2015 Alberta general election
{{short description|29th general election of Alberta, Canada}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2015 Alberta general election
| country = Alberta
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| party_name = no
| previous_election = 2012 Alberta general election
| previous_year = 2012
| outgoing_members = outgoing members
| election_date = May 5, 2015
| elected_members = elected members
| next_election = 2019 Alberta general election
| next_year = 2019
| seats_for_election= 87 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
| majority_seats = 44
| opinion_polls = #Opinion polls
| 1data1 = Includes votes from the voided election in the riding of Calgary-Foothills
| image1 = 150x150px
| colour1 = {{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|nohash}}
| leader1 = Rachel Notley
| party1 = {{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|name}}
| leader_since1 = October 18, 2014
| leaders_seat1 = Edmonton-Strathcona
| last_election1 = 4 seats, 9.85%
| seats_before1 = 4
| seats1 = 54
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}50
| popular_vote1 = 604,518
| percentage1 = 40.62%
| swing1 = {{increase}}30.77pp
| image2 = 150x150px
| colour2 = {{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|nohash}}
| leader2 = Brian Jean
| party2 = {{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|name}}
| leader_since2 = March 28, 2015
| leaders_seat2 = Fort McMurray-Conklin
| last_election2 = 17 seats, 34.28%
| seats_before2 = 5
| seats2 = 21
| seat_change2 = {{increase}}16
| popular_vote2 = 360,511
| percentage2 = 24.22%
| swing2 = {{decrease}}10.06pp
| image3 = 150x150px
| colour3 = {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|nohash}}
| leader3 = Jim Prentice
| party3 = {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|name}}
| leader_since3 = September 6, 2014
| leaders_seat3 = Calgary-Foothills (disclaimed re-election)
| last_election3 = 61 seats, 43.97%
| seats_before3 = 70
| seats3 = 9{{efn|The Progressive Conservative Association won a plurality of votes in 10 ridings. However, Jim Prentice disclaimed his victory in Calgary-Foothills, voiding the election and leaving the Progressive Conservatives with 9 seats in the official results.}}
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}}61
| popular_vote3 = 413,610{{efn|Includes votes from the voided election in the riding of Calgary-Foothills}}
| percentage3 = 27.79%
| swing3 = {{decrease}}16.17pp
| image4 = 150x150px
| colour4 = {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|nohash}}
| leader4 = David Swann
| party4 = {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|name}}
| leader_since4 = February 1, 2015
| leaders_seat4 = Calgary-Mountain View
| last_election4 = 5 seats, 9.89%
| seats_before4 = 5
| seats4 = 1
| seat_change4 = {{decrease}}4
| popular_vote4 = 62,153
| percentage4 = 4.18%
| swing4 = {{decrease}}5.71pp
| image5 = 150x150px
| colour5 = {{Canadian party colour|AB|Alberta|nohash}}
| leader5 = Greg Clark
| party5 = {{Canadian party colour|AB|Alberta|name}}
| leader_since5 = September 21, 2013
| leaders_seat5 = Calgary-Elbow
| last_election5 = 0 seats, 1.31%
| seats_before5 = 0
| seats5 = 1
| seat_change5 = {{increase}}1
| popular_vote5 = 33,221
| percentage5 = 2.23%
| swing5 = {{increase}}0.92pp
| map_image = Alberta_Election_Map_2015.svg
| map_size =375px
| map_caption = Popular vote by riding. As this is a first-past-the-post election, seat totals are not determined by total popular vote, but instead by results in each riding. Riding names are listed at the bottom.
| title = Premier
| before_election = Jim Prentice
| before_party = {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|name}}
| posttitle = Premier after election
| after_election = Rachel Notley
| after_party = {{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|name}}
}}
The 2015 Alberta general election was held on May 5, following a request of Premier Jim Prentice to the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Donald Ethell to dissolve the Legislative Assembly on April 7. This election elected members to the 29th Alberta Legislature. It was only the fourth time in provincial history that saw a change of governing party, and was the last provincial election for both the Alberta Progressive Conservative and Wildrose parties, which merged in 2017 to form the United Conservative Party (although each ran a token candidate in the 2019 election).
The provincial Election Act fixed the election date to a three-month period between March 1 and May 31 in the fourth calendar year after the preceding election day{{snd}} in this case, April 23, 2012. However, the act does not affect the powers of the Lieutenant Governor to dissolve the Legislature before this period.{{Cite canlaw|short title =Election Act|abbr =R.S.A.|year =2000|chapter =E-1|section = 38.1|link=http://www.qp.alberta.ca/1266.cfm?page=E01.cfm&leg_type=Acts&isbncln=9780779784578&display=html|amended1=S.A. 2011, c. 19}}
As a result of the election, the Alberta New Democratic Party (NDP) were elected to a majority government under leader Rachel Notley. The NDP formed government for the first time in Alberta history since the NDP's founding in the early 1960s.
The 2015 election is sometimes called the "Orange Chinook", a reference to the province's dramatic swing to the NDP, the NDP's orange colour and the weather shifts occasioned by strong Chinook winds that southern Alberta commonly experiences.{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/alberta/ndp-the-year-of-albertas-orange-chinook/article27939816/|title=NDP: The year of Alberta's Orange chinook|first=Duane|last=Bratt|date=December 25, 2015|access-date=April 5, 2018|work=The Globe and Mail|archive-date=May 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529174543/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/alberta/ndp-the-year-of-albertas-orange-chinook/article27939816/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://globalelectioninsights.ca/federal/could-the-orange-chinook-extend-into-october/ |title=Could the "Orange Chinook" Extend into the October Election - Federal Election Tracker by Global Public Affairs |publisher=Globalelectioninsights.ca |date=June 20, 2014 |access-date=May 30, 2018 |last=Casey |first=Sean |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405155951/http://globalelectioninsights.ca/federal/could-the-orange-chinook-extend-into-october/ |archive-date=April 5, 2018}}
The NDP win ousted the PCs, who were reduced to third place in seats. Prentice resigned as PC leader and MLA for Calgary-Foothills on election night.[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/jim-prentice-resignation-as-mla-too-fast-strategist-says-1.3063084 "Jim Prentice resignation as MLA too fast, strategist says"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507044648/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/jim-prentice-resignation-as-mla-too-fast-strategist-says-1.3063084 |date=May 7, 2015 }}. CBC News, May 6, 2015.
The Progressive Conservatives (PCs) had a majority in the outgoing Assembly and had won every provincial election since the 1971 election, making them the longest-serving provincial government in Canadian history{{snd}} being in office for 44 years. This was only the fourth change of governing party in Alberta since becoming a province in 1905, and one of the worst defeats a provincial government has suffered in Canada. 31 PC MLAs lost re-election to the legislature, the largest number in one election in Alberta history. It also marked the first time in almost 80 years that a left-of-centre political party had formed government in Alberta since the defeat of the United Farmers of Alberta in 1935 and the Depression-era radical monetary reform policies of William Aberhart's Social Credit government.{{cite book|last1=Betke|first1=Carl|title=Society and Politics in Alberta|date=1979|publisher=Methuen|pages=130–145}}
The Wildrose Party under leader Brian Jean remained the Official Opposition, gaining four seats since 2012 despite winning 81,814 fewer votes and a 10.1% lower share of the popular vote than in the previous election. The Alberta Liberal Party and Alberta Party each won a single seat with Alberta Party leader Greg Clark becoming the party's first MLA. The Alberta Liberal Party lost four seats, only returning interim leader David Swann to the Legislative Assembly.
Following the election, Notley and her cabinet were sworn in on May 24.[https://edmontonjournal.com/Notley+cabinet+ministers+sworn+Sunday+legislature/11068965/story.html Notley, 11 cabinet ministers to be sworn in Sunday at legislature] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527203846/http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Notley+cabinet+ministers+sworn+Sunday+legislature/11068965/story.html |date=May 27, 2015 }}. Edmonton Journal, May 20, 2015.
Overall, across the province, 1,488,248 valid votes were cast in this election.{{cite web | url=https://officialresults.elections.ab.ca/orResultsPGE.cfm?EventId=31 | title=Election Results }}
Background
{{Main|28th Alberta Legislative Assembly}}
In the 2012 general election the PCs lost a portion of their caucus, but were able to continue as majority government, despite their share of the popular vote decreasing to under 50%. The Wildrose Party formed the official opposition for the first time, while the other two parties in the Assembly, the Alberta Liberal Party and Alberta New Democratic Party (NDP), both held official party status with five and four seats respectively.{{cite web|last=Stolte|first=Elise|title=Alberta Election 2012: NDP picks up support, falls short of goal|url=https://edmontonjournal.com/news/alberta-politics/6505909/story.html|publisher=Edmonton Journal|access-date=May 6, 2012|date=April 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426230207/http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/alberta-politics/6505909/story.html|archive-date=April 26, 2012|url-status=dead}} On September 4, 2014, the PCs became the longest serving political dynasty in Canadian history, at 43 years, 5 days.{{cite web|title=Alberta PCs win historic 12th straight majority|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/alberta-pcs-win-historic-12th-straight-majority-1.799835|work=CTV News|location=Calgary|access-date=May 11, 2012|date=April 23, 2012|archive-date=September 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905025241/http://www.ctvnews.ca/alberta-pcs-win-historic-12th-straight-majority-1.799835|url-status=live}}
Prentice, who succeeded former premier and interim leader of the Progressive Conservatives Dave Hancock in September 2014, was not obligated to call an election until 2016. However, seeking a new mandate to pass his budget, he asked Lieutenant Governor Donald Ethell to dissolve the legislature on April 7. In accordance with Canadian constitutional practice, Ethell granted the request, beginning a month long campaign.{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/alberta/alberta-to-hold-election-on-may-5/article23821249/|title=Jim Prentice seeks mandate on May 5 in cautious Alberta election bid|last=Giovannetti|first=Justin|date=April 7, 2015|access-date=May 7, 2015|work=The Globe and Mail|archive-date=May 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506034816/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/alberta/alberta-to-hold-election-on-may-5/article23821249/|url-status=live}} The early election call was criticized by some as unethical, as it violated the fixed election dates specified in the Elections Act, but it was constitutionally valid and followed the general practice of the reserve powers of the Crown, specifically the constitutional convention of following the advice of the premier.{{cite news|last1=Bratt|first1=Duane|title=Alberta election may be unethical, but it's not illegal|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/alberta/alberta-election-may-be-unethical-but-its-not-illegal/article23886595/|access-date=March 12, 2016|work=The Globe and Mail|date=April 10, 2015|archive-date=March 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314171957/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/alberta/alberta-election-may-be-unethical-but-its-not-illegal/article23886595/|url-status=live}}
Results
The NDP received the most votes (more votes than any other party) overall and in 54 districts (more than half the districts), though did not receive a majority of the vote overall nor in many districts. It received 40.6 percent of the vote and captured 62 percent of the seats in the Legislature.
Due to First-past-the-post voting, the NDP swept the Edmonton seats, won a majority of the seats in Calgary and just less than half of seats in rural Alberta.{{cite news |author1=Rachel Maclean |title=Alberta election 2015 results: NDP wave sweeps across province in historic win |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/elections/albertavotes2019/alberta-election-2015-results-ndp-wave-sweeps-across-province-in-historic-win-1.3062605 |access-date=28 December 2022 |work=CBC |date=5 May 2015}} NDP MLAs were elected in all 21 Edmonton districts, 15 of the 26 Calgary districts and 18 of the 40 districts outside the major cities.{{cite web | url=https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/alberta-election-results-2015-live | title=Alberta election results 2015: A riding-by-riding breakdown of the vote }}
NDP candidates received over 50% of the votes in each Edmonton riding as well as the ridings of Sherwood Park, St. Albert and Lethbridge-West. All opposition (non-NDP) candidates received less than half the votes in the riding where they ran, except for the Wildrose candidates in Cypress-Medicine Hat, Strathmore-Brooks and Olds-Disbury, each of whom captured a majority of the district votes.
The election produced some very close races and small leads for some winning candidates. In Calgary Glenmore the winning candidate won with a lead of six votes over her leading contender. In Calgary McCall an NDP candidate won with less than 30 percent of the vote; in Calgary Shaw an NDP candidate won with but 31 percent of the vote; in Calgary South-East a PC won with only 32.5 percent of the votes cast.
In many ridings the combined votes of the Progressive Conservative and the Wildrose candidates surpassed that of the NDP.
In some ridings such as Red Deer North, Spruce Grove-St. Albert, Calgary-Buffalo, Calgary-Varsity, Lethbridge East and Lethbridge West, the combined vote of the NDP and the Liberal candidates totalled more than 50 percent of the district's votes, thus overwhelming the combined vote of the Conservative and Wild Rose candidate. This also held true for Calgary Mountain View where a Liberal was elected.
In many ridings no Liberal ran, which probably aided the NDP victory in those ridings. These included Lesser Slave Lake, Peace River, Edmonton-McClung, Sherwood Park, West Yellowhead and Whitecourt.
File:CAN Alberta Legislature 2015.svg
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colspan=2|Party
!colspan=3|Votes !Seats |
---|
{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|row-name}}
|604,518 |{{percentage bar|40.6|c=sandybrown|width=200}} |{{increase}} 30.8pp |style="text-align:center;"|{{Composition bar|54|87|hex=sandybrown|width=250|per=2}} |
{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row-name}}
|413,610 |{{percentage bar|27.8|c={{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|colour}}|width=200}} |{{decrease}} 16.2pp |style="text-align:center;"|{{Composition bar|9|87|hex={{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|colour}}|width=250|per=2}} |
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|row-name}}
|360,511 |{{percentage bar|24.2|c=#336633|width=200}} |{{decrease}} 10.1pp |style="text-align:center;"|{{Composition bar|21|87|hex=#336633|width=250|per=2}} |
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row-name}}
|62,153 |{{percentage bar|4.2|c=#E51A38|width=200}} |{{decrease}} 5.7pp |style="text-align:center;"|{{Composition bar|1|87|hex=#E51A38|width=250|per=2}} |
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Alberta|row-name}}
|33,221 |{{percentage bar|2.2|c=#00AEEF|width=200}} |{{increase}} 0.9pp |style="text-align:center;"|{{Composition bar|1|87|hex=#00AEEF|width=250|per=2}} |
{{Bar box|title=Popular vote|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{Bar percent|New Democratic|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP}}|40.62}}
{{Bar percent|PC|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC}}|27.79}}
{{Bar percent|Wildrose|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose}}|24.22}}
{{Bar percent|Liberal|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal}}|4.18}}
{{Bar percent|Alberta Party|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Alberta Party}}|2.23}}
{{Bar percent|Others|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Inde}}|0.96}}}}{{Bar box|title=Seats|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{Bar percent|New Democratic|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP}}|62.07}}
{{Bar percent|Wildrose|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose}}|24.14}}
{{Bar percent|PC|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC}}|11.49}}
{{Bar percent|Liberal|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal}}|1.15}}
{{Bar percent|Alberta Party|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Alberta Party}}|1.15}}}}{{election table|title=Summary of the May 5, 2015 Legislative Assembly of Alberta election results}}{{cite web|title=Unofficial Results |url=http://results.elections.ab.ca/wtResultsPGE.htm |access-date=July 18, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426181333/http://results.elections.ab.ca/wtResultsPGE.htm |archive-date=April 26, 2012 }}
!rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |Party
!rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |Party leader
!rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Number of
candidates
!colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |Seats
!colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |Popular vote*
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2012
| style="text-align:center;" |Dissol.
| style="text-align:center;" |2015
| style="text-align:center;" |% of Seats
| style="text-align:center;" |#
| style="text-align:center;" |%
| style="text-align:center;" |Change (pp)
{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|NDP|row-name}}
| style="text-align:left;" | Rachel Notley
|87 ||4 ||4 ||54 ||62.1 ||604,518 ||40.62 ||+30.77
{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Wildrose|row-name}}
| style="text-align:left;" | Brian Jean
|86 ||17 ||5 ||21 ||24.1 ||360,511 ||24.22 ||–10.06
{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|PC|row-name}}
| style="text-align:left;" | Jim Prentice
|87 ||61 ||70 ||9 ||10.3 ||413,610 ||27.79 ||–16.17
{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Liberal|row-name}}
| style="text-align:left;" | David Swann
|56 ||5 ||5 ||1 ||1.1 ||62,153 ||4.18 ||–5.71
{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Alberta|row-name}}
| style="text-align:left;" |Greg Clark
|36 ||— ||— ||1 ||1.1 ||33,221 ||2.23 ||+0.92
{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Green|row-name}}Results compared to the Evergreen Party's results in 2012
| style="text-align:left;" |Janet Keeping
|24 ||— ||— ||— ||— ||7,215 ||0.48 ||+0.09
{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Social Credit|row-name}}
| style="text-align:left;" |Len Skowronski
|6 ||— ||— ||— ||— ||834 ||0.06 ||+0.03
{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Communist|row-name}}
| style="text-align:left;" |Naomi Rankin
|2 ||— ||— ||— ||— ||182 ||0.01 ||=
{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Alberta First|row-name}}Results compared to the Separation Party's results in 2012
| style="text-align:left;" |Bart Hampton
|1 ||— ||— ||— ||— ||72 ||0.005 ||=
{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Independent|row}}
| style="text-align:left;" colspan=2 |Independent
|15 ||— ||1 ||— ||— ||5,932 ||0.40 ||+0.13
{{Canadian party colour/Temporary|AB|Vacant|row}}
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" |Vacant
|2
|1**
|1.1
|colspan=3|
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3" |Total
!400 !!87 !!87 !!87 !!100.0% !!1,488,248 !!100.00% !!
|}
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|+ Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta – seats won/lost by party, 2012–2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Party
|rowspan="2"|2012 | colspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|Gain from (loss to) |rowspan="2"|2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}} align="center" width="50"|NDP
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|colour}}; color:white; width:50px;"|WR | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|colour}}; color:white; width:50px;"|PC |{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}} align="center" width="50"|Lib | {{Canadian party colour|AB|Alberta Party|background}} align="center" width="50"|Alb {{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|row-name}} | 4 | 2 | 44 | 4 | 54
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|row-name}} | 17 | (2) | 7 | (1) | 21
{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|row-name}} | 61 | (44) | 1 | (7) | (1) | 9
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|row-name}} | 5 | (4) | 1
{{Canadian party colour|AB|Alberta Party|row-name}} | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Total | 87 | (50) | 3 | (7) | 52 | (1) | 4 | (1) | 86 |
The election resulted in a majority government led by the New Democratic Party.
The result in Calgary-Glenmore remained unresolved on election night, as incumbent PC MLA Linda Johnson and NDP challenger Anam Kazim finished the vote count in an exact tie of 7,015 votes each,{{Cite news |url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/calgary-glenmore-focuses-on-education-issues |title=Calgary-Glenmore tied after all polls tallied |first=Mario |last=Toneguzzi |newspaper=Calgary Herald |date=May 5, 2015 |access-date=December 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924110044/https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/calgary-glenmore-focuses-on-education-issues |archive-date=September 24, 2019 |url-status=live |language=en-CA}} necessitating a recount process. On May 15, the recount determined NDP candidate Anam Kazim won the riding by six votes.
The Alberta NDP had been leading in most polls since late April. They had been expected to do well in Edmonton, which historically had been more favourable to centre-left parties and candidates than Alberta in general. However, in a result that exceeded even the most optimistic projections for the NDP, Edmonton swung dramatically to support Notley, who represents an Edmonton riding. The NDP took every seat in the city, all by very large margins (4,000 votes or more with absolute majority support). The NDP also won 15 of the 25 seats in Calgary, the power base of the PCs for most of the previous four decades. The NDP also swept the province's third and fourth-largest cities, Lethbridge and Red Deer. NDP support remained relatively lower in rural Alberta, where they won only a handful of ridings in the north of the province, as well as some rural ridings around Edmonton.{{cite book|last1=Dyck|first1=Rand|title=Provincial Politics in Canada|date=2015|pages=241–28|edition=Revised 2015}}
Notley later said that she had known a week before the election that the NDP would win. She told the Canadian Press that she had been sitting in a hotel room in either Calgary or Lethbridge when she saw a very credible poll showing the NDP was poised to rebound from a mere four seats in the legislature – the minimum for official party status – to an outright majority. She was stunned at first, but recovered long enough to drop her plans for a whirlwind schedule to close out the campaign. Her original plan would have not only resulted in her looking extremely haggard in her first speech as premier-elect, but would have left her without time to begin a transition.{{cite news|last=Bennett|first=Dean|title=Notley says she knew NDP would win Alberta election a week before vote|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/notley-says-she-knew-ndp-would-win-alberta-election-a-week-before-vote-1.2367358|access-date=May 12, 2015|work=CTV News|date=May 10, 2015|agency=The Canadian Press|location=Edmonton|archive-date=September 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907200756/https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/notley-says-she-knew-ndp-would-win-alberta-election-a-week-before-vote-1.2367358|url-status=live}}
The PCs finished second in the popular vote, 53,099 votes ahead of the Wildrose. However, their caucus was decimated due to a near-total collapse in the major cities, as well as a more pronounced split in the right-of-centre vote. They were completely shut out in Edmonton, Lethbridge, and Red Deer, and lost 12 of their 20 seats in Calgary. Since the first-past-the-post system awards seats solely on the basis of plurality district contests (not by proportional representation), the PCs were knocked down to third place with 10 seats, and only two outside Calgary. This was further reduced to nine when Prentice disclaimed victory in his riding. The PCs were reduced to their smallest presence in the Legislative Assembly since 1967. With a few exceptions, their support in the cities transferred to the NDP, while their rural support moved to the Wildrose. All but three members of Prentice's cabinet were defeated.
The Wildrose had its legislative caucus greatly reduced in 2014 when then-leader and Leader of the Official Opposition Danielle Smith and all but 5 Wildrose MLAs crossed the floor to sit with the governing PCs. In the 2015 general election, the party rebounded to 21 seats and retained Official Opposition status. All of their gains were in rural ridings taken from the PCs, and they failed to win a seat in Edmonton or Calgary.
Greg Clark, leader of the Alberta Party, won the first ever seat for his party in the Legislative Assembly. He won the seat of Calgary-Elbow.
For the first time the NDP won a majority of seats in Calgary, taking 15 of the city's 26 seats. This centre-left success was deepened by a Liberal candidate and an Alberta Party candidate also scoring wins in that city. Such had not happened since 1921, when Labour candidates and Independents took seats there.A Report on Alberta Elections, 1905-1982
Results by riding
Bold indicates cabinet members, and party leaders are italicized. Candidate names appear as they appeared on the ballot.
Colour band in gulley indictes winner of the election.
All results are sourced from Elections Alberta.{{cite web |url=http://officialresults.elections.ab.ca/orresultspge.cfm?EventId=31 |title=Provincial Results |publisher=Elections Alberta |access-date=August 11, 2017 |archive-date=August 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801043133/http://officialresults.elections.ab.ca/orresultspge.cfm?EventId=31 |url-status=live }}
=Northern Alberta=
{{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=AB|PC|Wildrose|Liberal|NDP|Alberta Party|Other}}
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| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater
| ||Jeff Johnson
5,016 - 29.9%
| ||Travis Olson
4,973 - 29.6%
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Colin Piquette
6,797 - 40.5%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Jeff Johnson
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock
| ||Maureen Kubinec
4,876 - 26.6%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| ||Glenn van Dijken
7,206 - 39.3%
| ||
| ||Tristan Turner
6,232 - 34.0%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Maureen Kubinec
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Bonnyville-Cold Lake
| ||Craig Copeland
3,594 - 30.4%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| ||Scott Cyr
5,452 - 46.2%
| ||
| ||Josalyne Head
2,136 - 18.1%
| ||Rob Fox
628 - 5.3%
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Dunvegan-Central Peace-Notley
| ||Rhonda Clarke-Gauthier
2,766 - 28.8%
| ||Kelly Hudson
3,147 - 32.8%
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Margaret McCuaig-Boyd
3,692 - 38.4%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Fort McMurray-Conklin
| ||Don Scott
1,502 - 22.3%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| ||Brian Jean
2,950 - 43.9%
| ||Melinda Hollis
204 - 3.0%
| ||Ariana Mancini
2,071 - 30.8%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Don Scott
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo
| ||Mike Allen
2,486 - 25.9%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| ||Tany Yao
3,835 - 40.0%
| ||Robin Le Fevre
345 - 3.6%
| ||Stephen Drover
2,915 - 30.4%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Mike Allen
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Grande Prairie-Smoky
| ||Everett McDonald
4,968 - 30.8%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| ||Todd Loewen
5,343 - 33.2%
| ||Kevin McLean
787 - 4.9%
| ||Todd Russell
5,009 - 31.1%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Everett McDonald
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Grande Prairie-Wapiti
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| ||Wayne Drysdale
6,229 - 35.6%
| ||Laila Goodridge
4,175 - 23.8%
| ||
| ||Mary Dahr
5,062 - 28.9%
| ||Rory Tarant
2,048 - 11.7%
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Wayne Drysdale
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills
| ||Darrell Younghans
3,004 - 24.4%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| ||David Hanson
4,763 - 38.7%
| ||
| ||Catherine Harder
4,214 - 34.2%
| ||
| ||Brian Deheer (Green)
339 - 2.8%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Lesser Slave Lake
| ||Pearl Calahasen
1,944 - 21.5%
| ||Darryl Boisson
3,198 - 35.3%
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Danielle Larivee
3,915 - 43.2%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Pearl Calahasen
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Peace River
| ||Frank Oberle
3,529 - 36.4%
| ||Nathan Steinke
1,979 - 20.4%
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Debbie Jabbour
3,821 - 39.4%
| ||Sherry Hilton
376 - 3.9%
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Frank Oberle
{{election box end}}
=Central Edmonton=
{{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=AB|PC|Wildrose|Liberal|NDP|Alberta Party|Other}}
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview
| ||Tony Caterina
2,524 - 15.5%
| ||Stephanie Diacon
1,248 - 7.6%
| ||Tomi Yellowface
359 - 2.2%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Deron Bilous
12,049 - 73.8%
| ||Owais Siddiqui
147 - 0.9%
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}|
|Deron Bilous
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Calder
| ||Thomas "Tom" Bradley
3,222 - 17.8%
| ||Andrew Altimas
1,565 - 8.6%
| ||Amit "Sunny" Batra
527 - 2.9%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||David Eggen
12,837 - 70.7%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}|
|David Eggen
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Centre
| ||Catherine Keill
2,228 - 13.5%
| ||Joe Byram
772 - 4.7%
| ||Laurie Blakeman{{efn|Blakeman was also endorsed by the Alberta Party and the Green Party of Alberta.}}
4,199 - 25.4%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||David Shepherd
8,983 - 54.4%
| ||
| ||Greg Keating (Ind.)
295 - 1.8%
Rory Joe Koopmans (Ind.)
40 - 0.2%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}|
|Laurie Blakeman
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Glenora
| ||Heather Klimchuk
3,145 - 17.3%
| ||Don Koziak
1,394 - 7.6%
| ||Karen Sevcik
553 - 3.0%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Sarah Hoffman
12,473 - 68.4%
| ||Chris Vilcsak
463 - 2.5%
| ||David Parker (Green)
195 - 1.1%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Heather Klimchuk
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Gold Bar
| ||David Dorward
4,147 - 18.6%
| ||Justin J. James
1,422 - 6.4%
| ||Ronald Brochu
702 - 3.2%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Marlin Schmidt
15,349 - 68.9%
| ||Cristina Stasia
662 - 3.0%
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|David Dorward
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood
| ||Jonathan Weiqun Dai
1,778 - 12.0%
| ||Joshua Loeppky
967 - 6.5%
| ||Matthew R. Smith
494 - 3.3%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Brian Mason
11,555 - 78.1%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}|
|Brian Mason
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Mill Creek
| ||Gene Zwozdesky
3,848 - 23.9%
| ||Saqib Raja
1,365 - 8.5%
| ||Harpreet Gill
1,896 - 11.8%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Denise Woollard
9,025 - 55.9%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Gene Zwozdesky
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Mill Woods
| ||Sohail Quadri
2,920 - 19.1%
| ||Baljit Sall
1,437 - 9.4%
| ||Roberto Maglalang
850 - 5.6%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Christina Gray
9,930 - 64.9%
| ||
| ||Aura Leddy (Ind.)
129 - 0.8%
Naomi Rankin
(Communist)
44 - 0.3%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Sohail Quadri
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Riverview
| ||Steve Young
3,732 - 19.3%
| ||Ian Crawford
1,350 - 7.0%
| ||Donna Wilson
1,416 - 7.3%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Lori Sigurdson
12,108 - 62.8%
| ||Brandon Beringer
487 - 2.5%
| ||Sandra Wolf Lange (Green)
135 - 0.7%
Glenn Miller (Ind.)
59 - 0.3%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Steve Young
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Rutherford
| ||Chris LaBossiere
3,940 - 22.5%
| ||Josef Pisa
1,644 - 9.4%
| ||Michael Chan
741 - 4.2%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Richard Feehan
11,214 - 63.9%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Strathcona
| ||Shelley Wegner
2,242 - 13.6%
| ||
| ||Steve Kochan
658 - 4.0%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Rachel Notley
13,592 - 82.4%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}|
|Rachel Notley
{{election box end}}
=Suburban Edmonton=
{{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=AB|PC|Wildrose|Liberal|NDP|Alberta Party|Other}}
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Castle Downs
| ||Thomas Lukaszuk
4,182 - 23.1%
| ||Gerrit Roosenboom
1,383 - 7.6%
| ||Todd Ross
880 - 4.9%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Nicole Goehring
11,689 - 64.5%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Thomas Lukaszuk
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Decore
| ||Janice Sarich
2,847 - 18.4%
| ||Dean R. Miller
1,289 - 8.3%
| ||Bradley Lawrence Whalen
691 - 4.5%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Chris Nielsen
10,531 - 67.9%
| ||
| ||Trey Capnerhurst (Green)
150 - 1.0%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Janice Sarich
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Ellerslie
| ||Harman Kandola
3,549 - 19.8%
| ||Jackie Lovely
2,499 - 13.9%
| ||Mike McGowan
839 - 4.7%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Rod Loyola
11,034 - 61.6%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|-
|style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Manning
| ||Gurcharan Garcha
2,599 - 15.1%
| ||Atiq Rehman
1,475 - 8.6%
| ||Adam Mounzer
776 - 4.5%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Heather Sweet
12,376 - 71.8%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-McClung
| ||David Xiao
4,408 - 25.9%
| ||Steve Thompson
2,373 - 14.0%
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Lorne Dach
9,412 - 55.4%
| ||John Hudson
808 - 4.8%
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|David Xiao
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Meadowlark
| ||Katherine O'Neill
3,924 - 22.8%
| ||Amber Maze
1,972 - 11.5%
| ||Dan Bildhauer
1,507 - 8.8%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Jon Carson
9,796 - 57.0%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-South West
| ||Matt Jeneroux
6,316 - 27.8%
| ||Cole Kander
2,290 - 10.1%
| ||Rudy Arcilla
1,199 - 5.3%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Thomas Dang
12,352 - 54.4%
| ||Krishna Tailor
543 - 2.4%
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Matt Jeneroux
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Edmonton-Whitemud
| ||Stephen Mandel
7,177 - 32.2%
| ||Chad Peters
1,423 - 6.4%
| ||Steven Townsend
629 - 2.8%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Bob Turner
12,805 - 57.4%
| ||
| ||Kathryn Jackson (Green)
182 - 0.8%
John Baloun (Ind.)
73 - 0.3%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Stephen Mandel
|-
|style="background:whitesmoke;"|Sherwood Park
| ||Cathy Olesen
5,655 - 25.9%
| ||Linda Osinchuk
4,815 - 22.1%
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Annie McKitrick
11,365 - 52.0%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Cathy Olesen
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|St. Albert
| ||Stephen Khan
6,340 - 27.9%
| ||Shelley Biermanski
2,858 - 12.6%
| ||Bill Alton
778 - 3.4%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Marie Renaud
12,220 - 53.9%
| ||Trevor Love
493 - 2.2%
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Stephen Khan
{{election box end}}
=West Central Alberta=
{{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=AB|PC|Wildrose|Liberal|NDP|Alberta Party|Other}}
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Drayton Valley-Devon
| ||Diana J. McQueen
5,182 - 30.5%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| ||Mark Smith
6,284 - 37.0%
| ||
| ||Katherine Swampy
4,816 - 28.4%
| ||Connie Jensen
416 - 2.5%
| ||Jennifer R. Roach (Green)
276 - 1.6%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Diana McQueen
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Innisfail-Sylvan Lake
| ||Kerry Towle
5,136 - 28.0%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| ||Don MacIntyre
7,829 - 42.7%
| ||
| ||Patricia Norman
4,244 - 23.1%
| ||Danielle Klooster
1,135 - 6.2%
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Kerry Towle
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills
| ||Wade Bearchell
5,274 - 26.3%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| ||Nathan Cooper
10,692 - 53.4%
| ||
| ||Glenn R. Norman
3,366 - 16.8%
| ||Jim Adamchick
685 - 3.4%
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Red Deer-North
| ||Christine Moore
3,836 - 22.7%
| ||S.H. "Buck" Buchanan
4,173 - 24.7%
| ||Michael Dawe{{efn|Dawe was also endorsed by the Green Party of Alberta.}}
3,262 - 19.3%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Kim Schreiner
4,969 - 29.4%
| ||Krystal Kromm
683 - 4.0%
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Red Deer-South
| ||Darcy Mykytyshyn
5,414 - 27.6%
| ||Norman Wiebe
4,812 - 24.6%
| ||Deborah Checkel
738 - 3.8%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Barb Miller
7,024 - 35.9%
| ||Serge Gingras
1,035 - 5.3%
| ||Ben Dubois (Green)
274 - 1.4%
Patti Argent (Ind.)
232 - 1.2%
William Berry (Ind.)
60 - 0.3%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre
| ||Tammy Coté
5,296 - 31.8%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| ||Jason Nixon
6,670 - 40.1%
| ||
| ||Hannah Schlamp
2,791 - 16.8%
| ||
| ||Joe Anglin (Ind.)
1,871 - 11.3%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent|background}}|
|Joe Anglin
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Spruce Grove-St. Albert
| ||Rus Matichuk
6,362 - 25.6%
| ||Jaye Walter
4,631 - 18.7%
| ||Reg Lukasik
916 - 3.7%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Trevor Horne
11,546 - 46.5%
| ||Gary Hanna
1,081 - 4.4%
| ||Brendon Greene (Green)
269 - 1.1%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Vacant|background}}|
|Vacant
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Stony Plain
| ||Ken Lemke
4,944 - 25.7%
| ||Kathy Rondeau
5,586 - 29.1%
| ||Mike Hanlon
657 - 3.4%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Erin Babcock
7,268 - 37.8%
| ||Sandy Simmie
538 - 2.8%
| ||Matt Burnett (Green)
220 - 1.1%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Ken Lemke
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|West Yellowhead
| ||Robin Campbell
3,433 - 32.3%
| ||Stuart Taylor
3,055 - 28.8%
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Eric Rosendahl
4,135 - 38.9%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Robin Campbell
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Whitecourt-Ste. Anne
| ||George VanderBurg
4,721 - 31.1%
| ||John Bos
4,996 - 33.0%
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Oneil Carlier
5,442 - 35.9%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|George VanderBurg
{{election box end}}
=East Central Alberta=
{{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=AB|PC|Wildrose|Liberal|NDP|Alberta Party|Other}}
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Battle River-Wainwright
| ||Blake Prior
5,057 - 31.2%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| ||Wes Taylor
6,862 - 42.3%
| ||Ron Williams
500 - 3.1%
| ||Gordon Naylor
3,807 - 23.5%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Vacant|background}}|
|Vacant
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Drumheller-Stettler
| ||Jack Hayden
5,388 - 33.9%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| ||Rick Strankman
7,570 - 47.7%
| ||
| ||Emily Shannon
2,927 - 18.4%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}|
|Rick Strankman
|-
|style="background:whitesmoke;"|Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville
| ||Jacquie Fenske
5,527 - 28.3%
| ||Joe Gosselin
3,959 - 20.2%
| ||Peter Schneider
475 - 2.4%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Jessica Littlewood
8,983 - 45.9%
| ||Derek Christensen
324 - 1.7%
| ||Allison Anderson (Green)
285 - 1.5%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Jacquie Fenske
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Lacombe-Ponoka
| ||Peter Dewit
5,018 - 27.6%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| ||Ron Orr
6,502 - 35.7%
| ||
| ||Doug Hart
5,481 - 30.1%
| ||Tony Jeglum
1,206 - 6.6%
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Rod Fox§
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Leduc-Beaumont
| ||George Rogers
6,225 - 28.3%
| ||Sharon Smith
6,543 - 29.7%
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Shaye Anderson
8,321 - 37.8%
| ||Bert Hoogewoonink
612 - 2.8%
| ||Josh Drozda (Green)
301 - 1.4%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|George Rogers
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Strathcona-Sherwood Park
| ||Dave Quest
6,623 - 30.1%
| ||Rob Johnson
5,286 - 24.0%
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Estefania Cortes-Vargas
9,376 - 42.6%
| ||Lynne Kaiser
721 - 3.3%
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Dave Quest
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Vermilion-Lloydminster
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| ||Richard Starke
5,935 - 47.4%
| ||Danny Hozack
4,171 - 33.3%
| ||
| ||Saba Mossagizi
2,428 - 19.4%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Richard Starke
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Wetaskiwin-Camrose
| ||Verlyn Olson
5,951 - 34.7%
| ||Bill Rock
3,685 - 21.5%
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Bruce Hinkley
7,531 - 43.9%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Verlyn Olson
{{election box end}}
=Central Calgary=
{{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=AB|PC|Wildrose|Liberal|NDP|Alberta Party|Other}}
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Acadia
| ||Jonathan Denis
4,602 - 29.0%
| ||Linda Carlson
4,985 - 31.4%
| ||Nicholas Borovsky
765 - 4.8%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Brandy Payne
5,506 - 34.7%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Jonathan Denis
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Buffalo
| ||Terry Rock
3,738 - 28.1%
| ||Leah Wamboldt
1,351 - 10.2%
| ||David Khan
3,282 - 24.7%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Kathleen Ganley
4,671 - 35.1%
| ||
| ||Sabrina Lee Levac (Green)
263 - 2.0%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Cross
| ||Rick Hanson
4,501 - 35.3%
| ||Moiz Mahmood
2,060 - 16.2%
| ||Manjot Singh Gill
1,194 - 9.4%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Ricardo Miranda
4,602 - 36.1%
| ||
| ||Peter Meic (Green)
236 - 1.9%
Katherine Le Rougetel (Ind.)
143 - 1.1%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Currie
| ||Christine Cusanelli
4,577 - 24.7%
| ||Terry DeVries
3,769 - 20.3%
| ||Shelley Wark-Martyn
1,441 - 7.8%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Brian Malkinson
7,387 - 39.8%
| ||Tony Norman
1,006 - 5.4%
| ||Nelson Berlin (Green)
373 - 2.0%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Christine Cusanelli
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-East
| ||Moe Amery
3,971 - 28.3%
| ||Ali Waissi
3,633 - 25.9%
| ||Naser Al-Kukhun
806 - 5.7%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Robyn Luff
5,506 - 39.2%
| ||
| ||Bonnie Devine (Communist)
138 - 1.0%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Moe Amery
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Elbow
| ||Gordon Dirks
6,254 - 30.3%
| ||Megan Brown
1,786 - 8.7%
| ||John Roggeveen
565 - 2.7%
| ||Catherine Welburn
3,256 - 15.8%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Alberta Party|background}}| ||Greg Clark
8,707 - 42.2%
| ||Larry R. Heather (Social Credit)
67 - 0.3%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Gordon Dirks
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Fish Creek
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| ||Richard Gotfried
6,198 - 32.9%
| ||Blaine Maller
5,568 - 29.6%
| ||
| ||Jill Moreton
6,069 - 32.2%
| ||Allison Wemyss
850 - 4.5%
| ||Martin Owen (Social Credit)
148 - 0.8%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Fort
| ||Andy Bao Nguyen
3,204 - 22.7%
| ||Jeevan Mangat
3,003 - 21.3%
| ||Said Abdulbaki
476 - 3.4%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Joe Ceci
7,027 - 49.8%
| ||Vic Goosen
410 - 2.9%
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Glenmore
| ||Linda Johnson
7,015 - 33.2%
| ||Chris Kemp-Jackson
5,058 - 23.9%
| ||David Waddington
1,345 - 6.4%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Anam Kazim
7,021 - 33.2%
| ||Terry Lo
719 - 3.4%
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Linda Johnson
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Klein
| ||Kyle Fawcett
4,878 - 26.8%
| ||Jeremy Nixon
4,206 - 23.0%
| ||David Gamble
1,104 - 6.0%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Craig Coolahan
8,098 - 44.3%
| ||
| ||Noel Keough{{efn|Withdrew.}} (Green)
0 - 0.0%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Kyle Fawcett
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Mountain View
| ||Mark Hlady
4,699 - 23.9%
| ||Terry Wong
2,070 - 10.5%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}| ||David Swann
7,204 - 36.7%
| ||Marc Andrew Chikinda
5,673 - 28.9%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}|
|David Swann
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Varsity
| ||Susan Billington
5,700 - 30.2%
| ||Sharon Polsky
2,598 - 13.8%
| ||Pete Helfrich
1,862 - 9.9%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Stephanie McLean
8,297 - 43.9%
| ||
| ||Carl Svoboda (Green)
424 - 2.2%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
{{election box end}}
=Suburban Calgary=
{{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=AB|PC|Wildrose|Liberal|NDP|Alberta Party|Other}}
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Bow
| ||Byron Nelson
5,419 - 33.0%
| ||Trevor Grover
3,752 - 22.8%
| ||Matt Gaiser
682 - 4.2%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Deborah Drever
5,669 - 34.5%
| ||Jonathon Himann
459 - 2.8%
| ||David Reid (Green)
448 - 2.7%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Foothills
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| ||Jim Prentice{{efn|Prentice disclaimed his victory on election night, leaving the seat vacant.}}
7,163 - 40.3%
| ||Keelan Frey
3,216 - 18.1%
| ||Ali Bin Zahid
1,271 - 7.2%
| ||Anne Wilson
5,748 - 32.4%
| ||
| ||Janet Keeping (Green)
363 - 2.0%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Greenway
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| ||Manmeet Bhullar
5,337 - 42.8%
| ||Devinder Toor
2,627 - 21.1%
| ||
| ||Don Monroe
4,513 - 36.2%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Manmeet Bhullar
|-
|style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Hawkwood
| ||Jason Luan
6,378 - 31.2%
| ||Jae Shim
4,448 - 21.7%
| ||Harbaksh Singh Sekhon
736 - 3.6%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Michael Connolly
7,443 - 36.4%
| ||Beth Barberree
925 - 4.5%
| ||Polly Knowlton Cockett (Green)
455 - 2.2%
Len Skowronski (Social Credit)
90 - 0.4%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Jason Luan
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Hays
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| ||Ric McIver
6,671 - 38.3%
| ||Bob Mailloux
4,562 - 26.2%
| ||Shawn Emran
722 - 4.1%
| ||Carla Drader
5,138 - 29.5%
| ||
| ||Graham MacKenzie (Green)
250 - 1.4%
Zachary Doyle (Social Credit)
93 - 0.5%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Ric McIver
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Lougheed
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| ||Dave Rodney
5,939 - 35.0%
| ||Mark Mantei
4,781 - 28.2%
| ||Leila Keith
817 - 4.8%
| ||Mihai Ion
5,437 - 32.0%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Dave Rodney
|-
|style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill
| ||Neil Brown
4,587 - 27.4%
| ||Kathy Macdonald
4,914 - 29.3%
| ||Prab Lashar
768 - 4.6%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Karen M. McPherson
6,177 - 36.9%
| ||
| ||Sandy Kevin Aberdeen (Green)
316 - 1.9%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Neil Brown
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-McCall
| ||Jagdeep Kaur Sahota
2,317 - 18.2%
| ||Happy Mann
3,367 - 26.4%
| ||Avinash S. Khangura
2,224 - 17.5%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Irfan Sabir
3,812 - 29.9%
| ||
| ||Burhan Khan (Ind.)
1,010 - 7.9%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-North West
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| ||Sandra Jansen
6,320 - 32.7%
| ||Jeff Callaway
5,163 - 26.7%
| ||Neil Marion
935 - 4.8%
| ||Karen Mills
5,724 - 29.6%
| ||Chris Blatch
1,176 - 6.1%
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Sandra Jansen
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Northern Hills
| ||Teresa Woo-Paw
5,343 - 30.7%
| ||Prasad Panda
4,392 - 25.3%
| ||Harry Lin
1,000 - 5.8%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Jamie Kleinsteuber
6,641 - 38.2%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Teresa Woo-Paw
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-Shaw
| ||Jeff Wilson
5,348 - 30.7%
| ||Brad Leishman
5,301 - 30.4%
| ||Alexander Barrow
668 - 3.8%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Graham Sucha
5,449 - 31.2%
| ||Evert Smith
661 - 3.8%
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Jeff Wilson
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-South East
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| ||Rick Fraser
7,663 - 32.5%
| ||Brandon Lunty
6,892 - 29.2%
| ||Gladwin Gill
1,304 - 5.5%
| ||Mirical Macdonald
7,358 - 31.2%
| ||
| ||Jordan Mac Isaac (Green)
374 - 1.6%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Rick Fraser
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Calgary-West
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}| ||Mike Ellis
8,312 - 46.8%
| ||Gerard Lucyshyn
4,512 - 25.4%
| ||
| ||Mizanur Rahman
4,940 - 27.8%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Mike Ellis
|-
|style="background:whitesmoke;"|Chestermere-Rocky View
| ||Bruce McAllister
7,454 - 36.0%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| ||Leela Sharon Aheer
7,676 - 37.0%
| ||
| ||William James Pelech
3,706 - 17.9%
| ||
| ||Jamie Lall (Ind.)
1,093 - 5.3%
Coral Bliss Taylor (Green)
405 - 2.0%
Matt Grant (Ind.)
391 - 1.9%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Bruce McAllister
|-
{{election box end}}
=Southern Alberta=
{{Canadian politics/candlist header|province=AB|PC|Wildrose|Liberal|NDP|Alberta Party|Other}}
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Airdrie
| ||Peter Brown
6,181 - 28.9%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| ||Angela Pitt
7,499 - 35.1%
| ||
| ||Chris Noble
6,388 - 29.9%
| ||Jeremy Klug
912 - 4.3%
| ||Jeff Willerton (Ind.)
399 - 1.9%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Banff-Cochrane
| ||Ron Casey
5,555 - 28.2%
| ||Scott Wagner
5,692 - 28.9%
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Cameron Westhead
8,426 - 42.8%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Ron Casey
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Cardston-Taber-Warner
| ||Brian Brewin
4,356 - 35.5%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| ||Grant Hunter
5,126 - 41.8%
| ||
| ||Aaron Haugen
2,407 - 19.6%
| ||Delbert Bodnarek
378 - 3.1%
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Cypress-Medicine Hat
| ||Bob Olson
3,389 - 21.6%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| ||Drew Barnes
8,544 - 54.6%
| ||Eric Musekamp
528 - 3.4%
| ||Bev Waege
3,201 - 20.4%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}|
|Drew Barnes
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Highwood
| ||Carrie Fischer
6,827 - 33.0%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| ||Wayne Anderson
8,504 - 41.1%
| ||
| ||Leslie Mahoney
3,937 - 19.0%
| ||Joel Windsor
892 - 4.3%
| ||Martin Blake (Green)
390 - 1.7%
Jeremy Fraser (Social Credit)
187 - 0.9%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Lethbridge-East
| ||Tammy L. Perlich
4,743 - 25.3%
| ||Kent Prestage
3,918 - 20.9%
| ||Bill West
1,201 - 6.4%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Maria Fitzpatrick
8,918 - 47.5%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Lethbridge-West
| ||Greg Weadick
3,938 - 21.0%
| ||Ron Bain
3,063 - 16.3%
| ||Sheila Pyne
634 - 3.4%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Shannon Phillips
11,144 - 59.3%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Greg Weadick
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Little Bow
| ||Ian Donovan
4,793 - 35.3%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| ||David Schneider
4,803 - 35.4%
| ||Helen McMenamin
377 - 2.8%
| ||Bev Muendel-Atherstone
3,364 - 24.8%
| ||
| ||Caleb Van Der Weide (Social Credit)
249 - 1.8%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Ian Donovan
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Livingstone-Macleod
| ||Evan P. Berger
6,404 - 34.7%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| ||Pat Stier
7,362 - 39.9%
| ||Alida Hess
464 - 2.5%
| ||Aileen Burke
4,338 - 22.9%
| ||
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}|
|Pat Stier
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Medicine Hat
| ||Blake Pedersen
3,427 - 21.1%
| ||Val Olson
5,790 - 35.6%
| ||
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| ||Bob Wanner
6,160 - 37.9%
| ||Jim Black
731 - 4.5%
| ||David Andrew Phillips (Ind.)
137 - 0.8%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
|Blake Pedersen
|-
| style="background:whitesmoke;"|Strathmore-Brooks
| ||Molly Douglass
4,452 - 27.0%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose|background}}| ||Derek Fildebrandt
8,652 - 52.5%
| ||Ali Abdulbaki
200 - 1.2%
| ||Lynn MacWilliam
2,463 - 15.0%
| ||Einar B. Davison
304 - 1.8%
| ||Mike Worthington (Green)
322 - 2.0%
Glen Dundas (Alberta First)
72 - 0.4%
|{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC|background}}|
{{election box end}}
Defeated incumbents
class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" | |
colspan=2|Party
!Name !Constituency !Office held at election !Year elected !Defeated by !colspan=2|Party | |
---|---|
rowspan=31 style="background-color: {{Canadian party colour|AB|PC}}" |
| rowspan=31|Progressive | |2012 ! rowspan=1 style="background-color: {{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose}}" | | |
Moe Amery
| |1993 |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| | New Democratic Party |
Pearl Calahasen
|Longest-serving MLA at dissolution |1989 |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| | New Democratic Party |
Jonathan Denis
|Minister of Justice and Solicitor General |2008 |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| | New Democratic Party |
Gordon Dirks
|2014 ! rowspan=1 style="background-color: {{Canadian party colour|AB|Alberta}}" | | Alberta Party |
Ian Donovan
| |2012 ! rowspan=1 style="background-color: {{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose}}" | | Wildrose Party |
David Dorward
|Associate Minister of Aboriginal Relations |2012 |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| | New Democratic Party |
Jacquie Fenske
| |2012 |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| | New Democratic Party |
Matt Jeneroux
| |2012 |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| | New Democratic Party |
Jeff Johnson
|Minister of Seniors |2008 |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| | New Democratic Party |
Linda Johnson
| |2012 |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| | New Democratic Party |
Stephen Khan
|2012 |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| | New Democratic Party |
Heather Klimchuk
|Minister of Human Services |2008 |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| | New Democratic Party |
Maureen Kubinec
|Minister of Culture and Tourism |2012 ! rowspan=1 style="background-color: {{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose}}" | | Wildrose Party |
Thomas Lukaszuk
| |2001 |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| | New Democratic Party |
Stephen Mandel
|2014 |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| | New Democratic Party |
Bruce McAllister
| |2012 ! rowspan=1 style="background-color: {{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose}}" | | Wildrose Party |
Everett McDonald
| |2012 ! rowspan=1 style="background-color: {{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose}}" | | Wildrose Party |
Frank Oberle
|Minister of Energy, Government House Leader |2004 |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| | New Democratic Party |
Cathy Olesen
| |2012 |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| | New Democratic Party |
Blake Pedersen
| |2012 |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| | New Democratic Party |
Sohail Quadri
| |2012 |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| | New Democratic Party |
George Rogers
| |2004 |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| | New Democratic Party |
Janice Sarich
| |2008 |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| | New Democratic Party |
Don Scott
|Minister of Innovation and Advanced Education, Deputy House Leader |2012 ! rowspan=1 style="background-color: {{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose}}" | | Wildrose Party |
Kerry Towle
| |2012 ! rowspan=1 style="background-color: {{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose}}" | | Wildrose Party |
Jeff Wilson
| |2012 |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| | New Democratic Party |
Teresa Woo-Paw
| |2008 |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| | New Democratic Party |
David Xiao
| |2008 |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| | New Democratic Party |
Steve Young
| |2012 |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| | New Democratic Party |
Gene Zwozdesky
|1993 |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| | New Democratic Party |
rowspan=1 style="background-color: {{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal}}" |
||Liberal | |1997 |{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP|background}}| | |
rowspan=1 style="background-color: {{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent}}" |
||Independent |Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre | |2012 ! rowspan=1 style="background-color: {{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose}}" | |
MLAs who did not run again
;Progressive Conservative
- Rob Anderson, Airdrie{{cite news|url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/retiring-mlas-to-take-home-5m-in-severance-pay|title=Retiring MLAs to take home $5M in severance pay|first1=Darcy|last1=Henton|date=February 7, 2015|access-date=June 3, 2016|work=Calgary Herald|archive-date=August 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816071256/http://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/retiring-mlas-to-take-home-5m-in-severance-pay|url-status=live}}
- Wayne Cao, Calgary-Fort{{cite web|url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/after-five-terms-calgary-mla-wayne-cao-joins-list-of-tories-not-running-again|title=After five terms, Calgary MLA Wayne Cao joins list of Tories not running again|first1=Jason|last1=Markusoff|date=February 17, 2015|access-date=October 10, 2016|publisher=Calgary Herald|archive-date=September 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907120801/https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/after-five-terms-calgary-mla-wayne-cao-joins-list-of-tories-not-running-again|url-status=live}}
- Cal Dallas, Red Deer-South
- Alana DeLong, Calgary-Bow
- Yvonne Fritz, Calgary-Cross
- Hector Goudreau, Dunvegan-Central Peace-Notley
- Jason Hale, Strathmore-Brooks
- Fred Horne, Edmonton-Rutherford
- Mary Anne Jablonski, Red Deer-North
- Genia Leskiw, Bonnyville-Cold Lake
- Donna Kennedy-Glans, Calgary-Varsity
- Bridget Pastoor, Lethbridge-East
- Bruce Rowe, Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills
- Danielle Smith, Highwood
;Wildrose
;Liberal
Timeline
= 2012 =
- April 23: The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta (PCs) win the 28th Alberta general election. The Wildrose Party wins the second-most seats, for the first time forming the Official Opposition.
- May 3:The election results are certified and made official.{{cite web|title=Key Dates |url=http://results.elections.ab.ca/wtKeyDates.htm |publisher=Elections Alberta |access-date=May 6, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504040136/http://results.elections.ab.ca/wtKeyDates.htm |archive-date=May 4, 2012 }}
- May 23: The 28th Alberta Legislative Assembly sits for the first time.{{cite web|last=Henton|first=Darcy|title=Redford says she wants to fast-track twinning of Highway 63|url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/Redford+says+wants+fast+track+twinning+Highway/6556283/story.html|publisher=Calgary Herald|access-date=May 6, 2012|date=May 2, 2012}}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
= 2013 =
- May 14: The Separation Party of Alberta changes its name back to the Alberta First Party name it abandoned in 2004.{{cite web|title=Parties|url=http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/603.cfm|publisher=Elections Alberta|access-date=August 29, 2013|quote=The Separation Party of Alberta made application to the Chief Electoral Officer to change the party name to "Alberta First Party". The request was received and approved, and the change was made effective May 14, 2013.|archive-date=January 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118025326/http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/603.cfm|url-status=live}}
- May 14: Edmonton-Manning PC MLA Peter Sandhu resigns from the PC caucus, becoming an Independent.{{cite web|last=O'Donnell |first=Sarah |title=Edmonton Conservative MLA withdraws from caucus while ethics investigation underway |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/news/Edmonton+Conservative+withdraws+from+caucus+while+ethics/8383382/story.html |publisher=Edmonton Journal |access-date=May 23, 2013 |date=May 14, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614155519/http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Edmonton%2BConservative%2Bwithdraws%2Bfrom%2Bcaucus%2Bwhile%2Bethics/8383382/story.html |archive-date=June 14, 2013 }}
- July 16: Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo PC MLA Mike Allen quits the PC caucus after being arrested in the US on a soliciting for prostitution charge.{{cite news|title=Alberta MLA quits PC caucus after U.S. prostitution arrest|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-mla-quits-pc-caucus-after-u-s-prostitution-arrest-1.1365290|publisher=CBC News|access-date=July 20, 2013|date=July 16, 2013|archive-date=July 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720052127/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/story/2013/07/16/edmonton-mla-mike-allen-arrest-prostitution-charge.html|url-status=live}}
- December 10: Edmonton-Manning Independent MLA Peter Sandhu rejoins the PC caucus.{{cite news|title=MLA Peter Sandhu back in PC caucus|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/mla-peter-sandhu-back-in-pc-caucus-1.2458921|publisher=CBC News|access-date=February 20, 2014|date=December 10, 2013|archive-date=February 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226161323/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/mla-peter-sandhu-back-in-pc-caucus-1.2458921|url-status=live}}
= 2014 =
- March 12: After an expense scandal involving Premier Redford's trip to the funeral of Nelson Mandela, Calgary-Foothills PC MLA Len Webber leaves the PC caucus to sit as an Independent.{{cite web|last=Wood|first=James|title=MLA won't remain a Tory 'with her as leader of the party'|url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/remain+Tory+with+leader+party/9611125/story.html|publisher=Calgary Herald|access-date=March 13, 2014|date=March 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314164004/http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/politics/remain%2BTory%2Bwith%2Bleader%2Bparty/9611125/story.html|archive-date=March 14, 2014|url-status=dead}}
- March 17: Calgary-Varsity PC MLA and Associate Minister for Electricity and Renewable Energy Donna Kennedy-Glans leaves the PC caucus to sit as an Independent.{{cite web|last=Barrett|first=Jessica|title=Associate minister leaves Tories, blaming culture of entitlement|url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/Culture+entitlement+party+blamed+Donna+Kennedy+Glans+exit/9627759/story.html|publisher=Calgary Herald|access-date=March 18, 2014|date=March 18, 2014|archive-date=March 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320010844/http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/politics/Culture+entitlement+party+blamed+Donna+Kennedy+Glans+exit/9627759/story.html|url-status=dead}}
- March 20: Alison Redford resigns as leader of the PCs, and Dave Hancock is named interim leader.{{cite web|last=Janus|first=Andrea|title=Redford's replacement Dave Hancock promises 'government Albertans want'|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/redford-s-replacement-dave-hancock-promises-government-albertans-want-1.1737548|publisher=CTV News|access-date=March 23, 2014|date=March 20, 2014|archive-date=March 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323001149/http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/redford-s-replacement-dave-hancock-promises-government-albertans-want-1.1737548|url-status=live}}
- March 23: Redford's resignation as Premier comes into effect and Deputy Premier and Edmonton-Whitemud MLA Dave Hancock is sworn in as Premier.{{cite news|title=Dave Hancock to be interim Alberta premier|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/dave-hancock-to-be-interim-alberta-premier-1.2580189|publisher=CBC News|access-date=March 20, 2014|date=March 19, 2014|archive-date=September 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917123804/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/dave-hancock-to-be-interim-alberta-premier-1.2580189|url-status=live}}
- April 29: An NDP leadership election is initiated when leader Brian Mason announces his pending resignation as leader.{{cite web|last=Bennett|first=Dean|title=Alberta NDP to pick new leader in Edmonton|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/1307350/alberta-ndp-to-pick-new-leader-in-edmonton/|publisher=Global News|access-date=May 4, 2014|date=May 2, 2014|archive-date=May 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505072543/http://globalnews.ca/news/1307350/alberta-ndp-to-pick-new-leader-in-edmonton/|url-status=live}}
- July 7: Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo Independent MLA Mike Allen is admitted back into the PC caucus after a caucus vote.{{cite web|last=Mertz|first=Emily|title=Alberta MLA Mike Allen back in PC Caucus|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/1437473/alberta-mla-mike-allen-back-in-pc-caucus/|publisher=Global News|access-date=July 7, 2014|date=July 7, 2014|archive-date=July 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708044607/http://globalnews.ca/news/1437473/alberta-mla-mike-allen-back-in-pc-caucus/|url-status=live}}
- August 6: PC MLA Alison Redford resigns her Calgary-Elbow seat, triggering a by-election.{{cite web|last1=Kleiss |first1=Karen |title=Alison Redford resigns seat, leaves politics |url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/alberta/Alison+Redford+resigns+seat+leaves+politics/10092900/story.html |publisher=Calgary Herald |access-date=August 7, 2014 |date=August 6, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808125254/http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/alberta/Alison%2BRedford%2Bresigns%2Bseat%2Bleaves%2Bpolitics/10092900/story.html |archive-date=August 8, 2014 }}
- September 6: In the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership election, former federal cabinet minister Jim Prentice is elected leader.{{cite news |title=Alberta PC leadership vote: Jim Prentice wins on 1st ballot |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-pc-leadership-vote-jim-prentice-wins-on-1st-ballot-1.2758180 |access-date=September 6, 2014 |newspaper=CBC News |date=September 6, 2014 |last1=Hanson |first1=Caitlin |last2=Bellefontaine |first2=Michelle |last3=Trynacity |first3=Kim |archive-date=September 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907021910/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-pc-leadership-vote-jim-prentice-wins-on-1st-ballot-1.2758180 |url-status=live }}
- September 15: Dave Hancock resigns as Premier and his Edmonton-Whitemud seat, triggering a by-election.{{cite news|title=Outgoing Alberta premier Dave Hancock resigns MLA seat|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/outgoing-alberta-premier-dave-hancock-resigns-seat/article20577224/|access-date=September 12, 2014|date=September 12, 2014|last=Bennett|first=Dean|agency=The Canadian Press|work=The Globe and Mail|archive-date=September 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915045747/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/outgoing-alberta-premier-dave-hancock-resigns-seat/article20577224/|url-status=live}} Jim Prentice is sworn in as premier.{{cite web|last1=Ibrahim|first1=Mariam|title=Prentice promises 'new way of doing things' as smaller cabinet sworn in|url=https://edmontonjournal.com/Prentice+names+Mandel+health+minister+member+cabinet/10205281/story.html|publisher=Edmonton Journal|access-date=September 17, 2014|date=September 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006130519/http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Prentice+names+Mandel+health+minister+member+cabinet/10205281/story.html|archive-date=October 6, 2014|url-status=dead}}
- September 17: Calgary-Varsity Independent MLA Donna Kennedy-Glans requests, and is accepted back into, the PC caucus.{{cite news|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/1569354/kennedy-glans-returns-to-alberta-pc-caucus/|title=Kennedy-Glans returns to Alberta PC caucus|publisher=Global News|date=September 17, 2014|access-date=September 18, 2014|agency=The Canadian Press|archive-date=September 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140923165149/http://globalnews.ca/news/1569354/kennedy-glans-returns-to-alberta-pc-caucus/|url-status=live}}
- September 29: Independent MLA Len Webber resigns his Calgary-Foothills seat, PC MLA Ken Hughes resigns his Calgary-West seat, and by-elections are called in their ridings as well as Calgary-Elbow and Edmonton-Whitemud.{{cite web|last1=Howell|first1=Trevor|title=Prentice to run in Calgary-Foothills as four byelections called|url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/Four+byelections+province+after+MLAs+announce/10245774/story.html|publisher=Calgary Herald|access-date=October 1, 2014|date=September 30, 2014|archive-date=October 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006150018/http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/politics/Four+byelections+province+after+MLAs+announce/10245774/story.html|url-status=dead}}
- October 18: At the Alberta NDP convention Rachel Notley is chosen party leader.{{cite web|last1=Bennett|first1=Dean|title=Rachel Notley becomes new leader of Alberta NDP|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/1622378/rachel-notley-becomes-new-leader-of-alberta-ndp/|publisher=Global News|access-date=October 19, 2014|date=October 18, 2014|archive-date=October 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019035418/http://globalnews.ca/news/1622378/rachel-notley-becomes-new-leader-of-alberta-ndp/|url-status=live}}
- October 27: Four PC MLAs are elected in by-elections: Gordon Dirks in Calgary-Elbow, Jim Prentice in Calgary-Foothills, Mike Ellis in Calgary-West, and Stephen Mandel in Edmonton-Whitemud.{{cite news|title=Alberta byelections swept by Jim Prentice's Progressive Conservative Party|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-byelections-swept-by-jim-prentice-s-progressive-conservative-party-1.2815059|publisher=CBC News|access-date=October 29, 2014|date=October 27, 2014|archive-date=October 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028154141/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-byelections-swept-by-jim-prentice-s-progressive-conservative-party-1.2815059|url-status=live}}
- November 2: Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre Wildrose MLA Joe Anglin leaves the Wildrose caucus to sit as an Independent.{{cite news|title=Joe Anglin quits Wildrose caucus, will sit as independent|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/joe-anglin-quits-wildrose-caucus-will-sit-as-independent-1.2821248|publisher=CBC News|access-date=November 2, 2014|date=November 2, 2014|archive-date=November 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103010551/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/joe-anglin-quits-wildrose-caucus-will-sit-as-independent-1.2821248|url-status=live}}
- November 24: Innisfail-Sylvan Lake MLA Kerry Towle and Little Bow MLA Ian Donovan leave the Wildrose Party and join the PCs.{{cite web|last1=Ibrahim|first1=Mariam|last2=Kleiss|first2=Karen|title=Wildrose MLAs Kerry Towle and Ian Donovan cross floor to join Tories|url=http://www.canada.com/news/alberta/Wildrose+MLAs+Kerry+Towle+Donovan+cross+floor+join+Tories/10409728/story.html|publisher=Edmonton Journal|access-date=November 24, 2014|archive-date=February 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202035505/http://www.canada.com/news/alberta/Wildrose+MLAs+Kerry+Towle+Donovan+cross+floor+join+Tories/10409728/story.html|url-status=live}}
- December 17: Nine Wildrose Party MLAs, including leader Danielle Smith and House Leader Rob Anderson cross the floor to join the PCs.{{cite web|last1=Bartko|first1=Karen|title=Cabinet minister has 'open mind' to Wildrose floor crossings|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/1732062/cabinet-minister-has-open-mind-to-wildrose-floor-crossings/|publisher=Global Edmonton|access-date=December 17, 2014|date=December 17, 2014|archive-date=December 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218054205/http://globalnews.ca/news/1732062/cabinet-minister-has-open-mind-to-wildrose-floor-crossings/|url-status=live}}
- December 21: Heather Forsyth is named interim leader of the Wildrose Party.{{cite news|title=Wildrose turns to Heather Forsyth as party reels from defections|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/wildrose-turns-to-heather-forsyth-as-party-reels-from-defections-1.2881119|publisher=CBC News|access-date=December 21, 2014|date=December 21, 2014|archive-date=December 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223020056/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/wildrose-turns-to-heather-forsyth-as-party-reels-from-defections-1.2881119|url-status=live}}
= 2015 =
- January 26: Raj Sherman resigns as leader of the Alberta Liberal Party, and PC MLA Doug Griffiths resigns from his Battle River-Wainwright seat.{{cite news|title=Raj Sherman stepping down as Alberta Liberal leader|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/raj-sherman-stepping-down-as-alberta-liberal-leader-1.2932042|publisher=CBC News|date=January 26, 2015|access-date=January 26, 2015|last=Bellefontaine|first=Michelle|archive-date=September 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917124026/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/raj-sherman-stepping-down-as-alberta-liberal-leader-1.2932042|url-status=live}}
- January 31: PC MLA Doug Horner resigns his Spruce Grove-St. Albert seat.{{cite news|title=Doug Horner resigning as MLA at end of January|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/doug-horner-resigning-as-mla-at-end-of-january-1.2928071|publisher=CBC News|access-date=January 27, 2015|date=January 22, 2015|archive-date=September 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925053330/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/doug-horner-resigning-as-mla-at-end-of-january-1.2928071|url-status=live}}
- February 1: David Swann is named interim leader of the Alberta Liberal Party.{{cite news|title=David Swann chosen as interim leader of Alberta Liberals|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/david-swann-chosen-as-interim-leader-of-alberta-liberals-1.2939733|publisher=CBC News|access-date=February 1, 2015|date=February 1, 2015|archive-date=February 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203041237/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/david-swann-chosen-as-interim-leader-of-alberta-liberals-1.2939733|url-status=live}}
- March 26: Premier Jim Prentice tables his government's 2015-16 budget.
- March 28: Former Conservative MP Brian Jean wins Wildrose Party leadership election, former Wildrose Party leader Danielle Smith loses PC nomination in Highwood to Okotoks councilor Carrie Fischer
- April 7: Premier Jim Prentice drops the writ, calling for an election on May 5, 2015.
- April 23: Televised leaders' debate.
- May 5: Election results - the NDP win a majority of seats (53), and the Wildrose finish second with 21 seats. The Progressive Conservatives' run of nearly 44 years as government ends with a third-place finish of 10 seats. Premier Prentice announces resignation as PC leader and as Calgary-Foothills MLA. The initial result in Calgary-Glenmore is a tie.
- May 15: Elections Alberta publishes the official result.{{cite web|title=Official Poll Results |url=http://resultsnew.elections.ab.ca/orResultsPGE.cfm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518001418/http://resultsnew.elections.ab.ca/orResultsPGE.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 18, 2015 |website=Elections Alberta |access-date=May 16, 2015 |date=May 15, 2015 }} NDP candidate Anam Kazim wins the riding of Calgary-Glenmore after recount, leaving the NDP holding 54 of 87 seats in the legislature.
Opinion polls
The following is a summary of published polls of voter intentions.
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!Date of Polling !Polling Firm !class=unsortable |Margin of Error ! style="width:60px;background-color:{{Canadian party colour|AB|PC}}"|PC ! style="width:60px;background-color:{{Canadian party colour|AB|Wildrose}}"|Wildrose ! style="width:60px;background-color:{{Canadian party colour|AB|Liberal}}"|Liberal ! style="width:60px;background-color:{{Canadian party colour|AB|NDP}}"|NDP ! style="width:60px;background-color:{{Canadian party colour|AB|Alberta}}"|Alberta ! style="width:60px;background-color:{{Canadian party colour|AB|Independent}}"|Other ! style="width:60px;background-color:{{Canadian party colour|AB|Undecided}}"|Undecided |
style="background:#ffd;"|May 5, 2015
|style="background:#ffd;"|Election 2015 |style="background:#ffd;"| | style="text-align:center;background:#ffd;"|27.8 | style="text-align:center;background:#ffd;"|24.2 | style="text-align:center;background:#ffd;"|4.2 | style="text-align:center;background:#f7bf8f;"|40.6 | style="text-align:center;background:#ffd;"|2.2 | style="text-align:center;background:#ffd;"|1.0 |
{{sort|150505|2=[http://poll.forumresearch.com/data/Alberta%20Horserace%20News%20Release%20(2015%2005%2004)%20Forum%20Research.pdf May 4, 2015]}}
| ±3 pp | style="text-align:center;"|23 | style="text-align:center;"|23 | style="text-align:center;"|4 | style="text-align:center;background:#f7bf8f"|45 | style="text-align:center;"|3 | style="text-align:center;"|2 |
{{sort|150504|2={{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150505092820/http://www.insightswest.com/news/notleys-leadership-pulls-ndp-ahead-of-rivals-in-alberta/ May 1–4, 2015]}} }}
| ±3.1 pp | style="text-align:center;"|23 | style="text-align:center;"|27 | style="text-align:center;"|4 | style="text-align:center;background:#f7bf8f"|42 | style="text-align:center;"|3 | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"|9 |
{{sort|150503|2=[http://www.ekospolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/full_report_alberta_may_4_2015.pdf Apr. 29–May 3, 2015]}}
| ±3.4 pp | style="text-align:center;"|22.5 | style="text-align:center;"|24.0 | style="text-align:center;"|5.6 | style="text-align:center;background:#f7bf8f"|44.3 | style="text-align:center;"|2.2 | style="text-align:center;"|1.4 | style="text-align:center;"| |
{{sort|150502|2=[http://poll.forumresearch.com/data/Alberta%20Horserace%20News%20Release%20%282015%2005%2002%29%20Forum%20Research.pdf May 2, 2015]}}
| ±3 pp | style="text-align:center;"|21 | style="text-align:center;"|24 | style="text-align:center;"|5 | style="text-align:center;background:#f7bf8f"|42 | style="text-align:center;"|5 | style="text-align:center;"|3 |
{{sort|150429|2=[http://www.mainstreettechnologies.ca/new-government-inevitable April 29, 2015]}}
|±1.85 pp | style="text-align:center;"|21 | style="text-align:center;"|26 | style="text-align:center;"|5 | style="text-align:center;background:#f7bf8f"|44 | style="text-align:center;"|3 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|14 |
{{sort|150429|2=[http://www.ipsos-na.com/news-polls/pressrelease.aspx?id=6838 April 27–29, 2015]}}
| ±4.1 pp | style="text-align:center;"|24 | style="text-align:center;"|26 | style="text-align:center;"|9 | style="text-align:center;background:#f7bf8f"|37 | style="text-align:center;"|3 | style="text-align:center;"|1 |
{{sort|150429|2=[http://www.ekospolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/full_report_alberta_april_30_2015.pdf April 25–29, 2015]}}
| ±3.7 pp | style="text-align:center;"|23.1 | style="text-align:center;"|21.3 | style="text-align:center;"|6.3 | style="text-align:center;background:#f7bf8f"|42.2 | style="text-align:center;"|4.6 | style="text-align:center;"|2.6 | style="text-align:center;"| |
{{sort|150428|2=[http://thinkhq.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Horserace-Wave-2.pdf April 26–28, 2015]}}
|ThinkHQ | ±2.1 pp | style="text-align:center;"|20 | style="text-align:center;"|27 | style="text-align:center;"|9 | style="text-align:center;background:#f7bf8f"|39 | style="text-align:center;"|4 | style="text-align:center;"|1 |
{{sort|150428|2=[http://www.leger360.com/admin/upload/publi_pdf/SOEN20150501_AB.pdf April 26–28, 2015]}}
|Leger Marketing | ±2.8 pp | style="text-align:center;"|30 | style="text-align:center;"|24 | style="text-align:center;"|6 | style="text-align:center;background:#f7bf8f"|38 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|16 |
{{sort|150428|2=[http://www.cbc.ca/news/elections/alberta-votes/alberta-election-poll-shows-recipe-for-minority-ndp-government-1.3054823 April 25–28, 2015]}}
|Return On Insight | ±3.6 pp | style="text-align:center;"|24 | style="text-align:center;"|21 | style="text-align:center;"|10 | style="text-align:center;background:#f7bf8f"|38 | style="text-align:center;"|4 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| |
{{sort|150423|April 23, 2015}}
|colspan=9|Televised leaders' debate |
{{sort|150423|2=[http://www.mainstreettechnologies.ca/wildrose-leads-but-ndp-gains/ April 23, 2015]}}
| ±1.49 pp | style="text-align:center;"|26 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|32 | style="text-align:center;"|8 | style="text-align:center;"|31 | style="text-align:center;"|4 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|21 |
{{sort|150423|2=[http://poll.forumresearch.com/data/Alberta%20Horserace%20News%20Release%20%282015%2004%2022%29%20Forum%20Research.pdf April 22–23, 2015]}}
| ±3 pp | style="text-align:center;"|20 | style="text-align:center;"|25 | style="text-align:center;"|7 | style="text-align:center;background:#f7bf8f"|38 | style="text-align:center;"|6 | style="text-align:center;"|5 |
{{sort|150420|2=[http://www.mainstreettechnologies.ca/wildrose-surges-ahead/ April 20, 2015]}}
| ±1.78 pp | style="text-align:center;"|25 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|35 | style="text-align:center;"|4 | style="text-align:center;"|31 | style="text-align:center;"|4 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|19 |
{{sort|150413|2=[http://www.mainstreettechnologies.ca/wildrose-ndp-tied/ April 13, 2015]}}
| ±1.76 pp | style="text-align:center;"|24 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|31 | style="text-align:center;"|10 | style="text-align:center;"|30 | style="text-align:center;"|5 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|23 |
{{sort|150409|2=[http://poll.forumresearch.com/data/Alberta%20Horserace%20News%20Release%20%282015%2004%2009%29%20Forum%20Research.pdf April 7–9, 2015]}}
| ±2 pp | style="text-align:center;"|27 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|30 | style="text-align:center;"|12 | style="text-align:center;"|28 | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"|2 |
{{sort|150407|April 7, 2015}}
|colspan=9|Dissolution of the 28th Alberta Legislative Assembly, campaign begins |
{{sort|150407|2=[http://www.mainstreettechnologies.ca/wildrose-leads-ndp-gains/ April 7, 2015]}}
| ±1.78 pp | style="text-align:center;"|27 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|31 | style="text-align:center;"|12 | style="text-align:center;"|26 | style="text-align:center;"|3 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|24 |
{{sort|150406|2=[http://thinkhq.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2015-Elxn-HR-April-8.pdf April 2–6, 2015]}}
|ThinkHQ | ±2.3 pp | style="text-align:center;"|25 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|31 | style="text-align:center;"|12 | style="text-align:center;"|26 | style="text-align:center;"|5 | style="text-align:center;"|1 |
{{sort|150330|2={{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150402091846/http://www.insightswest.com/news/albertans-expect-negative-effect-from-budget-on-households-cities/ March 27–30, 2015]}} }}
| ±3.9 pp | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|31 | style="text-align:center;"|27 | style="text-align:center;"|14 | style="text-align:center;"|22 | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"|5 |
{{sort|150329|2=[http://www.mainstreettechnologies.ca/tories-wildrose-in-deat-heat/ March 29, 2015]}}
| ±1.8 pp | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|30 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|30 | style="text-align:center;"|17 | style="text-align:center;"|18 | style="text-align:center;"|5 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|20 |
{{sort|150328|March 28, 2015}}
|colspan=9|Brian Jean becomes leader of the Wildrose Party |
{{sort|150223|2=[http://environicsresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Environics-Focus-Alberta-Feb-2015-Mood-of-the-Province-Feb-2015.pdf.zip February 13–23, 2015]}}
| | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|46 | style="text-align:center;"|16 | style="text-align:center;"|18 | style="text-align:center;"|17 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|4 |
{{sort|150201|February 1, 2015}}
|colspan=9|David Swann becomes interim leader of the Liberal Party |
{{sort|150126|January 26, 2015}}
|colspan=9|Raj Sherman resigns as leader of the Liberal Party |
{{sort|141230|2={{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150114061208/http://www.insightswest.com/news/albertans-decry-smiths-decision-to-join-progressive-conservatives/ December 28–30, 2014]}} }}
| | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|42 | style="text-align:center;"|14 | style="text-align:center;"|19 | style="text-align:center;"|18 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|7 |
{{sort|141221|December 21, 2014}}
|colspan=9|Heather Forsyth becomes interim leader of the Wildrose Party |
{{sort|141221|2=[http://www.mainstreettechnologies.ca/calgary-herald-exclusive/ December 21, 2014]}}
| | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|44 | style="text-align:center;"|20 | style="text-align:center;"|14 | style="text-align:center;"|18 | style="text-align:center;"|4 | style="text-align:center;"| |
{{sort|141217|December 17, 2014}}
|colspan=9|Danielle Smith resigns as leader of the Wildrose Party, crosses the floor with 8 caucus members to the PCs |
{{sort|141201|2={{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20141206014300/http://www.insightswest.com/news/recovery-underway-for-progressive-conservatives-in-alberta/ Nov. 28–Dec. 1, 2014]}} }}
| | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|35 | style="text-align:center;"|29 | style="text-align:center;"|15 | style="text-align:center;"|16 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|5 |
{{sort|141018|October 18, 2014}}
|colspan=9|Rachel Notley becomes leader of the New Democratic Party |
{{sort|141009|2=[http://www.lethbridgecollege.ca/sites/default/files/imce/about-us/applied-research/csrl/alberta_provincial_vote_intention_fall_2014.pdf October 4–9, 2014]}}
| | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|32.6 | style="text-align:center;"|30.8 | style="text-align:center;"|12.8 | style="text-align:center;"|16.8 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|7.0 |
{{sort|140906|September 6, 2014}}
|colspan=9|Jim Prentice becomes leader of the Progressive Conservative Association and Premier |
{{sort|140902|2=[https://edmontonjournal.com/Alberta+Tories+have+likely+bottomed+amid+scandals+poll/10173929/story.html Aug. 27–Sep. 2, 2014]}}
| | style="text-align:center;"|29 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|33 | style="text-align:center;"|18 | style="text-align:center;"|16 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|4 |
{{sort|140626|2=[https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/Wildrose+poised+unseat+poll+shows/9983269/story.html June 23–26, 2014]}}
|Leger Marketing | | style="text-align:center;"|26 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|31 | style="text-align:center;"|20 | style="text-align:center;"|19 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|4 |
{{sort|140429|April 29, 2014}}
|colspan=9|Brian Mason resigns as leader of the New Democratic Party, becomes interim leader |
{{sort|140426|2={{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140502213441/http://www.insightswest.com/news/alberta/opposition-wildrose-party-riding-high-in-alberta/ April 23–26, 2014]}} }}
| | style="text-align:center;"|21 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|50 | style="text-align:center;"|11 | style="text-align:center;"|16 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|2 |
{{sort|140320|March 20, 2014}}
|colspan=9|Alison Redford resigns as Premier and leader of the Progressive Conservative Association, Dave Hancock becomes interim leader and Premier |
{{sort|140316|2=[http://thinkhq.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/CTV-Release-March19-2014.pdf March 10–16, 2014]}}
|ThinkHQ | | style="text-align:center;"|19 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|46 | style="text-align:center;"|16 | style="text-align:center;"|15 | style="text-align:center;"|3 | style="text-align:center;"|1 |
{{sort|140309|2=[http://www.angusreidglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ARG-Alberta-Voting-Intention-March-2014.pdf March 3–9, 2014]}}
| | style="text-align:center;"|23 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|46 | style="text-align:center;"|15 | style="text-align:center;"|13 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|4 |
{{sort|140227|2=[http://www.leger360.com/admin/upload/publi_pdf/AB%20Provincial%20Poll%20-%20February%2028%202014.pdf February 24–27, 2014]}}
|Leger Marketing | | style="text-align:center;"|25 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|38 | style="text-align:center;"|16 | style="text-align:center;"|15 | style="text-align:center;"|3 | style="text-align:center;"|2 |
{{sort|140223|2=[http://www.environics.ca/uploads/Image/Environics_-_Focus_Alberta_Feb_2014_Mood_of_the_Province_-_March_4_2014.pdf February 14–23, 2014]}}
| | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|36 | style="text-align:center;"|33 | style="text-align:center;"|18 | style="text-align:center;"|12 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|2 |
{{sort|131006|2=[http://www.lethbridgecollege.ca/sites/default/files/imce/about-us/applied-research/csrl/alberta_provincial_vote_intention_fall_2013.pdf October 5–6, 2013]}}
|Lethbridge College | | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|36.1 | style="text-align:center;"|29.4 | style="text-align:center;"|15.7 | style="text-align:center;"|12.2 | style="text-align:center;"|1.1 | style="text-align:center;"|5.6 |
{{sort|130917|2=[https://edmontonjournal.com/news/Tories+Wildrose+dead+heat/8941880/story.html September 11–17, 2013]}}
|Leger Marketing | | style="text-align:center;"|33 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|34 | style="text-align:center;"|15 | style="text-align:center;"|15 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|3 |
{{sort|130412|2=[https://calgaryherald.com/news/alberta/poll+shows+sharp+slide/8271185/story.html April 9–12, 2013]}}
|Leger Marketing | | style="text-align:center;"|29 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|37 | style="text-align:center;"|17 | style="text-align:center;"|14 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|3 |
{{sort|130216|2=[http://thinkhq.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/EOA-Feb-2013-Excerpts.pdf February 12–16, 2013]}}
|ThinkHQ | | style="text-align:center;"|26 | style="text-align:center;background:#85a385"|38 | style="text-align:center;"|13 | style="text-align:center;"|16 | style="text-align:center;"|3 | style="text-align:center;"|4 |
{{sort|130120|2=[https://calgaryherald.com/news/Tory+Wildrose+support+slips+among+Alberta+voters+poll/7913584/story.html January 14–20, 2013]}}
|Leger Marketing | | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|40 | style="text-align:center;"|28 | style="text-align:center;"|12 | style="text-align:center;"|13 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|6 |
{{sort|121023|2=[http://www.environics.ca/uploads/File/Environics---Alberta-Political-standings---Nov-2012.pdf October 10–23, 2012]}}
|Environics | | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|45 | style="text-align:center;"|29 | style="text-align:center;"|13 | style="text-align:center;"|12 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|1 |
{{sort|120929|2=[http://www.lethbridgecollege.ca/sites/default/files/imce/about-us/applied-research/csrl/alberta_provincial_vote_intention_fall_2012_0.pdf September 29–30, 2012]}}
|Lethbridge College | | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|44.6 | style="text-align:center;"|23.9 | style="text-align:center;"|11.1 | style="text-align:center;"|14.0 | style="text-align:center;"|3.0 | style="text-align:center;"|3.4 |
{{sort|120822|2=[http://www.environics.ca/uploads/File/Environics---Alberta-Political-Standings---Sept-2012.pdf August 10–22, 2012]}}
|Environics | | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|43 | style="text-align:center;"|26 | style="text-align:center;"|14 | style="text-align:center;"|13 | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"|3 |
{{sort|120611|2=[http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/10736_Alberta_Political_Issues_Poll_%28Forum_Research%29.pdf June 11, 2012]}}
| | style="text-align:center;background:#6685a3"|39 | style="text-align:center;"|36 | style="text-align:center;"|9 | style="text-align:center;"|12 | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"|2 |
style="background:#ffd;"|{{sort|120423|April 23, 2012}}
| style="background:#ffd;"|Election 2012 | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center;"|±0.0 pp | style="background:#6685a3; text-align:center;"|44.0 | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center;"|34.3 | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center;"|9.9 | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center;"|9.8 | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center;"|1.3 | style="background:#ffd; text-align:center;"|0.7 |
Media endorsements
The following media outlets endorsed the Progressive Conservatives during the campaign:
- Calgary Herald (Postmedia){{Cite news |url = https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-our-choice-prentice-deserves-another-mandate |title = Our choice: Prentice deserves another mandate |date = May 2, 2015 |work = Calgary Herald |author = Calgary Herald Editorial Board |access-date = October 4, 2018 |archive-date = June 14, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180614101338/http://calgaryherald.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-our-choice-prentice-deserves-another-mandate |url-status = live }}
- Calgary Sun (Postmedia){{Cite news|url = http://www.calgarysun.com/2015/05/03/editorial-alberta-pc-party-the-only-viable-choice|title = Editorial: Alberta PC party the only viable choice|date = May 2, 2015|publisher = Calgary Sun|author = Calgary Sun Editorial Board|access-date = May 3, 2015|archive-date = May 5, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150505100756/http://www.calgarysun.com/2015/05/03/editorial-alberta-pc-party-the-only-viable-choice|url-status = live}}
- The Globe and Mail (The Woodbridge Company, majority owned by Thomson Reuters){{Cite news|url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/editorials/for-alberta-jim-prentice-is-the-best-choice/article24211771/|title = For Alberta, Jim Prentice is the best choice|date = May 1, 2015|publisher = The Globe and Mail|last = Mcintosh|first = Jeff|access-date = August 23, 2017|archive-date = December 27, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151227183245/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/editorials/for-alberta-jim-prentice-is-the-best-choice/article24211771/|url-status = live}}
- Edmonton Journal (Postmedia){{cite web|url = https://edmontonjournal.com/Saturday+Editorial+really+picking+this+election/11021873/story.html|title = Saturday's Editorial: In this election, we are picking a CEO for the province|date = May 2, 2015|access-date = May 2, 2015|publisher = Edmonton Journal|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150506053746/http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Saturday+Editorial+really+picking+this+election/11021873/story.html|archive-date = May 6, 2015|url-status = dead}}
- Edmonton Sun (Postmedia){{Cite news|url = http://www.edmontonsun.com/2015/05/03/editorial-alberta-pc-party-the-only-viable-choice|title = Editorial: Alberta PC party the only viable choice|date = May 2, 2015|access-date = May 4, 2015|publisher = Edmonton Sun|archive-date = May 5, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150505055108/http://www.edmontonsun.com/2015/05/03/editorial-alberta-pc-party-the-only-viable-choice|url-status = live}}
No media endorsements were made for any of the other parties.
Footnotes
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References
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- {{cite book |editor1-last=Bratt |editor1-first=Duane |editor2-last=Brownsey |editor2-first=Keith |editor3-last=Sutherland |editor3-first=Richard |editor4-last=Taras |editor4-first=David |title=Orange Chinook: Politics in the New Alberta |date=2019 |publisher=University of Calgary Press |isbn=978-1-77385-028-3 |url=https://press.ucalgary.ca/books/9781773850252/#pdf |access-date=May 4, 2021 |archive-date=May 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504165435/https://press.ucalgary.ca/books/9781773850252/#pdf |url-status=live }}
- {{cite report |author1=Chief Electoral Officer |title=2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer |date=2016 |publisher=Elections Alberta |location=Edmonton, Alta. |url=https://www.elections.ab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015-General-Election-Report-FINAL.pdf |access-date=April 7, 2021 |archive-date=October 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020142746/https://www.elections.ab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015-General-Election-Report-FINAL.pdf |url-status=live }}
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External links
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