1982 Alberta general election

The 1982 Alberta general election was the twentieth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on November 2, 1982, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

1982 Alberta general election

November 2, 1982 (1982-11-02)
79 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 40 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	66.00%
Majority party Minority party Third party   PC NDP WCC Leader Peter Lougheed Grant Notley Gordon Kesler Party Progressive Conservative New Democratic Western Canada Concept Leader's seat Calgary-West Spirit River-Fairview ran in Highwood (lost) Last election 74 seats, 57.4% 1 seat, 15.8% pre-creation Seats before 73 1 1 Seats won 75 2 0 Seat change 2 1 1 Popular vote 588,485 177,166 111,131 Percentage 62.3% 18.7% 11.8% Swing 4.9% 2.9% —   Fourth party Fifth party   SC ARM Leader George Richardson Tom Sindlinger Party Social Credit Reform Movement Leader's seat ran in Whitecourt (lost) Calgary-Buffalo (lost re-election) Last election 4 seats, 19.9% pre-creation Seats before 1 1 Seats won 0 0 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 7,843 6,258 Percentage 0.8% 0.7% Swing 19.1% —
Premier before election Peter Lougheed Progressive Conservative Premier after election Peter Lougheed Progressive Conservative

Results

Overall voter turnout was 66.00%.

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
				1979	Diss.	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Lougheed	79	74	73	75	+1.4%	588,485	62.28%	+4.88%
	New Democratic	Grant Notley	79	1	1	2	+100%	177,166	18.75%	+3.00%
	Independent		34	-	2	2	-	36,590	3.87%	+3.10%
	Western Canada Concept	Gordon Kesler	78	*	1	-	*	111,131	11.76%	*
	Liberal	Nicholas Taylor	29	-	-	-	-	17,074	1.81%	-4.35%
	Social Credit	George Richardson	23	4	1	-	-100%	7,843	0.83%	-19.04%
	Alberta Reform Movement	Tom Sindlinger	14	*	1	-	-100%	6,258	0.66%	*
	Communist		8	-	-	-	-	389	0.04%	-0.01%
Total			344	79	79	79	-	944,936	100%
Source: Elections Alberta

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

Popular vote PC   62.28% New Democratic   18.75% WCC   11.76% Liberal   1.81% Social Credit   0.83% Others   4.57%

Seats summary PC   94.94% New Democratic   2.53% Independent   2.53%

Members elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts.

20th Alberta Legislative Assembly
	District	Member	Party
	Athabasca	Frank Pierpoint Appleby	Progressive Conservative
	Banff-Cochrane	Greg Stevens	Progressive Conservative
	Barrhead	Ken Kowalski	Progressive Conservative
	Bonnyville	Ernie Isley	Progressive Conservative
	Bow Valley	Tom Musgrove	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Bow	Neil Webber	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Buffalo	Brian Lee	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Currie	Dennis Anderson	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Egmont	David J. Carter	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Elbow	David John Russell	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Fish Creek	William Edward Payne	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Foothills	Janet Koper	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Forest Lawn	John Zaozirny	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Glenmore	Hugh Planche	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-McCall	Stan Nelson	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-McKnight	Eric Musgreave	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Millican	Gordon Shrake	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Mountain View	Bohdan Zip	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-North Hill	Ed Oman	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-North West	Sheila Embury	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-West	Peter Lougheed	Progressive Conservative
	Camrose	Gordon Stromberg	Progressive Conservative
	Cardston	John Thompson	Progressive Conservative
	Chinook	Henry Kroeger	Progressive Conservative
	Clover Bar	Walt Buck	Independent
	Cypress	Alan Hyland	Progressive Conservative
	Drayton Valley	Shirley Cripps	Progressive Conservative
	Drumheller	Lewis Clark	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Avonmore	Horst Schmid	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Belmont	Walter Szwender	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Beverly	Bill Diachuk	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Calder	Tom Chambers	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Centre	Mary LeMessurier	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Glengarry	Rollie Cook	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Glenora	Lou Hyndman	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Gold Bar	Al Hiebert	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Highlands	David Thomas King	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Jasper Place	Leslie Young	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Kingsway	Carl Paproski	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Meadowlark	Gerard Amerongen	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Mill Woods	Milt Pahl	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Norwood	Ray Martin	NDP
	Edmonton-Parkallen	Neil Stanley Crawford	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Sherwood Park	Henry Woo	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Strathcona	Julian Koziak	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Whitemud	Robert Keith Alexander	Progressive Conservative
	Edson	Ian Reid	Progressive Conservative
	Grande Prairie	Bob Elliott	Progressive Conservative
	Highwood	Harry Alger	Progressive Conservative
	Innisfail	Nigel Pengelly	Progressive Conservative
	Lac La Biche-McMurray	Norm Weiss	Progressive Conservative
	Lacombe	Ronald Moore	Progressive Conservative
	Lesser Slave Lake	Larry Shaben	Progressive Conservative
	Lethbridge-East	Archibald D. Johnston	Progressive Conservative
	Lethbridge-West	John Gogo	Progressive Conservative
	Little Bow	Raymond Speaker	Independent
	Lloydminster	Bud Miller	Progressive Conservative
	Macleod	LeRoy Fjordbotten	Progressive Conservative
	Medicine Hat	Jim Horsman	Progressive Conservative
	Olds-Didsbury	Stephen Stiles	Progressive Conservative
	Peace River	Al Adair	Progressive Conservative
	Pincher Creek-Crowsnest	Frederick Deryl Bradley	Progressive Conservative
	Ponoka	Halvar Jonson	Progressive Conservative
	Red Deer	Jim McPherson	Progressive Conservative
	Redwater-Andrew	George Topolnisky	Progressive Conservative
	Rocky Mountain House	John Murray Campbell	Progressive Conservative
	Smoky River	Marvin Moore	Progressive Conservative
	Spirit River-Fairview	Grant Notley	NDP
	St. Albert	Myrna Fyfe	Progressive Conservative
	St. Paul	John Drobot	Progressive Conservative
	Stettler	Graham Harle	Progressive Conservative
	Stony Plain	William Purdy	Progressive Conservative
	Taber-Warner	Robert Bogle	Progressive Conservative
	Three Hills	Connie Osterman	Progressive Conservative
	Vegreville	John Batiuk	Progressive Conservative
	Vermilion-Viking	Tom Lysons	Progressive Conservative
	Wainwright	Robert Fischer	Progressive Conservative
	Wetaskiwin-Leduc	Donald H. Sparrow	Progressive Conservative
	Whitecourt	Peter Trynchy	Progressive Conservative