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Encyclopedia > Alberta general election, 2001

The 25th general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada, was held on March 12, 2001 to elect members of the Alberta legislature.


The incumbent Alberta Progressive Conservative Party, led by Ralph Klein, won a strong majority for its tenth consecutive term in government. In addition to increasing its share of the popular vote to almost 62%, the PC Party won a majority of seats in Edmonton for the first time since 1982.


The Liberal Party lost 11 seats and ran up a large debt. Its leader, Nancy MacBeth, was defeated in her riding.


the New Democratic Party, led by Raj Pannu, maintained both its share of the popular vote and its two seats in the legislature. The NDP attempted to attract young voters with the slogan, "Raj against the Machine".


The right-wing Alberta First Party, contesting its first election, failed to win any seats or come close. The Social Credit Party, led by James Alberts, was unable to build on its moderate success in the 1997 election, and sank back into obscurity.



Party Party Leader # of candidates Seats Popular Vote
Previous After % Change # % Change
Progressive Conservative 83 63 74 +17.5% 627,252 61.91% +10.74%
Liberal 83 18 7 -61.1% 276,854 27.33% -5.42%
New Democratic 83 2 2 - 81,339 8.03% -0.78%
Independent
29 - - 10,528 1.04% +0.93%
Alberta First
16 n.a. - n.a. 8,851 0.87% n.a.
Social Credit
James Alberts
12 - - 5,361 0.53% -6.31%
Green
10 - - 2,085 0.28% +0.17%
Communist
2 - - 117 0.01% x
Total
318
83
83
-
1,013,152
100.00%
Source: Elections Alberta (http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/welcome.html)


Notes:


"Previous" refers to to standings at previous election, not to standings in the Legislature at dissolution.


n.a. = not applicable - the party was not recognized in the previous election


x - less than 0.005% of the popular vote


See also

List of Canadian political parties


Elected

  • Airdrie-Rocky View: Carol Haley, PC (79.9%)
  • Athabasca-Wabasca: Mike Cardinal, PC (66.7%)
  • Banff-Cochrane: Janis Tarchuk, PC (70.2%)
  • Barrhead-Westlock: Ken Kowalski, PC (69.3%)
  • Bonnyville-Cold Lake: Denis Ducharme, PC (70.7%)
  • Calgary-Bow: Alana DeLong, PC (63.9%)
  • Calgary-Buffalo: Harvey Cenaiko, PC (54.2%)
  • Calgary-Cross: Yvonne Fritz, PC (75.0%)
  • Calgary-Currie: Jon Lord, PC (62.2%)
  • Calgary East: Moe Amery, PC (70.8%)
  • Calgary-Egmont: Denis Herard, PC (74.3%)
  • Calgary-Elbow: Ralph Klein, PC (66.8%)
  • Calgary-Fish Creek: Heather Forsyth, PC (74.5%)
  • Clagary-Foothills: Pat Nelson, PC (67.4%)
  • Calgary-Fort: Wayne Cao, PC (68.6%)
  • Calgary-Glenmore: Ron Stevens, PC (67.7%)
  • Calgary-Lougheed: Marlene Graham, PC (74.2%)
  • Calgary-McCall: Shiraz Shariff, PC (70.1%)
  • Calgary-Montrose: Hung Pham, PC (70.6%)
  • Calgary-Mountain View: Mark Hlady, PC (60.3%)
  • Calgary-North Hill: Richard Mangus, PC (63.7%)
  • Calgary-North West: Greg Melchin, PC (71.5%)
  • Calgary-Nose Creek: Gary Mar, PC (74.8%)
  • Calgary-Shaw: Cindy Ady, PC (80.7%)
  • Calgary-Varsity: Murray D. Smith, PC (59.4%)
  • Calgary-West: Karen Kryczka, PC (73.2%)
  • Cardston-Taber: Broyce Jacobs, PC (53.6%)
  • Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan: Rob Lougheed, PC (62.7%)
  • Cypress-Medicine Hat: Lorne Taylor, PC (73.0%)
  • Drayton Valley-Calmar: Tony Abbott, PC (68.4%)
  • Drumheller-Chinook: Shirley McClellan, PC (73.0%)
  • Dunvegan: Hector Goudreau, PC (67.3%)
  • Edmonton-Beverly-Clearview: Julius Yankowsky, PC (45.6%)
  • Edmonton-Calder: Brent Rathgeber, PC (42.0%)
  • Edmonton-Castle Downs: Thomas A. Lukaszuk, PC (51.1%)
  • Edmonton-Centre: Laurie Blakeman, LIB (44.0%)
  • Edmonton-Ellerslie: Bill Bonner, LIB (45.5%)
  • Edmonton-Glenora: Drew Hutton, PC (45.7%)
  • Edmonton-Gold Bar: Hugh MacDonald, PC (51.1%)
  • Edmonton-Highlands: Brian Mason, NDP (46.2%)
  • Edmonton-Manning: Tony Vandermeer, PC (45.5%)
  • Edmonton-McClung: Mark P. Norris, PC (50.4%)
  • Edmonton-Meadowlark: Bob Maskell, PC (48.6%)
  • Edmonton-Mill Creek: Gene Zwozdesky, PC (55.7%)
  • Edmonton-Mill Woods: Don Massey, LIB (49.0%)
  • Edmonton-Norwood: Gary Masyk, PC (38.1%)
  • Edmonton-Riverview: Kevin Taft, LIB (49.7%)
  • Edmonton-Rutherford: Ian McClelland, PC (48.2%)
  • Edmonton-Strathcona: Raj Pannu, NDP (50.6%)
  • Edmonton-Whitemud: David Hancock, PC (58.6%)
  • Fort McMurray: Guy C. Boutilier, PC (64.5%)
  • Grande Prairie-Smoky: Mel Knight, PC (67.5%)
  • Grande Prairie-Wapiti: Gordon J. Graydon, PC (65.5%)
  • Highwood: Don Tannas, PC (79.9%)
  • Innisfail-Sylvan Lake: Luke Ouellette, PC (74.6%)
  • Lac La Biche-St. Paul: Ray Danyluk, PC (60.0%)
  • Lacombe-Stettler: Judy Gordon, PC (70.1%)
  • Leduc: Albert Klapstein, PC (67.1%)
  • Lesser Slave Lake: Pearl Calahasen, PC (74.2%)
  • Lethbridge-East: Ken Nicol, LIB (54.5%)
  • Lethbridge-West: Clint Dunford, PC (48.1%)
  • Little Bow: Barry McFarland, PC (64.8%)
  • Livingstone-Macleod: David Coutts, PC (60.7%)
  • Medicine Hat: Rob Renner, PC (62.1%)
  • Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills: Richard Marz, PC (80.8%)
  • Peace River: Gary Friedel, PC (64.4%)
  • Ponoka-Rimbey: Halvar C. Jonson, PC (72.1%)
  • Red Deer-North: Mary Anne Jablonski, PC (57.1%)
  • Red Deer-South: Victor Doerksen, PC (60.1%)
  • Redwater: Dave Broda, PC (58.3%)
  • Rocky Mountain House: Ty Lund, PC (70.4%)
  • Sherwood Park: Iris Evans, PC (64.2%)
  • Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert: Doug Horner, PC (55.4%)
  • St. Albert: Mary O'Neill, PC (52.6%)
  • Stony Plain: Stan Woloshyn, PC (67.2%)
  • Strathmore-Brooks: Lyle Oberg, PC (75.1%)
  • Vegreville-Viking: Ed Stelmach, PC (60.8%)
  • Vermilion-Lloydminster: Lloyd Snelgrove, PC (73.3%)
  • Wainwright: Butch Fischer, PC (63.6%)
  • West Yellowhead: Ivan J. Strang, PC (59.1%)
  • Wetaskiwin-Camrose: LeRoy Johnson, PC (72.4%)
  • Whitecourt-Ste. Anne: George Vanderburg, PC (68.7%)


Preceded by:
1997 Alberta election

Alberta elections

Followed by:
2004 Alberta election




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