30th Alberta general election

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2019 Alberta general election
← 2015 April 16, 2019 (2019-04-16) 31st →
87 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
44 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
  Majority party Minority party Third party
  x150px Rachel Notley crop.jpg x150px
Leader Jason Kenney Rachel Notley Stephen Mandel
Party United Conservative New Democratic Alberta Party
Leader since October 28, 2017 October 18, 2014 February 27, 2018
Leader's seat Calgary-Lougheed Edmonton-Strathcona Ran in Edmonton-McClung (lost)
Last election Pre-creation[note 1] 54 seats, 40.57% 1 seat, 2.29%
Seats before 25 52 3
Seats after 63 24 0
Seat change Increase38 Decrease28 Decrease3
Popular vote 919,122 536,220 152,712
Percentage 55.17% 32.19% 9.17%
Swing Pre-creation[note 2] Decrease8.38pp Increase6.88pp
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Popular vote by riding. As this is a first-past-the-post election, seat totals are not determined by total popular vote, but instead by results in each riding. Riding names are listed at the bottom. NOTE - Several ridings are still undecided as of 18 April.
Premier before election

Rachel Notley
New Democratic

 Premier-designate

Jason Kenney
United Conservative

The 2019 Alberta general election (formally the 30th general election) was held on April 16, 2019, to elect the 87 members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.[1] In its first general election contest, the Jason Kenney-led United Conservative Party won 55.12% of the popular vote and 63 seats, reducing Premier Rachel Notley's governing Alberta New Democratic Party (NDP) to Official Opposition with 24 seats. The United Conservative Party was formed in 2017 from a merger of the Progressive Conservative Party and the Wildrose Party after the NDP's victory in the 2015 election ended nearly 44 years of Progressive Conservative rule.

Two other parties that won seats in the 2015 election, the Alberta Party and the Alberta Liberals, failed to win any seats, making this election the first Alberta general election since 1993 where only two parties won seats.

The Election Act fixes the election date to a three-month period, between March 1 and May 31 in the fourth calendar year after the preceding election day which in this case was May 5, 2015. However, this did not affect the powers of the Lieutenant Governor to dissolve the Legislative Assembly before this period.[2]

Results

Despite some polls suggesting a closer race might be at hand, the centre-right United Conservative Party managed to make a modest improvement in its overall share of the popular vote compared to the combined vote of the Progressive Conservative and Wildrose parties which preceded it, and will win a minimum of 60 seats. The UCP polled more than 900,000 votes, easily eclipsing the previous popular vote record of 627,252 set by the PC's in 2001, and finished no lower than second place in any constituency. UCP leader Jason Kenney easily won in his own riding.

The left-leaning Alberta New Democratic Party lost about one-fifth of its vote share and became the first governing party in Albertan history to fail to win re-election at least once (the previous shortest-lived government in Albertan history was that of the United Farmers of Alberta which won three consecutive elections) but nevertheless recorded their second-best ever result after their 2015 victory. Other than the post-merger UCP opposition, the NDP with at least 24 seats will form the largest opposition in the Albertan legislature since 1993. The NDP finished first or second in 85 out of 87 ridings with outgoing premier Rachel Notley easily securing re-election in her own constituency.

No other party elected any MLA's, with the centrist Alberta Party being the only other party to run a full slate of candidates. It more than quadrupled its overall popular vote, but could not overcome the challenges often faced by small parties in a polarized first-past-the-post system and failed to win any seats. All three AP incumbents were defeated, with former leader Greg Clark (the only MLA previosuly elected under the AP banner) being the only AP candidate to finish as high as second place. Current AP leader Stephen Mandel finished third in his own riding.

The Alberta Liberal Party finished fourth in the overall popular vote, with its vote share plunging by more than three quarters. Despite running considerably more candidates than it did at its historic nadirs in 1971 and 1982 in which far fewer total votes were cast, the party received even fewer votes than in 1982 (although more than it did in 1971). They were shut out of the legislature for the first time since 1982 which was also (coincidentally or not) the last election contested while Liberal Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau (father of current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau) was in office. Besides overall dissatisfaction with the Liberal brand, the Liberals were hampered by the perception they were competing for largely the same block of voters as the Alberta Party. Liberal Leader David Khan placed fourth in his constituency, which was formerly represented by his retiring predecessor David Swann.

A number of minor parties including several running to the right of the UCP contested the election, but none came close to winning any seats. The Alberta Independence Party (which fielded the most candidates after the UCP, NDP and AP) finished fifth in the overall popular vote. The Freedom Conservative Party finished sixth, although they ran fewer candidates compared to the other parties. On average, FCP candidates polled the most votes outside the three largest parties. The FCP's only incumbent (party founder and leader Derek Fildebrandt), who had been originally elected as a representative for the now defunct Wildrose Party, finished a distant third in his own riding. The Green Party of Alberta finished seventh in the overall popular vote and the Alberta Advantage Party finished eighth.

Five other registered parties fielded a total of eight candidates, including the rump UCP-controlled Progressive Conservative and Wildrose organizations which in order to maintain their registrations each ran a paper candidate in the riding held by incumbent Premier Notley. Somewhat ironically, the best result of any of these candidates was that of the sole PC candidate who despite not campaigning still polled 260 votes and finished fourth out of eleven candidates.

The last time only two parties took all of the seats was in 1993, and the only time before that was in 1913 after the defeat of Socialist Party MLA Charles O'Brien and before the rise of farmer and labour parties. In 2019, aside from UCP and NDP candidates, the only candidates to rank as high as second place were AP incumbent Greg Clark and incumbent MLA Rick Strankman. Previously a UCP MLA, Strankman was running as an independent.

In Alberta's peculair political history, this is only the second time that the leader of the Official Opposition before an election has become Premier. The previous instance was Peter Lougheed in 1971.

This was the first provincial election in which eligible voters could cast ballots in any advance poll in the province (called the "Vote Anywhere" feature by Elections Alberta). As a measure to protect their secrecy, "Vote Anywhere" ballots were sealed and transported to Elections Alberta headquarters to be counted. The counting of "Vote Anywhere" ballots did not start until April 17, meaning the winners of a few ridings closely contested between the UCP and NDP may not be known for several days. If the UCP earns the same proportion of "Vote Anywhere" ballots as it polled on Election Day, it will become the first Canadian political party outside Ontario and Quebec to record more than one million votes in a provincial general election.

Unofficial Results of the Alberta Legislative election 2019[3]
Party Leader Candidates Seats Popular vote
2015 Dissol. 2019 +/- Votes % % change
United Conservative Jason Kenney 87 N/A [n 1] 25 63 +38 919,122 55.17%
New Democratic Rachel Notley 87 54 52 24 -28 536,220 32.19%
Alberta Party Stephen Mandel 87 1 3 – -3 152,712 9.17%
Liberal David Khan 51 1 1 – -1 16,207 0.97%
Alberta Independence Dave Bjorkman 63 N/A – – – 12,317 0.74%
Freedom Conservative Derek Fildebrandt 24 – [n 2] 1 – -1 9,018 0.54%
  Independent 25 – 3 – -3 7,513 0.45%
Green Cheryle Chagnon-Greyeyes 32 – – – – 6,883 0.41%
Alberta Advantage Marilyn Burns 28 N/A – – – 5,215 0.31%
Communist Naomi Rankin 4 – – – – 277 0.02%
Progressive Conservative [n 3] Jason Kenney [n 4] 1 9 1 – -1 260 0.02%
Reform Randy Thorsteinson 1 N/A – – – 78 0.00%
Pro-Life Alberta Jeremy Fraser 1 – [n 5] – – – 59 0.00%
Wildrose [n 6] Jason Kenney [n 7] 1 21 – – – 48 0.00%
  Vacant 1 [n 8] 1
Total 492 87 87 87 1,665,929

Timeline

2015

2016

2017

  • March 18: Jason Kenney, former federal cabinet minister, is elected PC leader on a platform of joining with the Wildrose to form a united right-of-centre party.
  • May 18: PC leader Jason Kenney and Wildrose leader Brian Jean announce that merger referendums will be held in their parties on July 22, 2017. If they pass, with thresholds of 50%+1 of PC members and 75% of Wildrose members, the parties will begin the process of merging into the United Conservative Party, or UCP.[19]
  • May 25: The Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission presents its interim report, proposing changes to the boundaries and names of the province's ridings for the next election.[20]
  • June 4: David Khan is elected leader of the Liberal Party, becoming the first openly gay leader of a major Alberta political party.[21] David Swann, MLA for Calgary-Mountain View, had been serving as interim leader since the resignation of Raj Sherman in January 2015.
  • July 22: The PC and Wildrose parties hold unity referendums on the question of merging into the United Conservative Party. Both parties approve the merger with 95% support.[22]
  • July 24: The UCP legislative caucus meets for the first time and appoints Nathan Cooper, Wildrose MLA for Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills, as interim leader.[23] Richard Starke, PC MLA for Vermilion-Lloydminster, announces that he will not join the UCP caucus, and will continue sitting as a PC until the party is formally deregistered. This did not occur prior to dissolution of the House, thus, Starke never officially became an independent MLA.[24]
  • July 25: The UCP caucus is formally established in the legislature, comprising all 22 Wildrose MLAs and 7 of the 8 PC MLAs. Richard Starke continues to sit as a PC MLA.[25]
  • July 27: The UCP is formally registered with Elections Alberta. The PC and Wildrose parties remain registered, but both share the UCP's leadership team.[26]
  • August 15: Derek Fildebrandt, UCP MLA for Strathmore-Brooks, resigns from the UCP caucus following an expense scandal, becoming an Independent.[27]
  • September 21: Rick Fraser, UCP MLA for Calgary-South East, resigns from the UCP caucus, becoming an Independent.[28]
  • October 4: Karen McPherson, NDP MLA for Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill, resigns from the NDP caucus, becoming an Independent.[29]
  • October 19: The Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission releases its final report finalizing names and boundary changes that will take effect for the next provincial election.[30]
  • October 28: Jason Kenney is elected leader of the United Conservative Party.[31]
  • October 30: Karen McPherson, Independent MLA for Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill, joins the Alberta Party caucus.[32]
  • November 1: Dave Rodney, UCP MLA for Calgary-Lougheed, resigns as MLA, triggering a by-election in his riding. Rodney stepped down in order to allow Kenney a chance to enter the legislature.[33]
  • November 16: Premier Notley calls a by-election for Calgary-Lougheed, vacated by Dave Rodney's resignation, with the vote to be held on December 14.[34]
  • November 18: Greg Clark resigns as leader of the Alberta Party, triggering a leadership election for the party.[35] Clark assumes the role of interim leader until the leadership election.[36]
  • December 14: The Calgary-Lougheed by-election is held. UCP candidate and leader Jason Kenney is elected.[37]

2018

2019

  • January 2: Stephanie McLean, NDP MLA for Calgary-Varsity, resigns her seat.[48] As a spring general election is anticipated, no by-election is called in this riding.
  • January 15: Rick Strankman, UCP MLA for Drumheller-Stettler, resigns from the UCP caucus, becoming an Independent. Strankman claimed "hyper partisan self-centered politics" and the lack of grassroots voting within the party as his reason for leaving the caucus.[49]
  • February 9: Alberta Party leader Stephen Mandel is declared ineligible to run by Elections Alberta because of late paperwork submission.[50]
  • March 4: The ruling on Stephen Mandel's eligibility to run is reversed.[51]
  • March 19: Premier Notley announces the election will take place on April 16.[52]
  • April 4: Televised Leader's Debate.[53]
  • April 13: Advanced Polling ends with Elections Alberta estimation of a record 696,000 votes cast.[54][55]

Opinion polling

Three-poll average of Alberta opinion polling from May 5, 2015, to the last possible date of the next election on May 31, 2019. Each line corresponds to a political party.

The following is a list of scientific opinion polls of published voter intentions.

Last Date of Polling Polling organisation Sample size NDP UCP Liberal Alberta Freedom Conservative Lead
15 April 2019 Forum Research 1,140 34.6% 50.6% 2.2% 10.9% 16%
15 April 2019 Research Co. 602 39% 49% 2% 9% 10%
14 April 2019 Mainstreet Research 1,288 40.1% 47.5% 2.1% 7.9% 1.1% 7.4%
14 April 2019 Pollara Insights 1,005 39% 45% 3% 8% 1% 6%
14 April 2019 Ipsos 1,202 40% 50% 1% 7% 10%
13 April 2019 Nanos Research 500 36.4% 44.3% 3.2% 12.0% 2.2% 7.9%
13 April 2019 Leger 1,505 36% 50% 3% 8% 14%
10 April 2019 Pollara Insights 1,005 38% 45% 4% 8% 2% 7%
8 April 2019 Angus Reid 807 39% 52% 1% 6% 13%
8 April 2019 Ipsos 800 39% 47% 2% 10% 8%
8 April 2019 Innovative Research 506 31% 44% 7% 11% 13%
6 April 2019 ThinkHQ 1,139 40% 46% 2% 8% 1% 6%
5 April 2019 Mainstreet Research 876 38% 50.5% 2% 5.8% 1.7% 12.5%
5 April 2019 Forum Research 1,132 32% 55% 1% 7% 23%
4 April 2019 Televised leaders' debate
3 April 2019 Leger 1,003 38% 47% 4% 9% 9%
1 April 2019 Research Co. 600 40% 45% 3% 6% 5%
30 March 2019 Janet Brown Opinion Research 900 34% 53% 4% 8% 19%
26 March 2019 EKOS 1,015 42% 46% 2% 6% 3% 4%
19 March 2019 Dissolution of the 29th Alberta Legislative Assembly, campaign begins
19 March 2019 Mainstreet Research 1,160 37.1% 50.7% 2.8% 4.3% 2.5% 13.6%
18 March 2019 Angus Reid 812 31% 56% 2% 5% 3% 25%
17 March 2019 Ipsos 900 35% 52% 5% 6% 17%
17 March 2019 ThinkHQ 1,196 38% 49% 3% 8% 11%
12 March 2019 Leger 1,001 35% 47% 6% 9% 12%
25 February 2019 EKOS 1,028 37% 50% 3% 5% 3% 13%
5 February 2019 Lethbridge College 1,055 23.2% 57.8% 5.1% 7.0% 2.8% 34.6%
16 January 2019 Mainstreet Research 893 27.8% 52.3% 6.1% 7.7% 2.4% 24.5%
26 November 2018 ThinkHQ 1,102 35% 50% 5% 9% 15%
3 November 2018 Mainstreet Research 896 29.1% 54.3% 5.2% 5.5% 2.5% 24.9%
27 October 2018 Abacus Data 800 33% 48% 8% 8% 15%
4 October 2018 Lethbridge College 1,364 24.8% 48.6% 11.3% 8.4% 24.6%
17 July 2018 Mainstreet Research 936 32.5% 52.1% 4.8% 5.4% 19.6%
12 June 2018 Leger 999 33% 47% 7% 9% 14%
18 April 2018 Mainstreet Research 1,071 35.4% 48.6% 6.2% 5.1% 13.2%
5 April 2018 Trend Research/Janet Brown Opinion Research 1,200 29% 53% 6% 11% 24%
27 February 2018 Stephen Mandel becomes leader of the Alberta Party
4 February 2018 ThinkHQ 1,185 32% 51% 5% 10% 19%
6 January 2018 Mainstreet Research 956 27.3% 55.9% 6.7% 7.0% 28.6%
24 November 2017 Insights West 701 33% 47% 10% 7% 14%
18 November 2017 Greg Clark resigns as leader of the Alberta Party, becoming interim leader
13 November 2017 ThinkHQ 1,314 30% 54% 5% 9% 24%
28 October 2017 Jason Kenney becomes leader of the United Conservative Party
5 October 2017 Lethbridge College 1,481 19.3% 55.8% 12.8% 5.8% 36.5%
20 August 2017 ThinkHQ 1,136 31% 53% 7% 7% 22%
28 July 2017 Mainstreet Research 2,100 29% 57% 4% 9% 28%
24 July 2017 Nathan Cooper is appointed interim leader of the United Conservative Party
22 July 2017 The PC and Wildrose parties vote to merge in joint referendums, forming the United Conservative Party
Last Date of Polling Polling organisation Sample size NDP Wildrose PC Liberal Alberta Lead
4 June 2017 David Khan becomes leader of the Liberal Party
12 April 2017 Mainstreet Research 2,421 24% 37% 29% 5% 5% 8%
18 March 2017 Jason Kenney becomes leader of the Progressive Conservative Association
10 February 2017 Mainstreet Research 2,589 23% 38% 29% 5% 5% 9%
5 December 2016 Insights West 701 27% 34% 27% 5% 2% 7%
20 November 2016 ThinkHQ 1,106 31% 35% 24% 4% 3% 4%
1 November 2016 Innovative Research 646 14% 25% 39% 14% 2% 14%
8 October 2016 Lethbridge College 1,513 19.7% 25.7% 38.4% 9.4% 3.5% 12.7%
12 July 2016 Insights West 601 26% 35% 22% 11% 1% 9%
9 May 2016 Insights West 713 27% 35% 22% 8% 5% 8%
16 March 2016 ThinkHQ 1,331 27% 34% 25% 8% 4% 7%
3 February 2016 Mainstreet Research 3,092 27% 33% 31% 5% 4% 2%
6 December 2015 ThinkHQ 1,230 29% 33% 25% 8% 3% 4%
10 November 2015 Insights West 619 33% 28% 21% 13% 2% 5%
1 November 2015 Mainstreet Research 3,199 36% 37% 20% 3% 4% 1%
1 October 2015 Mainstreet Research 3,258 33% 39% 21% 3% 4% 6%
30 June 2015 Mainstreet Research 3,007 31% 40% 24% 3% 2% 9%
11 May 2015 Ric McIver is appointed interim leader of the Progressive Conservative Association
5 May 2015 Jim Prentice resigns as leader of the Progressive Conservative Association
5 May 2015 General election results[56] 1,486,901 40.6% 24.2% 27.8% 4.2% 2.3% 12.8%

Incumbent MLAs not seeking re-election

The following MLAs have announced that they will not be running in the next provincial election:

Retiring incumbent Electoral District Subsequent nominee
  Michael Connolly New Democratic Calgary-Hawkwood Julia Hayter (Calgary-Edgemont)
  Estefania Cortes-Vargas New Democratic Strathcona-Sherwood Park Moira Váně
  Scott Cyr[57] United Conservative Bonnyville-Cold Lake David Hanson (Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul)
  Wayne Drysdale[58] United Conservative Grande Prairie-Wapiti Travis Toews
  Prab Gill[59] Independent Calgary-Greenway —
  Sandra Jansen New Democratic Calgary-North West Hafeez Chishti
  Anam Kazim New Democratic Calgary-Glenmore Jordan Stein
  Jamie Kleinsteuber New Democratic Calgary-Northern Hills Kelly Mandryk (Calgary-North)
  Robyn Luff[60] Independent Calgary-East —
  Brian Mason[61] New Democratic Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood Janis Irwin
  Stephanie McLean[n 9][62] New Democratic Calgary-Varsity Anne McGrath
  Karen McPherson[63] Alberta Party Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill Carol-Lynn Darch (Calgary-Beddington)
  Brandy Payne[64] New Democratic Calgary-Acadia Catherine Andrews-Hoult
  Colin Piquette[65] New Democratic Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater Theresa Taschuk (Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock)
  Dave Schneider[66] United Conservative Little Bow Joseph Schow (Cardston-Siksika)
  Richard Starke Progressive Conservative Vermilion-Lloydminster —
  Pat Stier[66] United Conservative Livingstone-Macleod Roger Reid
  David Swann[67] Liberal Calgary-Mountain View David Khan
  Wes Taylor[68] United Conservative Battle River-Wainwright Jackie Lovely (Camrose)
  Bob Turner[69] New Democratic Edmonton-Whitemud Rakhi Pancholi
  Bob Wanner New Democratic Medicine Hat Lynn MacWilliam (Brooks-Medicine Hat)
  1. ↑ The United Conservative Party was founded in 2017 by a merger of the Progressive Conservative and Wildrose parties. Together, these two parties won 30 seats in the 2015 election.
  2. ↑ As the Alberta First Party
  3. ↑ The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta merged with the Wildrose Party in 2017 to form the United Conservative Party. Both predecessor parties remain officially registered, sharing a leadership team with the UCP. In order to maintain registration, each fielded a single candidate in the 2019 election.
  4. ↑ Kenney's only public presence is as leader of the UCP.
  5. ↑ As the Alberta Social Credit Party
  6. ↑ The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta merged with the Wildrose Party in 2017 to form the United Conservative Party. Both predecessor parties remain officially registered, sharing a leadership team with the UCP. In order to maintain registration, each fielded a single candidate in the 2019 election.
  7. ↑ Kenney's only public presence is as leader of the UCP.
  8. ↑ Progressive Conservative candidate Jim Prentice disclaimed his victory in Calgary-Foothills. No member was elected from this riding.
  9. ↑ McLean resigned her seat in early 2019, ahead of the general election, to resume her law career.

Candidates

The final list of candidates was published by Elections Alberta on March 29, 2019.[70]

Party leaders are in bold. Candidate names appear as they appear on the ballot.

† = Not seeking re-election
‡ = Running for re-election in different riding

Northern Alberta

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  NDP   UCP   Liberal   Alberta Party   Alberta Independence Other
Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock Therese Taschuk Glenn van Dijken Wayne Rufiange Buster Malcolm (AIP) Brad Giroux (Ind.) Glenn van Dijken
Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock
Merged riding
Colin Piquette †
Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater
Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul Kari Whan David Hanson Glenn Andersen David Garnett-Bennett (AIP) Kacey L. Daniels (Ind.)
David Inscho (AAP)		 Scott Cyr †
Bonnyville-Cold Lake
Merged riding
David Hanson
Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills
Central Peace-Notley Marg McCuaig-Boyd Todd Loewen Wayne F. Meyer Travis McKim Margaret McCuaig-Boyd
Dunvegan-Central Peace-Notley
Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche Jane Stroud Laila Goodridge Jeff Fafard Mark Grinder (AIP) Brian Deheer (Gr.) Laila Goodridge
Fort McMurray-Conklin
Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo Stephen Drover Tany Yao Marcus Erlandson Michael Keller (AIP) Tany Yao
Grande Prairie Todd Russell Tracy Allard Grant Berg Ray Robertson (AIP) Bernard Hancock (FCP)
Rony Rajput (Ind.)		 Todd Loewen ‡
Grande Prairie-Smoky
Grande Prairie-Wapiti Shannon Dunfield Travis Toews Jason Jones Terry Dueck (Ind.) Wayne Drysdale †
Lesser Slave Lake Danielle Larivee Pat Rehn Vincent Rain Suzette Powder (AIP) Danielle Larivee
Peace River Debbie Jabbour Dan Williams Remi J. Tardif Dakota House Connie Russell (FCP) Debbie Jabbour

Edmonton

Central

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  NDP   UCP   Liberal   Alberta Party Other
Edmonton-City Centre David Shepherd Lily Le Bob Philp Chris Alders (Gr.)
Blake N. Dickson (Ind.)
John R. Morton (AIP)		 David Shepherd
Edmonton-Centre
Edmonton-Glenora Sarah Hoffman Marjorie Newman Glen Tickner Clint Kelley (AIP) Sarah Hoffman
Edmonton-Gold Bar Marlin Schmidt David Dorward Steve Kochan Diana Ly Tanya Herbert (Gr.)
Vincent Loyer (AIP)		 Marlin Schmidt
Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood Janis Irwin Leila Houle Tish Prouse Taz Bouchier (Gr.)
Alex S. Boykowich (Comm.)
Joe Hankins (AIP)
Chris Poplatek (AAP)		 Brian Mason †
Edmonton-Riverview Lori Sigurdson Kara Barker Indy Randhawa Katherine O'Neill Rob Bernshaw (Ind.)
Corey MacFadden (AIP)		 Lori Sigurdson
Edmonton-Strathcona Rachel Notley Kulshan Gill Samantha Hees Prem Pal Stuart Andrews (Gr.)
Dale Doan (WRP)
Gary Horan (PC)
Gord McLean (Ind.)
Don Edward Meister (AAP)
Naomi Rankin (Comm.)
Ian Smythe (AIP)		 Rachel Notley

North

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  NDP   UCP   Liberal   Alberta Party   Alberta Independence Other
Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview Deron Bilous David Egan Shadea Hussein Jeff Walters Paul A. Burts (AIP) Andy Andrzej Gudanowski (Ind.)
Michael Hunter (Gr.)		 Deron Bilous
Edmonton-Castle Downs Nicole Goehring Ed Ammar Thomas Deak Moe Rahall Todd Wayne (AIP) Nicole Goehring
Edmonton-Decore Chris Nielsen Karen Principe Ali Haymour Virginia Bruneau (AIP) Chris Nielsen
Edmonton-Manning Heather Sweet Harry Grewal Manwar Khan Terris Kolybaba (AIP) Adam Cory (AAP)
Chris Vallee (Gr.)		 Heather Sweet
Edmonton-McClung Lorne Dach Laurie Mozeson Stephen Mandel Gordon Perrott (AAP) Lorne Dach
Edmonton-North West David Eggen Ali Eltayeb Brandon Teixeira Judy Kim-Meneen Tim Shanks (AIP) Luke Burns (AAP) David Eggen
Edmonton-Calder
Edmonton-West Henday Jon Carson Nicole Williams Leah McRorie Winston Leung Dave Bjorkman (AIP) Jon Carson
Edmonton-Meadowlark

South

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  NDP   UCP   Liberal   Alberta Party Other
Edmonton-Ellerslie Rod Loyola Sanjay Patel Mike McGowan Hazelyn Williams Brian S. Lockyer (AIP)
Yash Sharma (AAP)		 Rod Loyola
Edmonton-Meadows Jasvir Deol Len Rhodes Maria Omar Amrit Matharu Phil Batt (AIP)
Thomas Varghese (AAP)		 Denise Woollard †
Edmonton-Mill Creek
Edmonton-Mill Woods Christina Gray Heather Sworin Abdi Bakal Anju Sharma Andrew J. Janewski (Comm.)
Dallas Price (AIP)		 Christina Gray
Edmonton-Rutherford Richard Feehan Hannah Presakarchuk Claire Wilde Aisha Rauf Valerie Kennedy (Gr.)
Lionel Levoir (AIP)		 Richard Feehan
Edmonton-South Thomas Dang Tunde Obasan Pramod Kumar Ben Roach (Gr.) New District
Edmonton-South West John Archer Kaycee Madu Mo Elsalhy Marilyn Burns (AAP)
Rigel Vincent (Gr.)		 Thomas Dang ‡
Edmonton-Whitemud Rakhi Pancholi Elisabeth Hughes Jonathan Dai Jason Norris (FCP) Bob Turner †

Suburbs

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  NDP   UCP   Liberal   Alberta Party Other
Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville Jessica Littlewood Jackie Armstrong Homeniuk Marvin Olsen Shane Ladouceur (AIP)
Ronald Malowany (AAP)
Malcolm Stinson (FCP)
Rebecca Trotter (Gr.)		 Jessica Littlewood
Leduc-Beaumont Shaye Anderson Brad Rutherford Chris Fenske Robb Connelly Kevin Dunn (AIP)
Sharon Maclise (Ind.)
Gil Poitras (AAP)
Jenn Roach (Gr.)
Jeff Rout (FCP)		 Shaye Anderson
Morinville-St. Albert Natalie Birnie Dale Nally Neil Korotash Tamara Krywiak (AAP)
Cass Romyn (Gr.)
Mike van Velzen (AIP)		 New District
St. Albert Marie Renaud Jeff Wedman Kevin McLean Barry Bailey Sheldon Gron (AIP)
Cameron Jefferies (Gr.)
Don Petruka (AAP)		 Marie Renaud
Sherwood Park Annie McKitrick Jordan Walker Sue Timanson Chris Glassford (AAP)
Brian Ilkuf (AIP)		 Annie McKitrick
Spruce Grove-Stony Plain Erin Babcock Searle Turton Ivan G. Boles Jody Crocker (AIP) Erin Babcock
Stony Plain
Merged riding
Trevor Horne †
Spruce Grove-St. Albert
Strathcona-Sherwood Park Moira Váně Nate Glubish Dave Quest Albert Aris (Gr.)
Larry Maclise (Ind.)
Don Melanson (AAP)
Richard Scinta (AIP)		 Estefania Cortes-Vargas †

Central Alberta

West

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  NDP   UCP   Liberal   Alberta Party Other
Drayton Valley-Devon Kieran Quirke Mark Smith Ronald Brochu Gail Upton Steve Goodman (FCP)
Mark Gregor (AAP)
Les Marks (AIP)
Carol Nordlund Kinsey (Ind.)		 Mark Smith
Innisfail-Sylvan Lake Robyn O'Brien Devin Dreeshen Danielle Klooster Chad Miller (FCP)
Lauren Thorsteinson (Ref.)
Brian Vanderkley (AAP)
Ed Wychopen (Ind.)		 Devin Dreeshen
Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland Oneil Carlier Shane Getson Donald Walter McCargar Darien Masse (AAP)
Gordon W. McMillan (AIP)		 Oneil Carlier
Whitecourt-Ste. Anne
Red Deer-North Kim Schreiner Adriana LaGrange Paul Hardy Matt Chapin (FCP)
Michael Neufeld (AIP)		 Kim Schreiner
Red Deer-South Barb Miller Jason Stephan Ryan McDougall Teah-Jay Cartwright (FCP)
Lori Curran (Gr.)		 Barb Miller
Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre Jeff Ible Jason Nixon Joe Anglin Dawn Berard (FCP)
Jane Drummond (Gr.)
Gordon Francey (Ind.)
Paula Lamoureux (AAP)
David Rogers (AIP)		 Jason Nixon
West Yellowhead Paula Cackett Martin Long Kristie Gomuwka Paul Lupyczuk (AAP)
David Pearce (Ind.)
Travis Poirier (AIP)		 Eric Rosendahl †

East

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  NDP   UCP   Liberal   Alberta Party   Alberta Independence Other
Camrose Morgan Bamford Jackie Lovely Kevin Smook Don Dubitz (AIP) Wes Caldwell (FCP)
Sandra Kim (AAP)
Bonnie Tanton (Ind.)		 Wes Taylor †
Battle River-Wainwright
Drumheller-Stettler Holly Heffernan Nate Horner Mark Nikota Jason Hushagen (AIP) Greg Herzog (AAP)
Rick Strankman (Ind.)		 Rick Strankman
Lacombe-Ponoka Doug Hart Ron Orr Myles Chykerda Tessa Szwagierczak (AIP) Keith Parrill (FCP)
Shawn Tylke (AAP)		 Ron Orr
Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin Bruce Hinkley Rick Wilson Sherry Greene Desmond G. Bull (Gr.)
Wesley Rea (AAP)
David White (FCP)		 Bruce Hinkley
Wetaskiwin-Camrose
Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright Ryan Clarke Garth Rowswell Craig G. Peterson Robert McFadzean (Ind.)
Jim McKinnon (FCP)
Kelly Zeleny (AAP)		 Richard Starke †
Vermilion-Lloydminster

Calgary

Central

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  NDP   UCP   Liberal   Alberta Party Other
Calgary-Buffalo Joe Ceci Tom Olsen Jennifer Khan Omar Masood Cody Hetherington (AIP)
Heather Morigeau (Gr.)		 Kathleen Ganley ‡
Calgary-Currie Brian Malkinson Nicholas Milliken Joshua Codd Lindsay Luhnau Lucas C. Hernandez (Pro-Life) Brian Malkinson
Calgary-Elbow Janet Eremenko Doug Schweitzer Robin MacKintosh Greg Clark Quinn Rupert (Gr.) Greg Clark
Calgary-Klein Craig Coolahan Jeremy Nixon Michael J. Macdonald Kara Levis CW Alexander (AIP)
Janine St. Jean (Gr.)		 Craig Coolahan
Calgary-Mountain View Kathleen T. Ganley Jeremy Wong David Khan Angela Kokott Thana Boonlert (Gr.)
Monica Friesz (AIP)		 David Swann †
Calgary-Varsity Anne McGrath Jason Copping Ryan Campbell Beth Barberree Cheryle Chagnon-Greyeyes (Gr.)
Chris McAndrew (AIP)		 Vacant

East

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  NDP   UCP   Liberal   Alberta Party Other
Calgary-Cross Ricardo Miranda Mickey Amery Naser Kukhun Braham Luddu Ricardo Miranda
Calgary-East Cesar Cala Peter Singh Michelle Robinson Gar Gar William Carnegie (Gr.)
Jonathan Trautman (Comm.)		 Robyn Luff †
Calgary-Falconridge Parmeet Singh Boparai Devinder Toor Deepak Sharma Jasbir Singh Dhari Prab Gill †
Calgary-Greenway
Calgary-McCall Irfan Sabir Jasraj Singh Hallan Faiza Ali Abdi Avinash Singh Khangura Don Edmonstone (AIP)
Janice Fraser (Gr.)
Larry Smith (AAP)		 Irfan Sabir
Calgary-North East Gurbachan Brar Rajan Sawhney Gul Khan Nate Pike New District
Calgary-Peigan Joe Pimlott Tanya Fir Jaro Giesbrecht Ronald Reinhold Sheyne Espey (FCP)
Will Hatch (AIP)		 Joe Ceci ‡
Calgary-Fort

Northwest

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  NDP   UCP   Liberal   Alberta Party Other
Calgary-Beddington Amanda Chapman Josephine Pon Chandan Tadavalkar Carol-Lynn Darch Alexander Dea (Ind.)
Tom Grbich (AIP)		 Karen McPherson †
Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill
Calgary-Bow Deborah Drever Demetrios Nicolaides Daniel Ejumabone Paul Godard Regina Shakirova (FCP)
Marion Westoll (Gr.)		 Deborah Drever
Calgary-Edgemont Julia Hayter Prasad Panda Graeme Maitland Joanne Gui Tomasz Kochanowicz (AIP)
Carl Svoboda (Gr.)		 Michael Connolly †
Calgary-Hawkwood
Calgary-Foothills Sameena Arif Jason Luan Andrea Joyce Jennifer Wyness Kyle Miller (AIP)
Kari Pomerleau (FCP)		 Prasad Panda ‡
Calgary-North Kelly Mandryk Muhammad Yaseen Saliha Haq Gary Arora Brad Hopkins (AIP) Jamie Kleinsteuber †
Calgary-Northern Hills
Calgary-North West Hafeez Chishti Sonya Savage Prerna Mahtani Andrew Bradley Cam Khan (FCP)
Roberta McDonald (Ind.)		 Sandra Jansen †
Calgary-West Gulshan Akter Mike Ellis Yasna Oluic-Kovacevic Frank Penkala Mike Ellis

South

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  NDP   UCP   Liberal   Alberta Party   Alberta Independence Other
Calgary-Acadia Kate Andrews Tyler Shandro Lorrisa Good Lana Bentley Patrick Reilly (AIP) Amanda Bishop (Gr.) Brandy Payne †
Calgary-Fish Creek Rebecca Bounsall Richard Gotfried John Roggeveen Robert Tremblay Tomas Manasek (AIP) Taylor Stasila (Gr.) Richard Gotfried
Calgary-Glenmore Jordan Stein Whitney Issik Shirley Ksienski Scott Appleby Rafael Krukowski (AIP) Dejan Ristic (FCP)
Allie Tulick (Gr.)		 Anam Kazim †
Calgary-Hays Tory Tomblin Richard William "Ric" McIver Frances Woytkiw Chris Nowell Kenneth Morrice (AIP) Ric McIver
Calgary-Lougheed Julia Bietz Jason Kenney Wilson McCutchan Rachel Timmermans Peter de Jonk (AIP) Larry R. Heather (Ind.) Jason Kenney
Calgary-Shaw Graham Dean Sucha Rebecca Schulz Vesna Samardzija Bronson Ha Jarek Bucholc (AIP) John Daly (Gr.) Graham Sucha
Calgary-South East Heather Eddy Matt Jones Leila Keith Rick Fraser Richard Fontaine (AIP) Rick Fraser

Suburbs

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  NDP   UCP   Liberal   Alberta Party   Alberta Independence Other
Airdrie-Cochrane Steve Durrell Peter Guthrie Vern Raincock Danielle Cameron (AIP) Matthew Morrisey (FCP) New District
Airdrie-East Roxie Baez Zamora Angela Pitt Alex Luterbach Jeff Olson (AIP) Rick Northey (FCP)
Richard Absalom D. Herdman (Ind.)
 Angela Pitt
Airdrie
Banff-Kananaskis Cameron "Cam" Westhead Miranda Rosin Gwyneth Midgley Brenda Stanton Anita Crowshoe (AIP) Dave Phillips (Ind.) Cam Westhead
Banff-Cochrane
Chestermere-Strathmore Melissa Langmaid Leela Sharon Aheer Sharon L. Howe Jason Avramenko Roger Dean Walker (AIP) Derek Fildebrandt (FCP)
Terry Nicholls (Ind.)		 Leela Aheer
Chestermere-Rocky View
Highwood Erik Overland RJ Sigurdson Ron Kerr Don Irving (AIP) Wayne Anderson †
Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills Kyle Johnston Nathan Cooper Chase Brown Dave Hughes (AAP)
Allen MacLennan (FCP)		 Nathan Cooper

Southern Alberta

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  NDP   UCP   Liberal   Alberta Party Other
Brooks-Medicine Hat Lynn MacWilliam Michaela Glasgo Jamah Bashir Farah Jim Black Todd Beasley (Ind.)
Collin Pacholek (AIP)		 Derek Fildebrandt ‡
Strathmore-Brooks
Merged riding
Bob Wanner †
Medicine Hat
Cardston-Siksika Kirby Smith Joseph Schow Cathleen McFarland Casey Douglass Ian A. Donovan (Ind.)
Jerry Gautreau (FCP)		 Dave Schneider †
Little Bow
Cypress-Medicine Hat Peter Mueller Drew Barnes Anwar Kamaran Collette Smithers Terry Blacquier (AAP) Drew Barnes
Lethbridge-East Maria Fitzpatrick Nathan Neudorf Devon Hargreaves Ally Taylor John W. McCanna (AIP) Maria Fitzpatrick
Lethbridge-West Shannon Phillips Karri Flatla Pat Chizek Zac Rhodenizer Ben Maddison (AIP) Shannon Phillips
Livingstone-Macleod Cam Gardner Roger Reid Dylin Hauser Tim Meech Wendy Pergentile (Gr.)
Vern Sparkes (AIP)		 Pat Stier †
Taber-Warner Laura Ross-Giroux Grant R. Hunter Amy Yates Jason Beekman Grant Hunter
Cardston-Taber-Warner

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The UCP was formed by a merger of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta and the Wildrose Party. The PCs won 10 seats and 27.80% of the vote in 2015, however, their seats were reduced to 9 by Jim Prentice's disclamation of victory in his riding. Wildrose won 21 seats and 24.23% of the vote. Combined, the two parties won 31 seats and 52.03% of the vote.
  2. ↑ Compared to 2015, where the Progressive Conservatives and Wildrose won 52.03% of the vote combined, the United Conservatives gained 3.09pp. Compared to the vote proportion garnered by the Progressive Conservatives alone in 2015, it was a rise of 25 percentage points.

References

  1. ↑ Elections Alberta at the Wayback Machine (archived March 22, 2019)
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