
18.73% , , Linda Neilson
583
4.95% , , Carl Thorsteinson
1,960
16.64% , , , , , , Gary Severtson , - , Lac La Biche-St. Paul, , , ,

Paul Langevin Paul Langevin (; ; 23 January 1872 – 19 December 1946) was a French physicist who developed Langevin dynamics and the Langevin equation. He was one of the founders of the ''Comité de vigilance des intellectuels antifascistes'', an ant ...

4,799
53.71% , , Vital Ouellette
2,901
32.47% , , Grace Johnston
419
4.69% , , Peter Tychkowsky
483
5.41% , , Don Ronaghan (Forum)
191
2.14%
Louis Real Theriault (Ind.)
114
1.28% , , ,

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Lacombe-Stettler Lacombe-Stettler 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 1993 to 2004. History The Lacombe-Stettler e ...

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Judy Gordon Judith Dawn Gordon (February 19, 1948 – December 1, 2020) was a provincial and municipal level politician from Alberta, Canada. She has served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, and as mayor of Lacombe. Provincial political c ...

6,414
61.62% , , Garfield Marks
1,181
11.35% , , Lynne Gendron
1,068
10.26% , , Bob Argent
1,725
16.57% , , , , , ,

, - , Leduc, , , , Albert Klapstein
6,857
51.42% , , Terry Kirkland
4,797
35.97% , , Bill Schlacht
767
5.75% , , Henry Neumann
891
6.68% , , , , , , Terry Kirkland , - ,

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 ...

, , , , Pearl M. Calahasen
3,389
60.33% , , Ralph Chalifoux
1,139
20.28% , , Glenn Laboucan
442
7.87% , , Robert J. Alford
624
11.11% , , , , , , Pearl M. Calahasen , - ,

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 ...

, , Leah Waters
3,813
29.46%, , , , Ken Nicol
7,578
58.54% , , Inga Jesswein
674
5.21% , , Jonathan Williams
853
6.59% , , , , , , Ken Nicol , - ,

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 ...

, , , , Clint Dunford
5,679
45.23% , , Leslie Vaala
4,765
37.95% , , Tom Hovan
806
6.42% , , Brian Stewart
1,043
8.31% , , Don Ferguson (Green)
240
1.91%, , , , Clint Dunford , - ,

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 ...

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Barry McFarland Barry McFarland (born April 22, 1948) is a Canadian politician and was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Little Bow as a Progressive Conservative. Early life McFarland was born and raised near C ...

6,726
69.17% , , Alida Hess
2,075
21.34% , , Marko Hilgersom
868
8.93% , , , , , , , ,

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Livingstone-Macleod Livingstone-Macleod is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 current districts in the province mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post metho ...

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5,337
50.84% , , Ernie Patterson
3,924
37.38% , , Gwen De Maere
508
4.84% , , Bob Bysouth
703
6.70% , , , , , , , - ,

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, ...

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Rob Renner Robert William Renner (born October 6, 1954) is a Canadian politician and was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the constituency of Medicine Hat as a Progressive Conservative. Early life Renner was born October 6, 1954 in ...

5,853
51.48% , , Trevor Butts
3,232
28.43% , , George Peterson
1,065
9.37% , , Dale Glasier
1,177
10.35% , , , , , ,

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Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills is a provincial electoral district in 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 voting ...

, , , , Richard Marz
6,958
56.95% , , Dave Herbert
1,562
12.78% , , Anne Wilson
247
2.02% , ,

Don MacDonald Donald William Macdonald (died 12 June 1994) was an Australian rugby league referee and administrator. Career Macdonald began his refereeing career in the Newtown District Junior Rugby League. He was subsequently graded to referee in the New ...

3,422
28.01% , , , , , , , - ,

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 ...

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Gary Friedel Gary Friedel (born October 30, 1942) is a civil servant and former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 until 2004. Political career Friedel was elected to the ...

3,745
61.25% , , Bruce MacKeen
2,323
37.99% , , , , , , , , , ,

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Ponoka-Rimbey Ponoka-Rimbey 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 1986 to 2004. Ponoka-Rimby is named for the Town of Pon ...

, , , , Halvar C. Jonson
5,750
63.80% , , Joshua Phillpotts
912
10.12% , , Liz Wetheral
879
9.75% , , Randy Jones
1,439
15.97% , , , , , , Halvar C. Jonson , - , Red Deer-North, , , , Stockwell Day
4,683
55.37% , , Norm McDougall
2,547
30.11% , , Linda Kaiser
560
6.62% , , E. Patricia Argent
655
7.74% , , , , , , Stockwell Day , - ,

Red Deer-South Red Deer-South is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. The district was created from Red Deer in 1986. Under the Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution of 2004, the constituency borders Red Deer ...

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Victor Doerksen Victor Doerksen (born November 25, 1953) is a politician, accountant and former cabinet minister in Alberta, Canada. Early life Doerksen was born in Bassano, Alberta on November 25, 1953. He was employed by the Bank of Montreal for 12 years. ...

5,751
46.91% , , Larry Pimm
4,966
40.51% , , Joanne Stanley
367
2.99% , ,

Randy Thorsteinson Randy Thorsteinson (born November 8, 1956) is a politician and businessman in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. Early years Thorsteinson was born in Gimli, Manitoba and spent his youth living in Winnipeg, Manitoba; Edmonton, Alberta; Calgary, Alberta; ...

1,145
9.34% , , , , , ,

, - , Redwater, , , ,

Dave Broda David Mike Broda (September 17, 1944 – June 13, 2010) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1997 to 2004 as a member of the Progressive Conservative caucus. Political career Broda ran twice as the ...

5,297
43.76% , , Mary Anne Balsillie
4,980
41.14% , , Tom Turner
737
6.09% , , Don Bell
987
8.15% , , E. Benjamin Toane (Nat. Law)
71
0.59%, , , , Nicholas Taylor , - ,

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 ...

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Ty Lund Tyrone Orville Lund (March 31, 1938 – February 28, 2021) was a Canadian politician who served as Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the constituency of Rocky Mountain House (electoral district), Rocky Mountain House (n ...

5,610
54.69% , , Roxanne V. Prior
880
8.58% , , Christine McMeckan
481
4.69% , , Lavern J. Ahlstrom
3,264
31.82% , , , , , ,

, - , Sherwood Park, , , ,

Iris Evans Iris Sylvia Evans (born December 31, 1941) is a former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and Minister of International and Intergovernmental Relations for the Canadian province. From November 25, 2004 to December 15, 2006 she served ...

8,610
47.80% , ,

Bruce Collingwood Bruce John Collingwood (May 16, 1953 – August 28, 2017) was a provincial-level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 to 1997. Political career Collingwood was elected to the Alb ...

8,305
46.11% , , Vaughn Dyrland
1,064
5.91% , , , , , , , ,

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Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert 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 1993 to 2012. Spruce Grove-Stu ...

, , Gary Swinamer
5,388
42.52%, , , , Colleen Soetaert
6,275
49.51% , , Thomas Elchuk
476
3.76% , , Clinton Day
491
3.87% , , , , , , Colleen Soetaert , - , St. Albert, , , ,

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6,696
43.53% , , Len Bracko
6,680
43.43% , , Chris Samuel
1,198
7.79% , ,

John Reil John Reil (born 1949) is a former Canadian provincial level politician. He served as leader of the Alberta First Party. Political career Reil ran as a candidate for the Social Credit Party of Alberta in the 1997 Alberta general election. He ran i ...

781
5.08% , , , , , , Len Bracko , - , Stony Plain, , , ,

Stan Woloshyn Stanley Woloshyn (born July 17, 1939) is a politician in Alberta, Canada. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta as an Alberta New Democrats candidate in 1989. Woloshyn was reportedly a former card-carrying Progressive Con ...

6,267
48.85% , , Peter Marchiel
3,906
30.44% , , Felice Young
895
6.98% , , Pat Hansard
1,742
13.58% , , , , , ,

, - , Strathmore-Brooks, , , ,

Lyle Oberg Lyle Knute Oberg (born January 6, 1960) is an Albertan politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly. He is also a physician and business executive. Life and career Oberg was born near Forestburg, Alberta in 1960. A physician by pro ...

7,235
72.40% , , Roger Nelson
1,272
12.73% , , Richard Knutson
600
6.00% , , Dan Borden
862
8.63% , , , , , , , - , Vegreville-Viking, , , ,

Ed Stelmach Edward Michael Stelmach (; born May 11, 1951) is a Canadian politician and served as the 13th premier of Alberta, from 2006 to 2011. The grandson of Ukrainian immigrants, Stelmach was born and raised on a farm near Lamont and fluently speaks ...

6,090
49.71% , , Ross Demkiw
3,639
29.70% , , Greg Kurulok
1,684
13.74% , , Clifford Gundermann
810
6.61% , , , , , ,

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Vermilion-Lloydminster Vermilion-Lloydminster 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 1993 to 2019. The largest communities in ...

, , , , Steve West
5,616
55.33% , , Pat Gulak
2,787
27.46% , , Wes Neumeier
602
5.93% , , Jeff Newland
1,125
11.08% , , , , , , Steve West , - , Wainwright, , , , Robert A. (Butch) Fischer
6,232
52.61% , , Ronald Williams
1,568
13.24% , , Lilas I. Lysne
668
5.64% , , Jerry D. Barber
3,348
28.27% , , , , , , Robert A. (Butch) Fischer , - , West Yellowhead, , , , Ivan J. Strang
4,498
41.96% , ,

Duco Van Binsbergen Duco Van Binsbergen (December 17, 1936 – April 4, 2009) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 to 1997. Political career Van Binsbergen was elected to the ...

3,795
35.40% , , Glenn Taylor
2,130
19.87% , , John Ahlstrom
275
2.57% , , , , , ,

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Wetaskiwin-Camrose Wetaskiwin-Camrose 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 1993 to 2019. History The district was created ...

, , , , LeRoy Johnson
7,244
58.39% , , Jody Saddleback
1,166
9.40% , , Rick Jantz
2,060
16.60% , , Karen Richert
1,622
13.07% , , Bruce Hinkley (Forum)
279
2.26% , , ,

Ken Rostad Kenneth Leif Rostad (born September 7, 1941) is a former politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1986 to 1997. He held several cabinet portfolios in the Alberta provincial government. Political c ...

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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. ...

5,759
54.12% , , Sara Lynn Burrough
2,954
27.76% , , Chauncey Featherstone
704
6.62% , , Earle Cunningham
1,183
11.12% , , , , , ,

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References

External links

Original Elections Alberta Website for 1997 election
{{AlbertaElections 1997 elections in Canada

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Background

Results

Results by riding

See also

References

Further reading

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