1975 Alberta general election

The 1971 general election resulted in the Progressive Conservative Party led by Peter Lougheed defeating the Social Credit Party which had governed Alberta continuously for 36 years consecutive years. The Progressive Conservatives defeated the Social Credit Party by 5.3 per cent in the popular vote and formed a majority government.

Social Credit leader and former Premier Harry Strom continued as leader of the opposition until 1973 when he resigned, Strom continued in the legislature until the 1975 election, when he did not seek re-election.{{sfn|Barr|2004|p=198}} In the 1973 leadership election, Werner Schmidt, vice-president of Lethbridge Community College, who didn't hold a seat in the Legislative Assembly, ran against former Highways Minister Gordon Taylor, former Education Minister Robert Curtis Clark, and John Ludwig, dean of business education at Alberta College."2,000 delegates to Alberta Social Credit meeting pick successor to ex-Premier today", Globe and Mail, February 3, 1973 Clark, who had the support of half of the party's MLAs, led Schmidt on the first ballot, 583 votes to 512 votes. But in an upset victory, Schmidt won on the second ballot with 814 votes, defeating Clark by 39 votes."Schmidt wins Alberta Social Credit leadership, upset may split party", Globe and Mail, February 5, 1973 Social Credit MLA Gordon Taylor grew detached with the party and supported Lougheed's plan to provide gas lines to rural areas. Taylor left the Social Credit caucus in 1975 just before the election.

The New Democratic Party led by leader Grant Notley captured a single seat in the 1971 general election.

The Alberta Liberal Party failed to capture a single seat in the 1971 general election led by leader Bob Russell. Russell contested the 1973 by-election in Calgary-Foothills finishing a distant fourth with 5.8 per cent of the vote. Russell resigned the leadership of the Liberal Party later in 1974, and was succeeded by Nicholas Taylor.

Premier Peter Lougheed enjoyed strong support from his home constituency of Calgary-West, meaning he was able to campaign throughout the province.{{sfn|Elton|1976|p=216}}

The Progressive Conservative Party campaigned a platform on administrative competence and promises outlined in an unpassed 1975–76 budget.{{sfn|Elton|1976|p=216}} Leaning on successful negotiations with the federal and Ontario governments and oil companies for the development of oil sands in the Winnipeg Agreement only 11 days before the legislature was dissolved.{{sfn|Elton|1976|p=216}} Other promises included the creation of the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, reduction of personal income taxes by at least 28 per cent, and increased social program spending, all of which were built on growing non-renewable natural resource revenue resulting from 1970s energy crisis.{{sfn|Elton|1976|p=216}}

Campaign slogans utilized by the Progressive Conservatives included "Lougheed Leadership", "43 Months of Progress", and "Vote Today for Alberta".{{sfn|Elton|1976|p=216}}

The Progressive Conservative government was criticized for interference with the free market, which was exemplified with the 1974 purchase of Pacific Western Airlines for $37.5-million.{{sfn|Elton|1976|p=216}} The Lougheed government was also criticized for significant government spending authorized through Order-in-Council instead of appropriations through the legislature.{{sfn|Elton|1976|p=216}}

The Social Credit Party ran a campaign advocating for the provincial government to provide low-interest loans to Albertans for housing, farming and small business purposes.{{sfn|Elton|1976|p=216}} Social Credit leader Werner Schmidt promoted greater revenue sharing with municipal governments, and more conciliatory stance to negotiations with the federal government, and greater emphasis on free market enterprise.{{sfn|Elton|1976|p=216}} The Social Credit Party referred to themselves as "the Alberta Party" throughout the election, but was unable to gather significant momentum with the phrase.{{sfn|Elton|1976|p=216}}

The Social Credit Party was only able to muster 70 candidates to contest the provinces 75 electoral districts. Many of the candidates focused their advertising dollars and canvassing efforts on highlighting their individual experience and value as a constituent representative rather than emphasizing the Party's platform.{{sfn|Elton|1976|p=217}}

NDP leader Grant Notley was elected to the Spirit River-Fairview district in 1971 by a slim margin in a competitive three-way race.{{sfn|Elton|1976|p=215}} The pressure in his home riding required Notley to do much of his campaigning in his home riding, and not in locations across the province.{{sfn|Elton|1976|p=216}}

Through his efforts in the legislature, Notley gained a reputation as a hard-working, sincere and capable representative and critic of Peter Lougheed.{{sfn|Elton|1976|p=217}} The NDP mustered candidates in all 75 constituencies, and as the only opposition party with a full slate of candidates, the NDP created the election slogan "The Only Real Opposition".{{sfn|Elton|1976|p=217}}

The NDP's campaign strategy did not emphasis socialist programs in the early stages of the campaign, instead focusing on the Lougheed government's agreement with Syncrude for developing the oil sands. Notley and the NDP believed the Syncrude agreement would be the central issue of the election, as the agreement included significant public financial investments.{{sfn|Elton|1976|p=217}} Notley was able to obtain several confidential government documents relating to the Syncrude project's viability which the NDP released throughout the campaign, however the Progressive Conservatives steered away from debate on the subject.{{sfn|Elton|1976|p=217}} Later in the election the NDP brought forward more traditional socialist programs including children's dental care, increasing old age pensions, government run auto insurance and increasing public ownership of utility companies.{{sfn|Elton|1976|p=217}}

The Liberal Party focused its campaign on leader Nick Taylor's charisma and environmental opposition to the Progressive Conservatives industrialization policy.{{sfn|Elton|1976|p=217}} Instead the Liberal Party emphasized that Alberta's economy should be focused on renewable resources such as agriculture, timber, tourism and modern professional skills.{{sfn|Elton|1976|p=217}} The Liberals emphasized their platform through the campaign slogan "The Alternative".{{sfn|Elton|1976|p=217}}

The Liberal Party was able to field 46 candidates in the province's 75 electoral districts, although with a majority of the Party's support coming from Calgary and Edmonton, many of the rural candidates were paper candidates.{{sfn|Elton|1976|p=218}} Much of the Liberal campaign resources were focused on urban candidates, with most of the resources going towards Taylor's Calgary-Glenmore constituency.{{sfn|Elton|1976|p=218}}

The Progressive Conservative Party won a lopsided victory, capturing 62.7 per cent of the vote and 69 of 75 seats in the legislature. The Edmonton Report cover featured a caricature of Peter Lougheed following the victory accompanied with the title "Peter The Greatest".{{sfn|Elton|1976|p=219}}

The Social Credit Party dropped 21 seats (from 25 to 4), capturing 18.2 per cent of the vote. Leader Werner Schmidt failed to capture his own seat in Taber-Warner, capturing 2,418 votes (33.43 per cent), coming second to Progressive Conservative Robert Bogle who captured 4,614 votes (63.78 per cent). Independent Social Credit candidate Gordon Taylor was able to retain his seat.{{sfn|Elton|1976|p=218}} Schmidt resigned as leader of the Social Credit Party days after the election.{{sfn|Elton|1976|p=219}}

The Liberal Party grew to nearly 5 per cent of the popular vote, but secured no seats.{{sfn|Elton|1976|p=219}} Nick Taylor came second in his constituency of Calgary-Glenmore with 4,166 votes, behind the Progressive Conservative candidate Hugh Planche who garnered 10,641 votes. Taylor attributed the Liberal's overall poor performance to the connection with the unpopular federal Liberal Party.{{sfn|Elton|1976|p=219}}

The New Democratic Party leader Grant Notley was able to capture his seat in Spirit River-Fairview with 50.83 per cent of the vote, defeating his only opponent, Progressive Conservative Alex Woronuk. Despite garnering 12.9 per cent of the popular vote, the NDP was only able to capture Notley's seat. The NDP was still somewhat pleased that candidates came second in northern areas of the province and all 16 Edmonton constituencies.{{sfn|Elton|1976|p=219}}

Overall voter turnout in the election was 59.58 per cent.{{cite web|title=General Elections 1975-2004 (Overall Summary of Ballots Cast and % of Voter Turnout) |url=http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/750.htm |access-date=April 29, 2011 |author=Elections Alberta |date=November 25, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815135628/http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/750.htm |archive-date=August 15, 2011 }}

File:Alberta Legislature 1975.svg

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.{{Bar box|title=Popular vote|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{Bar percent|PC|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC}}|62.65}}

{{Bar percent|Social Credit|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit}}|18.17}}

{{Bar percent|New Democratic|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP}}|12.94}}

{{Bar percent|Liberal|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal}}|4.98}}

{{Bar percent|Others|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Inde}}|1.26}}}}{{Bar box|title=Seats summary|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{Bar percent|PC|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC}}|92.00}}

{{Bar percent|Social Credit|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit}}|5.33}}

{{Bar percent|New Democratic|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP}}|1.33}}

{{Bar percent|Independent|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Inde}}|1.33}}}}

{{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=AB|PC|Social Credit|NDP|Liberal|Other}}

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|Athabasca||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Frank Appleby
3,723
59.63%

|

|Peter Hupka
582
9.32%

|

|Peter E. Opryshko
1,686
27.01%

|

|John Murphy
226
3.62%

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Frank Appleby

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|Banff||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Fred Kidd
5,221
68.92%

|

|Merlyn Kirk
1,129
14.90%

|

|Wayne Getty
737
9.73%

|

|Morna F. Schechtel
453
5.98%

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB||background}}|

|

|-

|Barrhead||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Hugh F. Horner
3,665
67.48%

|

|Bill Seatter
919
16.92%

|

|Arlington Corbett
826
15.21%

|

|

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Hugh F. Horner

|-

|Bonnyville||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Donald Hansen
3,226
56.66%

|

|George Nordstrom
1,119
19.65%

|

|Franklin Foster
805
14.14%

|

|Ron Pernarowski
526
9.24%

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Donald Hansen

|-

|Bow Valley

|

|Jim C. George
1,906
37.41%||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|

|Fred T. Mandeville
2,992
58.72%

|

|Syd Evans
183
3.59%

|

|

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|

|Fred T. Mandeville

|-

|Calgary-Bow||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Neil Webber
5,251
52.12%

|

|Roy Wilson
3,537
35.11%

|

|Jack Dunbar
879
8.72%

|

|Mike Prohaszka
314
3.12%

|

|David Whitefield (Comm.)
64
0.64%||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|

|Roy Wilson

|-

|Calgary-Buffalo||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Ronald H. Ghitter
6,525
70.69%

|

|Norman Ashmead
786
8.51%

|

|Paula Davies
877
9.50%

|

|Maria Eriksen
962
10.42%

|

|David Wallis (Comm.)
55
0.60%||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Ronald H. Ghitter

|-

|Calgary-Currie||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Fred H. Peacock
6,068
72.85%

|

|Edwin Ens
939
11.27%

|

|Hiram Coulter
713
8.56%

|

|Ron Chahal
586
7.04%

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Fred H. Peacock

|-

|Calgary-Egmont||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Merv Leitch
10,867
75.70%

|

|Lloyd Downey
1,119
7.79%

|

|Maureen McCutcheon
712
4.96%

|

|Jack Haggarty
1,634
11.38%

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Merv Leitch

|-

|Calgary-Elbow||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|David J. Russell
6,159
73.68%

|

|Bernard Laing
589
7.05%

|

|Jack Peters
449
5.37%

|

|Sharon Carstairs
1,149
13.75%

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|David J. Russell

|-

|Calgary-Foothills||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Stewart A. McCrae
10,917
67.50%

|

|Bill Campbell
2,587
16.00%

|

|Ken Gee
1,366
8.45%

|

|Acker Winn (Ind. Lib.)
324
2.01%
Hilda Armstrong
893
5.52%

|

|David Gutnick (Comm.)
55
0.34%

|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Stewart A. McCrae

|-

|Calgary-Glenmore||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Hugh L. Planche
10,641
65.85%

|

|Ralph Cameron
838
5.19%

|

|Bill Peterson
498
3.08%

|

|Nicholas Taylor
4,166
25.78%

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|William Daniel Dickie

|-

|Calgary-McCall||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Andrew Little
9,102
64.91%

|

|George Ho Lem
3,397
24.22%

|

|Doreen Heath
997
7.11%

|

|Garry Willis
440
3.14%

|

|Colin Constant (Comm.)
46
0.33%||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|

|George Ho Lem

|-

|Calgary-McKnight||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Eric Charles Musgreave
8,586
67.80%

|

|Allen Howard
1,572
12.41%

|

|Ray Martin
1,747
13.80%

|

|Pat Smart
743
5.87%

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Calvin E. Lee

|-

|Calgary-Millican||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Thomas Charles Donnelly
4,978
57.56%

|

|Arthur J. Dixon
2,114
24.44%

|

|Joseph Yanchula
940
10.87%

|

|Jodi Mahoney
512
5.92%

|

|Mike Daniels (Comm.)
43
0.50%
Roger Lavoie (Ind.)
21
0.24%

|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|

|Arthur J. Dixon

|-

|Calgary-Mountain View||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|John Kushner
3,800
48.76%

|

|Albert W. Ludwig
2,562
32.88%

|

|Orrin Kerr
725
9.30%

|

|John Sutherland
576
7.39%

|

|Joe Hill (Comm.)
56
0.72%||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|

|Albert W. Ludwig

|-

|Calgary-North Hill||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Roy Alexander Farran
6,673
70.51%

|

|Robert A. Simpson
1,364
14.41%

|

|Joan Ryan
723
7.64%

|

|Dorothy Groves
584
6.17%

|

|Stephen Whitefield (Comm.)
60
0.63%||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Roy Alexander Farran

|-

|Calgary-West||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Peter Lougheed
8,983
78.28%

|

|Charles Gray
1,213
10.57%

|

|Neil Ellison
674
5.87%

|

|Steve Shaw
564
4.91%

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Peter Lougheed

|-

|Camrose||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Gordon Stromberg
6,483
72.40%

|

|Ray Reid
1,313
14.66%

|

|David Moore
1,141
12.74%

|

|

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Gordon Stromberg

|-

|Cardston||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|John Thompson
2,899
59.77%

|

|Roy Sprackman
1,826
37.65%

|

|Kelty Paul
115
2.37%

|

|

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|

|Edgar W. Hinman

|-

|Clover Bar

|

|Murray Finnerty
3,211
34.23%||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|

|Walt A. Buck
5,151
54.90%

|

|Duncan McArthur
799
8.52%

|

|David Cooke
197
2.10%

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|

|Walt A. Buck

|-

|Cypress||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Alan Hyland
2,065
53.21%

|

|Barry Bernhardt
1,447
37.28%

|

|Allen Eng
202
5.20%

|

|

|

|Margaret Dragland (Ind.)
159
4.10%||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|

|Harry E. Strom

|-

|Drayton Valley||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Rudolph Zander
3,224
67.77%

|

|Tom Johnson
513
10.78%

|

|Lars Larson
815
17.13%

|

|Maurice Duteau
191
4.02%

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Rudolph Zander

|-

|Drumheller

|

|Wayne Ohlhauser
2,678
36.29%

|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|background}}|

|Gordon E. Taylor (Ind. SoCred)
4,428
60.20%

|

|Larry Schowalter
249
3.37%

|

|

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|

|Gordon Edward Taylor

|-

|Edmonton-Avonmore||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Horst A. Schmid
4,596
60.87%

|

|Joe G. Radstaak
1,341
17.76%

|

|Neil R. Larsen
1,141
15.11%

|

|Ann Mazur
413
5.47%

|

|Mike Uhryn (Con. Social.)
47
0.62%

|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Horst A. Schmid

|-

|Edmonton-Belmont||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Albert Edward Hohol
6,662
64.72%

|

|Victor Nakonechny
1,164
11.31%

|

|Ashley Pachal
1,759
17.09%

|

|John Day
661
6.42%

|

|Chris Hansen (Comm.)
27
0.26%||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Albert Edward Hohol

|-

|Edmonton-Beverly||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Bill W. Diachuk
5,046
61.81%

|

|Patrick A. Moore
764
9.36%

|

|Bill Kobluk
1,902
23.30%

|

|Rudolph Pisesky
374
4.58%

|

|Paul Jarbeau (Comm.)
60
0.73%||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Bill W. Diachuk

|-

|Edmonton-Calder||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Tom Chambers
5,689
67.96%

|

|

|

|Burke Barker
1,640
19.59%

|

|Jack Pickett
620
7.41%

|

|Keith Lawson (Ind.)
396
4.73%||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Tom Chambers

|-

|Edmonton-Centre||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Gordon Miniely
3,996
61.79%

|

|Gerry Beck
386
5.97%

|

|Barry Roberts
1,125
17.40%

|

|Ed Molstad
930
14.38%

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Gordon Miniely

|-

|Edmonton-Glenora||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Lou Hyndman
7,735
74.14%

|

|Al Opstad
782
7.50%

|

|Alex McEachern
1,837
17.61%

|

|

|

|William Askin (Con. Social.)
44
0.42%

|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Lou Hyndman

|-

|Edmonton-Gold Bar||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|William Yurko
5,247
64.14%

|

|Larry Latter
982
12.00%

|

|Grant Arnold
1,312
16.04%

|

|Don Hoyda
579
7.08%

|

|Harry J. Strynadka (Comm.)
28
0.34%||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|William Yurko

|-

|Edmonton-Highlands||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|David T. King
3,085
58.66%

|

|Ambrose Holowach
888
16.89%

|

|Muriel Venne
1,129
21.47%

|

|

|

|William A. Tuomi (Comm.)
82
1.56%||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|David T. King

|-

|Edmonton-Jasper Place||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Leslie Gordon Young
5,436
66.02%

|

|Don Eastcott
1,035
12.57%

|

|Carol Berry
1,192
14.48%

|

|Philip Lister
491
5.96%

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Leslie Gordon Young

|-

|Edmonton-Kingsway||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Kenneth R.H. Paproski
4,897
65.96%

|

|Jake Johnson
619
8.34%

|

|Jane Weaver
1,418
19.10%

|

|Roy Landreth
472
6.36%

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Kenneth R.H. Paproski

|-

|Edmonton-Meadowlark||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Gerard Joseph Amerongen
6,715
67.66%

|

|Russ Forsythe
1,093
11.01%

|

|Harvey Tilden
1,406
14.17%

|

|Vic Yanda
698
7.03%

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Gerard Joseph Amerongen

|-

|Edmonton-Norwood||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Catherine Chichak
4,298
58.80%

|

|Alfred J. Hooke
1,045
14.30%

|

|Howard Rubin
1,849
25.29%

|

|

|

|Gary Hansen (Comm.)
48
0.66%||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Catherine Chichak

|-

|Edmonton-Ottewell||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|John G. Ashton
8,807
70.85%

|

|Irvine Zemrau
1,559
12.54%

|

|Jim Denholm
2,003
16.11%

|

|

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|John G. Ashton

|-

|Edmonton-Parkallen||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Neil S. Crawford
4,810
62.18%

|

|Glen Carlson
904
11.69%

|

|Brian Fish
1,546
19.98%

|

|Brian Erickson
461
5.96%

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Neil S. Crawford

|-

|Edmonton-Strathcona||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Julian Koziak
3,996
54.21%

|

|Betty Horch
768
10.42%

|

|Gordon S.B. Wright
2,108
28.60%

|

|Arthur Yates
415
5.63%

|

|Kimball Cariou (Comm.)
28
0.38%
Harry Garfinkel (Con. Social.)
24
0.33%

|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Julian Koziak

|-

|Edmonton-Whitemud||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Donald Ross Getty
9,614
67.66%

|

|Phil Dickson
1,101
7.75%

|

|Lila Fahlman
2,645
18.61%

|

|Dilys Andersen
830
5.84%

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Donald Ross Getty

|-

|Edson||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Robert W. Dowling
3,872
64.96%

|

|Ralph Bond
651
10.92%

|

|John Lindsay
1,426
23.92%

|

|

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Robert W. Dowling

|-

|Grande Prairie||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Winston Backus
6,466
61.08%

|

|John Baergen
1,475
13.93%

|

|Ross Campbell
1,962
18.53%

|

|Gordon Astle
651
6.15%

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Winston Backus

|-

|Hanna-Oyen||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|John Edward Butler
2,927
68.61%

|

|Alfred Weik
817
19.15%

|

|David Urichuk
134
3.14%

|

|Lyall Alexander Curry
378
8.86%

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|

|Clinton Keith French

|-

|Highwood||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|George Wolstenholme
4,037
63.64%

|

|Edward P. Benoit
1,925
30.35%

|

|Muriel McCreary
234
3.69%

|

|Melbe Cochlan
125
1.97%

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|

|Edward P. Benoit

|-

|Innisfail||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Clifford L. Doan
4,029
66.27%

|

|Raymond C. Reckseidler
1,512
24.87%

|

|Pat Loughlin
376
6.18%

|

|Fred Monk
147
2.42%

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Clifford L. Doan

|-

|Lac La Biche-McMurray||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Ron Tesolin
2,859
52.68%

|

|Ken Cochrane
560
10.32%

|

|Ronald Morgan
530
9.77%

|

|Jean Davidson
703
12.95%

|

|Mike Chandi (Ind. P.C.)
737
13.68%

|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|

|Dan Bouvier

|-

|Lacombe||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|John William Cookson
4,186
68.42%

|

|Ivan Stonehocker
1,414
23.11%

|

|Ed Kamps
486
7.94%

|

|

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|John William Cookson

|-

|Lesser Slave Lake||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Larry R. Shaben
2,387
57.91%

|

|Dennis Barton
921
22.34%

|

|John Tomkins
791
19.19%

|

|

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|

|Dennis Barton

|-

|Lethbridge-East||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Archibald Dick Johnston
7,233
66.82%

|

|John V. Anderson
1,915
17.69%

|

|Bessie Annand
1,006
9.29%

|

|Shirley Wilson
645
5.96%

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|

|John V. Anderson

|-

|Lethbridge-West||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|John Gogo
3,991
58.26%

|

|Richard David Gruenwald
1,914
27.94%

|

|Ian Whishaw
812
11.85%

|

|

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|

|Richard David Gruenwald

|-

|Little Bow

|

|George McMorris
2,019
37.08%||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|

|Raymond Albert Speaker
3,132
57.52%

|

|Wayne Doolittle
126
2.31%

|

|Ben Loman
157
2.88%

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|

|Raymond Albert Speaker

|-

|Lloydminster||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|James Edgar Miller
4,370
81.94%

|

|

|

|Dave Listoe
938
17.59%

|

|

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|James Edgar Miller

|-

|Macleod||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Thomas James John Walker
3,671
55.37%

|

|Leighton E. Buckwell
2,359
35.58%

|

|Kathleen M. Cairns
330
4.98%

|

|Bill Olafson
231
3.48%

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|

|Leighton E. Buckwell

|-

|Medicine Hat-Redcliff||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|James Horsman
5,678
46.33%

|

|William Wyse
5,548
45.27%

|

|Bill Hartley
417
3.40%

|

|David Wilkins
532
4.34%

|

|Hilory Sorschan (Ind. P.C.)
53
0.43%

|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|

|William Wyse

|-

|Olds-Didsbury

|

|Kenneth Amthor
2,860
38.26%||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|

|Robert Curtis Clark
4,400
58.86%

|

|Margaret Hinton
209
2.80%

|

|

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|

|Robert Curtis Clark

|-

|Peace River||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Al (Boomer) Adair
3,567
60.76%

|

|Budd Dennis
897
15.28%

|

|John Hokanson
1,292
22.01%

|

|

|

|Vera Lane (Ind. Lib.)
92
1.57

|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Al (Boomer) Adair

|-

|Pincher Creek-Crowsnest||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Frederick Deryl Bradley
3,209
59.81%

|

|Charles Duncan Drain
1,837
34.24%

|

|David Elliot
235
4.38%

|

|

|

|Gwen Gyulai (Ind.)
49
0.91%||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|

|Charles Duncan Drain

|-

|Ponoka||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Donald J. McCrimmon
3,328
59.60%

|

|Alvin Goetz
1,263
22.62%

|

|Boug Lier
932
16.69%

|

|

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Donald J. McCrimmon

|-

|Red Deer||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|James L. Foster
6,566
65.74%

|

|Cecil Spiers
1,538
15.40%

|

|Ken McMillan
1,317
13.19%

|

|Herb Fielding
549
5.50%

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|James L. Foster

|-

|Redwater-Andrew||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|George Topolnisky
3,784
65.60%

|

|

|

|Graham Crosbie
1,824
31.62%

|

|

|

|Neil Stenberg (Comm.)
116
2.01%||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|George Topolnisky

|-

|Rocky Mountain House||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Helen Hunley
4,119
65.95%

|

|Harvey Staudinger
1,537
24.61%

|

|Morris Jenson
576
9.22%

|

|

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Helen Hunley

|-

|Sedgewick-Coronation||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Henry Kroeger
2,757
56.15%

|

|Ralph A. Sorenson
1,768
36.01%

|

|Gladys Creasy
370
7.54%

|

|

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|

|Ralph A. Sorenson

|-

|Smoky River||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Marvin Moore
3,446
60.34%

|

|Obert Amundson
347
6.08%

|

|Victor Tardif
1,778
31.13%

|

|John Hinks
119
2.08%

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Marvin Moore

|-

|Spirit River-Fairview

|

|Alex Woronuk
2,918
48.76%

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}|

|Grant W. Notley
3,017
50.42%

|

|

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}|

|Grant W. Notley

|-

|St. Albert||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|William Ernest Jamison
6,450
54.32%

|

|Keith Everitt
2,221
18.70%

|

|Earl Toane
1,591
13.40%

|

|John Bakker
1,564
13.17%

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|William Ernest Jamison

|-

|St. Paul||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Mick Fluker
2,912
57.05%

|

|John Hull
848
16.61%

|

|Pierre M. Vallee
764
14.97%

|

|Roland Genereux
561
10.99%

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Mick Fluker

|-

|Stettler||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Graham L. Harle
3,773
74.95%

|

|James Mah
866
17.20%

|

|William Cook
360
7.15%

|

|

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Jack G. Robertson

|-

|Stony Plain||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|William Frederick Purdy
5,109
63.31%

|

|Dean Throness
1,113
13.79%

|

|Jim Bell
923
11.44%

|

|Betty Howery
628
7.78%

|

|Arthur Killoran (Ind. P.C.)
269
3.34%

|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|William Frederick Purdy

|-

|Taber-Warner||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Robert Bogle
4,614
63.59%

|

|Werner G. Schmidt
2,418
33.32%

|

|Brian Aman
202
2.78%

|

|

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|

|Douglas Miller

|-

|Three Hills||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Allan Warrack
4,268
69.66%

|

|Bob Sommerville
1,406
22.95%

|

|Bruce Potter
192
3.13%

|

|Wes Combs
252
4.11%

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Allan Warrack

|-

|Vegreville||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|John S. Batiuk
3,644
53.26%

|

|Ernie Youzwishen
908
13.27%

|

|Barney Welsh
2,270
33.18%

|

|

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|John S. Batiuk

|-

|Vermilion-Viking||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Tom Lysons
2,731
54.10%

|

|Angus MacMillan
1,274
25.24%

|

|Ken Jaremco
1,019
20.19%

|

|

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|

|Ashley H. Cooper

|-

|Wainwright||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Charles Stewart
3,039
58.91%

|

|Bev Penman
1,616
31.32%

|

|Harold Tangen
496
9.61%

|

|

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|

|Henry A. Ruste

|-

|Wetaskiwin-Leduc||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Dallas Schmidt
7,544
63.76%

|

|Waldo Siemens
2,076
17.55%

|

|Earl R. Rasmuson
1,662
14.05%

|

|Pat Green
522
4.41%

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|Social Credit|background}}|

|James D. Henderson

|-

|Whitecourt||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Peter Trynchy
3,921
71.15%

|

|Rig Godwin
676
12.27%

|

|John Udchitz
893
16.20%

|

|

|

|||{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|

|Peter Trynchy

|-

|}

• List of Alberta political parties

{{Reflist}}

• {{cite book |last=Barr |first=John J. |editor1-last=Rennie |editor1-first=Bradford J. |title=Alberta Premiers of the Twentieth Century |year=2004 |publisher=Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina |location=Regina, Saskatchewan |isbn=0-88977-151-0 |chapter=Harry Strom |url=https://archive.org/details/albertapremierso0000unse |url-access=registration}}
• {{cite book |last1=Perry |first1=Sandra E. |last2=Footz |first2=Valerie L. |editor1-last=Massolin |editor1-first=Philip A. |title=A Higher Duty: Speakers of the Legislative Assemblies |date=2006 |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Alberta |location=Edmonton, AB |isbn=0-9689217-3-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/centennialseries03perr |access-date=August 9, 2020}}
• {{cite book |editor1-last=Saywell |editor1-first=John |editor1-link=John Saywell |title=Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 1975 |date=1976 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |location=Toronto |isbn=9781442671898 |url=https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_q3c1 |url-access=registration |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_q3c1/page/215 |chapter=Alberta |last1=Elton |first1=David |author1-link=David Elton}}

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