The Alberta general election of 1997 was the twenty-fourth general election for the Province of Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

, Canada

Canada

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. It was held on March 11, 1997 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

Legislative Assembly of Alberta

The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is one of two components of the Legislature of Alberta, the other being the Queen, represented by the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta. The Alberta legislature meets in the Alberta Legislature Building in the provincial capital, Edmonton...

.

Ralph Klein's second election as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party was considerably more successful than his first. The PC Party won over half the popular vote, and 63 of the 83 seats in the legislature for its eighth consecutive term in government.

The Liberal Party

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...

 of Grant Mitchell

Grant Mitchell (politician)

-Early life:He received a B.A. degree from the University of Alberta and an M.A. degree from Queen's University. From 1976 to 1979, he worked as a public servant with the Government of Alberta...

 lost about 7% of the popular vote it had won in the 1993 election

Alberta general election, 1993

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...

. The party's legislative caucus was reduced from 32 members to 18.

Pam Barrett

Pam Barrett

Pam Barrett was a politician who left politics in February 2000, after having a life-changing near-death experience.-Early political career:...

 led the New Democratic Party

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...

 back into the legislature with two seats (both in Edmonton), despite winning an even smaller share of the popular vote than in 1993.

The Social Credit Party

Social Credit Party of Alberta

The Alberta Social Credit Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada, that was founded on the social credit monetary policy and conservative Christian social values....

 also re-emerged, but did not win any seats.

Results

Overall voter turnout was 53.75%.

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				1993	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change	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...	Ralph Klein	83	51	63	+23.5%	483,914	51.17%	+6.68%	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...	Grant Mitchell Grant Mitchell (politician) -Early life:He received a B.A. degree from the University of Alberta and an M.A. degree from Queen's University. From 1976 to 1979, he worked as a public servant with the Government of Alberta...	83	32	18	-43.8%	309,748	32.75%	-6.98%	New Democrats 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...	Pam Barrett Pam Barrett Pam Barrett was a politician who left politics in February 2000, after having a life-changing near-death experience.-Early political career:...	77	-	2		83,292	8.81%	-2.20%	Social Credit Social Credit Party of Alberta The Alberta Social Credit Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada, that was founded on the social credit monetary policy and conservative Christian social values....	Randy Thorsteinson Randy Thorsteinson Randy Thorsteinson is a politician and businessman in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada.-Early years:Thorsteinson was born in Gimli, Manitoba spending his youth living in Winnipeg, Manitoba; Edmonton, Alberta; Calgary, Alberta and Grande Prairie, Alberta.-Education:He graduated from St. Paul's High School...	70	-	-	-	64,667	6.84%	+4.43%	Natural Law Natural Law Party of Canada The Natural Law Party of Canada was the Canadian branch of the international Natural Law Party founded in 1992 by a group of educators, business leaders, and lawyers who practiced Transcendental Meditation....	Maury Shapka Maury Shapka Maury Shapka is a former Canadian fringe party politician. He served as leader of the provincial Natural Law Party in Alberta from 1992 until 2002-Political career:...	16	-	-	-	1,303	0.14%	-0.37%	Green	David Parker David J. Parker David James Parker is a politician from Alberta, Canada. He is the former leader of the Green Party of Alberta from 1996 to 2001. He has also been a perennial candidate running in federal and provincial elections.-Political career:...	7	-	-	-	1,039	0.11%	-0.09%	Independent		6	-	-	-	1,092	0.11%	-0.82%	Forum Forum Party of Alberta The Forum Party of Alberta was a political party in the Province of Alberta, Canada. The party was created on March 2, 1995.It later became the Equity Party, which held its founding convention in May 2000...	William Finn	4	*	-	*	597	0.06%	*	Communist Communist Party (Alberta) Communist Party – Alberta is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. It is a provincial branch of the Communist Party of Canada.-History:...	Naomi Rankin Naomi Rankin Naomi Rankin is the current leader of the Communist Party of Alberta in Alberta, Canada.She has been leader of the Communist Party since 1992 and has run in every provincial and federal election in Alberta since 1982, for the Communist Party or the Communist Party of Canada...	1	-	-	-	61	0.01%	x
Total			347	83	83	-	945,713	100%
Source: Elections Alberta

Notes:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

x - less than 0.005% of the popular vote

Members elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

24th Alberta Legislative Assembly 24th Alberta Legislative Assembly The members of the 24th Alberta Legislative Assembly were elected in the general election held in 1997.On March 12, 2001, the 25th Alberta general election was held to elect the next legislature.-Party standings after the 24th General Election:...
	District	Member	Party	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	Bonnie Laing Bonnie Laing Bonnie Laing is a former teacher and provincial level politician and health care professional from Alberta, Canada.-Early life:Bonnie Laing had a career as an educator for 26 years, she left that role when she ran for public office in 1989.-Political career:...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Buffalo	Gary Dickson Gary Dickson Robert Gary Dickson is a lawyer and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the first Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner....	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...	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	Jocelyn Burgener Jocelyn Burgener Jocelyn Burgener is a business woman. She is also a former municipal and provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. She served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 until 2001.-Political career:...	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	Ralph Klein	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Fish Creek	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 Black 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... 1	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	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	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	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	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	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	Jon Havelock Jon Havelock Jonathan Niles Havelock was a Cabinet Minister from Alberta, Canada.Jon Havelock was elected as the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta member for Calgary Shaw in the 1993 Alberta general election after the former member of the riding Jim Dinning, switched ridings to Calgary Fish...	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	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....	Ron Hierath Ron Hierath Ron Hierath is a real estate agent and a former politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 until 2001.-Early life:...	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:...	Tom Thurber Tom Thurber Tom Thurber is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1989 until 2001.-Political career:...	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 :...	Glen Clegg Glen Clegg Glen Clegg is a civil servant and former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1986 until 2001.-Political career:...	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 :...	Lance White Lance White (politician) Lance Day White is a former Canadian municipal and provincial level politician. He served on the Edmonton city council from 1983 until 1992. He then moved on to provincial politics and served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 until 2001.-Municipal politics:White began his...	Liberal	Edmonton-Castle Downs	Pamela Paul Pamela Paul-Zobaric Pamela "Pam" Snelgrove-Paul is a Canadian politician who has served various positions on the provincial and municipal levels of government. She served as a member member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1997 to 2001 sitting with the Liberal caucus and later as an Independent in...	Liberal	Edmonton-Centre	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	Edmonton-Ellerslie	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	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....	Howard Sapers Howard Sapers Howard Sapers, currently the Correctional Investigator for Canada, is a former public servant and former provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing Edmonton-Glenora from 1993 until 2001....	Liberal	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	Pam Barrett Pam Barrett Pam Barrett was a politician who left politics in February 2000, after having a life-changing near-death experience.-Early political career:...	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	Ed Gibbons Ed Gibbons Ed Gibbons is a Canadian politician. He is a current municipal councilor in Edmonton, Alberta and a former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....	Liberal	Edmonton-McClung	Grant Mitchell Grant Mitchell (politician) -Early life:He received a B.A. degree from the University of Alberta and an M.A. degree from Queen's University. From 1976 to 1979, he worked as a public servant with the Government of Alberta...	Liberal	Edmonton-Meadowlark	Karen Leibovici Karen Leibovici Karen Leibovici is a city councillor from Edmonton, Alberta.Leibovici was elected to the Alberta Provincial Legislature as a Member of Legislative Assembly in 1993 for the Edmonton Meadowlark provincial riding for the Alberta Liberal Party...	Liberal	Edmonton-Mill Creek	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...	Liberal	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...	Sue Olsen Sue Olsen Sue Olsen is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. She served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1997 until 2001.-Political career:Olsen was elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1997 Alberta general election...	Liberal	Edmonton-Riverview	Linda Sloan Linda Sloan Linda Sloan is a Canadian politician and current municipal councillor in Edmonton, Alberta.Sloan graduated from the Foothills Hospital School of Nursing in 1982 and began work as a registered nurse...	Liberal	Edmonton-Rutherford	Percy Wickman Percy Wickman Percy Dwight Wickman was a Canadian politician and well-known activist for people with disabilities. He was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario.Wickman served as an alderman on Edmonton City Council from 1977 to 1986...	Liberal	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 C. Boutilier	Progressive Conservative	Grande Prairie-Smoky	Walter Paszkowski Walter Paszkowski Walter Paszkowski is a former farmer as well as a municipal and provincial level politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1989 until 2001.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Grande Prairie-Wapiti	Wayne Jacques Wayne Jacques Wayne Jacques is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 to 2001.-Political career:Jacques was elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1993 Alberta general election...	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....	Gary Severtson Gary Severtson Gary Severtson is a former farmer, and provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1989 to 2001.-Early life:Severtson had been working as a farmer since the 1960s...	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:...	Paul Langevin Paul Langevin (politician) -Political career:Langevin first ran as a Liberal candidate in the St. Paul electoral district in the 1989 Alberta general election. He was defeated by incumbent Progressive Conservative MLA John Drobot....	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	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	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	Stockwell Day Stockwell Day Stockwell Burt Day, Jr., PC, MP is a former Canadian politician, and a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. He is a former cabinet minister in Alberta, and a former leader of the Canadian Alliance. Day was MP for the riding of Okanagan—Coquihalla in British Columbia and the president of...	Progressive Conservative	Red Deer-South	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....	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Note:

• ¹ Pat Black later changed her last name to Nelson.

External links

• Original Elections Alberta Website for 1997 election
• Present Elections Alberta Website for 1997 election