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Nominations for the election will open January 1, 2025, and close on September 22, 2025. [2] The government of Alberta has tabled legislation to reform the municipal government system; the Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, includes two pieces of legislation: the Local Authorities Election Act (LAEA) and the Municipal Government Act (MGA). [3]
Number of seats won by major parties at each election UCP Wildrose Conservative/PC Liberal CCF/NDP Social Credit United Farmers Dominion Labour Party Independents Other The Canadian province of Alberta holds elections to its unicameral legislative body, the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The maximum period between general elections of the assembly is five years, but the Lieutenant Governor ...
The Calgary district in 1930.. The original 25 districts were drawn up by Liberal Member of Parliament Frank Oliver prior to the first general election of 1905. The original boundaries were widely regarded as being gerrymandered to favour the Alberta Liberal Party, although the Liberal Party did receive the majority of votes in the 1905 election and thus rightly formed majority government.
Federal electoral districts represented by visible minorities during the 42nd Canadian Parliament (2015–2019) marked by party colour. This list comprises persons who belong to a visible minority group who have been elected to the federal House of Commons, legislative assemblies of provinces and territories, and members appointed to the Senate.
All Alberta elections have resulted in a majority government, a trend unseen in any other Canadian province. (But frequently the most popular party was the choice of less than half the voters.) Even with crossing the floor or by-elections, Alberta has never had a minority government. Each government has held a majority of seats in the Legislature.
The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (Elections Alberta), was created in 1977 to act as an independent body to oversee Alberta's Elections Finances and Contribution Disclosure Act and Election Act. Prior to 1977, these acts were overseen by the clerk of the Legislative Assembly. [5]
The 2023 Alberta general election was held on May 29, 2023. [1] Voters elected the members of the 31st Alberta Legislature.The United Conservative Party under Danielle Smith, the incumbent Premier of Alberta, was re-elected to a second term with a reduced majority. [2]
The UCP under Premier Danielle Smith was re-elected to government in the 2023 Alberta general election with a reduced majority. [32] [33] They lost their one seat in Edmonton to the NDP. [34] [35] [36] The election campaign had been close and one of the fiercest in Alberta's history. [37]