2004 Alberta general election

none June 2013 2004 Alberta general election Alberta legislative no no 2001 Alberta general election 2001 2004 11 22 2008 Alberta general election 2008 83 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 42 45.12% 175x175px AB PC nohash Ralph Klein AB PC name December 14, 1992 Calgary-Elbow 74 seats, 61.9% 73 62 11 417,092 46.8% 15.1% 175x175px AB Liberal nohash Kevin Taft AB Liberal name March 27, 2004 Edmonton-Riverview 7 seats, 27.3% 5 16 11 261,471 29.4% 2.1% 175x175px AB NDP nohash Brian Mason AB NDP name July 13, 2004 Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood 2 seats, 8.0% 2 4 2 90,897 10.2% 2.2% AA AB Alliance nohash Randy Thorsteinson AB Alliance name February 15, 2003 Ran in Innisfail-Sylvan Lake (lost) pre-creation 1 1 ±0 77,506 8.7% — Alberta general election, 2004 results by riding.svg 350px 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. Premier Ralph Klein AB PC name Premier after election Ralph Klein AB PC name 25th Alberta Legislative Assembly members The 2004 Alberta general election was held on November 22, 2004 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The election was called on October 25, 2004. Premier Ralph Klein decided to go to the polls earlier than the legislated deadline of March 2006. This election was held in conjunction with the 2004 Alberta Senate nominee election. When the election was called, it was expected to be anticlimactic, with Klein cruising to his fourth straight majority, the tenth for his Progressive Conservative Party. Shortly after the drop of the writs, Klein's mother died and all parties suspended their campaigns for several days. After the campaign resumed, Klein avoided making any policy announcements and attended few events. One commentator called it "Kleinfeld: the campaign about nothing" (a reference to the television sitcom Seinfeld). The Liberal Party, which had hoped to hold on to the five seats it had and regain the two seats that it had lost to resignations, began to pick up momentum and became far more optimistic. In the end, the Conservatives were re-elected, despite losing 11 seats and 15% of the popular vote, having dropped to a minority position in the polls. The Liberals more than doubled their seats by electing 17 MLAs on election night The Liberals dominated in Edmonton and made strong inroads in Calgary. The Alberta New Democrats (NDP) held on to their two seats and gained two more, all in Edmonton. The Conservatives swept rural Alberta except for one seat that went to the Alberta Alliance, which also placed second in a number of rural ridings. The Conservatives received no more than 56 per cent of the vote in any of the three rural regions so was very much over-represented by its almost-total one-party sweep of the rural seats. The Alberta Greens gained in the popular vote, jumping from 0.3% in the 2001 election to 2.8%, and placed third in some places. Despite placing second in the riding of Drayton Valley-Calmar ahead of the Liberals, it did not win any seats. Social Credit placed third in a number of ridings, and its leader tied for second in Rocky Mountain House. The Conservative, Liberal and NDP leaders all easily held onto their own seats. Electoral System Alberta's 83 MLAs were elected through First-past-the-post voting in 83 single-member districts. Election night summary Overall voter turnout was 45.12%.2008 General Report http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Reports/Part8.pdf Election Alberta April 29, 2011 158 July 28, 2008 February 24, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120224135356/http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Reports/Part8.pdf live centre|300px PartyParty leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular vote2001DissolutionElected% Change#%% Change AB PC row Progressive Conservative Ralph Klein837473622-15.1%416,88646.8%-15.1% AB Liberal row-name Kevin Taft8275162+220%261,73729.4%+2.1% AB NDP row NDP Brian Mason83224+100%90,82910.2%+2.1% AB Alliance row-name Randy Thorsteinson83*11-77,4668.7%* AB Green row-name George Read49----24,4512.8%+2.5% AB Social Credit row Social Credit Lavern Ahlstrom42----10,9981.2%+0.7% AB Separation row Separation Bruce Hutton12*---4,6950.5%-0.37%1 AB Alberta row Alberta Party Bruce Stubbs4*---2,4810.3%* AB Independent rowIndependent10----9940.1%-0.9% AB Communist row-name Naomi Rankin2----98<0.1%~0%   Vacant*2 Total450838383-890,635100%  Note: * The Alberta Alliance and Alberta Party did not contest the 2001 election. 1 The Separation Party results are compared to the Alberta First Party. 2 A judicial recount changed the results in Edmonton Castle Downs, Liberal. Chris Kibermanis lost to Progressive Conservative Thomas Lukaszuk. Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px PC AB PC 46.81 Liberal AB Liberal 29.39 New Democratic AB NDP 10.20 Alliance AB Alliance 8.70 Others CA Inde 4.90 Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px PC AB PC 74.70 Liberal AB Liberal 19.28 New Democratic AB NDP 4.82 Alliance AB Alliance 1.20 Results by region Party nameCgy.Edm.1Leth.R.D.NorthCentralSouthTotal AB PC rowProgressive Conservative Seats:203121019761 AB PC row Popular vote:50.5%31.5%38.3%44.1%55.5%52.7%55.1%46.8% AB Liberal rowLiberal Seats:3111  1 16 AB Liberal row Popular vote:32.1%40.3%37.9%32.5%19.8%21.9%19.1%29.4% AB NDP rowNew Democrats Seats: 4     4 AB NDP row Popular vote:4.9%22.0%8.1%6.1%8.6%7.9%4.4%10.2% AB Alliance rowAlberta Alliance Seats:      11 AB Alliance row Popular vote:6.5%4.2%10.2%14.9%13.8%11.3%13.1%8.7%Total seats: 2318221020883Parties that won no seats: AB Green row-name Popular vote:5.5%1.0%3.1%1.2%1.1%2.5%2.1%2.8% AB Social Credit rowSocial Credit Popular vote:0.3%0.8%2.6%-1.1%2.3%2.4%1.2% AB Separation rowSeparation Popular Vote:0.2%--1.3%-0.9%2.6%0.5% AB Alberta rowAlberta Party Popular vote:<0.1%----0.6%1.3%0.3% AB Communist row-name Popular vote:<0.1%<0.1%-----<0.1% AB Independent rowIndependents Popular vote:0.1%0.2%--0.1%0.1%-0.1% 1 "Edmonton" corresponds to only the city of Edmonton. (Only the ridings whose names begin with "Edmonton".) The four suburban ridings around the city as listed below are grouped with Central Alberta in this table. Results by riding Results by riding Party SeatsSecondThirdFourthFifthSixth—AB PC row Progressive Conservative62201000 AB Liberal row-name165016000 AB NDP row New Democratic Party422927183 AB Alliance row-name110263790 AB Green row Green01912234 AB Social Credit rowSocial Credit00131721 AB Separation rowSeparation000246 AB Alberta rowAlberta Party001201 Names in bold indicate party leaders and cabinet ministers. Northern Alberta Electoral DistrictCandidatesIncumbentPCLiberalNDPAllianceGreenOther       Athabasca-RedwaterMike Cardinal5,706Nicole Belland3,258Peter Opryshko1,407Sean Whelan1,174Luke de Smet252Leonard Fish(Soc. Cred.) 179Mike CardinalAthabasca-Wabascamerged districtDave Broda†RedwaterBarrhead-Morinville-WestlockKen Kowalski6,967Alan Fiebich2,250Peggy Kirkeby1,098Mike Radojcic1,012Carl Haugen(Soc. Cred.) 404Ken KowalskiBarrhead-WestlockBonnyville-Cold LakeDenis Ducharme3,621Lloyd Mildon797Denise Ogonoski312Shane Gervais955Denis DucharmeDunvegan-Central PeaceHector Goudreau3,670Don Thompson689Leon R. Pendleton446Dale Lueken3,332Lanny Portsmouth(Soc. Cred.) 118Hector GoudreauDunveganFort McMurray-Wood BuffaloGuy Boutilier4,429Russell Collicott1,800Dave Malka460Eugene Eklund224Reginald Normore(Ind.) 94Guy BoutilierFort McMurrayGrande Prairie-SmokyMel Knight4,369Neil Peacock1,965Georgina Szoke724Hank Rahn688Mel KnightGrande Prairie-WapitiGordon Graydon4,348Cibylla Rakestraw1,677Jerry Macdonald972John Hilton-O'Brien547Allan Webber348Gordon GraydonLac La Biche-St. PaulRay Danyluk4,898Dickson Broomfield1,877Phil Goebel648Oscar Lacombe1,703Ray DanylukLesser Slave LakePearl Calahasen3,894Jonathan Pleckaitis530Doris Bannister354Valerie Rahn977Ian Hopfe254Pearl CalahasenPeace RiverFrank Oberle2,888Adam Bourque1,101Stephen Crocker558Gary Checknita541Patsy Lindberg(Soc. Cred.) 204Gary Friedel† Western and Central Alberta Electoral DistrictCandidatesIncumbentPCLiberalNDPAllianceGreenOther      Banff-CochraneJanis Tarchuk4,236Ian McDougall1,649Melissa Cambridge468Bob Argent476Chris Foote1,205 Janis TarchukDrayton Valley-CalmarTony Abbott5,231Laura Higgerty890Lynn Oberle641Viona Cunningham764Edwin Erickson927Thomas Cliff(Soc. Cred.) 244 Elmer Knopp(Ind.) 115Tony AbbottFoothills-Rocky ViewTed Morton6,770Herb Coburn1,954Roland Schmidt232Jason Herasemluk1,081Shelley Willson1,186New districtInnisfail-Sylvan LakeLuke Ouellette6,206Garth Davis1,816Chris Janke585Randy Thorsteinson2,242 Wilf Tricker(Soc. Cred.) 349Luke OuelletteOlds-Didsbury-Three HillsRichard Marz7,277Tony Vonesch1,336Christopher Davies257Gordon Quantz2,021Sarah Henckel-Sutmoller469Brian Vasseur(Sep. Pty.) 746Myrna Kissick(Soc. Cred.) 143Richard MarzRed Deer-NorthMary Anne Jablonski3,736Norm McDougall2,640Steven Bedford430Rand Sisson1,660Colin Fisher244 Mary Anne JablonskiRed Deer-SouthVictor Doerksen5,371Walter Kubanek4,073Jeff Sloychuk836Patti Argent1,418 Judy Milne(Sep. Pty.) 261Victor DoerksenRocky Mountain HouseTy Lund5,773Susan M. Scott1,267Anthony Jones300Ed Wilhite810Jennifer Isaac337Lavern Ahlstrom(Soc. Cred.) 1,267Bruce Hutton(Sep. Pty.) 505Ty LundStony PlainFred Lindsay5,644Bill Fraser3,402Ruth Yanor1,375Marilyn Burns1,878 Henry Neumann(Soc. Cred.) 245Stan Woloshyn†West YellowheadIvan Strang3,769Rob Jolly1,682Barry Madsen1,783Earl Cunningham615Monika Schaefer360 Ivan StrangWhitecourt-Ste. AnneGeorge VanderBurg5,071George Higgerty1,219Leah Redmond996David Dow2,333  George VanderBurg East Central Alberta Electoral DistrictCandidatesIncumbentPCLiberalNDPAllianceGreenOther      Battle River-WainwrightDoug Griffiths6,409Gordon Rogers1,069Len Legault616Orest Werzak1,440 Robin Skitteral(Soc. Cred.) 319Doug GriffithsWainwrightDrumheller-StettlerShirley McClellan6,770 Richard Bough890Dave France1,413 Eileen Walker(Ab Pty.) 616Dave Carnegie(Sep. Pty.) 465Mary-Lou Kloppenburg(Soc. Cred.) 279Shirley McClellanDrumheller-ChinookFort Saskatchewan-VegrevilleEd Stelmach6,160Peter Schneider3,160Wes Buyarski1,633Byron King1,411 Mark Patterson(Soc. Cred.) 379Ed StelmachVegreville-VikingLacombe-PonokaRay Prins6,919Glen Simmonds2,218Jim Graves1,124Ed Klop2,349 Teena Cormack(Soc. Cred.) 467Judy GordonMerged districtHalvar JonsonLeduc-Beaumont-DevonGeorge Rogers6,809Joyce Assen3,425Katie Oppen904Dave Dalke1,140Stephen Lindop381Karen Richert(Soc. Cred.) 249Albert Klapstein†LeducVermilion-LloydminsterLloyd Snelgrove5,464Patricia Thomas706Ray Stone553David Benoit2,437  Lloyd SnelgroveWetaskiwin-CamroseLeRoy Johnson6,177Keith Elliott2,713Clay Lawson908Dale Trefz1,193 Janice Wolter(Soc. Cred.) 309LeRoy Johnson Central Edmonton AB PC Liberal NDP Alliance Green Other |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton Beverly Clareview | |Julius Yankowsky3,059 | |Sam Parmar1,166 |AB NDP background| |Ray Martin5,268 | |Phil Gamache457 | |Benoit Couture141 | |Ken Shipka (Soc. Cred.)283 |AB PC background| |Julius Yankowsky |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton Centre | |Don Weideman2,622 |AB Liberal background| |Laurie Blakeman6,236 | |Mary Elizabeth Archer1,538 | |Tony Caterina264 | |David J. Parker336 | |Linda Clements (Soc. Cred.)111 |AB Liberal background| |Laurie Blakeman |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton-Glenora | |Drew Hutton3,758 |AB Liberal background| |Bruce Miller4,610 | |Larry Booi4,059 | |Blaine Currie307 | |Peter Johnston272 | |Walter Schachenhofer (Soc. Cred.)112 |AB PC background| |Drew Hutton |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton Gold Bar | |Manjit Dhaliwal2,574 |AB Liberal background| |Hugh MacDonald8,794 | |Keith Turnbull1,966 | |Delmar Hunt538 | |  | |Dave Dowling (Ind.)167 |AB Liberal background| |Hugh MacDonald |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton Highlands-Norwood | |Terry Martiniuk2,209 | |Jason Manzevich1,035 |AB NDP background| |Brian Mason6,053 | |Ray Loyer315 | |  | |Dale W. Ferris (Ind.)66 |AB NDP background| |Brian Mason |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton Mill Creek |AB PC background| |Gene Zwozdesky5,071 | |Aman Gill4,286 | |Nathan Taylor1,709 | |Robert Alford523 | |Eric Steiglitz386 | |Cameron Johnson (Ind.)72 |AB PC background| |Gene Zwozdesky |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton-Mill Woods | |Naresh Bhardwaj2,989 |AB Liberal background| |Weslyn Mather5,014 | |Lloyd Nelson1,565 | |Charles Relland816 | |  | |Naomi Rankin (Communist)42 |AB Liberal background| |Don Massey |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton Riverview | |Fred Horne3,571 |AB Liberal background| |Kevin Taft10,279 | |Donna Martyn1,053 | |David Edgar315 | |John Lackey355 | |Dave W. Power (Soc. Cred.)111 |AB Liberal background| |Kevin Taft |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton Rutherford | |Ian McClelland4,173 |AB Liberal background| |Rick Miller7,217 | |George A. Slade995 | |R. J. (Bob) Ewart516 | |  | |Anit Ashmore (Soc. Cred.)210 |AB PC background| |Ian McClelland |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton-Strathcona | |Shannon Stubbs2,256 | |Steven Leard1,850 |AB NDP background| |Raj Pannu7,430 | |Jeremy Burns275 | |Adrian Cole287 | |Kelly Graham (Soc. Cred.)162 |AB NDP background| |Raj Pannu |} Suburban Edmonton and Environs AB PC Liberal NDP Alliance Green Other |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton-Calder | |Brent Rathgeber3,680 | |Brad Smith3,028 |AB NDP background| |David Eggen4,055 | |Vicki Kramer526 | |  | |  |AB PC background| |Brent Rathgeber |- |rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton Castle Downs Election Recount | |Thomas Lukaszuk5,014 |AB Liberal background| |Chris Kibermanis5,019 | |Peter Cross1,317 | |Colin Presizniuk583 | |  | |Ross Korpi (Soc. Cred.)78 |rowspan=2 AB PC background| |rowspan=2|Thomas Lukaszuk |- |AB PC background| |5,022 | |5,019 | |1,314 | |586 | | | |78 |- |rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Edmonton Decore |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Walter Szwender3,033 |rowspan=3 AB Liberal background| |rowspan=3|Bill Bonko4,418 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Shirley Barg 1,524 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Gary Masyk830 |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|  |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3|Geoffrey Chevrier (Soc. Cred.)94 |AB Liberal background| |Bill Bonner |- |colspan=2 align="center"|merged district |- |AB Alliance background| |Gary Masyk |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke |Edmonton Ellerslie | |Gurnam Dodd3,245 |AB Liberal background| |Bharat Agnihotri3,444 | |Marilyn Assheton-Smith2,257 | |Eleanor Maroes985 | |  | |Amelia Maciejewski (Soc. Cred.)238 |AB Liberal background| |vacant |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke |Edmonton-Manning | |Tony Vandermeer3,646 |AB Liberal background| |Dan Backs3,873 | |Laurie Lang2,371 | |Mike Pietramala515 | |Ross Adshead240 | |Sean Tisdall (Soc. Cred.)130 |AB PC background| |Tony Vandermeer |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke |Edmonton McClung | |Mark Norris5,331 |AB Liberal background| |Mo Elsalhy5,864 | |Lorne Dach1,362 | |Reuben Bauer401 | |  | |Patrick Conlin (Soc. Cred.)104 |AB PC background| |Mark Norris |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke |Edmonton Meadowlark | |Bob Maskell4,243 |AB Liberal background| |Maurice Tougas4,436 | |Lance Burns1,303 | |Aaron Campbell444 | |Amanda Doyle245 | |Peggy Morton (Ind.)77 |AB PC background| |Bob Maskell |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke |Edmonton-Whitemud |AB PC background| |Dave Hancock7,493 | |Donna L. Smith6,567 | |Brian Fleck1,634 | |Kathy Rayner469 | |  | |John Andrews (Ind.)76 |AB PC background| |David Hancock |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke |Sherwood Park |AB PC background| |Iris Evans7,276 | |Louise Rogers5,587 | |Tim Sloan994 | |Cora LaBonte444 | |Lynn Lau362 | |Gordon Barrett (Soc. Cred.)474 |AB PC background| |Iris Evans |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke |Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert |AB PC background| |Doug Horner6,140 | |Ray Boudreau5,559 | |Dale Apostal1,020 | |Tim Friesen740 | |  | |Glen Blaylock (Soc. Cred.)170 |AB PC background| |Doug Horner |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke |St. Albert | |Mary O'Neill6,064 |AB Liberal background| |Jack Flaherty6,474 | |Travis Thompson1,652 | |Michaela Meldrum591 | |Conrad Bitangcol407 | |  |AB PC background| |Mary O'Neill |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Strathcona |AB PC background| |Rob Lougheed6,838 | |Jon Friel4,115 | |Tom Elchuk1,177 | |Ryan Seto466 | | | |Bruce Stubbs (Ab. Pty.)775Brian Rembowski (Soc. Cred.)327Roberta McDonald (Separation)297 | |Recreated District |} Southern Alberta AB PC Liberal NDP Alliance Green Other |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Airdrie-Chestermere |AB PC background| |Carol Haley6,842 | |John Burke1,633 | |Grant Massie569 | |Bradley Gaida758 | |Angela Scully434 | |Jeff Willerton (Alberta Pty.)1,036Bob Lefurgey (Separation)394 Jerry Gautreau (Soc. Cred.)178 |AB PC background| |Carol Haley |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cardston-Taber-Warner | |Broyce Jacobs3,753 | |Paula Shimp783 | |Luann Bannister185 |AB Alliance background| |Paul Hinman3,884 | |Lindsay Ferguson225 | |  |AB PC background| |Broyce Jacobs |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cypress-Medicine Hat |AB PC background| |Leonard Mitzel4,623 | |Stuart Angle2,234 | |Cliff Anten345 | |Dan H. Pierson651 | |  | |Eric Solberg (Soc. Cred.)561 |AB PC background| |Lorne Taylor |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Highwood |AB PC background| |George Groeneveld6,782 | |Lori Czerwinski1,843 | |Catherine Whelan Costen432 | |Brian Wickhorst733 | |Sheelagh Matthews547 | |Cory Morgan (Separation)299 |AB PC background| |Don Tannas |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lethbridge-East | |Rod Fong4,703 |AB Liberal background| |Bridget Pastoor5,340 | |Gaye Metz607 | |Brian Stewart1,472 | |Erin Matthews360 | |Darren Popik (Soc. Cred.)251 |AB Liberal background| |vacant |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lethbridge-West |AB PC background| |Clint Dunford4,416 | |Bal Boora3,675 | |Mark Sandilands1,316 | |Merle Terlesky949 | |Andrea Sheridan368 | |Scott Sawatsky (Soc. Cred.)357 |AB PC background| |Clint Dunford |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Little Bow |AB PC background| |Barry McFarland4,894 | |Arij Langstraat1,965 | |Hugh Logie327 | |Jay Phin859 | |  | |Brian Cook (Soc. Cred.)556Grant Shaw (Separation)432 |AB PC background| |Barry McFarland |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Livingstone-Macleod |AB PC background| |David Coutts5,095 | |Craig Whitehead2,030 | |Joyce Thomas626 | |George Lyster1,493 | |Chris Watts468 | |Jim Walker (Separation)339 |AB PC background| |David Coutts |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Medicine Hat |AB PC background| |Rob Renner5,392 | |Karen Charlton3,482 | |Diana Arnott560 | |Scott Cowan1,073 | |  | |Jonathan Lorentzen (Soc. Cred.)246 |AB PC background| |Rob Renner |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Strathmore-Brooks |AB PC background| |Lyle Oberg6,051 | |Carol Jacques1,055 | |Don MacFarlane405 | |Mark D. Ogden852 | |  | |Jay Kolody (Separation)559Rudy Martens (Soc. Cred.)313 |AB PC background| |Lyle Oberg |} Suburban Calgary AB PC Liberal NDP Alliance Green Other |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Bow |AB PC background| |Alana DeLong6,097 | |Kelly McDonnell3,509 | |Jennifer Banks1,135 | |James Istvanffy1,015 | |Marie Picken713 | | Margaret Askin (Independent)98Doug Picken (Soc. Cred.)97 |AB PC background| |Alana DeLong |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Cross |AB PC background| |Yvonne Fritz3,763 | |Raleigh DeHaney1,452 | |Jeanie Keebler391 | |Gordon Huth648 | |Ryan Richardson271 | |  |AB PC background| |Yvonne Fritz |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Foothills |AB PC background| |Len Webber5,820 | |Stephen Jenuth3,559 | |Malcolm Forster407 | |Vincent S. Jansen-Van Doorn472 | |  | |  |AB PC background| |Pat Nelson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Fort |AB PC background| |Wayne Cao4,136 | |Gerry Hart1,784 | |Elizabeth Thomas583 | |Travis Chase589 | |Tyler Charkie440 | |Leo Ollenberger (Separation)212 |AB PC background| |Wayne Cao |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Hays |AB PC background| |Arthur Johnston5,529 | |Sharon Howe1,952 | |Rachel Weinfeld298 | |Robert Wawrzynowski534 | |Bernie Amell378 | |  |colspan=2|new district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Lougheed |AB PC background| |David Rodney6,334 | |Allan Pollock2,971 | |Matthew Koczkur365 | |Tariq Khan445 | |Ryan Boucher471 | |  |AB PC background| |Marlene Graham |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Mackay |AB PC background| |Gary Mar5,640 | |Darryl Hawkins2,615 | |Giorgio Cattabeni395 | |Shawn Hubbard640 | |David McTavish443 | |Paul Martin (Independent)193 |AB PC background| |Gary Mar |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-McCall |AB PC background| |Shiraz Shariff3,203 | |Darshan Kang2,958 | |Gurpreet (Preet) Sihota264 | |Ina Givens573 | |Sean Robert Brocklesby359 | |  |AB PC background| |Shiraz Shariff |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Montrose |AB PC background| |Hung Pham3,318 | |Arthur Danielson1,651 | |Jason Nishiyama434 | |Cyril Collingwood674 | |Kevin Colton355 | |  |AB PC background| |Hung Pham |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-North West |AB PC background| |Greg Melchin7,768 | |Judy Stewart4,488 | |Bob Brunet518 | |Jenell Friesen622 | |Jeffrey Krekoski636 | |  |AB PC background| |Greg Melchin |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Shaw |AB PC background| |Cindy Ady6,732 | |John Roggeveen2,373 | |Jarrett Young300 | |Barry Chase620 | |Rick Papineau380 | |Daniel Doherty (Separation) 171 |AB PC background| |Cindy Ady |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-West |AB PC background| |Ron Liepert6,964 | |Derek Smith4,286 | |Chantelle Dubois434 | |John Keyes988 | |James Kohut732 | |  |AB PC background| |Karen Kryczka |} Central Calgary AB PC Liberal NDP Alliance Green Other |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Buffalo |AB PC background| |Harvey Cenaiko3,370 | |Terry Taylor2,777 | |Cliff Hesby455 | |Nadine Hunka290 | |Grant Neufeld656 | |Elizabeth Kaur Fielding (Soc. Cred.)71Carl Schwartz (Alberta Pty.)58 |AB PC background| |Harvey Cenaiko |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Currie | |Jon Lord4,413 |AB Liberal background| |Dave Taylor4,984 | |Robert Scobel468 | |Ken Mazeroll348 | |Kim Warnke810 | |  |AB PC background| |Jon Lord |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-East |AB PC background| |Moe Amery4,492 | |Bill Harvey2,359 | |Paul Vargis461 | |Brad Berard605 | |Rick Michalenko367 | |Bonnie-Jean Collins (Communist)56 |AB PC background| |Moe Amery |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Egmont |AB PC background| |Denis Herard5,691 | |Michael Queenan2,371 | |Christopher Dovey599 | |David Crutcher1,657 | |George Read914 | |  |AB PC background| |Denis Herard |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Elbow |AB PC background| |Ralph Klein6,968 | |Stephen Brown4,934 | |Becky Kelley343 | |Diana-Lynn Brooks485 | |Allison Roth666 | |Trevor Grover (Soc. Cred.)68Lloyd Blimke (Ind.)51 |AB PC background| |Ralph Klein |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Fish Creek |AB PC background| |Heather Forsyth6,829 | |Tore Badenduck2,801 | |Eric Leavitt794 | |Mike Kuipers780 | |Chris Sealy561 | |  |AB PC background| |Heather Forsyth |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Glenmore |AB PC background| |Ron Stevens6,257 | |Avalon Roberts4,360 | |Holly Heffernan550 | |Ernest McCutcheon572 | |Evan Sklarski531 | |Larry R. Heather (Soc. Cred.)135 |AB PC background| |Ron Stevens |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Mountain View | |Mark Hlady4,058 |AB Liberal background| |David Swann7,155 | |John Donovan711 | |Ryan Cassell589 | |Mark MacGillivray912 | |  |AB PC background| |Mark Hlady |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-North Hill |AB PC background| |Richard Magnus4,384 | |Pat Murray3,223 | |Aileen L. Machell630 | |Brent Best627 | |Susan Stratton1,264 | |  |AB PC background| |Richard Magnus |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Nose Hill |AB PC background| |Neil Brown4,369 | |Len Borowski2,605 | |Dirk Huysman552 | |Bill McGregor1,073 | |John Johnson584 | |Raymond Hurst (Soc. Cred.)163 |colspan="2"|new district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Calgary-Varsity | |Michael W. Smyth5,585 |AB Liberal background| |Harry B. Chase6,303 | |Mark Gabruch625 | |Ron Beninger763 | |Richard Larson753 | |Len Skowronski (Soc. Cred.)118 |AB PC background| |Murray Smith |} Electoral re-distribution Alberta's electoral laws fix the number of legislature seats at 83. As a result of the Alberta Electoral Boundary Re-distribution, 2004, Calgary gained two seats. Edmonton lost one seat, and one "special consideration" division was eliminated. Dunvegan-Central Peace is the sole remaining "special" division - due to its isolation, it is allowed to have a population below 75% of the provincial average. Lesser Slave Lake is now considered to be a standard rural division as its boundaries were re-drawn so that its population is slightly above 75% of the provincial average. One urbanized division outside Calgary and Edmonton was added, and two rural seats were eliminated.Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta https://archive.org/details/proposedelectora00albe_1 February 2003 May 29, 2020 Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission Legislative Assembly of Alberta Political parties List of political parties in Canada#Alberta For this election, there were 11 political parties registered with Elections Alberta. Parties that elected MLAs in the previous election The parties are listed in descending order of number of MLAs elected in 2001. Progressive Conservative Party Leader: Ralph Klein In the 2001 election, the Progressive Conservatives recorded a result that was comparable to those achieved in their years of dominance under Peter Lougheed. The Tories received 627,252 out of 1,013,152 votes cast and won 74 seats, gaining 11 seats over and above their 1997 result at the expense of the Liberals. This result was achieved due to a resurgence of the party in Edmonton, where the Tories won a majority of seats for the first time since 1982. Premier Ralph Klein easily retained his Calgary-Elbow seat. On April 8, 2002, Doug Griffiths retained the Tories' seat in Wainwright in the only by-election held since the 2001 election, albeit with a substantially reduced plurality. The Tories lost only one seat since the 2001 election, after Edmonton-Norwood MLA Gary Masyk crossed the floor to join the Alberta Alliance. As expected, the Tories nominated a full slate of candidates for the 2004 election. External link Liberal Party Leader: Kevin Taft The 2001 election was generally regarded to be as a disaster for the Liberals. Although the Liberals retained Official Opposition status and received 276,854 votes, the party lost 11 seats to the Tories and won only seven seats, six of them in Edmonton. Leader Nancy Macbeth even lost her own seat in Edmonton-McClung - she resigned days after the election and was replaced by Ken Nicol, the Opposition's sole representative outside the capital. Nicol eventually resigned as MLA for Lethbridge East and as Leader of the Opposition to run (unsuccessfully) for the Liberals in the federal election, as did Edmonton-Ellerslie MLA Debby Carlson. These seats remained vacant through dissolution. The Liberals were led in the 2004 election by Edmonton-Riverview MLA Kevin Taft, who was elected to the position in March 2004. The Liberals had 82 candidates in the 2004 election - they were absent from the ballot in Drumheller-Stettler after failing to file papers for their expected candidate, Don McMann before the deadline. External link New Democratic Party Leader: Brian Mason In 2001, the New Democrats were unable to claim Official Opposition status from the floundering Liberals, but Leader Raj Pannu managed to hold the party's two existing seats—Pannu's own in Edmonton—Strathcona and Brian Mason's seat in Edmonton Highlands (later merged into Edmonton Highlands-Norwood). The "NDs", as they were then known, received 81,339 votes. Pannu resigned the leadership in July 2004, with Mason filling the role of interim leader before being elected to that position in September 2004. The party has also ceased abbreviating its name as "ND in favour of the more traditional "NDP" abbreviation. The NDP nominated a full slate of candidates for the 2004 election. External link Other registered parties The parties are listed in descending order of number of candidates nominated in 2004. Alberta Alliance Leader: Randy Thorsteinson The Alberta Alliance was registered in October 2002 and held its founding convention in February 2003. Its leader, Randy Thorsteinson had led Social Credit through a modest rebirth before quitting that party in April 1999. The party's sole MLA, Gary Masyk (Edmonton-Norwood) crossed the floor from the governing Progressive Conservatives on June 29, 2004. The Alliance nominated a full slate of candidates for the 2004 election, the only other party besides the Tories and the NDP to do so. External link Greens Leader: George Read Also known as the "Green Party of Alberta", the Alberta Greens ran 10 candidates in the 2001 election, who combined for 2,850 votes. In the 2004 election, the Greens nominated 49 candidates - more than 4 times the highest number of candidates they had previously run in an election. External link Social Credit Party Leader: Lavern Ahlstrom Prior to the 2001 election, the Social Credit Party was in turmoil following the departure of party leader Randy Thorsteinson. Under Lavern Ahlstrom, the party nominated 12 candidates in the 2001 election (down from 70 in 1997), and received 5,361 votes (down from 64,667). The party had 42 candidates for the 2004 election. External link Separation Party Interim Leader: Bruce Hutton The Separation Party of Alberta was founded in June 2004 taking over the rights of the Alberta First Party. Bruce Hutton became interim leader. As a separatist party, it is the separatist successor to the Alberta Independence Party, which ran some independent candidates in the 2001 election, but never achieved official party status. The separatist cause was first taken up by the Western Canada Concept in the early 1980s when Gordon Kesler won a by-election. The Separation Party had 12 candidates in the 2004 election. See Alberta separatism. External Link Alberta Party Leader: Bruce Stubbs The Alberta Party did not nominate any candidates in 2001, but nominated four candidates for the 2004 election. External Link Communist Party Leader: Naomi Rankin The Communist Party nominated two candidates in the 2001 election, who combined for 117 votes. They ran two candidates in the 2004 election. The Equity Party Leader: Emil van der Poorten The Equity Party ran no candidates in this election, The party was de-registered after the Alberta government amended the Elections Act to force a party to run at least one candidate, the party failed to field a candidate and was de-registered. Reform Party Leader: David Salmon The Alberta Party, Equity Party and the Reform Party did not run any candidates in the 2001 election. The Equity Party and Reform Party were also absent from the ballot in 2004. The party was de-registered after the Alberta government amended the Elections Act to force a party to run at least one candidate, the party failed to field a candidate and was de-registered. De-registered parties The Natural Law Party of Alberta was de-registered by Elections Alberta in 2001, after they stopped filing financial statements. In 2001 The Natural Law Party did not nominate any candidates. Independent candidates 29 independent candidates ran in the 2001 election. These candidates won a total of 10,528 votes. 10 independents ran in 2004. Standings in the 25th Legislature Standings after the 25th general election Political partyCalgaryEdmontonUrbanizedRuralSpecialTotalProgressive Conservative21112020274Liberal061007New Democrat020002Totals21192120283 Standings at dissolution Political partyCalgaryEdmontonUrbanizedRuralSpecialTotalProgressive Conservative21102020273Liberal050005New Democrat020002Alberta Alliance010001Vacant011002Totals21192120283 Timeline March 27, 2004 - Kevin Taft becomes leader of the Alberta Liberals. June 29, 2004 - Gary Masyk crosses the floor from the Progressive Conservatives to the Alberta Alliance. July 13, 2004 - Raj Pannu resigns as leader of the Alberta New Democrats. Brian Mason is appointed interim leader. September 9, 2004 - Alberta Alliance kicked off five-city "I Blame Ralph" tour in Edmonton. Ralph Klein announces Senate Election September 18, 2004 - Brian Mason formally becomes leader of the Alberta New Democrats. October 25, 2004 - At the request of Premier Ralph Klein, Lieutenant-Governor Lois Hole dissolves the legislature and sets the election day for November 22. October 28, 2004 - Premier Klein is harshly criticized by opposition parties and activist groups after he claims that protestors on Alberta's Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) who had heckled him did not look severely disabled. October 31, 2004 - Premier Klein's mother, Florence Gray dies at the age of 80 following a year-long illness. All major parties announce they will suspend their provincial campaigns while the premier mourns. November 4, 2004 - Global Television Network re-iterates that they will not invite Alberta Alliance leader Randy Thorsteinson to their leaders debate, because his party did not elect any members in the previous election and their sole MLA crossed the floor. The decision sparks anger amongst Alliance members and even disappoints the other three leaders. November 8, 2004 - Close of nomination's and the Global television leaders debate involving Klein, Taft and Mason. November 13, 2004 - NDP leader Mason releases a brochure entitled Health Care for Dummies in an effort to mock the premier's reluctance to discuss health care in detail during the campaign. November 18, 2004 - Advance polling stations open. November 19, 2004, - Advance polling stations open, and Students across the province vote in Alberta Student Vote, 2004. November 20, 2004 - Advance polling stations open. November 22, 2004 - Voting day for the 26th Alberta general election. 8:00 p.m. local time: Polls close (03:00, November 23 UTC) 8:36 p.m.: CBC projects a PC majority (03:36, November 23 UTC) December 9, 2004 - The Court of Queen's Bench rules that Chris Kibermanis (Lib.) won the election in Edmonton Castle Downs by three votes, upholding the result of the initial, election-night result. The PC candidate, Thomas Lukaszuk, appealed to the Court of Appeal of Alberta. January 24, 2005 - The Alberta Court of Appeal rules that Lukaszuk won the election in Edmonton Castle Downs by three votes, overturning the result of the first vote-count, which had given the seat to Kibermanis of the Liberals. Kibermanis accepted defeat and did not appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. Opinion polls + Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level Polling firmLast day of survey Source PCA ALP ANDP AAP AG ASC SPA Other Undecided ME Margin of Error SampleElection 2004November 22, 200446.829.410.28.72.81.20.50.4COMPASNovember 4, 2004 Klein Ever Popular, NDP Rises at Expense of Liberals November 5, 2004 COMPAS http://www.compas.ca/data/041108-2004AlbertaElection-E.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20050222193144/http://www.compas.ca/data/041108-2004AlbertaElection-E.pdf February 22, 2005 6119163116Ipsos-ReidOctober 26, 2004Ready, Set, Go - Alberta Heads to the Polls October 30, 2004 Ipsos-Reid https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/publication/2004-10/mr041030-1.pdf50261092October 29, 2004 Ipsos-Reid https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/publication/2004-10/mr041030-1tables.pdf Alberta Political Scene415Ipsos-ReidSeptember 3, 2004Alberta's PC's lead the way to an expected November election October 15, 2004 Ipsos-Reid https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/publication/2004-10/mr041015-2.pdf5022131046Ipsos-ReidJanuary 28, 2003Ready, Set, Go - Alberta Heads to the Polls October 30, 2004 Ipsos-Reid https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/publication/2004-10/mr041030-1.pdf5024150263Ipsos-ReidMarch 25, 2002 Alberta Political Scene Late March 2002 March 27, 2002 Ipsos-Reid https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/alberta-political-scene-late-march-2002503111232Election 2001March 12, 200161.927.38.0—0.30.5lower-alpha Combined Social Credit and Alberta Party vote0.9lower-alpha As Alberta First Party1.6 Ipsos-Reid, 2004-10-29: PC 50%, Lib 26%, NDP 10%, AAP 9%, Green 4% COMPAS Inc. / Calgary Herald, 2004-11-03, 2004-11-04: PC 61%, Lib 19%, NDP 16%, Green 3%, Separation 1%, Other 1%. The pollsters only prompted for the three "major" parties yet Green and Separation showed up over 1% in the results while the Alliance, which is contesting every riding and holds a seat in the legislature, did not. Cameron Strategy Inc. / Global News / Calgary Herald, 2004-11-08-11-16: PC 47%, Lib 21%, NDP 11%, AAP 9%, Green 5% Ipsos-Reid, 2004-11-12 to 2004-11-17: PC 44%, Lib 29%, NDP 12%, AAP 9%, Green 4% (800 adults, MoE 3.5%) Works cited References Bibliography Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the General Enumeration and General Election of the Twenty-sixth Legislative Assembly 2005 Alberta Legislative Assembly, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer Edmonton https://archive.org/details/reportofchiefele2220albe Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta https://archive.org/details/proposedelectora00albe_1 February 2003 May 29, 2020 Alberta. Electoral Boundaries Commission Legislative Assembly of Alberta Edmonton lower-alpha Further reading Bell Edward Jansen Harold Young Lisa Sustaining A Dynasty in Alberta: The 2004 Provincial Election Canadian Political Science Review 2007 1 2 27–49 10.24124/c677/200719 https://ojs.unbc.ca/index.php/cpsr/article/viewFile/19/150 May 4, 2021 1911-4125 May 5, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210505031523/https://ojs.unbc.ca/index.php/cpsr/article/viewFile/19/150 live Mutimer David Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 2004 2010 University of Toronto Press Toronto 9781442642287 https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_f1b5 registration Wesley Jared J. Colbourne Michael Framing Democracy: Media Politics and the 2004 Alberta Election June 2, 2005 https://cpsa-acsp.ca/papers-2005/Wesley,%20Jared.pdf London, Ontario The Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association May 8, 2021 November 2, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211102183128/https://cpsa-acsp.ca/papers-2005/Wesley,%20Jared.pdf live External links Elections Alberta Alberta Legislative Assembly Final Report of the Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission Riding maps (2003 representation) Official Results of the 2004 Election Media coverage CBC Coverage: Alberta Votes 2004 Alberta general 2004 Category:2004 in Alberta Category:November 2004 in Canada