1997 Alberta general election

The Alberta general election of 1997 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.

Ralph Klein's second election as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party was considerably more successful than his first. The PC Party won over half the popular vote, and 63 of the 83 seats in the legislature for its eighth consecutive term in government.

The Liberal Party of Grant Mitchell lost about 7% of the popular vote it had won in the 1993 election. The party's legislative caucus was reduced from 32 members to 18.

Pam Barrett led the New Democratic Party back into the legislature with two seats (both in Edmonton), despite winning an even smaller share of the popular vote than in 1993.

The Social Credit Party also re-emerged, but did not win any seats.

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 Democrats	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

Members elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

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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	New Democrat
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	New Democrat
Edmonton Whitemud	David Hancock	Progressive Conservative	Fort McMurray	Guy C. Boutilier	Progressive Conservative	Grand Prairie Smoky	Walter Paszkowski	Progressive Conservative
Grand 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-Llyodminster	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.

See also

• List of Alberta political parties

External links

• Original Elections Alberta Website for 1997 election
• Present Elections Alberta Website for 1997 election

Preceded by 1993 Alberta election

Alberta elections

Succeeded by 2001 Alberta election