Legislative Assembly of Alberta

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The Legislature building, as seen from the North.

The Legislature grounds from the roof of the building.

The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is one of two components of the Legislature of Alberta, the other being the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta. The Alberta legislature meets in the Alberta Legislative Building in the provincial capital, Edmonton. The Legislative Assembly consists of 83 members elected first past the post from single-member electoral districts.

1 Members of the 26th Legislature
2 Party standings after the 26th General Election
3 Notable events
4 Resignations and party membership changes
5 External links

[edit] Members of the 26th Legislature

The members of the 26th Legislature were elected in the 26th Alberta general election held on November 22, 2004. In the list below, cabinet members' names are bolded; leaders of official parties are italicized.

Member	Party	Constituency
Tony Abbott	Progressive Conservative	Drayton Valley-Calmar
Cindy Ady	Progressive Conservative	Calgary Shaw
Bharat Agnihotri	Liberal	Edmonton Ellerslie
Moe Amery	Progressive Conservative	Calgary East
Dan Backs	Independent	Edmonton Manning
Laurie Blakeman	Liberal	Edmonton Centre
Bill Bonko	Liberal	Edmonton Decore
Guy Boutilier	Progressive Conservative	Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo
Neil Brown	Progressive Conservative	Calgary Nose Hill
Pearl Calahasen	Progressive Conservative	Lesser Slave Lake
Wayne Cao	Progressive Conservative	Calgary Fort
Mike Cardinal	Progressive Conservative	Athabasca-Redwater
Harvey Cenaiko	Progressive Conservative	Calgary Buffalo
Harry B. Chase	Liberal	Calgary Varsity
David Coutts	Progressive Conservative	Livingstone-Macleod
Ray Danyluk	Progressive Conservative	Lac La Biche-St. Paul
Alana DeLong	Progressive Conservative	Calgary Bow
Victor Doerksen	Progressive Conservative	Red Deer South
Denis Ducharme	Progressive Conservative	Bonnyville-Cold Lake
Clint Dunford	Progressive Conservative	Lethbridge West
David Eggen	NDP	Edmonton Calder
Mo Elsalhy	Liberal	Edmonton McClung
Iris Evans	Progressive Conservative	Sherwood Park
Jack Flaherty	Liberal	St. Albert
Heather Forsyth	Progressive Conservative	Calgary Fish Creek
Yvonne Fritz	Progressive Conservative	Calgary Cross
Hector Goudreau	Progressive Conservative	Dunvegan
Gordon Graydon	Progressive Conservative	Grande Prairie Wapiti
Doug Griffiths	Progressive Conservative	Battle River-Wainwright
George Groeneveld	Progressive Conservative	Highwood
Carol Haley	Progressive Conservative	Airdrie-Chestermere
David Hancock	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton Whitemud
Denis Herard	Progressive Conservative	Calgary Egmont
Paul Hinman	Alberta Alliance	Cardston-Taber-Warner
Doug Horner	Progressive Conservative	Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert
Mary-Anne Jablonski	Progressive Conservative	Red Deer North
LeRoy Johnson	Progressive Conservative	Wetaskiwin-Camrose
Arthur Johnston	Progressive Conservative	Calgary Hays
Vacant		Calgary Elbow
Mel Knight	Progressive Conservative	Grande Prairie Smoky
Kenneth Kowalski †	Progressive Conservative	Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock
Ronald Liepert	Progressive Conservative	Calgary West
Frederick Lindsay	Progressive Conservative	Stony Plain
Rob Lougheed	Progressive Conservative	Strathcona
Thomas Lukaszuk	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton Castle Downs
Ty Lund	Progressive Conservative	Rocky Mountain House
Hugh MacDonald	Liberal	Edmonton Gold Bar
Richard Magnus	Progressive Conservative	Calgary North Hill
Gary Mar	Progressive Conservative	Calgary Mackay
Ray Martin	NDP	Edmonton Beverly Clareview
Richard Marz	Progressive Conservative	Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills
Brian Mason	NDP	Edmonton Highlands Norwood
Weslyn Mather	Liberal	Edmonton Mill Woods
Vacant		Drumheller-Stettler
Barry McFarland	Progressive Conservative	Little Bow
Greg Melchin	Progressive Conservative	Calgary North West
Bruce Miller	Liberal	Edmonton Glenora
Richard Miller	Liberal	Edmonton Rutherford
Leonard Mitzel	Progressive Conservative	Cypress-Medicine Hat
Ted Morton	Progressive Conservative	Foothills-Rocky View
Lyle Oberg	Progressive Conservative	Strathmore-Brooks
Frank Oberle	Progressive Conservative	Peace River
Luke Ouellette	Progressive Conservative	Innisfail-Sylvan Lake
Raj Pannu	NDP	Edmonton Strathcona
Bridget Pastoor	Liberal	Lethbridge East
Hung Pham	Progressive Conservative	Calgary Montrose
Ray Prins	Progressive Conservative	Lacombe-Ponoka
Rob Renner	Progressive Conservative	Medicine Hat
David Rodney	Progressive Conservative	Calgary Lougheed
George Rogers	Progressive Conservative	Leduc-Beaumont-Devon
Shiraz Shariff	Progressive Conservative	Calgary McCall
Edward Stelmach	Progressive Conservative	Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville
Lloyd Snelgrove	Progressive Conservative	Vermilion-Lloydminster
Ron Stevens	Progressive Conservative	Calgary Glenmore
Ivan Strang	Progressive Conservative	West Yellowhead
David Swann	Liberal	Calgary Mountain View
Kevin Taft	Liberal	Edmonton Riverview
Janis Tarchuk	Progressive Conservative	Banff-Cochrane
Dave Taylor	Liberal	Calgary Currie
Maurice Tougas	Liberal	Edmonton Meadowlark
George VanderBurg	Progressive Conservative	Whitecourt-Ste. Anne
Len Webber	Progressive Conservative	Calgary Foothills
Gene Zwozdesky	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton Mill Creek

[edit] Party standings after the 26th General Election

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Seating Plan
Official Seating Plan (pdf format)

Affiliation		Members
	Progressive Conservative Party	62
	Liberal Party	15
	New Democratic Party	4
	Alberta Alliance	1
	Independent	1
Total		83

The Alberta Court of Appeal declared Thomas Lukaszuk the victor more than two months after the election. The election-night vote count had given Chris Kibermanis of the Liberals a five-vote win, but the judicial recount gave Lukaszuk a three-vote margin of victory.

A party requires four seats to have official party status in the legislature. Parties with fewer than four seats are not entitled to party funding although their members will usually be permitted to sit together in the chamber. For this reason, Paul Hinman, sole representative of the Alberta Alliance Party, is considered an independent, rather than party leader.

[edit] Notable events

The province's centennial occurred during the 26th Legislature, on September 1, 2005. Earlier that year, on May 24, 2005, Queen Elizabeth II made an official visit to the province in commemoration of the centennial.^[1]
On March 1, 2006, premier Ralph Klein announced a series of controversial health care reforms which involved allowing greater levels of privatization in Alberta's public health care system. Later that day, the premier received significant media attention after throwing a book at Jennifer Huygen, a 17-year-old page.
On March 15, 2006, and throughout the year, the Legislative Assembly celebrated the centennial of the first sitting of the Legislature.
On April 6, 2006, Ted Morton introduced the controversial Bill 208, Protection of Fundamental Freedoms (Marriage) Statutes Amendment Act, 2006. Critics maintained that the bill removed limitations on free speech where homosexual individuals were concerned, potentially removing recourse for verbal abuse and discrimination. The bill died on the order paper on May 18, 2006.

[edit] Resignations and party membership changes

Lyle Oberg was suspended from the Progressive Conservative caucus on March 23, 2006, and sat as an independent until his readmission to the party on July 25, 2006. He subsequently ran for the Progressive Conservative leadership.
Ralph Klein and Shirley McClellan resigned their seats on January 15, 2007.

Preceded by 25th Legislature	Alberta Legislatures 2004–Present	Succeeded by 27th Legislature

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