Alberta general election, 1986
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The Alberta general election of 1986 was the twenty-first general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on May 8, 1986 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
Peter Lougheed, who had created the modern Alberta Progressive Conservatives, led it to power in 1971, and served as premier of Alberta for fourteen years, retired from politics in 1985. The PC Party elected Don Getty as its new leader.
Getty was not able to gain the confidence of Albertans as Lougheed had, and the party's popular vote fell by ten percentage points. The PCs were still, however, able to win a fifth term in government, with over half the votes in the province, and 61 of the 83 seats in the legislature.
The New Democratic Party, now led by Ray Martin, was able to make itself the focus of opposition to the PC government, winning almost 30% of the vote, and sixteen seats in the legislature (up from two in the 1982 election.)
The Liberal Party of Nicholas Taylor returned to the legislature for the first time since 1969 with four seats. Two seats were won by former Social Credit members who had formed the Representative Party of Alberta after winning re-election in 1982 as independents.
Western Canada Concept, a western separatist party that had won almost 12% of the vote in 1982, collapsed under the leadership of Jack Ramsay, who later served as a Reform Party of Canada Member of Parliament.
The Social Credit Party of Alberta nominated no candidates. The party had governed Alberta for 36 years before getting bounced out of power by the Tories in 1971.
[edit] Results
| Party | Party leader | candidates | Seats | Popular vote | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Elected | % Change | # | % | % Change | ||||
| Progressive Conservative |
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83 | 75 | 61 | -18.7% | 366,783 | 51.40% | -10.88% | |
| New Democrats |
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83 | 2 | 16 | +700% | 208,561 | 29.22% | +10.47% | |
| Liberal |
|
63 | - | 4 | 87,239 | 12.22% | +10.41% | ||
| Representative |
|
46 | * | 2 | * | 36,656 | 5.15% | * | |
| Independent | 20 | 2 | - | -100% | 6,134 | 0.86% | -3.01% | ||
| Western Canada Concept |
|
20 | - | - | - | 4,615 | 0.65% | -11.11% | |
| Confederation of Regions |
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6 | * | - | * | 2,866 | 0.40% | * | |
| Heritage |
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6 | * | - | * | 6.01 | 0.08% | * | |
| Communist |
|
6 | - | - | - | 199 | 0.03% | -0.01% | |
| Total | 333 | 79 | 83 | - | 713,654 | 100% |
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| Source: Elections Alberta | |||||||||
Note:
* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.
[edit] Members elected
For complete electoral history, see individual districts
| 21st Alberta Legislative Assembly | |||
| District | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athabasca-Lac La Biche | Leo Piquette | NDP | |
| Banff-Cochrane | Greg Stevens | Progressive Conservative | |
| Barrhead | Ken Kowalski | Progressive Conservative | |
| Bonnyville | Ernie Isley | Progressive Conservative | |
| Bow Valley | Tom Musgrove | Progressive Conservative | |
| Calgary Bow | Neil Webber | Progressive Conservative | |
| Calgary Buffalo | Sheldon Chumir | Liberal | |
| Calgary Currie | Dennis Anderson | Progressive Conservative | |
| Calgary Egmont | David J. Carter | Progressive Conservative | |
| Calgary Elbow | David John Russell | Progressive Conservative | |
| Calgary Fish Creek | William Edward Payne | Progressive Conservative | |
| Calgary Foothills | Janet Koper | Progressive Conservative | |
| Calgary Forest Lawn | Barry Pashak | NDP | |
| Calgary Glenmore | Dianne Mirosh | Progressive Conservative | |
| Calgary McCall | Stan Nelson | Progressive Conservative | |
| Calgary McKnight | Eric Musgreave | Progressive Conservative | |
| Calgary Millican | Gordon Shrake | Progressive Conservative | |
| Calgary Montrose | Rick Orman | Progressive Conservative | |
| Calgary Mountain View | Bob Hawkesworth | NDP | |
| Calgary North Hill | Fred Stewart | Progressive Conservative | |
| Calgary North West | Stan Cassin | Progressive Conservative | |
| Calgary Shaw | Jim Dinning | Progressive Conservative | |
| Calgary West | Elaine McCoy | Progressive Conservative | |
| Camrose | Ken Rostad | Progressive Conservative | |
| Cardston | Jack Ady | Progressive Conservative | |
| Chinook | Henry Kroeger | Progressive Conservative | |
| Clover Bar | Walt Buck | Representative | |
| Cypress-Redcliffe | Alan Hyland | Progressive Conservative | |
| Drayton Valley | Shirley Cripps | Progressive Conservative | |
| Drumheller | Stanley Schumacher | Progressive Conservative | |
| Dunvegan | Glen Clegg | Progressive Conservative | |
| Edmonton Avonmore | Marie Laing | NDP | |
| Edmonton Belmont | Tom Sigurdson | NDP | |
| Edmonton Beverly | Ed Ewasiuk | NDP | |
| Edmonton Calder | Christie Mjolsness | NDP | |
| Edmonton Centre | William Roberts | NDP | |
| Edmonton Glengarry | John Younie | NDP | |
| Edmonton Glenora | Nancy Betkowski 1 | Progressive Conservative | |
| Edmonton Gold Bar | Bettie Hewes | Liberal | |
| Edmonton Highlands | Pam Barrett | NDP | |
| Edmonton Jasper Place | Leslie Young | Progressive Conservative | |
| Edmonton Kingsway | Alex McEachern | NDP | |
| Edmonton Meadowlark | Grant Mitchell | Liberal | |
| Edmonton Mill Woods | Gerry Gibeault | NDP | |
| Edmonton Norwood | Ray Martin | NDP | |
| Edmonton Parkallen | Neil Stanley Crawford | Progressive Conservative | |
| Edmonton-Strathcona | Gordon Wright | NDP | |
| Edmonton Whitemud | Don Getty | Progressive Conservative | |
| Fort McMurray | Norm Weiss | Progressive Conservative | |
| Grande Prairie | Bob Elliott | Progressive Conservative | |
| Highwood | Harry Alger | Progressive Conservative | |
| Innisfail | Nigel Pengelly | Progressive Conservative | |
| Lacombe | Ronald Moore | Progressive Conservative | |
| Lesser Slave Lake | Larry Shaben | Progressive Conservative | |
| Lethbridge East | Archibald D. Johnston | Progressive Conservative | |
| Lethbridge West | John Gogo | Progressive Conservative | |
| Little Bow | Raymond Speaker | Representative | |
| Lloydminster | Doug Cherry | Progressive Conservative | |
| Macleod | LeRoy Fjordbotten | Progressive Conservative | |
| Medicine Hat | Jim Horsman | Progressive Conservative | |
| Olds-Didsbury | Roy Brassard | Progressive Conservative | |
| Peace River | Al Adair | Progressive Conservative | |
| Pincher Creek-Crowsnest | Frederick Deryl Bradley | Progressive Conservative | |
| Ponoka-Rimbey | Halvar Jonson | Progressive Conservative | |
| Red Deer North | Stockwell Day | Progressive Conservative | |
| Red Deer South | John Oldring | Progressive Conservative | |
| Redwater-Andrew | Steve Zarusky | Progressive Conservative | |
| Rocky Mountain House | Jack Campbell | Progressive Conservative | |
| Sherwood Park | Peter Elzinga | Progressive Conservative | |
| Smoky River | Marvin Moore | Progressive Conservative | |
| St. Albert | Bryan Strong | NDP | |
| St. Paul | John Drobot | Progressive Conservative | |
| Stettler | Brian C. Downey | Progressive Conservative | |
| Stony Plain | Jim Heron | Progressive Conservative | |
| Taber-Warner | Robert Bogle | Progressive Conservative | |
| Three Hills | Connie Osterman | Progressive Conservative | |
| Vegreville | Derek Fox | NDP | |
| Vermilion-Viking | Steve West | Progressive Conservative | |
| Wainwright | Robert Fischer | Progressive Conservative | |
| Westlock-Sturgeon | Nicholas Taylor | Liberal | |
| West Yellowhead | Ian Reid | Progressive Conservative | |
| Wetaskiwin-Leduc | Donald H. Sparrow | Progressive Conservative | |
| Whitecourt | Peter Trynchy | Progressive Conservative | |
Note:
1Nancy Betkowski later changed her last name to Nancy MacBeth.
[edit] See also
| Preceded by 1982 Alberta election |
Alberta elections | Succeeded by 1989 Alberta election |
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