List of political parties in Alberta
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Parties represented in the Legislative Assembly
- Alberta Liberal PartyAlberta Liberal PartyThe 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...
- Alberta New Democratic PartyAlberta New Democratic PartyThe 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...
- Alberta PartyAlberta PartyThe Alberta Party Political Association, more commonly known as the Alberta Party, is a political party in the province of Alberta, Canada...
- Progressive Conservative Association of AlbertaProgressive Conservative Association of AlbertaThe Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta is a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta...
- Wildrose Party
Registered parties never represented in the Legislative Assembly
- Communist Party – Alberta
- Separation Party of AlbertaSeparation Party of AlbertaThe Separation Party of Alberta is a political party that advocates the secession of Alberta from Canada. Its leader is Bruce Hutton.-History:...
Registered parties previously represented in the Legislative Assembly
- Alberta Social Credit Party
Historical parties represented in the Legislative Assembly
- Alberta Unity PartyAlberta Unity PartyThe Alberta Unity Party was a provincial political party in Alberta, CanadaThe party was a coalition of all parties opposing the Alberta Social Credit Party government with no formal structure that contested two by-elections from 1936 to 1937....
(1937) - Independent Citizen's AssociationIndependent Citizen's AssociationIndependent Citizen's Association was a short-lived political party and lobby group in Alberta, Canada.The political party had its only representation in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, when John P...
(1940-1948) - Labour Party
- Socialist Party of Alberta (1909-1921)
- Alberta Non-Partisan LeagueAlberta Non-Partisan LeagueThe Alberta Non-Partisan League was a minor provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. The league changed its name to the Non-Partisan Political League of Canada: Alberta Branch in 1917 as it prepared to move into federal politics...
(1916-1920) - United Farmers of AlbertaUnited Farmers of AlbertaThe United Farmers of Alberta is an association of Alberta farmers that has served many different roles throughout its history as a lobby group, a political party, and as a farm-supply retail chain. Since 1934 it has primarily been an agricultural supply cooperative headquartered in Calgary...
(1919-1935) - Alberta Reform MovementAlberta Reform MovementThe Alberta Reform Movement was a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada founded in 1981 by Tom Sindlinger. Sindlinger had been a Progressive Conservative Party member of the legislative assembly for Calgary-Buffalo. He left the Progressive Conservatives after disagreeing with the party on...
(1981-1982) - Representative Party of AlbertaRepresentative Party of AlbertaThe Representative Party of Alberta was a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada formed by Raymond Speaker in 1984. The party was right of center, conservative in ideology and considered a modern version of Social Credit without the monetary reforms....
(1986 electionAlberta general election, 1986The Alberta general election of 1986 was the twenty-first general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on May 8, 1986 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....
) - Veterans' and Active Force (1944-1948)
- Western Canada ConceptWestern Canada ConceptThe Western Canada Concept was a Western Canadian political party founded in 1980 to promote the separation of the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia and the Yukon and Northwest Territories from Canada in order to create a new nation.The party argued that Western...
(1982-1986) - Coalition Party of Alberta
- Alberta Alliance (2004-2008)
Historical parties not represented in the Legislative Assembly
- Alberta First PartyAlberta First PartyThe Alberta First Party was a right-wing political party that operated in Alberta, Canada from 1999 until 2003. It was founded by former members of the Social Credit Party of Alberta. The party was registered with Elections Alberta on November 2, 1999...
- Alberta Independence PartyAlberta Independence PartyThe Alberta Independence Party was a provincial party founded in Alberta, Canada, in 2000/1. It was dedicated to increasing the autonomy of Alberta within the Canadian confederation, in part as a response to the 2000 election, in which the Canadian Alliance, a party with strong western roots, was...
- Confederation of Regions Party (1986-1993)
- Constitutional Socialist Party (1975)
- Equity Party (Alberta)Forum Party of AlbertaThe Forum Party of Alberta was a political party in the Province of Alberta, Canada. The party was created on March 2, 1995.It later became the Equity Party, which held its founding convention in May 2000...
- Forum Party of AlbertaForum Party of AlbertaThe Forum Party of Alberta was a political party in the Province of Alberta, Canada. The party was created on March 2, 1995.It later became the Equity Party, which held its founding convention in May 2000...
(1997 electionAlberta general election, 1997The Alberta general election of 1997 was the twenty-fourth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on March 11, 1997 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....
) - Green Party of AlbertaGreen Party of AlbertaThe Green Party of Alberta, also known as the Alberta Greens, was a provincial political party in the province of Alberta, Canada.The Alberta Greens were formed in 1986 and received official party status on April 6, 1990...
- Heritage Party of AlbertaAlberta PartyThe Alberta Party Political Association, more commonly known as the Alberta Party, is a political party in the province of Alberta, Canada...
(1986 electionAlberta general election, 1986The Alberta general election of 1986 was the twenty-first general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on May 8, 1986 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....
) - Natural Law PartyNatural Law Party of CanadaThe Natural Law Party of Canada was the Canadian branch of the international Natural Law Party founded in 1992 by a group of educators, business leaders, and lawyers who practiced Transcendental Meditation....
(1993-1997) - Progressive Labour Party of AlbertaProgressive Labour Party of AlbertaThe Progressive Labour Party of Alberta was a short lived provincial political party in Alberta, Canada.It was created after the Labour Party of Alberta broke up in 1932. Most of the Labour Party merged into the Alberta branch of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, led by Elmer Roper...
- Labour Progressive PartyCommunist Party (Alberta)Communist Party – Alberta is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. It is a provincial branch of the Communist Party of Canada.-History:...
- Alberta Unity Movement
- Soldiers' Representative Party
- Wildrose Party of AlbertaWildrose Party of AlbertaThe Wildrose Party of Alberta was a right wing provincial political party founded in Alberta, Canada in 2007. The party took its name from Alberta's provincial flower....
See also
- Elections AlbertaElections AlbertaElections Alberta is the non-partisan organization which oversees general elections and by-elections for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Elections Alberta also oversees Senatorial elections and plebiscites.-History:...