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2001 Alberta general election

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2001 Alberta general election

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FieldValue
election_name2001 Alberta general election
countryAlberta
typelegislative
party_colourno
party_nameno
previous_election1997 Alberta general election
previous_year1997
outgoing_members24th Alberta Legislative Assembly
election_date
elected_mps[members](25th-alberta-legislative-assembly)
next_election2004 Alberta general election
next_year2004
seats_for_election83 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
majority_seats42
turnout53.38%
<!-- Progressive Conservative -->image1[[File:Ralph-Klein-Szmurlo.jpg150x150px]]
colour1
leader1Ralph Klein
party1
leader_since1December 14, 1992
leaders_seat1Calgary-Elbow
last_election163 seats, 51.2%
seats_before164
seats1**74**
seat_change110
popular_vote1**627,252**
percentage1**61.9%**
swing110.7%
<!-- Liberal -->image2**LIB**
colour2
leader2Nancy MacBeth
party2
leader_since2April 18, 1998
leaders_seat2Edmonton-McClung *(lost re-election)*
last_election218 seats, 32.8%
seats_before215
seats27
seat_change28
popular_vote2276,854
percentage227.3%
swing25.5%
<!-- NDP -->image3[[File:Raj Pannu.jpg150x150px]]
colour3
leader3Raj Pannu
party3
leader_since3November 5, 2000
leaders_seat3Edmonton-Strathcona
last_election32 seats, 8.8%
seats_before32
seats32
seat_change3±0
popular_vote381,339
percentage38.0%
swing30.8%
map_imageAlberta Election 2001 Results Map.svg
map_size375px
map_caption
titlePremier
posttitlePremier after election
before_electionRalph Klein
before_party
after_electionRalph Klein
after_party

The 2001 Alberta general election was held on March 12, 2001 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

The incumbent Alberta Progressive Conservative Party, led by Ralph Klein, won a strong majority for its tenth consecutive term in government. In addition to increasing its share of the popular vote to almost 62%, the PC Party won a majority of seats in Edmonton for the first time since 1982. In the process, they reduced the opposition to only nine MLAs in total. It was the Tories' biggest majority since the height of the Peter Lougheed era.

The Liberal Party lost 11 seats and ran up a large debt. Its leader, Nancy MacBeth, was defeated in her riding.

The New Democratic Party, led by Raj Pannu, hoped to make gains at the expense of the Liberals in Edmonton and replace them as the official opposition. This did not materialize, but the party did manage to maintain its share of the popular vote and held onto their two seats in the legislature. The NDP attempted to attract young voters with the slogan, "Raj against the Machine".

The right-wing Alberta First Party, contesting its first election, failed to win any seats or come close to winning any. The Social Credit Party, led by James Albers, was unable to build on its moderate success in the 1997 election, and sank back into obscurity. Socred leader Lavern Ahlstrom, however, performed well in Rocky Mountain House and finished second behind the incumbent Ty Lund.

Opinion polls

Polling firmLast day
of surveySourcePCAALPANDPOtherMESampleCAPC}};" data-sort-type="number"CALiberal}};" data-sort-type="number"CANDP}};" data-sort-type="number"CAIndépendant}};" data-sort-type="number"
*Election 2001*March 12, 2001**61.9**27.38.0
PollaraDecember 1997{{cite newstitle=Inside Politicsfirst=Bradlast=Evensondate=December 6, 1997page=A3}}**57**
*[Election 1997](1997-alberta-general-election)*March 11, 1997**51.17**32.758.81

Results

Overall voter turnout was 53.38%.

centre
PartyParty leader# of
candidatesSeatsPopular vote318838383-1,013,152100%
[1997](1997-alberta-general-election)Dissolution**Elected**% Change#%% ChangeProgressive ConservativeRalph Klein836364**74**
Vacant*1
**Total**

Notes:

  • Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

x - less than 0.005% of the popular vote.{{Bar box|title=Popular vote|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars=

Results by riding

|- |Airdrie-Rocky View||| |Carol Louise Haley 13,195 79.79% | |Carol L'Abbee 2,043 12.35% | |Christopher Hill 592 3.58% | |Tom Humble (Ind.) 683 4.13%|||

Carol Louise Haley
Athabasca-Wabasca
Mike Cardinal
4,238
66.62%

| |Al Wurfel 1,264 19.87% | |Colin Piquette 606 9.53% | |David Klassen (SoCred) 153 2.41% Ian Hopfe (Green) 94 1.48% ||

Mike Cardinal
Banff-Cochrane
Janis Tarchuk
9,418
69.94%

| |Norman Kent 2,147 15.95% | |Cathy Harrop 1,311 9.74% | |Cory Morgan (Ind.) 538 4.00%|||

Janis Tarchuk
Barrhead-Westlock
Kenneth R. Kowalski
7,183
69.06%

| |Laurie Hodge 1,259 12.10% | |Suzanne Forbes 569 5.47% | |Jeff Willerton (SoCred) 1352 13.00%|||

Kenneth R. Kowalski
Bonnyville-Cold Lake
Denis Ducharme
5,641
70.37%

| |Ronald Young 1,755 21.89% | |Ellen Ulfsten 313 3.90% | |James William Skretteberg (Ind.) 275 3.43%|||

Denis Ducharme
Calgary-Bow
Alana S. DeLong
8,274
63.82%

| |Kelly McDonnell 3,230 24.91% | |Jeff Bayliss 858 6.62% | |Margaret (Peggy) Askin (Ind.) 184 1.42% Jan Triska (Green) 394 ||

Bonnie Laing
Calgary-Buffalo
Harvey Cenaiko
5,582
53.92%

| |Brian Edy 4,135 39.94% | |Neil McKinnon 473 4.57% | |Dave Schwartz (SoCred) 113 1.09%|||

Gary Dickson
Calgary-Cross
Yvonne Fritz
6,816
74.67%

| |Keith Jones 1,836 20.11% | |Ramiro Mora 441 4.83% | ||||

Yvonne Fritz
Calgary-Currie
Jon Lord
6,922
61.75%

| |Pat Murray 2,667 23.79% | |Garth Mundle 1,114 9.94% | |J. Bruce Miller (Ind.) 434 3.87%|||

Jocelyn Burgener
Calgary-East
Moe Amery
6,038
70.32%

| |Brendan Dunphy 2,010 23.41% | |Giorgio Cattabeni 328 3.82% | |Alan Schoonover (Ind.) 109 1.27% Jason Devine (Comm.) 41

||

Moe Amery
Calgary-Egmont
Denis Herard
10,338
74.08%

| |Wayne Lenhardt 2,613 18.72% | |Shawn Christie 567 4.06% | |Bradley R. Lang (Ind.) 399 2.86%|||

Denis Herard
Calgary-Elbow
Ralph Klein
10,213
66.68%

| |Harold Swanson 4,533 29.59% | |Mathew Zachariah 369 2.41% | |Monier Rahall (Ind.) 166 1.08%|||

Ralph Klein
Calgary-Fish Creek
Heather Forsyth
9,716
74.39%

| |Marc Doll 2,853 21.84% | |Ryan Todd 465 3.56% | ||||

Heather Forsyth
Calgary-Foothills
Pat Nelson
12,070
67.21%

| |Harry B. Chase 5,051 28.13% | |Jon Adams 784 4.37% | ||||

Patricia Black
Calgary-Fort
Wayne Cao
6,740
68.29%

| |Brian Huskins 2,004 20.30% | |Vinay Dey 501 5.08% | |Raymond (Chick) Hurst (SoCred) 160 1.62% Michael Alvarez-Toye (Green) 121 1.23% Metro Peter Demchynski (Ind.) 102 1.04% Brian Slater (Ind.) 100 1.02% Wyatt McIntyre (Ab. First) 99 1.00% ||

Wayne Cao
Calgary-Glenmore
Ron Stevens
9,678
67.51%

| |Michael Broadhurst 3,708 25.86% | |Jennifer Stewart 441 3.08% | | James S. Kohut (Green) 467 3.27% ||

Ron Stevens
Calgary-Lougheed
Marlene Graham
8,952
73.95%

| |Pete Montgomery 2,538 20.97% | |Marc Power 577 4.77% | ||||

Marlene Graham
Calgary-McCall
Shiraz Shariff
6,558
69.94%

| |John Phillips 2,082 22.20% | |Preet Sihota 449 4.79% | |Darryl Elvers (Ab. First) 139 1.48% Rory M. Cory (SoCred) 121 1.29%|||

Shiraz Shariff
Calgary-Montrose
Hung Pham
6,329
70.35%

| |Art Danielson 2,093 23.27% | |Robert Scobel 543 6.04% | ||||

Hung Pham
Calgary-Mountain View
Mark Hlady
6,462
60.23%

| |Jennifer Spencer 2,610 24.33% | |Keith Purdy 1,637 15.26% | ||||

Mark Hlady
Calgary-North Hill
Richard Charles Magnus
7,034
63.60%

| |Darryl G. Hawkins 2,529 22.87% | |Christine McGregor 1,067 9.65% | |Darcy Kraus (Ab. First) 404 3.65%|||

Richard Charles Magnus
Calgary-North West
Greg Melchin
15,292
71.38%

| |Paul Allard 4,971 23.21% | |Patricia Alward 828 3.87% | |Douglas A. Picken (SoCred) 299 1.40%|||

Greg Melchin
Calgary-Nose Creek
Gary Mar
11,997
74.58%

| |Peter Willott 3,263 20.28% | |Eileen Nesbitt 776 4.82% | ||||

Gary Mar
Calgary-Shaw
Cindy Ady
20,306
80.60%

| |Jim McPherson 3,595 14.27% | |Ryan Falkenberg 729 2.89% | |Peter Singleton (Ab. First) 222 0.88% Kevin Agar (Ind.) 153br/0.61% Darren Popik (Ind.) 151 0.60% ||

Jonathan Niles Havelock
Calgary-Varsity
Murray D. Smith
8,173
59.14%

| |Carrol Jaques 3,938 28.49% | |Susan Scott 1,309 9.47% | |Tavis Du Preez (Green)334 2.90% ||

Murray D. Smith
Calgary-West
Karen Kryczka
12,866
72.92%

| |Lorne B. Neudorf 3,459 19.60% | |Greg Klassen 1,263 7.16% | ||||

Karen Kryczka
Cardston-Taber-Warner
Broyce G. Jacobs
5,256
53.58%

| |Ron Hancock 1,747 17.81% | |Suzanne Sirias 240 2.45% | |John Reil (Ab. First) 2557 26.07%|||

Ron Hierath
Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan
Rob Lougheed
9,674
62.59%

| |W.H. (Skip) Gordon 4,606 29.80% | |Merrill Stewart 1,142 7.39% | ||||

Rob Lougheed
Cypress-Medicine Hat
Lorne Taylor
7,222
72.71%

| |Beverley Britton Clarke 2,074 20.88% | |Cliff Anten 598 6.02% | ||||

Lorne Taylor
Drayton Valley-Calmar
Tony Abbott
7,673
68.29%

| |Roger Coles 2,229 19.84% | |Mark Patty 588 5.23% | |Roger Stefura (Ind.) 729 6.49%|||

Tom Thurber
Drumheller-Chinook
Shirley McClellan
6,684
72.77%

| |Greg Pyra 0,921 10.03% | |Gerry Hamilton 546 5.94% | |Eileen Walker (Ind.) 819 8.92% Peter Smits (SoCred) 184 2.00%|||

Shirley McClellan
Dunvegan
Hector G. Goudreau
5,857
67.02%

| |Bruce Rutley 1,888 21.60% | |Yvonne Sinkevich 508 5.81% | |Ron (Earl) Miller (Ind.) 248 2.85% Fred Euler (Ind.) 208 2.39% ||

Glen Clegg
Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview
Julius E. Yankowsky
4,732
45.61%

| |Bauni Mackay 3,290 31.71% | |Elisabeth Ballermann 1,985 19.13% | |Ken Shipka (Ind.)br/211 2.04% Teo Zanetic (Ab. First) 92 0.89% Tanya Gill (Ind.) 56 0.54% ||

Julius E. Yankowsky
Edmonton-Calder
Brent Rathgeber
5,128
41.90%

| |Lance D. White 4,654 38.03% | |Christine Burdett 2,432 19.87% | ||||

Lance D. White
Edmonton-Castle Downs
Thomas A. Lukaszuk
5,971
51.03%

| |Boris Yaremko 4,479 38.28% | |Michael Charrois 1,235 10.56% | ||||

Pamela Paul
Edmonton-Centre

| |Don J. Weideman 4,446 38.16%||| |Laurie Blakeman 5,095 43.73% | |David Eggen 1,959 16.82% | | Naomi J. Rankin (Comm.) 76 0.66% ||

Laurie Blakeman
Edmonton-Ellerslie

| |Sukhi Randhawa 4,209 41.95%||| |Debby Carlson 4,481 44.66% | |Deborah Morrison 1,299 12.95% | ||||

Debby Carlson
Edmonton-Glengarry

| |Andrew Beniuk 4,715 44.85%||| |Bill Bonner 4,784 45.51% | |Shane Watt 1,004 9.55% | ||||

Bill Bonner
Edmonton-Glenora
Drew Hutton
5,515
45.57%

| |Howard Sapers 5,328 44.03% | |Guy Desrosiers 1,232 10.18% | ||||

Howard Sapers
Edmonton-Gold Bar

| |David Fletcher 5,981 39.85%||| |Hugh MacDonald 7,654 51.00% | |Peter Cross 1,159 7.72% | |Margaret Marean (Green) 193 1.29% ||

Hugh MacDonald
Edmonton-Highlands

| |Robert Bilida 3,477 34.51% | |Kim Cassady 1,921 19.07%||| |Brian Mason 4,641 46.07% | ||||

Brian Mason
Edmonton-Manning
Tony Vandermeer
5,903
45.44%

| |Ed Gibbons 5,523 42.51% | |Hana Razga 1,538 11.84% | ||||

Ed Gibbons
Edmonton-McClung
Mark P. Norris
6,976
50.41%

| |Nancy J. MacBeth 5,920 42.78% | |Lorne Dach 804 5.81% | |Patrick D. Ellis (Ind.) 133 0.96%|||

Nancy J. MacBeth
Edmonton-Meadowlark
Bob Maskell
6,108
48.50%

| |Karen Leibovici 5,674 45.06% | |Mike Hudema 636 5.05% | |Peggy Morton (Ind.) 144 1.14%|||

Karen Leibovici
Edmonton-Mill Creek
Gene Zwozdesky
8,085
55.51%

| |Bharat Agnihotri 4,229 29.04% | |Edwin Villania 1,893 13.00% | |Kyle Harvey (Ab. First) 220 1.51% Harlan Light (Green) 97 0.67% ||

Gene Zwozdesky
Edmonton-Mill Woods

| |Carl Benito 4,402 43.69%||| |Don Massey 4,920 48.83% | |Mel H. Buffalo 725 7.20% | ||||

Don Massey
Edmonton-Norwood
Gary Masyk
3,304
38.06%

| |Brian Bechtel 3,164 36.45% | |Harvey Voogd 2,196 25.30% | ||||

Sue Olsen
Edmonton-Riverview

| |Wendy Kinsella 5,883 39.29%||| |Kevin Taft 7,420 49.55% | |Doug McLachlan 1,469 9.81% | |Jerry Paschen (Green) 165 1.10% ||

Linda Sloan
Edmonton-Rutherford
Ian McClelland
6,173
48.08%

| |Rick Miller 5,558 43.29% | |Shane MacDonald 1,071 8.34% | ||||

Percy Wickman
Edmonton-Strathcona

| |John Logan 4,749 34.27% | |Jim Jacuta 1,944 14.03%||| |Raj Pannu 6,998 50.50% | |James Lakinn (Ab. First) 136 0.98%|||

Raj Pannu
Edmonton-Whitemud
David Hancock
10,884
58.45%

| |Bruce King 6,503 34.92% | |Katie Oppen Benschop 1,178 6.33% | ||||

David Hancock
Fort McMurray
Guy C. Boutilier
5,914
64.36%

| |John S. Vyboh 1,759 19.14% | |Lyn Gorman 1,498 16.30% | ||||

Guy C. Boutilier
Grande Prairie-Smoky
Mel Knight
6,241
67.51%

| |Barry Robinson 1,777 19.22% | |Leon R. Pendleton 842 9.11% | |Dennis Young (Ind.) 380 4.11%|||

Walter Paszkowski
Grande Prairie-Wapiti
Gordon J. Graydon
5,674
65.40%

| |Ray Stitsen 1,489 17.16% | |Elroy Deimert 819 9.44% | |Ivo Noga (SoCred) 432 4.98% Terry Dueck (Ind.) 136 Robert Weberg (Ind.) 112 1.29% ||

Wayne Jacques
Highwood
Don Tannas
13,321
79.71%

| |Leonard Borowski 2,000 11.97% | |Gunhild Hoogensen 773 4.63% | | Julie Walker (Green) 581 3.48% ||

Don Tannas
Innisfail-Sylvan Lake
Luke Ouellette
9,725
74.40%

| |Garth E. Davis 2,652 20.29% | |Eileen Clancy Teslenko 651 4.98% | ||||

Gary Severtson
Lac La Biche-St. Paul
Ray Danyluk
5,335
59.92%

| |Vital Ouellette 3,195 35.88% | |John Williams 356 4.00% | ||||

Paul Langevin
Lacombe-Stettler
Judy Gordon
8,221
70.00%

| |Doug McDavid 2,500 21.29% | |Lorenzo Fiorito 455 3.87% | |Douglas R. Chitwood (Ind.) 554 4.72%|||

Judy Gordon
Leduc
Albert Klapstein
9,235
66.69%

| |Joyce Assen 3,575 25.82% | |Leilani O'Malley 957 6.91% | ||||

Albert Klapstein
Lesser Slave Lake
Pearl M. Calahasen
4,766
73.80%

| |Rick Noel 1,429 22.13% | |Doris Bannister 232 3.59% | ||||

Pearl M. Calahasen
Lethbridge-East

| |Ron Carroll 4,704 36.87%||| |Ken Nicol 6,939 54.39% | |Gaye Metz 542 4.25% | |Mark Ogden (Ab. First) 554 4.34%|||

Ken Nicol
Lethbridge-West
Clint Dunford
6,685
47.97%

| |Leslie Vaala 5,496 39.43% | |Mark Sandilands 1,062 7.62% | |Brian Stewart (Ab. First) 662 4.75%|||

Clint Dunford
Little Bow
Barry McFarland
6,881
64.70%

| |Arij Langstraat 2,534 23.82% | |Andrea Enes 319 3.00% | |Jon Koch (Ind.) 885 8.32%|||

Barry McFarland
Livingstone-Macleod
David Coutts
6,340
60.47%

| |Ernie Patterson 3,035 28.95% | |James Tweedie 553 5.27% | |Larry Lybbert (Ab. First) 519 4.95%|||

David Coutts
Medicine Hat
Rob Renner
8,109
61.80%

| |Karen Charlton 4,166 31.75% | |Luke Lacasse 787 6.00% | ||||

Rob Renner
Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills
Richard Marz
10,553
80.51%

| |Gayleen Roelfsema 1,663 12.69% | |Brenda L. Dyck 383 2.92% | |Nicholas Semmler (SoCred) 460 3.51%|||

Richard Marz
Peace River
Gary Friedel
3,782
64.29%

| |Susan Callihoo 1,544 26.25% | |Steve Crocker 338 5.75% | |John Iftody (Ab. First) 206 3.50%|||

Gary Friedel
Ponoka-Rimbey
Halvar C. Jonson
6,797
71.87%

| |Tim Falkiner 1,296 13.70% | |Linda Roth 574 6.07% | |Charles Park (Ind.) 764 8.08%|||

Halvar C. Jonson
Red Deer-North
Mary Anne Jablonski
5,025
57.04%

| |Norm McDougall 3,110 35.30% | |Jim Guthrie 309 3.51% | |Patti Argent (Ab. First) 356 4.04%|||

Mary Anne Jablonski
Red Deer-South
Victor Doerksen
7,684
59.93%

| |Garfield Marks 3,927 30.63% | |Erika Bullwinkle 512 3.99% | |Bob Argent (Ab. First) 459 3.58% Ryan Lamarche (Ind.) 203 1.58% ||

Victor Doerksen
Redwater
Dave Broda
7,319
58.14%

| |Andrew Raczynski 3,924 31.17% | |Mike Radojcic 658 5.23% | |Tony Ollenberger (Ab. First) 647 5.14%|||

Dave Broda
Rocky Mountain House
Ty Lund
7,820
70.27%

| |Wijnand Horemans 1,171 10.52% | |Doug Mac Angus 408 3.67% | |Lavern J. Ahlstrom (SoCred) 1705 15.32%|||

Ty Lund
Sherwood Park
Iris Evans
13,243
64.03%

| |Louise Rogers 5,787 27.98% | |Chris Harwood 1,606 7.76% | ||||

Iris Evans
Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert
Doug Horner
8,010
55.23%

| |Colleen Soetaert 5,832 40.22% | |Dale Apostal 616 4.25% | ||||

Colleen Soetaert
St. Albert
Mary O'Neill
9,537
52.50%

| |Len Bracko 7,479 41.17% | |Michelle Mungall 1,122 6.18% | ||||

Mary O'Neill
Stony Plain
Stan Woloshyn
9,197
67.06%

| |Monika Cappis 3,228 23.54% | |Stephen Lindop 1,261 9.19% | ||||

Stan Woloshyn
Strathmore-Brooks
Lyle Oberg
8,585
74.92%

| |Barry Morishita 1,774 15.48% | |Don MacFarlane 290 2.53% | |Christopher Sutherland (Ind.) 511 4.46% Rudy Martens (SoCred) 273 2.38%|||

Lyle Oberg
Vegreville-Viking
Ed Stelmach
7,191
60.63%

| |Ross Demkiw 3,391 28.59% | |Greg Kurulok 1,243 10.48% | ||||

Ed Stelmach
Vermilion-Lloydminster
Lloyd Snelgrove
6,978
73.01%

| |David Tschorn 0,980 10.25% | |Raymond Stone 976 10.21% | |Grant West (Ab. First) 589 6.16%|||

Steve West
Wainwright
Robert A. (Butch) Fischer
6,910
63.53%

| |Ronald Williams 1,269 11.67% | |Lilas I. Lysne 420 3.86% | |Jerry D. Barber (Ab. First) 1,394 12.82% Jeff Newland (Ind.) 868 7.98% ||

Robert A. (Butch) Fischer
West Yellowhead
Ivan J. Strang
5,763
59.10%

| |Lyle Benson 3,180 32.61% | |Noel Lapierre 801 8.21% | ||||

Ivan J. Strang
Wetaskiwin-Camrose
LeRoy Johnson
9,090
72.25%

| |Stewart Larkin 1,671 13.28% | |Philip Penrod 1,420 11.29% | |Ben Lussier (Ind.) 382 3.04%|||

LeRoy Johnson
Whitecourt-Ste. Anne
George VanderBurg
7,579
68.41%

| |Derril Butler 2,890 26.09% | |Wade Franko 570 5.15% | ||||

Peter Trynchy
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