1 Results by party

Party	Party Leader	# of cands	Seats			Popular Vote
			Before	After	% Change	#	%	Change
Progressive Conservative	Ralph Klein	83	73	61	-16.4%	417,092	46.8%	-15.1%
Liberal	Kevin Taft	82	5	17	+240%	261,471	29.4%	+2.1%
New Democratic Party	Brian Mason	83	2	4	+100%	90,897	10.2%	+2.1%
Alliance	Randy Thorsteinson	83	1	1	0%	77,506	8,7%	n/a2
Greens	George Read	49	0	0	0%	24,588	2.8%	+2.5%
Social Credit	Lavern Ahlstrom	42	0	0	0%	10,874	1.2%	+0.7%
Separation	Bruce Hutton	12	0	0	0%	4,680	0.5%	n/a2
Alberta Party	Bruce Stubbs	4	0	0	0%	2,485	0.3%	-0.6%
Communist	Naomi Rankin	2	0	0	0%	98	<0.1%	~0%
Independent	n/a	10	0	0	0%	1,009	0.1%	-0.9%
Total		450	831	83

¹ 2 seats were vacant at dissolution of the Legislature.
² The Alberta Alliance and Seperation parties did not contest the 2001 election.

2 Results by region

Party Name		Cgy.	Edm.1	Leth.	R.D.	North	Central	South	Total
Prog. Cons.	Seats:	20	2	1	2	10	19	7	61
	Popular Vote:	50.5%	31.5%	38.3%	44.1%	55.5%	52.7%	55.1%	46.8%
Liberal	Seats:	3	12	1			1		17
	Popular Vote:	32.1%	40.3%	37.9%	32.5%	19.8%	21.9%	19.1%	29.4%
N.D.P.	Seats:		4						4
	Popular Vote:	4.9%	22.0%	8.1%	6.1%	8.6%	7.9%	4.4%	10.2%
Alliance	Seats:							1	1
	Popular Vote:	6.5%	4.2%	10.2%	14.9%	13.8%	11.3%	13.1%	8.7%
Green	Seats:
	Popular Vote:	5.5%	1.0%	3.1%	1.2%	1.1%	2.5%	2.1%	2.8%
Soc. Cred.	Seats:
	Popular Vote:	0.3%	0.8%	2.6%	-	1.1%	2.3%	2.4%	1.2%
Separation	Seats:
	Popular Vote:	0.2%	-	-	1.3%	-	0.9%	2.6%	0.5%
Alta. Party	Seats:
	Popular Vote:	<0.1%	-	-	-	-	0.6%	1.3%	0.3%
Communist	Seats:
	Popular Vote:	<0.1%	<0.1%	-	-	-	-	-	<0.1%
Independents	Seats:
	Popular Vote:	0.1%	0.2%	-	-	0.1%	0.1%	-	0.1%
Total seats:		23	18	2	2	10	20	8	83

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.

3 Results by riding

names in bold indicate party leaders and cabinet ministers

3.1 Northern Alberta

Electoral District	Candidates						Incumbent
	Progressive Conservative	Liberal	New Democrats	Alberta Alliance	Alberta Greens	Other
Athabasca-Redwater	Mike Cardinal	Nicole Belland	Peter Opryshko	Sean Whelan	Luke de Smet	Leonard Fish (Soc. Cred.)	Mike Cardinal
							merged district
							Dave Broda
Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock	Ken Kowalski	Alan Fiebich	Peggy Kirkeby	Mike Radojcic		Carl Haugen (Soc. Cred.)	Ken Kowalski
Bonnyville-Cold Lake	Denis Ducharme	Lloyd Mildon	Denise Ogonoski	Shane Gervais			Denis Ducharme
Dunvegan	Hector G. Goudreau	Don Thompson	Leon R. Pendleton	Dale Lueken		Lanny Portsmouth (Soc. Cred.)	Hector Goudreau
Grande Prairie-Smoky	Mel Knight	Neil Peacock	Georgina Szoke	Hank Rahn			Mel Knight
Grande Prairie-Wapiti	Gordon J. Graydon	Cibylla Rakestraw	Jerry Macdonald	John Hilton-O'Brien	Allan Webber		Gordon J. Graydon
Lac La Biche-St. Paul	Ray Danyluk	Dickson Broomfield	Phil Goebel	Oscar Lacombe			Ray Danyluk
Lesser Slave Lake	Pearl Calahasen	Jonathan Pleckaitis	Doris Bannister	Valerie Rahn	Ian Hopfe		Pearl Calahasen
Peace River	Frank Oberle	Adam Bourque	Stephen Crocker	Gary Checknita		Patsy Lindberg (Soc. Cred.)	Gary Friedel
Wood Buffalo	Guy C. Boutilier	Russell W. Collicott	Dave Malka	Eugene Eklund		Reginald Normore (Ind.)	Guy Boutilier

3.2 Western and Central Alberta

Electoral District	Candidates						Incumbent
	Progressive Conservative	Liberal	New Democrats	Alberta Alliance	Alberta Greens	Other
Banff-Cochrane	Janis Tarchuk	Ian McDougall	Melissa Cambridge	Bob Argent	Chris Foote		Janis Tarchuk
Drayton Valley-Calmar	Tony Abbott	Laura Higgerty	Lynn Oberle	Viona Cunningham	Edwin Erickson	Thomas Cliff (Soc. Cred.) Elmer Knopp (Ind.)	Clarke A. Abbott
Foothills-Rocky View	F. L. (Ted) Morton	Herb Coburn	Roland Schmidt	Jason Herasemluk	Shelley Willson		new district
Innisfail-Sylvan Lake	Luke Ouellette	Garth Davis	Chris Janke	Randy Thorsteinson		Wilf Tricker (Soc. Cred.)	Luke Ouellette
Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills	Richard Marz	Tony Vonesch	Christopher Davies	Gordon Quantz	Sarah Henckel-Sutmoller	Brian Vassseur (Sep. Pty.) Myrna Kissick (Soc. Cred.)	Richard Marz
Red Deer-North	Mary Anne Jablonski	Norm McDougall	Steven Bedford	Rand Sisson	Colin Fisher		Mary Anne Jablonski
Red Deer-South	Victor Doerksen	Walter Kubanek	Jeff Sloychuck	Patti Argent		Judy Milne (Sep. Pty.)	Victor Doerksen
Rocky Mountain House	Ty Lund	Susan M. Scott	Anthony Jones	Ed Wilhite	Jennifer Isaac	Bruce Hutton (Sep. Pty.) Lavern J. Ahlstrom (Soc. Cred.)	Ty Lund
Stony Plain	Fred Lindsay	Bill Fraser	Ruth Yanor	Marilyn Burns		Henry Neumann (Soc. Cred.)	Stan Woloshyn
West Yellowhead	Ivan Strang	Rob Jolly	Barry Madsen	Earl Cunningham	Monika Schaefer		Ivan Strang
Whitecourt-Ste. Anne	George VanderBurg	George Higgerty	Leah Redmond	David Dow			George VanderBurg

3.3 East Central Alberta

Electoral District	Candidates						Incumbent
	Progressive Conservative	Liberal	New Democrats	Alberta Alliance	Alberta Greens	Other
Battle River-Wainwright	Doug Griffiths	Gordon Rogers	Len Legault	Orest Werzak		Robin Skitteral (Soc. Cred.)	Doug Griffiths
Drumheller-Stettler	Shirley McClellan		Richard Bough	Dave France		Dave Carnegie (Separation) Mary-Lou Kloppenburg (Soc. Cred.) Eileen Walker (Alberta Pty.)	Shirley McClellan
Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville	Ed Stelmach	Peter Schneider	Wes Buyarski	Byron King		Mark R. Patterson (Soc. Cred.)	Ed Stelmach
Lacombe-Ponoka	Ray Prins	Glen T Simmonds	Jim Graves	Ed Klop		Teena Cormack (Soc. Cred.)	Judy Gordon
							merged district
							Halvar Jonson
Leduc-Beaumont-Devon	George Rogers	Joyce Assen	Katie Oppen	Dave Dalke	Stephen Lindop	Karen Richert (Soc. Cred.)	Albert Klapstein
Vermilion-Lloydminster	Lloyd Snelgrove	Patricia Thomas	Ray Stone	David Benoit			Lloyd Snelgrove
Wetaskiwin-Camrose	LeRoy Johnson	Keith Elliott	Clay Lawson	Dale Trefz		Janice H. Wolter (Soc. Cred.)	LeRoy Johnson

3.4 Central Edmonton

Electoral District	Candidates						Incumbent
	Progressive Conservative	Liberal	New Democrats	Alberta Alliance	Alberta Greens	Other
Edmonton-Beverly-Cleaview	Julius Yankowsky 3,059	Sam Parmar 1,166	Ray Martin 5,268	Phil Gamache 457	Benoit Couture 141	Ken Shipka (Soc. Cred.) 283	Julius Yankowsky
Edmonton-Centre	Don Weideman 2,622	Laurie Blakeman 6,236	Mary Elizabeth Archer 1,538	Tony Caterina 264	David J. Parker 336	Linda Clements (Soc. Cred.) 111	Laurie Blakeman
Edmonton-Glenora	Drew Hutton 3,758	Bruce Miller 4,610	Larry Booi 4,059	Blaine Currie 307	Peter Johnston 272	Walter Schachenhofer (Soc. Cred.) 112	Drew Hutton
Edmonton-Gold Bar	Manjit Dhaliwal 2,574	Hugh MacDonald 8,794	Keith Turnbull 1,966	Delmar Hunt 538		Dave Dowling (Ind.) 167	Hugh MacDonald
Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood	Terry Martiniuk 2,209	Jason Manzevich 1,035	Brian Mason 6,053	Ray Loyer 315		Dale W. Ferris (Ind.) 66	Brian Mason
Edmonton-Mill Creek	Gene Zwozdesky 5,071	Aman Gill 4,286	Nathan Taylor 1,709	Robert J. Alford 523	Eric Steiglitz 386	Cameron Johnson (Ind.) 72	Gene Zwozdesky
Edmonton-Mill Woods	Naresh Bhardwaj 2,989	Weslyn Mather 5,014	Lloyd Nelson 1,565	Charles Relland 816		Naomi Rankin (Communist) 42	Don Massey
Edmonton-Riverview	Fred Horne 3,571	Kevin Taft 10,279	Donna Martyn 1,053	David Edgar 315	John Lackey 355	Dave W. Power (Soc. Cred.) 111	Kevin Taft
Edmonton-Rutherford	Ian McClelland 4,173	Rick Miller 7,217	George A. Slade 995	R. J. (Bob) Ewart 516		Anit Ashmore (Soc. Cred.) 210	Ian McClelland
Edmonton-Strathcona	Shannon Stubbs]] 2,256	Steven Leard 1,850	Raj Pannu 7,430	Jeremy Burns 275	Adrian Cole 287	Kelly Graham (Soc. Cred.) 162	Raj Pannu

3.5 Suburban Edmonton and Environs

Electoral District	Candidates						Incumbent
	Progressive Conservative	Liberal	New Democrats	Alberta Alliance	Alberta Greens	Other
Edmonton-Calder	Brent Rathgeber 3,680	Brad Smith 3,028	David Eggen 4,055	Vicki Kramer 526			Brent Rathgeber
Edmonton-Castle Downs	Thomas Lukaszuk 5,014	Chris Kibermanis 5,029	Peter Cross 1,317	Colin Presizniuk 583		Ross Korpi (Soc. Cred.) 78	Thomas Lukaszuk
Edmonton-Decore	Walter Szwender 3,033	Bill Bonko 4,418	Shirley Barg 1,524	Gary Masyk 830		Geoffrey Chevrier (Soc. Cred.) 94	Bill Bonner
							merged district
							Gary Masyk
Edmonton-Ellerslie	Gurnam Dodd 3,245	Bharat Agnihotri 3,444	Marilyn Assheton-Smith 2,257	Eleanor Maroes 985		Amelia Maciejewski (Soc. Cred.) 238	vacant
Edmonton-Manning	Tony Vandermeer 3,646	Dan Backs 3,873	Laurie Lang 2,371	Mike Pietramala 515	Ross Adshead 240	Sean Tisdall (Soc. Cred.) 130	Tony Vandermeer
Edmonton-McClung	Mark Norris 5,331	Mo Elsalhy 5,864	Lorne Dach 1,362	Reuben Bauer 401		Patrick Conlin (Soc. Cred.) 104	Mark Norris
Edmonton-Meadowlark	Bob Maskell 4,243	Maurice Tougas 4,436	Lance Burns 1,303	Aaron Campbell 444	Amanda Doyle 245	Peggy Morton (Ind.) 77	Bob Maskell
Edmonton-Whitemud	Dave Hancock 7,493	Donna L. Smith 6,567	Brian Fleck 1,634	Kathy Rayner 469		John Andrews (Ind.) 76	Dave Hancock
Sherwood Park	Iris Evans 7,276	Louise Rogers 5,587	Tim Sloan 994	Cora LaBonte 444	Lynn Lau 362	Gordon Barrett (Soc. Cred.) 474	Iris Evans
Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert	Doug Horner 6,140	Ray Boudreau 5,559	Dale Apostal 1,020	Tim Friesen 740		Glen Blaylock (Soc. Cred.) 170	Doug Horner
St. Albert	Mary O'Neill 6,064	Jack Flaherty 6,474	Travis Thompson 1,652	Michaela Meldrum 591	Conrad Bitangcol 407		Mary O'Neill
Strathcona	Rob Lougheed 6,838	Jon Friel 4,115	Tom Elchuk 1,177	Ryan Seto 466	Bruce Stubbs (Ab. Pty.) 775 Brian Rembowski (Soc. Cred.) 327 Roberta McDonald (Separation) 297		Rob Lougheed

3.6 Southern Alberta

Electoral District	Candidates						Incumbent
	Progressive Conservative	Liberal	New Democrats	Alberta Alliance	Alberta Greens	Other
Airdrie-Chestermere	Carol Haley	John Burke	Grant Massie	Bradley Gaida	Angela Scully	Jeff Willerton (Alberta Pty.) Bob Lefurgey (Separation) Jerry Gautreau (Soc. Cred.)	Carol Haley
Cardston-Taber-Warner	Broyce Jacobs	Paula Shimp	Luann Bannister	Paul Hinman	Lindsay Ferguson		Broyce Jacobs
Cypress-Medicine Hat	Leonard Mitzel	Stuart Angle	Cliff Anten	Dan H. Pierson		Eric Solberg (Soc. Cred.)	Lorne Taylor
Highwood	George Groeneveld	Lori Czerwinski	Catherine Whelan Costen	Brian Wickhorst	Sheelagh Matthews	Cory Morgan (Separation)	Don Tannas
Lethbridge-East	Rod Fong	Bridget Pastoor	Gaye Metz	Brian Stewart	Erin Matthews	Darren Popik (Soc. Cred.)	vacant
Lethbridge-West	Clint Dunford	Bal Boora	Mark Sandilands	Merle Terlesky	Andrea Sheridan	Scott Sawatsky (Soc. Cred.)	Clint Dunford
Little Bow	Barry McFarland	Arij Langstraat	Hugh Logie	Jay Phin		Grant Shaw (Separation) Brian Cook (Soc. Cred.)	Barry McFarland
Livingstone-Macleod	David Coutts	Craig Whitehead	Joyce Thomas	George Lyster	Chris Watts	Jim Walker (Separation)	David Coutts
Medicine Hat	Rob Renner	Karen Charlton	Diana Arnott	Scott Cowan		Jonathan Lorentzen (Soc. Cred.)	Rob Renner
Strathmore-Brooks	Lyle Oberg	Carol Jacques	Don MacFarlane	Mark D Ogden		Jay Kolody (Separation) Rudy Martens (Soc. Cred.)	Lyle Oberg

3.7 Suburban Calgary

Electoral District	Candidates						Incumbent
	Progressive Conservative	Liberal	New Democrats	Alberta Alliance	Alberta Greens	Other
Calgary-Bow	Alana DeLong 6,097	Kelly McDonnell 3,509	Jennifer Banks 1,135	James Istvanffy 1,015	Marie Picken 713	Margaret Askin (Independent) 98 Doug Picken (Soc. Cred.) 97	Alana DeLong
Calgary-Cross	Yvonne Fritz 3,763	Raleigh DeHaney 1,452	Jeanie Keebler 391	Gordon Huth 648	Ryan Richardson 271		Yvonne Fritz
Calgary-Foothills	Len Webber 5,820	Stephen Jenuth 3,559	Malcolm Forster 407	Vincent S. Jansen-Van Doorn 472			Pat Nelson
Calgary-Fort	Wayne Cao 4,136	Gerry Hart 1,784	Elizabeth A. Thomas 583	Travis Paul Chase 589	Tyler Charkie 440	Leo Ollenberger (Separation) 212	Wayne Cao
Calgary-Hays	Art Johnston 5,529	Sharon Howe 1,952	Rachel Weinfeld 298	Robert Wawrzynowski 534	Bernie Amell 378		new district
Calgary-Lougheed	Dave Rodney 6,334	Allan Pollock 2,971	Matthew Koczkur 365	Tariq Khan 445	Ryan Boucher 471		Marlene Graham
Calgary-MacKay	Gary Mar 5,640	Darryl Hawkins 2,615	Giorgio Cattabeni 395	Shawn Hubbard 640	David McTavish 443	Paul Martin (Independent) 193	Gary Mar
Calgary-McCall	Shiraz Shariff 3,203	Darshan Kang 2,958	Gurpreet (Preet) Sihota 264	Ina Givens 573	Sean Robert Brocklesby 359		Siraz Shariff
Calgary-Montrose	Hung Pham 3,318	Arthur Danielson 1,651	Jason Nishiyama 434	Cyril Collingwood 674	Kevin Colton 355		Hung Pham
Calgary-North West	Greg Melchin 7,768	Judy Stewart 4,488	Bob Brunet 518	Jenell Friesen 622	Jeffrey Krekoski 636		Greg Melchin
Calgary-Shaw	Cindy Ady 6,732	John Roggeveen 2,373	Jarrett Young 300	Barry Chase 620	Rick Papineau 380		Cindy Ady
Calgary West	Ron Liepert 6,964	Derek Smith 4,286	Chantelle Dubois 434	John Keyes 988	James Kohut 732		Karen Kryczka

3.8 Central Calgary

Electoral District	Candidates						Incumbent
	Progressive Conservative	Liberal	New Democrats	Alberta Alliance	Alberta Greens	Other
Calgary-Buffalo	Harvey Cenaiko	Terry Taylor	Cliff Hesby	Nadine Hunka	Grant Neufeld	Elizabeth Kaur Fielding (Soc. Cred.) Carl Schwartz (Alberta Pty.)	Harvey Cenaiko
Calgary-Currie	Jon Lord	Dave Taylor	Robert Scobel	Ken Mazeroll	Kim Warnke		Jon Lord
Calgary-East	Moe Amery	Bill Harvey	Paul Vargis	Brad Berard	Rick Michalenko	Bonnie-Jean Collins (Communist)	Moe Amery
Calgary-Egmont	Denis Herard	Michael Queenan	Christopher Dovey	David Crutcher	George Read		Denis Herard
Calgary-Elbow	Ralph Klein	Stephen Brown	Becky Kelley	Diana-Lynn Brooks	Allison Roth	Trevor Grover (Soc. Cred.) Lloyd Blimke (Ind.)	Ralph Klein
Calgary-Fish Creek	Heather Forsyth	Tore Badenduck	Eric Leavitt	Mike Kuipers	Chris Sealy		Heather Forsyth
Calgary-Glenmore	Ron Stevens	Avalon Roberts	Holly Heffernan	Ernest McCutcheon	Evan Sklarski	Larry R. Heather (Soc. Cred.)	Ron Stevens
Calgary-Mountain View	Mark Hlady	David Swann	John Donovan	Rayn Cassell	Mark MacGillivray		Mark Hlady
Calgary-North Hill	Richard Magnus	Pat Murray	Aileen L. Machell	Brent Best	Susan Stratton		Richard Magnus
Calgary-Nose Hill	Neil Brown	Len Borowski	Dirk Huysman	Bill McGregor	John Johnson	Raymond (Chick) Hurst (Soc. Cred.)	new district
Calgary-Varsity	Michael W. Smyth	Harry B. Chase	Mark Gabruch	Ron Beninger	Richard Larson	Leonard Skowronski (Soc. Cred.)	Murray Smith

4 Electoral Re-distribution

Alberta's current electoral laws fix the number of legislature seats at 83. As a result of the Alberta Electoral Boundary Re-distribution, 2004, Calgary gained two seats. Edmonton lost one seat, and one special consideration division was eliminated. Dunvegan is the sole remaining "special" division - due to its isolation it is allowed to have a population below 75% of the provincial average. Lesser Slave Lake is now considered to be a standard rural division as its boundaries were re-drawn so that its population is slightly above 75% of the provincial average. One urbanized division outside Calgary and Edmonton was added, and two rural seats were eliminated.

5 Political Parties

As of this writing, there are 11 political parties registered with Elections Alberta.

5.1 Parties that elected MLAs in the previous election

The parties are listed in descending order of number of MLAs elected in 2001.

5.1.1 Progressive Conservative Association

Leader: Ralph Klein

In the 2001 election, the Alberta Progressive Conservatives recorded a result that was comparable to those achieved in their years of dominance under Peter Lougheed. The Tories received 627,252 out of 1,013,152 votes cast and won 74 seats, gaining 11 seats over and above their 1997 result at the expense of the Liberals. This result was achieved due to a resurgence of the party in Edmonton, where the Tories won a majority of seats for the first time since 1982. Premier Ralph Klein easily retained his Calgary- Elbow seat.

On April 8, 2002, Doug Griffiths retained the Tories' seat in Wainwright in the only by-election held since the 2001 election, albeit with a substantially reduced plurality. The Tories have lost only one seat since the 2001 election, after Edmonton-Norwood MLA Gary Masyk crossed the floor to join the Alberta Alliance. As expected, the Tories have nominated a full slate of candidates for the 2004 election.

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5.1.2 Alberta Liberal Party

Leader: Kevin Taft

The 2001 election is generally regarded as a disaster for the Liberals. Although the Liberals retained Official Opposition status and received 276,854 votes, the party lost 11 seats to the Tories and won only seven seats, six of them in Edmonton. Leader Nancy Macbeth even lost her own seat in Edmonton-McClung - she resigned days after the election and was replaced by Ken Nicol , the Opposition's sole representative outside the capital.

Nicol would eventually resign as MLA for Lethbridge-East and as Leader of the Opposition to run (unsuccessfully) for the Liberals in the federal election, as would Edmonton-Ellerslie MLA Debby Carlson. These seats remained vacant through dissolution. The Liberals are currently led by Edmonton-Riverview MLA Kevin Taft, who was elected to the position in March 2004. The Liberals have 82 candidates in the 2004 election - they will be absent from the ballot in Drumheller- Stettler after failing to file papers for their expected candidate, Don McMann before the deadline.

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5.1.3 Alberta New Democratic Party

Leader: Brian Mason

In 2001 the New Democrats were disappointed not to claim Official Opposition status from the floundering Liberals, but Leader Raj Pannu took some pride in holding the party's two existing seats - Pannu's own in Edmonton- Strathcona and Brian Mason's seat in Edmonton-Highlands. The NDs as they were then known received 81,339 votes. Pannu has since resigned the leadership, with Mason filling the role of interim leader before being elected to that position in September 2004. The party has also ceased abbreviating its name as ND in favour of the more traditional NDP abbreviation. The NDP have nominated a full slate of candidates for the 2004 election.

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5.2 Other registered parties

The parties are listed in descending order of number of candidates nominated in 2004.

5.2.1 Alberta Alliance Party

Leader: Randy Thorsteinson

The Alberta Alliance was registered in October 2002 and held its founding convention in February 2003. Its leader, Randy Thorsteinson had led Social Credit through a modest rebirth before quitting that party in April 1999. The party's sole MLA, Gary Masyk (Edmonton-Norwood) crossed the floor from the governing Progressive Conservatives on June 29, 2004. The Alliance have nominated a full slate of candidates for the 2004 election, the only other party besides the Tories and the NDP to do so.

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5.2.2 Alberta Greens

Leader: George Read

Also known as the Green Party of Alberta, the Alberta Greens ran 10 candidates in the 2001 election, who combined for 2,850 votes. In the 2004 election, the Greens are running 49 candiates, and have a full slate of 23 in Calgary.

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5.2.3 Alberta Social Credit Party

Leader: Lavern Ahlstrom

Prior to the 2001 election Social Credit was in turmoil following the departure of Leader Randy Thorsteinson. Under Lavern Ahlstrom, the party nominated 12 candidates in the 2001 election (down from 70 in 1997) and received 5,361 votes (down from 64,667). The party has 42 candidates for the 2004 election.

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5.2.4 Separation Party of Alberta

Interim Leader: Bruce Hutton

The Separation Party was registered in June 2004, with Bruce Hutton as interim leader. As a separatist party it is the successor to the Alberta Independence Party , which ran some independent candidates in the 2001 election but never achieved official party status. The Separation Party has 12 candidates in the 2004 election.

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5.2.5 Alberta Party Political Association

Leader: Bruce Stubbs

The Alberta Party did not nominate any candidates in 2001, but have nominated four candidates for the 2004 election.

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5.2.6 Communist Party

Leader: Naomi Rankin

The Communist Party nominated two candidates in the 2001 election, who combined for 117 votes. They have two candidates running in the 2004 election.

5.2.7 The Equity Party

Leader: Emil van der Poorten

5.2.8 Reform Party of Alberta

Leader: David Salmon

The Alberta Party, Equity Party and Reform Party did not run any candidates in the 2001 election. The Equity Party and Reform Party are also absent from the ballot in 2004. Unlike some other provinces, a party does not automatically lose its registration if it does not run candidates in a general election, as long as it continues to file financial statements with the electoral office.

5.3 De-registered parties

Since the 2001 election, the Alberta First Party and Natural Law Party have been de-registered by Elections Alberta after those parties stopped filing financial statements. In 2001 Alberta First nominated 16 candidates, who received 8,851 votes. The Natural Law Party did not nominate any candidates.

5.4 Independent candidates

29 independent candidate s ran in the 2001 election, with these candidates combining for 10,528 votes. 10 independents are running in 2004.

6 Standings in the 25th Legislature

6.1 Standings after the 25th General Election

Political Party	Calgary	Edmonton	Urbanized	Rural	Special	Totals
Progressive Conservative	21	11	20	20	2	74
Liberal	0	6	1	0	0	7
New Democrat	0	2	0	0	0	2
Totals	21	19	21	20	2	83

6.2 Standings at Dissolution

Political Party	Calgary	Edmonton	Urbanized	Rural	Special	Totals
Progressive Conservative	21	10	20	20	2	73
Liberal	0	5	0	0	0	5
New Democrat	0	2	0	0	0	2
Alberta Alliance	0	1	0	0	0	1
Vacant	0	1	1	0	0	2
Totals	21	19	21	20	2	83

7 Timeline

March 27 - Kevin Taft becomes leader of the Alberta Liberals. June 29 - Gary Masyk crosses the floor from the Progressive Conservatives to the Alberta Alliance. July 13 - Raj Pannu resigns as leader of the Alberta New Democrats. Brian Mason is appointed interim leader. September 18 - Brian Mason formally becomes leader of the Alberta New Democrats. October 25 - At the request of Premier Ralph Klein, Lieutenant-Governor Lois Hole dissolves the legislature and sets the election day for November 22. October 28 - Premier Klein is harshly criticized by opposition parties and activist groups after he claims that protestors on Alberta's Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) who had heckled him did not look severely disabled. October 31 - Premier Klein's mother, Florence Gray dies at the age of 80 following a year-long illness. All major parties announce they will suspend their provincial campaigns while the premier mourns. November 4 - Global Television re-iterates that they will not invite Alberta Alliance leader Randy Thorsteinson to their leaders debate, because his party did not elect any members in the previous election and their sole MLA crossed the floor. The decision sparks anger amongst Alliance members and even disappoints the other three leaders. November 8 - Close of nominations and the Global television leaders debate involving Klein, Taft and Mason. November 13 - NDP leader Mason releases a brochure entitled Health Care for Dummies in an effort to mock the premier's reluctance to discuss health care in detail during the campaign. November 18, 19 and 20 - Advance poll ing stations to be open. November 22 - Voting day for the 26th Alberta general election.

• 8:00 PM local time: Polls close (03:00, Nov 23 UTC)
• 8:36 PM: CBC projects a PC majority (03:36, Nov 23 UTC)

8 Poll numbers

• Ipsos-Reid, 2004- 10-29: PC 50%, Lib 26%, NDP 10%, AAP 9%, Green 4%
• COMPAS Inc. / Calgary Herald , 2004- 11-3, 2004- 11-4: PC 61%, Lib 19%, NDP 16%, Green 3%, Separation 1%, Other 1%. Interestingly, the pollsters only prompted for the three "major" parties yet Green and Seperation showed up over 1% in the results while the Alliance, which is contesting every riding and holds a seat in the legislature, did not. [1]
• Cameron Strategy Inc. / Global News / Calgary Herald, 2004- 11-8- 11-16: PC 47%, Lib 21%, NDP 11%, AAP 9%, Green 5%
• Ipsos-Reid, 2004- 11-12- 11-17: PC 44%, Lib 29%, NDP 12%, AAP 9%, Green 4% (800 adults, MoE 3.5%)

9 External links

• Elections Alberta
• Alberta Legislative Assembly
• Final Report of the Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission
• Riding maps (2003 representation)

9.1 More Coverage

• Nodice Elections: Alberta 2004
• CBC Coverage: Alberta Votes 2004

9.2 Candidates

Candidate information from parties, and individual candidate websites.

• Elections Alberta Candidates Info
• PC candidates
• Liberal candidates
  • Calgary Mountain View: David Swann
• NDP candidates
• Alberta Alliance candidates
• Green candidates
  • Banff - Cochrane: Chris Foote
  • Calgary Buffalo: Grant Neufeld
• Social Credit candidates
• Separation Party

General election, 2004 2004 in Canada

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