Alberta general election, 2015

Alberta general election, 2015

May 5, 2015

87 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 44 seats needed for a majority Opinion polls Turnout 54.2%   First party Second party Third party   Leader Rachel Notley Brian Jean Jim Prentice Party New Democratic Wildrose Progressive Conservative Leader since October 18, 2014 March 28, 2015 September 6, 2014 Leader's seat Edmonton-Strathcona Fort McMurray-Conklin Calgary-Foothills Last election 4 seats, 9.82% 17 seats, 34.29% 61 seats, 43.95% Seats before 4 5 70 Seats won 54 21 10[1] Seat change 50 16 60 Popular vote 604,515 360,511 413,607 Percentage 40.57% 24.23% 27.80% Swing 30.75pp 10.06pp 16.15pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader David Swann (interim) Greg Clark Party Liberal Alberta Party Leader since February 1, 2015 September 21, 2013 Leader's seat Calgary-Mountain View Calgary-Elbow Last election 5 seats, 9.89% 0 seats, 1.31% Seats before 5 0 Seats won 1 1 Seat change 4 1 Popular vote 62,153 33,221 Percentage 4.19% 2.29% Swing 5.70pp 0.98pp

Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding.

Premier before election Jim Prentice Progressive Conservative Premier-designate Rachel Notley New Democratic

The 29th general election of Alberta, Canada, elected members of the 29th Alberta Legislature took place May 5, 2015, following a request of Premier Jim Prentice to the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta The Hon. Donald Ethell to dissolve the Legislative Assembly on April 7, 2015.

The provincial Election Act' fixes the election to a three-month period, between March 1 and May 31 in the fourth calendar year after the preceding election day which in this case was April 23, 2012. However, the Act does not affect the powers of the Crown, the Lieutenant Governor to dissolve the Legislature before this period.^[2] The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta (PCs) had a majority in the outgoing Assembly.

As a result of the election, the Alberta New Democratic Party (NDP) were elected to a majority government under new leader Rachel Notley. The NDP formed Government for the first time in its history and ousted the Progressive Conservatives, who were reduced to third place in seats. Prentice resigned as party leader and MLA for Calgary-Foothills on election night.^[3] The Progressive Conservatives had won every provincial election since the 1971 election, making them the longest-serving provincial government in Canadian history. It is only the fourth change of government in Alberta since Alberta became a province in 1905, and one of the worst defeats a provincial government has suffered in Canada. It also marked the first time a centre-left political party had formed the government in Alberta since the United Farmers of Alberta in 1935.^[4]

The Wildrose Alliance Party under new leader Brian Jean remained the Official Opposition, gaining four seats since 2012 despite winning a lower share of the popular vote, while the Alberta Liberal Party and Alberta Party each won a single seat (the latter making history, with party leader Greg Clark becoming the party's first elected MLA). The Alberta Liberal Party lost four seats, only returning interim leader David Swann to the Legislative Assembly.

Notley was sworn in with her cabinet on May 24, 2015, ending 80 years of government by right-wing parties. Although many scholars consider Social Credit a unique creature of Canadian politics holding both socially and economically conservative and socialist policies. (first Social Credit, then PC).^[5]

Background

In the 2012 general election the PCs lost a portion of their caucus, but were able to retain a majority of the 87 seats despite the popular vote decreasing to under 50%. The Wildrose Party formed the official opposition for the first time, while the other two parties in the Assembly, the Alberta Liberal Party and Alberta New Democratic Party (NDP), both held official party status with five and four seats respectively.^[6] On September 4, 2014, the PCs became the longest serving political dynasty in Canadian history, at 43 years, 5 days.^[7]

Prentice, who succeeded former premier and interim leader of the Progressive Conservatives Dave Hancock in September 2014, was not obligated to call an election until 2016. However, seeking a fresh mandate to pass his budget, he asked Lieutenant Governor Donald Ethell to dissolve the legislature on April 7. In accordance with Canadian constitutional practice, Ethell granted the request, beginning a month long campaign.^[8] The early election call was criticized as unethical, as it violated the fixed election dates specified in the Elections Act, but it was constitutionally valid and followed the general practice of the reserve powers of the Crown. Specifically, the constitutional convention of following the advice of the premier.^[9]

Results

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54	21	9	1	1	1
NDP	Wildrose	PC	LIB	AP	*

Party		Votes			Seats
	New Democratic	603,459	40.6%	30.8%	54 / 87 (62%)
	Progressive Conservative	412,958	27.8%	16.2%	10 / 87 (11%)
	Wildrose	360,124	24.2%	10.1%	21 / 87 (24%)
	Liberal	62,171	4.2%	5.7%	1 / 87 (1%)
	Alberta Party	33,867	2.3%	1.0%	1 / 87 (1%)

Summary of the May 5, 2015 Legislative Assembly of Alberta election results^[10]

Party		Party leader	Number of candidates	Seats				Popular vote*
				2012	Dissol.	2015	% of Seats	#	%	Change (pp)
	New Democratic	Rachel Notley	87	4	4	54	62.1	603,459	40.59	+30.77
	Wildrose	Brian Jean	86	17	5	21	24.1	360,124	24.22	-10.07
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Prentice	87	61	70	9	10.3	412,958	27.77	–16.18
	Liberal	David Swann	56	5	5	1	1.1	62,171	4.18	–5.71
	Alberta Party	Greg Clark	36	—	—	1	1.1	33,867	2.28	+0.95
	Green[11]	Janet Keeping	24	—	—	—	—	7,321	0.49	+0.10
	Social Credit	Len Skowronski	6	—	—	—	—	832	0.06	+0.04
	Communist	Naomi Rankin	2	—	—	—	—	181	0.01	=
	Alberta First[12]	Bart Hampton	1	—	—	—	—	72	0.005	=
	Independent		15	—	1	—	—	5,916	0.40	+0.13
	Vacant				2	1**	1.1
Total			400	87	87	87	100.0%	1,486,901	100.00%

* The total popular vote includes votes from voided Calgary-Foothills election.

** The candidate elected for Calgary-Foothills, Jim Prentice, disclaimed his victory.^[13] According to section 139 of the Alberta Elections Act,^[14] if a winning candidate disclaims their right to become an MLA before the end of the appeal period for the official results, that riding's election is declared void.

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta - seats won/lost by party, 2012-2015

Party		2012	Gain from (loss to)							2015
			NDP	WR		PC		Lib	Alb
	New Democratic	4		2		44		4		54
	Wildrose	17	(2)			7	(1)			21
	Progressive Conservative	61	(44)	1	(7)				(1)	9
	Liberal	5	(4)							1
	Alberta Party	0				1				1
Total		87	(50)	3	(7)	52	(1)	4	(1)	86

The election resulted in a majority government led by the New Democratic Party.

The result in Calgary-Glenmore remained unresolved, as incumbent MLA Linda Johnson and challenger Anam Kazim finished the vote count in an exact tie of 7,015 votes each,^[15] necessitating a recount process. ^[15] On May 15, The recount determined NDP candidate Anam Kazim won the riding by six votes.

The Alberta NDP had been leading in most polls since late April. They had been expected to do well in Edmonton, which historically had been more favourable to centre-left parties and candidates than the Province in general. However, in a result that far exceeded the most optimistic projections, Edmonton swung over dramatically to support Notley, who represents an Edmonton riding. The NDP took every seat in the city, all by very large margins (4,000 votes or more with absolute majority support). Even more surprisingly, they won 15 of the 25 seats in Calgary, the power base of the Tories for most of the last four decades. The NDP also swept the province's third and fourth-largest cities, Lethbridge and Red Deer. NDP support remained relatively lower in rural Alberta, where they only won a handful of ridings in the north of the province, as well as some rural ridings around Edmonton.^[16]

Notley later said that she had known a week before the election that the NDP would win. She told Canadian Press that she had been sitting in a hotel room in either Calgary or Lethbridge when she saw a very credible poll showing the NDP was poised to rebound from a mere four seats in the legislature—the minimum for official party status—to an outright majority. She was physically stunned at first, but recovered long enough to drop her plans for a whirlwind schedule to close out the campaign in favour of making plans for a transition.^[17]

The Progressive Conservatives finished second in the popular vote, 50,000 votes ahead of the Wildrose. However, they were decimated due to a near-total collapse in the major cities, as well as a split in the conservative vote with the Wildrose Alliance. They were completely shut out in Edmonton, Lethbridge and Red Deer, and lost 12 of their 20 seats in Calgary. Since the first-past-the-post system awards power solely on the basis of seats won (not by proportional representation), the Tories were knocked down to third place with only 10 seats, only two outside Calgary. The Tories were reduced to their smallest presence in the Legislative Assembly since 1967. With few exceptions, their support in the cities transferred to the NDP, while their rural support moved to the Wildrose Alliance. All but three members of Prentice's cabinet were defeated.

The Wildrose Alliance, which had its legislative caucus reduced in 2014 when then leader and Leader of the Official Opposition Danielle Smith and all but 5 Wildrose Alliance MLAs crossed the floor to sit with the governing PCs. In the 2015 general election they rebounded to 21 seats and retained Official Opposition status. All of their gains were in rural areas and they failed to win a seat in either of Alberta's two largest cities; Edmonton and Calgary. In a September 2015 by-election to fill the Calgary-Foothills seat vacated by Jim Prentice on election night The Wildrose Alliance candidate Prasad Pandadefeated the NDP's Bob Hawkesworth by almost 1600 votes.^[18]

Greg Clark, leader of the Alberta Party, won the first ever seat for his party in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

For the first time since the 1920s, centre-left candidates won a majority of seats in Calgary – 15 for the NDP (one through judicial recount) and one for the Liberals.

Timeline

• April 23, 2012: The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta (PCs) win the 28th Alberta general election, and the Wildrose Party the second most, for the first time forming the official opposition.
• May 3, 2012: Results become official.^[19]
• May 23, 2012: The 28th Alberta Legislative Assembly sits.^[20]
• May 14, 2013: The Separation Party of Alberta changes back to the Alberta First Party name it abandoned in 2004.^[21]
• May 14, 2013: Edmonton-Manning MLA Peter Sandhu resigns from the PC caucus.^[22]
• July 16, 2013: Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo MLA Mike Allen quits the PC caucus after being arrested in the US on a soliciting for prostitution charge.^[23]
• December 10, 2013: Edmonton-Manning MLA Peter Sandhu rejoins the PC caucus.^[24]
• March 12, 2014: After an expense scandal involving Premier Redford's trip to the funeral of Nelson Mandela, Calgary-Foothills MLA Len Webber leaves the PC caucus to sit as an independent.^[25]
• March 17, 2014: Calgary-Varsity MLA and Associate Minister for Electricity and Renewable Energy Donna Kennedy-Glans leaves the PC caucus to sit as an independent.^[26]
• March 20, 2014: Alison Redford resigns as leader of the PCs, and Dave Hancock is named interim leader.^[27]
• March 23, 2014: Redford's resignation as premier comes into effect and Deputy Premier and Edmonton-Whitemud MLA Dave Hancock is sworn in as Premier.^[28]
• April 29, 2014: An NDP leadership election is initiated when leader Brian Mason announces his pending resignation as leader.^[29]
• July 7, 2014: Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo MLA Mike Allen is admitted back into the PC caucus after a caucus vote.^[30]
• August 6, 2014: PC MLA Alison Redford resigns her Calgary-Elbow seat.^[31]
• September 6, 2014: In the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership election Jim Prentice is elected leader.^[32]
• September 15, 2014: Dave Hancock resigns as premier and his Edmonton-Whitemud seat.^[33] Jim Prentice is sworn in as premier.^[34]
• September 17, 2014: Donna Kennedy-Glans requests, and is accepted back into, the Progressive Conservative caucus.^[35]
• September 29, 2014: Independent MLA Len Webber resigns his Calgary-Foothills seat, PC MLA Ken Hughes resigns his Calgary-West seat, and four by-elections are called.^[36]
• October 18, 2014: At an Alberta NDP convention Rachel Notley is chosen party leader.^[37]
• October 27, 2014: Four PC MLAs are elected in by-elections, Gordon Dirks in Calgary-Elbow, Jim Prentice in Calgary-Foothills, Mike Ellis in Calgary-West, and Stephen Mandel in Edmonton-Whitemud.^[38]
• November 2, 2014: Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre MLA Joe Anglin leaves the Wildrose caucus to sit as an independent.^[39]
• November 24, 2014: Innisfail-Sylvan Lake MLA Kerry Towle and Little Bow MLA Ian Donovan leave the Wildrose Party and join the PCs.^[40]
• December 17, 2014: Nine Wildrose Party MLAs, including leader Danielle Smith and House Leader Rob Anderson cross the floor to join the PCs.^[41]
• December 21, 2014: Heather Forsyth is named interim leader of the Wildrose Party.^[42]
• January 26, 2015: Raj Sherman resigns as leader of the Alberta Liberal Party, and PC MLA Doug Griffiths resigns from his Battle River-Wainwright seat.^[43]
• January 31, 2015: PC MLA Doug Horner resigns his Spruce Grove-St. Albert seat.^[44]
• February 1, 2015: David Swann is named interim leader of the Alberta Liberal Party.^[45]
• March 26, 2015: Premier Jim Prentice tables his government's 2015-6 budget.
• March 28, 2015: Former Conservative MP Brian Jean wins Wildrose Party leadership election, former Wildrose Party leader Danielle Smith loses PC nomination in Highwood to Okotoks councilor Carrie Fischer
• April 7, 2015: Premier Jim Prentice drops the writ, calling for an election on May 5, 2015.
• April 23, 2015: Televised leaders' debate.
• May 5, 2015: Election results - the NDP win a majority of seats (53), the Wildrose finish second capturing 21 seats. The Progressive Conservatives' run of nearly 44 years as government ends with a third-place finish of 11 seats. Premier Prentice announces resignation as PC leader and as Calgary-Foothills MLA. The initial result in Calgary-Glenmore was a tie.
• May 15, 2015: Elections Alberta published the official result.^[46] NDP candidate Anam Kazim won the riding Calgary-Glenmore after recount, leaving the NDP holding 54 of 87 seats in the legislature.

Opinion polls

The following is a summary of published polls of voter intentions.

Polling Firm	Date of Polling	Margin of Error (19 times out of 20)	PC	Wildrose	Liberal	NDP	Alberta	Other	Undecided
Election 2015	May 5, 2015		27.8	24.2	4.2	40.6	2.3	0.9
Forum Research	May 4, 2015	±3 pp	23	23	4	45	3	2
Insights West	May 1–4, 2015	±3.1 pp	23	27	4	42	3	2	9
EKOS Research Associates	Apr. 29–May 3, 2015	±3.4 pp	22.5	24.0	5.6	44.3	2.2	1.4
Forum Research	May 2, 2015	±3 pp	21	24	5	42	5	3
Mainstreet Technologies	April 29, 2015	±1.85 pp	21	26	5	44	3		14
Ipsos-Reid	April 27–29, 2015	±4.1 pp	24	26	9	37	3	1
EKOS Research Associates	April 25–29, 2015	±3.7 pp	23.1	21.3	6.3	42.2	4.6	2.6
ThinkHQ	April 26–28, 2015	±2.1 pp	20	27	9	39	4	1
Leger Marketing	April 26–28, 2015	±2.8 pp	30	24	6	38	1	1	16
Return On Insight	April 25–28, 2015	±3.6 pp	24	21	10	38	4
Mainstreet Technologies	April 23, 2015	±1.49 pp	26	32	8	31	4		21
Forum Research	April 22–23, 2015	±3 pp	20	25	7	38	6	5
Mainstreet Technologies	April 20, 2015	±1.78 pp	25	35	4	31	4		19
Mainstreet Technologies	April 13, 2015	±1.76 pp	24	31	10	30	5		23
Forum Research	April 7–9, 2015	±2 pp	27	30	12	28	2	2
Mainstreet Technologies	April 7, 2015	±1.78 pp	27	31	12	26	3		24
ThinkHQ	April 2–6, 2015	±2.3 pp	25	31	12	26	5	1
Insights West	March 27–30, 2015	±3.9 pp	31	27	14	22	2	5
Mainstreet Technologies	March 29, 2015	±1.8 pp	30	30	17	18	5		20
Environics	February 13–23, 2015		46	16	18	17		4
Insights West	December 28–30, 2014		42	14	19	18		7
Mainstreet Technologies	December 21, 2014		44	20	14	18	4
Insights West	Nov. 28–Dec. 1, 2014		35	29	15	16		5
Lethbridge College	October 4–9, 2014		32.6	30.8	12.8	16.8		7.0
Leger Marketing	Aug. 27–Sep. 2, 2014		29	33	18	16		4
Leger Marketing	June 23–26, 2014		26	31	20	19		4
Insights West	April 23–26, 2014		21	50	11	16		2
ThinkHQ	March 10–16, 2014		19	46	16	15	3	1
Angus Reid	March 3–9, 2014		23	46	15	13		4
Leger Marketing	February 24–27, 2014		25	38	16	15	3	2
Environics	February 14–23, 2014		36	33	18	12		2
Lethbridge College	October 5–6, 2013		36.1	29.4	15.7	12.2	1.1	5.6
Leger Marketing	September 11–17, 2013		33	34	15	15		3
Leger Marketing	April 9–12, 2013		29	37	17	14		3
ThinkHQ	February 12–16, 2013		26	38	13	16	3	4
Leger Marketing	January 14–20, 2013		40	28	12	13		6
Environics	October 10–23, 2012		45	29	13	12		1
Lethbridge College	September 29–30, 2012		44.6	23.9	11.1	14.0	3.0	3.4
Environics	August 10–22, 2012		43	26	14	13		3
Forum Research	June 11, 2012		39	36	9	12	2	2
Election 2012	April 23, 2012	±0.0 pp	44.0	34.3	9.9	9.8	1.3	0.7

Nominated candidates

Bold indicates cabinet members, and party leaders are italicized.

• Laurie Blakeman in Edmonton-Centre is endorsed by the Alberta Party and the Green Party of Alberta
• Michael Dawe in Red Deer-North is endorsed by the Green Party of Alberta

Northern Alberta

Electoral District		Candidates						Incumbent
		Progressive Conservative	Wildrose	Liberal	NDP	Alberta Party	Other
Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater		Jeff Johnson	Travis Olson		Colin Piquette				Jeff Johnson
Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock		Maureen Kubinec	Glenn van Dijken		Tristan Turner				Maureen Kubinec
Bonnyville-Cold Lake		Craig Copeland	Scott Cyr		Josalyne Head	Rob Fox			Genia Leskiw†
Dunvegan-Central Peace-Notley		Rhonda Clarke-Gauthier	Kelly Hudson		Margaret McCuaig-Boyd				Hector Goudreau†
Fort McMurray-Conklin		Don Scott	Brian Jean	Melinda Hollis	Ariana Mancini				Don Scott
Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo		Mike Allen	Tany Yao	Robin Le Fevre	Stephen Drover				Mike Allen
Grande Prairie-Smoky		Everett McDonald	Todd Loewen	Kevin McLean	Todd Russell				Everett McDonald
Grande Prairie-Wapiti		Wayne Drysdale	Laila Goodridge		Mary Dahr	Rory Tarant			Wayne Drysdale
Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills		Darrell Younghans	Dave Hanson		Catherine Harder		Brian Deheer (Green)		Shayne Saskiw†
Lesser Slave Lake		Pearl Calahasen	Darryl Boisson		Danielle Larivee				Pearl Calahasen
Peace River		Frank Oberle	Nathan Steinke		Debbie Jabbour	Sherry Hilton			Frank Oberle

Central Edmonton

Electoral District		Candidates						Incumbent
		Progressive Conservative	Wildrose	Liberal	NDP	Alberta Party	Other
Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview		Tony Caterina	Stephanie Diacon	Tomi Yellowface	Deron Bilous	Owais Siddiqui			Deron Bilous
Edmonton-Calder		Thomas Bradley	Andrew Altimas	Amit Batra	David Eggen				David Eggen
Edmonton-Centre		Catherine Keill	Joe Byram	Laurie Blakeman	David Shepherd	—	Greg Keating (Ind.) Rory Joe Koopmans (Ind.)		Laurie Blakeman
Edmonton-Glenora		Heather Klimchuk	Don Koziak	Karen Sevcik	Sarah Hoffman	Chris Vilcsak	David Parker (Green)		Heather Klimchuk
Edmonton-Gold Bar		David Dorward	Justin James	Ronald Brochu	Marlin Schmidt	Cristina Stasia			David Dorward
Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood		Jonathan Dai	Joshua Loeppky	Matthew Smith	Brian Mason				Brian Mason
Edmonton-Mill Creek		Gene Zwozdesky	Saqib Raja	Harpreet Singh Gill	Denise Woollard				Gene Zwozdesky
Edmonton-Mill Woods		Sohail Quadri	Baljit Sall	Roberto Maglalang	Christina Gray		Naomi Rankin (Communist) Aura Leddy (Ind.)		Sohail Quadri
Edmonton-Riverview		Steve Young	Ian Crawford	Donna Wilson	Lori Sigurdson	Brandon Beringer	Sandra Wolf Lange (Green) Glenn Miller (Ind.)		Steve Young
Edmonton-Rutherford		Chris LaBossiere	Josef Pisa	Michael Chan	Richard Feehan				Fred Horne†
Edmonton-Strathcona		Shelley Wegner		Steve Kochan	Rachel Notley				Rachel Notley

Suburban Edmonton

Electoral District		Candidates						Incumbent
		Progressive Conservative	Wildrose	Liberal	NDP	Alberta Party	Other
Edmonton-Castle Downs		Thomas Lukaszuk	Gerrit Roosenboom	Todd Ross	Nicole Goehring				Thomas Lukaszuk
Edmonton-Decore		Janice Sarich	Dean Miller	Bradley Whalen	Chris Nielsen		Trey Capnerhurst (Green)		Janice Sarich
Edmonton-Ellerslie		Harman Kandola	Jackie Lovely	Mike McGowan	Rod Loyola				Naresh Bhardwaj§
Edmonton-Manning		Gurcharan Garcha	Atiq Rehman	Adam Mounzer	Heather Sweet				Peter Sandhu§
Edmonton-McClung		David Xiao	Steve Thompson		Lorne Dach	John Hudson			David Xiao
Edmonton-Meadowlark		Katherine O'Neill	Amber Maze	Dan Bildhauer	Jon Carson				Raj Sherman†
Edmonton-South West		Matt Jeneroux	Cole Kander	Rudy Arcilla	Thomas Dang	Krishna Tailor			Matt Jeneroux
Edmonton-Whitemud		Stephen Mandel	Chad Peters	Steven Townsend	Bob Turner		Kathryn Jackson (Green) John Baloun (Ind.)		Stephen Mandel
Sherwood Park		Cathy Olesen	Linda Osinchuk		Annie McKitrick				Cathy Olesen
St. Albert		Stephen Khan	Shelley Biermanski	Bill Alton	Marie Renaud	Trevor Love			Stephen Khan

Western and Central Alberta

Electoral District		Candidates						Incumbent
		Progressive Conservative	Wildrose	Liberal	NDP	Alberta Party	Other
Drayton Valley-Devon		Diana McQueen	Mark Smith		Katherine Swampy	Connie Jensen	Jennifer Roach (Green)		Diana McQueen
Innisfail-Sylvan Lake		Kerry Towle	Don MacIntyre		Patricia Norman	Danielle Klooster			Kerry Towle
Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills		Wade Bearchell	Nathan Cooper		Glenn Norman	Jim Adamchick			Bruce Rowe†
Red Deer-North		Christine Moore	Buck Buchanan	Michael Dawe	Kim Schreiner	Krystal Kromm			Mary Anne Jablonski†
Red Deer-South		Darcy Mykytyshyn	Norman Wiebe	Deborah Checkel	Barb Miller	Serge Gingras	Ben Dubois (Green) Patti Argent (Ind.) William Berry (Ind.)		Cal Dallas†
Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre		Tammy Cote	Jason Nixon		Hannah Schlamp		Joe Anglin (Ind.)		Joe Anglin
Spruce Grove-St. Albert		Rus Matichuk	Jaye Walter	Reg Lukasik	Trevor Horne	Gary Hanna	Brendon Greene (Green)		Vacant
Stony Plain		Ken Lemke	Kathy Rondeau	Mike Hanlon	Erin Babcock	Sandy Simmie	Matt Burnett (Green)		Ken Lemke
West Yellowhead		Robin Campbell	Stuart Taylor		Eric Rosendahl				Robin Campbell
Whitecourt-Ste. Anne		George VanderBurg	John Bos		Oneil Carlier				George VanderBurg

East Central Alberta

Electoral District		Candidates						Incumbent
		Progressive Conservative	Wildrose	Liberal	NDP	Alberta Party	Other
Battle River-Wainwright		Blake Prior	Wes Taylor	Ron Williams	Gordon Naylor				Vacant
Drumheller-Stettler		Jack Hayden	Rick Strankman		Emily Shannon				Rick Strankman
Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville		Jacquie Fenske	Joe Gosselin	Peter Schneider	Jessica Littlewood	Derek Christensen	Allison Anderson (Green)		Jacquie Fenske
Lacombe-Ponoka		Peter Dewit	Ron Orr		Doug Hart	Tony Jeglum			Rod Fox§
Leduc-Beaumont		George Rogers	Sharon Smith		Shaye Anderson	Bert Hoogewoonink	Josh Drozda (Green)		George Rogers
Strathcona-Sherwood Park		Dave Quest	Rob Johnson		Estefania Cortes-Vargas	Lynne Kaiser			Dave Quest
Vermilion-Lloydminster		Richard Starke	Danny Hozack		Saba Mossagizi				Richard Starke
Wetaskiwin-Camrose		Verlyn Olson	Bill Rock		Bruce Hinkley				Verlyn Olson

Central Calgary

Electoral District		Candidates						Incumbent
		Progressive Conservative	Wildrose	Liberal	NDP	Alberta Party	Other
Calgary-Acadia		Jonathan Denis	Linda Carlson	Nicholas Borovsky	Brandy Payne				Jonathan Denis
Calgary-Buffalo		Terry Rock	Leah Wamboldt	David Khan	Kathleen Ganley		Sabrina Levac (Green)		Kent Hehr†
Calgary-Cross		Rick Hanson	Moiz Ullah Mahmood	Manjot Singh Gill	Ricardo Miranda		Peter Meic (Green) Katherine Le Rougetel (Ind.)		Yvonne Fritz†
Calgary-Currie		Christine Cusanelli	Terry DeVries	Shelley Wark-Martyn	Brian Malkinson	Tony Norman	Nelson Berlin (Green)		Christine Cusanelli
Calgary-East		Moe Amery	Ali Waissi	Naser Al-Kukhun	Robyn Luff		Bonnie Devine (Communist)		Moe Amery
Calgary-Elbow		Gordon Dirks	Megan Brown	John Roggeveen	Catherine Welburn	Greg Clark	Larry Heather (Social Credit)		Gordon Dirks
Calgary-Fish Creek		Richard Gotfried	Blaine Maller		Jill Moreton	Allison Wemyss	Martin Owen (Social Credit)		Heather Forsyth†
Calgary-Fort		Andy Nguyen	Jeevan Mangat	Said Abdulbaki	Joe Ceci	Vic Goosen			Wayne Cao†
Calgary-Glenmore		Linda Johnson	Chris Kemp-Jackson	David Waddington	Anam Kazim	Terry Lo			Linda Johnson
Calgary-Klein		Kyle Fawcett	Jeremy Nixon	David Gamble	Craig Coolahan		Noel Keough (Green)		Kyle Fawcett
Calgary-Mountain View		Mark Hlady	Terry Wong	David Swann	Marc Chikinda				David Swann
Calgary-Varsity		Susan Billington	Sharon Polsky	Pete Helfrich	Stephanie McLean		Carl Svoboda (Green)		Donna Kennedy-Glans†

Suburban Calgary

Electoral District		Candidates						Incumbent
		Progressive Conservative	Wildrose	Liberal	NDP	Alberta Party	Other
Calgary-Bow		Byron Nelson	Trevor Grover	Matthew Gaiser	Deborah Drever	Jonathon Himann	David Reid (Green)		Alana DeLong†
Calgary-Foothills		Jim Prentice	Keelan Frey	Ali Bin Zahid	Anne Wilson		Janet Keeping (Green)		Jim Prentice
Calgary-Greenway		Manmeet Bhullar	Devinder Toor		Don Monroe				Manmeet Bhullar
Calgary-Hawkwood		Jason Luan	Jae Shim	Harbaksh Singh Sekhon	Michael Connolly	Beth Barberree	Polly Knowlton Cockett (Green) Len Skowronski (Social Credit)		Jason Luan
Calgary-Hays		Ric McIver	Robert Mailloux	Shawn Emran	Carla Drader		Graham MacKenzie (Green) Zachary Doyle (Social Credit)		Ric McIver
Calgary-Lougheed		Dave Rodney	Mark Mantei	Leila Keith	Mihai Ion				Dave Rodney
Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill		Neil Brown	Kathy Macdonald	Prab Lashar	Karen McPherson		Sandy Aberdeen (Green)		Neil Brown
Calgary-McCall		Jagdeep Sahota	Hardyal "Happy" Singh Mann	Avinash Khangura	Irfan Sabir		Burhan Khan (Ind.)		Darshan Kang†
Calgary-North West		Sandra Jansen	Jeff Callaway	Neil Marion	Karen Mills	Christopher Blatch			Sandra Jansen
Calgary-Northern Hills		Teresa Woo-Paw	Prasad Panda	Harry Lin	Jamie Kleinsteuber				Teresa Woo-Paw
Calgary-Shaw		Jeff Wilson	Brad Leishman	Alexander Barrow	Graham Sucha	Evert Smith			Jeff Wilson
Calgary-South East		Rick Fraser	Brandon Lunty	G. Gill	Mirical Macdonald		Jordan Mac Isaac (Green)		Rick Fraser
Calgary-West		Mike Ellis	Gerard Lucyshyn		Mizanur Rahman				Mike Ellis
Chestermere-Rocky View		Bruce McAllister	Leela Aheer		William Pelech		Coral Bliss Taylor (Green) Jamie Lall (Ind.) Matt Grant (Ind.)		Bruce McAllister

Southern Alberta

Electoral District		Candidates						Incumbent
		Progressive Conservative	Wildrose	Liberal	NDP	Alberta Party	Other
Airdrie		Peter Brown	Angela Pitt		Chris Noble	Jeremy Klug	Jeff Willerton (Ind.)		Rob Anderson†
Banff-Cochrane		Ron Casey	Scott Wagner		Cam Westhead				Ron Casey
Cardston-Taber-Warner		Brian Brewin	Grant Hunter		Aaron Haugen	Del Bodnarek			Gary Bikman§
Cypress-Medicine Hat		Bob Olson	Drew Barnes	Eric Musekamp	Bev Waege				Drew Barnes
Highwood		Carrie Fischer	Wayne Anderson		Leslie Mahoney	Joel Windsor	Martin Blake (Green) Jeremy Fraser (Social Credit)		Danielle Smith§
Lethbridge-East		Tammy Perlich	Kent Prestage	William West	Maria Fitzpatrick				Bridget Pastoor†
Lethbridge-West		Greg Weadick	Ron Bain	Sheila Pyne	Shannon Phillips				Greg Weadick
Little Bow		Ian Donovan	Dave Schneider	Helen McMenamin	Bev Muendel-Atherstone		Caleb Van Der Weide (Social Credit)		Ian Donovan
Livingstone-Macleod		Evan Berger	Pat Stier	Alida Hess	Aileen Burke				Pat Stier
Medicine Hat		Blake Pedersen	Val Olson		Bob Wanner	Jim Black	Dave Robon Hood Phillips (Ind.)		Blake Pedersen
Strathmore-Brooks		Molly Douglass	Derek Fildebrandt	Ali Abdulbaki	Lynn MacWilliam	Einar Davison	Mike Worthington (Green) Glen Dundas (Alberta First)		Jason Hale†

Endorsements

The following media outlets endorsed the PCs during the campaign:

• Calgary Herald^[47]
• Calgary Sun^[48]
• Edmonton Journal^[49]
• The Globe and Mail^[50]
• Edmonton Sun^[51]

No endorsements were made for any of the other parties.

Defeated incumbents

Party		Name	Constituency	Office held at election	Year elected	Defeated by	Party
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Allen	Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo		2012	Tany Yao		Wildrose Party
		Moe Amery	Calgary East		1993	Robyn Luff		New Democratic Party
		Pearl Calahasen	Lesser Slave Lake	Longest currently-serving MLA	1989	Danielle Larivee		New Democratic Party
		Jonathan Denis	Calgary-Acadia	Minister of Justice and Solicitor General	2008	Brandy Payne		New Democratic Party
		Gordon Dirks	Calgary-Elbow	Minister of Education	2014	Greg Clark		Alberta Party
		Ian Donovan	Little Bow		2012	Dave Schneider		Wildrose Party
		David Dorward	Edmonton-Gold Bar	Associate Minister of Aboriginal Relations	2012	Marlin Schmidt		New Democratic Party
		Jacquie Fenske	Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville		2012	Jessica Littlewood		New Democratic Party
		Matt Jeneroux	Edmonton-South West		2012	Thomas Dang		New Democratic Party
		Jeff Johnson	Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater	Minister of Seniors	2008	Colin Piquette		New Democratic Party
		Stephen Khan	St. Albert	Minister of Service Alberta	2012	Marie Renaud		New Democratic Party
		Heather Klimchuk	Edmonton-Glenora	Minister of Human Services	2008	Sarah Hoffman		New Democratic Party
		Maureen Kubinec	Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock	Minister of Culture and Tourism	2012	Glenn van Dijken		Wildrose Party
		Thomas Lukaszuk	Edmonton-Castle Downs		2001	Nicole Goehring		New Democratic Party
		Stephen Mandel	Edmonton-Whitemud	Minister of Health	2014	Bob Turner		New Democratic Party
		Bruce McAllister	Chestermere-Rocky View		2012	Leela Aheer		Wildrose Party
		Everett McDonald	Grande Prairie-Smoky		2012	Todd Loewen		Wildrose Party
		Frank Oberle	Peace River	Minister of Energy, Government House Leader	2004	Debbie Jabbour		New Democratic Party
		Cathy Olesen	Sherwood Park		2012	Annie McKitrick		New Democratic Party
		Blake Pedersen	Medicine Hat		2012	Bob Wanner		New Democratic Party
		Sohail Quadri	Edmonton-Mill Woods		2012	Christina Gray		New Democratic Party
		Janice Sarich	Edmonton-Decore		2008	Chris Nielsen		New Democratic Party
		Don Scott	Fort McMurray-Conklin	Minister of Innovation and Advanced Education, Deputy House Leader	2012	Brian Jean		Wildrose Party
		Kerry Towle	Innisfail-Sylvan Lake		2012	Don MacIntyre		Wildrose Party
		Jeff Wilson	Calgary-Shaw		2012	Graham Sucha		New Democratic Party
		David Xiao	Edmonton-McClung		2008	Lorne Dach		New Democratic Party
		Steve Young	Edmonton-Riverview		2012	Lori Sigurdson		New Democratic Party
		Gene Zwozdesky	Edmonton-Mill Creek	Speaker	1993	Denise Woollard		New Democratic Party
	Liberal	Laurie Blakeman	Edmonton-Centre		1997	David Shepherd		New Democratic Party
	Independent	Joe Anglin	Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre		2012	Jason Nixon		Wildrose Party

MLAs who did not run again

Progressive Conservative

• Rob Anderson, Airdrie^[52]
• Wayne Cao, Calgary-Fort^[52][53]
• Cal Dallas, Red Deer-South^[53]
• Alana DeLong, Calgary-Bow^[52][53]
• Yvonne Fritz, Calgary-Cross^[52][53]
• Hector Goudreau, Dunvegan-Central Peace-Notley^[53]
• Jason Hale, Strathmore-Brooks
• Fred Horne, Edmonton-Rutherford^[53]
• Mary Anne Jablonski, Red Deer-North^[53]
• Genia Leskiw, Bonnyville-Cold Lake^[53]
• Donna Kennedy-Glans, Calgary-Varsity^[53][52]
• Bridget Pastoor, Lethbridge-East^[53]
• Bruce Rowe, Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills^[53]
• Danielle Smith, Highwood^[53]

Wildrose

• Heather Forsyth, Calgary-Fish Creek^[53]
• Shayne Saskiw, Lac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills^[53]

Liberal

• Kent Hehr, Calgary-Buffalo^[53]
• Darshan Kang, Calgary-McCall^[53]
• Raj Sherman, Edmonton-Meadowlark^[53]

Both Kent Hehr and Darshan Kang did not seek re-election in order to run for the federal Liberals in the 2015 federal election.

References

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External links

• Elections Alberta