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.

1997 Alberta general election

March 11, 1997 (1997-03-11)
83 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 42 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	53.75%
Majority party Minority party   LIB Leader Ralph Klein Grant Mitchell Party Progressive Conservative Liberal Leader's seat Calgary-Elbow Edmonton-McClung Last election 51 seats, 44.49% 32 seats, 39.73% Seats before 52 31 Seats won 63 18 Seat change 11 13 Popular vote 483,914 309,748 Percentage 51.17% 32.75% Swing 6.7 6.98%   Third party Fourth party   NDP SC Leader Pam Barrett Randy Thorsteinson Party New Democratic Social Credit Leader's seat Edmonton-Highlands ran in Red Deer-South (lost) Last election 0 seats, 11.01% 0 seats, 2.41% Seats before 0 0 Seats won 2 0 Seat change 2 0 Popular vote 83,292 64,667 Percentage 8.81% 6.84% Swing 2.2% 4.43%
Premier before election Ralph Klein Progressive Conservative Premier after election Ralph Klein Progressive Conservative

Results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				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 PC   51.17% Liberal   32.75% New Democratic   8.81% Social Credit   6.84% Others   0.43%

Seats summary PC   75.90% Liberal   21.69% New Democratic   2.41%

Members elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

24th Alberta Legislative Assembly
District		Member	Party
	Athabasca-Wabasca	Mike Cardinal	Progressive Conservative
	Airdrie-Rocky View	Carol Haley	Progressive Conservative
	Banff-Cochrane	Janis Tarchuk	Progressive Conservative
	Barrhead-Westlock	Ken Kowalski	Progressive Conservative
	Bonnyville-Cold Lake	Denis Ducharme	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Bow	Bonnie Laing	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Buffalo	Gary Dickson	Liberal
	Calgary-Cross	Yvonne Fritz	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Currie	Jocelyn Burgener	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-East	Moe Amery	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Egmont	Denis Herard	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Elbow	Ralph Klein	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Fish Creek	Heather Forsyth	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Foothills	Pat Black1	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Fort	Wayne Cao	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Glenmore	Ron Stevens	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Lougheed	Marlene Graham	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-McCall	Shiraz Shariff	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Montrose	Hung Pham	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Mountain View	Mark Hlady	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-North Hill	Richard Magnus	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-North West	Greg Melchin	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Nose Creek	Gary Mar	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Shaw	Jon Havelock	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Varsity	Murray Smith	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-West	Karen Kryczka	Progressive Conservative
	Cardston-Taber-Warner	Ron Hierath	Progressive Conservative
	Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan	Rob Lougheed	Progressive Conservative
	Cypress-Medicine Hat	Lorne Taylor	Progressive Conservative
	Drayton Valley-Calmar	Tom Thurber	Progressive Conservative
	Drumheller-Chinook	Shirley McClellan	Progressive Conservative
	Dunvegan	Glen Clegg	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview	Julius Yankowsky	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Calder	Lance White	Liberal
	Edmonton-Castle Downs	Pamela Paul	Liberal
	Edmonton-Centre	Laurie Blakeman	Liberal
	Edmonton-Ellerslie	Debby Carlson	Liberal
	Edmonton-Glengarry	Bill Bonner	Liberal
	Edmonton-Glenora	Howard Sapers	Liberal
	Edmonton-Gold Bar	Hugh MacDonald	Liberal
	Edmonton-Highlands	Pam Barrett	NDP
	Edmonton-Manning	Ed Gibbons	Liberal
	Edmonton-McClung	Grant Mitchell	Liberal
	Edmonton-Meadowlark	Karen Leibovici	Liberal
	Edmonton-Mill Creek	Gene Zwozdesky	Liberal
	Edmonton-Mill Woods	Don Massey	Liberal
	Edmonton-Norwood	Sue Olsen	Liberal
	Edmonton-Riverview	Linda Sloan	Liberal
	Edmonton-Rutherford	Percy Wickman	Liberal
	Edmonton-Strathcona	Raj Pannu	NDP
	Edmonton-Whitemud	David Hancock	Progressive Conservative
	Fort McMurray	Guy C. Boutilier	Progressive Conservative
	Grande Prairie-Smoky	Walter Paszkowski	Progressive Conservative
	Grande Prairie-Wapiti	Wayne Jacques	Progressive Conservative
	Highwood	Don Tannas	Progressive Conservative
	Innisfail-Sylvan Lake	Gary Severtson	Progressive Conservative
	Lac La Biche-St. Paul	Paul Langevin	Progressive Conservative
	Lacombe-Stettler	Judy Gordon	Progressive Conservative
	Lesser Slave Lake	Pearl Calahasen	Progressive Conservative
	Leduc	Albert Klapstein	Progressive Conservative
	Lethbridge-East	Ken Nicol	Liberal
	Lethbridge-West	Clint Dunford	Progressive Conservative
	Little Bow	Barry McFarland	Progressive Conservative
	Livingstone-Macleod	David Coutts	Progressive Conservative
	Medicine Hat	Rob Renner	Progressive Conservative
	Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills	Richard Marz	Progressive Conservative
	Peace River	Gary Friedel	Progressive Conservative
	Ponoka-Rimbey	Halvar Jonson	Progressive Conservative
	Red Deer-North	Stockwell Day	Progressive Conservative
	Red Deer-South	Victor Doerksen	Progressive Conservative
	Redwater	Dave Broda	Progressive Conservative
	Rocky Mountain House	Ty Lund	Progressive Conservative
	Sherwood Park	Iris Evans	Progressive Conservative
	St. Albert	Mary O'Neill	Progressive Conservative
	Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert	Colleen Soetaert	Liberal
	Stony Plain	Stan Woloshyn	Progressive Conservative
	Strathmore-Brooks	Lyle Oberg	Progressive Conservative
	Vegreville-Viking	Ed Stelmach	Progressive Conservative
	Vermilion-Lloydminster	Steve West	Progressive Conservative
	Wainwright	Robert Fischer	Progressive Conservative
	West Yellowhead	Ivan Strang	Progressive Conservative
	Wetaskiwin-Camrose	LeRoy Johnson	Progressive Conservative
	Whitecourt-Ste. Anne	Peter Trynchy	Progressive Conservative

Note:

• ¹ Pat Black later changed her last name to Nelson.