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Number of seats won by major parties at each election UCP Wildrose Conservative/PC Liberal CCF/NDP Social Credit United Farmers Dominion Labour Party Independants 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 ...
However, minority governments have become more common at the federal level. Since 2004, five out of seven governments formed have been minority governments at the federal level. Nine of Canada's 10 provinces, all but Alberta, have experienced minority governments as well, mostly produced by first-past-the-post elections.
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 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]
This is a list of electoral district results for the 2023 Alberta general election. The United Conservative Party under Premier Danielle Smith was re-elected to government with a reduced majority. [1]
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.
The list of Alberta by-elections includes every by-election held in the Canadian province of Alberta. By-elections occur whenever there is a vacancy in the Legislative Assembly, although an imminent general election may allow the vacancy to remain until the dissolution of parliament. Until 1926 incumbent members were required to recontest their ...
The NDP candidate is Rob Miyashiro, who served on Lethbridge City Council from 2013 to 2021, and contested Lethbridge-East in the 2023 Alberta general election. [8] The United Conservative Party (UCP) candidate is Lethbridge city councillor John Middleton-Hope. [9] He is a former police officer and Lethbridge police chief. [10]