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28th Alberta Legislature

Field	Value
jurisdiction	AB
#	28th
type	Majority
houseimage
status	inactive
term-begin	May 23, 2012
term-end	April 7, 2015
sc	Gene Zwozdesky
scterm	May 23, 2012 – June 11, 2015
pm	Alison Redford
pmterm	October 7, 2011 – March 23, 2014
ministry	Redford cabinet
pm2	Dave Hancock
pmterm2	March 23, 2014 – September 15, 2014
pm3	Jim Prentice
pmterm3	September 15, 2014 – May 24. 2015
ministry3	Prentice cabinet
lo	Danielle Smith
loterm	April 24, 2012 – December 17, 2014
lo2	Heather Forsyth
loterm2	December 22, 2014 – June 1, 2015
ghl	Dave Hancock
ghlterm	March 12, 2008 – September 5, 2013
ghl2	Robin Campbell
ghlterm2	December 6, 2013 – September 14, 2014
ghl3	Diana McQueen
ghlterm3	September 15, 2014 – November 12, 2014
ghl4	Jonathan Denis
ghlterm4	November 12, 2014 – May 5, 2015
ohl	Rob Anderson
ohlterm	May 1, 2012 – December 17, 2014
ohl2	Shayne Saskiw
ohlterm2	December 22, 2014 – May 5, 2015
party	Progressive Conservative Association
party2	Wildrose Party
party3	Liberal Party
party4	New Democratic Party
sessionbegin	May 23, 2012
sessionend	March 1, 2014
sessionbegin2	March 3, 2014
sessionend2	September 18, 2014
sessionbegin3	November 17, 2014
sessionend3	April 7, 2015
monarch	Elizabeth II
monarchterm	February 6, 1952 – September 8, 2022
viceroy	Hon. Donald Ethell
viceroyterm	May 11, 2010 – June 12, 2015
members	87
lastparl	27th
nextparl	29th

| # = 28th

| term-begin = May 23, 2012 | term-end = April 7, 2015

The 28th Alberta Legislative Assembly was in session from May 23, 2012, to April 7, 2015, with the membership of the assembly determined by the results of the 2012 Alberta general election held on April 23, 2012. The Legislature officially resumed on May 23, 2012, and continued until the third session was prorogued and dissolved on April 7, 2015, prior to the 2015 Alberta general election on May 5, 2015.

Alberta's twenty-sixth government was controlled by the majority Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta, led by Premier Alison Redford until her resignation on March 23, 2014, and subsequently led by Dave Hancock temporarily until Jim Prentice was confirmed leader of the Progressive Conservatives in September. The Official Opposition was led by Danielle Smith of the Wildrose Party until she crossed the floor to join the PCs, and the opposition was subsequently led by Heather Forsyth. The Speaker was Gene Zwozdesky.

Bills

Main article: Public Service Salary Restraint Act

The Public Service Salary Restraint Act (informally referred to as Bill 46) is an Act of the Legislature of Alberta passed in 2013. The Bill was introduced in 2013 by Finance Minister Doug Horner. The bill passed first, second, and third readings and went into effect on December 11, 2013. The law applies only to negotiations with the province's largest public-sector union, the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE).

In February 2014 Court of Queen's Bench Justice Denny Thomas granted an indefinite injunction against the Bill saying "the legislation could irreparably harm labour relations, guts the collective bargaining process and effectively emasculates the AUPE".

On April 28, 2014, details emerged of a deal reached between the Hancock government and the AUPE. The tentative agreement called for a lump-sum payment of $1,850 the first year followed by pay increases totalling 6.75 per cent over three years. Members of the AUPE will vote on the agreement in June 2014 before the government ratifies it.

The deal was announced Monday, the same day the government dropped its appeal of an injunction the union won against legislation that would have imposed an austere contract similar to ones that went into effect last year for Alberta physicians and teachers.

Membership in the 28th Alberta Legislative Assembly

Member	Party	Constituency	First elected/ previously elected	No.# of term(s)
	Wildrose	Airdrie	2008	2nd term

Seating plan

As of March 2014

			Goudreau		Lemke		Cao		Quadri		Calahasen		Sandhu		McDonald		Fenske				L. Johnson		Leskiw		Cusanelli		Brown		DeLong		Luan		Sarich		Young

Official Seating Plan (Retrieved March 17, 2014)

In the final year of the 28th Assembly, the seating plan changed drastically due to floor-crossing and new party leaders for all four recognized parties.

As of March 2015

Standings changes since the 28th general election

Number of members
per party by date	2012	2013	2014	2015	Apr 23	May 14	Jul 16	Dec 10	Mar 12	Mar 17	Jul 7	Aug 6	Sep 15	Sep 17	Sep 29	Oct 27	Nov 2	Nov 24	Dec 17	Jan 26	Jan 31
61	60	59	60	59	58	59	58	57	58	57	61	63	72	71	70	17	16	14	5	5	4

After the defections of 11 Wildrose MLA's, the Liberals and Wildrose were tied at 5 seats each, but the Speaker ruled that Wildrose would continue as the Official Opposition, a status that carries additional funding and privileges.

Membership changes in the 28th Assembly	Date	Name	District	Party	Reason
April 23, 2012	See list of members	Election day of the 28th Alberta general election	May 14, 2013	Peter Sandhu	Edmonton-Manning

Notes

References

"Bill 46: Public Service Salary Restraint Act (Horner)". [[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]].
(February 18, 2014). "Redford says she won't back down on labour law allowing mandatory settlements". [[Calgary Herald]].
(April 29, 2014). "Details emerge on 4-year AUPE deal". [[CBC News]].
"Wildrose stays as official opposition in Alberta".
O'Donnell, Sarah. (May 14, 2013). "Edmonton Conservative MLA withdraws from caucus while ethics investigation underway". Edmonton Journal.
(July 16, 2013). "Alberta MLA quits PC caucus after U.S. prostitution arrest". CBC News.
(December 10, 2013). "MLA Peter Sandhu back in PC caucus". CBC News.
Wood, James. (March 12, 2014). "MLA won't remain a Tory 'with her as leader of the party'". Calgary Herald.
Berrett, Jessica. (March 18, 2014). "Associate minister leaves Tories, blaming culture of entitlement". Calgary Herald.
Mertz, Emily. (July 7, 2014). "Alberta MLA Mike Allen back in PC Caucus". Global News.
(August 6, 2014). "Alison Redford resigns seat, leaves politics". Calgary Herald.
(September 12, 2014). "Outgoing Alberta premier Dave Hancock resigns MLA seat". The Globe and Mail.
(September 17, 2014). "Kennedy-Glans returns to Alberta PC caucus". [[Global News]].
(September 30, 2014). "Prentice to run in Calgary-Foothills as four byelections called". Calgary Herald.
(October 27, 2014). "Alberta byelections swept by Jim Prentice's Progressive Conservative Party". CBC News.
(November 2, 2014). "Joe Anglin quits Wildrose caucus, will sit as independent". CBC News.
(November 24, 2014). "Wildrose MLAs leave party to join PCs". [[CITV-DT.
(January 26, 2015). "Raj Sherman stepping down as Alberta Liberal leader". CBC News.
(January 22, 2015). "Doug Horner resigning as MLA at end of January". CBC News.

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