Alberta general election, 2004

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The Alberta general election of 2004 was the twenty-sixth general election for the province of Alberta, Canada. It 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 Alberta Senate nominee election, 2004.

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 onto 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. The Liberals more than doubled their seats by electing 17 MLA's on election night while dominating Edmonton, and making 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 placed second in a number of rural ridings. The Green Party gained in the popular vote, jumping from 0.3% in the 2001 election to 2.8%, and placed third in some places. Also placing second in the riding of Drayton Valley-Calmar ahead of the liberals, It was unable to win any seats, however. 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.

Contents 1 Election night summary 2 Results by region 3 See also 4 Results by riding 4.1 Results by riding 4.2 Northern Alberta 4.3 Western and Central Alberta 4.4 East Central Alberta 4.5 Central Edmonton 4.6 Suburban Edmonton and Environs 4.7 Southern Alberta 4.8 Suburban Calgary 4.9 Central Calgary 5 Electoral re-distribution 6 Political parties 6.1 Parties that elected MLAs in the previous election 6.1.1 Progressive Conservative Party 6.1.2 Liberal Party 6.1.3 New Democratic Party 6.2 Other registered parties 6.2.1 Alberta Alliance 6.2.2 Greens 6.2.3 Social Credit Party 6.2.4 Separation Party 6.2.5 Alberta Party 6.2.6 Communist Party 6.2.7 The Equity Party 6.2.8 Reform Party 6.3 De-registered parties 6.4 Independent candidates 7 Standings in the 25th Legislature 7.1 Standings after the 25th general election 7.2 Standings at dissolution 8 Timeline 9 Poll numbers 10 External links 10.1 More Coverage 10.2 Candidates

[edit] Election night summary

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
				2001	Dissolution	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
	Progressive Conservative	Ralph Klein	83	74	73	622	-15.1%	417,092	46.8%	-15.1%
	Liberal	Kevin Taft	82	7	5	162	+220%	261,471	29.4%	+2.1%
	New Democratic Party	Brian Mason	83	2	2	4	+100%	90,897	10.2%	+2.1%
	Alberta Alliance	Randy Thorsteinson	83	*	1	1	-	77,506	8.7%	*
	Greens	George Read	49	-	-	-	-	24,588	2.8%	+2.5%
	Social Credit	Lavern Ahlstrom	42	-	-	-	-	10,874	1.2%	+0.7%
	Separation	Bruce Hutton	12	*	-	-	-	4,680	0.5%	-0.37%1
	Alberta Party	Bruce Stubbs	4	*	-	-	-	2,485	0.3%	*
	Independent		10	-	-	-	-	1,009	0.1%	-0.9%
	Communist	Naomi Rankin	2	-	-	-	-	98	<0.1%	~0%
	Vacant			*	2
	Total		450	83	83	83	-	890,700	100%

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.

[edit] Results by region

Party name			Cgy.	Edm.1	Leth.	R.D.	North	Central	South	Total
	Progressive Conservative	Seats:	20	3	1	2	10	19	7	61
		Popular vote:	50.5%	31.5%	38.3%	44.1%	55.5%	52.7%	55.1%	46.8%
	Liberal	Seats:	3	11	1			1		16
		Popular vote:	32.1%	40.3%	37.9%	32.5%	19.8%	21.9%	19.1%	29.4%
	New Democrats	Seats:		4						4
		Popular vote:	4.9%	22.0%	8.1%	6.1%	8.6%	7.9%	4.4%	10.2%
	Alberta Alliance	Seats:							1	1
		Popular vote:	6.5%	4.2%	10.2%	14.9%	13.8%	11.3%	13.1%	8.7%
Total seats:			23	18	2	2	10	20	8	83
Parties that won no seats:
	Green	Popular vote:	5.5%	1.0%	3.1%	1.2%	1.1%	2.5%	2.1%	2.8%
	Social Credit	Popular vote:	0.3%	0.8%	2.6%	-	1.1%	2.3%	2.4%	1.2%
	Separation	Popular Vote:	0.2%	-	-	1.3%	-	0.9%	2.6%	0.5%
	Alberta Party	Popular vote:	<0.1%	-	-	-	-	0.6%	1.3%	0.3%
	Communist	Popular vote:	<0.1%	<0.1%	-	-	-	-	-	<0.1%
	Independents	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.

[edit] See also

• List of Alberta political parties

[edit] Results by riding

[edit] Results by riding

Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth
	Progressive Conservative	62	20	1	0
	Liberal	16	54	12	0
	New Democratic Party	4	2	30	21
	Alberta Alliance	1	9	33	33
	Greens	0	1	8	16
	Social Credit	0	1	0	3
	Alberta Party	0	0	1	2
	Separation	0	0	0	3

Names in bold indicate party leaders and cabinet ministers.

[edit] Northern Alberta

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Prog. Cons.		Liberal		NDP		Alliance		Green		Other
Athabasca-Redwater|		Mike Cardinal 5,706		Nicole Belland 3,258		Peter Opryshko 1,407		Sean Whelan 1,174		Luke de Smet 252		Leonard Fish (Soc. Cred.) 179		Mike Cardinal
													merged district
														Dave Broda†
Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock		Ken Kowalski 6,967		Alan Fiebich 2,250		Peggy Kirkeby 1,098		Mike Radojcic 1,012				Carl Haugen (Soc. Cred.) 404		Ken Kowalski
Bonnyville-Cold Lake		Denis Ducharme 3,621		Lloyd Mildon 797		Denise Ogonoski 312		Shane Gervais 955						Denis Ducharme
Dunvegan-Central Peace		Hector G. Goudreau 3,670		Don Thompson 689		Leon R. Pendleton 446		Dale Lueken 3,332				Lanny Portsmouth (Soc. Cred.) 118		Hector G. Goudreau
Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo		Guy C. Boutilier 4,429		Russell W. Collicott 1,800		Dave Malka 460		Eugene Eklund 224				Reginald Normore (Ind.) 94		Guy C. Boutilier
Grande Prairie Smoky		Mel Knight 4,369		Neil Peacock 1,965		Georgina Szoke 724		Hank Rahn 688						Mel Knight
Grande Prairie Wapiti		Gordon J. Graydon 4,348		Cibylla Rakestraw 1,677		Jerry Macdonald 972		John Hilton-O'Brien 547		Allan Webber 348				Gordon J. Graydon
Lac La Biche-St. Paul		Ray Danyluk 4,898		Dickson Broomfield 1,877		Phil Goebel 648		Oscar Lacombe 1,703						Ray Danyluk
Lesser Slave Lake		Pearl Calahasen 3,894		Jonathan Pleckaitis 530		Doris Bannister 354		Valerie Rahn 977		Ian Hopfe 254				Pearl Calahasen
Peace River		Frank Oberle 2,888		Adam Bourque 1,101		Stephen Crocker 558		Gary Checknita 541				Patsy Lindberg (Soc. Cred.) 204		Gary Friedel†

[edit] Western and Central Alberta

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Prog. Cons.		Liberal		NDP		Alliance		Green		Other
Banff-Cochrane		Janis Tarchuk 4,236		Ian McDougall 1,649		Melissa Cambridge 468		Bob Argent 476		Chris Foote 1,205				Janis Tarchuk
Drayton Valley-Calmar		Tony Abbott 5,231		Laura Higgerty 890		Lynn Oberle 641		Viona Cunningham 764		Edwin Erickson 927		Thomas Cliff (Soc. Cred.) 244 Elmer Knopp (Ind.) 115		Clarke A. Abbott
Foothills-Rocky View		Ted Morton 6,770		Herb Coburn 1,954		Roland Schmidt 232		Jason Herasemluk 1,081		Shelley Willson 1,186				new district
Innisfail-Sylvan Lake		Luke Ouellette 6,206		Garth Davis 1,816		Chris Janke 585		Randy Thorsteinson 2,242				Wilf Tricker (Soc. Cred.) 349		Luke Ouellette
Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills		Richard Marz 7,277		Tony Vonesch 1,336		Christopher Davies 257		Gordon Quantz 2,021		Sarah Henckel-Sutmoller 469		Brian Vasseur (Sep. Pty.) 746 Myrna Kissick (Soc. Cred.) 143		Richard Marz
Red Deer North		Mary Anne Jablonski 3,736		Norm McDougall 2,640		Steven Bedford 430		Rand Sisson 1,660		Colin Fisher 244				Mary Anne Jablonski
Red Deer South		Victor Doerksen 5,371		Walter Kubanek 4,073		Jeff Sloychuk 836		Patti Argent 1,418				Judy Milne (Sep. Pty.) 261		Victor Doerksen
Rocky Mountain House		Ty Lund 5,773		Susan M. Scott 1,267		Anthony Jones 300		Ed Wilhite 810		Jennifer Isaac 337		Lavern J. Ahlstrom (Soc. Cred.) 1,267 Bruce Hutton (Sep. Pty.) 505		Ty Lund
Stony Plain		Fred Lindsay 5,644		Bill Fraser 3,402		Ruth Yanor 1,375		Marilyn Burns 1,878				Henry Neumann (Soc. Cred.) 245		Stan Woloshyn
West Yellowhead		Ivan Strang 3,769		Rob Jolly 1,682		Barry Madsen 1,783		Earl Cunningham 615		Monika Schaefer 360				Ivan Strang
Whitecourt-Ste. Anne		George VanderBurg 5,071		George Higgerty 1,219		Leah Redmond 996		David Dow 2,333						George VanderBurg

[edit] East Central Alberta

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Prog. Cons.		Liberal		NDP		Alliance		Green		Other
Battle River-Wainwright		Doug Griffiths 6,409		Gordon Rogers 1,069		Len Legault 616		Orest Werzak 1,440				Robin Skitteral (Soc. Cred.) 319		Doug Griffiths
Drumheller-Stettler		Shirley McClellan 6,770				Richard Bough 890		Dave France 1,413				Eileen Walker (Alberta Pty.) 616 Dave Carnegie (Separation) 465 Mary-Lou Kloppenburg (Soc. Cred.) 279		Shirley McClellan
Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville		Ed Stelmach 6,160		Peter Schneider 3,114		Wes Buyarski 1,634		Byron King 1,410				Mark R. Patterson (Soc. Cred.) 380		Ed Stelmach
Lacombe-Ponoka		Ray Prins 6,919		Glen T Simmonds 2,218		Jim Graves 1,124		Ed Klop 2,349				Teena Cormack (Soc. Cred.) 467		Judy Gordon
													merged district
														Halvar Jonson
Leduc-Beaumont-Devon		George Rogers 6,809		Joyce Assen 3,425		Katie Oppen 904		Dave Dalke 1,140		Stephen Lindop 381		Karen Richert (Soc. Cred.) 249		Albert Klapstein
Vermilion-Lloydminster		Lloyd Snelgrove 5,464		Patricia Thomas 706		Ray Stone 553		David Benoit 2,437						Lloyd Snelgrove
Wetaskiwin-Camrose		LeRoy Johnson 6,177		Keith Elliott 2,713		Clay Lawson 908		Dale Trefz 1,193				Janice H. Wolter (Soc. Cred.) 309		LeRoy Johnson

[edit] Central Edmonton

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Prog. Cons.		Liberal		NDP		Alliance		Green		Other
Edmonton Beverly Clareview		Julius Yankowsky 3,059		Sam Parmar 1,166		Ray Martin 5,268		Phil Gamache 457		Benoit Couture 141		Ken Shipka (Soc. Cred.) 283		Julius Yankowsky
Edmonton Centre		Don Weideman 2,622		Laurie Blakeman 6,236		Mary Elizabeth Archer 1,538		Tony Caterina 264		David J. Parker 336		Linda Clements (Soc. Cred.) 111		Laurie Blakeman
Edmonton Glenora		Drew Hutton 3,758		Bruce Miller 4,610		Larry Booi 4,059		Blaine Currie 307		Peter Johnston 272		Walter Schachenhofer (Soc. Cred.) 112		Drew Hutton
Edmonton Gold Bar		Manjit Dhaliwal 2,574		Hugh MacDonald 8,794		Keith Turnbull 1,966		Delmar Hunt 538				Dave Dowling (Ind.) 167		Hugh MacDonald
Edmonton Highlands-Norwood		Terry Martiniuk 2,209		Jason Manzevich 1,035		Brian Mason 6,053		Ray Loyer 315				Dale W. Ferris (Ind.) 66		Brian Mason
Edmonton Mill Creek		Gene Zwozdesky 5,071		Aman Gill 4,286		Nathan Taylor 1,709		Robert Alford 523		Eric Steiglitz 386		Cameron Johnson (Ind.) 72		Gene Zwozdesky
Edmonton Mill Woods		Naresh Bhardwaj 2,989		Weslyn Mather 5,014		Lloyd Nelson 1,565		Charles Relland 816				Naomi Rankin (Communist) 42		Don Massey
Edmonton Riverview		Fred Horne 3,571		Kevin Taft 10,279		Donna Martyn 1,053		David Edgar 315		John Lackey 355		Dave W. Power (Soc. Cred.) 111		Kevin Taft
Edmonton Rutherford		Ian McClelland 4,173		Rick Miller 7,217		George A. Slade 995		R. J. (Bob) Ewart 516				Anit Ashmore (Soc. Cred.) 210		Ian McClelland
Edmonton Strathcona		Shannon Stubbs 2,256		Steven Leard 1,850		Raj Pannu 7,430		Jeremy Burns 275		Adrian Cole 287		Kelly Graham (Soc. Cred.) 162		Raj Pannu

[edit] Suburban Edmonton and Environs

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Prog. Cons.		Liberal		NDP		Alliance		Green		Other
Edmonton Calder		Brent Rathgeber 3,680		Brad Smith 3,028		David Eggen 4,055		Vicki Kramer 526						Brent Rathgeber
Edmonton Castle Downs Election Recount		Thomas Lukaszuk 5,014		Chris Kibermanis 5,019		Peter Cross 1,317		Colin Presizniuk 583				Ross Korpi (Soc. Cred.) 78		Thomas Lukaszuk
		5,022		5,019		1,314		586				78
Edmonton Decore		Walter Szwender 3,033		Bill Bonko 4,418		Shirley Barg 1,524		Gary Masyk 830				Geoffrey Chevrier (Soc. Cred.) 94		Bill Bonner
													merged district
														Gary Masyk
Edmonton Ellerslie		Gurnam Dodd 3,245		Bharat Agnihotri 3,444		Marilyn Assheton-Smith 2,257		Eleanor Maroes 985				Amelia Maciejewski (Soc. Cred.) 238		vacant
Edmonton Manning		Tony Vandermeer 3,646		Dan Backs 3,873		Laurie Lang 2,371		Mike Pietramala 515		Ross Adshead 240		Sean Tisdall (Soc. Cred.) 130		Tony Vandermeer
Edmonton McClung		Mark Norris 5,331		Mo Elsalhy 5,864		Lorne Dach 1,362		Reuben Bauer 401				Patrick Conlin (Soc. Cred.) 104		Mark Norris
Edmonton Meadowlark		Bob Maskell 4,243		Maurice Tougas 4,436		Lance Burns 1,303		Aaron Campbell 444		Amanda Doyle 245		Peggy Morton (Ind.) 77		Bob Maskell
Edmonton Whitemud		David Hancock 7,493		Donna L. Smith 6,567		Brian Fleck 1,634		Kathy Rayner 469				John Andrews (Ind.) 76		David Hancock
Sherwood Park		Iris Evans 7,276		Louise Rogers 5,587		Tim Sloan 994		Cora LaBonte 444		Lynn Lau 362		Gordon Barrett (Soc. Cred.) 474		Iris Evans
Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert		Doug Horner 6,140		Ray Boudreau 5,559		Dale Apostal 1,020		Tim Friesen 740				Glen Blaylock (Soc. Cred.) 170		Doug Horner
St. Albert		Mary O'Neill 6,064		Jack Flaherty 6,474		Travis Thompson 1,652		Michaela Meldrum 591		Conrad Bitangcol 407				Mary O'Neill
Strathcona		Rob Lougheed 6,838		Jon Friel 4,115		Tom Elchuk 1,177		Ryan Seto 466				Bruce Stubbs (Ab. Pty.) 775 Brian Rembowski (Soc. Cred.) 327 Roberta McDonald (Separation) 297		Recreated District

[edit] Southern Alberta

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Prog. Cons.		Liberal		NDP		Alliance		Green		Other
Airdrie-Chestermere		Carol Haley 6,842		John Burke 1,633		Grant Massie 569		Bradley Gaida 758		Angela Scully 434		Jeff Willerton (Alberta Pty.) 1,036 Bob Lefurgey (Separation) 394 Jerry Gautreau (Soc. Cred.) 178		Carol Haley
Cardston-Taber-Warner		Broyce Jacobs 3,753		Paula Shimp 783		Luann Bannister 185		Paul Hinman 3,884		Lindsay Ferguson 225				Broyce Jacobs
Cypress-Medicine Hat		Leonard Mitzel 4,623		Stuart Angle 2,234		Cliff Anten 345		Dan H. Pierson 651				Eric Solberg (Soc. Cred.) 561		Lorne Taylor
Highwood		George Groeneveld 6,782		Lori Czerwinski 1,843		Catherine Whelan Costen 432		Brian Wickhorst 733		Sheelagh Matthews 547		Cory Morgan (Separation) 299		Don Tannas
Lethbridge East		Rod Fong 4,703		Bridget Pastoor 5,340		Gaye Metz 607		Brian Stewart 1,472		Erin Matthews 360		Darren Popik (Soc. Cred.) 251		vacant
Lethbridge West		Clint Dunford 4,416		Bal Boora 3,675		Mark Sandilands 1,316		Merle Terlesky 949		Andrea Sheridan 368		Scott Sawatsky (Soc. Cred.) 357		Clint Dunford
Little Bow		Barry McFarland 4,894		Arij Langstraat 1,965		Hugh Logie 327		Jay Phin 859				Brian Cook (Soc. Cred.) 556 Grant Shaw (Separation) 432		Barry McFarland
Livingstone-Macleod		David Coutts 5,095		Craig Whitehead 2,030		Joyce Thomas 626		George Lyster 1,493		Chris Watts 468		Jim Walker (Separation) 339		David Coutts
Medicine Hat		Rob Renner 5,392		Karen Charlton 3,482		Diana Arnott 560		Scott Cowan 1,073				Jonathan Lorentzen (Soc. Cred.) 246		Rob Renner
Strathmore-Brooks		Lyle Oberg 6,051		Carol Jacques 1,055		Don MacFarlane 405		Mark D. Ogden 852				Jay Kolody (Separation) 559 Rudy Martens (Soc. Cred.) 313		Lyle Oberg

[edit] Suburban Calgary

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Prog. Cons.		Liberal		NDP		Alliance		Green		Other
Calgary Bow		Alana DeLong 6,097		Kelly McDonnell 3,509		Jennifer Banks 1,135		James Istvanffy 1,015		Marie Picken 713		Margaret Askin (Independent) 98 Doug Picken (Soc. Cred.) 97		Alana DeLong
Calgary Cross		Yvonne Fritz 3,763		Raleigh DeHaney 1,452		Jeanie Keebler 391		Gordon Huth 648		Ryan Richardson 271				Yvonne Fritz
Calgary Foothills		Len Webber 5,820		Stephen Jenuth 3,559		Malcolm Forster 407		Vincent S. Jansen-Van Doorn 472						Pat Nelson
Calgary Fort		Wayne Cao 4,136		Gerry Hart 1,784		Elizabeth Thomas 583		Travis Chase 589		Tyler Charkie 440		Leo Ollenberger (Separation) 212		Wayne Cao
Calgary Hays		Arthur Johnston 5,529		Sharon Howe 1,952		Rachel Weinfeld 298		Robert Wawrzynowski 534		Bernie Amell 378			new district
Calgary Lougheed		David Rodney 6,334		Allan Pollock 2,971		Matthew Koczkur 365		Tariq Khan 445		Ryan Boucher 471				Marlene Graham
Calgary MacKay		Gary Mar 5,640		Darryl Hawkins 2,615		Giorgio Cattabeni 395		Shawn Hubbard 640		David McTavish 443		Paul Martin (Independent) 193		Gary Mar
Calgary McCall		Shiraz Shariff 3,203		Darshan Kang 2,958		Gurpreet (Preet) Sihota 264		Ina Givens 573		Sean Robert Brocklesby 359				Shiraz Shariff
Calgary Montrose		Hung Pham 3,318		Arthur Danielson 1,651		Jason Nishiyama 434		Cyril Collingwood 674		Kevin Colton 355				Hung Pham
Calgary North West		Greg Melchin 7,768		Judy Stewart 4,488		Bob Brunet 518		Jenell Friesen 622		Jeffrey Krekoski 636				Greg Melchin
Calgary Shaw		Cindy Ady 6,732		John Roggeveen 2,373		Jarrett Young 300		Barry Chase 620		Rick Papineau 380		Daniel Doherty (Separation) 171		Cindy Ady
Calgary West		Ron Liepert 6,964		Derek Smith 4,286		Chantelle Dubois 434		John Keyes 988		James Kohut 732				Karen Kryczka

[edit] Central Calgary

Electoral district	Candidates													Incumbent
		Prog. Cons.		Liberal		NDP		Alliance		Green		Other
Calgary Buffalo		Harvey Cenaiko 3,370		Terry Taylor 2,777		Cliff Hesby 455		Nadine Hunka 290		Grant Neufeld 656		Elizabeth Kaur Fielding (Soc. Cred.) 71 Carl Schwartz (Alberta Pty.) 58		Harvey Cenaiko
Calgary Currie		Jon Lord 4,413		Dave Taylor 4,984		Robert Scobel 468		Ken Mazeroll 348		Kim Warnke 810				Jon Lord
Calgary East		Moe Amery 4,492		Bill Harvey 2,359		Paul Vargis 461		Brad Berard 605		Rick Michalenko 367		Bonnie-Jean Collins (Communist) 56		Moe Amery
Calgary Egmont		Denis Herard 5,691		Michael Queenan 2,371		Christopher Dovey 599		David Crutcher 1,657		George Read 914				Denis Herard
Calgary Elbow		Ralph Klein 6,968		Stephen Brown 4,934		Becky Kelley 343		Diana-Lynn Brooks 485		Allison Roth 666		Trevor Grover (Soc. Cred.) 68 Lloyd Blimke (Ind.) 51		Ralph Klein
Calgary Fish Creek		Heather Forsyth 6,829		Tore Badenduck 2,801		Eric Leavitt 794		Mike Kuipers 780		Chris Sealy 561				Heather Forsyth
Calgary Glenmore		Ron Stevens 6,257		Avalon Roberts 4,360		Holly Heffernan 550		Ernest McCutcheon 572		Evan Sklarski 531		Larry R. Heather (Soc. Cred.) 135		Ron Stevens
Calgary Mountain View		Mark Hlady 4,058		David Swann 7,155		John Donovan 711		Ryan Cassell 589		Mark MacGillivray 912				Mark Hlady
Calgary North Hill		Richard Magnus 4,384		Pat Murray 3,223		Aileen L. Machell 630		Brent Best 627		Susan Stratton 1,264				Richard Magnus
Calgary Nose Hill		Neil Brown 4,369		Len Borowski 2,605		Dirk Huysman 552		Bill McGregor 1,073		John Johnson 584		Raymond Hurst (Soc. Cred.) 163	new district
Calgary Varsity		Michael W. Smyth 5,585		Harry B. Chase 6,303		Mark Gabruch 625		Ron Beninger 763		Richard Larson 753		Leonard Skowronski (Soc. Cred.) 118		Murray Smith

[edit] 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.

[edit] Political parties

For this election, there were 11 political parties registered with Elections Alberta. See also: List of Alberta political parties.

[edit] Parties that elected MLAs in the previous election

The parties are listed in descending order of number of MLAs elected in 2001.

[edit] 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.

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[edit] 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.

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[edit] 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.

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[edit] Other registered parties

The parties are listed in descending order of number of candidates nominated in 2004.

[edit] 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.

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[edit] 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.

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[edit] Social Credit Party

Leader: Lavern Ahlstrom

Prior to the 2001 election, the Social Credit Party was in turmoil following the departure of 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.

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[edit] 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.

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[edit] Alberta Party

Leader: Bruce Stubbs

The Alberta Party did not nominate any candidates in 2001, but nominated four candidates for the 2004 election.

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[edit] 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.

[edit] The Equity Party

Leader: Emil van der Poorten

The 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Independent candidates

29 independent candidates ran in the 2001 election. These candidates won a total of 10,528 votes. 10 independents ran in 2004.

[edit] Standings in the 25th Legislature

[edit] Standings after the 25th general election

Political party	Calgary	Edmonton	Urbanized	Rural	Special	Total
Progressive Conservative	21	11	20	20	2	74
Liberal	0	6	1	0	0	7
New Democrat	0	2	0	0	0	2
Totals	21	19	21	20	2	83

[edit] Standings at dissolution

Political party	Calgary	Edmonton	Urbanized	Rural	Special	Total
Progressive Conservative	21	10	20	20	2	73
Liberal	0	5	0	0	0	5
New Democrat	0	2	0	0	0	2
Alberta Alliance	0	1	0	0	0	1
Vacant	0	1	1	0	0	2
Totals	21	19	21	20	2	83

[edit] 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 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, Nov 23 UTC)
• 8:36 p.m.: CBC projects a PC majority (03:36, Nov 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 Alberta Court of Appeal.

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.

[edit] Poll numbers

• Ipsos-Reid, 2004-10-29: PC 50%, Lib 26%, NDP 10%, AAP 9%, Green 4%
• COMPAS Inc. / Calgary Herald, 2004-11-3, 2004-11-4: PC 61%, Lib 19%, NDP 16%, Green 3%, Separation 1%, Other 1%. Interestingly, 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. [1]
• Cameron Strategy Inc. / Global News / Calgary Herald, 2004-11-8-11-16: PC 47%, Lib 21%, NDP 11%, AAP 9%, Green 5%
• Ipsos-Reid, 2004-11-12-11-17: PC 44%, Lib 29%, NDP 12%, AAP 9%, Green 4% (800 adults, MoE 3.5%)

[edit] External links

• Elections Alberta
• Alberta Legislative Assembly
• Final Report of the Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission
• Riding maps (2003 representation)

[edit] More Coverage

• Nodice Elections: Alberta
• CBC Coverage: Alberta Votes 2004

[edit] Candidates

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