Alberta general election, 1975

Alberta general election, 1975

March 26, 1975

75 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 38 seats were needed for a majority Turnout 59.58%   Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Peter Lougheed Werner Schmidt Grant Notley Party Progressive Conservative Social Credit New Democratic Leader since 1965 1973 1968 Leader's seat Calgary-West ran in Taber-Warner (lost) Spirit River-Fairview Last election 49 seats, 46.4% 25 seats, 41.1% 1 seats, 11.4% Seats before 49 25 1 Seats won 69 4 1 Seat change 20 21 ±0 Popular vote 369,764 107,211 76,360 Percentage 62.7% 18.2% 12.9% Swing 16.3% 22.9% 1.5%

Premier before election Peter Lougheed Progressive Conservative Premier-designate Peter Lougheed Progressive Conservative

The Alberta general election of 1975 was the eighteenth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on March 26, 1975 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

The Progressive Conservative Party of Peter Lougheed won its second term in government in a landslide, taking over 62% of the popular vote and winning 69 of the 75 seats in the legislature.

The Social Credit Party saw its vote collapse. After 36 years in government from 1935 to 1971—virtually its entire history—it was ill-prepared for a role in opposition. It lost over half of its popular vote from the previous election, and was cut down to only four MLAs—just barely holding onto official party status.

Results

Overall voter turnout was 59.58%.^[1]

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				1971	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
	Progressive Conservative	Peter Lougheed	75	49	69	+40.8%	369,764	62.65%	+16.25%
	Social Credit	Werner Schmidt	70	25	4	-84.0%	107,211	18.17%	-22.93%
	New Democrats	Grant Notley	75	1	1	0%	76,360	12.94%	+1.52%
	Independent Social Credit		1	*	1	100%	4,428	0.75%	*
	Liberal	Nicholas Taylor	46	-	-	-	29,424	4.98%	+3.97%
	Independent Progressive Conservative		3	*	-	*	1,059	0.18%	*
	Communist		14	*	-	*	768	0.13%	*
	Independent		4	-	-		625	0.11%	+1.06%
	Independent Liberal		2	*	-	*	416	0.07%	*
	Constitutional Socialist	Mike Uhryn	3	*	-	*	115	0.02%	*
Total			293	75	75	-	590,200	100%
Source: Elections Alberta

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

Members elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

18th Alberta Legislative Assembly
	District	Member	Party
	Athabasca	Frank Appleby	Progressive Conservative
	Banff	Frederick Kidd	Progressive Conservative
	Barrhead	Hugh Horner	Progressive Conservative
	Bonnyville	Donald Hansen	Progressive Conservative
	Bow Valley	Fred Mandeville	Social Credit
	Calgary-Bow	Neil Webber	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Buffalo	Ron Ghitter	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Currie	Fred Peacock	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Egmont	Merv Leitch	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Elbow	David John Russell	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Foothills	Stewart McCrae	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Glenmore	Hugh Planche	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-McCall	Andrew Little	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-McKnight	Eric Musgreave	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Millican	Thomas Donnelly	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-Mountain View	John Kushner	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-North Hill	Roy Farran	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary-West	Peter Lougheed	Progressive Conservative
	Camrose	Gordon Stromberg	Progressive Conservative
	Cardston	John Thompson	Progressive Conservative
	Clover Bar	Walt Buck	Social Credit
	Cypress	Alan Hyland	Progressive Conservative
	Drayton Valley	Rudolph Zander	Progressive Conservative
	Drumheller	Gordon Taylor	Independent Social Credit
	Edmonton-Avonmore	Horst Schmid	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Belmont	Bert Hohol	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Beverly	Bill Diachuk	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Calder	Tom Chambers	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Centre	Gordon Miniely	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Glenora	Lou Hyndman	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Gold Bar	William Yurko	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Highlands	David Thomas King	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton Jasper Place	Leslie Young	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Kingsway	Kenneth Paproski	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Meadowlark	Gerard Amerongen	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Norwood	Catherine Chichak	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Ottewell	John Ashton	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Parkallen	Neil Stanley Crawford	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Strathcona	Julian Koziak	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton-Whitemud	Don Getty	Progressive Conservative
	Edson	Robert Dowling	Progressive Conservative
	Grand Prairie	Winston Backus	Progressive Conservative
	Hanna-Oyen	John Butler	Progressive Conservative
	Highwood	George Wolstenholme	Progressive Conservative
	Innisfail	Clifford Doan	Progressive Conservative
	Lac La Biche-McMurray	Ron Tesolin	Progressive Conservative
	Lacombe	Jack Cookson	Progressive Conservative
	Lesser Slave Lake	Larry Shaben	Progressive Conservative
	Lethbridge-East	Archibald D. Johnston	Progressive Conservative
	Lethbridge-West	John Gogo	Progressive Conservative
	Little Bow	Raymond Speaker	Social Credit
	Lloydminster	Bud Miller	Progressive Conservative
	Macleod	Thomas Walker	Progressive Conservative
	Medicine Hat-Redcliff	Jim Horsman	Progressive Conservative
	Olds-Didsbury	Robert Curtis Clark	Social Credit
	Peace River	Al Adair	Progressive Conservative
	Pincher Creek-Crowsnest	Frederick Bradley	Progressive Conservative
	Ponoka	Don McCrimmon	Progressive Conservative
	Red Deer	James Foster	Progressive Conservative
	Redwater-Andrew	George Topolnisky	Progressive Conservative
	Rocky Mountain House	Helen Hunley	Progressive Conservative
	Sedgewick-Coronation	Henry Kroeger	Progressive Conservative
	Smoky River	Marvin Moore	Progressive Conservative
	Spirit River-Fairview	Grant Notley	NDP
	St. Albert	Ernie Jamison	Progressive Conservative
	St. Paul	Mick Fluker	Progressive Conservative
	Stettler	Graham Harle	Progressive Conservative
	Stony Plain	William Purdy	Progressive Conservative
	Taber-Warner	Robert Bogle	Progressive Conservative
	Three Hills	Allan Warrack	Progressive Conservative
	Vegreville	John Batiuk	Progressive Conservative
	Vermilion-Viking	Tom Lysons	Progressive Conservative
	Wainwright	Charles Stewart	Progressive Conservative
	Wetaskiwin-Leduc	Dallas Schmidt	Progressive Conservative
	Whitecourt	Peter Trynchy	Progressive Conservative

See also

• List of Alberta political parties

References

1. Elections Alberta (November 25, 2007). "General Elections 1975-2004 (Overall Summary of Ballots Cast and % of Voter Turnout)". Retrieved April 29, 2011.