1989 Alberta general election

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Alberta general election, 1989

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83 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
42 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 53.60%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
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Leader Don Getty Ray Martin Laurence Decore
Party Progressive Conservative New Democratic Liberal
Leader since November 1, 1985 1984 October 9, 1988
Leader's seat Edmonton-Whitemud (lost re-election) Edmonton-Norwood Edmonton-Glengarry
Last election 61 seats, 51.4% 16 seats, 29.2% 4 seats, 12.2%
Seats before 61 16 4
Seats won 59 16 8
Seat change Decrease2 ±0 Increase4
Popular vote 367,244 217,972 237,787
Percentage 44.3% 26.3% 28.7%
Swing Decrease7.1% Decrease2.9% Increase16.5%

Premier before election

Don Getty
Progressive Conservative

Premier-designate

Don Getty
Progressive Conservative

The Alberta general election of 1989 was the twenty-second general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on March 20, 1989 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

Many political observers were surprised by the early election call - less than three years had passed since the previous election. Premier Don Getty, in his second election as Progressive Conservative Party leader, led it to its sixth consecutive term in government, despite losing a significant share of the popular vote and two seats in the legislature, including his own seat of Edmonton-Whitemud to Liberal candidate Percy Wickman.

The New Democratic Party led by Ray Martin largely held its share of the popular vote, and also its 16 seats in the legislature.

The Liberal Party, under new leader Laurence Decore, was the principal beneficiary of the voters' continuing distrust of Don Getty. The Liberals' share of the popular vote increased to over 28%, more than the NDP, but the party's legislative caucus increased from four to only eight members.

The Representative Party, which had elected 2 candidates in the previous election, did not run any candidates in 1989 (although it remained registered). Leader Ray Speaker defected to the Progressive Conservatives, while Walt Buck retired. The party disbanded soon after the election.

Results

Overall voter turnout was 53.60%.[1]

Party Party leader # of
candidates
Seats Popular vote
1986 Elected % Change # % % Change
  Progressive Conservative Don Getty 83 61 59 -3.3% 367,244 44.29% -7.11%
     New Democrats Ray Martin 83 16 16 - 217,972 26.29% -2.93%
Liberal Laurence Decore 83 4 8 +100% 237,787 28.68% +16.46%
     Social Credit Harvey Yuill 6 * - * 3,939 0.47% *
     Independent 10 - - - 2,162 0.26% -0.60%
Communist Norman Brudy 2 - - - 85 0.01% -0.02%
Representative 0 2 - -100% 0 0.00% -
Total 267 83 83 - 829,189 100%  
Source: Elections Alberta

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

Members elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

  District Member Party
  Athabasca-Lac La Biche Mike Cardinal Progressive Conservative
  Banff-Cochrane Brian Evans Progressive Conservative
  Barrhead Ken Kowalski Progressive Conservative
  Bonnyville Ernie Isley Progressive Conservative
  Bow Valley Tom Musgrove Progressive Conservative
  Calgary-Bow Bonnie Laing Progressive Conservative
     Calgary-Buffalo Sheldon Chumir Liberal
  Calgary Currie Dennis Anderson Progressive Conservative
  Calgary-Egmont David J. Carter Progressive Conservative
  Calgary-Elbow Ralph Klein Progressive Conservative
  Calgary-Fish Creek William Edward Payne Progressive Conservative
  Calgary-Foothills Pat Black2 Progressive Conservative
     Calgary-Forest Lawn Barry Pashak NDP
  Calgary-Glenmore Dianne Mirosh Progressive Conservative
  Calgary-McCall Stan Nelson Progressive Conservative
     Calgary-McKnight Yolande Gagnon Liberal
  Calgary-Millican Gordon Shrake Progressive Conservative
  Calgary-Montrose Rick Orman Progressive Conservative
     Calgary-Mountain View Bob Hawkesworth NDP
  Calgary-North Hill Fred Stewart Progressive Conservative
     Calgary-North West Frank Bruseker Liberal
  Calgary-Shaw Jim Dinning Progressive Conservative
  Calgary-West Elaine McCoy Progressive Conservative
  Camrose Ken Rostad Progressive Conservative
  Cardston Jack Ady Progressive Conservative
  Chinook Shirley McClellan Progressive Conservative
  Clover Bar Kurt Gesell Progressive Conservative
  Cypress-Redcliff Alan Hyland Progressive Conservative
  Drayton Valley Tom Thurber Progressive Conservative
  Drumheller Stanley Schumacher Progressive Conservative
  Dunvegan Glen Clegg Progressive Conservative
     Edmonton-Avonmore Marie Laing NDP
     Edmonton-Belmont Tom Sigurdson NDP
     Edmonton-Beverly Ed Ewasiuk NDP
     Edmonton-Calder Christie Mjolsness NDP
     Edmonton Centre William Roberts NDP
     Edmonton-Glengarry Laurence Decore Liberal
  Edmonton-Glenora Nancy Betkowski 1 Progressive Conservative
     Edmonton-Gold Bar Bettie Hewes Liberal
     Edmonton-Highlands Pam Barrett NDP
     Edmonton Jasper Place John McInnis NDP
     Edmonton Kingsway Alex McEachern NDP
     Edmonton Meadowlark Grant Mitchell Liberal
     Edmonton-Mill Woods Gerry Gibeault NDP
     Edmonton Norwood Ray Martin NDP
  Edmonton-Parkallen Doug Main Progressive Conservative
     Edmonton-Strathcona Gordon Wright NDP
     Edmonton-Whitemud Percy Wickman Liberal
  Fort McMurray Norm Weiss Progressive Conservative
  Grande Prairie Bob Elliott Progressive Conservative
  Highwood Don Tannas Progressive Conservative
  Innisfail Gary Severtson Progressive Conservative
  Lacombe Ronald Moore Progressive Conservative
  Lesser Slave Lake Pearl Calahasen Progressive Conservative
  Lethbridge East Archibald D. Johnston Progressive Conservative
  Lethbridge-West John Gogo Progressive Conservative
  Little Bow Raymond Speaker Progressive Conservative
  Lloydminster Doug Cherry Progressive Conservative
  Macleod LeRoy Fjordbotten Progressive Conservative
  Medicine Hat Jim Horsman Progressive Conservative
  Olds-Didsbury Roy Brassard Progressive Conservative
  Peace River Al Adair Progressive Conservative
  Pincher Creek-Crowsnest Frederick Deryl Bradley Progressive Conservative
  Ponoka-Rimbey Halvar Jonson Progressive Conservative
  Red Deer North Stockwell Day Progressive Conservative
  Red Deer South John Oldring Progressive Conservative
  Redwater-Andrew Steve Zarusky Progressive Conservative
  Rocky Mountain House Ty Lund Progressive Conservative
  Sherwood Park Peter Elzinga Progressive Conservative
  Smoky River Walter Paszkowski Progressive Conservative
  St. Albert Dick Fowler Progressive Conservative
  St. Paul John Drobot Progressive Conservative
  Stettler Brian C. Downey Progressive Conservative
     Stony Plain Stan Woloshyn NDP
  Taber-Warner Robert Bogle Progressive Conservative
  Three Hills Connie Osterman Progressive Conservative
     Vegreville Derek Fox NDP
  Vermilion-Viking Steve West Progressive Conservative
  Wainwright Robert Fischer Progressive Conservative
     Westlock-Sturgeon Nicholas Taylor Liberal
     West Yellowhead Jerry Doyle NDP
  Wetaskiwin-Leduc Donald H. Sparrow Progressive Conservative
  Whitecourt Peter Trynchy Progressive Conservative

Note:

  • 1 Nancy Betkowski later changed her last name to MacBeth
  • 2 Pat Black later changed her last name to Nelson

References

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See also