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1989 Alberta general election

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1989 Alberta general election

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FieldValue
election_name1989 Alberta general election
countryAlberta
typelegislative
party_colourno
party_nameno
previous_election1986 Alberta general election
previous_year1986
outgoing_members21st Alberta Legislative Assembly
election_date
elected_mps[members](22nd-alberta-legislative-assembly)
next_election1993 Alberta general election
next_year1993
seats_for_election83 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
majority_seats42
turnout53.60%
colour1
leader1Don Getty
party1
leader_since1November 1, 1985
leaders_seat1Edmonton-Whitemud *(lost re-election)*
last_election161 seats, 51.4%
seats_before161
seats1**59**
seat_change12
popular_vote1**367,244**
percentage1**44.3%**
swing17.1%
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colour2
leader2Ray Martin
party2
leader_since2November 10, 1984
leaders_seat2Edmonton-Norwood
last_election216 seats, 29.2%
seats_before216
seats216
seat_change2±0
popular_vote2217,972
percentage226.3%
swing22.9%
image3Laurence_Decore_April_1984_(cropped).jpg
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leader3Laurence Decore
party3
leader_since3October 9, 1988
leaders_seat3Edmonton-Glengarry
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seats_before34
seats38
seat_change34
popular_vote3237,787
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map_caption
titlePremier
posttitlePremier after election
before_electionDon Getty
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after_party

| | The 1989 Alberta general election was held on March 20, 1989, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

Many political observers were surprised by the early election call as less than three years had passed since the previous election. Premier Don Getty, in his second election as Progressive Conservative Party leader, led it to its sixth consecutive term in government, although supported by less than half the votes cast in the election.

Despite losing a significant share of the popular vote, the PC's benefited from a split vote between the two main opponents Liberals and NDP. Together those two parties received 55 percent of the vote to the Conservative's 44 percent.

The Conservatives sustained a net loss of only two seats in the legislature. Most notably, the premier lost his own seat of Edmonton-Whitemud to Liberal candidate Percy Wickman, the first time that this had happened to a sitting Premier of Alberta since Richard G. Reid in 1935, which had seen the ruling United Farmers of Alberta completely swept from the legislature. The PC's were reduced to just two seats in Edmonton, however despite their losses in urban areas they remained largely dominant in Calgary while their losses were somewhat offset by gains in rural areas, notably at the expense of the moribund Representative Party. Getty himself would quickly return to the Legislature by winning a by-election in a safe rural seat.

The New Democratic Party led by Ray Martin largely held its share of the popular vote, with its gains being balanced by its losses and the party left with the same number of seats (16) as in the previous in the legislature.

The Liberal Party, under new leader Laurence Decore, was the principal beneficiary of the voters' continuing distrust of Don Getty. The Liberals' share of the popular vote increased to over 28%, more than the NDP, but whereas the NDP continued to dominate in Edmonton the Liberal vote was more evenly distributed and the party's legislative caucus increased from four to only eight members.

The Representative Party, which had elected 2 candidates in the previous election, did not run any candidates in 1989 (although it remained registered). Leader Ray Speaker defected to the Progressive Conservatives, while Walt Buck retired. The party disbanded soon after the election.

Results

Overall voter turnout was 53.60%.

centre
PartyParty leader# of
candidatesSeatsPopular vote2678383-829,189100%
1986**Elected**% Change#%% ChangeProgressive ConservativeDon Getty8361**59**-3.3%
**Total**
**Source:** [Elections Alberta](https://web.archive.org/web/20051211143622/http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/welcome.html)

Note:

  • Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.{{Bar box|title=Popular vote|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars=

Results by riding

|- |Athabasca-Lac La Biche||| |Mike Cardinal 4,237 45.07% | |Leo Piquette 3,342 35.55% | |Tom Maccagno 1,791 19.05% | ||||

Leo Piquette
Banff-Cochrane
Brian Evans
4,389
50.82%

| |Steven Scott 1,802 20.86% | |Jim N. Tanner 2,411 27.91% | ||||

Greg Stevens
Barrhead
Kenneth R. Kowalski
5,294
57.41%

| |Harold E. Wharton 1,673 18.14% | |Dave Perrin 1,660 18.00% | |J. Harvey Yuill (SoCred) 578 6.27%|||

Kenneth R. Kowalski
Bonnyville
Ernie Isley
3,362
50.20%

| |Lori Hall 1,553 23.19% | |Denis Lapierre 1,769 26.41% | ||||

Ernie Isley
Bow Valley
Tom N. Musgrove
3,405
60.33%

| |Larry D. Kern 666 11.80% | |George Timko 1,561 27.66% | ||||

Tom N. Musgrove
Calgary-Bow
Bonnie Laing
3,968
34.76%

| |Scott Jeffrey 3,513 30.77% | |Timothy Walter Bardsley 3,892 34.09% | ||||

Neil Webber
Calgary-Buffalo

| |Kate Thrasher 3,601 31.25% | |Iain Dunbar 877 7.61%||| |Sheldon Chumir 7,014 60.86% | ||||

Sheldon Chumir
Calgary-Currie
Dennis L. Anderson
5,072
49.45%

| |Bruce McGuigan 1,716 16.73% | |Mairi Matheson 3,434 33.48% | ||||

Dennis L. Anderson
Calgary-Egmont
David John Carter
5,272
52.35%

| |Vinay Dey 1,864 18.51% | |Clive R. Mallory 2,907 28.87% | ||||

David John Carter
Calgary-Elbow
Ralph Klein
4,505
49.52%

| |David Jones 719 7.90% | |Gilbert J. Clark 3,682 40.47% | |Larry R Heather (Ind.) 174 1.91%|||

David J. Russell
Calgary-Fish Creek
William Edward Payne
6,996
47.86%

| |Tom Polmear 2,071 14.17% | |Wayne Gillis 5,517 37.74% | ||||

William Edward Payne
Calgary-Foothills
Patricia Black
5,341
37.13%

| |Theresa Catherine Baxter 4,133 28.74% | |Harvey Locke 4,866 33.83% | ||||

Janet Koper
Calgary-Forest Lawn

| |Moe Amiri 3,177 35.01%||| |Barry Pashak 3,994 44.02% | |Gene Czaprowski 1,584 17.46% | |Jim Othen (Ind.) 294 3.24%|||

Barry Pashak
Calgary-Glenmore
Dianne Mirosh
5,189
45.39%

| |Barry Bristman 1,197 10.47% | |Brendan Dunphy 4,587 40.12% | |Greg Pearson (Ind.) 437 3.82%|||

Dianne Mirosh
Calgary-McCall
Stanley Kenneth Nelson
5,109
44.53%

| |Ken Richmond 3,311 28.86% | |A. Giga 3,032 26.42% | ||||

Stanley Kenneth Nelson
Calgary-McKnight

| |Mark Petros 4,704 37.91% | |Roy Brown 2,371 19.11%||| |Yolande Gagnon 5,303 42.74% | ||||

Eric Charles Musgreave
Calgary-Millican
Gordon Wells Shrake
3,840
42.93%

| |Bill Flookes 3,713 41.51% | |Dale Muti 1,366 15.27% | ||||

Gordon Wells Shrake
Calgary-Montrose
Rick Orman
5,044
54.49%

| |Frank Gereau 2,585 27.92% | |Jamil Farhat 1,605 17.34% | ||||

Rick Orman
Calgary-Mountain View

| |Vicky Adamson 4,171 33.22%||| |Robert Andrew Hawkesworth 6,469 51.53% | |Kevin Murphy 1,862 14.83% | ||||

Robert Andrew Hawkesworth
Calgary-North Hill
Frederick Alan Stewart
4,918
44.59%

| |Emily Drzymala 2,720 24.66% | |Pauline Kay 3,030 27.47% | |John J. Jasienczyk (Ind.) 328 2.97%|||

Frederick Alan Stewart
Calgary-North West

| |Stan Cassin 6,985 41.80% | |Kelly Hegg 2,281 13.65%||| |Frank Bruseker 7,417 44.38% | ||||

Stan Cassin
Calgary-Shaw
Jim Dinning
7,412
52.81%

| |Gordon M. Christie 1,728 12.31% | |Robert J. (Bob) Crump 4,865 34.67% | ||||

Jim Dinning
Calgary-West
Elaine McCoy
6,133
46.12%

| |Joseph Yanchula 2,564 19.28% | |Bernie Myers 4,550 34.22% | ||||

Elaine McCoy
Camrose
Ken Rostad
6,494
63.16%

| |Bill Scotten 2,141 20.82% | |Carol Ayers 1,605 15.61% | ||||

Ken Rostad
Cardston
Jack Ady
3,483
74.42%

| |Don Ferguson 517 11.05% | |Beth Wendorff 667 14.25% | ||||

Jack Ady
Chinook
Shirley McClellan
3,585
70.98%

| |H. James Powers 765 15.15% | |Mel H. Buffalo 691 13.68% | ||||

Henry Kroeger
Clover Bar
Kurt Gesell
3,717
34.53%

| |W.H. (Skip) Gordon 3,505 32.56% | |Stephen Lindop 3,533 32.82% | ||||

Walt A. Buck
Cypress-Redcliff
Alan Hyland
2,514
48.87%

| |Rudolf Schempp 659 12.81% | |Lloyd B. Robinson 1,968 38.26% | ||||

Alan Hyland
Drayton Valley
Tom Thurber
4,563
45.48%

| |Lynne Martin 2,622 26.13% | |G. (Bear) Werschler 2,826 28.17% | ||||

Shirley Cripps
Drumheller
Stan Schumacher
5,049
59.07%

| |Sid Holt 1,658 19.40% | |Roger Nelson 1,800 21.06% | ||||

Stan Schumacher
Dunvegan
Glen Clegg
4,049
56.12%

| |Jim Gurnett 2,603 36.08% | |R. Gerald Eherer 550 7.62% | ||||

Glen Clegg
Edmonton-Avonmore

| |James Albers 3,831 30.17%||| |Marie Laing 5,290 41.66% | |Don Massey 3,562 28.05% | ||||

Marie Laing
Edmonton-Belmont

| |Walter R. Szwender 3,093 23.65%||| |Thomas Sigurdson 5,319 40.67% | |Cathy Greco 4,644 35.51% | ||||

Thomas Sigurdson
Edmonton-Beverly

| |Gary Kump 3,835 29.57%||| |Ed W. Ewasiuk 6,408 49.41% | |Daryl Robb 2,520 19.43% | |Bonny Royce (Ind.) 188 1.45%|||

Ed W. Ewasiuk
Edmonton-Calder

| |Aldo De Luca 2,709 21.66%||| |Christie Mjolsness 5,338 42.69% | |Lance D. White 4,435 35.47% | ||||

Christie Mjolsness
Edmonton-Centre

| |Don Clarke 3,217 30.29%||| |William Roberts 4,440 41.80% | |Mary Molloy 2,821 26.56% | ||||

William Roberts
Edmonton-Glengarry

| |John Belzerowski 3,759 24.72% | |John Younie 3,974 26.14%||| |Laurence Decore 7,401 48.67% | |Robin Boodle (Comm.) 30 0.20% ||

John Younie
Edmonton-Glenora
Nancy Betkowski
5,128
47.50%

| |George Millar 2,709 25.09% | |Hal Annett 2,935 27.19% | ||||

Nancy Betkowski
Edmonton-Gold Bar

| |Cathy Wyatt 4,381 30.29% | |Chris Tomaschuk 2,170 15.00%||| |Bettie Hewes 7,833 54.16% | |Naomi Rankin (Comm.) 55 0.38% ||

Bettie Hewes
Edmonton-Highlands

| |Ziad N. Jaber 2,415 27.28%||| |Pam Barrett 4,997 56.44% | |Ken Kozak 1,673 18.90% | ||||

Pam Barrett
Edmonton-Jasper Place

| |Leslie Gordon Young 4,503 31.64%||| |John McInnis 4,966 34.90% | |Karen Leibovici 4,747 33.36% | ||||

Leslie Gordon Young
Edmonton-Kingsway

| |Allen Wasnea 2,818 28.92%||| |Alex McEachern 4,314 44.28% | |Joan Cowling 2,585 26.53% | ||||

Alex McEachern
Edmonton-Meadowlark

| |Joan Majeski 4,421 31.24% | |William A. (Bill) Mullen 1,829 12.92%||| |Grant Mitchell 7,877 55.66% | ||||

Grant Mitchell
Edmonton-Mill Woods

| |Bas Roopnarine 3,475 24.73%||| |Gerry Gibeault 5,824 41.44% | |Murray W. Scambler 4,729 33.65% | ||||

Gerry Gibeault
Edmonton-Norwood

| |Dan Papirnik 1,519 20.64%||| |Ray Martin 4,229 57.47% | |Luis C. Baptista 1,594 21.66% | ||||

Ray Martin
Edmonton-Parkallen
Doug Main
6,169
40.06%

| |Jim Selby 4,979 32.33% | |Nadene Thomas 4,203 27.29% | ||||

Neil S. Crawford
Edmonton-Strathcona

| |Jack Scott 3,724 28.86%||| |Gordon S.B. Wright 6,696 51.89% | |Philip Lister 2,437 18.88% | ||||

Gordon S.B. Wright
Edmonton-Whitemud

| |Donald Ross Getty 8,005 43.28% | |Nao Fernando 2,099 11.35%||| |Percy Wickman 8,350 45.14% | ||||

Donald Ross Getty
Fort McMurray
Norman A. Weiss
4,245
49.30%

| |Ann Dort-Maclean 2,740 31.82% | |James Carbery 1,606 18.65% | ||||

Norman A. Weiss
Grande Prairie
Bob Elliott
5,319
52.52%

| |Evelyn Vardalas 2,696 26.62% | |Irv Macklin 1,611 15.91% | |Murray Gauvreau (SoCred) 482 4.76%|||

Bob Elliott
Highwood
Don Tannas
5,481
60.00%

| |Janis Belgum 1,591 17.42% | |Don Dearle 2,024 22.16% | ||||

Harry E. Alger
Innisfail
Gary Severtson
4,169
57.38%

| |Larry Whaley 1,294 17.81% | |Bruce A. Jackson 1,761 24.24% | ||||

Nigel I. Pengelly
Lacombe
Ron A. Moore
4,014
59.71%

| |Cliff Reid 1,217 18.10% | |Roger Young 1,467 21.82% | ||||

Ron A. Moore
Lesser Slave Lake
Pearl M. Calahasen
3,249
47.51%

| |Philip G.S. Lukken 1,294 18.92% | |Denise C. Wahlstrom 2,286 33.43% | ||||

Larry R. Shaben
Lethbridge-East
Archibald Dick Johnston
4,993
49.17%

| |Sylvia A. Campbell 2,170 21.37% | |John I. Boras 2,973 29.28% | ||||

Archibald Dick Johnston
Lethbridge-West
John Gogo
4,741
45.33%

| |Joyce Green 2,483 23.74% | |Rhonda Ruston 3,210 30.69% | ||||

John Gogo
Little Bow
Raymond Albert Speaker
3,907
79.43%

| |Keith Ford 426 8.66% | |Elzien Schopman 579 11.77% | ||||

Raymond Albert Speaker
Lloydminster
Doug Cherry
3,584
66.75%

| |Gordon E. Swaters 849 15.81% | |Steve McLachlin 923 17.19% | ||||

Doug Cherry
Macleod
LeRoy Fjordbotten
4,459
67.20%

| |Mike Dawson 1,292 19.47% | |Darrell Piehl 856 12.90% | ||||

LeRoy Fjordbotten
Medicine Hat
James Horsman
6,465
40.88%

| |Wally Regehr 4,088 25.85% | |Garth Vallely 5,213 32.96% | ||||

James Horsman
Olds-Didsbury
Roy Brassard
4,960
60.01%

| |Tom Monto 842 10.19% | |Garfield Marks 1,182 14.30% | |Ray Young (SoCred) 1249 15.11%|||

Roy Brassard
Peace River
Al (Boomer) Adair
3,749
57.62%

| |Adele Gale Boucher 1,613 24.79% | |Erich Wahl 1,127 17.32% | ||||

Al (Boomer) Adair
Pincher Creek-Crowsnest
Frederick Deryl Bradley
3,262
52.56%

| |Mike Cooper 2,119 34.14% | |Stan Stoklosa 811 13.07% | ||||

Frederick Deryl Bradley
Ponoka-Rimbey
Halvar C. Jonson
3,729
59.81%

| |Doug Hart 1,667 26.74% | |Ervan Stobbe 808 12.96% | ||||

Halvar C. Jonson
Red Deer-North
Stockwell Day
3,652
48.10%

| |Gerry Clayton 1,427 18.80% | |Bernie Fritze 2,260 29.77% | |Cory Lanterman (Ind.) 231 3.04%|||

Stockwell Day
Red Deer-South
John Oldring
4,637
49.39%

| |Linda Ross 1,840 19.60% | |Roxanne V. Prior 2,874 30.61% | ||||

John Oldring
Redwater-Andrew
Steve Zarusky
4,366
52.83%

| |Chris Ewasiuk 2,359 28.55% | |Dennis Holowaychuk 1,525 18.45% | ||||

Steve Zarusky
Rocky Mountain House
Ty Lund
4,392
59.59%

| |Dolly (Martin) Brown 1,727 23.43% | |Bob Paston 1,224 16.61% | ||||

John Murray Campbell
Sherwood Park
Peter Elzinga
6,462
46.60%

| |Ted Paszek 3,088 22.27% | |John Convey 4,299 31.00% | ||||

Peter Elzinga
Smoky River
Walter Paszkowski
3,575
50.82%

| |Bill Termeer 1,721 24.47% | |Duane Dutka 1,398 19.87% | |Roy Housworth (SoCred) 332 4.72%|||

Marvin Moore
St. Albert
Dick Fowler
6,590
45.20%

| |Cheryl Wharton 3,552 24.36% | |Len Bracko 4,278 29.34% | |Archie Baldwin (Ind.) 147 1.01%|||

Bryan Strong
St. Paul
John Drobot
2,931
45.95%

| |Victor Chrapko 1,124 17.62% | |Paul Langevin 2,304 36.12% | ||||

John Drobot
Stettler
Brian C. Downey
3,875
57.75%

| |Fred J. Rappel 1,089 16.23% | |Frank Pickering 1,731 25.80% | ||||

Brian C. Downey
Stony Plain

| |Jim Heron 4,604 36.54%||| |Stan Woloshyn 4,699 37.29% | |Dan Fitze 2,732 21.68% | |John Torringa (SoCred) 557 4.42%|||

Jim Heron
Taber-Warner
Robert Bogle
4,932
73.44%

| |Charlene Vickers 782 11.64% | |Patrick (Pat) Flanagan 981 14.61% | ||||

Robert Bogle
Three Hills
Connie Osterman
4,986
56.45%

| |Fred Mertz 1,851 20.96% | |Peter Burch 1,245 14.10% | |Poul Wesch (SoCred) 741 8.39%|||

Connie Osterman
Vegreville

| |Gordon Miller 3,806 41.61%||| |Derek Fox 4,865 53.19% | |Frederick G. Paasche 448 4.90% | ||||

Derek Fox
Vermilion-Viking
Steve West
4,086
63.44%

| |Grant Bergman 1,078 16.74% | |Greg Michaud 1,252 19.44% | ||||

Steve West
Wainwright
Robert A. (Butch) Fischer
4,009
67.54%

| |Willy Kelch 1,182 19.91% | |Joseph A. Vermette 726 12.23% | ||||

Robert A. (Butch) Fischer
West Yellowhead

| |Ian Reid 3,109 36.72%||| |Jerry J. Doyle 3,989 47.12% | |Sharron Johnstone 1,103 13.03% | |Harvey Ball (Ind.) 240 2.83%|||

Ian Reid
Westlock-Sturgeon

| |Leo Seguin 4,958 41.08% | |Tom Turner 1,696 14.05%||| |Nicholas Taylor 5,401 44.75% | ||||

Nicholas Taylor
Wetaskiwin-Leduc
Donald H. Sparrow
5,761
46.59%

| |Bruce Hinkley 3,133 25.34% | |George Carrier 3,446 27.87% | ||||

Donald H. Sparrow
Whitecourt
Peter Trynchy
3,877
49.72%

| |Gwen E. Symington 1,456 18.67% | |Jurgen Preugschas 2,432 31.19% | ||||

Peter Trynchy
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References

References

  1. Election Alberta. (July 28, 2008). "2008 General Report".
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