Alberta general election, 1993
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The Alberta general election of 1993 was the twenty-third general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on June 15, 1993 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. It is notable because it was seen by some as a contest between the former mayors of Calgary and Edmonton.
After the resignation of Don Getty as party leader and provincial premier, the Progressive Conservative Party elected former Calgary mayor Ralph Klein as his replacement. The initial response from voters was muted: the party increased its share of the popular vote only marginally, and lost eight seats in the legislature. Nonetheless, as pre-election polls had shown that the Conservatives would have lost power under Getty, Klein's efforts were seen as successful, enabling the party to retain a large majority in the legislature for its seventh consecutive term in government.
The Liberal Party of Laurence Decore, a former mayor of Edmonton, capitalized on the stagant PC vote and the collapse of the New Democratic Party vote from 26% to 11%. As opposition to the PC government coalesced around Decore and the Liberals, they managed to win almost 40% of the popular vote and 32 seats in the legislature. They formed what still stands as the largest opposition caucus in Alberta history, except for in 1917 when the government majority was smaller but there were far less seats in the legislature. To the surprise of many, Decore stepped down as Liberal leader not long after the election, supposedly being pressured to resign by party insiders who felt that he missed the chance to form the government.
Ray Martin's New Democrats went down to defeat by being shut out of the legislature for the first time since 1967.
[edit] Results
| Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Elected | % Change | # | % | % Change | ||||
| Progressive Conservative |
|
83 | 59 | 51 | -13.6% | 439,981 | 44.49% | +0.20% | |
| Liberal |
|
83 | 8 | 32 | +300% | 392,899 | 39.73% | +11.05% | |
| New Democrats |
|
83 | 16 | - | -100% | 108,883 | 11.01% | -15.28% | |
| Social Credit |
|
39 | - | - | - | 23,885 | 2.41% | +1.94% | |
| Independent | 21 | - | - | - | 9,214 | 0.93% | +0.67% | ||
| Natural Law |
|
45 | * | - | * | 5,017 | 0.51% | * | |
| Confederation of Regions | 12 | * | - | * | 3,556 | 0.36% | * | ||
| Alberta Political Alliance | 4 | * | - | * | 3,548 | 0.36% | * | ||
| Green |
|
11 | * | - | * | 1,995 | 0.20% | * | |
| Communist |
|
1 | - | - | - | 47 | x | -0.01% | |
| Total | 382 | 83 | 83 | - | 989,025 | 100% |
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| Source: Elections Alberta | |||||||||
Notes:
* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.
x - less than 0.005% of the popular vote
[edit] Members elected
For complete electoral history, see individual districts
Note:
- 1 Pat Black later changed her last name to Nelson.
[edit] See also
| Preceded by 1989 Alberta election |
Alberta elections | Succeeded by 1997 Alberta election |
