Alberta general election, 2008

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Alberta general election, 2008
83 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
March 3, 2008
Government Opposition
Leader Ed Stelmach Kevin Taft
Party Progressive Conservative Liberal
Leader's seat Fort Saskatchewan
—Vegreville		 Edmonton Riverview
Last election 62 16
Seats won 72 9
Seat change +10 −7
Popular vote 501,028 250,862
Percentage 52.66% 26.37%
Swing +5.83% −2.99%
Third Party Fourth Party
Leader Brian Mason Paul Hinman
Party NDP Wildrose Alliance
Leader's seat Edmonton Highlands-Norwood Cardston-Taber-Warner
Last election 4 1
Seats won 2 0
Seat change −2 −1
Popular vote 81,043 64,370
Percentage 8.52% 6.77%
Swing −1.69% −1.93%
Map of Alberta's riding coloured in to indicate winning party and popular vote.
Map of Alberta's riding coloured in to indicate winning party and popular vote.

Alberta's 27th general election was held on March 3, 2008. It was expected to be called early because the governing Progressive Conservatives held a leadership election on December 2, 2006, in which Ed Stelmach was elected to replace Ralph Klein as party leader and Premier.

The election was called when Stelmach formally advised Lieutenant Governor Norman Kwong to dissolve the Legislature, which happened on February 4, 2008.[1]

With 53% of the popular vote, the Progressive Conservatives won a decisive majority over the Liberal and other parties, despite early suggestions of a closer race.

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[edit] Results

The Progressive Conservatives were able to increase their majority by winning seats previously held by opposition parties. The Tories also increased their share of the popular vote, and even though the Tories' share of this vote was still significantly less than it was in 2001 they managed to win just two fewer seats than they won in that election. The reasons for this development include the fact that the Tories' continued to poll a significant share of the rural electorate and also because the Tories' support in the major cities was much more evenly divided between Calgary and Edmonton this time. The Conservative gains came mostly in and around Edmonton where the party recorded its best result since 1982.

The Alberta New Democrats lost two of their four Edmonton seats, and the Wildrose Alliance Party was shut out pending the outcome of a probable recount since the WAP leader was very narrowly defeated in his own seat. The Liberals sustained a net loss of seven of their 16 existing seats, especially in the Edmonton area where they were reduced to just three seats, but they were able to win five seats in Calgary (a net gain of one seat and the largest total won by that party in that city in the past 50 years). The Liberals also held their existing seat in Lethbridge for a total of nine seats.

For the first time in history, a majority of the Alberta Liberal caucus will be from Calgary and the number of combined Liberal and NDP MLAs from Edmonton will not exceed the number of these parties' legislators from Calgary.

Party Party leader # of
candidates		 Seats Popular vote
2004 Dissol. 2008 % Change # % % Change
     Progressive Conservative Ed Stelmach 83 621 60 72 +20% 501,028 52.66% +5.83%
     Liberal Kevin Taft 82 161 16 9 -43.8% 250,862 26.37% -2.99%
     New Democratic Party Brian Mason 83 4 4 2 -50% 81,043 8.52% -1.69%
     Wildrose Alliance2 Paul Hinman 61 1 1 - -100% 64,370 6.77% -1.93%
     Greens George Read 79 - - - - 43,563 4.58% +1.82%
     Social Credit Len Skowronski 8 - - - - 2,051 0.22% -1.00%
     Separation Bruce Hutton 1 - - - - 120 0.01% -0.52%
     Communist Naomi Rankin 2 - - - - 96 0.01% xx
     Alberta Party Bruce Stubbs 1 - - - - 51 0.01% -0.27%
     Independent 7 - 1 - -100% 8,267 0.87% +0.76%
Vacant 1  
Total 407 83 83 83 - 951,451 100%  

Note:

  • 1 Liberal Chris Kibermanis originally had a five-vote margin over Progressive Conservative Thomas Lukaszuk. A judicial recount on January 24, 2005, determined Thomas Lukaszuk the winner.
  • 2 The Wildrose Alliance was created by a merger of the recently-created Wildrose Party and the Alberta Alliance Party, which contested all 83 constituencies in the last election and elected one MLA, Paul Hinman, who is now the WAP leader. Results are therefore compared to those of the Alberta Alliance.
Map of election results
Map of election results

[edit] Policy and other major announcements

[edit] Alberta Liberal Party

  • Immediate elimination of health care premiums
  • Increasing per capita spending on policy in Calgary from $16 to $20
  • Re-legislation of tuition policy so it is made in open session
  • Implementation of a public pharmacare program
  • Using tobacco taxes, spend approximately $200 million to create a Community Wellness Fund which will seek to expand Family & Community Support Services and fund healthy living and lifestyle programs
  • Redirect the $250 million Natural Gas Rebate Program towards incentives for energy efficiency
  • Triple funding for the Alberta Foundation for the Arts
  • Increase the number of health care workers
  • Investment of 30% of all natural resource revenues in:
  1. investment in the Heritage Fund so that income taxes can remain permanently low
  2. elimination of the infrastructure deficit by 2014
  3. establishment of an uncapped endowment for post-secondary education
  4. establishment of a $500 million endowment fund for arts, social sciences, and humanities
  • Elimination of the education section of the property tax for seniors (appox. $700 a year)
  • Increasing the tax credit for seniors' caregivers to $9,355 from $4,355.
  • Making both Calgary and Edmonton into independent cities via a "Big Cities" Charter
  • Hiring 300 more police officers for Calgary and Edmonton
  • Fixed election dates

Cost: Net costs are zero as a result of re-allocating existing dollars and increased royalty revenues.

[edit] New Democratic Party of Alberta

  • Making life affordable
    • Create 4,000 new child care spaces.
    • Cap rates of $25/day ($500/month) for infant care and $9/day ($180/month) for after school care.
    • Regulate after-school care for children.
    • Increase start-up grants for daycare centres and day homes.
    • Provide additional sustainable grants to day cares to increase wages for childcare workers.
    • Introduce rent controls.
    • Introduce limits on condominium conversions.
  • Full value royalties
    • Follow example set by Alaska and replace the royalty system.
    • Create an all-party, special committee of the legislature to investigate royalties and report back in three months.
    • Add a variable royalty structure that would increase the royalty revenues when oil prices pass a peak threshold.
    • Increase royalties on other non-renewable resources such as coal.
  • Green energy plan
    • Create a green energy fund that will receive $2 billion a year primarily through enhanced royalties. Use that money to fund energy efficient retro-fitting and alternative energy production systems for individual houses and building.
    • Fund alternative power generation projects such as solar and wind farms.
    • Place hard caps on greenhouse gas emissions with penalties for companies that exceed targets — details to be worked out later.
    • Slow down the pace of development
  • Big dollar signs out of politics
    • End campaign contributions from unions and corporations.
    • Table legislation binding all leadership and nomination contests to the same disclosure rules and donation limits of political parties.
  • Immediately end health-care premiums.
  • Create a new pharmaceutical agency to purchase drugs in bulk, negotiate prices with drug companies and find less costly options to brand-name drugs.
  • Roll back tuition levels to 1999–2000 levels.
  • Cap interest for student loans at prime.
  • Invest $100 million in student housing immediately.
  • Eliminate fees and fund-raising for learning essentials.
  • Phase out funding for private schools.
  • Hire 800 additional police officers
  • Mandate basic value-added and upgrading for all bitumen mined in Alberta to be done in the province.
  • Add an interim per barrel tax on all bitumen exported outside the province.
  • Establish a bitumen pricing system.
  • Start a public automobile insurance system.
  • Provide stable funding for non-profit First Nation and Metis agencies.
  • Tie AISH and social assistance rates to a market basket measure.
  • Introduce $30 million in new funding for the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.

Cost: $477 million surplus, based on increased royalty rates, bitumen royalty premium and reverse corporate tax cuts.

[edit] Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta

  • Elimination of health care premiums over four years
  • Increase the number of health care workers
  • Construct 18 new schools in Calgary and Edmonton, including health focused schools
  • $6 billion a year to build and improve urban transit, highways, schools, parks and seniors facilities
  • Tax credits to businesses and homeowners who renovate to utilize energy efficient appliances
  • Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 200 megatons by 2050
  • Increase oil and gas revenue by $2 billion
  • Introduce royalty that would increase with the price of oil
  • Create a secretariat for action on homelessness
  • Create a new cultural policy that includes recreation and sport along with arts and performance
  • Double the tax credit for those supporting dependent family members

Cost: Total commitments represent 4.2 per cent of the budget for 2008–09 or $1.5 billion.

[edit] Wildrose Alliance Party of Alberta

  • Immediately eliminate health care premiums
  • Raise the basic personal income tax exemption to $20,000
  • Cut the provincial corporate tax rate from 10% to 8%
  • Allow income splitting for taxpayers who care for dependents in times of medical or other crisis
  • Direct savings from slowing spending growth to the Heritage Fund so that personal income taxes can eventually be eliminated
  • Allow governance and service delivery at the municipal and community levels as much as possible
  • As part of the party's universal health care plan, implement a pilot program in one of the smaller health regions that will be modelled after funding following the patients rather than the per capita funding currently in place today. Similarly, establish a school choice voucher pilot.
  • Provide significant debt relief to Alberta-trained medical professionals who commit to practising in the province at least five years
  • Establish fixed election dates, allow for citizen initiatives via referendums, and enact the right to recall elected officials

Costs: Cost of promises not released.

[edit] Green Party of Alberta

  • Green tax shift (i.e. lower income and business taxes in exchange for higher resource taxes)
  • Community-based development
  • Balanced budgets and fiscal responsibility
  • Recovery of waste energy through co-generation
  • Assessing royalty waste on a reservoir by reservoir basis
  • Provide low interest loans to businesses for energy retrofits
  • Provide no interest loans to homes for energy conservation
  • Ban the use of cosmetic pesticides
  • Increase spending in the Child Welfare Department
  • Pass a Protected Lands Act that will clarify different land uses. The act will include:
  1. Increase land designated as protected
  2. Protect the Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) corridor
  3. Authority and resources to enforce the legislation for protected areas officers
  • Increasing the supply of affordable housing
  1. More housing cooperatives and co-housing type developments
  2. Ensuring units are maintained by organizations that have a vested interest in sustaining them
  • Working with the municipalities to make urban development plans that preserve farmland
  • Investing in public transit
  • Ensuring a continued supply of fresh water

Leader's statement

[edit] Results by region

Party name Cgy. Edm.1 Leth. R.D. North Central South Total
     Progressive Conservative Seats: 18 13 1 2 10 20 8 72
     Popular vote: 45.81% 42.74% 46.16% 55.46% 65.83% 65.13% 60.85% 52.66%
     Liberal Seats: 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 9
     Popular vote: 33.90% 33.47% 34.34% 25.30% 13.95% 16.60% 15.75% 26.37%
     New Democrats Seats: 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
     Popular vote: 4.21% 18.01% 8.87% 5.79% 11.00% 5.59% 3.74% 8.52%
Total seats: 23 18 2 2 10 20 8 83
Parties that won no seats:
     Wildrose Alliance Popular vote: 8.96% 1.51% 7.61% 7.74% 5.65% 5.86% 16.02% 6.77%
     Green Popular vote: 4.87% 3.16% 3.02% 5.71% 3.19% 6.12% 3.63% 4.58%
     Social Credit Popular vote: 0.20% 0.06% xx xx 0.39% 0.54% xx 0.22%
     Separation Popular Vote: xx xx xx xx xx 0.05% xx 0.01%
     Communist Popular vote: 0.02% 0.02% xx xx xx xx xx 0.01%
     Alberta Party Popular vote: xx 0.02% xx xx xx xx xx 0.01%
     Independents Popular vote: 2.04% 0.96% xx xx xx 0.12% xx 0.87%

1 "Edmonton" corresponds to only the city of Edmonton. (Only the ridings whose names begin with "Edmonton".) The four suburban ridings around the city as listed below are grouped with central Alberta in this table.

[edit] Opinion polls

Polling Firm Last Date of Polling Link Prog. Cons. Liberal New Democratic Alliance Green
Election results March 3, 2008 53% 26% 9% 7% 5%
Angus Reid Strategies February 29, 2008 [1] 43% 28% 13% 10% 7%
Strategic Counsel February 28, 2008 [2] 50% 25% 8% 10% 8%
Leger Marketing February 25, 2008 [3] 55% 24% 7% 8% 6%
Angus Reid Strategies February 20, 2008 [4] 42% 31% 9% 10% 8%
Ipsos-Reid February 17, 2008 [5] 49% 28% 14% 5% 4%
Environics February 07, 2008 [6] 52% 25% 10% 6% 7%
Leger Marketing January 24, 2008 [7] 49% 28% 11% 5% 8%
Strategic Counsel January 13, 2008 [8] 58% 19% 9% 5% 9%
Last election 22 November 2004 48.8% 29.4% 10.2% 8.7% 2.8%

[edit] Target ridings

The following is a list of ridings that were narrowly lost by the indicated party in the 2004 election. For instance, under the Liberal column are the nine seats in which they came closest to winning but did not. Listed is the name of the riding, followed by the party which was victorious (in parentheses) and the margin, in terms of percentage of the vote, by which the party lost. To clarify further; this is a list of provincial election winners with their party in parentheses, and their margin of victory as a percentage of the vote.

These ridings are likely to be targeted by the specified party because the party lost them by a very slim margin in the 2004 election.

Up to ten are shown, with a maximum margin of victory of 15%.

* Indicates incumbent not running again.

Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta Alberta Liberal Party
  1. Cardston-Taber-Warner, (WA) 1.5%
  2. Edmonton Meadowlark, (Lib) 1.8%
  3. Edmonton Ellerslie, (Lib) 2.0%
  4. Edmonton Manning, (Lib) 2.6%
  5. St. Albert, (Lib) 2.7%
  6. Edmonton Calder, (NDP) 3.0%
  7. Edmonton McClung, (Lib) 4.1%
  8. Lethbridge East, (Lib) 5.0%
  9. Calgary Varsity, (Lib) 5.3%
  10. Calgary Currie, (Lib) 5.7%
  1. Edmonton Castle Downs, (PC) <0.1%
  2. Calgary McCall, (PC) 4.1%
  3. Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert, (PC) 4.4%
  4. Edmonton Whitemud, (PC) 5.7%
  5. Edmonton Mill Creek, (PC) 6.5%
  6. Calgary Buffalo, (PC) 7.7%
  7. Edmonton Calder, (NDP) 9.6%
  8. Red Deer South, (PC) 10.8%
  9. Sherwood Park, (PC) 11.2%
Alberta New Democratic Party Wildrose Alliance Party
  1. Edmonton Glenora, (Lib) 4.2%
  2. Edmonton Ellerslie, (Lib) 11.7%
  3. Edmonton Manning, (Lib) 14.2%
  1. Dunvegan-Central Peace, (PC) 4.1%

[edit] MLAs not running again

Liberal

NDP

Progressive Conservative

[edit] Timeline

[edit] Nominated candidates

Party Seats Second Third Fourth
     Progressive Conservative 72 11 0 0
     Liberal 9 58 13 2
     New Democratic Party 2 4 34 16
     Wildrose Alliance 0 7 30 17
     Greens 0 2 4 47
     Independents 0 1 2 1
Party Average # of votes
     Progressive Conservative 6,063
     Liberal 3,059
     Wildrose Alliance 1,055
     New Democrat 976
     Greens 551
     Social Credit 256
     Separation 120
     Alberta Party 51
     Communist 48

Names in bold indicate party leaders and cabinet ministers. [2]

[edit] Northern Alberta

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  PC   Liberal   NDP   Alliance   Green   Other
Athabasca-Redwater Jeff Johnson
7,484		 Bill Bonko
1,379		 Peter Opryshko
1,222		 Mike Radojcic
518		 Phyllis Penchuk
403		 Mike Cardinal
Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock Ken Kowalski
8,312		 Leslie Penny
1,802		 Rod Olstad
927		 Dan Evans
479		 Carl Haugen (SC)
309		 Ken Kowalski
Bonnyville-Cold Lake Genia Leskiw
4,437		 Justin Yassoub
695		 Jason Sloychuk
390		 Jennifer Brown
350		 Denis Ducharme
Dunvegan-Central Peace Hector Goudreau
4,185		 Bob Woken
285		 Nathan Macklin
1,218		 Dale Lueken
2,361		 Hector Goudreau
Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo Guy Boutilier
4,534		 Ross Jacobs
1,751		 Mel Kraley
550		 Reginald (Reg) Normore
301		 Guy Boutilier
Grande Prairie Smoky Mel Knight
4,769		 John Croken
1,089		 Neil Peacock
832		 Todd Loewen
1,049		 Rebecca Villebrun
285		 Mel Knight
Grande Prairie Wapiti Wayne Drysdale
5,168		 Augustine Ebinu
1,288		 Manuella Campbell
837		 Art Proctor
436		 Gordon Graydon
Lac La Biche-St. Paul Ray Danyluk
6,526		 Alex Broadbent
1,627		 Della Drury
1,068		 Ray Danyluk
Lesser Slave Lake Pearl Calahasen
3,390		 Steve Noskey
1,114		 Habby Sharkawi
423		 Bonnie Raho
267		 Pearl Calahasen
Peace River Frank Oberle
3,261		 Adele Boucher Rymhs
1,236		 Georg Beinart
539		 Frank Oberle

[edit] Western and Central Alberta

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  PC   Liberal   NDP   Alliance   Green   Other
Banff-Cochrane Janis Tarchuk
4,729		 Patricia K. Robertson
2,751		 Anne Wilson
575		 Dan Cunin
1,352		 Zrinko Amerl (Ind.)
172		 Janis Tarchuk
Drayton Valley-Calmar Diana McQueen
5,979		 Norma Block
847		 Luanne Bannister
386		 Dean Schmale
1,047		 Edwin Erickson
1,970		 Tony Abbott
Foothills-Rocky View Ted Morton
6,617		 Herb Coburn
2,156		 Ricardo de Menezes
196		 Joseph McMaster
1,768		 Larry Ashmore
916		 Ted Morton
Innisfail-Sylvan Lake Luke Ouellette
6,972		 Garth Davis
1,538		 Tophie Davies
702		 Wayne Edmundson
1,213		 Lisa Grant
543		 Anthony Haggarty (Ind)
122		 Luke Ouellette
Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills Richard Marz
7,786		 Tony Vonesch
1,041		 Andy Davies
269		 Curt Engel
2,487		 Kate Haddow
525		 Richard Marz
Red Deer North Mary-Anne Jablonski
4,716		 Richard Farrand
1,771		 Shawn Nielsen
560		 Urs Lehner
632		 Rueben Tschetter
463		   Mary Anne Jablonski
Red Deer South Cal Dallas
6,860		 Diane Kubanek
3,509		 Teresa Bryanton
649		 Ed Klop
983		 Evan Bedford
728		 Victor Doerksen
Rocky Mountain House Ty Lund
6,192		 Norm McDougall
851		 Jorge Souza
279		 Fanie van Heerden
1,157		 Jennifer Ripley
699		 Wilf Tricker (SC)
638
Bruce Hutton (SPA)
120		 Ty Lund
Stony Plain Fred Lindsay
8,468		 Bill Fraser
2,544		 Shelina Brown
976		 Sandy Pariseau
793		 Nora Shea
570		 Fred Lindsay
West Yellowhead Robin Campbell
4,207		 Lisa Higgerty
1,868		 Ken Kuzminski
1,050		 Earle Cunningham
326		 Scott Pickett
301		   Ivan Strang
Whitecourt-Ste. Anne George VanderBurg
6,010		 Mike Grey
1,106		 Leah Redmond
661		 Link Byfield
2,145		     George VanderBurg

[edit] East Central Alberta

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  PC   Liberal   NDP   Alliance   Green   Other
Battle River-Wainwright Doug Griffiths
7,974		 Horst Schreiber
1,258		 Doris Bannister
431		 Will Munsey
482		 Doug Griffiths
Drumheller-Stettler Jack Hayden
6,989		 Tom Dooley
1,465		 Richard Bough
277		 Dave France
1,060		 Amanda Bolton
351		 Jack Hayden
Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville Ed Stelmach
11,165		 Earl J. Woods
1,343		 Clayton Marsden
1,332		 Ryan Scheie
550		 Ed Stelmach
Lacombe-Ponoka Ray Prins
8,201		 Edith McPhedran
1,200		 Steve Bradshaw
570		 Daniel Freisen
911		 Joe Anglin
3,226		 Ray Prins
Leduc-Beaumont-Devon George Rogers
9,046		 Joyce Assen
2,328		 Lisa Erickson
1,057		 Sharon MacLise
1,006		 Kevin Colton
494		 George Rogers
Vermilion-Lloydminster Lloyd Snelgrove
7,018		 Robert Sawatzky
822		 Wendy Myshak
482		 Ngaio Hotte
360		   Lloyd Snelgrove
Wetaskiwin-Camrose Verlyn Olson
7,709		 Keith Elliott
1,638		 Sarah Mowatt
1,077		 Tyler Knelsen
818		 Midge Lambert
459		 LeRoy Johnson

[edit] Central Edmonton

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  PC   Liberal   NDP   Alliance   Green   Other
Edmonton Beverly Clareview Tony Vandermeer
4,164		 Dawit Isaac
1,995		 Ray Martin
3,846		 Brian Dell
289		 Frederick Pivot
183		 Robin Porteous (SC)
67		 Ray Martin
Edmonton Centre Bill Donahue
3,285		 Laurie Blakeman
4,918		 Deron Bilous
2,244		 James Iverson
205		 David Parker
476		 Margaret Saunter (AP)
51		 Laurie Blakeman
Edmonton Glenora Heather Klimchuk
5,010		 Bruce Miller
4,842		 Arlene Chapman
1,780		 Elden Van Hauwaert
294		 Peter Johnston
432		 Bruce Miller
Edmonton Gold Bar David Dorward
5,256		 Hugh MacDonald
6,274		 Sherry McKibben
1,924		 David Zylstra
526		 Hugh MacDonald
Edmonton Highlands-Norwood Andrew Beniuk
2,984		 Brad Smith
1,133		 Brian Mason
4,753		 Travis Loewen
246		 Mohamad Maie
221		 Brian Mason
Edmonton Mill Creek Gene Zwozdesky
6,864		 Aman Gill
4,058		 Stephen Anderson
1,819		 Glen Argan
728		 Naomi Rankin (Com)
41		 Gene Zwozdesky
Edmonton Mill Woods Carl Benito
4,752		 Weslyn Mather
3,996		 Christina Gray
1,474		 Robert Leddy
320		 David Hruska
290		 Weslyn Mather
Edmonton Riverview Wendy Andrews
5,170		 Kevin Taft
7,466		 Erica Bullwinkle
1,283		 Kyle Van Hauwaert
330		 Cameron Wakefield
506		 Kevin Taft
Edmonton Rutherford Fred Horne
5,226		 Rick Miller
5,162		 Mike Butler
1,178		 John Baloun
378		 Kate Wyrostok
349		 Rick Miller
Edmonton Strathcona T.J. Keil
3,141		 Tim Vant
2,507		 Rachel Notley
6,004		 Adrian Cole
613		 Raj Pannu

[edit] Suburban Edmonton and environs

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  PC   Liberal   NDP   Alliance   Green   Other
Edmonton Calder Doug Elniski
4,556		 Jim Kane
1,839		 David Eggen
4,352		 Mike Brown
399		   David Eggen
Edmonton Castle Downs Thomas Lukaszuk
7,165		 Chris Kibermanis
5,085		 Ali Haymour
1,343		 Bob Reckhow
325		 Thomas Lukaszuk
Edmonton Decore Janice Sarich
4,602		 Bill Bonko
3,879		 Sidney Sadik
1,295		 Trey Capenhurst
243		 Bill Bonko
Edmonton Ellerslie Naresh Bhardwaj
4,573		 Bharat Agnihotri
3,601		 Marilyn Assheton-Smith
1,881		 Krista Leddy
470		 Paul Boos
335		 Cheryl Ullah (SC)
63		 Bharat Agnihotri
Edmonton Manning Peter Sandhu
3,793		 Sandeep Dhir
2,096		 Rick Murti
2,222		 Phil Gamache
279		 Odette Boily
224		 Dan Backs (Ind.)
2,163		 Dan Backs
Edmonton McClung David Xiao
7,159		 Mo Elsalhy
5,943		 Bridget Stirling
924		 Kristine Jassman
270		 Bryan Wyrostok
342		 Mo Elsalhy
Edmonton Meadowlark Raj Sherman
6,176		 Debbie Cavaliere
3,424		 Pascal Ryffel
1,010		 Richard Guyon
307		 Amanda Doyle
347		 Maurice Tougas
Edmonton Whitemud David Hancock
12,048		 Nancy Cavanaugh
6,999		 Hana Razga
1,020		 Valerie Kennedy
544		 David Hancock
Sherwood Park Iris Evans
9,312		 Louise Rogers
3,842		 Katherine Hay
905		 Rick Hoines
688		 Iris Evans
Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert Doug Horner
9,369		 Ray Boudreau
4,531		 Peter Cross
959		 Allan West
545		 Doug Horner
St. Albert Ken Allred
8,409		 Jack Flaherty
5,594		 Katy Campbell
959		 Ross Vincent
576		   Jack Flaherty
Strathcona Dave Quest
9,951		 Jon Friel
2,995		 Denny Holmwood
903		 Kate Harrington
762		 Gordon Barrett (SC)
415		 Rob Lougheed

[edit] Southern Alberta

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  PC   Liberal   NDP   Alliance   Green   Other
Airdrie-Chestermere Rob Anderson
9,372		 John Burke
1,972		 Bryan Young
614		 Jeff Willerton
2,360		 David Brandreth
660		 Carol Haley
Cardston-Taber-Warner Broyce Jacobs
4,367		 Ron Hancock
439		 Suzanne Sirias
189		 Paul Hinman
4,328		 Billy Turner
180		   Paul Hinman
Cypress-Medicine Hat Leonard Mitzel
5,640		 Dick Mastel
2,022		 Manuel Martinez
347		 Dan Pierson
679		 Bright Pride
215		 Leonard Mitzel
Highwood George Groeneveld
7,716		 Stan Shedd
1,647		 Carolyn Boulton
392		 Daniel Doherty
1,405		 John Barret
690		 George Groeneveld
Lethbridge East Jason Herasemluk
4,716		 Bridget Pastoor
5,583		 Tom Moffatt
686		 Grant Shaw
748		 Helen McMenamin
243		 Bridget Pastoor
Lethbridge West Greg Weadick
5,003		 Bal Boora
4,031		 James Moore
1,181		 Matt Fox
855		 Brennan Tilley
392		 Clint Dunford
Little Bow Barry McFarland
5,144		 Everett Tanis
1,078		 Duane Petluk
322		 Kevin Kinahan
2,057		 Marie Read
266		 Barry McFarland
Livingstone-Macleod Evan Berger
6,039		 Mike Judd
1,501		 Phil Burpee
476		 Jack Macleod
989		 Bryan Hunt
403		 David Coutts
Medicine Hat Rob Renner
5,391		 Karen Charlton
3,626		 Diana Arnott
483		 Clint Rabb
747		 Karen Kraus
286		 Rob Renner
Strathmore-Brooks Arno Doerksen
7,623		 Gerry Hart
991		 Brian Stokes
313		 Amanda Shehata
935		 Chris Bayford
363		 Lyle Oberg

[edit] Suburban Calgary

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  PC   Liberal   NDP   Alliance   Green   Other
Calgary Bow Alana DeLong
6,694		 Greg Flanagan
5,172		 Teale Phelps Bondaroff
503		 Barry Hilenski
1,427		 Randy Weeks
829		 Len Skowronski (SC)
173		 Alana DeLong
Calgary Cross Yvonne Fritz
4,011		 Rob Reinhold
1,565		 Shelina Hassanali
477		 Gordon Huth
605		 Susan Stratton
394		   Yvonne Fritz
Calgary Foothills Len Webber
6,020		 Mike Robinson
4,899		 Stephanie Sundburg
251		 Kevin Legare
972		 Ian Groll
411		   Len Webber
Calgary Fort Wayne Cao
4,119		 Carole Oliver
1,766		 Julie Hrdlicka
1,178		 Travis Chase
714		 J. Mark Taylor
489		 Wayne Cao
Calgary Hays Arthur Johnston
6,959		 Bill Kurtze
3,582		 Tyler Kinch
367		 Devin Cassidy
1,364		 Keeley Bruce
564		   Arthur Johnston
Calgary Lougheed David Rodney
7,252		 Lori Czerwinski
3,941		 Clint Marko
339		 Derrick Jacobson
1,626		 Bernie Amell
528		 Gordon Laurie (Ind.)
102		 David Rodney
Calgary Mackay Teresa Woo-Paw
6,249		 Tianna Melnyk
4,051		 Daena Diduck
422		 Rob Gregory
1,608		 Ryan Smith
581		 Vacant
Calgary McCall Shiraz Shariff
4,165		 Darshan Kang
4,263		 Preet Sihota
275		 Ina Given
515		 Heather Brocklesby
388		   Shiraz Shariff
Calgary Montrose Manmeet Bhullar
2,634		 Michael Embaie
1,393		 Al Brown
514		 Said Abdulbaki
818		 Fred Clemens
262		 Ron Leech (Ind)
2,010		 Hung Pham
Calgary North West Lindsay Blackett
8,415		 Dale Martin D'Silva
5,552		 Colin Anderson
637		 Chris Jukes
2,712		 George Read
902		   Greg Melchin
Calgary Shaw Cindy Ady
7,122		 John Roggeveen
3,002		 Jenn Carlson
335		 Richard P. Dur
1,282		 Jennifer Oss-Saunders
499		 Cindy Ady
Calgary West Ron Liepert
8,524		 Beth Gignac
5,694		 Chantelle Dubois
401		 Bob Babcock
2,273		 James Kohut
773		   Ron Liepert

[edit] Central Calgary

Electoral district Candidates   Incumbent
  PC   Liberal   NDP   Alliance   Green   Other
Calgary Buffalo Sean Chu
3,682		 Kent Hehr
4,584		 Robert Lawrence
387		 Stephen Ricketts
611		 Antoni Grochowski (SC)
160		 Harvey Cenaiko
Calgary Currie Arthur Kent
4,243		 Dave Taylor
5,023		 Marc Power
506		 Ken Mazeroll
628		 Graham MacKenzie
855		 Dave Taylor
Calgary East Moe Amery
4,584		 Bill Harvey
2,431		 Christopher Dovey
427		 Mike McCraken
681		 Ross Cameron
331		 Bonnie Collins (Com)
55		 Moe Amery
Calgary Egmont Jonathan Denis
5,414		 Cathie Williams
3,257		 Jason Nishiyama
451		 Barry Chase
676		 Mark McGillvray
579		 Craig Chandler (Ind.)
2,637		 Denis Herard
Calgary Elbow Alison Redford
6,128		 Craig Cheffins
5,714		 Garnet Wilcox
300		 Dale Nelson
961		 Jonathon Sheffield
526		 Barry Erskine (Ind)
949		 Craig Cheffins
Calgary Fish Creek Heather Forsyth
6,883		 Laura Shutiak
4,052		 Eric Leavitt
423		 Jamie Buchan
1,261		 Kerry Fraser
556		   Heather Forsyth
Calgary Glenmore Ron Stevens
6,441		 Avalon Roberts
4,175		 Holly Heffernan
478		 Ryan Sadler
1,019		 Arden Bonokoski
547		 Ron Stevens
Calgary Mountain View Leah Lawrence
4,250		 David Swann
7,087		 John Donovan
662		 Cory Morgan
892		 Juliet Burgess
866		 David Swann
Calgary North Hill Kyle Fawcett
4,292		 Pat Murray
3,589		 John Chan
1,490		 Jane Morgan
977		 Kevin Maloney
736		 Jim Wright (SC)
229		 Richard Magnus
Calgary Nose Hill Neil Brown
4,584		 Len Borowski
2,759		 Tristan Ridley
388		 John Murdoch
954		 Nick Burman
613		 Neil Brown
Calgary Varsity Jennifer Diakiw
5,354		 Harry B. Chase
6,904		 Tim Stock-Bateman
531		 Brennan Ltyle
1,042		 Sean Maw
757		 Harry B. Chase

[edit] References

  1. ^ Albertans to vote March 3
  2. ^ Erickson, Edwin (2006-10-03). Candidate Update. Green Party of Alberta. Retrieved on November 3, 2006.

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