26th Alberta Legislative Assembly - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The members of the 26th Legislature were elected in the 26th Alberta general election held on November 22, 2004. In the list below, cabinet members' names are bolded; leaders of official parties are italicized.

Party standings after 26th General Elections

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	Member	Party	Constituency	Notes	Tony Abbott Tony Abbott (Canadian politician) Clarke Anthony Abbott is a Canadian politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He represented Drayton Valley-Calmar and sat as a Progressive Conservative from 2001 until 2008.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Drayton Valley-Calmar Drayton Valley-Calmar Drayton Valley-Calmar is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.-Boundary history:- Members of the Legislative Assembly :-2001 general election:-2004 general election:...
Cindy Ady Cindy Ady Cindy Ady is a Canadian politician and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. She has served in this capacity since the 2001 provincial election, being re-elected in both the 2004 provincial election and 2008 provincial election, sitting as a Progressive Conservative...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary Shaw Calgary Shaw Calgary Shaw is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 current districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....
Bharat Agnihotri Bharat Agnihotri Bharat Agnihotri is a Canadian politician and a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He represented the constituency of Edmonton Ellerslie, sitting as a Liberal...	Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...	Edmonton Ellerslie Edmonton Ellerslie Edmonton Ellerslie is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.-Boundary history:-2004 general election:-2004 Senate nominee election district results:...
Moe Amery Moe Amery Moe Amery is a Canadian politician and current member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the constituency of Calgary-East as a Progressive Conservative.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary East Calgary East (provincial electoral district) Calgary-East formally styled Calgary East is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....
Dan Backs Dan Backs Dan Backs is a politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He was elected as a Liberal candidate in the 2004 provincial election, but was kicked out of the Liberal caucus by leader Kevin Taft, who cited concerns about Backs' ability to work as a member of a team...	Independent	Edmonton Manning Edmonton Manning Edmonton-Manning is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.- Members of the Legislative Assembly :-Boundary history:-2004 general election:-2004 Senate nominee election district results:...	Elected as a Liberal, expelled from caucus Caucus A caucus is a meeting of supporters or members of a political party or movement, especially in the United States and Canada. As the use of the term has been expanded the exact definition has come to vary among political cultures.-Origin of the term:... in November 2006
Laurie Blakeman Laurie Blakeman Laurie Blakeman is a Canadian politician, who currently represents the electoral district of Edmonton Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta...	Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...	Edmonton Centre Edmonton Centre (provincial electoral district) Edmonton Centre is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.-Boundary history:- Members of the Legislative Assembly :-Provincial General Election results:-Senate nominee election district results:...
Bill Bonko Bill Bonko Bill Bonko is a Canadian politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He was first elected in the 2004 election as a Liberal in Edmonton Decore, but was defeated in his 2008 re-election bid by Progressive Conservative Janice Sarich....	Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...	Edmonton Decore Edmonton Decore Edmonton-Decore is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is one of 83 districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....
Guy Boutilier Guy Boutilier Guy C. Boutilier is a Canadian politician and current member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He was elected as a Progressive Conservative, and served in several capacities in the Cabinet of Alberta under Premiers Ralph Klein and Ed Stelmach before being ejected from the P.C. caucus in July...	Progressive Conservative	Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of current districts 83 mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....
Neil Brown Neil Brown (Alberta politician) Dr. Neil Brown is a lawyer, biologist, Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the constituency of Calgary-Nose Hill as a Progressive Conservative.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Nose Hill Calgary-Nose Hill Calgary-Nose Hill is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....
Pearl Calahasen Pearl Calahasen Pearl Calahasen is a Canadian politician, who currently represents the electoral district of Lesser Slave Lake in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta...	Progressive Conservative	Lesser Slave Lake Lesser Slave Lake (electoral district) Lesser Slave Lake is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It has existed since 1971.-Boundary history:- Members of the Legislative Assembly :...
Wayne Cao Wayne Cao Wayne Cao is a Canadian politician and current member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, where he represents the district of Calgary-Fort as a Progressive Conservative. He was first elected in the 1997 provincial election and has been re-elected four times since...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Fort
Mike Cardinal Mike Cardinal Mike Cardinal is a politician from Alberta, Canada and a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, having served in that capacity from 1989 until 2008. He sat as a Progressive Conservative and represented the districts of Athabasca-Lac La Biche, Athabasca-Wabasca, and Athabasca-Redwater...	Progressive Conservative	Athabasca-Redwater Athabasca-Redwater Athabasca-Redwater is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....
Harvey Cenaiko Harvey Cenaiko Harvey Cenaiko is a former police officer and one-time Solicitor General and Minister of Public Safety for the Province of Alberta. Cenaiko was elected to his second term as Member of the Legislative Assembly for the riding of Calgary-Buffalo on November 22, 2004. On November 25, 2004, he was...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Buffalo
Harry B. Chase Harry B. Chase Harry B. Chase is a Canadian politician. He is a provincial MLA as a member of the Alberta Liberal Party.-Early life:...	Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...	Calgary-Varsity
Craig Cheffins Craig Cheffins Craig Cheffins is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the Calgary Elbow riding. Running as a Liberal, he won the seat in a 2007 by-election, but lost the seat in the 2008 general election.-Political life:...	Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...	Calgary-Elbow	Succeeded Ralph Klein in a by-election June 12, 2007.
David Coutts David Coutts David Coutts is a Canadian politician, who previously represented the electoral district of Livingstone-Macleod in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He is a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. He was first elected in the 1993 election, and was re-elected three times before declining...	Progressive Conservative	Livingstone-Macleod Livingstone-Macleod Livingstone-Macleod is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 current districts in the province mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....
Ray Danyluk Ray Danyluk Ray Danyluk is a farmer and provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He currently serves as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 2001 to present sitting with the Progressive Conservative caucus in government...	Progressive Conservative	Lac La Biche-St. Paul Lac La Biche-St. Paul Lac La Biche-St. Paul is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.-Boundary history:- Members of the Legislative Assembly :-2004 general election:-2004 Senate nominee election district results:...	Alana DeLong Alana DeLong Alana DeLong is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Calgary-Bow as a Progressive Conservative. She was first elected in 2001 and reelected in both the 2004 and 2008 Alberta provincial elections.-Early life:DeLong was born...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Bow	Victor Doerksen Victor Doerksen Victor Doerksen is a politician, accountant and former cabinet minister in Alberta, Canada.-Early life:Doerksen was born in Bassano, Alberta on November 25, 1953. He was employed by the Bank of Montreal for 12 years...	Progressive Conservative	Red Deer South Red Deer South Red Deer South is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.The district was created from Red Deer in 1986....	Denis Ducharme Denis Ducharme Denis Archie Ducharme is a former Albertan MLA. From April 6 until December 15, 2006, he also served as Minister of Community Development...	Progressive Conservative	Bonnyville-Cold Lake Bonnyville-Cold Lake Bonnyville-Cold Lake is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 current districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....	Clint Dunford Clint Dunford Clint Dunford was a Canadian politician in Lethbridge, Alberta. He was first elected in 1993 as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Lethbridge West, and elected to his fourth term on 22 November 2004...	Progressive Conservative	Lethbridge-West Lethbridge-West Lethbridge-West is an Alberta provincial electoral district, covering the western half of the city of Lethbridge, including all of West Lethbridge....	David Eggen David Eggen David Eggen is a Canadian politician. He is a former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the riding of Edmonton-Calder.- Educator :...	NDP Alberta New Democratic Party The Alberta New Democratic Party or Alberta NDP is a social-democratic political party in Alberta, Canada, which was originally founded as the Alberta section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...	Edmonton-Calder Edmonton-Calder Edmonton-Calder is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It is currently represented by Progressive Conservative MLA Doug Elniski.-Boundary history:- Members of the Legislative Assembly :...	Mo Elsalhy Mo Elsalhy - Career :Mo contested the nomination for Edmonton McClung against Maurice Tougas in 2004, and started campaigning three months before the nomination day. He was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing Edmonton McClung in the 2004 general election for the Alberta...	Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...	Edmonton-McClung	Iris Evans Iris Evans Iris Evans is a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and is Minister of International and Intergovernmental Relations for the Canadian province. From November 25, 2004 to December 15, 2006 she served as Alberta's Minister of Health and Wellness in Premier Ralph Klein's cabinet...	Progressive Conservative	Sherwood Park Sherwood Park (electoral district) Sherwood Park is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.-Boundary history:- Members of the Legislative Assembly :-2004 general election:-2004 Senate nominee election district results:...
Jack Flaherty Jack Flaherty Jack Flaherty is a politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.Flaherty graduated with a Bachelor of Education, a Bachelor of Physical Education, and a Master's of Education from the University of Alberta. He worked as a teacher in Edmonton and Red Deer before becoming a...	Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...	St. Albert St. Albert (provincial electoral district) St. Albert formally styled Saint Albert is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 current districts mandate to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta of Alberta, Canada....
Heather Forsyth Heather Forsyth Heather Forsyth is a Canadian politician and current member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Calgary-Fish Creek as a Wildrose Alliance representative. She was a Progressive Conservative until she crossed the floor on January 4, 2010.-Early life:Forsyth was...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Fish Creek
Yvonne Fritz Yvonne Fritz Yvonne Fritz is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Calgary-Cross as a Progressive Conservative.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Cross
Hector Goudreau Hector Goudreau Hector G. Goudreau is a politician from Alberta, Canada. He is originally from the francophone area of Beaumont, Alberta, located just south of Edmonton's metro population....	Progressive Conservative	Dunvegan Dunvegan (electoral district) Dunvegan was a provincial electoral district in Northwestern Alberta. In 2004 the district was re-named Dunvegan-Central Peace. The district was created in 1986 from Spirit River-Fairview.-Members of the Legislative Assembly :...
Gordon Graydon Gordon Graydon (Alberta politician) Gordon Graydon is a Canadian politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He represented the electoral district of Grande Prairie-Wapiti as a Progressive Conservative from the 2001 election until the 2008 election, in which he did not seek re-election.-References:...	Progressive Conservative	Grande Prairie Wapiti Grande Prairie Wapiti Grande Prairie-Wapiti is provincial electoral district, located in northwestern Alberta, Canada. It is one of 83 mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....	Doug Griffiths Doug Griffiths Douglas "Doug" Griffiths is a Canadian politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Battle River-Wainwright as a Progressive Conservative...	Progressive Conservative	Battle River-Wainwright Battle River-Wainwright Battle River-Wainwright is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.-Boundary history:- Members of the Legislative Assembly :-2004 general election:-2004 Senate nominee election district results:...	George Groeneveld George Groeneveld George Groeneveld is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Highwood as a Progressive Conservative.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Highwood Highwood (electoral district) Highwood is a provincial electoral district in southern Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 in the province mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....	Carol Haley Carol Haley Carol Haley is a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. She served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 to 2008.-Political career:Haley was first elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1993 Alberta general election...	Progressive Conservative	Airdrie-Chestermere Airdrie-Chestermere Airdrie-Chestermere is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....	David Hancock David Hancock David Hancock is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Edmonton-Whitemud as a Progressive Conservative.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton-Whitemud Edmonton-Whitemud Edmonton-Whitemud is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. In 1989, its constituents unseated the Premier of the day, Donald Getty, by voting for Liberal candidate, Percy Wickman....	Jack Hayden Jack Hayden (politician) Jack Hayden is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Drumheller-Stettler as a Progressive Conservative.-Political career:...	Progressive Conservative	Drumheller-Stettler Drumheller-Stettler Drumheller-Stettler is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The electoral district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting...	Succeeded Shirley McClellan Shirley McClellan Shirley McClellan was born in Hanna, Alberta, Canada, on January 22, 1942.-Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta:McClellan was first elected to the Alberta Legislature in a by-election held on November 23, 1987.... in a by-election June 12, 2007.	Denis Herard Denis Herard Denis Herard is a politician from Alberta, Canada, and is the former Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLA for Calgary-Egmont. He is French-Canadian, with fore-fathers coming majorly from Quebec....	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Egmont	Paul Hinman Paul Hinman Paul Hinman is a provincial politician and small business entrepreneur from Alberta, Canada. He was formerly the leader of the Wildrose Alliance. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 2004 to 2008 representing the electoral district of Cardston-Taber-Warner...	Alberta Alliance Alberta Alliance Party The Alberta Alliance was a right wing provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Many of its members were former supporters of the now-defunct Canadian Alliance federal political party and its predecessor, the Reform Party of Canada. Members also joined from such other provincial fringe parties...	Cardston-Taber-Warner Cardston-Taber-Warner Cardston-Taber-Warner is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....	The Alberta Alliance Party was dissolved, and the Wildrose Alliance Party was formed in early 2008
Wildrose Alliance Wildrose Alliance Party of Alberta The Wildrose Party, formerly Wildrose Alliance Party, is a conservative provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. It includes free market conservative, libertarian and socially conservative factions and was formed in 2008 following a merger of the Wildrose Party of Alberta and the Alberta...
Doug Horner Doug Horner Douglas Alan "Doug" Horner is a Canadian politician, who represents the electoral district of Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta...	Progressive Conservative	Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.-Boundary history:-2004 general election:-2004 Senate nominee election district results:...
Mary Anne Jablonski Mary Anne Jablonski Mary Anne Jablonski is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Red Deer North as a Progressive Conservative.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Red Deer-North	LeRoy Johnson LeRoy Johnson LeRoy Johnson is a teacher and politician from Alberta, Canada. He is the former MLA for Wetaskiwin-Camrose.-Early life:Johnson was born in 1941 in Camrose...	Progressive Conservative	Wetaskiwin-Camrose Wetaskiwin-Camrose Wetaskiwin-Camrose is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is one of 83 current district in the province mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....	Arthur Johnston Arthur Johnston (politician) Arthur "Art" Johnston is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Calgary-Hays as a Progressive Conservative.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Hays	*Ralph Klein*	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Elbow	Resigned as Premier December 14, 2006 and from legislature January 15, 2007; succeeded by Craig Cheffins Craig Cheffins Craig Cheffins is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the Calgary Elbow riding. Running as a Liberal, he won the seat in a 2007 by-election, but lost the seat in the 2008 general election.-Political life:... as MLA for Calgary-Elbow and by Ed Stelmach Ed Stelmach Edward Michael "Ed" Stelmach, MLA is a Canadian politician and served as the 13th Premier of Alberta, Canada, from 2006 to 2011. The grandson of Ukrainian immigrants, Stelmach was born and raised on a farm near Lamont and speaks fluent Ukrainian. He spent his entire pre-political adult life as a... as Premier.	Mel Knight Mel Knight Mel Knight is the Minister of Energy of Alberta and a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Grande Prairie-Smoky	Ken Kowalski Ken Kowalski Kenneth "Ken" Reginald Kowalski, MLA is a provincial level politician and former teacher from Alberta, Canada. He is a current member and also dean of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and has served continuously since November 1979 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus... †	Progressive Conservative	Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.-Boundary history:- Members of the Legislative Assembly :-2004 general election:-2004 Senate nominee election district results:...	Ron Liepert Ron Liepert Ronald Liepert is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Calgary-West as a Progressive Conservative.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-West	Fred Lindsay Fred Lindsay Fred Lindsay is a politician and current provincial Member of the Legislative Assembly in Alberta, Canada.-Political involvement:...	Progressive Conservative	Stony Plain Stony Plain (electoral district) Stony Plain originally styled Stonyplain is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting. From 1926 to 1957 Single Transferable Vote was used in the...	Rob Lougheed Rob Lougheed Rob Lougheed is a teacher and politician from Alberta, Canada.Rob was born in Grande Prairie in 1947.He attended the University of Alberta....	Progressive Conservative	Strathcona Strathcona (provincial electoral district) Strathcona is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It is not to be confused with Edmonton-Strathcona, another provincial electoral district within the city of Edmonton, or with the federal electoral district Edmonton-Strathcona.The riding of Strathcona...	Thomas Lukaszuk Thomas Lukaszuk Thomas A. Lukaszuk is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Edmonton-Castle Downs as a Progressive Conservative...	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton-Castle Downs	Ty Lund Ty Lund Ty Lund is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the constituency of Rocky Mountain House as a Progressive Conservative.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Rocky Mountain House Rocky Mountain House (electoral district) Rocky Mountain House is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 current districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting since 1959...	Hugh MacDonald Hugh MacDonald (politician) Hugh MacDonald is a Canadian politician, who currently represents the electoral district of Edmonton-Gold Bar in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He is a member of the Alberta Liberal Party. On Sept...	Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...	Edmonton-Gold Bar	Richard Magnus Richard Magnus Richard Magnus is a Canadian politician currently living in Alberta, Canada.Magnus served as a municipal alderman for Calgary city council representing Ward 4 from 1989 until his resignation in 1993...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-North Hill	Gary Mar Gary Mar Gary Glen Mar QC, is a Canadian politician in Alberta, Canada. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 to 2007. On December 3, 2007, he was appointed as the Official Representative for Alberta in Washington, D.C., and worked in the Canadian Embassy with the official...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Mackay	Resigned November 2007; seat left vacant until the 2008 election	Ray Martin Ray Martin (politician) Raymond Martin is a politician in Alberta, Canada and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.Born in 1941 in Delia, Alberta, Martin attended the University of Alberta in Edmonton. He was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity...	NDP Alberta New Democratic Party The Alberta New Democratic Party or Alberta NDP is a social-democratic political party in Alberta, Canada, which was originally founded as the Alberta section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...	Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. The electoral district covers the neighborhoods of Beverly Heights, Belmont Park and Clareview Station.-Boundary history:...	Richard Marz Richard Marz Richard Marz is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills as a Progressive Conservative.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.It contains the Kneehill County and most of Mountain View County....
Brian Mason Brian Mason Brian Mason is a Canadian politician and leader of the Alberta New Democrats . Mason was first elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood in a 2001 byelection, and his career in politics spans more than 20 years.Mason first became politically active...	NDP Alberta New Democratic Party The Alberta New Democratic Party or Alberta NDP is a social-democratic political party in Alberta, Canada, which was originally founded as the Alberta section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...	Edmonton Highlands Norwood	Weslyn Mather Weslyn Mather Weslyn Mather is a former provincial politician in the Canadian province of Alberta. She served as a member in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 2004 to 2008 sitting with the Liberal caucus in opposition.-Early life:...	Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...	Edmonton Mill Woods Edmonton Mill Woods Edmonton-Mill Woods is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is one of 83 current electoral districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....	Shirley McClellan Shirley McClellan Shirley McClellan was born in Hanna, Alberta, Canada, on January 22, 1942.-Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta:McClellan was first elected to the Alberta Legislature in a by-election held on November 23, 1987....	Progressive Conservative	Drumheller-Stettler Drumheller-Stettler Drumheller-Stettler is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The electoral district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting...	Resigned January 15, 2007, succeeded by Jack Hayden Jack Hayden (politician) Jack Hayden is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Drumheller-Stettler as a Progressive Conservative.-Political career:... .	Barry McFarland Barry McFarland Barry McFarland is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Little Bow as a Progressive Conservative.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Little Bow Little Bow (electoral district) Little Bow is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.The district, named after the Little Bow River, was created in 1913 from the north-west corner of Lethbridge District and the eastern portions of Okotoks, High River, Nanton and Claresholm...	Greg Melchin Greg Melchin Greg Melchin is a politician and accountant who formerly served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and Cabinet Minister in the Alberta government.-Early life:Greg was born in Raymond, Alberta...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary North West Calgary North West Calgary North West is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.-Boundary history:- Members of the Legislative Assembly :-1979 general election:-1982 general election:-1986 general election:...	Bruce Miller Bruce Miller (politician) Bruce Miller is a politician in Alberta, Canada and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the constituency of Edmonton-Glenora. He was first elected on November 22, 2004 as a Liberal, but was defeated in his 2008 re-election bid by Progressive Conservative Heather Klimchuk.He...	Liberal	Edmonton-Glenora Edmonton-Glenora Edmonton-Glenora is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. It is located north of the North Saskatchewan river....	Richard Miller Rick Miller (politician) Rick Miller is a politician in the Canadian province of Alberta and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....	Liberal	Edmonton Rutherford Edmonton Rutherford Edmonton-Rutherford is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....	Leonard Mitzel Leonard Mitzel Leonard Mitzel is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Cypress-Medicine Hat as a Progressive Conservative.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Cypress-Medicine Hat Cypress-Medicine Hat Cypress-Medicine Hat is an Albertan provincial electoral district, located in the southeastern corner of the province.Under the Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution of 2004, the constituency covers the portion of Medicine Hat south of the South Saskatchewan River, the Trans-Canada Highway and...
Ted Morton Ted Morton Frederick Lee Morton , known commonly as Ted Morton, is a Canadian politician and Minister of Energy for the Province of Alberta. As a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta he represents the constituency of Foothills-Rocky View as a Progressive Conservative...	Progressive Conservative	Foothills-Rocky View Foothills-Rocky View Foothills-Rocky View is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 current districts in the province mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....
Lyle Oberg Lyle Oberg Lyle Oberg is an Albertan politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly.Oberg was born near Forestburg, Alberta in 1960. A physician by profession, Oberg was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta as an Progressive Conservative in 1993. He was first appointed to the...	Progressive Conservative	Strathmore-Brooks Strathmore-Brooks Strathmore-Brooks is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.-Boundary history:-Members of the Legislative Assembly:-2004 general election:-2004 Senate nominee election district results:...	Suspended from P.C. caucus March 22, 2006; re-admitted July 25, 2006.
Frank Oberle Frank Oberle, Jr. Frank Oberle, Jr. is a Canadian politician and currently is the Solicitor General and Public Security Minister for the province of Alberta, representing the provincial constituency of Peace River as a Progressive Conservative....	Progressive Conservative	Peace River Peace River (provincial electoral district) Peace River is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting...
Luke Ouellette Luke Ouellette Luke Ouellette is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Innisfail-Sylvan Lake as a Progressive Conservative.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Innisfail-Sylvan Lake Innisfail-Sylvan Lake Innisfail-Sylvan Lake is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is one of 83 current districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....
Raj Pannu Raj Pannu Raj Pannu is a Canadian educator and politician, who led the Alberta New Democratic Party from 2000 to 2004.Pannu was born in Punjab, India completing an undergraduate degree before immigrating to Canada in 1962...	NDP Alberta New Democratic Party The Alberta New Democratic Party or Alberta NDP is a social-democratic political party in Alberta, Canada, which was originally founded as the Alberta section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...	Edmonton Strathcona Edmonton Strathcona Edmonton Strathcona can refer to:Edmonton—Strathcona, a federal electoral districtEdmonton-Strathcona...
Bridget Pastoor Bridget Pastoor Bridget A. Pastoor is a Canadian politician who has been serving as a member of the Alberta legislative assembly since 22 November 2004....	Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...	Lethbridge East
Hung Pham Hung Pham Hung Pham or Hung Kim Pham is a former politician and information expert in Alberta, Canada. He formerly served as a member of Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.-Early Life:...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary Montrose Calgary Montrose Calgary Montrose is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 in the province mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta of Alberta, Canada....
Ray Prins Ray Prins Ray Prins is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the constituency of Lacombe-Ponoka as a Progressive Conservative.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Lacombe-Ponoka Lacombe-Ponoka Lacombe-Ponoka is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.-Boundary history:- Members of the Legislative Assembly :-2004 general election:-2004 Senate nominee election district results:...
Rob Renner Rob Renner Robert William Renner is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the constituency of Medicine Hat as a Progressive Conservative.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Medicine Hat Medicine Hat (provincial electoral district) Medicine Hat is an Albertan provincial electoral district, covering most of the city of Medicine Hat.Under the Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution of 2004, the constituency covers the portion of the city north of the South Saskatchewan River, the Trans-Canada Highway and Carry Drive...
David Rodney	Progressive Conservative	Calgary Lougheed Calgary Lougheed Calgary Lougheed is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is one of 83 districts mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....	George Rogers George Rogers (Canadian politician) George A. Rogers is a politician from Leduc, Alberta. After serving on city council from 1992 to 1998, he was mayor of Leduc from 1998 to 2004. He is currently the MLA for the riding of Leduc-Beaumont-Devon.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative	Leduc-Beaumont-Devon Leduc-Beaumont-Devon Leduc-Beaumont-Devon is a current provincial electoral district in central Alberta, Canada. The electoral district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....	Shiraz Shariff Shiraz Shariff -Political career:Shariff was elected to his first term in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in a hotly contested by-election in Calgary McCall on April 20, 1995 defeating Liberal Jeet Shergill and future New Democratic Party president Anne McGrath by just a few hundred votes.He won his second...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary McCall Calgary McCall Calgary McCall is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.Calgary McCall was created in 1971 and was formed out of the north half of Calgary East. Social Credit held this riding from its creation in 1971 to 1975, then the Progressive Conservatives from 1975...	Lloyd Snelgrove Lloyd Snelgrove Lloyd Snelgrove is a Canadian politician, who currently represents the electoral district of Vermilion-Lloydminster in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He is a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.-External links:*...	Progressive Conservative	Vermilion-Lloydminster Vermilion-Lloydminster Vermilion-Lloydminster is an Albertan provincial electoral district, located in east-central Alberta.Under the Alberta electoral boundary re-distribution of 2004, the constituency is bounded by the Saskatchewan border to the east, and clockwise from there is bounded by Battle River-Wainwright, Fort...	Ed Stelmach Ed Stelmach Edward Michael "Ed" Stelmach, MLA is a Canadian politician and served as the 13th Premier of Alberta, Canada, from 2006 to 2011. The grandson of Ukrainian immigrants, Stelmach was born and raised on a farm near Lamont and speaks fluent Ukrainian. He spent his entire pre-political adult life as a...	Progressive Conservative	Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville Fort Saskatchewan—Vegreville is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....	Ron Stevens Ron Stevens Ron Stevens, Q.C. is a Canadian politician. He was a member of the current Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Calgary-Glenmore as a Progressive Conservative until his resignation on May 15, 2009...	Progressive Conservative	Calgary-Glenmore Calgary-Glenmore Calgary Glenmore is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.The electoral riding of Calgary Glenmore is one of two original Calgary ridings of the seven that still survives from the 1959 redistribution of the Calgary riding...	Ivan Strang Ivan Strang Ivan Strang is a former Progressive Conservative Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for West Yellowhead. He served as a member in the Alberta Legislature from 1997 to 2008.-Political career:...	Progressive Conservative	West Yellowhead West Yellowhead (electoral district) West Yellowhead is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 current riding's mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....	David Swann David Swann David Swann, MLA is a medical doctor and Alberta Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary Mountain View. He was until recently the leader of the Alberta Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition in the Alberta Legislature....	Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...	Calgary Mountain View Calgary Mountain View Calgary-Mountain View is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.-Boundary history:- Members of the Legislative Assembly :-2008 general election:-2004 general election:...
Kevin Taft Kevin Taft Kevin Taft is a Liberal politician in Alberta, Canada. He was the leader of the Alberta Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, from 2004 to 2008...	Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...	Edmonton Riverview Edmonton Riverview Edmonton Riverview is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....
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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
Chris Kibermanis
Chris Kibermanis was the Liberal Candidate during the 2004 Alberta Provincial Election. Kibermanis represented Edmonton Castle Downs for the Alberta Liberal Party.Prior to his short political career he was drafted by the Winnipeg Jets in 1994...

of the Liberals a five-vote win, but the judicial recount gave Lukaszuk a three-vote margin of victory.

A party requires four seats to have official party status in the legislature. Parties with fewer than four seats are not entitled to party funding although their members will usually be permitted to sit together in the chamber.

Notable events

The province's centennial occurred during the 26th Legislature, on September 1, 2005. Earlier that year, on May 24, 2005, Elizabeth II made an official visit to the province in commemoration of the centennial.
On March 1, 2006, premier Ralph Klein announced a series of controversial health care reforms which involved allowing greater levels of privatization
Privatization
Privatization is the incidence or process of transferring ownership of a business, enterprise, agency or public service from the public sector to the private sector or to private non-profit organizations...

in Alberta's public health care system. Later that day, the premier received significant media attention after throwing a book at a 17-year-old page.
On March 15, 2006, and throughout the year, the Legislative Assembly celebrated the centennial of the first sitting of the Legislature.
On April 6, 2006, Ted Morton
Ted Morton
Frederick Lee Morton , known commonly as Ted Morton, is a Canadian politician and Minister of Energy for the Province of Alberta. As a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta he represents the constituency of Foothills-Rocky View as a Progressive Conservative...

introduced the controversial Bill 208, Protection of Fundamental Freedoms (Marriage) Statutes Amendment Act, 2006. Critics maintained that the bill removed limitations on free speech where homosexual individuals were concerned, potentially removing recourse for verbal abuse
Verbal abuse
Verbal abuse is best described as a negative defining statement told to you or about you; or by withholding any response thus defining the target as non-existant...

and discrimination
Discrimination
Discrimination is the prejudicial treatment of an individual based on their membership in a certain group or category. It involves the actual behaviors towards groups such as excluding or restricting members of one group from opportunities that are available to another group. The term began to be...

. The bill died on the order paper on May 18, 2006.

Standings changes since the 26th general election

Number of members per party by date		2004	2005	2006			2007			2008
Number of members per party by date		Nov 22	Feb 2	Mar 22	Jul 25	Nov 20	Jan 15	Jun 12	Sep 27	Jan 19	Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta...	61	62	61	62	60	61	60	Liberal Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...	17	16	15	16	NDP Alberta New Democratic Party The Alberta New Democratic Party or Alberta NDP is a social-democratic political party in Alberta, Canada, which was originally founded as the Alberta section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...	4	Wildrose Alliance Wildrose Alliance Party of Alberta The Wildrose Party, formerly Wildrose Alliance Party, is a conservative provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. It includes free market conservative, libertarian and socially conservative factions and was formed in 2008 following a merger of the Wildrose Party of Alberta and the Alberta...	0	1	Independent	0	1	0	1	Alberta Alliance Alberta Alliance Party The Alberta Alliance was a right wing provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Many of its members were former supporters of the now-defunct Canadian Alliance federal political party and its predecessor, the Reform Party of Canada. Members also joined from such other provincial fringe parties...	1	0
	Total members	83					81	83	82
	Vacant	0					2	0	1
	Government Majority	39	41	39	41		39		38

February 2, 2005 Chris Kibermanis
Chris Kibermanis
Chris Kibermanis was the Liberal Candidate during the 2004 Alberta Provincial Election. Kibermanis represented Edmonton Castle Downs for the Alberta Liberal Party.Prior to his short political career he was drafted by the Winnipeg Jets in 1994...

, Edmonton Castle Downs
Edmonton Castle Downs
Edmonton Castle Downs is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....

removed from office after a judicial recount.
February 2, 2005 Thomas Lukaszuk
Thomas Lukaszuk
Thomas A. Lukaszuk is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Edmonton-Castle Downs as a Progressive Conservative...

, Edmonton Castle Downs
Edmonton Castle Downs
Edmonton Castle Downs is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 83 mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....

becomes the MLA by court order.
March 22, 2006 Lyle Oberg
Lyle Oberg
Lyle Oberg is an Albertan politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly.Oberg was born near Forestburg, Alberta in 1960. A physician by profession, Oberg was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta as an Progressive Conservative in 1993. He was first appointed to the...

, Strathmore-Brooks
Strathmore-Brooks
Strathmore-Brooks is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.-Boundary history:-Members of the Legislative Assembly:-2004 general election:-2004 Senate nominee election district results:...

suspended from the Progressive Conservative caucus
Caucus
A caucus is a meeting of supporters or members of a political party or movement, especially in the United States and Canada. As the use of the term has been expanded the exact definition has come to vary among political cultures.-Origin of the term:...
July 25, 2006 Lyle Oberg, Strathmore-Brooks rejoins the Progressive Conservatives
January 15, 2007 Ralph Klein, Calgary-Elbow resigns
January 15, 2007 Shirley McClellan
Shirley McClellan
Shirley McClellan was born in Hanna, Alberta, Canada, on January 22, 1942.-Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta:McClellan was first elected to the Alberta Legislature in a by-election held on November 23, 1987....

, Drumheller-Stettler
Drumheller-Stettler
Drumheller-Stettler is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The electoral district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting...

resigns
June 12, 2007 Craig Cheffins
Craig Cheffins
Craig Cheffins is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the Calgary Elbow riding. Running as a Liberal, he won the seat in a 2007 by-election, but lost the seat in the 2008 general election.-Political life:...

, Calgary-Elbow elected in by-election
June 12, 2007 Jack Hayden
Jack Hayden (politician)
Jack Hayden is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Drumheller-Stettler as a Progressive Conservative.-Political career:...

, Drumheller-Stettler
Drumheller-Stettler
Drumheller-Stettler is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The electoral district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting...

elected in by-election
November 20, 2006 Dan Backs
Dan Backs
Dan Backs is a politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He was elected as a Liberal candidate in the 2004 provincial election, but was kicked out of the Liberal caucus by leader Kevin Taft, who cited concerns about Backs' ability to work as a member of a team...

, Edmonton Manning
Edmonton Manning
Edmonton-Manning is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.- Members of the Legislative Assembly :-Boundary history:-2004 general election:-2004 Senate nominee election district results:...

was expelled from the Liberal caucus.
September 27, 2007 Gary Mar
Gary Mar
Gary Glen Mar QC, is a Canadian politician in Alberta, Canada. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 to 2007. On December 3, 2007, he was appointed as the Official Representative for Alberta in Washington, D.C., and worked in the Canadian Embassy with the official...

, Calgary Mackay
Calgary Mackay
Calgary Mackay is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.-Boundary history:- Members of the Legislative Assembly :-2004 general election:-2004 Senate nominee election district results:...

resigns to accept a government appointment.
January 19, 2008 Paul Hinman
Paul Hinman
Paul Hinman is a provincial politician and small business entrepreneur from Alberta, Canada. He was formerly the leader of the Wildrose Alliance. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 2004 to 2008 representing the electoral district of Cardston-Taber-Warner...

, Cardston-Taber-Warner
Cardston-Taber-Warner
Cardston-Taber-Warner is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....

forms the Wildrose Alliance caucus.

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