List of Alberta general elections
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Number of seats won by major parties at each election
| Conservative | Liberal | Social Credit | NDP | |||||||
| United Farmers | Other | Independent |
This article provides a summary of results for the general elections to the Canadian province of Alberta's unicameral legislative body, the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The number of seats has increased over time, from 25 for the first election in 1905, to the current 83.
To date, no political party has returned to power in Alberta after being removed in a previous election. The province has been ruled by four "dynasties": the Liberal Party (1905-1921); the United Farmers of Alberta (1921-1935), the Social Credit Party (1935-1971), and the Progressive Conservative Party (1971 to present). No minority government has ever been elected. Thus, Alberta can be said to have continuously had a dominant-party system for its entire political history though the dominant party has changed over time.
The chart on the right shows the information graphically, with the most recent elections on the right. It shows the successive dynasties of the Liberals (red), United Farmers (yellow), Social Credit (green) and Conservatives (blue).
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The table below shows the total number of seats won by the major political parties at each election. The winning party's total is shown in bold. Full details on any election are linked via the year of the election at the start of the row.
| Year | Conservatives [A] | Liberal | NDP [B] | Social Credit | United Farmers | Independent | Other Parties | ||
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| 2004 | 62 | 16 | 4 | 1 | Alberta Alliance | ||||
| 2001 | 74 | 7 | 2 | ||||||
| 1997 | 63 | 18 | 2 | ||||||
| 1993 | 51 | 32 | |||||||
| 1989 | 59 | 8 | 16 | ||||||
| 1986 | 61 | 4 | 16 | 2 | Representative | ||||
| 1982 | 75 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 1979 | 74 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 1975 | 69 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 1971 | 49 | 1 | 25 | ||||||
| 1967 | 6 | 3 | 55 | 1 | |||||
| 1963 | 2 | 60 | 1 | Coalition | |||||
| 1959 | 1 | 1 | 61 | 2 | Coalition, Independent Social Credit |
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| 1955 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 3 | Coalition, Independent Social Credit, Liberal Conservative |
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| 1952 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 52 | 1 | Independent Social Credit | |||
| 1948 | 2 | 2 | 51 | 1 | 1 | Independent Social Credit | |||
| 1944 | 2 | 51 | 3 | 1 | Veterans' and Active Force | ||||
| 1940 | 1 | 36 | 19 | 1 | Labour | ||||
| 1935 | 2 | 5 | 56 | ||||||
| 1930 | 6 | 11 | 39 | 4 | Labour | ||||
| 1926 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 6 | Labour (5), Independent Labor (1) | ||||
| 1921 | 15 | 38 | 4 | 4 | Labour | ||||
| 1917 | 19 | 34 | 2 | 1 | Labour | ||||
| 1913 | 17 | 39 | |||||||
| 1909 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 2 | Independent Liberal, Socialist | ||||
| 1905 | 2 | 23 | |||||||
[edit] Notes
- A Includes results for Progressive Conservatives
- B Includes results for Co-operative Commonwealth Federation prior to 1963.
[edit] See also
- Lists of general elections in Canada
- List of political parties in Canada for present and historical political parties in Alberta.
[edit] References
- Government of Alberta. Candidate Summary of Results (General Elections 1905-2004). Comparative Statistics. Retrieved on December 2, 2006.
- Government of Alberta. Electoral Summary: 1905 - 2004. Comparative Statistics. Retrieved on December 2, 2006.
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