1997 Alberta general election

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox election The 1997 Alberta general election was held on March 11, 1997, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

The Progressive Conservative government led by Premier Ralph Klein won its eighth consecutive mandate going back to 1971, increasing its share of votes and seats in the Legislature relative to the previous election in 1993. The Liberal Party retained Official Opposition status, though it lost nearly half its seats. After an electoral wipeout in 1993, the NDP returned to the Legislature by winning two seats.

Background

The Progressive Conservative Association had governed Alberta since 1971, and premier Ralph Klein led the party into his second general election as party leader. The previous election in 1993 was the best result for the Liberal Party since its last electoral victory in 1917.

This was the second consecutive election fought on a new set of electoral boundaries, due to an Alberta Court of Appeal decision that was critical of the map created in 1992. The government amended the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act, introducing the present system where the commission is made up of a justice from the Court, two members appointed by the governing party, and two members appointed by the official opposition. A new Commission was created, which issued its recommendations for a new set of electoral boundaries in 1996.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Opinion polls

Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level

Polling firm	Last day of survey	Source	PCA	ALP	ANDP	Other	Template:Abbr	Sample
			style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" data-sort-type="number"|	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" data-sort-type="number"|	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" data-sort-type="number"|	style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" data-sort-type="number"|
Election 1995	March 11, 1997		51.17	32.75	8.81	7.27
Angus Reid	January 25, 1997	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	63	24	11	3	3.5	801
Angus Reid	August 28, 1995	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	64	25	6	5	3.5	811
Election 1993	June 15, 1993		44.49	39.73	11.01	4.77

Results

Ralph Klein's second election as leader of the PCs was considerably more successful than his first. The party won over half the popular vote, and 63 of the 83 seats in the legislature for its eighth consecutive term in government. The party continued to dominate in Calgary and rural areas, and managed to regain a foothold in Edmonton where it won two seats.

The Liberal Party of Grant Mitchell lost about 7% of the popular vote it had won in the 1993 election. The party's legislative caucus was reduced from 32 members to 18.

Pam Barrett led the New Democratic Party back into the legislature with two seats (both in Edmonton), despite winning an even smaller share of the popular vote than in 1993.

The Social Credit Party also re-emerged, placing a strong second in several rural ridings, but did not win any seats.

Overall voter turnout was 53.75%.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

File:Alberta Legislature 1997.svg

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				1993	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change	Ralph Klein	83	51	63	+23.5%	483,914	51.17%	+6.68%	Grant Mitchell	83	32	18	-43.8%	309,748	32.75%	-6.98%	Pam Barrett	77	-	2		83,292	8.81%	-2.20%	Randy Thorsteinson	70	-	-	-	64,667	6.84%	+4.43%	Maury Shapka	16	-	-	-	1,303	0.14%	-0.37%	David Parker	7	-	-	-	1,039	0.11%	-0.09%	Independent		6	-	-	-	1,092	0.11%	-0.82%	William Finn	4	*	-	*	597	0.06%	*	Naomi Rankin	1	-	-	-	61	0.01%	x
Total			347	83	83	-	945,713	100%
Source: Elections Alberta

Notes:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

x – less than 0.005% of the popular voteTemplate:Bar boxTemplate:Bar box

Results by riding

Template:Canadian politics/candlist header |- |Airdrie-Rocky View||Template:Canadian party colour| |Carol Louise Haley
8,492
68.93% | |James Welsh
2,197
17.83% | |Doris Bannister
482
3.91% | |Peter Smits
1,125
9.13% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| | |- |Athabasca-Wabasca||Template:Canadian party colour| |Mike Cardinal
3,380
58.65% | |Tony Mercredi
1,481
25.70% | |Dean Patriquin
300
5.21% | |Curtis Gunderson
468
8.12% | |Harlan Light (Green)
100
1.74%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Mike Cardinal |- |Banff-Cochrane||Template:Canadian party colour| |Janis Tarchuk
7,180
60.96% | |Judy Stewart
3,151
26.75% | |Jeff Eamon
754
6.40% | |Scott Mudford
661
5.61% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Brian Evans |- |Barrhead-Westlock||Template:Canadian party colour| |Kenneth R. Kowalski
6,195
60.49% | |Dale Greig
2,130
20.80% | |Joe Woytowich
643
6.28% | |J. Harvey Yuill
1,244
12.15% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Kenneth R. Kowalski |- |Bonnyville-Cold Lake||Template:Canadian party colour| |Denis Ducharme
4,593
58.32% | |Leo Vasseur
2,323
29.50% | | | |Robert Kratchmer
948
12.04% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| | |- |Calgary-Bow||Template:Canadian party colour| |Bonnie Laing
6,664
54.07% | |Mark Dickerson
4,091
33.19% | |Brent Johner
1,144
9.28% | | | |Ronnie Shapka (Nat. Law)
158
1.28%
David Crowe (Green)
187
1.52%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Bonnie Laing |- |Calgary-Buffalo | |Terri-Lynn Bradford
4,115
43.52%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Gary Dickson
4,310
45.58% | |Neil McKinnon
547
5.79% | |Raymond Neilson
300
3.17% | |Ralph Holt (Nat. Law)
115
1.22%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Gary Dickson |- |Calgary-Cross||Template:Canadian party colour| |Yvonne Fritz
5,964
66.88% | |Keith Jones
2,456
27.54% | | | |Maurizio Terrigno
467
5.24% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Yvonne Fritz |- |Calgary-Currie||Template:Canadian party colour| |Jocelyn Burgener
5,952
53.83% | |Mairi Matheson
3,636
32.88% | |Liz Blackwood
712
6.44% | |Jeff Townsend
610
5.52% | |Richard Shelford (Nat. Law)
109
0.99%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Jocelyn Burgener |- |Calgary-East||Template:Canadian party colour| |Moe Amery
4,857
59.78% | |Kelly McDonnell
1,990
24.49% | |Marg Elliot
609
7.50% | |Raymond (Chick) Hurst
613
7.54% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Moe Amery |- |Calgary-Egmont||Template:Canadian party colour| |Denis Herard
8,842
64.48% | |Pam York
3,336
24.33% | |Larry Kowalchuk
654
4.77% | |Douglas Cooper
836
6.10% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Denis Herard |- |Calgary-Elbow||Template:Canadian party colour| |Ralph Klein
8,237
57.78% | |Harold Swanson
5,195
36.44% | |Shawn Christie
307
2.15% | |Lera G. Shirley
421
2.95% | |Frank Haika (Nat. Law)
75
0.53%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Ralph Klein |- |Calgary-Fish Creek||Template:Canadian party colour| |Heather Forsyth
8,274
66.47% | |Marie Cameron
3,020
24.26% | |Muriel Turner-Wilkinson
348
2.80% | |Jeff Willerton
778
6.25% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Heather Forsyth |- |Calgary-Foothills||Template:Canadian party colour| |Patricia Black
8,849
60.35% | |Albert W. Ludwig
4,339
29.59% | |Brenda Wadey
720
4.91% | |Kevin Davidson
735
5.01% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Patricia Black |- |Calgary-Fort||Template:Canadian party colour| |Wayne Cao
4,410
48.53% | |Shirley-Anne Reuben
2,817
31.00% | |Ken Sahil
891
9.81% | |Bren Blanchet
916
10.08% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| | |- |Calgary-Glenmore||Template:Canadian party colour| |Ron Stevens
8,247
58.02% | |Wayne Stewart
4,919
34.61% | |Grace Johner
435
3.06% | |Vernon Cook
583
4.10% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Dianne Mirosh |- |Calgary-Lougheed||Template:Canadian party colour| |Marlene Graham
7,761
65.89% | |Darryl G. Hawkins
2,906
24.67% | |Mara Vogel
533
4.53% | |Hub Blanchet
560
4.75% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Jim Dinning |- |Calgary-McCall||Template:Canadian party colour| |Shiraz Shariff
5,118
58.67% | |Amar Singh
2,701
30.96% | | | |Rory M. Cory
876
10.04% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Harry Sohal |- |Calgary-Montrose||Template:Canadian party colour| |Hung Pham
4,556
58.56% | |Diane Danielson
2,576
33.11% | | | |Christopher Dick
536
6.89% | |Neeraj Varma (Nat. Law)
94
1.21%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Hung Pham |- |Calgary-Mountain View||Template:Canadian party colour| |Mark Hlady
5,468
48.36% | |Patricia Ennis
3,269
28.91% | |Gordon M. Christie
2,085
18.44% | |Jason Nicholas
450
3.98% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Mark Hlady |- |Calgary-North Hill||Template:Canadian party colour| |Richard Charles Magnus
6,379
58.36% | |John Schmale
3,297
30.16% | |Jason Ness
1,183
10.82% | | | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Richard Charles Magnus |- |Calgary-North West||Template:Canadian party colour| |Greg Melchin
9,190
53.19% | |Frank Bruseker
7,226
41.82% | |Jeff Pattinson
342
1.98% | |Douglas A. Picken
503
2.91% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Frank Bruseker |- |Calgary-Nose Creek||Template:Canadian party colour| |Gary Mar
7,815
64.33% | |Peter Willott
2,894
23.82% | |Doral Johnson
696
5.73% | |Greg Greene
715
5.89% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Gary Mar |- |Calgary-Shaw||Template:Canadian party colour| |Jonathan Niles Havelock
12,304
75.21% | |Sharon L. Howe
2,860
17.48% | |Shawn Keown
485
2.96% | |Michael Roth
624
3.81% | |Almas Walden (Nat. Law)
69
0.42%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Jonathan Niles Havelock |- |Calgary-Varsity||Template:Canadian party colour| |Murray D. Smith
7,232
51.34% | |Carrol Jaques
5,414
38.43% | |Dirk Huysman
640
4.54% | |Mike Bressers
646
4.59% | |Joel Ashworth (Green)
132
0.94%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Murray D. Smith |- |Calgary-West||Template:Canadian party colour| |Karen Kryczka
8,478
56.18% | |Paul Adams
4,995
33.10% | |Rudy Rogers
534
3.54% | |Craig Chandler
1,070
7.09% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Danny Dalla-Longa |- |Cardston-Taber-Warner||Template:Canadian party colour| |Ron Hierath
5,157
59.06% | |James Jackson
1,471
16.85% | |Suzanne Sirias
518
5.93% | |Ken Rose
1,568
17.96% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| | |- |Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan||Template:Canadian party colour| |Rob Lougheed
6,864
47.61% | |Muriel Abdurahman
6,364
44.14% | |Michael Berezowsky
922
6.39% | | | |Max Cornelssen (Ind.)
235
1.63% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Muriel Abdurahman |- |Cypress-Medicine Hat||Template:Canadian party colour| |Lorne Taylor
5,754
63.18% | |Beverley Britton Clarke
2,217
24.34% | |Don Crisall
383
4.21% | |Maurice Perron
728
7.99% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Lorne Taylor |- |Drayton Valley-Calmar||Template:Canadian party colour| |Tom Thurber
6,492
60.41% | |Moe Hamdon
2,912
27.10% | |Tom Fuller
823
7.66% | | | |Roy Andresen (Ind.)
488
4.55% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Tom Thurber |- |Drumheller-Chinook||Template:Canadian party colour| |Shirley McClellan
6,063
63.28% | |Einar B. Davison
1,432
14.95% | | | |Dale Trefz
2,056
21.46% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| | |- |Dunvegan||Template:Canadian party colour| |Glen Clegg
5,149
54.56% | |Fred Trotter
3,314
35.11% | |Margaret McCuaig-Boyd
961
10.18% | | | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Glen Clegg |- |Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview||Template:Canadian party colour| |Julius E. Yankowsky
3,484
34.93% | |Johanne Tardif
3,127
31.35% | |Bill Stephenson
2,842
28.49% | |Doug Smith
376
3.77% | |Andy Chichak (Ind.)
100
1.00%
William Finn (Forum)
29
0.29% |Template:Canadian party colour| | |- |Edmonton-Calder | |Lynn Faulder
3,860
32.32%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Lance D. White
4,802
40.21% | |Alex McEachern
3,250
27.21% | | | |||Template:Canadian party colour| | |- |Edmonton-Castle Downs | |Ihor Broda
4,373
40.43%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Pamela Paul
4,456
41.20% | |Peter Johnsen
1,494
13.81% | |David H. Friesen
460
4.25% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| | |- |Edmonton-Centre | |Don Weiderman
3,634
33.36%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Laurie Blakeman
4,769
43.78% | |Jenn Smith
1,845
16.94% | |Alan Cruikshank
420
3.86% | |Emil van der Poorten (Forum)
98
0.90%
Richard Johnsen (Nat. Law)
83
0.76% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Michael Henry |- |Edmonton-Ellerslie | |Jasbeer Singh
2,641
25.96%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Debby Carlson
5,752
56.54% | |Henry Johns
913
8.97% | |Ken Way
840
8.26% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Debby Carlson |- |Edmonton-Glengarry | |Don Clarke
3,474
34.38%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Bill Bonner
4,765
47.15% | |William Kobluk
1,366
13.52% | |Barbie-Jo Williams
335
3.32% | |David Sharkey (Nat. Law)
76
0.75%
Carl Williams (Ind.)
46
0.46% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Laurence Decore |- |Edmonton-Glenora | |Kim MacKenzie
4,368
36.18%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Howard Sapers
5,785
47.92% | |Arlene Young
1,198
9.92% | |Jon Dykstra
630
5.22% | |Sam Thomas (Nat. Law)
69
0.57%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Howard Sapers |- |Edmonton-Gold Bar | |Susan Green
5,819
37.52%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Hugh MacDonald
7,528
48.55% | |Walter Heneghan
1,970
12.70% | | | |David J. Parker (Green)
92
0.59%
Maury Shapka (Nat. Law)
75
0.48% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Bettie Hewes |- |Edmonton-Highlands | |Jim Campbell
2,793
24.96% | |Chris Smith
2,284
20.41%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Pam Barrett
5,638
50.38% | |Tim Friesen
419
3.74% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| | |- |Edmonton-Manning | |Tony Vandermeer
4,358
35.44%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Ed Gibbons
5,140
41.80% | |Hana Razga
2,229
18.13% | |R. Jordan Harris
524
4.26% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Peter Sekulic |- |Edmonton-McClung | |Michael Mooney
5,259
40.71%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Grant Mitchell
6,322
48.94% | |Richard Vanderberg
713
5.52% | |Patrick D. Ellis
542
4.20% | |Wade McKinley (Nat. Law)
61
0.47%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Grant Mitchell |- |Edmonton-Meadowlark | |Laurie Pushor
4,672
38.72%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Karen Leibovici
6,047
50.11% | |Terry McNally
831
6.89% | |Aaron Hinman
435
3.60% | |Geoff Toane (Nat. Law)
55
0.46%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Karen Leibovici |- |Edmonton-Mill Creek | |Sukhi Randhawa
3,679
28.23%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Gene Zwozdesky
6,757
51.84% | |Stephen Crocker
1,804
13.84% | |Christie Forget
776
5.95% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| | |- |Edmonton-Mill Woods | |Ziad N. Jaber
2,993
29.97%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Don Massey
5,113
51.19% | |Ricardo Acuna
1,266
12.68% | |John Filp
546
5.47% | |Raymond Boyko (Green)
52
0.52%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Don Massey |- |Edmonton-Norwood | |Andrew Beniuk
2,583
27.98%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Sue Olsen
3,357
36.36% | |Sherry McKibben
2,767
29.97% | |Ray Loyer
485
5.25% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Andrew Beniuk |- |Edmonton-Riverview | |Gwen Harris
5,122
35.43%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Linda Sloan
6,066
41.96% | |Donna Fong
2,261
15.64% | |David Prenoslo
805
5.57% | |William Chapman (Nat. Law)
87
0.60%
Naomi Rankin (Comm.)
61
0.42% |Template:Canadian party colour| | |- |Edmonton-Rutherford | |Brenda Platzer
5,078
38.91%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Percy Wickman
6,007
46.03% | |Will Hodgson
1,156
8.86% | |David Lincoln
674
5.16% | |Ian Zaharko (Ind.)
19
0.15% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Percy Wickman |- |Edmonton-Strathcona | |John Logan
4,096
30.44% | |Mary MacDonald
4,214
31.31%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Raj Pannu
4,272
31.74% | |John Forget
552
4.10% | |Eshwar Jagdeo (Nat. Law)
47
0.35%
Myles Kitagawa (Green)
236
1.75%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Al Zariwny |- |Edmonton-Whitemud||Template:Canadian party colour| |David Hancock
7,973
50.79% | |Corky Meyer
5,953
37.92% | |Charan Khehra
1,012
6.45% | |Kevin Bialobzyski
635
4.04% | |Randy T. Fritz (Nat. Law)
59
0.38%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Mike Percy |- |Fort McMurray||Template:Canadian party colour| |Guy C. Boutilier
5,420
55.64% | |John S. Vyboh
4,008
41.14% | |Rodney McCallum
280
2.87% | | | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Adam Germain |- |Grande Prairie-Smoky||Template:Canadian party colour| |Walter Paszkowski
5,753
64.49% | |John A. Croken
1,995
22.36% | |Linda Smith
1,143
12.81% | | | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Walter Paszkowski |- |Grande Prairie-Wapiti||Template:Canadian party colour| |Wayne Jacques
5,592
63.08% | |Ray Stitsen
2,003
22.59% | |Campbell Ross
1,247
14.07% | | | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Wayne Jacques |- |Highwood||Template:Canadian party colour| |Don Tannas
9,551
69.76% | |Howard Paulsen
1,944
14.20% | |Hugh Logie
592
4.32% | |John Bergen
1,566
11.44% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Don Tannas |- |Innisfail-Sylvan Lake||Template:Canadian party colour| |Gary Severtson
7,012
59.53% | |Raymond C. Reckseidler
2,206
18.73% | |Linda Neilson
583
4.95% | |Carl Thorsteinson
1,960
16.64% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Gary Severtson |- |Lac La Biche-St. Paul||Template:Canadian party colour| |Paul Langevin
4,799
53.71% | |Vital Ouellette
2,901
32.47% | |Grace Johnston
419
4.69% | |Peter Tychkowsky
483
5.41% | |Don Ronaghan (Forum)
191
2.14%
Louis Real Theriault (Ind.)
114
1.28% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Paul Langevin |- |Lacombe-Stettler||Template:Canadian party colour| |Judy Gordon
6,414
61.62% | |Garfield Marks
1,181
11.35% | |Lynne Gendron
1,068
10.26% | |Bob Argent
1,725
16.57% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Judy Gordon |- |Leduc||Template:Canadian party colour| |Albert Klapstein
6,857
51.42% | |Terry Kirkland
4,797
35.97% | |Bill Schlacht
767
5.75% | |Henry Neumann
891
6.68% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Terry Kirkland |- |Lesser Slave Lake||Template:Canadian party colour| |Pearl M. Calahasen
3,389
60.33% | |Ralph Chalifoux
1,139
20.28% | |Glenn Laboucan
442
7.87% | |Robert J. Alford
624
11.11% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Pearl M. Calahasen |- |Lethbridge-East | |Leah Waters
3,813
29.46%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Ken Nicol
7,578
58.54% | |Inga Jesswein
674
5.21% | |Jonathan Williams
853
6.59% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Ken Nicol |- |Lethbridge-West||Template:Canadian party colour| |Clint Dunford
5,679
45.23% | |Leslie Vaala
4,765
37.95% | |Tom Hovan
806
6.42% | |Brian Stewart
1,043
8.31% | |Don Ferguson (Green)
240
1.91%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Clint Dunford |- |Little Bow||Template:Canadian party colour| |Barry McFarland
6,726
69.17% | |Alida Hess
2,075
21.34% | |Marko Hilgersom
868
8.93% | | | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Barry McFarland |- |Livingstone-Macleod||Template:Canadian party colour| |David Coutts
5,337
50.84% | |Ernie Patterson
3,924
37.38% | |Gwen De Maere
508
4.84% | |Bob Bysouth
703
6.70% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| | |- |Medicine Hat||Template:Canadian party colour| |Rob Renner
5,853
51.48% | |Trevor Butts
3,232
28.43% | |George Peterson
1,065
9.37% | |Dale Glasier
1,177
10.35% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Rob Renner |- |Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills||Template:Canadian party colour| |Richard Marz
6,958
56.95% | |Dave Herbert
1,562
12.78% | |Anne Wilson
247
2.02% | |Don MacDonald
3,422
28.01% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| | |- |Peace River||Template:Canadian party colour| |Gary Friedel
3,745
61.25% | |Bruce MacKeen
2,323
37.99% | | | | | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Gary Friedel |- |Ponoka-Rimbey||Template:Canadian party colour| |Halvar C. Jonson
5,750
63.80% | |Joshua Phillpotts
912
10.12% | |Liz Wetheral
879
9.75% | |Randy Jones
1,439
15.97% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Halvar C. Jonson |- |Red Deer-North||Template:Canadian party colour| |Stockwell Day
4,683
55.37% | |Norm McDougall
2,547
30.11% | |Linda Kaiser
560
6.62% | |E. Patricia Argent
655
7.74% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Stockwell Day |- |Red Deer-South||Template:Canadian party colour| |Victor Doerksen
5,751
46.91% | |Larry Pimm
4,966
40.51% | |Joanne Stanley
367
2.99% | |Randy Thorsteinson
1,145
9.34% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Victor Doerksen |- |Redwater||Template:Canadian party colour| |Dave Broda
5,297
43.76% | |Mary Anne Balsillie
4,980
41.14% | |Tom Turner
737
6.09% | |Don Bell
987
8.15% | |E. Benjamin Toane (Nat. Law)
71
0.59%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Nicholas Taylor |- |Rocky Mountain House||Template:Canadian party colour| |Ty Lund
5,610
54.69% | |Roxanne V. Prior
880
8.58% | |Christine McMeckan
481
4.69% | |Lavern J. Ahlstrom
3,264
31.82% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Ty Lund |- |Sherwood Park||Template:Canadian party colour| |Iris Evans
8,610
47.80% | |Bruce Collingwood
8,305
46.11% | |Vaughn Dyrland
1,064
5.91% | | | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Bruce Collingwood |- |Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert | |Gary Swinamer
5,388
42.52%||Template:Canadian party colour| |Colleen Soetaert
6,275
49.51% | |Thomas Elchuk
476
3.76% | |Clinton Day
491
3.87% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Colleen Soetaert |- |St. Albert||Template:Canadian party colour| |Mary O'Neill
6,696
43.53% | |Len Bracko
6,680
43.43% | |Chris Samuel
1,198
7.79% | |John Reil
781
5.08% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Len Bracko |- |Stony Plain||Template:Canadian party colour| |Stan Woloshyn
6,267
48.85% | |Peter Marchiel
3,906
30.44% | |Felice Young
895
6.98% | |Pat Hansard
1,742
13.58% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Stan Woloshyn |- |Strathmore-Brooks||Template:Canadian party colour| |Lyle Oberg
7,235
72.40% | |Roger Nelson
1,272
12.73% | |Richard Knutson
600
6.00% | |Dan Borden
862
8.63% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| | |- |Vegreville-Viking||Template:Canadian party colour| |Ed Stelmach
6,090
49.71% | |Ross Demkiw
3,639
29.70% | |Greg Kurulok
1,684
13.74% | |Clifford Gundermann
810
6.61% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Ed Stelmach |- |Vermilion-Lloydminster||Template:Canadian party colour| |Steve West
5,616
55.33% | |Pat Gulak
2,787
27.46% | |Wes Neumeier
602
5.93% | |Jeff Newland
1,125
11.08% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Steve West |- |Wainwright||Template:Canadian party colour| |Robert A. (Butch) Fischer
6,232
52.61% | |Ronald Williams
1,568
13.24% | |Lilas I. Lysne
668
5.64% | |Jerry D. Barber
3,348
28.27% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Robert A. (Butch) Fischer |- |West Yellowhead||Template:Canadian party colour| |Ivan J. Strang
4,498
41.96% | |Duco Van Binsbergen
3,795
35.40% | |Glenn Taylor
2,130
19.87% | |John Ahlstrom
275
2.57% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Duco Van Binsbergen |- |Wetaskiwin-Camrose||Template:Canadian party colour| |LeRoy Johnson
7,244
58.39% | |Jody Saddleback
1,166
9.40% | |Rick Jantz
2,060
16.60% | |Karen Richert
1,622
13.07% | |Bruce Hinkley (Forum)
279
2.26% |Template:Canadian party colour| |Ken Rostad |- |Whitecourt-Ste. Anne||Template:Canadian party colour| |Peter Trynchy
5,759
54.12% | |Sara Lynn Burrough
2,954
27.76% | |Chauncey Featherstone
704
6.62% | |Earle Cunningham
1,183
11.12% | |||Template:Canadian party colour| |Peter Trynchy |- |}

See also

• List of Alberta political parties

Further reading

• Template:Cite book

External links

• Original Elections Alberta Website for 1997 election
• Present Elections Alberta Website for 1997 election