Alberta general election, 2008

Alberta general election, 2008

2004 ← members March 3, 2008 (2008-03-03) members → 2012

83 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 42 seats were needed for a majority Turnout 40.59%   Majority party Minority party   Leader Ed Stelmach Kevin Taft Party Progressive Conservative Liberal Leader since December 2, 2006 March 27, 2004 Leader's seat Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville Edmonton-Riverview Last election 62 seats, 46.8% 16 seats, 29.4% Seats before 60 16 Seats won 72 9 Seat change +12 -7 Popular vote 501,063 251,158 Percentage 52.7% 26.4 Swing +5.9% -3.0%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Brian Mason Paul Hinman Party NDP Wildrose Alliance Leader since September 2004 2008 Leader's seat Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood Cardston-Taber-Warner (lost re-election) Last election 4 seats, 10.2% 1 seats, 8.7% Seats before 4 1 Seats won 2 0 Seat change -2 -1 Popular vote 80,578 64,407 Percentage 8.5% 6.8% Swing -1.7% -1.9%

Map of Alberta's riding coloured in to indicate winning party and popular vote.

Premier before election Ed Stelmach Progressive Conservative Elected Premier Ed Stelmach Progressive Conservative

The Alberta general election of 2008 was the twenty-seventh general election for the province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on March 3, 2008 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

It was expected to be called early because the governing Progressive Conservatives held a leadership election on December 2, 2006, in which Ed Stelmach was elected to replace Ralph Klein as party leader and Premier. The election was called when Stelmach formally advised Lieutenant Governor Norman Kwong to dissolve the Legislature, which happened on February 4, 2008.^[1]

With 53% of the popular vote, the Progressive Conservatives won a decisive majority over the Liberal and other parties, despite early suggestions of a closer race.

The 2008 election had the lowest voter turnout in the province's history, with only 40.59% of eligible voters casting a ballot.^[2]

Contents 1 Results 1.1 Summary 2 Vote and seat summaries 3 Policy and other major announcements 3.1 Alberta Liberal Party 3.2 New Democratic Party of Alberta 3.3 Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta 3.4 Wildrose Alliance Party of Alberta 3.5 Green Party of Alberta 4 Results by region 5 Opinion polls 6 Target ridings 7 MLAs not running again 8 Timeline 9 Nominated candidates 9.1 Northern Alberta 9.2 Western and Central Alberta 9.3 East Central Alberta 9.4 Central Edmonton 9.5 Suburban Edmonton and environs 9.6 Southern Alberta 9.7 Suburban Calgary 9.8 Central Calgary 10 References 11 External links

Results

On election night the Progressive Conservatives were able to increase their majority by winning seats previously held by opposition parties. The Tories also increased their share of the popular vote, and even though the Tories' share of this vote was still significantly less than it was in 2001 they managed to win just two fewer seats than they won in that election. The reasons for this development include the fact that the Tories' continued to poll a significant share of the rural electorate and also because the Tories' support in the major cities was much more evenly divided between Calgary and Edmonton this time. The Conservative gains came mostly in and around Edmonton where the party recorded its best result since 1982.

The Alberta Liberals who held onto official opposition status sustained a net loss of seven of their 16 existing seats, especially in the Edmonton area where they were reduced to just three seats, but they were able to win five seats in Calgary (a net gain of one seat and the largest total won by that party in that city in the past 50 years). The Liberals also held their existing seat in Lethbridge for a total of nine seats.

The other parties that were represented in the legislature also suffered losses on election night. The Alberta New Democrats lost two of their four Edmonton seats, and the Wildrose Alliance Party was shut out of the legislature when their leader Paul Hinman was very narrowly defeated in his own constituency of Cardston-Taber-Warner.

For the first time in history, a majority of the Alberta Liberal caucus will be from Calgary and the number of combined Liberal and NDP MLAs from Edmonton will not exceed the number of these parties' legislators from Calgary.

Summary

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
				2004	Dissol.	2008	% Change	#	%	% Change
	Progressive Conservative	Ed Stelmach	83	621	60	72	+20%	501,063	52.72	+5.92%
	Liberal	Kevin Taft	82	161	16	9	-43.8%	251,158	26.43	-2.96%
	NDP	Brian Mason	83	4	4	2	-50%	80,578	8.48	-1.72%
	Wildrose Alliance	Paul Hinman	61	1	1	-	-100%	64,407	6.78	-1.92%2
	Greens	George Read	79	-	-	-	-	43,222	4.55	+1.80%
	Social Credit	Len Skowronski	8	-	-	-	-	2,043	0.21	-1.02%
	Separation	Bruce Hutton	1	-	-	-	-	119	0.01	-0.52%
	Communist	Naomi Rankin	2	-	-	-	-	96	0.01	xx
	Alberta Party	Bruce Stubbs	1	-	-	-	-	42	0.00	-0.28%
	Independent		7	-	1	-	-100%	7,635	0.80	+0.69%
	Vacant				1
Total			407	83	83	83	-	950,363	100.00

Note:

• ¹ Liberal Chris Kibermanis originally had a five-vote margin over Progressive Conservative Thomas Lukaszuk. A judicial recount on January 24, 2005, determined Thomas Lukaszuk the winner.
• ² Results change is compared to the Alberta Alliance in 2004.

Vote and seat summaries

Policy and other major announcements

Alberta Liberal Party

• Immediate elimination of health care premiums
• Increasing per capita spending on policy in Calgary from $16 to $20
• Re-legislation of tuition policy so it is made in open session
• Implementation of a public pharmacare program
• Using tobacco taxes, spend approximately $200 million to create a Community Wellness Fund which will seek to expand Family & Community Support Services and fund healthy living and lifestyle programs
• Redirect the $250 million Natural Gas Rebate Program towards incentives for energy efficiency
• Triple funding for the Alberta Foundation for the Arts
• Increase the number of health care workers
• Investment of 30% of all natural resource revenues in:

1. investment in the Heritage Fund so that income taxes can remain permanently low
2. elimination of the infrastructure deficit by 2014
3. establishment of an uncapped endowment for post-secondary education
4. establishment of a $500 million endowment fund for arts, social sciences, and humanities

• Elimination of the education section of the property tax for seniors (appox. $700 a year)
• Increasing the tax credit for seniors' caregivers to $9,355 from $4,355.
• Making both Calgary and Edmonton into independent cities via a "Big Cities" Charter
• Hiring 300 more police officers for Calgary and Edmonton
• Fixed election dates

Cost: Net costs are zero as a result of re-allocating existing dollars and increased royalty revenues.

New Democratic Party of Alberta

• Making life affordable
  • Create 4,000 new child care spaces.
  • Cap rates of $25/day ($500/month) for infant care and $9/day ($180/month) for after school care.
  • Regulate after-school care for children.
  • Increase start-up grants for daycare centres and day homes.
  • Provide additional sustainable grants to day cares to increase wages for childcare workers.
  • Introduce rent controls.
  • Introduce limits on condominium conversions.
• Full value royalties
  • Follow example set by Alaska and replace the royalty system.
  • Create an all-party, special committee of the legislature to investigate royalties and report back in three months.
  • Add a variable royalty structure that would increase the royalty revenues when oil prices pass a peak threshold.
  • Increase royalties on other non-renewable resources such as coal.
• Green energy plan
  • Create a green energy fund that will receive $2 billion a year primarily through enhanced royalties. Use that money to fund energy efficient retro-fitting and alternative energy production systems for individual houses and building.
  • Fund alternative power generation projects such as solar and wind farms.
  • Place hard caps on greenhouse gas emissions with penalties for companies that exceed targets — details to be worked out later.
  • Slow down the pace of development
• Big dollar signs out of politics
  • End campaign contributions from unions and corporations.
  • Table legislation binding all leadership and nomination contests to the same disclosure rules and donation limits of political parties.
• Immediately end health-care premiums.
• Create a new pharmaceutical agency to purchase drugs in bulk, negotiate prices with drug companies and find less costly options to brand-name drugs.
• Roll back tuition levels to 1999–2000 levels.
• Cap interest for student loans at prime.
• Invest $100 million in student housing immediately.
• Eliminate fees and fund-raising for learning essentials.
• Phase out funding for private schools.
• Hire 800 additional police officers
• Mandate basic value-added and upgrading for all bitumen mined in Alberta to be done in the province.
• Add an interim per barrel tax on all bitumen exported outside the province.
• Establish a bitumen pricing system.
• Start a public automobile insurance system.
• Provide stable funding for non-profit First Nation and Metis agencies.
• Tie AISH and social assistance rates to a market basket measure.
• Introduce $30 million in new funding for the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.

Cost: $477 million surplus, based on increased royalty rates, bitumen royalty premium and reverse corporate tax cuts.

Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta

• Elimination of health care premiums over four years
• Increase the number of health care workers
• Construct 18 new schools in Calgary and Edmonton, including health focused schools
• $6 billion a year to build and improve urban transit, highways, schools, parks and seniors facilities
• Tax credits to businesses and homeowners who renovate to utilize energy efficient appliances
• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 200 megatons by 2050
• Increase oil and gas revenue by $2 billion
• Introduce royalty that would increase with the price of oil
• Create a secretariat for action on homelessness
• Create a new cultural policy that includes recreation and sport along with arts and performance
• Double the tax credit for those supporting dependent family members

Cost: Total commitments represent 4.2 per cent of the budget for 2008–09 or $1.5 billion.

Wildrose Alliance Party of Alberta

• Immediately eliminate health care premiums
• Raise the basic personal income tax exemption to $20,000
• Cut the provincial corporate tax rate from 10% to 8%
• Allow income splitting for taxpayers who care for dependents in times of medical or other crisis
• Direct savings from slowing spending growth to the Heritage Fund so that personal income taxes can eventually be eliminated
• Allow governance and service delivery at the municipal and community levels as much as possible
• As part of the party's universal health care plan, implement a pilot program in one of the smaller health regions that will be modelled after funding following the patients rather than the per capita funding currently in place today. Similarly, establish a school choice voucher pilot.
• Provide significant debt relief to Alberta-trained medical professionals who commit to practising in the province at least five years
• Establish fixed election dates, allow for citizen initiatives via referendums, and enact the right to recall elected officials

Costs: Cost of promises not released.

Green Party of Alberta

• Green tax shift (i.e. lower income and business taxes in exchange for higher resource taxes)
• Community-based development
• Balanced budgets and fiscal responsibility
• Recovery of waste energy through co-generation
• Assessing royalty waste on a reservoir by reservoir basis
• Provide low interest loans to businesses for energy retrofits
• Provide no interest loans to homes for energy conservation
• Ban the use of cosmetic pesticides
• Increase spending in the Child Welfare Department
• Pass a Protected Lands Act that will clarify different land uses. The act will include:

1. Increase land designated as protected
2. Protect the Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) corridor
3. Authority and resources to enforce the legislation for protected areas officers

• Increasing the supply of affordable housing

1. More housing cooperatives and co-housing type developments
2. Ensuring units are maintained by organizations that have a vested interest in sustaining them

• Working with the municipalities to make urban development plans that preserve farmland
• Investing in public transit
• Ensuring a continued supply of fresh water

Leader's statement

Results by region

Party name			Cgy.	Edm.1	Leth.	R.D.	North	Central	South	Total
	Progressive Conservative	Seats:	18	13	1	2	10	20	8	72
		Popular vote:	45.81%	42.74%	46.16%	55.46%	65.83%	65.13%	60.85%	52.66%
	Liberal	Seats:	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	9
		Popular vote:	33.90%	33.47%	34.34%	25.30%	13.95%	16.60%	15.75%	26.37%
	New Democrats	Seats:	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
		Popular vote:	4.21%	18.01%	8.87%	5.79%	11.00%	5.59%	3.74%	8.52%
Total seats:			23	18	2	2	10	20	8	83
Parties that won no seats:
	Wildrose Alliance	Popular vote:	8.96%	1.51%	7.61%	7.74%	5.65%	5.86%	16.02%	6.77%
	Green	Popular vote:	4.87%	3.16%	3.02%	5.71%	3.19%	6.12%	3.63%	4.58%
	Social Credit	Popular vote:	0.20%	0.06%	xx	xx	0.39%	0.54%	xx	0.22%
	Separation	Popular Vote:	xx	xx	xx	xx	xx	0.05%	xx	0.01%
	Communist	Popular vote:	0.02%	0.02%	xx	xx	xx	xx	xx	0.01%
	Alberta Party	Popular vote:	xx	0.02%	xx	xx	xx	xx	xx	0.01%
	Independents	Popular vote:	2.04%	0.96%	xx	xx	xx	0.12%	xx	0.87%

¹ "Edmonton" corresponds to only the city of Edmonton. (Only the ridings whose names begin with "Edmonton".) The four suburban ridings around the city as listed below are grouped with central Alberta in this table.

Opinion polls

Polling Firm	Last Date of Polling	Link	Prog. Cons.	Liberal	New Democratic	Alliance	Green
Election results	March 3, 2008		53%	26%	9%	7%	5%
Angus Reid Strategies	February 29, 2008	[1]	43%	28%	13%	10%	7%
Strategic Counsel	February 28, 2008	[2]	50%	25%	8%	10%	8%
Leger Marketing	February 25, 2008	[3]	55%	24%	7%	8%	6%
Angus Reid Strategies	February 20, 2008	[4]	42%	31%	9%	10%	8%
Ipsos-Reid	February 17, 2008	[5]	49%	28%	14%	5%	4%
Environics	February 7, 2008	[6]	52%	25%	10%	6%	7%
Leger Marketing	January 24, 2008	[7]	49%	28%	11%	5%	8%
Strategic Counsel	January 13, 2008	[8]	58%	19%	9%	5%	9%
Last election	22 November 2004		48.8%	29.4%	10.2%	8.7%	2.8%

Target ridings

The following is a list of ridings that were narrowly lost by the indicated party in the 2004 election. For instance, under the Liberal column are the nine seats in which they came closest to winning but did not. Listed is the name of the riding, followed by the party which was victorious (in parentheses) and the margin, in terms of percentage of the vote, by which the party lost.

These ridings were likely targeted by the specified party because the party lost them by a very slim margin in the 2004 election.

Up to ten are shown, with a maximum margin of victory of 15%.

* Indicates incumbent not running again.

Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta	Alberta Liberal Party
Cardston-Taber-Warner, (WA) 1.5% Edmonton-Meadowlark, (Lib) 1.8% Edmonton-Ellerslie, (Lib) 2.0% Edmonton-Manning, (Lib) 2.6% St. Albert, (Lib) 2.7% Edmonton-Calder, (NDP) 3.0% Edmonton-McClung, (Lib) 4.1% Lethbridge-East, (Lib) 5.0% Calgary-Varsity, (Lib) 5.3% Calgary-Currie, (Lib) 5.7%	Edmonton-Castle Downs, (PC) <0.1% Calgary-McCall, (PC) 4.1% Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert, (PC) 4.4% Edmonton-Whitemud, (PC) 5.7% Edmonton-Mill Creek, (PC) 6.5% Calgary-Buffalo, (PC) 7.7% Edmonton-Calder, (NDP) 9.6% Red Deer-South, (PC) 10.8% Sherwood Park, (PC) 11.2%
Alberta New Democratic Party	Wildrose Alliance Party
Edmonton-Glenora, (Lib) 4.2% Edmonton Ellerslie, (Lib) 11.7% Edmonton Manning, (Lib) 14.2%	Dunvegan-Central Peace, (PC) 4.1%

MLAs not running again

Liberal Maurice Tougas, Edmonton-Meadowlark NDP Raj Pannu, Edmonton-Strathcona

Progressive Conservative Tony Abbott, Drayton Valley-Calmar Mike Cardinal, Athabasca-Redwater Harvey Cenaiko, Calgary-Buffalo David Coutts, Livingstone-Macleod Victor Doerksen, Red Deer-South Denis Ducharme, Bonnyville-Cold Lake Clint Dunford, Lethbridge-West Gordon Graydon, Grande Prairie-Wapiti Carol Haley, Airdrie-Chestermere Denis Herard, Calgary-Egmont LeRoy Johnson, Wetaskiwin-Camrose Rob Lougheed, Strathcona Greg Melchin, Calgary-North West Richard Magnus, Calgary-North Hill Lyle Oberg, Strathmore-Brooks Hung Pham, Calgary-Montrose Ivan Strang, West Yellowhead Gary Mar, Calgary-Mackay

Timeline

• November 19, 2005 Paul Hinman, Cardston-Taber-Warner MLA is elected leader of the Alberta Alliance Party replacing Randy Thorsteinson at a leadership convention in Red Deer, Alberta.
• March 29, 2006 Premier Ralph Klein is given a 55% leadership review, he later announced his retirement for the fall of 2006.
• September 20, 2006 Premier Ralph Klein gives notice to the Progressive Conservatives, announces he will leave when a new leader is picked.
• November 23, 2006 Dan Backs is removed from the Liberal caucus and is forced to sit as an Independent
• December 15, 2006 Ed Stelmach replaces Ralph Klein as premier.
• January 15, 2007 Former Premier Ralph Klein and former Deputy Premier Shirley McClellan resign their legislature seats.
• June 12, 2007 By-elections are held in the seats vacated on January 15. While Jack Hayden easily holds the Drumheller-Stettler riding for the Progressive Conservatives, Craig Cheffins takes Premier Klein's old seat, Calgary Elbow, for the Liberals.[9]
• November 3, 2007 Len Skowronski is elected Leader of Social Credit replacing Lavern Ahlstrom
• December 3, 2007 Gary Mar resigns his seat of Calgary Mackay after he was appointed as Alberta's representative to Washington, D.C..
• January 19, 2008 The Wildrose Party of Alberta and the Alberta Alliance Party merge to form the Wildrose Alliance Party of Alberta.
• February 4, 2008 The writ is dropped.
• February 21, 2008 Stelmach, Taft, Mason, and Hinman square off in a leaders' debate.
• March 3, 2008, 8:22 p.m.: CTV Calgary declares a PC majority barely twenty minutes after the polls close. A CTV reporter asks Ed Stelmach about it, but the Premier has no real answer.
  • 8:29 p.m.: Less than half an hour after the polls close, and less than 25 minutes after the first polling station reports, CBC News declares a PC majority; Ed Stelmach begins a brief speech thanking party workers in Calgary while the CBC anchor is making the declaration.
  • 9:45 p.m.: Kevin Taft concedes victory. Despite the poor result, he announces his intention to remain party leader.
  • 10:36 p.m.: Ed Stelmach formally claims victory in Edmonton.

Nominated candidates

Party Seats Second Third Fourth      Progressive Conservative 72 11 0 0      Liberal 9 58 13 2      New Democratic Party 2 4 34 16      Wildrose Alliance 0 7 30 17      Greens 0 2 4 47      Independents 0 1 2 1

Party Average # of votes      Progressive Conservative 6,063      Liberal 3,059      Wildrose Alliance 1,055      New Democrat 976      Greens 551      Social Credit 256      Separation 120      Alberta Party 51      Communist 48

Names in bold indicate party leaders and cabinet ministers. ^[3]

Northern Alberta

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		PC		Liberal		NDP		Wildrose		Green		Other
Athabasca-Redwater		Jeff Johnson 7,484		Bill Bonko 1,379		Peter Opryshko 1,225		Mike Radojcic 517		Phyllis Penchuk 403				Mike Cardinal
Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock		Ken Kowalski 8,312		Leslie Penny 1,804		Rod Olstad 927				Dan Evans 479		Carl Haugen (SC) 309		Ken Kowalski
Bonnyville-Cold Lake		Genia Leskiw 4,437		Justin Yassoub 698		Jason Sloychuk 389				Jennifer Brown 350				Denis Ducharme
Dunvegan-Central Peace		Hector Goudreau 4,147		Bob Woken 288		Nathan Macklin 1,202		Dale Lueken 2,339						Hector Goudreau
Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo		Guy Boutilier 4,519		Ross Jacobs 1,758		Mel Kraley 550				Reginald (Reg) Normore 300				Guy Boutilier
Grande Prairie Smoky		Mel Knight 4,769		John Croken 1,089		Neil Peacock 832		Todd Loewen 1,049		Rebecca Villebrun 285				Mel Knight
Grande Prairie Wapiti		Wayne Drysdale 5,145		Augustine Ebinu 1,304		Manuella Campbell 829				Art Proctor 436				Gordon Graydon
Lac La Biche-St. Paul		Ray Danyluk 6,527		Alex Broadbent 1,627		Della Drury 1,003								Ray Danyluk
Lesser Slave Lake		Pearl Calahasen 3,384		Steve Noskey 1,109		Habby Sharkawi 426				Bonnie Raho 273				Pearl Calahasen
Peace River		Frank Oberle 3,265				Adele Boucher Rymhs 1,248		Georg Beinart 539						Frank Oberle

Western and Central Alberta

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		PC		Liberal		NDP		Wildrose		Green		Other
Banff-Cochrane		Janis Tarchuk 4,727		Patricia K. Robertson 2,753		Anne Wilson 575				Dan Cunin 1,353		Zrinko Amerl (Ind.) 172		Janis Tarchuk
Drayton Valley-Calmar		Diana McQueen 5,931		Norma Block 846		Luanne Bannister 390		Dean Schmale 1,053		Edwin Erickson 1,877				Tony Abbott
Foothills-Rocky View		Ted Morton 6,916		Herb Coburn 2,200		Ricardo de Menezes 196		Joseph McMaster 1,797		Larry Ashmore 937				Ted Morton
Innisfail-Sylvan Lake		Luke Ouellette 6,967		Garth Davis 1,539		Tophie Davies 702		Wayne Edmundson 1,215		Lisa Grant 545		Anthony Haggarty (Ind) 122		Luke Ouellette
Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills		Richard Marz 7,837		Tony Vonesch 1,038		Andy Davies 268		Curt Engel 2,572		Kate Haddow 518				Richard Marz
Red Deer North		Mary-Anne Jablonski 4,715		Richard Farrand 1,770		Shawn Nielsen 560		Urs Lehner 630		Rueben Tschetter 463				Mary Anne Jablonski
Red Deer South		Cal Dallas 7,139		Diane Kubanek 3,414		Teresa Bryanton 597		Ed Klop 949		Evan Bedford 609				Victor Doerksen
Rocky Mountain House		Ty Lund 6,188		Norm McDougall 849		Jorge Souza 279		Fanie van Heerden 1,156		Jennifer Ripley 699		Wilf Tricker (SC) 643 Bruce Hutton (SPA) 119		Ty Lund
Stony Plain		Fred Lindsay 8,467		Bill Fraser 2,552		Shelina Brown 976		Sandy Pariseau 793		Nora Shea 571				Fred Lindsay
West Yellowhead		Robin Campbell 4,206		Lisa Higgerty 1,932		Ken Kuzminski 1,054		Earle Cunningham 326		Scott Pickett 296				Ivan Strang
Whitecourt-Ste. Anne		George VanderBurg 6,019		Mike Grey 1,106		Leah Redmond 661		Link Byfield 2,146						George VanderBurg

East Central Alberta

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		PC		Liberal		NDP		Wildrose		Green		Other
Battle River-Wainwright		Doug Griffiths 7,968		Horst Schreiber 1,260		Doris Bannister 431				Will Munsey 483				Doug Griffiths
Drumheller-Stettler		Jack Hayden 6,986		Tom Dooley 1,463		Richard Bough 276		Dave France 1,062		Amanda Bolton 353				Jack Hayden
Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville		Ed Stelmach 11,169		Earl J. Woods 1,343		Clayton Marsden 1,233				Ryan Scheie 551				Ed Stelmach
Lacombe-Ponoka		Ray Prins 8,202		Edith McPhedran 1,200		Steve Bradshaw 560		Daniel Freisen 911		Joe Anglin 3,226				Ray Prins
Leduc-Beaumont-Devon		George Rogers 9,045		Joyce Assen 2,329		Lisa Erickson 1,057		Sharon MacLise 1,008		Kevin Colton 495				George Rogers
Vermilion-Lloydminster		Lloyd Snelgrove 7,013		Robert Sawatzky 826		Wendy Myshak 482				Ngaio Hotte 364				Lloyd Snelgrove
Wetaskiwin-Camrose		Verlyn Olson 7,726		Keith Elliott 1,646		Sarah Mowat 1,078		Tyler Knelsen 818		Midge Lambert 458				LeRoy Johnson

Central Edmonton

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		PC		Liberal		NDP		Wildrose		Green		Other
Edmonton Beverly Clareview		Tony Vandermeer 4,182		Dawit Isaac 1,996		Ray Martin 3,845		Brian Dell 289		Frederick Pivot 183		Robin Porteous (SC) 57		Ray Martin
Edmonton Centre		Bill Donahue 3,291		Laurie Blakeman 5,042		Deron Bilous 2,163		James Iverson 200		David Parker 472		Margaret Saunter (AP) 42		Laurie Blakeman
Edmonton-Glenora		Heather Klimchuk 4,604		Bruce Miller 4,508		Arlene Chapman 1,743		Elden Van Hauwaert 275		Peter Johnston 408				Bruce Miller
Edmonton Gold Bar		David Dorward 5,261		Hugh MacDonald 6,279		Sherry McKibben 1,923				David Zylstra 525				Hugh MacDonald
Edmonton Highlands-Norwood		Andrew Beniuk 2,978		Brad Smith 1,132		Brian Mason 4,754		Travis Loewen 245		Mohamad Maie 221				Brian Mason
Edmonton Mill Creek		Gene Zwozdesky 6,857		Aman Gill 4,058		Stephen Anderson 1,822				Glen Argan 726		Naomi Rankin (Com) 41		Gene Zwozdesky
Edmonton-Mill Woods		Carl Benito 4,752		Weslyn Mather 3,996		Christina Gray 1,474		Robert Leddy 321		David Hruska 289				Weslyn Mather
Edmonton Riverview		Wendy Andrews 5,171		Kevin Taft 7,471		Erica Bullwinkle 1,284		Kyle Van Hauwaert 329		Cameron Wakefield 506				Kevin Taft
Edmonton Rutherford		Fred Horne 5,225		Rick Miller 5,167		Mike Butler 1,178		John Baloun 379		Kate Wyrostok 348				Rick Miller
Edmonton Strathcona		T.J. Keil 3,031		Tim Vant 2,452		Rachel Notley 5,862				Adrian Cole 540				Raj Pannu

Suburban Edmonton and environs

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		PC		Liberal		NDP		Wildrose		Green		Other
Edmonton-Calder		Doug Elniski 4,557		Jim Kane 1,839		David Eggen 4,356				Mike Brown 402				David Eggen
Edmonton Castle Downs		Thomas Lukaszuk 7,159		Chris Kibermanis 5,090		Ali Haymour 1,341				Bob Reckhow 297				Thomas Lukaszuk
Edmonton Decore		Janice Sarich 4,577		Bill Bonko 3,895		Sidney Sadik 1,301				Trey Capenhurst 241				Bill Bonko
Edmonton Ellerslie		Naresh Bhardwaj 4,581		Bharat Agnihotri 3,592		Marilyn Assheton-Smith 1,891		Krista Leddy 471		Paul Boos 335		Cheryl Ullah (SC) 62		Bharat Agnihotri
Edmonton Manning		Peter Sandhu 4,107		Sandeep Dhir 2,260		Rick Murti 2,307		Phil Gamache 289		Odette Boily 235		Dan Backs (Ind.) 2,275		Dan Backs
Edmonton McClung		David Xiao 7,173		Mo Elsalhy 5,947		Bridget Stirling 924		Kristine Jassman 272		Bryan Wyrostok 342				Mo Elsalhy
Edmonton Meadowlark		Raj Sherman 6,174		Debbie Cavaliere 3,423		Pascal Ryffel 1,010		Richard Guyon 306		Amanda Doyle 347				Maurice Tougas
Edmonton-Whitemud		David Hancock 12,054		Nancy Cavanaugh 6,997		Hana Razga 1,023				Valerie Kennedy 543				David Hancock
Sherwood Park		Iris Evans 9,312		Louise Rogers 3,843		Katharine Hay 904				Rick Hoines 689				Iris Evans
Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert		Doug Horner 9,369		Ray Boudreau 4,528		Peter Cross 960				Allan West 545				Doug Horner
St. Albert		Ken Allred 8,403		Jack Flaherty 5,598		Katy Campbell 959				Ross Vincent 576				Jack Flaherty
Strathcona		Dave Quest 9,951		Jon Friel 2,995		Denny Holmwood 911				Kate Harrington 763		Gordon Barrett (SC) 415		Rob Lougheed

Southern Alberta

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		PC		Liberal		NDP		Wildrose		Green		Other
Airdrie-Chestermere		Rob Anderson 9,374		John Burke 1,973		Bryan Young 609		Jeff Willerton 2,362		David Brandreth 660				Carol Haley
Cardston-Taber-Warner		Broyce Jacobs 4,374		Ron Hancock 436		Suzanne Sirias 190		Paul Hinman 4,325		Billy Turner 180				Paul Hinman
Cypress-Medicine Hat		Leonard Mitzel 5,640		Dick Mastel 2,023		Manuel Martinez 347		Dan Pierson 679		Bright Pride 215				Leonard Mitzel
Highwood		George Groeneveld 7,715		Stan Shedd 1,647		Carolyn Boulton 391		Daniel Doherty 1,405		John Barret 691				George Groeneveld
Lethbridge East		Jason Herasemluk 4,715		Bridget Pastoor 5,582		Tom Moffatt 687		Grant Shaw 748		Helen McMenamin 292				Bridget Pastoor
Lethbridge West		Greg Weadick 5,002		Bal Boora 4,022		James Moore 1,179		Matt Fox 855		Brennan Tilley 392				Clint Dunford
Little Bow		Barry McFarland 5,150		Everett Tanis 1,080		Duane Petluk 322		Kevin Kinahan 2,051		Marie Read 267				Barry McFarland
Livingstone-Macleod		Evan Berger 6,037		Mike Judd 1,534		Phil Burpee 476		Jack Macleod 988		Bryan Hunt 371				David Coutts
Medicine Hat		Rob Renner 5,388		Karen Charlton 3,625		Diana Arnott 484		Clint Rabb 746		Karen Kraus 285				Rob Renner
Strathmore-Brooks		Arno Doerksen 7,623		Gerry Hart 991		Brian Stokes 313		Amanda Shehata 935		Chris Bayford 362				Lyle Oberg

Suburban Calgary

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		PC		Liberal		NDP		Wildrose		Green		Other
Calgary-Bow		Alana DeLong 6,687		Greg Flanagan 5,173		Teale Phelps Bondaroff 507		Barry Hilenski 1,425		Randy Weeks 845		Len Skowronski (SC) 171		Alana DeLong
Calgary-Cross		Yvonne Fritz 4,004		Rob Reinhold 1,567		Shelina Hassanali 476		Gordon Huth 605		Susan Stratton 395				Yvonne Fritz
Calgary-Foothills		Len Webber 6,088		Mike Robinson 4,909		Stephanie Sundburg 251		Kevin Legare 972		Ian Groll 411				Len Webber
Calgary-Fort		Wayne Cao 4,123		Carole Oliver 1,770		Julie Hrdlicka 1,178		Travis Chase 715		J. Mark Taylor 491				Wayne Cao
Calgary-Hays		Arthur Johnston 6,968		Bill Kurtze 3,586		Tyler Kinch 366		Devin Cassidy 1,366		Keeley Bruce 564				Arthur Johnston
Calgary-Lougheed		David Rodney 7,190		Lori Czerwinski 3,926		Clint Marko 336		Derrick Jacobson 1,620		Bernie Amell 520		Gordon Laurie (Ind.) 100		David Rodney
Calgary-Mackay		Teresa Woo-Paw 6,247		Tianna Melnyk 4,048		Daena Diduck 426		Rob Gregory 1,609		Ryan Smith 578				Vacant
Calgary-McCall		Shiraz Shariff 4,161		Darshan Kang 4,279		Preet Sihota 275		Ina Given 542		Heather Brocklesby 385				Shiraz Shariff
Calgary-Montrose		Manmeet Bhullar 2,627		Michael Embaie 1,396		Al Brown 512		Said Abdulbaki 818		Fred Clemens 262		Ron Leech (Ind) 2,010		Hung Pham
Calgary-North West		Lindsay Blackett 8,415		Dale Martin D'Silva 5,552		Colin Anderson 637		Chris Jukes 2,703		George Read 902				Greg Melchin
Calgary-Shaw		Cindy Ady 7,010		John Roggeveen 2,958		Jenn Carlson 334		Richard P. Dur 1,268		Jennifer Oss-Saunders 491				Cindy Ady
Calgary-West		Ron Liepert 8,428		Beth Gignac 5,693		Chantelle Dubois 401		Bob Babcock 2,273		James Kohut 773				Ron Liepert

Central Calgary

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		PC		Liberal		NDP		Wildrose		Green		Other
Calgary-Buffalo		Sean Chu 3,646		Kent Hehr 4,583		Robert Lawrence 387				Stephen Ricketts 611		Antoni Grochowski (SC) 158		Harvey Cenaiko
Calgary-Currie		Arthur Kent 4,552		Dave Taylor 5,564		Marc Power 531		Ken Mazeroll 670		Graham MacKenzie 896				Dave Taylor
Calgary-East		Moe Amery 4,583		Bill Harvey 2,433		Christopher Dovey 425		Mike McCraken 681		Ross Cameron 333		Bonnie Collins (Com) 55		Moe Amery
Calgary-Egmont		Jonathan Denis 5,415		Cathie Williams 3,289		Jason Nishiyama 447		Barry Chase 676		Mark McGillvray 582		Craig Chandler (Ind.) 2,008		Denis Herard
Calgary-Elbow		Alison Redford 6,130		Craig Cheffins 5,711		Garnet Wilcox 290		Dale Nelson 963		Jonathon Sheffield 526		Barry Erskine (Ind) 948		Craig Cheffins
Calgary-Fish Creek		Heather Forsyth 6,884		Laura Shutiak 4,038		Eric Leavitt 423		Jamie Buchan 1,261		Kerry Fraser 556				Heather Forsyth
Calgary-Glenmore		Ron Stevens 6,436		Avalon Roberts 4,213		Holly Heffernan 477		Ryan Sadler 1,025		Arden Bonokoski 550				Ron Stevens
Calgary-Mountain View		Leah Lawrence 4,252		David Swann 7,086		John Donovan 661		Cory Morgan 892		Juliet Burgess 865				David Swann
Calgary-North Hill		Kyle Fawcett 4,281		Pat Murray 3,573		John Chan 1,381		Jane Morgan 976		Kevin Maloney 732		Jim Wright (SC) 228		Richard Magnus
Calgary-Nose Hill		Neil Brown 4,586		Len Borowski 2,761		Tristan Ridley 388		John Murdoch 954		Nick Burman 624				Neil Brown
Calgary-Varsity		Jennifer Diakiw 5,353		Harry B. Chase 6,907		Tim Stock-Bateman 530		Brennan Ltyle 1,043		Sean Maw 758				Harry B. Chase

References

• Early 07' Vote predicted, Calgary Sun June 11, 2006
• Raj Pannu not running again, and predicts spring 2007 vote CBC news June 14, 2006
• Alberta Votes 2008: Promise tracker, cbc.ca, accessed February 22, 2008

External links

• 2008 Alberta General Election | Mapleleafweb.com
• DemocraticSPACE Alberta 2008 Coverage
• Elections Alberta
• Election Almanac - Alberta Provincial Election
• What is my Riding?
• Alberta Election Predictor 2008

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