1997 Alberta general election
The 1997 Alberta general election was the twenty-fourth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on March 11, 1997, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
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83 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 42 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
| Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | |||||
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| 1993 | Elected | % Change | # | % | % Change | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ralph Klein | 83 | 51 | 63 | +23.5% | 483,914 | 51.17% | +6.68% | |
| Liberal | Grant Mitchell | 83 | 32 | 18 | -43.8% | 309,748 | 32.75% | -6.98% | |
| New Democratic | Pam Barrett | 77 | - | 2 | 83,292 | 8.81% | -2.20% | ||
| Social Credit | Randy Thorsteinson | 70 | - | - | - | 64,667 | 6.84% | +4.43% | |
| Natural Law | Maury Shapka | 16 | - | - | - | 1,303 | 0.14% | -0.37% | |
| Green | David Parker | 7 | - | - | - | 1,039 | 0.11% | -0.09% | |
| Independent | 6 | - | - | - | 1,092 | 0.11% | -0.82% | ||
| Forum | William Finn | 4 | * | - | * | 597 | 0.06% | * | |
| Communist | Naomi Rankin | 1 | - | - | - | 61 | 0.01% | x | |
| Total | 347 | 83 | 83 | - | 945,713 | 100% | |||
| Source: Elections Alberta | |||||||||
Notes:
* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.
x – less than 0.005% of the popular vote
| Popular vote | ||||
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| PC | 51.17% | |||
| Liberal | 32.75% | |||
| New Democratic | 8.81% | |||
| Social Credit | 6.84% | |||
| Others | 0.43% | |||
| Seats summary | ||||
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| PC | 75.90% | |||
| Liberal | 21.69% | |||
| New Democratic | 2.41% | |||
Members elected
For complete electoral history, see individual districts
Note:
- 1 Pat Black later changed her last name to Nelson.
1997 Alberta General Election Media
ANDP: 2 seats
