The members of the 25th Alberta Legislative Assembly were elected in the general election

Alberta general election, 2001

The Alberta general election of 2001 was the twenty-fifth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on March 12, 2001 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....

 held on March 12, 2001 and, with the exception of the three MLAs listed below, held their seats until dissolution

Dissolution of parliament

In parliamentary systems, a dissolution of parliament is the dispersal of a legislature at the call of an election.Usually there is a maximum length of a legislature, and a dissolution must happen before the maximum time...

 of the legislature on October 25, 2004.

On November 22, 2004, the 26th Alberta general election

Alberta general election, 2004

The Alberta general election of 2004 was the twenty-sixth general election for the province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on November 22, 2004 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....

 was held to elect the next legislature

26th Alberta Legislative Assembly

The members of the 26th Legislature were elected in the 26th Alberta general election held on November 22, 2004. In the list below, cabinet members' names are bolded; leaders of official parties are italicized.-Party standings after 26th General...

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History

The 25th Legislative Assembly was ushered in with a massive Progressive Conservative majority, with Alberta being dubbed Ralph's World following the 2001 general election. The official opposition Liberals began a turbulent period that would see the party go through four leaders.

The third party Alberta New Democrats also changed leaders in July 2004 with the retirement of Raj Pannu

Raj Pannu

Raj Pannu is a Canadian educator and politician, who led the Alberta New Democratic Party from 2000 to 2004.Pannu was born in Punjab, India completing an undergraduate degree before immigrating to Canada in 1962...

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Towards the end of the legislature for the first time since 1985, a new party caucus was formed. Edmonton-Norwood MLA Gary Masyk would cross the floor to the Alberta Alliance which had been formed in 2002 and registered in 2003 creating the caucus for that party. His reason for leaving was the Premier's interference in the 2004 federal election

Canadian federal election, 2004

The Canadian federal election, 2004 , was held on June 28, 2004 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 38th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin lost its majority, but was able to form a minority government after the elections...

 that coincided with a sharp decline in poll numbers that kept the federal Conservatives from winning the election. His electoral district was also abolished in the 2004 Alberta Boundary Re-distribution

Alberta Electoral Boundary Re-distribution, 2004

Current electoral laws in Alberta, Canada fix the number of legislature seats at 83. Prior to the 26th general election, the Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission was given the task of re-distributing the province's electoral divisions. In February 2003] the Commission recommended 83 new...

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Support the Progressive Conservatives softened through the reign of the Assembly but still remained high during the 2004 general election.

Members of the 25th Legislature by district

	District	Member	Party	Notes	Athabasca-Wabasca Athabasca-Wabasca Athabasca-Wabasca was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.The riding was created in 1993 when the district of Fort McMurray shrank to encompass the northern Alberta city. Athabasca-Wabasca completely covered the same boundaries except for the city of Fort...	Mike Cardinal Mike Cardinal Mike Cardinal is a politician from Alberta, Canada and a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, having served in that capacity from 1989 until 2008. He sat as a Progressive Conservative and represented the districts of Athabasca-Lac La Biche, Athabasca-Wabasca, and Athabasca-Redwater...	Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta...	Airdrie-Rocky View Airdrie-Rocky View Airdrie-Rocky View was a provincial electoral district in central southern Alberta, Canada. The riding was created in 1997 when Airdrie-Three Hills split...	Carol Haley Carol Haley Carol Haley is a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. She served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 to 2008.-Political career:Haley was first elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1993 Alberta general election...	Progressive Conservative	Banff-Cochrane Banff-Cochrane Banff-Cochrane is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. This riding is home to the popular tourist destination Banff National Park, environmental issues tend to dominate here....	Janis Tarchuk Janis Tarchuk Janis Tarchuk is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Banff-Cochrane as a Progressive Conservative.-Early life:Ms. Tarchuk has a long history of community involvement...	Progressive Conservative	Barrhead-Westlock	Ken Kowalski Ken Kowalski Kenneth "Ken" Reginald Kowalski, MLA is a provincial level politician and former teacher from Alberta, Canada. He is a current member and also dean of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and has served continuously since November 1979 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus...	Progressive Conservative	Bonnyville-Cold Lake Bonnyville-Cold Lake Bonnyville-Cold Lake is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 current districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....	Denis Ducharme Denis Ducharme Denis Archie Ducharme is a former Albertan MLA. From April 6 until December 15, 2006, he also served as Minister of Community Development...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Bow	Alana DeLong Alana DeLong Alana DeLong is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Calgary-Bow as a Progressive Conservative. She was first elected in 2001 and reelected in both the 2004 and 2008 Alberta provincial elections.-Early life:DeLong was born...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Buffalo	Harvey Cenaiko Harvey Cenaiko Harvey Cenaiko is a former police officer and one-time Solicitor General and Minister of Public Safety for the Province of Alberta. Cenaiko was elected to his second term as Member of the Legislative Assembly for the riding of Calgary-Buffalo on November 22, 2004. On November 25, 2004, he was...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Cross	Yvonne Fritz Yvonne Fritz Yvonne Fritz is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Calgary-Cross as a Progressive Conservative.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary Currie Calgary Currie Calgary Currie is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.-Boundary history:-Electoral history:The Calgary-Currie electoral district was created in the boundary redistribution of 1971. The electoral district was named after the former Currie Army Barracks...	Jon Lord Jon Lord (politician) Jon Lord is a former politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from Alberta, Canada.-Early life:Jon was born in Calgary and raised in rural Central Alberta. After having graduated from the University of Alberta with a degree in business. He established a successful video...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-East	Moe Amery Moe Amery Moe Amery is a Canadian politician and current member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the constituency of Calgary-East as a Progressive Conservative.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Egmont	Denis Herard Denis Herard Denis Herard is a politician from Alberta, Canada, and is the former Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLA for Calgary-Egmont. He is French-Canadian, with fore-fathers coming majorly from Quebec....	Progressive Conservative	Calgary Elbow Calgary Elbow Calgary-Elbow is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. Its current MLA is Alison Redford, a Progressive Conservative, who defeated incumbent Liberal candidate Craig Cheffins in the 2008 Alberta general election....	Ralph Klein	Progressive Conservative	Calgary Fish Creek Calgary Fish Creek Calgary Fish Creek is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....	Heather Forsyth Heather Forsyth Heather Forsyth is a Canadian politician and current member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Calgary-Fish Creek as a Wildrose Alliance representative. She was a Progressive Conservative until she crossed the floor on January 4, 2010.-Early life:Forsyth was...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Foothills	Pat Nelson Pat Nelson Patricia "Pat" Nelson née Black is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. As a member of the ruling Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta, she served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the Calgary Foothills electoral district from 1989 to 2004...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Fort	Wayne Cao Wayne Cao Wayne Cao is a Canadian politician and current member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, where he represents the district of Calgary-Fort as a Progressive Conservative. He was first elected in the 1997 provincial election and has been re-elected four times since...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Glenmore Calgary-Glenmore Calgary Glenmore is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.The electoral riding of Calgary Glenmore is one of two original Calgary ridings of the seven that still survives from the 1959 redistribution of the Calgary riding...	Ron Stevens Ron Stevens Ron Stevens, Q.C. is a Canadian politician. He was a member of the current Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Calgary-Glenmore as a Progressive Conservative until his resignation on May 15, 2009...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary Lougheed Calgary Lougheed Calgary Lougheed is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is one of 83 districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....	Marlene Graham Marlene Graham Marlene Graham is a judge and a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. She served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1997 until 2004.-Political career:...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary McCall Calgary McCall Calgary McCall is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.Calgary McCall was created in 1971 and was formed out of the north half of Calgary East. Social Credit held this riding from its creation in 1971 to 1975, then the Progressive Conservatives from 1975...	Shiraz Shariff Shiraz Shariff -Political career:Shariff was elected to his first term in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in a hotly contested by-election in Calgary McCall on April 20, 1995 defeating Liberal Jeet Shergill and future New Democratic Party president Anne McGrath by just a few hundred votes.He won his second...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary Montrose Calgary Montrose Calgary Montrose is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 in the province mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta of Alberta, Canada....	Hung Pham Hung Pham Hung Pham or Hung Kim Pham is a former politician and information expert in Alberta, Canada. He formerly served as a member of Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.-Early Life:...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Mountain View	Mark Hlady Mark Hlady Mark Hlady is a Canadian businessman and politician and a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.Hlady was elected in the 1993 general election as a Progressive Conservative in the riding of Calgary Mountain View, defeating New Democrat Bob Hawkesworth. Hlady kept his seat in the 1997...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-North Hill	Richard Magnus Richard Magnus Richard Magnus is a Canadian politician currently living in Alberta, Canada.Magnus served as a municipal alderman for Calgary city council representing Ward 4 from 1989 until his resignation in 1993...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary North West Calgary North West Calgary North West is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.-Boundary history:- Members of the Legislative Assembly :-1979 general election:-1982 general election:-1986 general election:...	Greg Melchin Greg Melchin Greg Melchin is a politician and accountant who formerly served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and Cabinet Minister in the Alberta government.-Early life:Greg was born in Raymond, Alberta...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary Nose Creek Calgary Nose Creek Calgary Nose Creek was a provincial electoral district that encompassed the Northern Central part of Calgary, Alberta.The riding was created during the election of 1993, when the boundaries of Calgary McKnight changed and the riding was renamed....	Gary Mar Gary Mar Gary Glen Mar QC, is a Canadian politician in Alberta, Canada. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 to 2007. On December 3, 2007, he was appointed as the Official Representative for Alberta in Washington, D.C., and worked in the Canadian Embassy with the official...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary Shaw Calgary Shaw Calgary Shaw is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 current districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....	Cindy Ady Cindy Ady Cindy Ady is a Canadian politician and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. She has served in this capacity since the 2001 provincial election, being re-elected in both the 2004 provincial election and 2008 provincial election, sitting as a Progressive Conservative...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Varsity	Murray Smith Murray Smith (Alberta politician) Murray D. Smith is a businessman and former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 until 2004 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary West Calgary West (provincial electoral district) Calgary West is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.The electoral riding of Calgary West is one of the two original Calgary ridings of the seven that has survived from the 1959 Redistribution of the Calgary riding...	Karen Kryczka Karen Kryczka Karen Kryczka is a former politician from Alberta, Canada.Karen was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1997 Alberta general election. She served as a back bench member for the Progressive Conservatives. In 2001 she was re-elected for a second term...	Progressive Conservative	Cardston-Taber-Warner Cardston-Taber-Warner Cardston-Taber-Warner is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....	Broyce Jacobs Broyce Jacobs Broyce G. Jacobs is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Cardston-Taber-Warner as a Progressive Conservative.-Early life:Jacobs was born in Cardston, Alberta...	Progressive Conservative	Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan	Rob Lougheed Rob Lougheed Rob Lougheed is a teacher and politician from Alberta, Canada.Rob was born in Grande Prairie in 1947.He attended the University of Alberta....	Progressive Conservative	Cypress-Medicine Hat Cypress-Medicine Hat Cypress-Medicine Hat is an Albertan provincial electoral district, located in the southeastern corner of the province.Under the Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution of 2004, the constituency covers the portion of Medicine Hat south of the South Saskatchewan River, the Trans-Canada Highway and...	Lorne Taylor Lorne Taylor Lorne Taylor is a former tenured professor and member of the provincial legislature of Alberta, Canada.-Political career:Taylor was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1993 Alberta general election. He defeated three other candidates including Al Strom of the Social Credit with a...	Progressive Conservative	Drayton Valley-Calmar Drayton Valley-Calmar Drayton Valley-Calmar is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.-Boundary history:- Members of the Legislative Assembly :-2001 general election:-2004 general election:...	Tony Abbott Tony Abbott (Canadian politician) Clarke Anthony Abbott is a Canadian politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He represented Drayton Valley-Calmar and sat as a Progressive Conservative from 2001 until 2008.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Drumheller-Chinook	Shirley McClellan Shirley McClellan Shirley McClellan was born in Hanna, Alberta, Canada, on January 22, 1942.-Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta:McClellan was first elected to the Alberta Legislature in a by-election held on November 23, 1987....	Progressive Conservative	Dunvegan Dunvegan (electoral district) Dunvegan was a provincial electoral district in Northwestern Alberta. In 2004 the district was re-named Dunvegan-Central Peace. The district was created in 1986 from Spirit River-Fairview.-Members of the Legislative Assembly :...	Hector Goudreau Hector Goudreau Hector G. Goudreau is a politician from Alberta, Canada. He is originally from the francophone area of Beaumont, Alberta, located just south of Edmonton's metro population....	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. The electoral district covers the neighborhoods of Beverly Heights, Belmont Park and Clareview Station.-Boundary history:...	Julius Yankowsky Julius Yankowsky Julius Edward Yankowsky is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 until he was defeated in 2004.-Political career:...	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton-Calder Edmonton-Calder Edmonton-Calder is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It is currently represented by Progressive Conservative MLA Doug Elniski.-Boundary history:- Members of the Legislative Assembly :...	Brent Rathgeber Brent Rathgeber Brent Rathgeber is a lawyer and politician from Alberta, Canada. Formerly a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 2001 to 2004, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 2008 federal election.-Political career:Rathgeber won election to the provincial electoral district of...	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton Castle Downs Edmonton Castle Downs Edmonton Castle Downs is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....	Thomas Lukaszuk Thomas Lukaszuk Thomas A. Lukaszuk is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Edmonton-Castle Downs as a Progressive Conservative...	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton Centre Edmonton Centre (provincial electoral district) Edmonton Centre is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.-Boundary history:- Members of the Legislative Assembly :-Provincial General Election results:-Senate nominee election district results:...	Laurie Blakeman Laurie Blakeman Laurie Blakeman is a Canadian politician, who currently represents the electoral district of Edmonton Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta...	Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...	Edmonton Ellerslie Edmonton Ellerslie Edmonton Ellerslie is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.-Boundary history:-2004 general election:-2004 Senate nominee election district results:...	Debby Carlson Debby Carlson Debby Carlson is a former Liberal MLA in Alberta, who represented the electoral district of Edmonton Ellerslie from 1993 to 2004.Carlson won her seat in southeast Edmonton's Ellerslie area, and held it in the 1993, 1997, and 2001 elections until 2004 when she won a highly contested federal Liberal...	Liberal	Resigned
	Vacant at dissolution			Edmonton-Glengarry	Bill Bonner Bill Bonner (politician) Bill Bonner is a former provincial level politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1997 to 2004.-Political career:Bonner was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1997 Alberta general election...	Liberal	Edmonton-Glenora 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....	Drew Hutton Drew Hutton (politician) Drew Hutton is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 2001 until 2004.-Political career:...	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton-Gold Bar	Hugh MacDonald Hugh MacDonald (politician) Hugh MacDonald is a Canadian politician, who currently represents the electoral district of Edmonton-Gold Bar in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He is a member of the Alberta Liberal Party. On Sept...	Liberal	Edmonton-Highlands	Brian Mason Brian Mason Brian Mason is a Canadian politician and leader of the Alberta New Democrats . Mason was first elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood in a 2001 byelection, and his career in politics spans more than 20 years.Mason first became politically active...	NDP Alberta New Democratic Party The Alberta New Democratic Party or Alberta NDP is a social-democratic political party in Alberta, Canada, which was originally founded as the Alberta section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...	Edmonton Manning Edmonton Manning Edmonton-Manning is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.- Members of the Legislative Assembly :-Boundary history:-2004 general election:-2004 Senate nominee election district results:...	Tony Vandermeer Tony Vandermeer Tony Vandermeer is a politician from Alberta, Canada, and member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.Vandermeer first ran for the Progressive Conservatives in the 1997 Alberta general election when he lost to Liberal Ed Gibbons...	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton-McClung	Mark Norris	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton Meadowlark Edmonton Meadowlark Edmonton Meadowlark is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....	Bob Maskell Bob Maskell Robert "Bob" Maskell is a former teacher and provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 2001 until 2004.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton Mill Creek Edmonton Mill Creek Edmonton Mill Creek is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.-Boundary history:- Members of the Legislative Assembly :-2004 general election:-2004 Senate nominee election district results:...	Gene Zwozdesky Gene Zwozdesky Gene Zwozdesky is a politician and current cabinet minister from Alberta, Canada.Zwozdeksy, was born in Saskatchewan but came to Alberta at the age of two. He lived in Grand Centre, Hinton and Sangudo before moving to Edmonton, where he has lived in 1963 and where he obtain bachelor's degrees in...	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton-Mill Woods	Don Massey Don Massey Don Massey is a former municipal and provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 until 2004. In that period he also served as Leader of the Official Opposition and Leader of the Alberta Liberal Party in 2004...	Liberal	Edmonton-Norwood Edmonton-Norwood Edmonton-Norwood was provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The District was created from the Edmonton district in 1959 and was abolished in 2004 when it merged with Edmonton-Highlands to form Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood. The district was a swing riding and was held by every major party...	Gary Masyk Gary Masyk Gary Masyk is a businessman and politician in Alberta, Canada.Born in High Prairie, Masyk owned Garco Oilfield Service and Masyk Lumber Company before entering politics...	Progressive Conservative	Crossed the floor	Alberta Alliance Alberta Alliance Party The Alberta Alliance was a right wing provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Many of its members were former supporters of the now-defunct Canadian Alliance federal political party and its predecessor, the Reform Party of Canada. Members also joined from such other provincial fringe parties...	Edmonton Riverview 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....	Kevin Taft Kevin Taft Kevin Taft is a Liberal politician in Alberta, Canada. He was the leader of the Alberta Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, from 2004 to 2008...	Liberal	Edmonton Rutherford 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....	Ian McClelland Ian McClelland Ian G. McClelland is an Edmonton-based businessperson, who was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2000, and a member of the Alberta Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2004.-Business:...	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton-Strathcona Edmonton-Strathcona (provincial electoral district) 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....	Raj Pannu Raj Pannu Raj Pannu is a Canadian educator and politician, who led the Alberta New Democratic Party from 2000 to 2004.Pannu was born in Punjab, India completing an undergraduate degree before immigrating to Canada in 1962...	NDP	Edmonton-Whitemud 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....	David Hancock David Hancock David Hancock is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Edmonton-Whitemud as a Progressive Conservative.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Fort McMurray Fort McMurray (provincial electoral district) Fort McMurray was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, from 1986 until 2004, when it was included in the new district of Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo.-MLAs:The district elected the following members to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta:...	Guy Boutilier Guy Boutilier Guy C. Boutilier is a Canadian politician and current member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He was elected as a Progressive Conservative, and served in several capacities in the Cabinet of Alberta under Premiers Ralph Klein and Ed Stelmach before being ejected from the P.C. caucus in July...	Progressive Conservative	Grande Prairie-Smoky	Mel Knight Mel Knight Mel Knight is the Minister of Energy of Alberta and a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Grande Prairie-Wapiti	Gordon Graydon Gordon Graydon (Alberta politician) Gordon Graydon is a Canadian politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He represented the electoral district of Grande Prairie-Wapiti as a Progressive Conservative from the 2001 election until the 2008 election, in which he did not seek re-election.-References:...	Progressive Conservative	Highwood Highwood (electoral district) Highwood is a provincial electoral district in southern Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 in the province mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....	Don Tannas Don Tannas Don Tannas is a former provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a Member of the Alberta Legislature from 1989 until 2004.-Political history:...	Progressive Conservative	Innisfail-Sylvan Lake Innisfail-Sylvan Lake Innisfail-Sylvan Lake is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is one of 83 current districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....	Luke Ouellette Luke Ouellette Luke Ouellette is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Innisfail-Sylvan Lake as a Progressive Conservative.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Lac La Biche-St. Paul Lac La Biche-St. Paul Lac La Biche-St. Paul is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.-Boundary history:- Members of the Legislative Assembly :-2004 general election:-2004 Senate nominee election district results:...	Ray Danyluk Ray Danyluk Ray Danyluk is a farmer and provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He currently serves as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 2001 to present sitting with the Progressive Conservative caucus in government...	Progressive Conservative	Lacombe-Stettler	Judy Gordon Judy Gordon Judith "Judy" Dawn Gordon is a current provincial and municipal level politician from Alberta, Canada. She is the current mayor of Lacombe, Alberta. She previously served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 until 2004....	Progressive Conservative	Lesser Slave Lake Lesser Slave Lake (electoral district) Lesser Slave Lake is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It has existed since 1971.-Boundary history:- Members of the Legislative Assembly :...	Pearl Calahasen Pearl Calahasen Pearl Calahasen is a Canadian politician, who currently represents the electoral district of Lesser Slave Lake in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta...	Progressive Conservative	Leduc Leduc (provincial electoral district) -1905 general election:-1957 liquor plebiscite:On October 30, 1957 a stand alone plebiscite was held province wide in all 50 of the then current provincial electoral districts in Alberta. The government decided to consult Alberta voters to decide on liquor sales and mixed drinking after a divisive...	Albert Klapstein Albert Klapstein Albert Klapstein is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1997 until 2004.-Political career:...	Progressive Conservative	Lethbridge-East Lethbridge-East Lethbridge-East is an provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, covering the eastern half of the city of Lethbridge. The district is one of 83 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...	Ken Nicol Ken Nicol (politician) Ken Nicol is a Canadian politician and academic.He served as the MLA for Lethbridge East from 1993 to 2004. During his final three years, he was the leader of the Alberta Liberal Party, and leader of the official opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta...	Liberal	Resigned
	Vacant at dissolution			Lethbridge-West Lethbridge-West Lethbridge-West is an Alberta provincial electoral district, covering the western half of the city of Lethbridge, including all of West Lethbridge....	Clint Dunford Clint Dunford Clint Dunford was a Canadian politician in Lethbridge, Alberta. He was first elected in 1993 as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Lethbridge West, and elected to his fourth term on 22 November 2004...	Progressive Conservative	Little Bow Little Bow (electoral district) Little Bow is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.The district, named after the Little Bow River, was created in 1913 from the north-west corner of Lethbridge District and the eastern portions of Okotoks, High River, Nanton and Claresholm...	Barry McFarland Barry McFarland Barry McFarland is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Little Bow as a Progressive Conservative.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Livingstone-Macleod Livingstone-Macleod Livingstone-Macleod is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 current districts in the province mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....	David Coutts David Coutts David Coutts is a Canadian politician, who previously represented the electoral district of Livingstone-Macleod in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He is a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. He was first elected in the 1993 election, and was re-elected three times before declining...	Progressive Conservative	Medicine Hat Medicine Hat (provincial electoral district) Medicine Hat is an Albertan provincial electoral district, covering most of the city of Medicine Hat.Under the Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution of 2004, the constituency covers the portion of the city north of the South Saskatchewan River, the Trans-Canada Highway and Carry Drive...	Rob Renner Rob Renner Robert William Renner is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the constituency of Medicine Hat as a Progressive Conservative.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.It contains the Kneehill County and most of Mountain View County....	Richard Marz Richard Marz Richard Marz is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills as a Progressive Conservative.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Peace River Peace River (provincial electoral district) Peace River 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...	Gary Friedel Gary Friedel Gary Friedel 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:...	Progressive Conservative	Ponoka-Rimbey	Halvar Jonson Halvar Jonson Halvar C. Jonson . is a former teacher and high school principal. He was also a long serving provincial politician from Alberta, Canada...	Progressive Conservative	Red Deer North Red Deer North Red Deer North 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....	Mary Anne Jablonski Mary Anne Jablonski Mary Anne Jablonski is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Red Deer North as a Progressive Conservative.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Red Deer South 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....	Victor Doerksen Victor Doerksen Victor Doerksen 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...	Progressive Conservative			Redwater Redwater (provincial electoral district) Redwater was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada from 1940 until 1971 and again from 1993 until 2004.-MLAs:The district elected the following members to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta:-1957 liquor plebiscite:...		Dave Broda Dave Broda Dave Broda was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1997 to 2004 sitting with the Progressive Conservative caucus in government.-Political career:...	Progressive Conservative	Rocky Mountain House Rocky Mountain House (electoral district) Rocky Mountain House is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 current districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting since 1959...	Ty Lund Ty Lund Ty Lund is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the constituency of Rocky Mountain House as a Progressive Conservative.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Sherwood Park Sherwood Park (electoral district) Sherwood Park is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.-Boundary history:- Members of the Legislative Assembly :-2004 general election:-2004 Senate nominee election district results:...	Iris Evans Iris Evans Iris Evans is a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and is Minister of International and Intergovernmental Relations for the Canadian province. From November 25, 2004 to December 15, 2006 she served as Alberta's Minister of Health and Wellness in Premier Ralph Klein's cabinet...	Progressive Conservative	St. Albert St. Albert (provincial electoral district) St. Albert formally styled Saint Albert is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 current districts mandate to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta of Alberta, Canada....	Mary O'Neill Mary O'Neill Mary O'Neill is a politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.O'Neill graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Arts, and subsequently received her teaching certification from the Ontario College of Education. She taught in both public and private schools...	Progressive Conservative	Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.-Boundary history:-2004 general election:-2004 Senate nominee election district results:...	Doug Horner Doug Horner Douglas Alan "Doug" Horner is a Canadian politician, who represents the electoral district of Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta...	Progressive Conservative	Stony Plain Stony Plain (electoral district) Stony Plain originally styled Stonyplain 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. From 1926 to 1957 Single Transferable Vote was used in the...	Stan Woloshyn Stan Woloshyn Stan Woloshyn is a politician in Alberta, Canada. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta as an Alberta New Democrats candidate in 1989...	Progressive Conservative	Strathmore-Brooks Strathmore-Brooks Strathmore-Brooks is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.-Boundary history:-Members of the Legislative Assembly:-2004 general election:-2004 Senate nominee election district results:...	Lyle Oberg Lyle Oberg Lyle Oberg is an Albertan politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly.Oberg was born near Forestburg, Alberta in 1960. A physician by profession, Oberg was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta as an Progressive Conservative in 1993. He was first appointed to the...	Progressive Conservative	Vegreville-Viking Vegreville-Viking Vegreville—Viking was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada from 1993 until 2004.-MLAs:The riding was represented by Ed Stelmach of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta for its entire existence.-Election results:...	Ed Stelmach Ed Stelmach Edward Michael "Ed" Stelmach, MLA is a Canadian politician and served as the 13th Premier of Alberta, Canada, from 2006 to 2011. The grandson of Ukrainian immigrants, Stelmach was born and raised on a farm near Lamont and speaks fluent Ukrainian. He spent his entire pre-political adult life as a...	Progressive Conservative	Vermilion-Lloydminster Vermilion-Lloydminster Vermilion-Lloydminster is an Albertan provincial electoral district, located in east-central Alberta.Under the Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution of 2004, the constituency is bounded by the Saskatchewan border to the east, and clockwise from there is bounded by Battle River-Wainwright, Fort...	Lloyd Snelgrove Lloyd Snelgrove Lloyd Snelgrove is a Canadian politician, who currently represents the electoral district of Vermilion-Lloydminster in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He is a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.-External links:*...	Progressive Conservative	Wainwright Wainwright (provincial electoral district) Wainwright was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.-1957 liquor plebiscite:...	Robert Fischer Robert Fischer (politician) Robert "Butch" Fischer is a former long serving provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1982 until 2001 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus. He was investigated for a conflict of interest in 2001 that...	Progressive Conservative	Resigned	Doug Griffiths Doug Griffiths Douglas "Doug" Griffiths is a Canadian politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Battle River-Wainwright as a Progressive Conservative...	Progressive Conservative	Elected by-election	West Yellowhead West Yellowhead (electoral district) West Yellowhead is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 current riding's mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....	Ivan Strang Ivan Strang Ivan Strang is a former Progressive Conservative Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for West Yellowhead. He served as a member in the Alberta Legislature from 1997 to 2008.-Political career:...	Progressive Conservative	Wetaskiwin-Camrose Wetaskiwin-Camrose Wetaskiwin-Camrose is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is one of 83 current district in the province mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....	LeRoy Johnson LeRoy Johnson LeRoy Johnson is a teacher and politician from Alberta, Canada. He is the former MLA for Wetaskiwin-Camrose.-Early life:Johnson was born in 1941 in Camrose...	Progressive Conservative	Whitecourt-Ste. Anne Whitecourt-Ste. Anne Whitecourt-Ste. Anne is an Alberta provincial electoral district, located in central Alberta. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting...		George VanderBurg George VanderBurg George VanderBurg is a Canadian politician, who currently represents the electoral district of Whitecourt-Ste. Anne in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He is a member of the Progressive Conservative Party....	Progressive Conservative

Standings changes since the 25th general election

Number of members per party by date		2001		2002	2004
		Mar 12	Dec 31	Apr 8	May 25	May 28	Jun 29	Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta...	74	73	74			73	Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...	7			6	5		NDP Alberta New Democratic Party The Alberta New Democratic Party or Alberta NDP is a social-democratic political party in Alberta, Canada, which was originally founded as the Alberta section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...	2						Alberta Alliance Alberta Alliance Party The Alberta Alliance was a right wing provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Many of its members were former supporters of the now-defunct Canadian Alliance federal political party and its predecessor, the Reform Party of Canada. Members also joined from such other provincial fringe parties...	0					1
	Total members	83	82	83	82	81
	Vacant	0	1	0	1	2
	Government Majority	65	64	65	66	67	65

1. December 31, 2001 Robert Fischer
   Robert Fischer (politician)
   Robert "Butch" Fischer is a former long serving provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1982 until 2001 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus. He was investigated for a conflict of interest in 2001 that...
   
   , Wainwright
   Wainwright (provincial electoral district)
   Wainwright was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.-1957 liquor plebiscite:...
   
    resigns
2. April 8, 2002 Doug Griffiths
   Doug Griffiths
   Douglas "Doug" Griffiths is a Canadian politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Battle River-Wainwright as a Progressive Conservative...
   
   , Wainwright elected in a by-election
3. May 25, 2004 Ken Nicol
   Ken Nicol (politician)
   Ken Nicol is a Canadian politician and academic.He served as the MLA for Lethbridge East from 1993 to 2004. During his final three years, he was the leader of the Alberta Liberal Party, and leader of the official opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta...
   
   , Lethbridge-East
   Lethbridge-East
   Lethbridge-East is an provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, covering the eastern half of the city of Lethbridge. The district is one of 83 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...
   
    resigns to run in a federal election
4. May 28, 2004 Debby Carlson
   Debby Carlson
   Debby Carlson is a former Liberal MLA in Alberta, who represented the electoral district of Edmonton Ellerslie from 1993 to 2004.Carlson won her seat in southeast Edmonton's Ellerslie area, and held it in the 1993, 1997, and 2001 elections until 2004 when she won a highly contested federal Liberal...
   
   , Edmonton Ellerslie
   Edmonton Ellerslie
   Edmonton Ellerslie is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.-Boundary history:-2004 general election:-2004 Senate nominee election district results:...
   
    resigned to run in a federal election
5. June 29, 2004 Gary Masyk
   Gary Masyk
   Gary Masyk is a businessman and politician in Alberta, Canada.Born in High Prairie, Masyk owned Garco Oilfield Service and Masyk Lumber Company before entering politics...
   
   , Edmonton Norwood crossed the floor to the Alberta Alliance

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