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The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the province of Alberta, Canada.It sits in the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton.Since 2012 the Legislative Assembly has had 87 members, elected first past the post from single-member electoral districts. [1]
Like the Canadian federal government, Alberta uses a Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which members are sent to the Legislative Assembly after general elections and the lieutenant governor appoints the person who can command a majority of the members of the Assembly, typically the leader of the party with the most seats, as ...
The 31st Alberta Legislative Assembly was constituted after the general election on 29 May 2023. The United Conservative Party (UCP), led by incumbent Premier Danielle Smith , won a majority of seats (49) and formed the government.
This is a list of past and present members of the Senate of Canada representing the province of Alberta.. It had one senator starting in 1888. Three more were added in 1905, at time of granting of province-hood.
This category lists Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, both historical and current. Members in the Alberta Legislature were called Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) prior to 1921. There have been nearly 700 members elected to the Assembly
The premier is Alberta's head of government, while the King of Canada is its head of state and is represented by the lieutenant governor of Alberta. The premier picks a cabinet, usually from the elected members of the Legislative Assembly, to form the Executive Council of Alberta, and presides over that body.
The Executive Council of Alberta (the Cabinet) is a body of ministers of the Crown in right of Alberta, who along with the lieutenant governor, exercises the powers of the Government of Alberta. Ministers are selected by the premier and typically (but not always) sit as a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).
Alberta Party: Freedom Conservative: Legislative Assembly; Speaker of the Assembly: Bob Wanner June 11, 2015 — May 20, 2019: Government House Leader: Brian Mason May 21, 2015 — March 19, 2019: Opposition House Leader: Nathan Cooper June 1, 2015 — July 24, 2017: Richard Gotfried July 25, 2017 — October 29, 2017: Members: 87 MLA seats ...