Alberta general election, 2007
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The next Alberta general election does not need to be called until early 2010. However, it is probable that it will be called as soon as 2007 because the governing Progressive Conservatives held a leadership election on December 2, 2006 in which Ed Stelmach was elected to replace Ralph Klein as party leader and Premier.
The election will be called as soon as Stelmach formally advises Lieutenant Governor Norman Kwong to dissolve the Legislature. On June 11, 2006 Liberal opposition leader Kevin Taft announced a prediction for an election being held in February 2007. Former NDP leader Raj Pannu predicted a spring 2007 vote. However, Stelmach was not predicted by very many observers to win the PC leadership so whether he will call an election within that timeframe remains to be seen. There is also speculation that the vote will be delayed until fall to avoid running into a federal election projected for early 2007.
One possible motive for Stelmach to call an election in early 2007 would be to avoid calling two by-elections where the Tories' opponents could plausibly make some very high-profile gains. Klein and his former deputy premier Shirley McClellan resigned their seats in January 2007.
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[edit] Party Standings
| Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
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| 2004 | Current | Elected | % Change | # | % | % Change | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ed Stelmach | - | 621 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Liberal | Kevin Taft | - | 161 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| New Democratic Party | Brian Mason | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Alberta Alliance | Paul Hinman | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Independent | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Greens | George Read | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Social Credit | Lavern Ahlstrom | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Separation | Bruce Hutton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Alberta Party | Bruce Stubbs | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Communist | Naomi Rankin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Vacant | - | 2 | ||||||||
| Total | - | 83 | 81 | 83 | - | - | 100% | |||
Note:
- 1 Liberal Chris Kibermanis was originally elected in Edmonton Castle Downs by a 5 vote margin over Progressive Conservative Thomas Lukaszuk the results were changed by a Judicial recount on January 24, 2005
[edit] Target Ridings
The following is a list of ridings which were narrowly lost by the indicated party. For instance, under the Liberal column are the 10 seats in which they came closest to winning but did not. Listed is the name of the riding, followed by the party which was victorious (in parentheses) and the margin, in terms of percentage of the vote, by which the party lost. To clarify further; this is a list of provincial election winners with their party in parentheses, and their margin of victory as a percentage of the vote.
These ridings are likely to be targeted by the specified party because the party lost them by a very slim margin in the 2004 election.
Up to 10 are shown, with a maximum margin of victory of 15%.
* Indicates incumbent not running again.
| Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta | Alberta Liberal Party |
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| Alberta New Democratic Party | Alberta Alliance Party |
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[edit] MLAs not running again
[edit] MLAs who might not run again
- Clint Dunford, PC, Lethbridge West Unlikely to run again due to battle with cancer. [1]
[edit] Timeline
- November 19, 2005 Paul Hinman, Cardston-Taber-Warner MLA is elected leader of the Alberta Alliance Party replacing Randy Thorsteinson at a leadership convention in Red Deer, Alberta.
- March 29, 2006 Premier Ralph Klein is given a 55% leadership review, he later announced his retirement for the fall of 2006.
- September 20, 2006 Premier Ralph Klein gives notice to the Progressive Conservatives, announces he will leave when a new leader is picked.
- November 23, 2006 Dan Backs is removed from the Liberal caucus and is forced to sit as an Independent
- December 15, 2006 - Ed Stelmach replaces Klein as premier.
- January 15, 2007 Former Premier and Deputy Premier Shirley McLellan and Ralph Klein resign their legislature seats.
[edit] Nominated Candidates
Names in bold indicate party leaders and cabinet ministers. [2]
[edit] Northern Alberta
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
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| Prog. Cons. | Liberal | NDP | Alliance | Green | Other | |||||||||
| Athabasca-Redwater | Mike Cardinal | |||||||||||||
| Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock | Ken Kowalski | |||||||||||||
| Bonnyville-Cold Lake | Denis Ducharme | |||||||||||||
| Dunvegan-Central Peace | Nathan Macklin | Hector Goudreau | ||||||||||||
| Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo | Guy C. Boutilier | |||||||||||||
| Grande Prairie Smoky | Neil Peacock | Mel Knight | ||||||||||||
| Grande Prairie Wapiti | Gordon Graydon | |||||||||||||
| Lac La Biche-St. Paul | Ray Danyluk | |||||||||||||
| Lesser Slave Lake | Ian Hopfe | Pearl Calahasen | ||||||||||||
| Peace River | Frank Oberle, Jr. | |||||||||||||
[edit] Western and Central Alberta
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
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| Prog. Cons. | Liberal | NDP | Alliance | Green | Other | |||||||||
| Banff-Cochrane | Sean Mah | Janis Tarchuk | ||||||||||||
| Drayton Valley-Calmar | Edwin Erickson | Tony Abbot | ||||||||||||
| Foothills-Rocky View | Ted Morton | |||||||||||||
| Innisfail-Sylvan Lake | Luke Ouellette | |||||||||||||
| Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills | Richard Marz | |||||||||||||
| Red Deer North | Mary Anne Jablonski | |||||||||||||
| Red Deer South | Victor Doerksen | |||||||||||||
| Rocky Mountain House | Ty Lund | |||||||||||||
| Stony Plain | Fred Lindsay | |||||||||||||
| West Yellowhead | Ivan Strang | |||||||||||||
| Whitecourt-Ste. Anne | George VanderBurg | |||||||||||||
[edit] East Central Alberta
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
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| Prog. Cons. | Liberal | NDP | Alliance | Green | Other | |||||||||
| Battle River-Wainwright | Doug Griffiths | |||||||||||||
| Drumheller-Stettler | Dave France | Vacant | ||||||||||||
| Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville | Ed Stelmach | Ed Stelmach | ||||||||||||
| Lacombe-Ponoka | Ray Prins | |||||||||||||
| Leduc-Beaumont-Devon | George Rogers | |||||||||||||
| Vermilion-Lloydminster | Lloyd Snelgrove | |||||||||||||
| Wetaskiwin-Camrose | LeRoy Johnson | |||||||||||||
[edit] Central Edmonton
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
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| Prog. Cons. | Liberal | NDP | Alliance | Green | Other | |||||||||
| Edmonton Beverly Clareview | Ray Martin | Ray Martin | ||||||||||||
| Edmonton Centre | Laurie Blakeman | Deron Bilous | David Parker | Laurie Blakeman | ||||||||||
| Edmonton Glenora | Brian Fleck | Peter Johnston | Bruce Miller | |||||||||||
| Edmonton Gold Bar | Hugh MacDonald | Hugh MacDonald | ||||||||||||
| Edmonton Highlands-Norwood | Brian Mason | |||||||||||||
| Edmonton Mill Creek | Gene Zwozdesky | |||||||||||||
| Edmonton Mill Woods | Weslyn Mather | Christina Gray | Weslyn Mather | |||||||||||
| Edmonton Riverview | Kevin Taft | Kevin Taft | ||||||||||||
| Edmonton Rutherford | Rick Miller | Rick Miller | ||||||||||||
| Edmonton Strathcona | Rachel Notley | Adrian Cole | Raj Pannu | |||||||||||
[edit] Suburban Edmonton and Environs
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
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| Prog. Cons. | Liberal | NDP | Alliance | Green | Other | |||||||||
| Edmonton Calder | David Eggen | |||||||||||||
| Edmonton Castle Downs | Chris Kibermanis | Thomas Lukaszuk | ||||||||||||
| Edmonton Decore | Bill Bonko | Bill Bonko | ||||||||||||
| Edmonton Ellerslie | Bharat Agnihotri | Marilyn Assheton-Smith | Bharat Agnihotri | |||||||||||
| Edmonton Manning | Dan Backs | |||||||||||||
| Edmonton McClung | Mo Elsalhy | Mo Elsalhy | ||||||||||||
| Edmonton Meadowlark | Maurice Tougas | Maurice Tougas | ||||||||||||
| Edmonton Whitemud | David Hancock | |||||||||||||
| Sherwood Park | Iris Evans | |||||||||||||
| Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert | Doug Horner | |||||||||||||
| St. Albert | Jack Flaherty | |||||||||||||
| Strathcona | Rob Lougheed | |||||||||||||
[edit] Southern Alberta
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
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| Prog. Cons. | Liberal | NDP | Alliance | Green | Other | |||||||||
| Airdrie-Chestermere | Carol Haley | |||||||||||||
| Cardston-Taber-Warner | Paul Hinman | Paul Hinman | ||||||||||||
| Cypress-Medicine Hat | Leonard Mitzel | |||||||||||||
| Highwood | George Groeneveld | |||||||||||||
| Lethbridge East | Bridget Pastoor | |||||||||||||
| Lethbridge West | Clint Dunford | |||||||||||||
| Little Bow | Barry McFarland | |||||||||||||
| Livingstone-Macleod | David Coutts | |||||||||||||
| Medicine Hat | Rob Renner | |||||||||||||
| Strathmore-Brooks | Lyle Oberg | |||||||||||||
[edit] Suburban Calgary
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
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| Prog. Cons. | Liberal | NDP | Alliance | Green | Other | |||||||||
| Calgary Bow | Alana DeLong | |||||||||||||
| Calgary Cross | Yvonne Fritz | |||||||||||||
| Calgary Foothills | Len Webber | |||||||||||||
| Calgary Fort | Julie Hrdlicka | Travis Chase | Wayne Cao | |||||||||||
| Calgary Hays | Arthur Johnston | |||||||||||||
| Calgary Lougheed | David Rodney | |||||||||||||
| Calgary MacKay | Gary Mar | |||||||||||||
| Calgary McCall | Shiraz Shariff | |||||||||||||
| Calgary Montrose | Hung Pham | |||||||||||||
| Calgary North West | Greg Melchin | |||||||||||||
| Calgary Shaw | Cindy Ady | |||||||||||||
| Calgary West | Ron Liepert | |||||||||||||
[edit] Central Calgary
| Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
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| Prog. Cons. | Liberal | NDP | Alliance | Green | Other | |||||||||
| Calgary Buffalo | Kent Hehr | Harvey Cenaiko | ||||||||||||
| Calgary Currie | Kim Warnke | Dave Taylor | ||||||||||||
| Calgary East | Christopher Dovey | Moe Amery | ||||||||||||
| Calgary Egmont | George Read | Denis Herard | ||||||||||||
| Calgary Elbow | Trever Grover (SC) | Vacant | ||||||||||||
| Calgary Fish Creek | Heather Forsyth | |||||||||||||
| Calgary Glenmore | Ron Stevens | |||||||||||||
| Calgary Mountain View | David Swann | |||||||||||||
| Calgary North Hill | Richard Magnus | |||||||||||||
| Calgary Nose Hill | Neil Brown | |||||||||||||
| Calgary Varsity | Harry B. Chase | Harry B. Chase | ||||||||||||
[edit] References
- ^ Alberta Cabinet Minister Battles Incurable Cancer. Alberta Economic Development Association. Retrieved on May 8, 2006.
- ^ Erickson, Edwin (2006-10-03). Candidate Update. Green Party of Alberta. Retrieved on November 3, 2006.
- Early 07' Vote predicted, Calgary Sun June 11, 2006
- Raj Pannu not running again, and predicts spring 2007 vote CBC news June 14, 2006
[edit] External links
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Alberta elections | Succeeded by 28th Alberta general election |
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