17th Alberta Legislative Assembly

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The members of the 17th Alberta Legislative Assembly were elected in the general election held on August 30, 1971.

On March 25, 1975, the 18th Alberta general election was held to elect the next legislature.

[edit] Party standings after the 17th General Election

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

****

Affiliation		Members
	Progressive Conservative Party	49
	Social Credit Party	25
	NDP	1
Total		75

• A party requires four seats to have official party status in the legislature. Parties with fewer than four seats are not entitled to party funding although their members will usually be permitted to sit together in the chamber.

Preceded by 16th Legislature

Alberta Legislatures 1971–1975

Succeeded by 18th Legislature

	Politics of Alberta v • d • e
Lieutenant-Governor: Norman Kwong | Former lieutenant-governors
Premier: Ed Stelmach | Former premiers
Opposition Leader: Kevin Taft | Former Opposition Leaders
Executive Council (Cabinet)
Legislature: Current members | Former legislatures | Current electoral divisions
Speaker of the Assembly: Ken Kowalski
Political parties: Progressive Conservatives | Liberals | New Democrats | Alliance
Alberta Party | Communists | Greens | Separation | Social Credit
Elections: 2004 general election | Past elections | Electoral districts
Current issues: Equalization payments | Prosperity Bonus | Same-sex marriage | Separatism

Canadian Legislative Bodies
Parliament of Canada:
House of Commons | Senate
Legislative Assemblies of Canada's provinces and territories:
British Columbia | Alberta | Saskatchewan | Manitoba | Ontario | Quebec | New Brunswick | Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island | Newfoundland and Labrador | Yukon | Northwest Territories | Nunavut
City Councils of major municipalities:
Vancouver | Calgary | Edmonton | Winnipeg | Hamilton | Mississauga | Toronto | Ottawa | Montreal | Quebec City
Victoria | Saanich | Richmond | Burnaby | Coquitlam | Surrey | Abbotsford | Saskatoon | Regina | Thunder Bay | Greater Sudbury | Barrie Windsor | Chatham-Kent | London | Kitchener | Cambridge | Guelph | St. Catharines | Burlington | Oakville | Brampton | Vaughan | Richmond Hill Markham | Oshawa | Kingston | Gatineau | Laval | Longueuil | Sherbrooke | Saguenay | Lévis | Halifax | Cape Breton | St. John's