List of Alberta general elections

Number of seats won by major parties at each election

	Conservative			Liberal			Social Credit			NDP
	United Farmers			Other			Independent

This article provides a summary of results for the general elections to the Canadian province of Alberta's unicameral legislative body, the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The number of seats has increased over time, from 25 for the first election in 1905, to the current 83.

To date, no political party has returned to power in Alberta after being removed in a previous election. The province has been ruled by four "dynasties": the Liberal Party (1905-1921); the United Farmers of Alberta (1921-1935), the Social Credit Party (1935-1971), and the Progressive Conservative Party (1971 to present). No minority government has ever been elected. Thus, Alberta can be said to have continuously had a dominant-party system for its entire political history though the dominant party has changed over time.

The chart on the right shows the information graphically, with the most recent elections on the right. It shows the successive dynasties of the Liberals (red), United Farmers (yellow), Social Credit (green) and Conservatives (blue).

Summary

The table below shows the total number of seats won by the major political parties at each election. The winning party's total is shown in bold. Full details on any election are linked via the year of the election at the start of the row.

Year		Conservatives [A]	Liberal	NDP [B]	Social Credit	United Farmers	Independent	Other Parties
2004		62	16	4				1	Alberta Alliance
2001		74	7	2
1997		63	18	2
1993		51	32
1989		59	8	16
1986		61	4	16				2	Representative
1982		75		2			2
1979		74		1	4
1975		69		1	4
1971		49		1	25
1967		6	3		55		1
1963			2		60			1	Coalition
1959		1	1		61		2		Coalition, Independent Social Credit
1955		3	15	2	37		1	3	Coalition, Independent Social Credit, Liberal Conservative
1952		2	4	2	52			1	Independent Social Credit
1948			2	2	51		1	1	Independent Social Credit
1944				2	51		3	1	Veterans' and Active Force
1940			1		36		19	1	Labour
1935		2	5		56
1930		6	11			39		4	Labour
1926		4	7			43		6	Labour (5), Independent Labor (1)
1921			15			38	4	4	Labour
1917		19	34				2	1	Labour
1913		17	39
1909		2	36				1	2	Independent Liberal, Socialist
1905		2	23

Notes

^A Includes results for Progressive Conservatives

^B Includes results for Co-operative Commonwealth Federation prior to 1963.

See also

• Lists of general elections in Canada
• List of political parties in Canada for present and historical political parties in Alberta.

References

• Government of Alberta. "Candidate Summary of Results (General Elections 1905-2004)". Comparative Statistics. Retrieved 2006-12-02. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |Publisher= ignored (|publisher= suggested) (help)
• Government of Alberta. "Electoral Summary: 1905 - 2004". Comparative Statistics. Retrieved 2006-12-02. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |Publisher= ignored (|publisher= suggested) (help)