25th Alberta Legislature

25th Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Type
Type
Houses Legislative Assembly
Leadership
Seats 83
Meeting place
Legislature Building, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Website
www.assembly.ab.ca

The members of the 25th Alberta Legislative Assembly were elected in the general election held on March 12, 2001 and, with the exception of the three MLAs listed below, held their seats until dissolution of the legislature on October 25, 2004.

On November 22, 2004, the 26th Alberta general election was held to elect the next legislature.

History

The 25th Legislative Assembly was ushered in with a massive Progressive Conservative majority, with Alberta being dubbed Ralph's World following the 2001 general election. The official opposition Liberals began a turbulent period that would see the party go through four leaders.

The third party Alberta New Democrats also changed leaders in July 2004 with the retirement of Raj Pannu.

Towards the end of the legislature for the first time since 1985, a new party caucus was formed. Edmonton-Norwood MLA Gary Masyk would cross the floor to the Alberta Alliance which had been formed in 2002 and registered in 2003 creating the caucus for that party. His reason for leaving was the Premier's interference in the 2004 federal election that coincided with a sharp decline in poll numbers that kept the federal Conservatives from winning the election. His electoral district was also abolished in the 2004 Alberta Boundary Re-distribution.

Support the Progressive Conservatives softened through the reign of the Assembly but still remained high during the 2004 general election.

Members of the 25th Legislature by district

  District Member Party Notes
  Athabasca-Wabasca Mike Cardinal Progressive Conservative
  Airdrie-Rocky View Carol Haley Progressive Conservative
  Banff-Cochrane Janis Tarchuk Progressive Conservative
  Barrhead-Westlock Ken Kowalski Progressive Conservative
  Bonnyville-Cold Lake Denis Ducharme Progressive Conservative
  Calgary-Bow Alana DeLong Progressive Conservative
  Calgary-Buffalo Harvey Cenaiko Progressive Conservative
  Calgary-Cross Yvonne Fritz Progressive Conservative
  Calgary Currie Jon Lord Progressive Conservative
  Calgary-East Moe Amery Progressive Conservative
  Calgary-Egmont Denis Herard Progressive Conservative
  Calgary Elbow Ralph Klein Progressive Conservative
  Calgary Fish Creek Heather Forsyth Progressive Conservative
  Calgary-Foothills Pat Nelson Progressive Conservative
  Calgary-Fort Wayne Cao Progressive Conservative
  Calgary-Glenmore Ron Stevens Progressive Conservative
  Calgary Lougheed Marlene Graham Progressive Conservative
  Calgary McCall Shiraz Shariff Progressive Conservative
  Calgary Montrose Hung Pham Progressive Conservative
  Calgary-Mountain View Mark Hlady Progressive Conservative
  Calgary-North Hill Richard Magnus Progressive Conservative
  Calgary North West Greg Melchin Progressive Conservative
  Calgary Nose Creek Gary Mar Progressive Conservative
  Calgary Shaw Cindy Ady Progressive Conservative
  Calgary-Varsity Murray Smith Progressive Conservative
  Calgary West Karen Kryczka Progressive Conservative
  Cardston-Taber-Warner Broyce Jacobs Progressive Conservative
  Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan Rob Lougheed Progressive Conservative
  Cypress-Medicine Hat Lorne Taylor Progressive Conservative
  Drayton Valley-Calmar Tony Abbott Progressive Conservative
  Drumheller-Chinook Shirley McClellan Progressive Conservative
  Dunvegan Hector Goudreau Progressive Conservative
  Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview Julius Yankowsky Progressive Conservative
  Edmonton-Calder Brent Rathgeber Progressive Conservative
  Edmonton Castle Downs Thomas Lukaszuk Progressive Conservative
     Edmonton Centre Laurie Blakeman Liberal
     Edmonton Ellerslie Debby Carlson Liberal Resigned
Vacant at dissolution
     Edmonton-Glengarry Bill Bonner Liberal
  Edmonton-Glenora Drew Hutton Progressive Conservative
     Edmonton-Gold Bar Hugh MacDonald Liberal
     Edmonton-Highlands Brian Mason NDP
  Edmonton Manning Tony Vandermeer Progressive Conservative
  Edmonton-McClung Mark Norris Progressive Conservative
  Edmonton Meadowlark Bob Maskell Progressive Conservative
  Edmonton Mill Creek Gene Zwozdesky Progressive Conservative
     Edmonton-Mill Woods Don Massey Liberal
  Edmonton-Norwood Gary Masyk Progressive Conservative Crossed the floor
Alberta Alliance
     Edmonton Riverview Kevin Taft Liberal
  Edmonton Rutherford Ian McClelland Progressive Conservative
     Edmonton-Strathcona Raj Pannu NDP
  Edmonton-Whitemud David Hancock Progressive Conservative
  Fort McMurray Guy Boutilier Progressive Conservative
  Grande Prairie-Smoky Mel Knight Progressive Conservative
  Grande Prairie-Wapiti Gordon Graydon Progressive Conservative
  Highwood Don Tannas Progressive Conservative
  Innisfail-Sylvan Lake Luke Ouellette Progressive Conservative
  Lac La Biche-St. Paul Ray Danyluk Progressive Conservative
  Lacombe-Stettler Judy Gordon Progressive Conservative
  Lesser Slave Lake Pearl Calahasen Progressive Conservative
  Leduc Albert Klapstein Progressive Conservative
     Lethbridge-East Ken Nicol Liberal Resigned
Vacant at dissolution
  Lethbridge-West Clint Dunford Progressive Conservative
  Little Bow Barry McFarland Progressive Conservative
  Livingstone-Macleod David Coutts Progressive Conservative
  Medicine Hat Rob Renner Progressive Conservative
  Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills Richard Marz Progressive Conservative
  Peace River Gary Friedel Progressive Conservative
  Ponoka-Rimbey Halvar Jonson Progressive Conservative
  Red Deer North Mary Anne Jablonski Progressive Conservative
  Red Deer South Victor Doerksen Progressive Conservative
  Redwater Dave Broda Progressive Conservative
  Rocky Mountain House Ty Lund Progressive Conservative
  Sherwood Park Iris Evans Progressive Conservative
  St. Albert Mary O'Neill Progressive Conservative
  Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert Doug Horner Progressive Conservative
  Stony Plain Stan Woloshyn Progressive Conservative
  Strathmore-Brooks Lyle Oberg Progressive Conservative
  Vegreville-Viking Ed Stelmach Progressive Conservative
  Vermilion-Lloydminster Lloyd Snelgrove Progressive Conservative
  Wainwright Robert Fischer Progressive Conservative Resigned
  Doug Griffiths Progressive Conservative Elected by-election
  West Yellowhead Ivan Strang Progressive Conservative
  Wetaskiwin-Camrose LeRoy Johnson Progressive Conservative
  Whitecourt-Ste. Anne George VanderBurg Progressive Conservative

Standings changes during the 25th Assembly

Number of members
per party by date
2001 2002 2004
Mar 12 Dec 31 Apr 8 May 25 May 28 Jun 29
  Progressive Conservative 74 73 74 73
Liberal 7 6 5
     NDP 2
Alberta Alliance 0 1
Total members 83 82 83 82 81
Vacant 0 1 0 1 2
Government Majority 65 64 65 66 67 65
  1. December 31, 2001 Robert Fischer, Wainwright resigns
  2. April 8, 2002 Doug Griffiths, Wainwright elected in a by-election
  3. May 25, 2004 Ken Nicol, Lethbridge-East resigns to run in a federal election
  4. May 28, 2004 Debby Carlson, Edmonton Ellerslie resigned to run in a federal election
  5. June 29, 2004 Gary Masyk, Edmonton Norwood crossed the floor to the Alberta Alliance

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