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The Legislative Assembly of Alberta meets in the provincial capital, Edmonton . The members of the 26th Alberta Legislature were elected in the 26th Alberta general election held on November 22 , 2004 .
Members of the 26th Legislature
Tony Abbott, Progressive Conservative - Drayton Valley-Calmar Cindy Ady, Progressive Conservative - Calgary Shaw Bharat Agnihotri, Liberal - Edmonton-Ellerslie Moe Amery, Progressive Conservative - Calgary-East Daniel Backs, Liberal - Edmonton-Manning Laurie Blakeman, Liberal - Edmonton-Centre Bill Bonko, Liberal - Edmonton-Decore Guy Boutilier, Progressive Conservative - Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo Neil Brown, Progressive Conservative - Calgary-Nose Hill Pearl Calahasen, Progressive Conservative - Lesser Slave Lake Wayne Cao , Progressive Conservative - Calgary Fort Mike Cardinal, Progressive Conservative - Athabasca-Wabasca Harvey Cenaiko, Progressive Conservative - Calgary Buffalo Harry Chase , Liberal - Calgary-Varsity David Coutts, Progressive Conservative - Livingstone-Macleod Ray Danyluk, Progressive Conservative - Lac La Biche-St. Paul Alana DeLong, Progressive Conservative - Calgary Bow Victor Doerksen, Progressive Conservative - Red Deer South Denis Ducharme, Progressive Conservative - Bonnyville-Cold Lake Clint Dunford, Progressive Conservative - Lethbridge West David Eggen, New Democratic Party - Edmonton-Calder Mo Elsalhy, Liberal - Edmonton-McClung Iris Evans, Progressive Conservative - Sherwood Park Jack Flaherty, Liberal - St Albert Heather Forsyth, Progressive Conservative - Calgary Fish Creek Yvonne Fritz, Progressive Conservative - Calgary Cross Hector Goudreau, Progressive Conservative - Dunvegan Gordon Graydon, Progressive Conservative - Grande Prairie-Wapiti Doug Griffiths, Progressive Conservative - Battle River-Wainwright George Groeneveld, Progressive Conservative - Highwood Carol Haley, Progressive Conservative - Airdrie-Chestermere David Hancock, Progressive Conservative - Edmonton Whitemud Denis Herard, Progressive Conservative - Calgary Egmont Paul Hinman, Alberta Alliance - Cardston-Taber-Warner Doug Horner, Progressive Conservative - Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert Mary-Anne Jablonski, Progressive Conservative - Red Deer North LeRoy Johnson, Progressive Conservative - Wetaskiwin-Camrose Arthur Johnston, Progressive Conservative - Calgary-Hays Ralph Klein , Progressive Conservative (LEADER) - Calgary Elbow Mel Knight, Progressive Conservative - Grande Prairie Smoky Kenneth Kowalski, Progressive Conservative - Barrhead Morinville Westlock Ronald Liepert, Progressive Conservative - Calgary West Frederick Lindsay, Progressive Conservative - Stony Plain Rob Lougheed, Progressive Conservative - Strathcona Thomas Lukaszuk1 , Progressive Conservative - Edmonton Castle Downs Ty Lund, Progressive Conservative - Rocky Mountain House Hugh MacDonald, Liberal - Edmonton Gold Bar Richard Magnus, Progressive Conservative - Calgary North Hill Gary Mar, Progressive Conservative - Calgary Mackay Ray Martin , New Democratic Party - Edmonton Beverly Clareview Richard Marz, Progressive Conservative - Olds Didsbury Three Hills Brian Mason , New Democratic Party (LEADER) - Edmonton Highlands Norwood Weslyn Mather, Liberal - Edmonton Mill Woods Shirley McClellan, Progressive Conservative - Drumheller-Stettler Barry McFarland, Progressive Conservative - Little Bow Greg Melchin, Progressive Conservative - Calgary North West Bruce Miller, Liberal - Edmonton-Glenora Richard Miller, Liberal - Edmonton-Rutherford Leonard Mitzel, Progressive Conservative - Cypress-Medicine Hat Ted Morton, Progressive Conservative - Foothills-Rocky View Lyle Oberg, Progressive Conservative - Strathmore-Brooks Frank Oberle, Progressive Conservative - Peace River Luke Ouellette, Progressive Conservative - Innisfail-Sylvan Lake Raj Pannu , New Democratic Party - Edmonton Strathcona Bridget Pastoor, Liberal - Lethbridge-East Hung Pham, Progressive Conservative - Calgary Montrose Raymond Prins, Progressive Conservative - Lacombe-Ponoka Rob Renner, Progressive Conservative - Medicine Hat Dave Rodney, Progressive Conservative - Calgary-Lougheed George Rogers, Progressive Conservative - Leduc-Beaumont-Devon Shiraz Shariff, Progressive Conservative - Calgary McCall Edward Stelmach, Progressive Conservative - Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville Lloyd Snelgrove, Progressive Conservative - Vermilion-Lloydminster Ron Stevens , Progressive Conservative - Calgary Glenmore Ivan Strang, Progressive Conservative - West Yellowhead David Swann , Liberal - Calgary Mountain View Kevin Taft , Liberal (LEADER) - Edmonton Riverview Janis Tarchuk, Progressive Conservative - Banff-Cochrane Dave Taylor, Liberal - Calgary-Currie Maurice Tougas, Liberal - Edmonton-Meadowlark George VanderBurg, Progressive Conservative - Whitecourt-Ste. Anne Len Webber, Progressive Conservative - Calgary-Foothills Gene Zwozdesky, Progressive Conservative - Edmonton-Mill Creek
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1 - The Alberta Court of Appeal declared Thomas Lukaszuk the victor more than two months after the election. The election-night vote count had given Chris Kibermanis of the Liberals a three-vote win, but the judicial recount gave Lukaszuk a three-vote margin of victory.
2 - A party requires four seats to be entitled to official party status in the legislature. This means the single member from the Alberta Alliance officially sits as an independent, although the Legislature website acknowledges him as being a member of the Alliance.
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Alberta is bounded on the E by Saskatchewan, on the N by the Northwest Territories, on the W by British Columbia, and on the S by Montana.
Alberta was originally part of the vast territory granted to the Hudson's Bay Company by King Charles II in 1670, and its early history was dominated by the fur trade.
Alberta is the leading beekeeping province of Canada, with some beekeepers wintering hives indoors in specially designed barns in southern Alberta , then migrating north during the summer into the Peace River valley where the season is short but the working days are long for honeybees to produce honey from clover and fireweed.
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The unwillingness to recognize Alberta's legitimate Senators is apparent despite several facts.
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