2004 Alberta general election

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83 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
42 seats needed for a majority
Turnout| 45.12%
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Leader  | Ralph Klein | Kevin Taft
Party  | Progressive Conservative | Liberal
Leader since  | December 14, 1992  | March 27, 2004
Leader's seat  | Calgary-Elbow | Edmonton-Riverview
Last election  | 74 seats, 61.9%  | 7 seats, 27.3%
Seats before  | 73  | 5
Seats won  | 62 | 16
Seat change  | 11  | 11
Popular vote  | 417,092 | 261,471
Percentage  | 46.8% | 29.4%
Swing  | 15.1%  | 2.1%

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| Third party  | Fourth party
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Leader  | Brian Mason | Randy Thorsteinson
Party  | New Democratic | Alberta Alliance
Leader since  | July 13, 2004  | February 15, 2003
Leader's seat  | Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood | ran in Innisfail-Sylvan Lake (lost)
Last election  | 2 seats, 8.0%  | pre-creation
Seats before  | 2  | 1
Seats won  | 4  | 1
Seat change  | 2  | ±0
Popular vote  | 90,897  | 77,506
Percentage  | 10.2%  | 8.7%
Swing  | 2.2%  | —

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Popular vote by riding. As this is a first-past-the-post election, seat totals are not determined by total popular vote, but instead by results in each riding.

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| Premier before election

Ralph Klein
Progressive Conservative

| Premier after election

Ralph Klein
Progressive Conservative

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The 2004 Alberta general election was held on November 22, 2004 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

The election was called on October 25, 2004. Premier Ralph Klein decided to go to the polls earlier than the legislated deadline of March 2006. This election was held in conjunction with the 2004 Alberta Senate nominee election.

When the election was called, it was expected to be anticlimactic, with Klein cruising to his fourth straight majority, the tenth for his Progressive Conservative Party.

Shortly after the drop of the writs, Klein's mother died and all parties suspended their campaigns for several days. After the campaign resumed, Klein avoided making any policy announcements and attended few events. One commentator called it "Kleinfeld: the campaign about nothing" (a reference to the television sitcom Seinfeld). The Liberal Party, which had hoped to hold on to the five seats it had and regain the two seats that it had lost to resignations, began to pick up momentum and became far more optimistic.

In the end, the Conservatives were re-elected, despite losing 11 seats and 15% of the popular vote, having dropped to a minority position in the polls. The Liberals more than doubled their seats by electing 17 MLAs on election night The Liberals dominated in Edmonton and made strong inroads in Calgary.

The Alberta New Democrats (NDP) held on to their two seats and gained two more, all in Edmonton.

The Conservatives swept rural Alberta except for one seat that went to the Alberta Alliance, which also placed second in a number of rural ridings. The Conservatives received no more than 56 percent of the vote in any of the three rural regions so was very much over-represented by its almost-total one-party sweep of the rural seats.

The Alberta Greens gained in the popular vote, jumping from 0.3% in the 2001 election to 2.8%, and placed third in some places. Despite placing second in the riding of Drayton Valley-Calmar ahead of the Liberals, it did not win any seats.

Social Credit placed third in a number of ridings, and its leader tied for second in Rocky Mountain House.

The Conservative, Liberal and NDP leaders all easily held onto their own seats.

## Electoral System[edit]

Alberta's 83 MLAs were elected through First-past-the-post voting in 83 single-member districts.

## Election night summary[edit]

Overall voter turnout was 45.12%.[1]

Party  | Party leader  | # of
candidates  | Seats  | Popular vote

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2001  | Dissolution | Elected  | % Change  | #  | %  | % Change
| Progressive Conservative | Ralph Klein | 83  | 74  | 73  | 622 | -15.1%  | 416,886  | 46.8%  | -15.1%
| Liberal | Kevin Taft | 82  | 7  | 5  | 162 | +220%  | 261,737  | 29.4%  | +2.1%
| NDP | Brian Mason | 83  | 2  | 2  | 4 | +100%  | 90,829  | 10.2%  | +2.1%
| Alberta Alliance | Randy Thorsteinson | 83  | *  | 1  | 1 | \-  | 77,466  | 8.7%  | *
| Green | George Read | 49  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 24,451  | 2.8%  | +2.5%
| Social Credit | Lavern Ahlstrom | 42  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 10,998  | 1.2%  | +0.7%
| Separation | Bruce Hutton | 12  | *  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 4,695  | 0.5%  | -0.37%1
| Alberta Party | Bruce Stubbs  | 4  | *  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 2,481  | 0.3%  | *
| Independent  | 10  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 994  | 0.1%  | -0.9%
| Communist | Naomi Rankin | 2  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 98  | <0.1%  | ~0%
| Vacant  | *  | 2  |
Total | 450  | 83  | 83  | 83  | \-  | 890,635  | 100%  |

Note:

* The Alberta Alliance and Alberta Party did not contest the 2001 election.
1 The Separation Party results are compared to the Alberta First Party.
2 A judicial recount changed the results in Edmonton Castle Downs, Liberal. Chris Kibermanis lost to Progressive Conservative Thomas Lukaszuk.

| Popular vote

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PC |

| 46.81%
Liberal |

| 29.39%
New Democratic |

| 10.20%
Alliance |

| 8.70%
Others |

| 4.90%

| Seats summary

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PC |

| 74.70%
Liberal |

| 19.28%
New Democratic |

| 4.82%
Alliance |

| 1.20%

## Results by region[edit]

Party name  | Cgy. | Edm.1 | Leth. | R.D. | North | Central | South | Total

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| Progressive Conservative | Seats:  | 20  | 3  | 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  | 11  | 1  |  |  | 1  |  | 16
| Popular vote:  | 32.1%  | 40.3%  | 37.9%  | 32.5%  | 19.8%  | 21.9%  | 19.1%  | 29.4%
| New Democrats | Seats:  |  | 4  |  |  |  |  |  | 4
| Popular vote:  | 4.9%  | 22.0%  | 8.1%  | 6.1%  | 8.6%  | 7.9%  | 4.4%  | 10.2%
| Alberta Alliance | Seats:  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 1
| Popular vote:  | 6.5%  | 4.2%  | 10.2%  | 14.9%  | 13.8%  | 11.3%  | 13.1%  | 8.7%
Total seats:  | 23  | 18  | 2  | 2  | 10  | 20  | 8  | 83
Parties that won no seats:
| Green | Popular vote:  | 5.5%  | 1.0%  | 3.1%  | 1.2%  | 1.1%  | 2.5%  | 2.1%  | 2.8%
| Social Credit | Popular vote:  | 0.3%  | 0.8%  | 2.6%  | \-  | 1.1%  | 2.3%  | 2.4%  | 1.2%
| Separation | Popular Vote:  | 0.2%  | \-  | \-  | 1.3%  | \-  | 0.9%  | 2.6%  | 0.5%
| Alberta Party | Popular vote:  | <0.1%  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 0.6%  | 1.3%  | 0.3%
| Communist | Popular vote:  | <0.1%  | <0.1%  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | <0.1%
| Independents  | Popular vote:  | 0.1%  | 0.2%  | \-  | \-  | 0.1%  | 0.1%  | \-  | 0.1%

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.

## Results by riding[edit]

### Results by riding[edit]

Party  | Seats  | Second  | Third  | Fourth  | Fifth  | Sixth--

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| Progressive Conservative | 62  | 20  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0
| Liberal | 16  | 50  | 16  | 0  | 0  | 0
| New Democratic Party | 4  | 2  | 29  | 27  | 18  | 3
| Alberta Alliance | 1  | 10  | 26  | 37  | 9  | 0
| Green | 0  | 1  | 9  | 12  | 23  | 4
| Social Credit | 0  | 0  | 1  | 3  | 17  | 21
| Separation | 0  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 4  | 6
| Alberta Party | 0  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 1

Names in bold indicate party leaders and cabinet ministers.

### Northern Alberta[edit]

Electoral District  | Candidates  | Incumbent

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PC | Liberal | NDP | Alliance | Green | Other
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Athabasca-Redwater |  | Mike Cardinal
5,706  | Nicole Belland
3,258  | Peter Opryshko
1,407  | Sean Whelan
1,174  | Luke de Smet
252  | Leonard Fish
(Soc. Cred.) 179  |  | Mike Cardinal
Athabasca-Wabasca
merged district
| Dave Broda†
Redwater
Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock |  | Ken Kowalski
6,967  | Alan Fiebich
2,250  | Peggy Kirkeby
1,098  | Mike Radojcic
1,012  |  | Carl Haugen
(Soc. Cred.) 404  |  | Ken Kowalski
Barrhead-Westlock
Bonnyville-Cold Lake |  | Denis Ducharme
3,621  | Lloyd Mildon
797  | Denise Ogonoski
312  | Shane Gervais
955  |  |  |  | Denis Ducharme
Dunvegan-Central Peace |  | Hector Goudreau
3,670  | Don Thompson
689  | Leon R. Pendleton
446  | Dale Lueken
3,332  |  | Lanny Portsmouth
(Soc. Cred.) 118  |  | Hector Goudreau
Dunvegan
Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo |  | Guy Boutilier
4,429  | Russell Collicott
1,800  | Dave Malka
460  | Eugene Eklund
224  |  | Reginald Normore
(Ind.) 94  |  | Guy Boutilier
Fort McMurray
Grande Prairie-Smoky |  | Mel Knight
4,369  | Neil Peacock
1,965  | Georgina Szoke
724  | Hank Rahn
688  |  |  |  | Mel Knight
Grande Prairie-Wapiti |  | Gordon Graydon
4,348  | Cibylla Rakestraw
1,677  | Jerry Macdonald
972  | John Hilton-O'Brien
547  | Allan Webber
348  |  |  | Gordon Graydon
Lac La Biche-St. Paul |  | Ray Danyluk
4,898  | Dickson Broomfield
1,877  | Phil Goebel
648  | Oscar Lacombe
1,703  |  |  |  | Ray Danyluk
Lesser Slave Lake |  | Pearl Calahasen
3,894  | Jonathan Pleckaitis
530  | Doris Bannister
354  | Valerie Rahn
977  | Ian Hopfe
254  |  |  | Pearl Calahasen
Peace River |  | Frank Oberle
2,888  | Adam Bourque
1,101  | Stephen Crocker
558  | Gary Checknita
541  |  | Patsy Lindberg
(Soc. Cred.) 204  |  | Gary Friedel†

### Western and Central Alberta[edit]

Electoral District  | Candidates  | Incumbent

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PC | Liberal | NDP | Alliance | Green | Other
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Banff-Cochrane |  | Janis Tarchuk
4,236  | Ian McDougall
1,649  | Melissa Cambridge
468  | Bob Argent
476  | Chris Foote
1,205  |  |  | Janis Tarchuk
Drayton Valley-Calmar |  | Tony Abbott
5,231  | Laura Higgerty
890  | Lynn Oberle
641  | Viona Cunningham
764  | Edwin Erickson
927  | Thomas Cliff
(Soc. Cred.) 244 Elmer Knopp
(Ind.) 115  |  | Tony Abbott
Foothills-Rocky View |  | Ted Morton
6,770  | Herb Coburn
1,954  | Roland Schmidt
232  | Jason Herasemluk
1,081  | Shelley Willson
1,186  |  | New district
Innisfail-Sylvan Lake |  | Luke Ouellette
6,206  | Garth Davis
1,816  | Chris Janke
585  | Randy Thorsteinson
2,242  |  | Wilf Tricker
(Soc. Cred.) 349  |  | Luke Ouellette
Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills |  | Richard Marz
7,277  | Tony Vonesch
1,336  | Christopher Davies
257  | Gordon Quantz
2,021  | Sarah Henckel-Sutmoller
469  | Brian Vasseur
(Sep. Pty.) 746
Myrna Kissick
(Soc. Cred.) 143  |  | Richard Marz
Red Deer-North |  | Mary Anne Jablonski
3,736  | Norm McDougall
2,640  | Steven Bedford
430  | Rand Sisson
1,660  | Colin Fisher
244  |  |  | Mary Anne Jablonski
Red Deer-South |  | Victor Doerksen
5,371  | Walter Kubanek
4,073  | Jeff Sloychuk
836  | Patti Argent
1,418  |  | Judy Milne
(Sep. Pty.) 261  |  | Victor Doerksen
Rocky Mountain House |  | Ty Lund
5,773  | Susan M. Scott
1,267  | Anthony Jones
300  | Ed Wilhite
810  | Jennifer Isaac
337  | Lavern Ahlstrom
(Soc. Cred.) 1,267
Bruce Hutton
(Sep. Pty.) 505  |  | Ty Lund
Stony Plain |  | Fred Lindsay
5,644  | Bill Fraser
3,402  | Ruth Yanor
1,375  | Marilyn Burns
1,878  |  | Henry Neumann
(Soc. Cred.) 245  |  | Stan Woloshyn†
West Yellowhead |  | Ivan Strang
3,769  | Rob Jolly
1,682  | Barry Madsen
1,783  | Earl Cunningham
615  | Monika Schaefer
360  |  |  | Ivan Strang
Whitecourt-Ste. Anne |  | George VanderBurg
5,071  | George Higgerty
1,219  | Leah Redmond
996  | David Dow
2,333  |  |  |  | George VanderBurg

### East Central Alberta[edit]

Electoral District  | Candidates  | Incumbent

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PC | Liberal | NDP | Alliance | Green | Other
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Battle River-Wainwright |  | Doug Griffiths
6,409  | Gordon Rogers
1,069  | Len Legault
616  | Orest Werzak
1,440  |  | Robin Skitteral
(Soc. Cred.) 319  |  | Doug Griffiths
Wainwright
Drumheller-Stettler |  | Shirley McClellan
6,770  |  | Richard Bough
890  | Dave France
1,413  |  | Eileen Walker
(Ab Pty.) 616
Dave Carnegie
(Sep. Pty.) 465
Mary-Lou Kloppenburg
(Soc. Cred.) 279  |  | Shirley McClellan
Drumheller-Chinook
Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville |  | Ed Stelmach
6,160  | Peter Schneider
3,160  | Wes Buyarski
1,633  | Byron King
1,411  |  | Mark Patterson
(Soc. Cred.) 379  |  | Ed Stelmach
Vegreville-Viking
Lacombe-Ponoka |  | Ray Prins
6,919  | Glen Simmonds
2,218  | Jim Graves
1,124  | Ed Klop
2,349  |  | Teena Cormack
(Soc. Cred.) 467  |  | Judy Gordon
Merged district
| Halvar Jonson
Leduc-Beaumont-Devon |  | George Rogers
6,809  | Joyce Assen
3,425  | Katie Oppen
904  | Dave Dalke
1,140  | Stephen Lindop
381  | Karen Richert
(Soc. Cred.) 249  |  | Albert Klapstein†
Leduc
Vermilion-Lloydminster |  | Lloyd Snelgrove
5,464  | Patricia Thomas
706  | Ray Stone
553  | David Benoit
2,437  |  |  |  | Lloyd Snelgrove
Wetaskiwin-Camrose |  | LeRoy Johnson
6,177  | Keith Elliott
2,713  | Clay Lawson
908  | Dale Trefz
1,193  |  | Janice Wolter
(Soc. Cred.) 309  |  | LeRoy Johnson

### Central Edmonton[edit]

Electoral district  | Candidates  | Incumbent

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PC | Liberal | NDP | Alliance | Green | Other
Edmonton Beverly Clareview |  | 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 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

### Suburban Edmonton and Environs[edit]

Electoral district  | Candidates  | Incumbent

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PC | Liberal | NDP | Alliance | Green | Other
Edmonton-Calder |  | Brent Rathgeber
3,680  |  | Brad Smith
3,028  |  | David Eggen
4,055  |  | Vicki Kramer
526  |  |  |  |  |  | Brent Rathgeber
Edmonton Castle Downs | Election

Recount
| Thomas Lukaszuk
5,014  |  | Chris Kibermanis
5,019  |  | Peter Cross
1,317  |  | Colin Presizniuk
583  |  |  |  | Ross Korpi (Soc. Cred.)
78  |  | Thomas Lukaszuk
| 5,022  |  | 5,019  |  | 1,314  |  | 586  |  |  |  | 78
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  |  | David 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  |  | Recreated District

### Southern Alberta[edit]

Electoral district  | Candidates  | Incumbent

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PC | Liberal | NDP | Alliance | Green | Other
Airdrie-Chestermere |  | Carol Haley
6,842  |  | John Burke
1,633  |  | Grant Massie
569  |  | Bradley Gaida
758  |  | Angela Scully
434  |  | Jeff Willerton (Alberta Pty.)
1,036
Bob Lefurgey (Separation)
394
Jerry Gautreau (Soc. Cred.)
178  |  | Carol Haley
Cardston-Taber-Warner |  | Broyce Jacobs
3,753  |  | Paula Shimp
783  |  | Luann Bannister
185  |  | Paul Hinman
3,884  |  | Lindsay Ferguson
225  |  |  |  | Broyce Jacobs
Cypress-Medicine Hat |  | Leonard Mitzel
4,623  |  | Stuart Angle
2,234  |  | Cliff Anten
345  |  | Dan H. Pierson
651  |  |  |  | Eric Solberg (Soc. Cred.)
561  |  | Lorne Taylor
Highwood |  | George Groeneveld
6,782  |  | Lori Czerwinski
1,843  |  | Catherine Whelan Costen
432  |  | Brian Wickhorst
733  |  | Sheelagh Matthews
547  |  | Cory Morgan (Separation)
299  |  | Don Tannas
Lethbridge-East |  | Rod Fong
4,703  |  | Bridget Pastoor
5,340  |  | Gaye Metz
607  |  | Brian Stewart
1,472  |  | Erin Matthews
360  |  | Darren Popik (Soc. Cred.)
251  |  | vacant
Lethbridge-West |  | Clint Dunford
4,416  |  | Bal Boora
3,675  |  | Mark Sandilands
1,316  |  | Merle Terlesky
949  |  | Andrea Sheridan
368  |  | Scott Sawatsky (Soc. Cred.)
357  |  | Clint Dunford
Little Bow |  | Barry McFarland
4,894  |  | Arij Langstraat
1,965  |  | Hugh Logie
327  |  | Jay Phin
859  |  |  |  | Brian Cook (Soc. Cred.)
556
Grant Shaw (Separation)
432  |  | Barry McFarland
Livingstone-Macleod |  | David Coutts
5,095  |  | Craig Whitehead
2,030  |  | Joyce Thomas
626  |  | George Lyster
1,493  |  | Chris Watts
468  |  | Jim Walker (Separation)
339  |  | David Coutts
Medicine Hat |  | Rob Renner
5,392  |  | Karen Charlton
3,482  |  | Diana Arnott
560  |  | Scott Cowan
1,073  |  |  |  | Jonathan Lorentzen (Soc. Cred.)
246  |  | Rob Renner
Strathmore-Brooks |  | Lyle Oberg
6,051  |  | Carol Jacques
1,055  |  | Don MacFarlane
405  |  | Mark D. Ogden
852  |  |  |  | Jay Kolody (Separation)
559
Rudy Martens (Soc. Cred.)
313  |  | Lyle Oberg

### Suburban Calgary[edit]

Electoral district  | Candidates  | Incumbent

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PC | Liberal | NDP | Alliance | Green | 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)

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 Thomas
583  |  | Travis Chase
589  |  | Tyler Charkie
440  |  | Leo Ollenberger (Separation)
212  |  | Wayne Cao
Calgary-Hays |  | Arthur Johnston
5,529  |  | Sharon Howe
1,952  |  | Rachel Weinfeld
298  |  | Robert Wawrzynowski
534  |  | Bernie Amell
378  |  |  | new district
Calgary-Lougheed |  | David 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  |  |  |  | Shiraz 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  |  | Daniel Doherty (Separation)
171  |  | Cindy Ady
Calgary-West |  | Ron Liepert
6,964  |  | Derek Smith
4,286  |  | Chantelle Dubois
434  |  | John Keyes
988  |  | James Kohut
732  |  |  |  | Karen Kryczka

### Central Calgary[edit]

Electoral district  | Candidates  | Incumbent

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PC | Liberal | NDP | Alliance | Green | Other
Calgary-Buffalo |  | Harvey Cenaiko
3,370  |  | Terry Taylor
2,777  |  | Cliff Hesby
455  |  | Nadine Hunka
290  |  | Grant Neufeld
656  |  | Elizabeth Kaur Fielding (Soc. Cred.)

Carl Schwartz (Alberta Pty.)
58  |  | Harvey Cenaiko
Calgary-Currie |  | Jon Lord
4,413  |  | Dave Taylor
4,984  |  | Robert Scobel
468  |  | Ken Mazeroll
348  |  | Kim Warnke
810  |  |  |  | Jon Lord
Calgary-East |  | Moe Amery
4,492  |  | Bill Harvey
2,359  |  | Paul Vargis
461  |  | Brad Berard
605  |  | Rick Michalenko
367  |  | Bonnie-Jean Collins (Communist)
56  |  | Moe Amery
Calgary-Egmont |  | Denis Herard
5,691  |  | Michael Queenan
2,371  |  | Christopher Dovey
599  |  | David Crutcher
1,657  |  | George Read
914  |  |  |  | Denis Herard
Calgary-Elbow |  | Ralph Klein
6,968  |  | Stephen Brown
4,934  |  | Becky Kelley
343  |  | Diana-Lynn Brooks
485  |  | Allison Roth
666  |  | Trevor Grover (Soc. Cred.)

Lloyd Blimke (Ind.)
51  |  | Ralph Klein
Calgary-Fish Creek |  | Heather Forsyth
6,829  |  | Tore Badenduck
2,801  |  | Eric Leavitt
794  |  | Mike Kuipers
780  |  | Chris Sealy
561  |  |  |  | Heather Forsyth
Calgary-Glenmore |  | Ron Stevens
6,257  |  | Avalon Roberts
4,360  |  | Holly Heffernan
550  |  | Ernest McCutcheon
572  |  | Evan Sklarski
531  |  | Larry R. Heather (Soc. Cred.)
135  |  | Ron Stevens
Calgary-Mountain View |  | Mark Hlady
4,058  |  | David Swann
7,155  |  | John Donovan
711  |  | Ryan Cassell
589  |  | Mark MacGillivray
912  |  |  |  | Mark Hlady
Calgary-North Hill |  | Richard Magnus
4,384  |  | Pat Murray
3,223  |  | Aileen L. Machell
630  |  | Brent Best
627  |  | Susan Stratton
1,264  |  |  |  | Richard Magnus
Calgary-Nose Hill |  | Neil Brown
4,369  |  | Len Borowski
2,605  |  | Dirk Huysman
552  |  | Bill McGregor
1,073  |  | John Johnson
584  |  | Raymond Hurst (Soc. Cred.)
163  | new district
Calgary-Varsity |  | Michael W. Smyth
5,585  |  | Harry B. Chase
6,303  |  | Mark Gabruch
625  |  | Ron Beninger
763  |  | Richard Larson
753  |  | Len Skowronski (Soc. Cred.)
118  |  | Murray Smith

## Electoral re-distribution[edit]

Alberta's 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-Central Peace 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.[2]

## Political parties[edit]

See also: List of political parties in Canada § Alberta

For this election, there were 11 political parties registered with Elections Alberta.

### Parties that elected MLAs in the previous election[edit]

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

#### Progressive Conservative Party[edit]

Leader: Ralph Klein

In the 2001 election, the 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 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 nominated a full slate of candidates for the 2004 election.

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#### Liberal Party[edit]

Leader: Kevin Taft

The 2001 election was generally regarded to be 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 eventually resigned as MLA for Lethbridge East and as Leader of the Opposition to run (unsuccessfully) for the Liberals in the federal election, as did Edmonton-Ellerslie MLA Debby Carlson. These seats remained vacant through dissolution. The Liberals were led in the 2004 election by Edmonton-Riverview MLA Kevin Taft, who was elected to the position in March 2004. The Liberals had 82 candidates in the 2004 election - they were 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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#### New Democratic Party[edit]

Leader: Brian Mason

In 2001, the New Democrats were unable to claim Official Opposition status from the floundering Liberals, but Leader Raj Pannu managed to hold the party's two existing seats—Pannu's own in Edmonton—Strathcona and Brian Mason's seat in Edmonton Highlands (later merged into Edmonton Highlands-Norwood). The "NDs", as they were then known, received 81,339 votes. Pannu resigned the leadership in July 2004, 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 nominated a full slate of candidates for the 2004 election.

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### Other registered parties[edit]

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

#### Alberta Alliance[edit]

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 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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#### Greens[edit]

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 nominated 49 candidates - more than 4 times the highest number of candidates they had previously run in an election.

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#### Social Credit Party[edit]

Leader: Lavern Ahlstrom

Prior to the 2001 election, the Social Credit Party was in turmoil following the departure of party 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 had 42 candidates for the 2004 election.

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#### Separation Party[edit]

Interim Leader: Bruce Hutton

The Separation Party of Alberta was founded in June 2004 taking over the rights of the Alberta First Party. Bruce Hutton became interim leader. As a separatist party, it is the separatist successor to the Alberta Independence Party, which ran some independent candidates in the 2001 election, but never achieved official party status. The separatist cause was first taken up by the Western Canada Concept in the early 1980s when Gordon Kesler won a by-election. The Separation Party had 12 candidates in the 2004 election. See Alberta separatism.

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#### Alberta Party[edit]

Leader: Bruce Stubbs

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

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#### Communist Party[edit]

Leader: Naomi Rankin

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

#### The Equity Party[edit]

Leader: Emil van der Poorten

The Equity Party ran no candidates in this election, The party was de-registered after the Alberta government amended the Elections Act to force a party to run at least one candidate, the party failed to field a candidate and was de-registered.

#### Reform Party[edit]

Leader: David Salmon

The Alberta Party, Equity Party and the Reform Party did not run any candidates in the 2001 election. The Equity Party and Reform Party were also absent from the ballot in 2004. The party was de-registered after the Alberta government amended the Elections Act to force a party to run at least one candidate, the party failed to field a candidate and was de-registered.

### De-registered parties[edit]

The Natural Law Party of Alberta was de-registered by Elections Alberta in 2001, after they stopped filing financial statements. In 2001 The Natural Law Party did not nominate any candidates.

### Independent candidates[edit]

29 independent candidates ran in the 2001 election. These candidates won a total of 10,528 votes. 10 independents ran in 2004.

## Standings in the 25th Legislature[edit]

### Standings after the 25th general election[edit]

Political party  | Calgary  | Edmonton  | Urbanized  | Rural  | Special  | Total

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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

### Standings at dissolution[edit]

Political party  | Calgary  | Edmonton  | Urbanized  | Rural  | Special  | Total

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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

## Timeline[edit]

March 27, 2004 - Kevin Taft becomes leader of the Alberta Liberals.

June 29, 2004 - Gary Masyk crosses the floor from the Progressive Conservatives to the Alberta Alliance.

July 13, 2004 - Raj Pannu resigns as leader of the Alberta New Democrats. Brian Mason is appointed interim leader.

September 9, 2004 - Alberta Alliance kicked off five-city "I Blame Ralph" tour in Edmonton.
Ralph Klein announces Senate Election

September 18, 2004 - Brian Mason formally becomes leader of the Alberta New Democrats.

October 25, 2004 - At the request of Premier Ralph Klein, Lieutenant-Governor Lois Hole dissolves the legislature and sets the election day for November 22.

October 28, 2004 - 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, 2004 - 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, 2004 - Global Television Network 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, 2004 - Close of nomination's and the Global television leaders debate involving Klein, Taft and Mason.

November 13, 2004 - 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, 2004 - Advance polling stations open.

November 19, 2004, - Advance polling stations open, and Students across the province vote in Alberta Student Vote, 2004.

November 20, 2004 - Advance polling stations open.

November 22, 2004 - Voting day for the 26th Alberta general election.

* 8:00 p.m. local time: Polls close (03:00, November 23 UTC)
* 8:36 p.m.: CBC projects a PC majority (03:36, November 23 UTC)

December 9, 2004 - The Court of Queen's Bench rules that Chris Kibermanis (Lib.) won the election in Edmonton Castle Downs by three votes, upholding the result of the initial, election-night result. The PC candidate, Thomas Lukaszuk, appealed to the Court of Appeal of Alberta.

January 24, 2005 - The Alberta Court of Appeal rules that Lukaszuk won the election in Edmonton Castle Downs by three votes, overturning the result of the first vote-count, which had given the seat to Kibermanis of the Liberals. Kibermanis accepted defeat and did not appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.

## Poll numbers[edit]

* Ipsos-Reid, 2004-10-29: PC 50%, Lib 26%, NDP 10%, AAP 9%, Green 4%
* COMPAS Inc. / Calgary Herald, 2004-11-03, 2004-11-04: PC 61%, Lib 19%, NDP 16%, Green 3%, Separation 1%, Other 1%. The pollsters only prompted for the three "major" parties yet Green and Separation 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, 2004-11-08-11-16: PC 47%, Lib 21%, NDP 11%, AAP 9%, Green 5%
* Ipsos-Reid, 2004-11-12 to 2004-11-17: PC 44%, Lib 29%, NDP 12%, AAP 9%, Green 4% (800 adults, MoE 3.5%)

## Works cited[edit]

### References[edit]

1. ^ Election Alberta (July 28, 2008). 2008 General Report (PDF). p. 158\. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
2. ^ Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission (February 2003). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved May 29, 2020.

### Bibliography[edit]

* Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2005). Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the General Enumeration and General Election of the Twenty-sixth Legislative Assembly (Report). Edmonton: Alberta Legislative Assembly, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer.
* Alberta. Electoral Boundaries Commission (February 2003). "Proposed Electoral Division Areas, Boundaries, and Names for Alberta. Final Report to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta". Edmonton: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved May 29, 2020.

## Further reading[edit]

* Bell, Edward; Jansen, Harold; Young, Lisa (2007). "Sustaining A Dynasty in Alberta: The 2004 Provincial Election". Canadian Political Science Review. 1 (2): 27–49. ISSN 1911-4125. Archived from the original on May 5, 2021. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
* Mutimer, David, ed. (2010). Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 2004. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9781442642287.
* Wesley, Jared J.; Colbourne, Michael (June 2, 2005). Framing Democracy: Media Politics and the 2004 Alberta Election (PDF). The Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association. London, Ontario. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 2, 2021. Retrieved May 8, 2021.

## External links[edit]

* Elections Alberta
* Alberta Legislative Assembly
* Final Report of the Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission
* Riding maps (2003 representation)
* Official Results of the 2004 Election

### Media coverage[edit]

* CBC Coverage: Alberta Votes 2004

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